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How many 150kph fast bowlers are there in the world today?

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I mean playing international or domestic cricket, pretty sure pakistan alone having 50% of their population covered.
 
What do you define as a 150k fast bowler? Someone who can hit 150kmph? Someone who can bowl an entire spell above 150kmph?
 
Someone who can consistently bowl in mid 140s and hit 150. The later which you are talking about is an anamoly in the form of Akhtar, Lee, Tait and Zahid.
 
Don't think there are more than 12-13 at the moment who can achieve this feat, 6 of them are in Pakistan alone.
 
Nobody can bowl spells at 150k or above from the current lot.

Among those who can and have hit 150kph:

1. Starc (AUS)
2. Lockie Ferguson (NZ)
3. Naseem Shah (PAK)
4. Haris Rauf (PAK)
5. Hasnain (PAK)
6. Musa (PAK)
7. Wahab (PAK)
8. Varun (IND)
9. Rabada (SA)


These are the ones I know of.

PAK = 5 out of 9 - More than 50% it appears.
 
Hawkeye said:
Nobody can bowl spells at 150k or above from the current lot.

Among those who can and have hit 150kph:

1. Starc (AUS)
2. Lockie Ferguson (NZ)
3. Naseem Shah (PAK)
4. Haris Rauf (PAK)
5. Hasnain (PAK)
6. Musa (PAK)
7. Wahab (PAK)
8. Varun (IND)
9. Rabada (SA)


These are the ones I know of.

PAK = 5 out of 9 - More than 50% it appears.
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Stanlake, Archer, Wood, Bumrah, Yadav, Kumara, Nortje, and Gabriel
 
Off the top of my head a list of bowlers who have hit 150 here and there and can do that in the future as well

Australia: Starc, Aaron Summers, Pattinson
South Africa: Rabada, Nortje
England: Woods, Archer
Sri Lanka: Kumara
New Zealand: Lockie, Milne
Pakistan: Wahab, Rauf, Hasnain, Musa

I think the fastest ball in the last year or so would be Hasnain who bowled it at 155 kph in the CPL.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Off the top of my head a list of bowlers who have hit 150 here and there and can do that in the future as well

Australia: Starc, Aaron Summers, Pattinson
South Africa: Rabada, Nortje
England: Woods, Archer
Sri Lanka: Kumara
New Zealand: Lockie, Milne
Pakistan: Wahab, Rauf, Hasnain, Musa

I think the fastest ball in the last year or so would be Hasnain who bowled it at 155 kph in the CPL.
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West Indies: Gabriel, Oshane Thomas
 
Hawkeye said:
Nobody can bowl spells at 150k or above from the current lot.

Among those who can and have hit 150kph:

1. Starc (AUS)
2. Lockie Ferguson (NZ)
3. Naseem Shah (PAK)
4. Haris Rauf (PAK)
5. Hasnain (PAK)
6. Musa (PAK)
7. Wahab (PAK)
8. Varun (IND)
9. Rabada (SA)


These are the ones I know of.

PAK = 5 out of 9 - More than 50% it appears.
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From India, Bumrah, Ishant, Yadav, Saini, and many more have hit 150kph before.
 
Aus- Starc, Stanlake, Cummins?
Eng- Archer, Wood, Tymal Mills
Ind- Saini, Bumrah
NZ - Ferguson, Milne, Kuggleijn
PAK - Hasnain, Musa, Rauf, Wahab, Naseem and Shaheen are almost there
SA- Nortje, Rabada
SL- Kumara
WI- Oshane Thomas, Shanon Gabriel
 
I am not talking about 150k once in blue moon, i mean a consistent fast bowler who can bowl in late 140ks almost every match and can hit 150ks every now and then, don't think there are more than 12 in the world at the moment and 6 of them being in Pakistan is a rare achievement to be honest.
 
Danyaalr01 said:
Aus- Starc, Stanlake, Cummins?
Eng- Archer, Wood, Tymal Mills
Ind- Saini, Bumrah
NZ - Ferguson, Milne, Kuggleijn
PAK - Hasnain, Musa, Rauf, Wahab, Naseem and Shaheen are almost there
SA- Nortje, Rabada
SL- Kumara
WI- Oshane Thomas, Shanon Gabriel
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You have to minus Cummins, kugglejin and Shannon from the list, even Bhumra is mostly 140k+ bowler who can crank up to 145k most days, definitely not consistently in mid to late 140ks.
 
literally no one averages 150 in history. All rubbish. Nobody from any era bowled that fast consistently. Even shoaib and lee bowled in an era with faulty devices that were poor at measuring speed.

