Speeds and Performances of Pacers and Spinners

[express bowling]

Harshit 2nd over

 

140.6 k outswinger to LHB deKock takes edge and goes for 4 over slips.

 

141.5 kph next ball, outswinger agaim to LHB deKock takes edge again and goes for 4 through absent 3rd slip.

 

141.2 kph next ball hits deKock on the shoulder from back of a length. Steep bounce.

 

Superb bowling !

Edited December 6, 2025 by express bowling

[Forward Defence]

Prasidh 146

[express bowling]

Harshit is very up and down in terms of pace. 

 

Today some overs 136 k to 141 k and some overs 131 k to 137 k in the same spell. 

 

 

[express bowling]

Prasidh bowling very poorly again. 

[MK55]

Good comeback by Prasidh in his second spell so far. Bowling straighter and gets a crucial wicket. 

[MK55]

2 wickets for Prasidh now. 2 vital wickets.

[express bowling]

Harshit  140 k bouncer hits Bretzke on the head.

 

Nasty ball !

[MK55]

It is safe to say that Harshit is mainly a 135-142k bowler. At times things may fall in place and he could end up registering 144-145 but that’s a rarity.
it is best to calibrate expectations.  

[express bowling]

1 minute ago, express bowling said:

Harshit  140 k bouncer hits Bretzke on the head.

 

Nasty ball !

 

And follows it up with a widish length ball at 139 k and gets hit for 4. 

 

Why not a quick yorkers at the stumps after such a vicious bumper. 

 

Poor thinking !

[MK55]

Harshit n Prasidh need to finish well. Series deciding spell for both.

[MK55]

Prasidh bowling with more brains n a bit more control in his second spell 

[express bowling]

2 minutes ago, MK55 said:

It is safe to say that Harshit is mainly a 135-142k bowler. At times things may fall in place and he could end up registering 144-145 but that’s a rarity.
it is best to calibrate expectations.  

 

In 2024 and till mid 2025, Harshit was often bowling entire overs at 143 k to 146 k in every format. And not just occasionally but frequently l.

 

He is either not fully fit or someone in the TM has told him to bowl within himself for more swing / control.

[MK55]

Just now, express bowling said:

 

In 2024 and till mid 2025, Harshit was often bowling entire overs at 143 k to 146 k in every format. And not just occasionally but frequently l.

 

He is either not fully fit or someone in the TM has told him to bowl within himself for more swing / control.

There is just no chance someone from the this team would go n tell him to bowl slowly or within himself. Definitely not Morkel and neither Gambhir. 

Up n down pace is just a limitation of his bowling action. And sometimes it’s psychological. He started this series - first over bowling 144k and gets rewarded. And then never does that again after the first over? It’s inexplicable. 
 

[express bowling]

Prasidh  bowls the centurion deKock with a 141 k yorker.

 

What a comeback spell !

 

3 big wickets and economical too.

 

He is bowling fuller abd bowling better.

Edited December 6, 2025 by express bowling

[MK55]

Prasidh cleans up the Kock by a fast Yorker. Previous 2 were slower ones 

[express bowling]

5 minutes ago, MK55 said:

There is just no chance someone from the this team would go n tell him to bowl slowly or within himself. Definitely not Morkel and neither Gambhir. 

Up n down pace is just a limitation of his bowling action. And sometimes it’s psychological. He started this series - first over bowling 144k and gets rewarded. And then never does that again after the first over? It’s inexplicable. 

 

If you have listened to the Hindi commentary, Abhishek Nayar was saying how, when he was part of the TM, he had kept telling Harshit to add the outswinger to his repertoire. 

 

And it is not a bad thing but often, when done without any break from the game, it messes up one's action or ball release and pace reduces too.

 

 

[rollingstoned]

9 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Prasidh  bowls the centurion deKock with a 141 k yorker.

 

What a comeback spell !

 

3 big wickets and economical too.

 

He is bowling fuller abd bowling better.

Prasidhs speeds have been more impressively consistent all 3 matches compared to Rana. Control might not be there always but still. 

[MK55]

Starc 145k consistently in his 10th over. In comparison Archers pace dropped massively. 

[MK55]

Starc 146 144 145

[MK55]

Starc gets the keeper Smith at 145k