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2006-12-15 02:02:34 · 15 answers · asked by SHUBHAM TYAGI 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
The fastest delivery that has ever been officially recorded clocked in at 161.3 km/h (100.2 mph) and was bowled by Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan during a match against England in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The batsman on the end of the delivery was Nick Knight; however, his wicket remained intact
You can watch that, ball bowled by Shoaib
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4985508181387280461
(Don't forget to see the speed which will be shown below in the video)
But before Shoaib Akhtar australia's Jeff Thomson was once bowled at 160.45 km/h which is second fastest
2006-12-15 03:51:15 · answer #1 · answered by R2 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
simple question with a complex answer...the books list Akhtar offically...please note that Shoiab was banned then subsequently banned for performance enhancing substance abuse...how he got cleared along with the other bloke is just mindboggling...
Thommo was consistently faster than anyone else for a long time with official timing also then Akhtar took more recently...
Thommo was known to have bowled even faster but back then the equipment wasn't available all the time...
Bret Lee is quick and he's quite good but I am unsure on his 162 kph ball but that is not surprising and it's probably true...
in closing, back to Thommo, he had a slinging action and it was just incredible and backbreaking...no one will match him...no one can duplicate him...he didn't bowl one at 160 then one at 140 like others...he did it all the time...he will always arguably be the quickest of all time...Thommo's untimed balls must have been way faster than the Akhtar ball anyway...and this exact controversy(topic of your question) arose when Shoaib got his quick ball...also Thommo with today's technology would surely get him to 170 kph!+ (-:
..direct answer : Thommo easily and in the hearts and minds of many...Thommo still...
2006-12-16 00:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by 67ImpalaSS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1976 in a speed contest held in Austrlia the then fastest bowler of the world Jeoff Thomson of Australia had bowled a delivery at a pace of 160.4 km/h out of the six deliveries that every bowler had to bowl. Imran Khan of Pakistan and Micheal Holding of West Indies were the second fastest with average of 153 to 156. Six bowlers took part in that competition. Dennis Lillee and Jeoff Thomson of Australia, Michael Holding of West Indies, Imran Khan and Sarfaraz Nawaz of Pakistan and Sir Richard Hadlee of New Zealand. Thomson won both speed and accuracy contest while Sarfaraz Nawaz of Pakistan though last in the speed department was second in accuracy. Now a days as every body, including big mouth "easygoing" knows that Shoaib Akhtar holds the record for bowling at a speed of 161.3 in a 2003 world cup match against England in South Africa.
2006-12-15 15:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by dua 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The highest speed of bowling before Shoaib Akltar was the speed of 147.9 KPH recorded by Jeffrey Robert Thompson of Australia.
2006-12-16 01:50:55 · answer #4 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it was by Jeff Thompson, it is either 99 or 92 mph
2006-12-15 10:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by Kiran Vinayan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fastest ball bowled in the world is 161.4kmph by shoaib akhtar.He was criticsed for chucking it.but he got cleared.
2006-12-15 11:40:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Australia's Jeff Thomson was once timed at 160.45 km/h.
2006-12-15 10:12:10 · answer #7 · answered by Groucho Returns 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Guys, Brett Lee has recorded at 162 KM/hour, he is the fastest. By the way a chucker who also proved to be taking banned drugs, is not the fasted bowler...
2006-12-15 14:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by goingeasy2001 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Don't know before, but Bret Lee has hit 162 kmph (100 miles/hour).
2006-12-15 11:20:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dennis Lilly of australia have the record of 99.4 miles/hr.record before shoaib akhthar.
2006-12-15 12:00:13 · answer #10 · answered by rahul m 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