They were 145 on a consistent basis. AVERAGE SPEED IS WHAT MATTERS NOT TOP SPEED.

Everyone can crank it up for one ball rofl but none can bowl at that pace consistently.

The fastest ones in recent times who can bowl for 20 plus overs at pace?

starc- 142 143
Gabriel- 141-142
naseem - 141 vs australia and Bangladesh
bumrah - 140 141 (yes bumrah vs australia)
lockie Ferguson- 140 and then broke down plus quit.

that's it.
 
wahab can bowl 140-141 on average for 20 overs


and

varun aaron 142 on average. yes go check his ranji speeds.
 
musa rauf husnain would collapse if they bowled at 140 plus for 20 overs.


nortje - 142 on average
rabada -140

lahiru humans- 142 on average.
 
Muhammad Saad said:
You have to minus Cummins, kugglejin and Shannon from the list, even Bhumra is mostly 140k+ bowler who can crank up to 145k most days, definitely not consistently in mid to late 140ks.
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If we consider bowlers who can bowl 150 kph just for one ball, then these 3 are in the list. Maybe not Cummins, but I have seen Kuggleijn and Gabriel bowl 150.
 
Ferguson is the fastest Bowler at the moment, coming back from injury clocking 150 + is amazing.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Off the top of my head a list of bowlers who have hit 150 here and there and can do that in the future as well

Australia: Starc, Aaron Summers, Pattinson
South Africa: Rabada, Nortje
England: Woods, Archer
Sri Lanka: Kumara
New Zealand: Lockie, Milne
Pakistan: Wahab, Rauf, Hasnain, Musa

I think the fastest ball in the last year or so would be Hasnain who bowled it at 155 kph in the CPL.
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Shaheen bowled 151.6 shinwari and amir also bowled 150 kph besides naseem is quickest in terms of average speed
 
India have the most,

1. Atul Sharma, his average speed at his peak was 165 kph with top speeds upwards of 175kph. He still bows 150+ kph with ease, even though he does not have any interest in cricket now.
2. Varun Aaron
3. Umesh Yadav
4. Bumrah
5. Saini
6. Prasidh Krishna
7. Those U-19 kids who are injured now?
 
big_gamer007 said:
India have the most,

1. Atul Sharma, his average speed at his peak was 165 kph with top speeds upwards of 175kph. He still bows 150+ kph with ease, even though he does not have any interest in cricket now.
2. Varun Aaron
3. Umesh Yadav
4. Bumrah
5. Saini
6. Prasidh Krishna
7. Those U-19 kids who are injured now?
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Do you know human body at best can make cricket ball travel at 166kph
 
Kingpin786 said:
Do you know human body at best can make cricket ball travel at 166kph
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You are naive, we have living example of Atul Sharma, Jeff Thompson and Sylvester Clarke.

Who told you this 166 kph limit? Maybe it's for Pakistani bowlers but for India, west indies and Australia this has been breached already.
 
Hawkeye said:
Nobody can bowl spells at 150k or above from the current lot.

Among those who can and have hit 150kph:

1. Starc (AUS)
2. Lockie Ferguson (NZ)
3. Naseem Shah (PAK)
4. Haris Rauf (PAK)
5. Hasnain (PAK)
6. Musa (PAK)
7. Wahab (PAK)
8. Varun (IND)
9. Rabada (SA)


These are the ones I know of.

PAK = 5 out of 9 - More than 50% it appears.
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When did Naseem, Haris, and Musa ever hit 150? Fastest by Naseem was 148 in Australia wasn't it?
 
big_gamer007 said:
India have the most,

1. Atul Sharma, his average speed at his peak was 165 kph with top speeds upwards of 175kph. He still bows 150+ kph with ease, even though he does not have any interest in cricket now.
2. Varun Aaron
3. Umesh Yadav
4. Bumrah
5. Saini
6. Prasidh Krishna
7. Those U-19 kids who are injured now?
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Atul has never bowled in front of an actual speed gun. No way he was bowling 175 just like no way Thommo was bowling 175.

