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Who is the world’s fastest bowler in history of Cricket?

Shoaib-Akhtar.JPGDo you know who is the fastest bowler in history of world Cricket? Recently I have tried to find the answer of this question on internet. I saw several videos, read the achieves of various new papers and magazines and finally got the information that Jeff Thomson and Shoaib Akhtar are considered as the world’s fastest bowlers. Competing in a 1978 fast bowling contest that included many of the leading bowlers in the world, Thomson came first with a delivery clocked at 147.9 km/h, ahead of Michael Holding (141.3 km/h) and Imran Khan (139.7 km/h). In 1975 during a test match, he was timed using high-speed cameras at 160.45 km/h and then the following year he was timed at 160.58 km/h using conventional radar. Australian wicket-keeper Rod Marsh kept wicket to Thomson for most of his Test career and claimed that Thomson bowled upto speed of 180 km/h which is much greater than the present recorded speed on bowling of Shoaib Akhtar. But there is no recorded proof of Thomson bowling at the speed of 180 km/h.

Shoaib, also known as Rawalpindi Express, set a world record by delivering a ball with speed more than 100mph (160 km/h) twice. I will never forget his first encounter with Sachin Tendulkar in which Shoaib bowled him for the first ball he delivered to Sachin. His contemporary Brett Lee also made new records in fast bowling with deliveries upto speed of 157.4 km/h.

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78 responses to “Who is the world’s fastest bowler in history of Cricket?”

  1. Paul Jordan

    It is interesting reading the different comments on the recorded
    speeds:undoubtedly technology has influenced the reliability of measuring the speed.
    Given the use of today’s technology Shoaib is right up there along with Lee and Shaun Tait.
    However one should also consider the subjective view of commentators and fellow cricketers who whilst expressing an opinion somehow give you a sense of what it feels like to witness these bowlers in action.
    The West Indian bowlers, including Michael Holding must be one of the fastest .But consider the view of the great Ritchie Benaud, who in his time either saw or faced the fastest bowlers over the last 6o years.
    He has said that the fastest and most terrifying sight was Frank “Typhoon ” Tyson.
    I was lucky enough to meet a player who played with Tyson in his pomp and he left me in no doubt that Frank was the fastest thing he had ever seen.Unable to confirm this with technology but I’d take the wise words of Ritchie any day,

  2. Harsh jain

    Just see the videos of lee on youtube he with his consistency bowled consistently with the speed of 155 kmph far better from shoaib. Shoaib is good but not consistent

  3. sumit

    Yeah yu just kidding breet Lee is the consistent fastest bowler in the world he bowled three times I60km/hr he bowled 161 km/hr speed against new in new check it budyyyys

  4. surya

    NOW A FASTEST BOWLER IN WORLD IS ‘MORNE MORKEL’ HIS FAST IS 173.9Kph

  5. king dong

    oi ur mum is the fastest bowler iv eva seen, she’s amazing.I once saw shaun tait hit a guy in da groin wen bowling 4 reps the guy got taken to hospital and ur mum had to fill in? amazing

  6. saurav

    sten styen is fastest bowler in the world

  7. Average white man

    In fact, the rest spend most of their time smoking poles.

  8. Average white man

    Listen up you mothers. Thompson was the fastest ever. The rest ain’t fit to suck his Johnson.

  9. Mir showkeen

    To be honest as per the records avaliable shoib is the fastest bowler of world

  10. Tarzan rana

    Shoib akhtar is faster bowler in world cricket

  11. Mahesh

    It is shame on india that it has a population of 1.4 billion n not a single bowler whose average speed is 140 km/h
    I believe because our people do not eat cows meat that why that enrgetic genes are not there in ous..If you see Pakistan they have got every bowler bowling at a speed of 145km/h.
    Shame on India shame on our hindu religion that do not allow us to eat meat completely..

  12. Xiya Manhas

    Shoaib Malik is the fastest bowler in word history. He delivered the fastest ball that clean bowled Saniya Mirza. No other bowler got this credit.

  13. oldtimer

    Harold Larwood and Frank Tyson were at their peak were the fastest bowlers the World has ever seen injury to both had the last word. Remember in those days batsmen didn’t wear helmets, facing either must have been pretty daunting.

  14. ziarmal

    HELLO shoaib Akhtar is the always fastest bowler in the world Now That Is Clear to all that shoaib was the most dangarous Ilike the quick ball of shoaib there is more diffren between shoaib and breet lee shoaib is the most wicket takker and bowl very good shoab is the all time best your champion we will never forgot shoaib i like and i miss shoaib all the time .

