A Conversation for The ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 - Week Two

The Fastest Ball

Post 1

ORANGEmaverick

in yesterdays game against england, pakistani bowler shoib akhter bowled a bowl at 100.2 mph but i read in the bbc news that the ICC has refused to accept it as the fastest ball by saying that the speed gun was out of order. to me it is just a bias of the ICC towards Pakistan. how can they use faulty speed guns in world cup??


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Post 2

egon

I'm a bit sceptical about the whole "speed gun" business anyway.


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Post 3

Alfredo Marquez

In that case we have 2 alternatives
1. Find another way of measuring the speed of the ball, or
2. Give up on measuring the speed of the ball

Personally, I'm in with number two as I don't really see why it matters exactly how fast Shoaib bowls. All I need to know is that its bloody fast and gets a hell of a lot of wickets.

smiley - cheers


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Post 4

egon

but not as many as Andy Bichel...


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Post 5

Alfredo Marquez

In reply to that, all i am going to say is...
Oh, Jimmy,Jimmy
Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Anderson


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Post 6

egon

yes.....smiley - erm


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Post 7

Alfredo Marquez

I say that bearing in mind that he has now played more times for England than his county team, my beloved Lancashire


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Post 8

egon

that's 'cos he's only any good in the southern hemisphere....


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Post 9

Alfredo Marquez

...and they said that about Murali too
smiley - biggrin


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