When will we have an express fast bowler?

[yoda]

I don't understand the obsession with pace. While you don't want trundlers opening your attack, guys like Akhtar and Lee have shown that pace is overrated. What our guys need is variation, swing, seam, accuracy and ofc some pace, no need for "tearaway" or "express". If we have bowlers with the pace of a Sreesanth (135-140), but with a cool head, control and variation, we will be good to go.

[vvvslaxman]

If we have bowlers with the pace of a Sreesanth (135-140), but with a cool head, control and variation, we will be good to go.

But problem is now that range has come down to 120-125. Nehra was clocking over 130. Where it hurts is end overs. It was really painful to watch Sohaib malik showing all wickets and slapping our bowlers wherever he wanted. I don't say Malinga don't go for runs. But our bowlers are much more frequent.

[satishg]

have patience guys, Ishant has said that he would clock 100mph someday. So we just need to bear with his rubbish bowling till then :D on a serious note, i think Sree should be drafted back to our squad immediately. I have no idea why he has been left out since he has been playing in English county for sometime now. Zaheer, Sree and Nehra looks to me as a more than decent attack. Ishant needs to get his radar right, i am not a fast bowling expert so i don know how he should go about doing that, but he surely needs to be dropped and go back to first class cricket, put the hard work there and come back. We should also try out Tyagi he seems to me like a very decent prospect and giving him a chance against Australia would surely tell us how good he is.

[vvvslaxman]

have patience guys, Ishant has said that he would clock 100mph someday. So we just need to bear with his rubbish bowling till then :D

Only way he can do it ride a bike at 100 mph to the batting crease and throw the ball there.

[King Tendulkar]

And do the search continues:doh: As Tyagi is another pretender who is not the real deal. He was struggling to bowl over 130 today.

[saneindian]

But his avg speed during the match was around 135, ok not epress pace, but good enough IMHO. Got carted around a little bit but overall I wont say he was lacking in effort. Could have bowled a yard quicker though cos at Delhi, he did bowl at an avg of 138-139 kmph.

[THX_1138]

to be honest i dont care for speed, i want someone who has impeccable control. zaheer for instance, is bowling jems today, but he lacked this control in the last half a dozen games.

[King Tendulkar]

Well 135 is not express. In fact its not even fast. Just miliatry medium. Was very dissapointed with what I saw!

[Show_stopper]

I am not sure about the accuracy of speed guns though..all the bowlers have been consistently 5-7 k[h below their normal speed. i thought Tyagi bowled well..the ball to dismisss Tharanga was brilliant. Like Saneindian said..Tyagi was avraging around 135 kph today and was comfortably the fastest bowler on display. Unfortunate he got carted by Dilshan and Sanga early on..but I suspect that would have happened to anyone. Anyway he is not express but certainly worth the investment. The amount of bounce he got on this pitch was amazing. I see a lot of potential in him.

[King Tendulkar]

Well am willing to see more of him. Hopefully today was just him not at his best. But I was certainly dissapointed with what I saw

[Show_stopper]

If express(150+) is what you're looking for..then you can count him out. I ahve seen him hit low 140's fairly consistently but thats about it. Gets good bounce though.

[King Tendulkar]

Express/Fast for us indians is someone who bowls between 145 and 150 regularly. The search for a genuine fast bowler continues

[King Tendulkar]

Over 150 would be the stuff of fantasy

[nballa]

King Tendulkar, I share the same frustration you have, Many of the Pakistani friends just joke with me that you Hindus don't have it in you to bowl fast, just except the fact that you are not as strong as we are, and I get so red in my mind, Anyway, I have compiled the list of top 10 fast bowlers from India till date and had started a blog with this info. I was a hard core cricket fan and would never missed a single delivery, I am watching regular cricket since 1986, and here are the mileage of the indian bowlers I notices, 1, J Srinath - 156Kmph (99, Africa tour) 2, Ishant Sharma - 152Kmph (2008 Aus tour) 3, A Nehra - 149 Kmph (2003 World cup) 4, S Sreesanth - 149 Kmph (Kuwalmpur tri series 2006) 5, RP Singh - 147 Kmph ( Recent Aus series) 6, A Agarkar - 146 Kmph (when he made his debut around 2001-2002) 7, Z Khan - 146 Kmph ( 2003 world cup) 8, A Bhandari - 145 Kmph (2004 Aus tour-this guy was really good strong bowler with good action, but unfortunate one) 9, VRV Singh - 145 Kmph (2006 Africa tour) 10, Munaf Patel - 143 Kmph (early 2006) All the above bowler have legal bowling action not like Shoaib or Brett who have suspect action, Apart from these recorded speed I guess Salil Ankola was also very quick, Kapil dev was quick in 79-82 era, If you know some one who was missed from this list you can suggest here,

there is no way in hell srinath was 150+ he was fast sure, but in the 140's. and all the bowlers listed were not consistently fast. yes they would bowl 145 now and then but then go back into the 130's.

[punjabi_khota]

there is no way in hell srinath was 150+ he was fast sure, but in the 140's. and all the bowlers listed were not consistently fast. yes they would bowl 145 now and then but then go back into the 130's.

:cantstop:

[Equinox]

all the above are ****...if they were good then this thread wouldnt exist

Lol...post of the thread

[Malcolm Merlyn]

there is no way in hell srinath was 150+ he was fast sure, but in the 140's. and all the bowlers listed were not consistently fast. yes they would bowl 145 now and then but then go back into the 130's.

abey bhaag be P A K I

[riya]

there is no way in hell srinath was 150+ he was fast sure, but in the 140's. and all the bowlers listed were not consistently fast. yes they would bowl 145 now and then but then go back into the 130's.

Ok,so u are a Pakistani after all.He did touch 150+.But then ofcourse he was a vegetarion that wouldn't count.

[Master Blaster]

there is no way in hell srinath was 150+ he was fast sure, but in the 140's. and all the bowlers listed were not consistently fast. yes they would bowl 145 now and then but then go back into the 130's.

you mad :sniffle:

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Ok' date='so u are a Pakistani after all.He did touch 150+.But then ofcourse he was a vegetarion that wouldn't count.[/quote']

you mad :sniffle: