The TH Cricketer Height Thread

[Starfighter]

How tall was Barnes?

Assuming you mean SF, 'over six feet' according to John Arlott.

 

[Athlai]

An attack of

Vaas (5'10 and a bit)
Steyn (5'10)
Larwood 5'7)
Murali (5'5)

feels like it may actually be good enough

 

[Flem274*]

How tall is Neil Wagner? At a guess I would say about 5'10", but I can't find any official numbers.

my one THism is I've been trying to catch a good angle of him next to Kane or Watling for a while because I don't think there would be much difference.

 

[Zinzan]

If you google Van Wyk you get 2 "official" heights- 4 foot tall, and 4'9" :laugh:

These listings seem to have then made there way to a number of different pages about "shortest cricketers ever" etc

It's kinda hard to find a really good comparison pic of him but he's gotta be the shortest NZ cricketer of recent times, maybe 5'4"

Lol, I had a good chuckle when I saw that a few years back. Someone taking the piss officially in google.

Yeah, I think he's probably about 5'4. People forget he naturally looked smaller playing in a team in which the next shortest was probably McCullum at 5'7-5'8, and mostly 6 footers around him.

Incidentally, here's my best guess of a few current NZ players;

KW - 5'8 1/2.
Ross- 6 foot on the dot.
Boult- 6 foot (same as Taylor, if not a smidgen taller, but not as much as half an inch)
Wagner - 5'10
Latham 5'7 1/2

 

[Zinzan]

The reverse order height XI is the real challenge though, tall batsman to short bowlers.

Fulton 6'6
Gayle 6'4
Sangakkara 6'1 (did I go to short already?)

Malinga and Fidel Edwards are fairly short but are they good enough?

Sanga isn't even close to 6'1 IMO, I'd suggest 5'10 tops. Another who may appear deceptively tall because he's often seen beside the likes of Jayawardene.

 

[the big bambino]

An attack of

Vaas (5'10 and a bit)
Steyn (5'10)
Larwood 5'7)
Murali (5'5)

feels like it may actually be good enough

Vaas out Grimmett in.

 

[Dendarii]

An attack of

Vaas (5'10 and a bit)
Steyn (5'10)
Larwood 5'7)
Murali (5'5)

feels like it may actually be good enough

Philander? I can't find an official height, but I don't think he's taller than Steyn.

 

[thierry henry]

Believe it or not I had separate 1 on 1 conversations with Vaas, Murali and Sanga one crazy night at The Outback bar in Hamilton in 2005. Vaas and Sanga are circa 5’9” and Murali circa 5’6”

 

[thierry henry]

Lol, I had a good chuckle when I saw that a few years back. Someone taking the piss officially in google.

Yeah, I think he's probably about 5'4. People forget he naturally looked smaller playing in a team in which the next shortest was probably McCullum at 5'7-5'8, and mostly 6 footers around him.

Incidentally, here's my best guess of a few current NZ players;

KW - 5'8 1/2.
Ross- 6 foot on the dot.
Boult- 6 foot (same as Taylor, if not a smidgen taller, but not as much as half an inch)
Wagner - 5'10
Latham 5'7 1/2

These are good efforts. Boult is a fraction taller than Taylor and probably 6’ on the button. Santner is also just barely 6’ and easily the world leader for erroneously being called tall

 

[thierry henry]

Fulton 6’5.5”
Gayle 6’3”
Cook 6’2”
Hayden 6’1ish
Clive Lloyd tall but not as tall as he was made out to be
Crowe maybe 6’1”?
Greg Chappell 6’-6’1” range?
Kallis 6’
Inzamam cbf checking but tall

some options for tall batsmen

 

[Burgey]

It’s a little known fact that but for the unprecedented pressure upon him, Sachin Tendulkar would have been 18’9” tall.

 

[Bolo]

Philander? I can't find an official height, but I don't think he's taller than Steyn.

Philander is an inch or a little more shorter. Probably 5'10 and 5'11 respectively.

 

[morgieb]

Fulton 6’5.5”
Gayle 6’3”
Cook 6’2”
Hayden 6’1ish
Clive Lloyd tall but not as tall as he was made out to be
Crowe maybe 6’1”?
Greg Chappell 6’-6’1” range?
Kallis 6’
Inzamam cbf checking but tall

some options for tall batsmen

Smith?

 

[thierry henry]

Smith?

6’3”. Sorry, I’m a bit drunk. Why the **** is Peter Fulton in the mix?

 

[morgieb]

6’3”. Sorry, I’m a bit drunk. Why the **** is Peter Fulton in the mix?

Well Fulton is probably the tallest specialist batsman to play Test cricket, if that counts.

 

[thierry henry]

Well Fulton is probably the tallest specialist batsman to play Test cricket, if that counts.

Ideally we’re going for guys who are good tho innit

 

[thierry henry]

Smith and Gayle are actually very hard to split. I lean towards Smith but there’s nothing in it.

 

[the big bambino]

Vintcent van der Bijl's dad, Pieter played as an opening bat for South Africa and was very tall.

 

[Smudge]

Fulton 6’5.5”
Gayle 6’3”
Cook 6’2”
Hayden 6’1ish
Clive Lloyd tall but not as tall as he was made out to be
Crowe maybe 6’1”?
Greg Chappell 6’-6’1” range?
Kallis 6’
Inzamam cbf checking but tall

some options for tall batsmen

Trevor Franklin was a huge bastard. Couldn't hit off the square, which wasn't ideal as an opening batsman, but I was always under the impression he was 6'6 from reading various books over the years.

 

[AndrewB]

At what height would the best "Under <Height> XI" and the best "Over <height> XI" be best matched? 6 foot is a natural height to pick, but with Bradman, Sobers, a host of other top batsman and an attack along the lines of Marshall/Steyn/Larwood/Murali I think the Under-6-foot XI would have a definite edge.