Fastest bowler : Shoaib akhtar VS Jeff Thomson

Fastest of 21st VS fastest of 20th century.Plz rate and cast your vote.

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[85Aheadstix]

Nah, Shoad was good, but Thommo was fucking insane!!!

easily over 160 plus!.

[rishabhpb]

what a pointless video. you can't judge from a short clip of a delivery. you don't even have the speed gun stats.

having said that, thommo's action looks cleaner, so i'll say it's him.

[Manifesto89]

I remember really a cricket magazine article which stated that Thommo's fastest delivery of 160km/hr (dont recall the exact speed) was measured by speed at the striker's crease whereas modern day bowlers are measured by speed out of the hand. If this were the case, Shoab's fastest ball would not have been close to Thommo's fastest ball

[AIMANALI]

@11missblonde no - there are many factors involved - how explosive the athlete is how tall, how much momentum he is generating in his run up - his action at point of delivery (of course that is but one factor) - it is the combination of these factors - a synergistic effect. It is never just one factor - you make it sound like it is an exact science - it is not.

[THEDRAGONBOOSTER8]

Thomson never had a slower ball.. Shoaib was not as fast and took steroids..

[Fun555ish]

yes i know about the dumb sling shot action shaun tait also has that action dumbass

[11missblonde]

@Fun555ish NO ONE WILL EVER BOWL AS FAST AS THOMMO FOR ONE REASON, HIS SLING SHOT ACTION . IT IS A PHYSICS PROVEN FACT THE BALL HAS MORE LENGTH TO SWING WITH THOMMOS ACTION WHILE ALL THE OTHER FAST BOWLERS DONT START UNTIL UP NEAR SHOULDER AREA SO LESS SPEED IS GENERATED . UNLESS YOU ADOPT HIS ACTION THERE IS NO CHANCE EVER BEING FASTER PERIOD. AND I DONT MEAN JUST ONCE OFF . I MEAN MOST OF THE TIME.

[Fun555ish]

I vote Shaun tait

[bear01ism]

Thommo had to be the fastest bowler in history. He averaged somewhere above 148km per hour and that's AVERAGED! Imagine facing every ball from him at close to 150km per hour and then some (when he was pushing it) at over 160! And remember he could do this over after over for a whole test series not just a quick 20/20 or a one day. Think about that. Stamina, accuracy and blinding speed all the time. He wins hands down.

[harpsharp01]

This is bull! Bowlers appear faster when bowling towards the cameras.

Cameras behind Thomson would show Thomson bowling average average balls.

Had Shaoib been filmed from this angle you would not see the ball. Just ask Stephen Fleming about the delivery he got from Shoaib in 99 World Cup. Now that was the fastest delivery anyone would wish to see.

[neuterallrednecks]

Throwib only bowled (pitched) 161 at altitude. Thommo regularly bowled at that speed.