World's Fastest Bowler Competition - 1979

what?? javeline thrower?? omg!! really? no wonder that action and that life taking speed

onya two up

proudindianjoe1 comment below is correct .experts believe thommo would of been 170km/h plus out of the hand at his alltime fastest .he wasnt even playing the year this contest was run .also it must be said he had serious shoulder surgery a few years before

No-one can bowl 170KM/h.

yeah no one these days can but thommo around1974-75 by all acounts would have been reaching that speed. He was a trained javelin thrower who could of gone to olympics if he chose that sport .He had the perfect bowling action one that we will probably never see again .

why don't you play for australia
if you had a 100 meter run up you'd get puffed by the time you got to the bowling crease. Unless you were usain bolt

puffed after running 100M....lol come on mate how unfit do u think i am.....i can run a few kilometers......i can SPRINT 200m....

80kmph even our women can bowl ... and once we chuck we ll cross 120

not exactly,, nowadays the speed of the ball is calculated after the ball is released from the hand (before it pitches....)
those days speed was calculated after ball is released till it reached the opposite wicket... as we all know once the ball picthes it losses a lot of pace....

why didnt venktapathi raju , venkatesh prasad, debashish mohanty, take part in this competition....