Umesh, Bumrah, Ishant only clocked 150 on Aussie speed guns. They are low 140s everywhere else. Bumrah may have clocked 150 at the World Cup, but UK speed guns are inflated also. Shafiul Islam once crossed 145 in UK during the 2010 tour.
 
tyron_woodley said:
literally no one averages 150 in history. All rubbish. Nobody from any era bowled that fast consistently. Even shoaib and lee bowled in an era with faulty devices that were poor at measuring speed.

They were 145 on a consistent basis. AVERAGE SPEED IS WHAT MATTERS NOT TOP SPEED.

Everyone can crank it up for one ball rofl but none can bowl at that pace consistently.

The fastest ones in recent times who can bowl for 20 plus overs at pace?

starc- 142 143
Gabriel- 141-142
naseem - 141 vs australia and Bangladesh
bumrah - 140 141 (yes bumrah vs australia)
lockie Ferguson- 140 and then broke down plus quit.

that's it.
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Don’t make up stuff. Shoaib, lee and tait were speed demons. They had ability to threaten 160 kph

They might not be ATGs but speed wise probably only Thomson has bowled that fast
 
Atul Sharma has to be the fastest considering the criteria that OP has put in. 160 kph average isn't a joke.
 
Shutdown Corner said:
Atul has never bowled in front of an actual speed gun. No way he was bowling 175 just like no way Thommo was bowling 175.

Umesh, Bumrah, Ishant only clocked 150 on Aussie speed guns. They are low 140s everywhere else. Bumrah may have clocked 150 at the World Cup, but UK speed guns are inflated also. Shafiul Islam once crossed 145 in UK during the 2010 tour.
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Thommo bowled 170ish and Sylvester Clarke bowled 175kph. This is proven you can ask [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION]

Atul is even faster than both of them and bowled 185kph at his best. You can watch YouTube channels which shows Indian news outlet showing him practice. You don't need speed guns to see how fast he was.

Regarding the others, that's the criteria of OP isn't it? People who bowl 140ish and can hit occasional bowl at 150kph. So the bowlers I mentioned fit that criteria.
 
tyron_woodley said:
literally no one averages 150 in history. All rubbish. Nobody from any era bowled that fast consistently. Even shoaib and lee bowled in an era with faulty devices that were poor at measuring speed.

They were 145 on a consistent basis. AVERAGE SPEED IS WHAT MATTERS NOT TOP SPEED.

Everyone can crank it up for one ball rofl but none can bowl at that pace consistently.

The fastest ones in recent times who can bowl for 20 plus overs at pace?

starc- 142 143
Gabriel- 141-142
naseem - 141 vs australia and Bangladesh
bumrah - 140 141 (yes bumrah vs australia)
lockie Ferguson- 140 and then broke down plus quit.

that's it.
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Says someone who never saw them bowl live. Surely your post makes a lot of sense.
 
Mobashir said:
Says someone who never saw them bowl live. Surely your post makes a lot of sense.
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I have seen them live and on telly. they were not that fast on a consistent basis.

they bowled and average around 145. No player cam average 150 for 20 overs in a test cricket. Their bowling looked fast due to inflated speed guns. Post 2010 is when we saw proper speed guns.

Some countries measure using the higher end of the spectrum for speeds like australia and south africa. That's why a 140 in Asia might be a 145 in australia, south africa etc.
 
big_gamer007 said:
Thommo bowled 170ish and Sylvester Clarke bowled 175kph. This is proven you can ask [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION]

Atul is even faster than both of them and bowled 185kph at his best. You can watch YouTube channels which shows Indian news outlet showing him practice. You don't need speed guns to see how fast he was.

Regarding the others, that's the criteria of OP isn't it? People who bowl 140ish and can hit occasional bowl at 150kph. So the bowlers I mentioned fit that criteria.
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160 is the uppper limit of bowling without chucking. Proof is Shoaib, Lee, Tait.

Fastest baseball pitches are 170 so no way some no name Sharma or even a Thomson bowled 170. Randy Johnson rarely threw 170 and you expect people to believe someone can bowl 170? Ridiculous.
 
big_gamer007 said:
Thommo bowled 170ish and Sylvester Clarke bowled 175kph. This is proven you can ask [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION]

Atul is even faster than both of them and bowled 185kph at his best. You can watch YouTube channels which shows Indian news outlet showing him practice. You don't need speed guns to see how fast he was.

