TOP 5 Fast Bowlers
#1. Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar is a former cricketer and commentator of Pakistan regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of international cricket, delivering 161.3 km / h (100.23 mph) to ODI and England - a pool game during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He was nicknamed "Rawalpindi Express," referring to his speed with his hometown, "Tiger." He was also the first bowler to record bowling 100 miles per hour, and he did this twice in his career.
Looking at his following cricket profile, Akhtar's experimental work began modestly. He was first selected to play at his home in Rawalpindi during a Test 2 of West Indies 1997/98 visit to Pakistan. He was subsequently named in South Africa in 1998, where he played in all three exams. He was at the forefront of Pakistan’s bowling altercation at the Peshawar Test for the visiting Australians later in 1998. Mark Taylor scored his unbeaten 334 in the first innings in Australia. After that, after eight tests and 16 innings, Akhtar had won just 18 wickets.
#2. Bret Lee
Brett Lee is a former Australian cricketer who played in all three formats of the game. While working around the world, Lee was honored as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. Lee conceded less than 20 runs in every wicket taken in his first two years but later recorded the numbers in the lower 30s. He was an athlete and a low-key batsman who is functional, with an average of over 20 hits in Test cricket. Lee completed his Test with 310 wickets and his One Day International career with 380 wickets. As one of the leading bowlers in his generation, only Muttiah Muralitharan has taken more ODI wickets than Lee from 2000-2009.
Lee played for an Australian team that won the 2003 World Cup. He played his first Test in 1999 and retired from world cricket on July 12, 2012. He then refused to renew his contract with his home club New South Wales but went on to play Twenty20 games for several seasons after that, mainly in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Big Bash League.
Lee was known for his speed and consistently beat the clock at 140 km / h (87 mph) and above. He counts only behind Pakistani bowlers Shoaib Akhtar (161.3 km / h, 100.2 mph) as the fastest bowler of his time. The constant throwing rate at 150 km / h (93 mph) caused a series of pressure fractures and repeated injuries and forced him to change his strategy to assemble it correctly. Instead of relying solely on speed, it has used several transmissions to slow down the batsman, even though it is known for breaking speeds above 150 km / h (93 mph). His fastest ball was tied at 161.1 km / h (100.1 mph) against New Zealand in 2005. In the match against the West Indies in 2000/01, he hit a speed of 161.8 km / h (100.5 mph), but this was later shown to be a false standard of delivery of 142 km / h.
#3. Shaun Tait
Shaun William Tait (born 22 February 1983) was a former Australian cricketer. He played as a right-handed bowler and represented Australia in all three cricket tournaments, but was very successful in the One Day Internationals. He was a member of the unbeaten Australian team at the 2007 Cricket World Cup and twenty-two cricket. Tait has won four different medals in his career, including the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year in 2004. He was one of the fastest bowlers in the world in his time. Tait retired from first-class cricket in 2009 and later in One Day Internationals in March 2011, focusing on playing T20 cricket. In March 2017, Tait announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
In 2009, Tait donated permanent first-level cricket to focus on short-term sporting programs. He played for a one-day team in Australia in 2010 and joined the Australian one-day squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, played in seven matches, and took 11 wickets before the team lost to India in the quarter-finals. After leaving Australia for the tournament, Tait announced his retirement from 50-over cricket, saying he was determined to play T-20 cricket.
He played for the Rajasthan Indian Premier League between 2010 and 2013, the Australian Big Bash League for the Melbourne Renegades, the Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes, the United Kingdom for Glam organ, and Essex County Cricket Clubs and other teams. Leagues around the world until he retired from cricket in 2017. During the 2015-16 Big Bash, he threw a 3/16 save to Hobart and was relegated to the national team in the T20 International match against India, but failed to cut the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 after failing to take a wicket in the two games he played. . Tait has announced that he has retired from the game in March 2017 due to a chronic knee injury.
#4. Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram (born June 3, 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, former cricket player, and captain of the Pakistani national cricket team. A fast bowler with his left arm who was able to throw with great speed is known as the master of the back switch. In October 2013, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricket player nominated for the Test World XI for the 150th anniversary of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanac.
Akram is considered one of the fastest bowlers in cricket history. He holds the world record for most wickets in List A cricket, with 881, and is second only to Sri Lank Muttiah Muralitharan's off-spin bowlers in ODI wickets, 502 overall. He is considered one of the founders and probably the best producer of swing bowling. He is often referred to as the "Sultan of Swing."
When Pakistan won the tournament, Akram was a crucial figure in the 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. In the final, against England, his 33-run innings in 19 balls forced Pakistan to score 249 points in six wickets. Akram then took Ian Botham's door early during the English batting innings. When he was brought back to the bowling attack later when the ball turned around, he produced a bowling alley that resulted in Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis being eliminated in each successive delivery. His performance earned him the Man of the Match award in the final. In 1993, Akram took four wickets against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, where 7 out of 8 gates could either be LBW or throw.
# 5. Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond (born June 7, 1975) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricket player and current bowling coach of Mumbai Indians, described as "the fastest New Zealander ever since Sir Richard Hadlee." He represented New Zealand in Test, ODI, and Twenty20 cricket and played for Canterbury in local cricket in New Zealand and Warwickshire in English domestic cricket. His record-breaking delivery was capped at 156.4 km / h against India in the 2003 World Cup as a right-handed thrower.
Bond's first international opportunity came at the start of the 2001/02 season. After a spectacular display in a New Zealand school game against an Australian tourist center, he was invited to the Test team to visit Australia. His first entry into the Second Test at Hobart was when he was selected ahead of Chris Martin due to his extra speed. He had an impressive start to a rain-affected game, taking one of 135 innings in Australia alone. He excelled in the third Test in Perth, taking two of the 154, which ended in a draw. Shortly afterward, in the 2001-02 VB Series against Australia and South Africa, he won the Player of the Year award for taking 21 wickets in nine matches.
After the tournament, he suffered a foot injury, one of many things that could have damaged his career, but he had returned to the New Zealand game in 2002 in the West Indies. He was a standout performer on his side, winning his series for the first time in the Caribbean. Bond continued to score well, leading the Bowling average at the 2003 World Cup.
In December 2009, Bond announced his retirement from Test cricket due to injuries that had plagued him for years. He said he wanted to expand his work to limited Overs formats for the game. He finished his career in Test cricket, taking 87 wickets in 18 matches with a 22.09 and a strike of 38.7. On 14 May 2010, Shane Bond announced his retirement from international cricket after the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. He is regarded as one of the best scorers to ever play for the Blackcaps after Hadlee's time.
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