  15. ziarmal safi

    shoaib your the best in the world and ilike the fastest bowl of shoaib he is the best than another bowler i miss shoaib akhtar

  16. ziarmal safi

    Hi shoaib Akhtar is the most fastest bowler in the world i like it so much i like the quicker bowling of shoaib i never rorgot shoaib i love and i miss ssss….

  17. asif

    Shoaib we love you, you are the best in the world.

  18. Darshan

    According to my view,,,,,shoaib akhtar is a legend with a top speed of 161.3km\h which he delivered against England’s nick knight….He could ball at a average speed of 140km\h….Brett lee tried to overcome the maximum speed of Shoaib but could ball the top speed of just 159km\h and now Shaun Tait is the fastest bowler in modern cricket after the retirement of Shoaib akhtar with the top speed of 160.7km\h……but unfortunately India couldn’t produce a fast bowlers like Brett lee,Shaun Tait and shoaib,,only Ishant sharma has bowled at a maximum speed of 150km\h against Australia……

  19. anugrha shukla

    lee has the most consistent speed thats y he is at the top. tait has a brilliant pace and his top is 160.7 kmh . akhtar shud nt be included in the list cuz he took stamina injections several times before bowling and sami has never bowled above 152.30 kmh. 162 ks for sami was just a mistake and brett lee is the most stormy bowler in the history of world cricket

  20. FR

    Often apples are compared with pears on this question.
    Speeds often quoted for Jeff Thomson were recorded as
    the speed arriving at the batsman’s end (by high speed camera).
    Speeds given for Shoab Akhtar/Brett Lee and others in more modern times are speeds out of the bowlers hand as measured from the batsman’s end (by radar gun). One metre after delivery a ball has decreased speed by around 0.97 km/hr.

    Radar measured speeds (such as on ODI TV broadcasts) are not particularly accurate. This is due to the fact (1) the ball is not travelling directly at the radar, (2) is slowing through the air, and (3) rotating in the air (presenting different seam profile). High speed frame cameras give a much more accurate speed reading (such as the camera that captured JT’s ball in 1975).
    If Jeff Thomson can put a ball at the batsman’s feet currently travelling at over 160km/hr, it suggests it has been released from the hand at something like 180km/hr …. which is a much higher speed than anything Shoab Akhtar/Brett Lee have ever come remotely close to.

  21. mohd faiq

    india have coros of papulation not fastest bowler

  22. Ross

    I have seen many bowlers over the last 35 – 40 years and by far the fastest bowler was Jeff Thomson. As one other person mentioned, Thomson lost some of his pace due to injury. When Thomson was at his fastest, technology didn’t exist to measure his speed. It was only late in his career he was officially measured.

  23. amiya

    8-|
    my favourite bowler shoiab cracks every wicket in every match……..he’s awesome.

  24. Alan

    The fastest bowler ever was Patrick Patterson of the West Indies using a police radar car in th ecity of Port Elizabeth, South Africa he was clocked at 106mph.

    Colin Croft and Malcom Marshall have both been recorded at over 96mph but the machine did not record above 98mph for some reason.

    Jeff Thomson and Rodney Hogg were quicker than any Aussie bowler today.

  25. VIRAT KOHLI

    The Fastest bollers of future are Ankit Shrivastava of Ashok Nagar (M.P) , Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav ,Ishant Sharma of India and World in B/W 1 year.

  26. Arsalan Kamal

    P.S. I forgot to mention the part that he was fastest between 1972-1976. He injured himself colliding with a fellow fielder and lost quite a bit of pace!!

    AND THE MOST AMAZING THING WAS HE ONCE BOWLED A BOUNCER THAT WENT FOR SIX BYES!! THE BALL DIDN NOT BOUNCE A SINGLE TIME BEFORE REACHING THE BOUNDRY!! I cant see anyone else do that!! Its like Usain Bolt I guess!! That guy runs 100 metres at 9.56 or something!!! If we hadn seen that, we never would have believed he used to run THAT quick!!

  27. Arsalan Kamal

    It is said that Jeff Thomson’s speed of the ball was measured at the batsman end!! It surely would have been around 170/160kmph if it was measured when he released the ball!!

    I ve seen Akthar, Sami, Lee, Tait, Lilee, Marshall, Andy Roberts, Ambrose, Mohamaad Zayed but BELIEVE ME Thomson was something extra!!

    Arsalan Kamal
    Faisalabad , Pakistan

  28. SOURADEEP PAL

    DALE STEYN IS PROBABLY THE FASTEST BOWLER .

