Short Good Fast Bowlers

[Ted Sheppard]

There are many great short batsmen, but are there many great bowlers who are short. By short I mean less than 6 foot. Steyn is one but who else is there?

 

[Goughy]

Larwood
Trueman
Marshall
Gough
Ntini

 

[smash84]

Ntini was less than 6 feet?

I think Waqar and Shoaib were both 5ft 10 in

 

[Zinzan]

It you're talking 'good' as opposed to just 'great', add these to the list;

Shoaib Akhtar (5'11)
Danny Morrison (guessing 5'9)
Lasith Malinga, (5'7)
Chaminda Vaas (5'10)

 

[Zinzan]

Ntini was less than 6 feet?

I think Waqar and Shoaib were both 5ft 10 in

Pretty sure Waqar was always listed as exactly 6 foot (1.83 m), but was made to look relatively short next to 6'2 1/2 Wasim.

Looks about 2 - 2 1/2 inches difference between to two here;

 

[harsh.ag]

Lindwall

 

[Zinzan]

If you're talking getting it through at 150+, you can also add

Kemar Roach (5'8)
Tino Best (5'8)
Fidel Edwards (5'7)
Mohammad Sami (5'10)

 

[smash84]

Pretty sure Waqar was always listed as exactly 6 foot (1.83 m), but was made to look relatively short next to 6'2 1/2 Wasim.

Looks about 2 - 2 1/2 inches difference between to two here;

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yeah, you might be right

 

[Howe_zat]

With the exception of Ambrose/McGrath, all the best ones, really.

For example Ravi Bopara is 5'9

 

[sledger]

If you're talking getting it through at 150+, you can also add

Kemar Roach (5'8)
Tino Best (5'8)
Fidel Edwards (5'7)
Mohammad Sami (5'10)

To a list of "good bowlers"? I don't think so somehow.

 

[Zinzan]

To a list of "good bowlers"? I don't think so somehow.

Yeah, as mentioned they're express. Although Roach is quite correctly 'good' also. The other 3...well.....

 

[sledger]

Yeah, as mentioned they're express. Although Roach is quite correctly 'good' also. The other 3...well.....

Jury might be out on Roach, but the others are absolute dog, as you allude to.

 

[fredfertang]

John Wisden - the "little wonder"

 

[GGG]

Danny Morrision, although it depends of your definition of good, 160 wickets at 35 isn't the greatest. But he was a pretty good ODI bowler 126 wickets at 27. Surely he is shorter than Malinga?

 

[Midwinter]

Roy Gilchrist - short, fast, good on his day ....

 

[hendrix]

MS Dhoni.

 

[thierry henry]

Ryan Harris

 

[Burgey]

Ryan Harris

Not sure if serious....

I think he's about 6'2".

How tall was Hadlee? Also, don't think Davo was that tall, or Fred Trueman.

Edit: Harris' CA profile lists him at 181 cm.

Which, some stats minded ****wit will now analyse to death as to whether this means he's "tall" or not, depending on some statistical mean.

 

[smash84]

 

[Riggins]

Ran into him in a bakery once and he didn't seem very tall. Not short though either.

He's probably a short fast bowler I guess because most of them actually are tall, he doesn't have a big high release and bowls full swing and a bit skiddy.