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[Manormanic]

but still most places manage to find very fast medium pacers at least, rather than 78mph plodders...

[paulkatich]

 Australia ,England and South Africa have at least 3 good fast bowlers and probably more. Tracks should have a bit for fast bowlers. you can bend your back on flat tracks but the question is how long can you do it ? It will break you down eventually. The sub continent teams clearly lack bench strength in fast bowling at least.

[tushar sehgal]

Well Srilanka and Pakistan seem to do okay...India and Bangladesh are the ones that seem to struggle...

[Cover_Drive]

but still most places manage to find very fast medium pacers at least, rather than 78mph plodders...

That's true - on side note after my last post I went in thought that there are very few bowlers throughout the world who bowl 85 mph+ in test cricket.

Who can you guys think of? Few I can name are;

- Dale Steyn
- Morne Morkel (if I'm not mistaken)
- Micheal Starc
- James Anderson?

Anyone else who consistently bowls 85 mph+?

[roco]

Steve Finn

[alba caerulea]

Anderson isn't always in that bracket

Pattinson and Cummins when their body isnt falling apart

Kemar Roach?

[tushar sehgal]

Fidel Edwards, Malinga, Fernando

[Manormanic]

Okay, if we are talking about players bowling with an accurate speed gun rather than the horrid one that Sky had up until last season which made everyone 90mp, then I reckon the list of 85mph plus bowlers of Test standard or close would be:

Australia - Cummins (fully fit), Johnson (if everything is right), Starc, Siddle (if he bends his back)
England - Finn, Meaker, Anderson (when he wants to be), Bresnan (if he ever gets fully fit again)
India - yeah right!
New Zealand - nobody?
Pakistan - Gul can get there if he puts the effort in.
South Africa - Steyn, Morkel, possibly De Lange
Sri Lanka - Malinga
West Indies - Roach, Edwards, possibly Best


As for players coming through, I can only really comment on England here, but Tymal Mills and Moin Ashraf are there and thereabouts. I thought Coulter Nile looked pretty sharp when the A side toured England too...

[paulkatich]

When did malinga start playing test cricket ?

[Manormanic]

When did malinga start playing test cricket ?

he stopped.  but he is test standard...

[cricketbadger]

As for players coming through, I can only really comment on England here, but Tymal Mills and Moin Ashraf are there and thereabouts. I thought Coulter Nile looked pretty sharp when the A side toured England too...

Ashraf?

[Johnny]

What happened to the dude that Ian Pont was training who could bowl c. 100mph with a quasi-javelin style technique

[Cover_Drive]

What happened to the dude that Ian Pont was training who could bowl c. 100mph with a quasi-javelin style technique

Atul Sharma, he at the end ditched Pont without even paying him if I'm not mistaken.

Apparently Rajistan Royal in IPL had drafted him.

[Manormanic]

Ashraf?

Pretty sharp - he was clocked at 87 by the new more accurate Sky speedgun this year...

[Manormanic]

What happened to the dude that Ian Pont was training who could bowl c. 100mph with a quasi-javelin style technique

took Bronze at the Olympics...