Regarding the others, that's the criteria of OP isn't it? People who bowl 140ish and can hit occasional bowl at 150kph. So the bowlers I mentioned fit that criteria.
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this guy has speed guns fitted in his eye sockets
 
I don't see any express pacer in World Cricket at the moment. Somebody who can consistently bowl above 150 kph in Tests and Odis.



One Pakistani youngster can do it provided he fixes his off field antics & activities which could dent his fitness aswell as training.


It's Shaheen Shah Afridi.




Naseem Shah has to fix his front foot landing issues where his foot points towards leg slip. NCA has to fix his action ASAP otherwise he might suffer a stress fracture of ankle soon. Mudassir & Waqar need to seriously ponder the drills Naseem needs to alter his action slightly. If Naseem can do it and escapes stress fracture than 1 or 2 years later he can bowl 150 kph.



Hasnain too has potential (needs to fix his runup to make it more smooth and rhythimcal) and so too Dilbar Hussain (Run Up momentum needed)



Shaheen must follow Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc in terms of strength and conditioning. If I have to get on one from Pakside at present than surely it has to be Shaheen because his action run-up are smooth n fine. With injured hand he has bowled quite a few above 146kph this PSL with his fastest balls being 151.6, 149.8, 149.2 & 148.6 kph.
 
Who is this Atul Sharma?

Does anybody have video of his bowling?

Was he ever part of Indian squad ?
 
tyron_woodley said:
I have seen them live and on telly. they were not that fast on a consistent basis.

they bowled and average around 145. No player cam average 150 for 20 overs in a test cricket. Their bowling looked fast due to inflated speed guns. Post 2010 is when we saw proper speed guns.

Some countries measure using the higher end of the spectrum for speeds like australia and south africa. That's why a 140 in Asia might be a 145 in australia, south africa etc.
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That's rubbish.
I have followed their career. Akhtar used to warm up in the early 90s. He averaged way higher than that.
 
tyron_woodley said:
literally no one averages 150 in history. All rubbish. Nobody from any era bowled that fast consistently. Even shoaib and lee bowled in an era with faulty devices that were poor at measuring speed.

They were 145 on a consistent basis. AVERAGE SPEED IS WHAT MATTERS NOT TOP SPEED.

Everyone can crank it up for one ball rofl but none can bowl at that pace consistently.

The fastest ones in recent times who can bowl for 20 plus overs at pace?

starc- 142 143
Gabriel- 141-142
naseem - 141 vs australia and Bangladesh
bumrah - 140 141 (yes bumrah vs australia)
lockie Ferguson- 140 and then broke down plus quit.

that's it.
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Naseem shah averaged 143 kph.

Stop misinforming.

Also Lockie Furguson is 7-8 KS quicker than Bumrah. Those numbers are made up.
 
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Starc and Lockie are the only two I've seen who can consistently bowl in the 150s during a spell when they're bowling fast. Lockie I've seen consistently bowl 145+.

Everyone else seems to get to 150s scarcely.
 
tyron_woodley said:
literally no one averages 150 in history. All rubbish. Nobody from any era bowled that fast consistently. Even shoaib and lee bowled in an era with faulty devices that were poor at measuring speed.

They were 145 on a consistent basis. AVERAGE SPEED IS WHAT MATTERS NOT TOP SPEED.

Everyone can crank it up for one ball rofl but none can bowl at that pace consistently.

The fastest ones in recent times who can bowl for 20 plus overs at pace?

starc- 142 143
Gabriel- 141-142
naseem - 141 vs australia and Bangladesh
bumrah - 140 141 (yes bumrah vs australia)
lockie Ferguson- 140 and then broke down plus quit.

that's it.
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Lockie is able to consistently bowl spells at 145k+.

Think he even bowled an over of all 150kph+.

Bumrah bowling 150kph has got to be a speed gun error, he's not express. Far from it.
 
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In terms of consistent pace as far as limited overs go, I think it's Lockie.

Although when Starc is at his best speed wise, he's 3-4kph quicker on average.
 
Forgot about Rabada but I don't see him play often so I can't say anything on him.
 
