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Medium pacers in international cricket

BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Flem274* said:
kyle mills count?
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I've heard he has to take his shoes and socks off when he goes past ten. EyeThangEwe. I'm here all week...

Seriously though, would the acknowledged masters of the method like Bedser, Cartwright and the perennial Shack prosper today, one wonders? Despite their stellar first class records, the latter duo managed just a dozen test caps between them back in the pressed bat, uncovered pitch days of yore.
 
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the big bambino

the big bambino

International Captain
Qld had a left armer called Scott Brant. Of the batting mediums Mike Hussey was alright and I once saw Gavaskar hurry up someone I believe was David Ogilvie once. Never seen Chad Sayers bowl but have an impression of him being like Trent Copeland. If Asif gets a jersey so should Philander.
 
Migara

Migara

Cricketer Of The Year
TT Boy said:
Sri Lanka had a guy bowling in the recent Zimbabwe test series who was bowling seam up and he was slower than most of the spinners on show. Even Bavuma was bowling 125kph+ at Perth but this guy was struggling to hit 100kph.
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That was Asela Gunarathne. Seam qp was 115-120k and he bowled a lot of cutters around 85-90k.
 
Immenso

Immenso

International Vice-Captain
Migara said:
Erm, we are talking about decent ones, not part timers.
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Not if you re-read the opening thread.

Batsmen who bowl a bit of spin are in vogue rather than the batsmen who could bowl some handy medium pace.
 
Bijed

Bijed

International Regular
Didn't Graham Thorpe bowl a bit earlier in his career? Not sure if he was a medium-pacer, though.
 
thierry henry

thierry henry

International Coach
Gavin Larsen has to be close to the best in the modern-ish era right? Given he was essentially a specialist bowler. I think he may have been a shade quicker than he looked but I would guess he was basically 120s. Mostly low-120s. To the best of my recollection he always bowled with the keeper up to the stumps.

Nathan Astle was of course a batsman first and foremost but was often selected as a definite bowler rather than a part-timer. Strictly bowled in the 110s. He did everything well- nice action, seam position, accuracy. He really looked like he could have bowled a bit faster but had a very relaxed run up and action.

Chris Harris, a genuine all-rounder, was slower again- he bowled seam-ups between 100-110 and leg-cutters around 90kph. Probably the most unique of all, I can't think of another regular bowler who wasn't a spinner and bowled so slowly. I'm not sure he was capable of bowling much quicker as his bowling action was so ungainly. However, in the 1992 World Cup Ian Smith was standing back to him so I have to guess that at the beginning of his career maybe he was 110-120 and actually trying to bowl quick? Honestly, I could never figure out how Harris was regarded as a serious bowling option in the first place. Later in his career when he worked out his unique style sure, but at the beginning when he was bowling 115kph off the long run with the keeper back?

A lot of the others mentioned in the thread are just pretty standard medium-fast bowlers. Even Scott Styris and Jesse Ryder who were 130kph bowlers but slowed up a bit with age and started bowling mostly cutters.
 
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