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The battle of the fast-men - The 2018 South Africa v India series speed-watch thread

I was told by certain Indian fans that Pandya, Bumrah and Shami are bowlers who will consistently bowl around the 145 mark. None of them are even consistently over 140. Disappointing stuff after all the "expectations". And that too in the first session, speeds must be highest at this time.

Regardless, very impressed by Kumar. From being a trundler who bowled his faster ball around 133 KPH, it is good to see him bowling faster and getting wickets.
 
ExpressPacer said:
Regardless, very impressed by Kumar. From being a trundler who bowled his faster ball around 133 KPH, it is good to see him bowling faster and getting wickets.
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Yes, he is now bowling faster than most Pakistani test pacers now.
 
Impressed with the pace outfit in terms of speed, they're consistent lines went downhill as soon as they got knackered, not idea why Kohli left 4th option till the over before lunch, poor captaincy, that's literally what you picked Hardik for.
 
Figures at the end of the day would be more accurate. Almost all of them are losing steam by their second spells.
 
AlizeeFan said:
Yes because bowling average of 35 is better than bowling average of 25.
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As expected, you missed the point of my earlier post.

Interesting to see how obsessed India is with a particular bowler while people in Pakistan don't even consider him the best pace bowler in the team currently. Funny.
 
Proactive_ said:
Figures at the end of the day would be more accurate. Almost all of them are losing steam by their second spells.
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Ah but this thread is about how quick people can bowl - accuracy etc is not the point here.
 
MenInG said:
Ah but this thread is about how quick people can bowl - accuracy etc is not the point here.
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Fair enough, but I think the average speed component of the analysis shouldn't be neglected. No point bowling in the 150s for two overs only to come down to trundling at 129 for the rest of the match.
 
AlizeeFan said:
Yes, he is now bowling faster than most Pakistani test pacers now.
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Yes. Faster than Wahab Riaz who can bowl faster than 150 at will. And most certainly faster than Amir and Hasan who are consistently in the 140's.
 
ExpressPacer said:
I was told by certain Indian fans that Pandya, Bumrah and Shami are bowlers who will consistently bowl around the 145 mark. None of them are even consistently over 140. Disappointing stuff after all the "expectations". And that too in the first session, speeds must be highest at this time.

Regardless, very impressed by Kumar. From being a trundler who bowled his faster ball around 133 KPH, it is good to see him bowling faster and getting wickets.
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Shami is just coming back from an injury.

Nobody ever claimed Pandya would bowl 145 kph.
 
Pretty slow by Indians, Shami has been particularly slow,so has been Bumrah and Pandya (AVG SPEED)
 
ExpressPacer said:
Yes. Faster than Wahab Riaz who can bowl faster than 150 at will. And most certainly faster than Amir and Hasan who are consistently in the 140's.
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I think you missed the word test while quoting my post.

Average speeds of these bowlers in recent innings.

Amir
133.8
130.5
133.5
131.0
133.2
134.8
131.3

Wahab
135.2
132.4

Hasan Ali
133.7
132.6
132.2
131.9

Abbas
127.9
126.8
128.7
129.0
126.9
127.1
128.9
127.6

Bhuvneswar
133.0
133.0
131.0
137.7
134.5
132.9
133.0

Not difficult to see that only Wahab is quicker than Bhuvneswar in tests. Rest are either at similar speeds or slower.
 
AlizeeFan said:
I think you missed the word test while quoting my post.

Average speeds of these bowlers in recent innings.

Amir
133.8
130.5
133.5
131.0
133.2
134.8
131.3

Wahab
135.2
132.4

Hasan Ali
133.7
132.6
132.2
131.9

Abbas
127.9
126.8
128.7
129.0
126.9
127.1
128.9
127.6

Bhuvneswar
133.0
133.0
131.0
137.7
134.5
132.9
133.0

Not difficult to see that only Wahab is quicker than Bhuvneswar in tests. Rest are either at similar speeds or slower.
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A world of a difference between Tests being played in South Africa and UAE. Lets compare their speeds once Pakistan has played NZ.

And can't say anything about Abbas. I've made my dislike for him quite obvious. An insult to fast bowling.
 
ExpressPacer said:
A world of a difference between Tests being played in South Africa and UAE. Lets compare their speeds once Pakistan has played NZ.

And can't say anything about Abbas. I've made my dislike for him quite obvious. An insult to fast bowling.
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Those speeds include 1 inning from SA, rest are from UAE, WI, India and SL.

So you're claiming that it's easier to bowl faster in India than in UAE and WI? What's possible explanation for that apart from laziness and lack of stamina from bowlers?
 
AlizeeFan said:
Those speeds include 1 inning from SA, rest are from UAE, WI, India and SL.

So you're claiming that it's easier to bowl faster in India than in UAE and WI? What's possible explanation for that apart from laziness and lack of stamina from bowlers?
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Compare the pitches and the weather in UAE with India and UAE.
 
AlizeeFan said:
What was weather like during last SL series?

What about WI series?

Pitches were flat in India, UAE, helpful in WI (where Pak played).
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How about we wait for the NZ test and then we can compare speeds from this Test match and that one. :)

Okay.
 
Oligochaetes said:
Those are decent speeds, but nothing special. I would like to see the speeds of Saffer pavers. I hope Steyn can bowl with pace inspire of having played less cricket lately.
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That is coz Shami looks like is not looking fit, Shami can crank it upto high 140's easily,
 
Steyn bowling at an avg speed of 137 despite not having played in over a year and coming back after an injury. Impressive!
 
Philander is expected to trundle.

Steyn is bowling at decent pace. Not at his best.

We will have to check the speed guns when Rabada and Morkel bowl.
 
AlizeeFan said:
Yes, sure. Till now we know that only Wahab is faster than Bhuvneswar. I think we can agree on that.
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Please bring up the bowling speeds of the said bowlers in the last match they played against each other on the same venue. Let's make it fair.
 
Rabada is the fastest. Not by much though.

India is not playing Yadav who is the fastest of the lot.
 
What a pleasure to watch this bowling attack in action!

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JattMaula said:
Nope. But he can bowl above 140 on average. Just don't ask him to bowl one line and length for too long.
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Shami was bowling max 147 - 148 in home series but then lead bowlers were spinner not pacers.
 
Looking forward to this new kid Nagidi. Supposed to be tearaway bowler.
 
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