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Ball speed off the bat
« on: February 28, 2012, 01:43:57 PM »
I'm doing a presentation on cricket to a bunch of non-cricketers. I want to express the speeds involved, and everyone can understand that a cricket ball coming towards you at 90mph is PDQ!

However, I can't find any statistics for the speed at which a ball can be struck with the bat! Does anyone know how fast the ball moves when it's been smashed by a top batsman?
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2012, 01:49:16 PM »
Ask the hosk ;)
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2012, 01:56:50 PM »
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2012, 02:01:22 PM »
time a Robin Smith Square cut to the boundery off one of the WI bowlers.

or perhaps the reaction time to Paul Collingwood's catch of Hayden off Harmison in the 2005 2020 game...
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2012, 02:04:18 PM »
Quote from: Buzz on February 28, 2012, 02:01:22 PM
time a Robin Smith Square cut to the boundery off one of the WI bowlers.

or perhaps the reaction time to Paul Collingwood's catch of Hayden off Harmison in the 2005 2020 game...

i was just about to suggest the same thing. maybe a caught and bowled so you know roughly how far its gone.
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2012, 02:05:01 PM »
Depends on bat speed. It could be anything from 5mph to 100mph+
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2012, 02:11:16 PM »
thanks for the helpful advice nickauger!

it strikes me as strange that a sport which obsesses over bowling speed has no statistics for how hard/fast a batsman can thump it.
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2012, 02:13:47 PM »
i just know the faster the ball comes the faster and hard it goes of the bat..

when me and ryan were netting at 85mph a forward defensive push felt like a cover drive for 4 lol
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Re: Ball speed off the bat
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2012, 02:16:18 PM »
Sorry mate, I didn't mean to put you off. If you pm me some footage that you would like to know ball speed off the bat, then I would work it out for you... however, it must be side on and it must have the stumps in it. Then I could work it out for you (Roughly)
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