  29. hassaan elahi

    yeah shoib akhtar is the world fastest bowler

  30. Shoaib

    keeping the consistency in context
    1. shoaib akhtar
    2. Brett Lee
    3. Muhammad Sami
    4. Shaun Tait

    Without consistency

    1. Shoaib Akhtar 161.3 (km/h)
    2. Shaun Tait 160.7 (km/h)
    3. Brett lee
    4. Muhammad Sami

    other bowlers intermix for 5,6,7….

  31. Ruwan

    So Aussie, so stupid!! Rod Marsh may be a good wicket keeper but certainly he could not measure the speed of ballsthat came to him just by catchig (or missing) them. If he was a traffic policeman, it would be a nightmare for Aussies, he could tell you without using a camera, that you drove at 310 mph. Thompson but had that Shaun Tait action and he may have bowled close to 98 mph. Yet today’s bowlers are quicker than him.

  32. Arslan Durrani

    No Lee , No tait only akhtar…..shoaib we love you

  33. harman

    i think i m the fastest blower……..

  34. DEELIP

    ISHANT SHARMA OF INDIA SET A NEW WORLD RECORD OF WORLDS FASTEST BOWL OF 103.45

  35. DEELIP

    RAKESH IS WORLDS IN BEELAMPALLI SET A NEW RECORD OF WORLDS FASTEST BALL OF 104.22 MILES PER HOUR

  36. wahid zaman khan

    I think shoaib akhtar is the fastest bowler in the world nobody can say that jeff Thompson or brett lee or tait is the fastest bowler in the world if anyone say’s that shoaib akhtar is not the fastest bowler in the world this means that he/she is the biggest fool and abnormal and also bich and also big ass(chutiya) and he/she is jellousy to shoaib akhtar that solve.

  37. shoiab akther

    He is the fastest bowler in the world

  38. Razzaq choudhary

    it will take time to break recored of SHOAIB AKHTER fastest ball 100.3 mph and SACHIN TANDULKAR batting recoreds

  39. rauf

    i like shoib s bowling i m fan of shoib

  40. hasan iobal and touseef aslam

    hafeez is tha best bat

  41. hasan iobal and touseef aslam

    afridi is a greatest i realy like him
    boom boom afridi and shaun tait is like a cheeta i think he is a fastest bowler j like his passion during

  42. Luky

    I think shoib and jeff are legends at all time in criket hitory..

  43. AB

    Tait is best.

  44. mohammad maroof

    Atul sharma is the fastest bowler in future,when he playing for india.He is the guy who have a capability to break the world record or equal it …………so time to think twice for a fast bowler.from nainital india

  45. Jason

    Mohammad Sami has recorded the fastest speed, but this recording has was found to be faulty.

    Shoaib has been acknowledged to deliver the fastest ball, bowled at 100.2 mph.

  46. Adam Reynolds

    Frank Tyson. 1950’s English bowler. Was nicknamed “Typhoon”. He only bowled in spells of 3 or 4 overs because it took so much out of his body. Very, very fast.

  47. Rick

    In the old days speed was measured differently so on paper there are many faster than Thommo but it is claimed that due to the different method he was clocked at a slower speed although he was quicker.
    I can`t confirm this but it has been said that these days bowlers are clocked as the ball leaves the had whereas before it was clocked as it reached the other end of the pitch.

  48. imran khan

    on records its shoaib with 100.2 MPH, the quickest, thats final, but if you really want to know exactly, its
    1- shoaib and Thomson
    2-Lee and Tait
    3-M.Zahid
    4-Waqar younis
    5-M.Holding
    6-M.Sami
    7-Allan Donald
    8-Dale Styne
    9-Imran Khan
    10-s.Harmson
    believe me its true,

  49. Waseem Awan

    Hi Shoaiab Tusi G8888888888 Ho

  50. nasir

    shoaib sada cheeta a

  51. aftab

    sohaib akhter is fastest

  52. Ishak Khan

    officially it is Shoiab Akthar and unofficially it is Mohamed Sami.

  53. Rajan mishra

    The fastest bowler of the wold is mohamad sami he is a very good bowler of the wold SAMI BHAI WE MISE YOU FOR EVER

  54. Raj mishra

    Shoiab is the fastest bowler of the wold cricket

  55. afridi.

    one more thing there was a time every batsman of the world they used to afraid to face the fire of shoaib. For example Sachin, ganguly, Dravid and more and more…
    Did you forget when shoaib hit ganguly and he laid down on the earth, he was behaving like he was shot by bullet (Very Well Done Shoaib honey) and Lara also…
    Nobody can face the fire of shoaib honey this is the truth………………. and try to accept the truth.

