When former Pakistan bowler Mohammad Sami first began enjoying cricket, he was among the many most promising potentials for his nation. He was additionally among the many quickest bowlers in Pakistan and he has now alleged that he bowled two balls over 160kmph however the deliveries weren’t recorded due to the pace gun’s defect.
Sami had developed a devastating tandem with the legendary pacer Shoaib Akhtar throughout his time on the nationwide facet. His deliveries used to land within the 145-150kmph zone persistently, and the tempo bowling duo was a nightmare for the opposition batters. Speaking about his quickest balls, Sami has claimed that he crossed the 160 kph mark twice however he was informed that pace gun wasn’t working.
“I bowled two balls greater than 160kmph in a match, one was 162 and the opposite was 164. After that, it was mentioned that the bowling machine (pace gun) isn’t working. So, the balls weren’t counted,” Sami informed paktv.television. However when you look general, whoever has bowled with a pace of greater than 160, there have been only one or two balls in that pace. It isn’t like they’ve bowled with that pace persistently. It occurred sometimes,” he additional added.
The quickest ball recorded by Sami was 156.4 kph
Shoaib Akhtar is alleged to have bowled the quickest ball in worldwide cricket, at a pace of 161.3 kph, when he performed towards New Zealand within the yr 2002. Australian bowlers Brett Lee and Shaun Tait have bowled deliveries at 160kph which haven’t been registered. However Sami has claimed that he had delivered a ball to strike previous the 160 mark which has not been thought-about.
Sami represented his nation in 36 Exams, 87 ODIs, and 13 T20Is, and the quickest ball recorded beneath his identify is at a pace of 156.4 kph, which he struck whereas enjoying in Sharjah towards Zimbabwe within the yr 2003. He started his Take a look at profession with a bang, gathering 8 wickets in his maiden Take a look at towards New Zealand in Auckland in 2000-2001. Two years after his maiden Take a look at, he bagged a hat-trick towards Sri Lanka on the Asian Take a look at Championship remaining.
In an ODI towards the West Indies later that yr, he claimed his second hat-trick and have become simply the second Pakistani bowler to report a hat-trick in each Exams and ODIs.
