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Arbitrarily we regard bowlers reaching 140kph as qualified fast men. Bowlers with the ability to deliver balls above 145kph are considered genuine speedsters. 150kph is regarded as the benchmark for express pace bowlers.
For a list of other reported speeds in past literature, news reports, domestic cricket, women's cricket and historical scientific studies, click here.Notes:
Enter a speed in either of the two boxes below and click 'Convert' or press 'enter' to perform an automatic conversion to the other form of measurement. Results are displayed to one decimal place. 1 mph = 1.60934 kph.
Player | Team | Kph | Against | Date |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 161 | v New Zealand | 27/04/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 160 | v New Zealand | 27/04/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 159.9 | v New Zealand | 21/04/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 159.5 | v Sri Lanka | 12/04/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 159.0 | v Sri Lanka | 17/04/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 158.4 | v Sri Lanka | 17/04/2002 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 157.4 | v South Africa | 08/03/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 157.4 | v Sri Lanka | 12/04/2002 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 157.3 | v South Africa | 08/03/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 157.2 | v Australia | 09/06/2001 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 156.2 | v South Africa | Mar 2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 156 | v South Africa | 29/03/2000 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 156 | v South Africa | Apr 2000 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 156 | v South Africa | Apr 2000 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 154.8 | v Pakistan | 23/01/2000 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 154.6 | v New Zealand | 11/01/2002 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 154.5 | unknown | 1999 season |
Brett Lee | Australia | 154.5 | v New Zealand | 01/12/2001 |
Nantie Hayward | South Africa | 154.4 | v India | 03/11/2001 |
Nantie Hayward | South Africa | 154.3 | v Australia | 28/12/2001 |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 153.9 | v South Africa | 06/04/2002 |
Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 153 | v South Africa | Jul 1993 |
Allan Donald | South Africa | 152.9 | v England | 26/07/1998 |
Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 152.6 | v England | 1996 season |
Brett Lee | Australia | 152.4 | v England | Aug 2001 |
Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 151.4 | v Australia | 22/02/2002 |
Shane Bond | New Zealand | 151.2 | v Australia | 26/01/2002 |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 151.0 | v South Africa | 03/04/2002 |
Darren Gough | England | 151 | v Australia | 13/02/1999 |
Nantie Hayward | South Africa | 151 | v England | 10/12/1999 |
Brett Lee | Australia | 150.0 | unknown | 2000/01 season |
Darren Gough | England | 149.8 | v Zimbabwe | May 2000 |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 149.7 | v New Zealand | 30/11/2000 |
Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 149.7 | v New Zealand | 01/02/2002 |
Javagal Srinath | India | 149.6 | v Australia | 1997/98 season |
Javagal Srinath | India | 149.6 | unknown | Jun 1999 |
Chris Silverwood | England | 149.6 | v South Africa | 09/12/1999 |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 149.1 | v India | 20/03/2001 |
Darren Gough | South Africa | 149 | v India | in 1998 |
Allan Donald | England | 149 | v Australia | 05/01/1999 |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 148.9 | v South Africa | 22/01/2002 |
Mohammad Sami | Pakistan | 148.8 | v New Zealand | 12/04/2001 |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 148.7 | v West Indies | Dec 2000 |
Mohammad Sami | Pakistan | 148.5 | v New Zealand | 15/04/2001 |
Roger Telemachus | South Africa | 148.3 | v England | 11/10/2000 |
Mfuneko Ngam | South Africa | 148.3 | v Sri Lanka | Dec 2000 |
Shane Bond | New Zealand | 148.2 | v Australia | 17/01/2002 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 147.6 | v Sri Lanka | 2000/01 season |
Shane Bond | New Zealand | 147.6 | v Australia | 11/01/2002 |
Mfuneko Ngam | South Africa | 147.5 | v New Zealand | Dec 2000 |
Dilhara Fernando | Sri Lanka | 147.5 | v New Zealand | 20/07/2001 |
Mohammad Sami | Pakistan | 147.4 | v Sri Lanka | 08/04/2001 |
Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 147.4 | v England | 17/06/2001 |
Abdur Razzaq | Pakistan | 147.2 | v England | 19/05/2001 |
Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 147.2 | v Australia | 03/02/2002 |
Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 147.1 | v New Zealand | 27/01/2002 |
Dean Headley | England | 147 | v Australia | 05/01/1999 |
Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 147 | v Sri Lanka | 2000/01 season |
Dilhara Fernando | Sri Lanka | 147 | v South Africa | 26/12/2000 |
Geoff Allott | New Zealand | 146.5 | unknown | 1999 season |
Chris Silverwood | England | 146.5 | v South Africa | 10/12/1999 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 146.4 | unknown | Jun 1999 |
Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 146.4 | v England | 20/08/1999 |
Franklyn Rose | West Indies | 146.4 | v England | 26/06/2000 |
Darren Gough | England | 146.3 | v Australia | 10/06/2001 |
Shane Bond | New Zealand | 146.2 | v Australia | 01/12/2001 |
Andrew Flintoff | England | 146.1 | v India | 20/12/2001 |
Ajit Agarkar | India | 145.4 | v Zimbabwe | 13/03/2002 |
Zaheer Khan | India | 145.0 | v Zimbabwe | 21/02/2002 |
Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 145 | v South Africa | 1992/93 season |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 145 | v Pakistan | 20/07/1999 |
Dean Headley | England | 145 | v New Zealand | 23/07/1999 |
Craig White | England | 145 | v West Indies | 04/08/2000 |
Colin Stuart | West Indies | 145 | v Zimbabwe | 22/07/2001 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 144.5 | v Australia | Apr 2002 |
Steve Elworthy | South Africa | 144.4 | v Australia | 20/01/2002 |
Colin Stuart | West Indies | 144.1 | v Australia | 03/01/2001 |
Damien Fleming | Australia | 144 | unknown | Dec 1999 |
Marlon Black | West Indies | 144 | v India | 19/04/2002 |
Zaheer Khan | India | 143.8 | unknown | Oct 2000 |
Nixon McLean | West Indies | 143.8 | v Australia | 14/01/2001 |
Andy Bichel | Australia | 143.7 | v West Indies | 09/01/2001 |
Ajit Agarkar | India | 143.7 | v Zimbabwe | Jun 2001 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 143.7 | v South Africa | 03/02/2002 |
Craig White | England | 143.6 | v West Indies | 02/09/2000 |
Steve Elworthy | South Africa | 143.3 | v New Zealand | 19/01/2002 |
Andy Bichel | Australia | 143.3 | v South Africa | 03/02/2002 |
Reon King | West Indies | 143.2 | v England | 15/07/2000 |
Mohammad Zahid | Pakistan | 143 | unknown | in 1998 |
Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 143 | v England | 09/12/1999 |
Prabath Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 143 | v Pakistan | Oct 2001 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 142.9 | v New Zealand | 26/01/2002 |
Shane Watson | Australia | 142.9 | v South Africa | Apr 2002 |
Roger Telemachus | South Africa | 142.7 | v Australia | Jul 2000 |
Andy Caddick | England | 142.6 | v Australia | 21/06/2001 |
Brad Williams | Australia | 142.6 | v New Zealand | 11/01/2002 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 142.3 | v Zimbabwe | 04/02/2001 |
Andre Adams | New Zealand | 142.2 | v Australia | 29/01/2002 |
Allan Donald | South Africa | 142.2 | v New Zealand | 01/02/2002 |
Dewald Pretorius | South Africa | 142.2 | v Australia | 08/03/2002 |
James Ormond | England | 142.1 | v Australia | 23/08/2001 |
Damien Fleming | Australia | 142.1 | v West Indies | 09/11/2001 |
Marlon Black | West Indies | 142 | v Australia | 24/11/1999 |
Shane Lee | Australia | 142 | v South Africa | 16/04/2000 |
Zaheer Khan | India | 142 | v Australia | 11/03/2001 |
Marlon Black | West Indies | 142 | v Zimbabwe | 29/07/2001 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 141.6 | v India | 1997/98 season |
Dominic Cork | England | 141.6 | v Sri Lanka | 31/08/1998 |
Alex Tudor | England | 141.6 | v Australia | 1998/99 season |
Dion Nash | New Zealand | 141.6 | v England | 05/08/1999 |
Dion Nash | New Zealand | 141.6 | v Australia | 29/01/2002 |
Chris Martin | New Zealand | 141.4 | v Australia | 01/12/2001 |
Adam Sanford | West Indies | 141.0 | v India | 13/04/2002 |
Mervyn Dillon | West Indies | 141.0 | v India | 13/04/2002 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 141 | v Sri Lanka | 04/01/2001 |
Ashish Nehra | India | 141 | v West Indies | 21/04/2002 |
Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 140 | v Pakistan | 1992/93 season |
Abdur Razzaq | Pakistan | 140 | unknown | in 1998 |
Mervyn Dillon | West Indies | 140 | v India | 28/10/1998 |
Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 140 | v England | 08/08/2000 |
Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 140 | v England | 08/08/2000 |
Andy Blignaut | Zimbabwe | 140 | v West Indies | 28/07/2001 |
Travis Friend | Zimbabwe | 140 | v England | 29/09/2001 |
Heath Streak | Zimbabwe | 140 | v England | 02/10/2001 |
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