Umesh yadav-pretty impressive.

[Trichromatic]

LOL @ people who think that Bond wasn't quick.

Probably they don't remember this [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYozif3PNsc]Shane Bond vs Ganguly - YouTube[/ame]

[rkt.india]

Reason? I think he was measured with same speed gun that measured thommo

dont know but Thommo looks much quicker naked eyes in videos than Roberts

[Tiger80]

dont know but Thommo looks much quicker naked eyes in videos than Roberts

Of course thommo was quicker but you were talking about bowlers who reached 160k

[Cricket Tragic]

Probably they don't remember this

Exactly. Such a pity that he didn't have a long career. Imo, he was as good as Dale Steyn and that says a lot.

[Cricket Tragic]

dont think he was that quick.

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[vvvslaxman]

VK is not international STANDARD..he was even getting hit yesterday , even when PK had created a lot of pressure. but to VK's credit he bowled 2 balls at 137K..which was pleasantly surprising for me as i have never seen him higher than 133K. unless he gets to regularly bowl at 137K and a couple of slow balls in the over he wont become international standard. International bowlers are required to bowl at 136K or higher with genuine swing or 141 K + with or without swing. PK is an exception as his swing is so much that that his ball dances while it travels..thats why he may still live with bowling between 125K to 133K

PK will never become international standard by that yardstick. He is averaging 25 in tests. You are confused with good bowling and fast bowling. Not all fast bowlers are international standard. Example Sami. Not all slow bowlers are below international standard. Example guys like Tremlett, Asif, Praveen. vk is failing not because of lack of pace but lack of skills.

[msb1991]

Tremlett isn't a slow bowler. He can definitely bowl over 90mph, he just tends to hover around 80mph in Tests. He definitely can and does crank it up on occasions.

[daryl1985]

Tremlett isn't a slow bowler. He can definitely bowl over 90mph' date=' he just tends to hover around 80mph in Tests. He definitely can and does crank it up on occasions.[/quote'] Totally agree. Tremlett is capable of bowling high 80's (maybe 90). Also, with tall bowlers, it is often more acceptable for them to bowl in the low 80's as they offer steep bounce.

[Vijay.Sharma]

He too had suspect action and that too without any hyperextension. Other two maybe Tyson and Thommo.

I am not very sure about the suspect action bit. I think it could be a propaganda to undermine him because of his temper and aggressive personality. A similar propaganda (we will never know if it was true though) was inflicted on an Australian aborigine bowler who was deadly quick was Eddie Gilbert who knocked Bradman over even before Bradman faced the short stuff from Larwood. Here's an excerpt from wiki

The Australian aboriginal fast bowler Eddie Gilbert was another fast bowler who generated extreme pace from a remarkably short run. Just 5 feet 7 inches tall and nine stone in weight he took wickets at a prodigious rate in the late 1920s in Queensland club cricket. He was chosen for Queensland against New South Wales Colts in 1930 and took 6 wickets, but the Brisbane Courier's correspondent "Long On" was moved to describe his whipped catapult action as "almost a throw". He was picked for Queensland's Sheffield Shield side and bowled with great success. Queensland selectors responded to complaints from New South Wales by filming his arm action in slow motion but took no action against him. His most famous spell came against Don Bradman on 6 November 1931. He dismissed the NSW opener with his first ball, a vicious bouncer, then knocked Bradman's bat out of his hands with the next. The next delivery knocked Bradman over and the third had him caught behind. A month later, playing against Victoria, he was repeatedly called for throwing. He played on for Queensland, bowling at a reduced pace, and in 1934-35 headed the Queensland averages. He was a victim of legislation outlawing intimidatory bowling, in the wake of the Bodyline affair, and retired in 1936, having taken 87 first class wickets at 29.21. He later suffered from mental illness.

Whether we like it or not, the fact is that some of cricket's great talents have been lost to race equations and false propaganda. Whenever there was a fearsome non white bowler upsetting the general order of things the white world responded with an unanimous unspoken code of conduct to marginalize these bowlers. I think things changed only after Clive Lloyd had the guts to go thru with his plans in spite of the English crying foul.

