Speeds of Australian fast bowlers

[Burgey]

And often Lee's quickest spells seemed to come towards the end of a series. Sydney last Ashes and the Oval 05 being a couple of examples which spring to mind.

 

[slowfinger]

Yeah but steroids these days ...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Mike Selvey dedicated his column to this very subject in today's Guardian.

Urges a note of caution about the reliability of the readings.

 

[thierry henry]

Mike Selvey dedicated his column to this very subject in today's Guardian.

Urges a note of caution about the reliability of the readings.

The comments about Harris are stupid and a classic example of why speed-ball radars may not be totally accurate, but they are certainly more accurate than the human eye and the bias of human perception against an unglamorous bloke like Harris.

Harris has been consistently capable of maxing out at around 96mph for the last 6 months. Does this make him a mere 4-5mph slower than the fastest bowlers ever measured? Yes, it does. End of story.

 

[Major Glory]

Tait the fastest

 

[Migara]

Yeah agree, how could possibly any one be faster?

 

[Major Glory]

Yeah agree, how could possibly any one be faster?

but he didnt bowl well for the raj royals

 

[Manee]

Mike Selvey dedicated his column to this very subject in today's Guardian.

Urges a note of caution about the reliability of the readings.

Richard always repeated a sentiment which I have grown to agree with, that speed guns are only useful for comparing the speeds of bowlers within a match.

 

[Migara]

Akthar is a pie chucker compared to Tait

 

[Debris]

but he didnt bowl well for the raj royals

Probably doesn't care about IPL like the rest of us.

 

[thierry henry]

Tait has now hit 160kph in games in NZ, Australia, and England. Fair to say it's no longer a fluke or a freak reading.

Tait is as quick as anything that's ever been MEASURED, and when he bowls alongside a firing Nannes or Harris they are only 4-5mph slower.

 

[Top_Cat]

Personally, I think we attribute far too much variability in speeds to the camera and not to the bowlers. As TH said, Tait has been timed around 160Km/h in several countries using different cameras every time. And he's generally right up there.

Why is it when a quick bowler doesn't bowl as quick as expected in a match the cameras take the fall yet everyone who's ever picked up a ball knows if you're not relaxed and trying to bust a gut every ball, you're just not going to bowl as quick? The inherent distrust of tech in cricket at work here, tbh.

Harris is another example; in his first ODI, nervous as ****, he was clocked above 150Km/h. It shouldn't come as a surprise that he can bowl that quick especially since he's been right up there a few times for QLD, SA and now Aus.

 

[Goughy]

Richard always repeated a sentiment which I have grown to agree with, that speed guns are only useful for comparing the speeds of bowlers within a match.

Did he? I thought that was me

EDIT- Yeah, just checked and that is mine and not Richards position. Not sure how you confused the two as Richard is/was pretty strong in his belief of post 1998 speeds.

Speed guns are only really useful relative to a certain day and the players involved.

As mentioned above, some days players are slower across the board, other days far quicker.

The thing about speed guns in cricket there is no defined standard or or defined proceedure.

Different places use different types of guns and we have no idea of the positioning of the measuring equipment (that can make a big difference).

We also see many anomalies such as boucers smacking into the keepers gloves measuring 115 kph and the such like.

Cricket speed guns are for fun, they shouldnt be taken as gospel.

Whereas

Well, mostly they're accurate to 0.1mph, but you get the odd anomalaic result.

To be fair his stance has softened a little since his early posts on the topic but he was previously quite adamant about their accuracy.

 

[Manee]

Did he? I thought that was me

EDIT- Yeah, just checked and that is mine and not Richards position. Not sure how you confused the two as Richard is/was pretty strong in his belief of post 1998 speeds.

Yep, my mistake, as soon as I saw you as the last reply, I realised my mistake. Rich is always adamant that there was no such thing as a reliable speed gun prior to 1998 and the ones after said date are pretty much accurate.

 

[slowfinger]

Did he? I thought that was me

EDIT- Yeah, just checked and that is mine and not Richards position. Not sure how you confused the two as Richard is/was pretty strong in his belief of post 1998 speeds.



Whereas



To be fair his stance has softened a little since his early posts on the topic but he was previously quite adamant about their accuracy.

Must he reads it like a Gospel tbh.

 

[honestbharani]

Probably doesn't care about IPL like the rest of us.

Then he shouldn't taken the money and then ****ed up...

 

[Debris]

Then he shouldn't taken the money and then ****ed up...

I didn't say he did not care about the money.