    Regards.
    Rani Afridi.

  56. afridi.

    Hello to all of you..
    Fact is Fact Shoaib is the fastest bowler of the world. If we say in the past Thomson was the fastest bowler, so my friend that time there was no advance technology to calculate the exact speed of the bowler. But now every thing is cleared and we have good technology and speed calculation machine. every body has its own favorite bowler but we have to learn to accept the truth that is called Bravery. I hope u understood what I meant? Fastest bowler of the world is Shoaib (Honey) then LEE and so on so on…
    Regards.
    Rani afridi.

  57. kamran

    shoeb bhai aap gr88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 ho

  58. Ramy

    My top ten fastest bowlers of all time
    1) Thompson- quickest ever
    2) Lee- more consistent than akhtar and had a proper high action
    3) Akhtar- fastest bowl recorded, period
    4) Tait
    5) Waqar
    6) Ambrose
    7) Marshal
    8) Lillee
    9) Mohammad Nissar
    10) Akram

  59. khan

    The World Fastest Bowler is Soaib Akhter nd the second Fastest Bowler of the world is Brett Lee with his 160.7 and also Shun Tait.

  60. mohsin

    akhter,tait and lee are around the same pace,akhter may e just looked a bit faster but all these boys when fit are rapid.mohammed sami delivery was a mistake,thats the reason why shohaib holds the record.He was no way near quick as these 3 lads,jeff thomson i think was as quick as these lads,no way he bowled 180 kph,thats stupid.the wickets he bowled on were alot quicker than what is used today.thomson claims he use to bowl 115 mph,in dreams may be.lol.

  61. Hassan

    Yes. Muhammad sami is the bowler who holds the record to deliever the history’s fatest ball. He is a great bowler.

  62. faraz

    akhter is the world fastest bowler in the world till now… and awzies’s lets face it tait and brett lee r way behid him…….

  63. Ishtiaq bashir shaki

    I think shoaib akhtar is the most fastest bowler of world in the history of cricket

  64. RakheshAnusha

    James Anderson set world 2nd fastest bowl record with 100.93 against pakistan in 2010.BUT TAIT IS WORLD FASTEST BOWLER i give him a name Austrilan jetplane

  65. rahul sharma

    shoaib is a nice bowler. i like his bowling very much.when shoaib akhtar read this comment that he would now that i am biggest fan of shoaib akhtar.his is more than the the speed of most popular trains,when i will meet him that i would say shoaib that i am fan of your and can you give me an autograph ball of your

  66. Anurak aditya

    Yes,Shaun tait is world fastest bowler with speed 102.86 .he bowled his over in this way against pak in 201 in t20.1)96.85,2)96.12,3)97.8,4)97.56,5)100.22,6)102.86

  67. ABHIJEET

    I THINK SAMI IS THE IS FASTEST BOWLER.BUT DON’T FUH GET SHOIAB AKTHAR AND LEE.SHAUN TIAT IS THE NEW FACE IN LIST OF FAST BOWLERS. NICE SITE .ENJOYED A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  68. bharath kumar reddy

    i like his bowling he is as fast as cheetha

  69. MianUsmanLatif

    I think Shoaib Akhter is a fastest bowler in the world

  70. bhasker

    mohammad sami have the record of highest speed bowl in cricket is 164kph.& 101.9 mph
    see in this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLMnVuRsg80
    or
    shoib aktar in second number for highest speed bowl in cricket is 161.3kph & 100.2mph
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV9KE6L6wqs

    or
    shaun tait in third number for highest speed bowl in cricket is 160.7 &
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p34llSwZU8Q

  71. muhammadAyoub.k

    shaun Tait(Aus) secand fastest bowler in world cricket.

  72. horri

    HEY WHO IS THAT MOTRHER FUCKER WHO WROTE WALK OF FAME AND WHEN HE GETS OUT HE WRITES WALK OF SHAME DONT DARE TO MAKE FUN OF GOD OF CRICKET U GET UR MOPTHER FUKKED BY 1000 DOGS

  73. vishal singh

    no doubt shoaib akhtar is fastest bowler in the world but iwant also consider the jeff thompson who has already done but during that time there was no speed measurement machine.

  74. ateeq

    shoaib is da best, he the fastest bowler in world cricket. others like Brett lee, Thomson etc are way behind him.

  75. cutekiller

    Muhammad sami from pakistan is the fastest bowler of all times….

  76. sky

    Shoaib Akhtar recorded the fastest delivery in the world (100.2 mph) against England in 2003.

  77. Rajendra

    Word fastest bowler in history of cricket is BREET LEE

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