Aman said:
Starc and Lockie are the only two I've seen who can consistently bowl in the 150s during a spell when they're bowling fast. Lockie I've seen consistently bowl 145+.

Everyone else seems to get to 150s scarcely.
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completely agree. Starc and Lockie in the same order are the most consistent express pacers these days (if you wanna call them express). The only persistent express post 90s were Shoaib, Lee, and Tate - you can put them in any order depending who had more adrenaline that day.

Sami, besides having weakest nerves of all, was a work horse and could put any modern pacer to shame over after over (speed wise). In one of the ODIs in England, going by memory, he bowled straight 6-7 opening overs with extreme speed.
 
ethan hunt said:
Naseem shah averaged 143 kph.

Stop misinforming.

Also Lockie Furguson is 7-8 KS quicker than Bumrah. Those numbers are made up.
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go watch the australia series and come back to me. He bowled the fastest bowl in that series and bowled as quick as naseem in that series. That too in a 4 test series. naseem broke down after one test.

lockie isn't 7 8 ks quicker. At best he is 4 to 5 ks quicker. He doesn't average 145 plus. He can never bowl at that pace for 20 overs plus. Stop deluding yourself.

numbers aren't made up. It's from what I have seen based on an entire series. I don't include bowlers who get dilapidated after bowling 20 overs.
 
ethan hunt said:
That's rubbish.
I have followed their career. Akhtar used to warm up in the early 90s. He averaged way higher than that.
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yea in the era of faulty speed guns and with no or limited amount of t20. He will be in hospital perennially if he bowled in current era at that so called speeds that he achieved.

It's just not sustainable. 145 max on average is possible. Not 150. 150 for 20 overs is ridiculously hard. The strain it would put on your body will be unbearable.

Only starc and Gabriel are actually close to express. Even then starc needs to have limited workload and infact has to skip plenty of bilaterals to bowl st those speeds.

nortje can bowl 143 on average but it drops to 140 in the second innings usually.
 
Aman said:
Lockie is able to consistently bowl spells at 145k+.

Think he even bowled an over of all 150kph+.

Bumrah bowling 150kph has got to be a speed gun error, he's not express. Far from it.
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? when did I say he was express. He is capable of cranking it up to 150 easily if he wants to. he bowls 139-140 on average. He played post injury vs n.z where he was a tad slower.

Watch the series prior to injury. Even in the second test his speeds were getting close to his australia series standards.

lockie can bowl 145 plus for maybe 5 overs. Once he bowls 20 overs in an innings let alone a test MATCH he needs to operated on for another year.
 
mohammed sami was super quick. Might be the actual quickest bowler of all time. Too bad he was a total scrub.
 
tyron_woodley said:
? when did I say he was express. He is capable of cranking it up to 150 easily if he wants to. he bowls 139-140 on average. He played post injury vs n.z where he was a tad slower.

Watch the series prior to injury. Even in the second test his speeds were getting close to his australia series standards.

lockie can bowl 145 plus for maybe 5 overs. Once he bowls 20 overs in an innings let alone a test MATCH he needs to operated on for another year.
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You clearly don't watch Lockie play since he bowls 145kph for more than 5 overs. No one on the planet can bowl 145kph for over 20 overs. Nobody has the body to cope with that.

He broke down in Aus because of the heat and being underdone, his body ready wasn't ready to play in intense 40 degree heat with no work before it. I actually expected that to happen and even posted it. Lockie breaking down was inevitable with how he was introduced. He should have played the games in England before going over, in fact the media here blamed management for it.
 
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Aman said:
You clearly don't watch Lockie play since he bowls 145kph for more than 5 overs. No one on the planet can bowl 145kph for over 20 overs. Nobody has the body to cope with that.

He broke down in Aus because of the heat and being underdone, his body ready wasn't ready to play in intense 40 degree heat with no work before it. I actually expected that to happen and even posted it. Lockie breaking down was inevitable with how he was introduced. He should have played the games in England before going over, in fact the media here blamed management for it.
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ok. nortje I think can bowl 142 on average for 20 overs. stats showed he did vs England. Slowed down in the 3rd and 4th test which is underatnable. still 140 though.