[Vijay.Sharma]

More about Eddie Gilbert in this article. http://www.abcofcricket.com/Article_Library/art1/art1.htm

Australia’s Shame - Eddie Gilbert He was the cricketer who could have brought the English tourists to their knees during the Bodyline tests over the summer of 1932-33. A viciously fast bowler, who many considered the only man capable of dishing the medicine up to the English batsman when the crowds cried for revenge for their despicable display of Bodyline bowling. There is no doubt had he been given the opportunity, he would have written himself into Australian cricket folklore. A man, many considered to be the fastest bowler in Australia and possibly the world during the 1930's was not only denied the opportunity of playing against the English tourists, but was also, never chosen to represent his Nation. Why? I hear you ask, it's astoundingly simple to answer, because he was a "black man", an Indigenous Australian descended from the traditional owners of the place we all call Australia. I am referring to none other than Eddie Gilbert, an exceptionally gifted fast bowler who was never given the accolades by his peers, which he not only earnt through his cricket achievements, but downright deserved due to his talent with a cricket ball. Eddie Gilbert, one of the only bowlers in history who ever dismissed the great Donald Bradman for a duck. He was so fast with the ball, he is also the only bowler to ever knock the bat from the hands of Bradman, who later said of Eddie, "he sent down the fastest bowling I can remember of that time, he was much faster than Larwood or anyone else". It may be difficult to imagine a bowler who only took 3 to 4 steps, prior to bowling the ball was able to generate such ferocious pace, however, Eddie's deliveries were so fast, he once even injured his own team's wicketkeeper who doubled up in pain after being hit in the stomach by a ball delivered at a blistering pace. In 1931, during the Queensland v West Indies match he returned the excellent figures of 5 for 65, but still he was not considered for selection to the Australian team. Any hope Eddie had of ever representing his country were just that, hopes. I guess it will never be known if Eddie ever knew that his chances of representing Australia were nil. He was a "black man" who dared to be successful and excel at a sport that was considered to be a "gentlemans" game. It would never be accepted by the Cricket Establishment that an Indigenous Australian could be worthy of representing his country, they were going to make sure of that. It remains unknown, exactly who engineered the downfall of Eddie Gilbert, but will long live in the memory of many Australians how it occurred. During a match between Victoria and Queensland at the MCG in 1931, the umpire A.N Barlow, no-balled Eddie, a total of 13 times for what was described as a suspect action. In today’s terms this would be called chucking. From this moment on it was obvious the fate of Eddie was sealed, he was doomed to go the way of every talented indigenous player before him, and there had been plenty. The record books don't actually tell us if Eddie continued to play cricket after this time, but it is very doubtful he did. The only reference available after this match, shows a large gap in the playing career of Eddie Gilbert. He in fact, played no games between 1931 and 1935. His last game is recorded as being played in 1936. On 11 November 1936, Eddie Gilbert was given his final marching orders from the game. In a communication to the authority responsible for the management of Indigenous Australians at the time, the Secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association wrote "The matter of Eddie Gilbert has been fully discussed by the committee and it is decided, with your concurrence, to arrange for his return to the settlement". During this depressing time in Australia's history, all Indigenous persons, were required to live in a controlled area not unlike the Russian Gulags, called a settlement. Better known by many people, as a reservation. Every aspect of their lives was dictated to by the authority known as the Aboriginal Protectorate, subsequently these Indigenous Australians were nothing more than prisoners in their own land. Such was the oppression suffered by these people, Eddie Gilbert was required to obtain written permission every time he wished to travel for the sake of playing a cricket match. The final nail in Eddies coffin was also delivered by the QCA who demanded "the return of his cricket clothes to their office". Not only were the QCA prepared to push one of Australia's finest cricketers out of the game, they also wanted the clothes of his back. Needless to say, Eddie Gilbert disappeared into obscurity. It was not until 1972 that he was heard of again. Eddie was discovered in a mental institution totally incapable of any speach, he had been a resident there for 23 years. On January 9 1978, Eddie Gilbert passed away without even the slightest acknowledgment he had even existed. A shameful fact that should be redressed by cricket authorities and historians alike.

[Vijay.Sharma]

Just as absurd as Sreesanth in Test matches after his first year or two.

Disco is fast...not express but he has been a 140+ bowler and he is a fu

[kabira]

well talent yes, but too inconsistent. not willing to improve. we just need to give up on him. he has played way too many tests and still yet to product consistent performance. For me he is another Agarkar.

