Cricket’s Fastest Bowlers – 150+ MPH
#5 Waqar Younis – Pakistan
While probably the most fearsome pacers are known to go for the heads of batsmen, Waqar Younis was one who was dependably watchful for harming their toes. Thought to be the best bowler of the yorker, Waqar had made it a propensity for removing the stumps of batsmen at will.
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Batsmen of his time were so terrified of getting harmed by his yorkers, that they were now and again discovered blameworthy of letting the ball hit the stumps, instead of harming themselves. Be that as it may, it is not that he did not bowl incredible bouncers; one of his critical ones hit a 16 year old Sachin Tendulkar on the face.
Waqar was a complete fast bowler and shaped an amazing mix with a similarly extraordinary Pakistani pacer, Wasim Akram. Together, they are known to be apparently the best fast bowling pair to knock down any opposition which they faced together.
The pacer took 373 wickets in 87 tests and 416 wickets from 262 ODI’s, thus making him one of the legendary quicks of this era.
#4 Michael Holding – West Indies
West Indies legend, Michael Holding was one of the speediest bowlers of his era, and even the best of batsmen have recognized that it was extremely hard to confront the transcending Jamaican pacer.
Among the expansive population of fiery quick bowlers who have played for the West Indies, Holding emerges in his own particular manner. It is said that even the deadest of pitches were enlivened by the sheer pace of this legend.
Furthermore, the best part about him was that he did not require any sledging to intimidate his opponents. Rather he did it with his quick and savage bowling style of knocking down some pins, which made most batsmen of his time bounce, skip, hop and eventually lose their wicket to this legend.
In 60 tests, Holding claimed 249 wickets while 142 wickets came in his possession while playing 102 ODI’s.
#3 Mitchell Starc – Australia
This youthful Australian lad has relentlessly settled himself as the speediest bowler of the current era and is quickly taking goliath strides towards being the best one also. The thing about Mitchell Starc is that he is infrequently heedless.
He has got gobs of speed and can bowl reliably in the mid-150s, he even timed 160.4 km/h in a Test match against New Zealand. His capacity to swing the ball into the right-hander at an irate pace with perfect lengths makes him an extremely hazardous bowler to manage.
Starc was at his top in the 2015 World Cup a year ago where he shook all the batsmen and was named Player of the Tournament for his 22 scalps, with his best coming off against New Zealand where he took 6 wickets for 28 runs.
However, injuries have frequently been wrecking the lean 26-year-old Australian speedster, but there is no denying that Mitchell Starc is the new age express pace bowler and ought to go a long way.
At present, the fast bowler has taken 182 wickets from 43 Tests and 141 wickets from 71 ODI’s. While in T20s Starc has 127 wickets from 85 matches.
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