Could be the quickest alongside lockie and starc. lockie if injury free ofcourse. Still yet to see him.bowl co distantly fast over a series.
 
spiderreddy said:
Fastest deliveries by Indian bowlers in IPL 2019 :

Saini - 152.85 kph

Umesh - 151.44

Ishant - 151.34

Shami - 150.65

Bumrah - 150.41

Aaron - 150.31

Prasidh - 150.22





https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2019/fastest-balls
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Common sonny, why Indian Bowlers can bowl such speed at only IPL and when they debut in international game, they reduced their pace by 5 Kmh on avg? Cough cough khaleel cough
 
Muhammad Saad said:
Common sonny, why Indian Bowlers can bowl such speed at only IPL and when they debut in international game, they reduced their pace by 5 Kmh on avg? Cough cough khaleel cough
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could say the same about aussie bowlers and Pakistanis. When did shaheen or naseem even hit 150 in australian series.

bumrah did. None of the Aussie bowlers did either.
 
tyron_woodley said:
could say the same about aussie bowlers and Pakistanis. When did shaheen or naseem even hit 150 in australian series.

bumrah did. None of the Aussie bowlers did either.
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Naseem didn't hit 150 in PSL, he is bowling the same speeds he did in Aussie. Shaheen has always been able to crank it up to high 140s, it was only a matter of time before he hit 150.

Also the these 2 didn't play the t20is in Australia.
 
Muhammad Saad said:
Common sonny, why Indian Bowlers can bowl such speed at only IPL and when they debut in international game, they reduced their pace by 5 Kmh on avg? Cough cough khaleel cough
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Saini clocked 152 kph in an international match recently
Bumrah clocked 150 kph in WC.
Umesh, Ishant haven't played t20Is recently.
Aaron has always been fast.
Get your facts right before commenting.
Look at speeds of other bowlers in the link I have shared. Khaleel is not amongst the fastest Indian bowlers in IPL either.


In fact it is the Pakistani's that hype up the speeds of their bowlers. Recently we have seen them hyping up u'19 Aamir khan. But when the actual match came, all three Indian Pacers were quicker than the Pakistani counterparts :vk2
 
right now only express pacer present is lockie ferguson who consistently bowls 150ks in odis.In tests it has to be Mitchell starc nortje and naseem Shah who consistently bowled 145ks in the tests he played.Few years ago wahab was express he used to bowl 145 ks in UAE heat.Even Shoaib akhtar said wahab has wasted himself without even getting injured he hasn't played many tests.Wahab Riaz is a supreme athlete he would have been much better in a professional setup.
 
spiderreddy said:
Saini clocked 152 kph in an international match recently
Bumrah clocked 150 kph in WC.
Umesh, Ishant haven't played t20Is recently.
Aaron has always been fast.
Get your facts right before commenting.
Look at speeds of other bowlers in the link I have shared. Khaleel is not amongst the fastest Indian bowlers in IPL either.


In fact it is the Pakistani's that hype up the speeds of their bowlers. Recently we have seen them hyping up u'19 Aamir khan. But when the actual match came, all three Indian Pacers were quicker than the Pakistani counterparts :vk2
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In which world you are living... Indians quicker than pak bowlers... Fan of Irfan Pathan spotted here
 
Mr Crickekter said:
In which world you are living... Indians quicker than pak bowlers... Fan of Irfan Pathan spotted here
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uh? they are quicker dummy. Bowl 20 overs in australia at pace without getting injured for a 4 test series and then talk.

2 tests and your players get dilapidated except shaheen.
 
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Lockie is miles quicker than Bumrah.
The Indian bowlers including Umesh and Ishanth were barely clocking 130 KS in newzealand.
What's the point of posting speeds from the time when even Amir and Irfan were hitting 150 Ks.
 
TalentSpotterPk said:
I don't see any express pacer in World Cricket at the moment. Somebody who can consistently bowl above 150 kph in Tests and Odis.



One Pakistani youngster can do it provided he fixes his off field antics & activities which could dent his fitness aswell as training.


It's Shaheen Shah Afridi.




Naseem Shah has to fix his front foot landing issues where his foot points towards leg slip. NCA has to fix his action ASAP otherwise he might suffer a stress fracture of ankle soon. Mudassir & Waqar need to seriously ponder the drills Naseem needs to alter his action slightly. If Naseem can do it and escapes stress fracture than 1 or 2 years later he can bowl 150 kph.



