If you want to know who are the fastest bowlers and their fastest deliveries in cricket, check out this list of top 10 super fastest bowlers in cricket history.
There were many bowlers in the past who make terrified to the batsman with their fast bowling speed. Yes, that is completely true. Shoaib Akhter and Brett Lee are such best examples of it. Although some world’s greatest cricketers also truly feel scared to face such a fastest bowlers who can frequently bowl above 150 km/h.
This is not a story, its true as cloud and sky. To make you believe that, we are going to share here 10 fastest deliveries recorded in cricket history with the name of fastest bowlers behind those fastest deliveries. They will always get remembered whenever we will talk about the fastest bowlers in cricket.
So let’s have a look at these list of 10 fastest bowlers with fastest deliveries in cricket history.
Top 10 Fastest Deliveries in Cricket History Ever
10. 156.4 km/h
9. 156.4 km/h
8. 156.8 km/h
7. 157.7 km/h
6. 159.5 km/h
5. 160.4 km/h
4. 160.6 km/h
3. 161.1 km/h
2. 161.1 km/h
- 161.3 km/h
So, these were the real 10 fastest deliveries recorded in cricket history till now. We know that you are more curious to know about the bowlers behind these fastest deliveries of international cricket. Don’t worry your wait ends here. Here is the list of those fastest bowlers in cricket history of all time.
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Top 10 Super Fastest Bowlers in Cricket History Ever
10. Shane Bond (Fastest delivery 156.4 km/h )
Shane Edward Bond is a New Zealand’s Right Arm Fast Bowler. He was born on 7 June 1975 in New Zealand. He has been played in all three formats of cricket and was the most prominent fast bowler of his time. Injuries make his career in the plague otherwise, he could set many milestones. His fastest delivery was 156.4 km/h in the World Cup 2003 against India. This high speed makes him qualify to spot at 10th place in this list of fastest bowlers in cricket history.
9. Mohammad Sami (Fastest delivery 156.4 km/h )
Mohammad Sami is a Pakistani cricketer who has played all three formats of cricket as a right arm fast bowler. He was born on 24 February 1981 in Karachi of Pakistan. He is the second fastest bowler of the Pakistan and 7th fastest bowler in the world. His fastest delivery was recorded in cricket is 156.4 km/h in ODI at Sharjah against Zimbabwe match in April 2003. That’s why he is shortlisted here among the 10 super fastest bowlers in cricket history of all time.
8. Mitchell Johnson (Fastest delivery 156.8 km/h )
Mitchell Johnson is a most popular former Australian cricketer who has also played all formats of cricket as a fast bowler. He was famous as one of the most aggressive fast bowler in cricket history ever. He is at 6th spot in this list of fastest bowlers in cricket history with the high speed of 156.8 km/h. This fastest delivery was recorded in 4th Ashes Test, Day 3 against England December 2013 at MCG. He was also a great swinging bowler that usually create problems for the batsman.
7. Fidel Edwards (Fastest delivery 157.7 km/h )
Fidel Henderson Edwards is another fastest bowler and this time from West Indies team. Despite a booming start in the test, he didn’t make it big due to injuries and inconsistency. He has done so many matches winning bowling in all three formats of cricket. His fastest delivery was recorded in cricket is 157.7 km/h against South Africa in 2003. With this fastest delivery, he became famous as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. Not only speed, but he was also the best in the swing.
6. Andy Roberts (Fastest delivery 159.5 km/h )
Andy Roberts is a former West Indian right-arm fast bowler who was born on 29 January 1951. He was the tremendous fast bowler, took the seven wickets two times in a Test match. His quickest delivery recorded in cricket is 159.5 kph against Australia in Perth 1975. It is said that in his presence the West Indies team was unbeatable. He was regarded as the most dangerous fast bowlers of all time.
5. Mitchell Starc (Fastest delivery 160.4 km/h )
Another Australian cricketer in the world’s fastest bowlers list. This time Mitchell Starc is the name. He is left arm fastest bowler who can bowl consistently with the speed of 150 km/h. His fastest delivery recorded in cricket is 160.4 kph opposite of New Zealand team in test format of cricket. This makes him one of the 5th fastest bowlers in the world.
Starc is the most dangerous left-arm fast bowler of current time who has troubled many big batsmen like Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Kane Williamson, Chris Gayle and many more.
4. Jeff Thompson (Fastest delivery 160.6 km/h )
Jeffrey Robert Thomson is a former Australian right arm fast bowler who was born on 16 August 1950 in Australia. He is at No 4 in this list of 10 fastest bowlers due to his fastest delivery 160.6 km/h against West Indies in Perth 1975.
Thompson was famous for his highly effective slinging delivery action. He was one of the most striking bowlers of his time. Besides he and his fellow bowler Dennis Lillee was one of the successful opening bowling combinations.
3. Shaun Tait (Fastest delivery 161.1 km/h )
Shaun Tait is a third fastest bowler played for the Australian team. He is a right arm fast bowler who has played in all three formats of cricket. He is well known for his aggressiveness as well as high speed in his bowling. His fastest bowl came against the team England in the year 2008 and that fastest delivery was measured at 161.1 km/h. This makes him 3rd fastest bowler in the history of cricket till now. He can also bowl consistently with more than 150 km/h speed.
2. Brett Lee (Fastest delivery 161.1 km/h )
Brett Lee is a former Australian cricketer who has played all formats of cricket. He was one of the most dangerous right arm fast bowlers that most of the batsmen scared to face off. He was one of the fastest bowlers in the world and renowned as one of the specialist fast bowlers in limited overs. And he is being considered among the most successful Australian cricketers of all time.
His true fastest delivery recorded in cricket was 161.3 however once the 165.3 km/h recorded falsely by the radar gun. After this fastest bowl, he became the 2nd world’s fastest bowler in the world after Shoaib Akhtar. He was frequently bowl with a high speed of 150 km/h. He is one of the highest wicket-takers in ODI matches. Besides being the fastest bowler, he was also good batsmen in the lower order.
1. Shoaib Akhtar (Fastest delivery 161.3 km/h )
When we talk about speed, the first name that comes to mind is Pakistan’s “Rawalpindi express” Shoaib Akhtar. He was the most striking bowler to play against all the teams while he was in his peak. He defeats many legend batsmen by his super-fast bowling speed like Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Ricky Ponting and many other greats in the late ’90s.
Shoaib became the official fastest bowler in the world when in World Cup 2003, against England he bowled at 161.3 km/h. This is the fastest bowl recorded in cricket history till now. Thus, he is holding the record of fastest delivery in cricket of all time. And this has made him one of the most popular cricketers in the world.
