World's tallest/shortest cricketers

[Arjun]

Charitha Buddhika Fernando, Sri Lankan seamer (rather rubbish one).

Living off the reputation of his five-wicket haul agaisnt Zimbabwe on debut. A little too long.

 

[Waughney]

Taibu has to be up there.
Malinga is incredibly small for a fast bowler.

 

[luckyeddie]

Taibu has to be up there.

A Munchkin like Taibu can only be 'up there' if you give him a ladder.

 

[Richard]

"Down there", then - it all counts.
Doesn't quite sound right, though, somehow.

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

Taibu has to be up there.
Malinga is incredibly small for a fast bowler.

Agreed, Lasith Malinga seems tiny for a Fast Bowler! Anyone got some stats on how tall he is?

 

[Craig]

Stephen Fleming is a tall guy.

I want to know this: how come smaller 'keepers make better 'keepers then their taller counterparts?

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

What about Romesh Kaluwithurana

 

[Arjun]

Agreed, Lasith Malinga seems tiny for a Fast Bowler! Anyone got some stats on how tall he is?

Probably 5'9" or 5'10". Can't bowl that fast if he's any shorter.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Stephen Fleming is a tall guy.

I want to know this: how come smaller 'keepers make better 'keepers then their taller counterparts?

Well they probably have a lower eye line so could make out the line of the ball a littler easier...not to mention its probably easier for a little guy to dive down than a tall man.

 

[Arjun]

Well they probably have a lower eye line so could make out the line of the ball a littler easier...not to mention its probably easier for a little guy to dive down than a tall man.

The taller wicketkeepers are better against pace, for diving across to catch the ball. That said, classical wicketkeepers don't approve of it.

 

[la28]

Lakshmipathy Balaji and Steve Harmison are quite tall. Parthiv Patel could be the shortest in international cricket.

 

[sledger]

how does jacob oram rank as one of the tallest at the moment?

 

[superkingdave]

how does jacob oram rank as one of the tallest at the moment?

He must be up there among the big ears brigade, him and Candy Addick

 

[Dark Hunter]

are there any fast bowlers that are shorter than 5 7'?

Mick Lewis who plays for Victoria in Aussie domestic is only around 5 6'

 

[Richard]

And who played for Glam at the tail-end of last season.
And had a shocker... sadly.
Rather liked what I saw of him the first time I saw him bowl.
Vics had some attack not long ago: Inness, Harwood, Lewis, Harvey, Warne, (Moss, MacDonald... )

 

[sportychic33]

how does jacob oram rank as one of the tallest at the moment?

Well being the fact that he's about 1.99m tall ( just over 6ft 6) I would probably count that as being quite tall. He is taller than some of the locks in New Zealand rugby.

 

[Craig]

I actually think he is over 2m tall.

If All Blacks lock Ali Williams choose cricket over rugby (he represented Auckland in cricket at age level IIRC), then he would also be in this list.

 

[Macka]

Wasn't there some interview recently with Oram where they confirmed he is the tallest current international player?

 

[Craig]

Not sure.

But the height of the guy, you can see why he was a goalkeeper for New Zealand's youth football teams.

 

[masterblaster]

Ajit Agarkar isn't too short when you meet him in person, he's around 5 foot 9/5 foot 10 I think.

Venkatesh Prasad was a giant (height wise), very, very tall, as was Anil Kumble and Srinath.