World's tallest/shortest cricketers

[Barney Rubble]

With the 6ft 10in monster Will Jefferson having a great season for Essex this year, it made me wonder how many other cricketers in the world are as tall as he is, and whether there are any ridiculously short ones - players like SRT, BCL and Ponting, all around the 5ft 6in region, are commonplace, but is there a 5ft cricketer? Or a 7ft one?

 

[BoyBrumby]

How tall is Taibu? He can't be much over five feet!

Don't think David "Keg" Boon was v tall either.

 

[a massive zebra]

Will Jefferson is officially the tallest first-class cricketer ever.

 

[a massive zebra]

An ex-Lancasire player named Harry Pilling was but 5ft tall, as was Captain Wynyard of Hampshire.

 

[PommieMacGill]

The great 'Tich' Freeman was only about 5' 2" I believe.

 

[quytst0rm]

Parthiv Patel is pretty short too.

 

[Deja moo]

I think Taibu is the shortest ever ?

 

[Arjun]

Hmmm...Agarkar, Harvinder Singh, Charitha Buddika and Robin Singh junior, or even Suresh Perera are the shortest fast bowlers so far. Not to mention Edwards and Best, bu they're taller than this lot. Oh well, slightly.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Best and Edwards are pretty small for fast bowlers, I think they're both about 5ft 8in. Not sure about Taibu but I'd hazard a guess that he's about 5ft 3in, which must make him one of the smallest around.

 

[pontingrulz]

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

 

[Arjun]

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

Buddika and HArvinder Singh are really, really short- maye 5'6"

 

[Langeveldt]

Joel Garner?

 

[a massive zebra]

Joel Garner?

6ft 8ins

 

[Zeke]

How tall was Tom Moody?

 

[luckyeddie]

How tall was Tom Moody?

Don't call me 'moody', darling.

I'm just pensive.

 

[pontingrulz]

sorry arjun you might have misread my post but i dont think harbajan is a fast bowler. whose buddika?

 

[Mingster]

Michael Papps, Brendon McCullum and Mark Richardson are "definitely" one of the taller members of the Black Caps.

While Jacob Oram is considered quite a midget at 6'8.

 

[Richard]

sorry arjun you might have misread my post but i dont think harbajan is a fast bowler. whose buddika?

Charitha Buddhika Fernando, Sri Lankan seamer (rather rubbish one).
And Arjun wasn't referring to Harbhajan Singh, but Harvinder Singh, an Indian seamer.

 

[Richard]

Surely Rajin Saleh is shorter than Taibu and Patel?
I mean, they had a 14-year-old guy as a mascot against South Africa and they were about the same height. You expect Ian Bishop and Graeme Smith to dwarf him (and they did) but not a 14-year-old kid to be as tall.

 

[Arjun]

And Arjun wasn't referring to Harbhajan Singh, but Harvinder Singh, an Indian seamer.

Not to mention Harbhajan's height was recorded as 6'0" on a local channel's camera.