[saneindian]

Disco is fast...not express but he has been a 140+ bowler and he is a fu Someone nearing 29 in age cannot remain a serious talent forever. If in 6 years since his debut, he hasn't been able to fulfill his potential, its safe to assume he will never do so. Won't be surprised to see the selectors and team management go for fresh talent in test matches than going back to Sree. Erratic, eccentric and no discipline = wasted talent :((

[Vijay.Sharma]

That little tid bit about Eddie Gilbert felling the Don's bat reminded me of the one time the whole of the nation was shocked (I was too young to know then but learned about it three years after the incident and could relate to what the older folk felt). It was 1983, India fresh from a World Cup win and West Indies blooding for revenge. The way the massacred us was beyond belief but nothing drove home the point more than the one ball that the greatest fast bowler of Test cricket ever sent down to the greatest opening batsman of Test cricket ever. Marshall felled Sunny's bat! In Indian psyche Sunny could not be conquered let alone roughed up by any fast bowler. Watching his bat felled was a shock to the nation. I am sure the older ones at ICF can tell us more about that incident and share their experience and feelings with us. Now imagine the same thing was done to the guy who is just one other to be spoken in the same breath of the Buddha of batting. Surely Eddie Gilbert would be some talent to fell the Don's bat. By the way, has anyone felled the Buddha's bat so far? I know someone made his legs shake and yet he hit him for a six

[Vijay.Sharma]

Someone nearing 29 in age cannot remain a serious talent forever. If in 6 years since his debut, he hasn't been able to fulfill his potential, its safe to assume he will never do so. Won't be surprised to see the selectors and team management go for fresh talent in test matches than going back to Sree. Erratic, eccentric and no discipline = wasted talent :((

True! A lot of it has to do with Dhoni's mismanagement of him. Dhoni always gave a long rope to Bhajji's eccentricity but did not do the same for Disco. He criticized Disco off the field, in public a little too much for my liking. Rahul handled Disco very well and Disco responded very well to Rahul

[Trichromatic]

Someone nearing 29 in age cannot remain a serious talent forever. If in 6 years since his debut, he hasn't been able to fulfill his potential, its safe to assume he will never do so. Won't be surprised to see the selectors and team management go for fresh talent in test matches than going back to Sree. Erratic, eccentric and no discipline = wasted talent :((

He still bowls like a bowler who has just started his career. In fact it would be safe to say that there has been no improvement in his game. Probably he is among few bowlers in the world who represented their team for so many years without raising their game. Lack of pacers is main reason for this. He is not a 140+ bowler either. He can bowl few rare balls at 140-141. But most of the time he is at 135-136.

[Vijay.Sharma]

He still bowls like a bowler who has just started his career. In fact it would be safe to say that there has been no improvement in his game. Probably he is among few bowlers in the world who represented their team for so many years without raising their game. Lack of pacers is main reason for this. He is not a 140+ bowler either. He can bowl few rare balls at 140-141. But most of the time he is at 135-136.

Vibhash, just coz he bowled 135-136 in the recently concluded series does not change the fact that he is a fast bowler. Your memory seems to be very short. He has been playing since October 2005 and he has been fast more often than medium through out his career. And I don't mean to say fast = express. Fast is 140+.

[Trichromatic]

Vibhash, just coz he bowled 135-136 in the recently concluded series does not change the fact that he is a fast bowler. Your memory seems to be very short. He has been playing since October 2005 and he has been fast more often than medium through out his career. And I don't mean to say fast = express. Fast is 140+.

And what you mean by that? Do you mean that he was bowling 140+ consistently earlier? I have seen him from start and from whatever I recall he bowls around 135-136 most of the time with few effort deliveries going over 140. Almost all international pacers are capable of doing so during peak of their career.

[Vijay.Sharma]

And what you mean by that? Do you mean that he was bowling 140+ consistently earlier? I have seen him from start and from whatever I recall he bowls around 135-136 most of the time with few effort deliveries going over 140. Almost all international pacers are capable of doing so during peak of their career.

Maybe you and I have selective memory. I seem to remember him as a bowler who bowled 140+ more often than 135+ and you seem to remember him the other way around

[vvvslaxman]

Tremlett isn't a slow bowler. He can definitely bowl over 90mph' date=' he just tends to hover around 80mph in Tests. He definitely can and does crank it up on occasions.[/quote'] Fact is his average speed was as good as Praveen Kumar. We are merely talking about speed here. Not bounce or swing. He is able to bowl at less than 80 mph and still pose a problem for batsmen. It is less than Vinay kumar's average speed. That is what Zaheer also mentioned. You have to understand what works for you and what doesn't work for you. Our bowlers don't have a clue about that except may be Praveen Kumar. He rarely goes outside his comfort zone hence he was more consistent than Ishant and Sreesanth.