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Is there any fast-bowler from Pakistan who hits 150 kph or averages close to it?

Hitting 150 is not your run of the mill fast bowler.

It's exceptional. You can't accept there to be a dozen bowlers in your domestic circuit who can clock 150.

You have two players which you mentioned. One of them, being utterly useless and you know which one I'm talking about.
 
150 km/hr is pointless if not accompanied by bowling skills and line/length
 
I think there are three names who can come close. Even then, none of these guys can 'average' 150 KPH over a spell.

Those three names would be Mohammad Sami, Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Talha.

All of them can hit the odd 150 KPH delivery. There are no real speed demons in our domestic circuit.

It's a rare thing to see.
 
I am not sure if there is one in the world who can average 150k. That mean he has to bowl a few balls per over above 150k and rarely go below 140k.

The fastest right now perhaps average low 140ks.
 
Lol, no bowler in world averaged 150. Bowling at an average of 90 mph is itself a big challenge and cricket has witnessed few days when a bowler was able to that consistently whole day.
 
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JibranAnsari said:
I highly doubt Talha , he doesn't look that fast. May be 140-145 at best
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I think he's hit 150 KPH, a few times.

Honestly, all of them are at that 145 KPH range. Those 150 KPH deliveries are rare from the three listed.
 
there are guys around, there are guys who hit 145 at 19 years of age, i know them. But they preferred studying coze their families forced them to give up cricket. Although they are still very young.
 
Shoaib Akhtar at his absolute peak, and accepting that he was the fastest we have seen measured, would not have averaged 150kph in a spell very often. Tait would have only in a T20 spell and only a couple of times a year.

Hit 150 is achievable, average 150 is not for almost anyone.
 
in the match where akhtar took 5-25 against aus in aus his average speed was 149k.
 
Even Akhar would not average 150kph in a spell..

Talha is pretty good.. our selectors just don't select him instead persist with garbage like Sami..
 
A very little change in Sohail khan's action, sure he is quick than he will become more quicker.
Wahab Riaz and sami r not good enough for international cricket. these 10 times dropped players MUST not be included in WC squad.
 
Dead pitches have resulted in the death of the true fast bowler. Even Steyn isn't a fast anymore.
 
Would be amazing to find one before the SA tour.

That Zimbabwe tour would have been crucial as we could have tried new talent out.

Don't think you can take a raw bowler to South Africa to make his debut.
 
if their was someone who could bowl at that pace, he would have been in the team....
the only reason sami has managed to hang around for this long is because he has been pakistan's fastest bowler for the last 4 years or so, and the only guy who can consistently bowl in the high 140's
 
Excess of Coaching has ruined our bowlers who want to bowl fast. I am getting frustrated after seeing these Line n length bowlers crap bowlers from Pakistan.
 
Gotham Cronie said:
Would be amazing to find one before the SA tour.

That Zimbabwe tour would have been crucial as we could have tried new talent out.

Don't think you can take a raw bowler to South Africa to make his debut.
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With ultradefensive captains like Misbah and Hafeez just forget testing young players, even against weaker nations. All they care about is their personal record as captain and not thinking much about the future of pakistani cricket.

Hope Whatmore can change this poor mentality and push for more younger players.
 
it's poor coaching that has ruined our players. Coaches' in england has transformed broad from 80mph to someone that can push 90mph and finn who bowled at 83mph to 93mph. Coaching isn't the problem, it's just that the coaches working with our boys are rubbish.
 
Question still remains
isn't there even 1 150k bowler left in Pakistan? Except wahab and sami ofcourse.
 
I don't think it's about coaching or the perceived 'Defensive Captaincy' theory.

It's all down to corruption and the fact that most talented youngsters are largely from poor backgrounds and have absolutely no influence within the system who can push for their selection into the youth cricket setup let alone into the first class system.

A youngster growing up in a poor village is going to have zero ambition to succeed when he the odds are completely stacked up against them. Parents of these youngsters are going to slap them round their faces and send them out to work on the farms or in labour..

Change the entire system then watch the real talent emerge.
 
Down2Earth said:
it's poor coaching that has ruined our players. Coaches' in england has transformed broad from 80mph to someone that can push 90mph and finn who bowled at 83mph to 93mph. Coaching isn't the problem, it's just that the coaches working with our boys are rubbish.
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Those blokes are 6'6+ each. I think at that height if you learn to be efficient with your action you can hit 90mph+ speeds. And maybe its easier to coach someone of that height to hit those speeds. Morne Morkel is also 6'6 and he hits the 90mph range as well.
 
Wahab is the fastest bowler in Pakistan and he was dropped due to one poor game. Wahab has done some brilliant things for the country in his short career and is one of our most promising bowlers.
 
Bullet Drive said:
Wahab is the fastest bowler in Pakistan and he was dropped due to one poor game. Wahab has done some brilliant things for the country in his short career and is one of our most promising bowlers.
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Waqar and wasim has called his case hopeless due to some wrist position thingy :D
 
I believe it is what you can do with the ball which is more important than speed. 140 kph is fast enough for a bowler. One of the posts rightly mentioned the fact that Misbah has not even tried young fast bowlers even against Minnows which shows he wants to win easy matches without a hiccup thus not giving much needed exposure to the youngsters. This defensive mindset will come and haunt him in the SA series as it will result in him losing his captaincy.
 
