World's tallest/shortest cricketers

[vic_orthdox]

Phil Alley, the former NSW pacer, was 6' 8" - 10"

Whenever I faced him, it felt like he was bowling off about 14 yards

Could've been high quality but back injuries crippled him

I also played against an Indian test opener from the 80s who was tiny (like 5' at most) but cant remember his name. It felt like bowling uphill as you virtually had to bowl a yorker to get him to play forward

Best "tall" batsman must've been Greg Chappell - well over 6 feet so was great on front foot but also hooked like a demon. In short, a bowler's nightmare

A former coach of mine, and Australian academy inductee with McGrath, Ponting, etc. used to say he love playing against big Phil.

Could send them down, but he used to get stuck into him while Alley was bowling and he was batting, and he'd blow his top and try and bowl as fast as he could to knock off blocks. This guy was a super puller and hooker, and ended up getting runs against him a fair bit.

 

[Shoggz]

Young Steven Finn would be up there (see what I did there? ) with Tahnny now.

I think he's an inch or two taller than Greig at 6'7"

&, dunno how tall he is (or isn't, rather) but James Taylor looks a proper short arse at the crease. Old man was a jockey, apparently, so doesn't have tall genes.

I read somewhere that he was five foot nothing. Someone on Twitter yesterday was tweeting from the Leicestershire/Northants game and describing him as a 'womble'!

 

[Xuhaib]

Irfan who I see getting a game this summer in England is (unconfirmed) 7' 2"

 

[stumpski]

Irfan who I see getting a game this summer in England is (unconfirmed) 7' 2"

Yes, that'll be who I was thinking of (more)

 

[Raghav]

The shortest cricket I have seen or spoken to is Swapnil Asnodkar. He is 5'5

 

[Kensashi]

Nuwan Zoysa is pretty tall, 6ft6 or 7 IIRC.

What about Jason Holder from Barbados? Looks over 6ft5 to me.

 

[sukesh_hoogan]

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

Ramakant 'Tiny' Desai was only 5' 4' tall.

 

[Jayzamann]

Yes, that'll be who I was thinking of (more)

Clicked on this after he was rumoured to be a replacement for Gul/Arafat in the Pakistan wt20 squad

Mohammad Irfan | Cricket Players and Officials | Cricinfo.com

 

[vic_orthdox]

Who is taller, Finn or Tremlett?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Who is taller, Finn or Tremlett?

Both reputedly 6' 7", but my money would be on the younger man if push came to shove.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Yes, that'll be who I was thinking of (more)

There remains considerable confusion over his real height: the PCB has variously measured him at 6'8", 6'10" and 7'1".

Surely even the PCB...?