Hasnain too has potential (needs to fix his runup to make it more smooth and rhythimcal) and so too Dilbar Hussain (Run Up momentum needed)



Shaheen must follow Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc in terms of strength and conditioning. If I have to get on one from Pakside at present than surely it has to be Shaheen because his action run-up are smooth n fine. With injured hand he has bowled quite a few above 146kph this PSL with his fastest balls being 151.6, 149.8, 149.2 & 148.6 kph.
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I agree with this but I think Naseem has barely been fit this PSL and yet has clocked the highest average speed. In a year or so a fully fit Naseem shah will easily be clocking 150 plus.
 
ethan hunt said:
Lockie is miles quicker than Bumrah.
The Indian bowlers including Umesh and Ishanth were barely clocking 130 KS in newzealand.
What's the point of posting speeds from the time when even Amir and Irfan were hitting 150 Ks.
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are you blind? that was in the first test. Even there shami bowled 140.

bumrah came back from injury.

in the second test both cranked it up to 145 consistently. bumrah was 140 easily. He is slowly getting back to his pre injury speeds.
 
tyron_woodley said:
are you blind? that was in the first test. Even there shami bowled 140.

bumrah came back from injury.

in the second test both cranked it up to 145 consistently. bumrah was 140 easily. He is slowly getting back to his pre injury speeds.
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But lockie is faster in wc 2019 his fastest was152.xx while bumrah's fastest was 149.3 kph and shami's fastest 146.xx
 
spiderreddy said:
Saini clocked 152 kph in an international match recently
Bumrah clocked 150 kph in WC.
Umesh, Ishant haven't played t20Is recently.
Aaron has always been fast.
Get your facts right before commenting.
Look at speeds of other bowlers in the link I have shared. Khaleel is not amongst the fastest Indian bowlers in IPL either.


In fact it is the Pakistani's that hype up the speeds of their bowlers. Recently we have seen them hyping up u'19 Aamir khan. But when the actual match came, all three Indian Pacers were quicker than the Pakistani counterparts :vk2
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No bumrah did not bowl150 kph he bowled 149.3 wchich was slower than wahab and hasnain was clocked at 152.4 kph in a practice match on same speed guns
 
Thing with Lockie is he tops off at 152-153.

Starc and Rabada can bowl faster than that, but Lockie always looks to bowl fast so his spells are mostly 145kph+
 
Kingpin786 said:
No bumrah did not bowl150 kph he bowled 149.3 wchich was slower than wahab and hasnain was clocked at 152.4 kph in a practice match on same speed guns
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Also Shaheen is quicker than Bumrah on Average speed and maybe top speed. I'm pretty sure, at least in the last 4-6 months.

Shaheen's average pace in test has been 139-140. His average in t20s (excluding slower balls) is around 144kph, and he hit 151.6 this PSL, consistently touching 149.
 
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spiderreddy said:
Saini clocked 152 kph in an international match recently
Bumrah clocked 150 kph in WC.
Umesh, Ishant haven't played t20Is recently.
Aaron has always been fast.
Get your facts right before commenting.
Look at speeds of other bowlers in the link I have shared. Khaleel is not amongst the fastest Indian bowlers in IPL either.


In fact it is the Pakistani's that hype up the speeds of their bowlers. Recently we have seen them hyping up u'19 Aamir khan. But when the actual match came, all three Indian Pacers were quicker than the Pakistani counterparts :vk2
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Not sure about comparison with the Indian bowlers, but Amir Khan was injured, he bowled in the low 130s maximum in that game and he's clocked in the low 140s in PSL.
 
Danyaalr01 said:
Also Shaheen is quicker than Bumrah on Average speed and maybe top speed. I'm pretty sure, at least in the last 4-6 months.

Shaheen's average pace in test has been 139-140. His average in t20s (excluding slower balls) is around 144kph, and he hit 151.6 this PSL, consistently touching 149.
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Well said
 
ethan hunt said:
Naseem shah averaged 143 kph.

Stop misinforming.

Also Lockie Furguson is 7-8 KS quicker than Bumrah. Those numbers are made up.
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That's a lost argument. He was shown the picture of Naseem's average in picture and the picture needed to be posted many times for him to accept.
 
Saw most of the recent NZ vs India series.. Bumrah currently is Fast medium at best.. In the 135 - 140 bracket most of the time. Yadav was even slower for some reason.
Shami was infact the fastest of them all.
 
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