^Wasim and waqar will disagree with u.. :D
 
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The OP just proves how little some people know about pace and pace bowlers. I doubt if Shoaib ever averaged 150 over anything more than 2-3 overs in his entire career ever. To expect domestic bowlers to do that is like expecting to find diamonds growing on trees.
 
Let me ask again on his behalf.
Are there any bowlers in domestic pakistan cricket that can bowl close to 90mph
Just like When Shoiab and Sami use to bowl together.
 
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Bangla Tiger said:
The OP just proves how little some people know about pace and pace bowlers. I doubt if Shoaib ever averaged 150 over anything more than 2-3 overs in his entire career ever. To expect domestic bowlers to do that is like expecting to find diamonds growing on trees.
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That was a mistake actually. I know a bowler cant average 150ks ..What i wanted to ask was if there is any 150k bowler left in Pakistan..
 
Bump.

This dearth of quality tear away FAST bowlers is hurting Pak badly. Especially right arm fast bowlerz.
 
Hawkeye said:
M. Sami.
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He's more like 140 now

Well he's pretty old too

Dunno why but our domestics seems to have an assembly line of trundlers

Like no one is even hitting 140 kph regularly and those who do are trash like bilawal Bhatti
 
Madplayer said:
Lots of qamis
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You just said you wanted someone fast. He's fast.

TLDR: You need skill with fast too.


Slog said:
He's more like 140 now

Well he's pretty old too

Dunno why but our domestics seems to have an assembly line of trundlers

Like no one is even hitting 140 kph regularly and those who do are trash like bilawal Bhatti
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I think he can still consistently hit 145kph. Looks faster than Wahab to me, with effortless action.
 
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Hawkeye said:
You just said you wanted someone fast. He's fast.

TLDR: You need skill with fast too.




I think he can still consistently hit 145kph. Looks faster than Wahab to me, with effortless action.
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When he played in world t20 and PSL his average pace was much lower than it was in 2000s
 
Hawkeye said:
You just said you wanted someone fast. He's fast.
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TLDR: You need skill with fast too.
That goes without saying bro. Haha and even if skills arent there, atleast the player should be young enough to get coached.
 
Madplayer said:
TLDR: You need skill with fast too.
That goes without saying bro. Haha and even if skills arent there, atleast the player should be young enough to get coached.
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Yeah, I agree.

Serious dearth of pacers. All we're getting are skill less trundlers pipeline. :danish :danish
 
We need someone bowling at at 150 plus to create pressure this is what Pakistan is known for... our bowling is very weak right now i dont blame the batsman because Pakistan bowling attack was always on top this is the weakest bowling attack i have ever seen
 
Chief Destroyer said:
Potentially, Zahid and Ghulam.
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Lol they both are atleast 3-4 years away from being selected. Considering the work ethic of Pakistani cricketers there is more chance they will regress rather than improve.

Better to come out of fools paradise.
 
Syed1 said:
Lol they both are atleast 3-4 years away from being selected. Considering the work ethic of Pakistani cricketers there is more chance they will regress rather than improve.

Better to come out of fools paradise.
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There isn't anything foolish in what I said. Only answered the OP.
 
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Is that Mohammed Zahid JNR?
The one who was clocked at 144.

I've seen videos of him on youtube, his action is very very dodgy.
 
Ravi Shastri just said on Air " No fast bowler emerged from Pakistan since Wasim and Waqar" I think it is unfair to overlook Shoaib Akhtar
 
Ravi Shastri needs to get his memory checked. His favorite batsman Tendulkar was Akhter's bunny through and through. Asif made his whole team look like luloos. Such a biased commentator.
 
joly said:
Ravi Shastri just said on Air " No fast bowler emerged from Pakistan since Wasim and Waqar" I think it is unfair to overlook Shoaib Akhtar
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Lol zahid, sami, shoaib, asif, gul (at his peak) , amir (before ban atleast) etc

Even rana naved has decimated Indian batting in ODIs. Lol
 
Speedster777 said:
Ravi Shastri needs to get his memory checked. His favorite batsman Tendulkar was Akhter's bunny through and through. Asif made his whole team look like luloos. Such a biased commentator.
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Well after what happened with harsha bhogle, you cant expect any Indian commentator to be unbiased.
 
Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Irfan average 145 kph most of the time or even a little higher and can touch 150 but no, we don't have anyone as quick as Akhtar, Waqar or Zahid right now.
 
joly said:
Ravi Shastri just said on Air " No fast bowler emerged from Pakistan since Wasim and Waqar" I think it is unfair to overlook Shoaib Akhtar
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Who really cares about BCCI's paid mouth's opinion. Pakistan has produced the likes of Asif, Amir, Shoaib; all quality bowlers.
 
Ellipsism said:
Usman was dropped and never picked again for a reason. Aamad is in and around the Pak A team.
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Amad can be a145+ bowler but he is bowling at a much slower pace these days maybe for better control.
 
joly said:
Ravi Shastri just said on Air " No fast bowler emerged from Pakistan since Wasim and Waqar" I think it is unfair to overlook Shoaib Akhtar
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:akhtar can still break his middle stump if he has the guts to faces him.
 
shastri is a clown Akhtar Zahid and Wahab all can bowl genuine pace. Amir can clock it to 144-145 as well.
 
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