10 Fastest Bowls In Cricket History 

Rise your hands who watch prime Lee and Akhtar, bond golden age of cricket 🏏

Brett Lee - for his speed, swing, consistency and graceful bowling action.

No one gets the combination of speed with good lines and conceading very little runs better than Brett Lee.

I had the privilege of watching Shoaib Akhtar bowl along with Wasim, Waqar, Saqlain, Azhar Mahmood, Abdul Razzaq in person during the world cup of 1999 in England, amazing memories.

Shaun Tait & Shoaib Akhtar were the only bowlers in this list who gave more importance to speed instead of line & length.

Many years ago when the West Indies were in their prime (Lloyd, Richards, Holding, Haynes etc etc) I was fortunate enough to see Andy Roberts bowl at Bourda in Guyana. That pitch was not considered a "fast" pitch (as opposed to Kensington Oval in Barbados or Sabina Park in Jamaica) but all I could see was the dust that was kicked up when the ball hit the pitch. I could never actually see the ball! Now granted I was side on to the pitch but I had 17 year old eyes at the time! What impressed me even more is that his run up was relatively short and more on an "amble" as opposed to a sprint, yet the ball was released at what seemed to me at the time as unbelievable speed. Ahhh cricket, lovely cricket!

Supporting Umran for bringing back lost legacy of frightening fast bowlers 160++ 🔥🔥🔥

Mayank yadav in India.. 🔥 157 ..... 158...160 🔥🔥🔥

Shane bond has the best high speed Yorker I’ve ever seen. Consistently quick and huge inswing. Body just couldn’t handle it

Lee was more consistent at bowling faster than Akhtar and had one of the cleanest bowling actions, which is quite remarkable. He wasn't wild like Akhtar or Tait.

Shane Bond had bolwed 156km/h he was the most dangerous bowler at that time.

Shame we’ll never know what Thompson’s fastest delivery was in his prime.

Yorker at 160kph is much tougher than a big bouncer at the same speed. With the bouncer, you get extra leverage and can generate extra force from the core. Yorker, not so easy. Measured speed is ok, beating that 100-mile Starc Yorker is going to be something else.

I'm old enough (and addicted to cricket enough) to have seen most of these players live when they were in their prime. The speed gun wasn't available for Thomson until after he broke his shoulder, when he dropped noticeably in pace. In my opinion in the years 1974-75 he bowled quicker than any of these. THe wicketkeeper had to stand further back to him than for his teammate Dennis Lillee, for example, who prior to Thomson's arrival was considered the quickest bowler in the world.

Shoaib,Lee,and bond were very famous in speed,style,bounser Nd in yourker.miss those era👍😭♥️

Title Must Be Top 10 Batsman Who Faced Fastest Balls In Cricket History 😅

Lucky enough to see most of the bowlers bowl in their prime, specially Shoaib Akhtar running all the way from boundary. 💞

I like that how calm and cool was Shoaib after making a world record. 😎

Respect to all the fast bowlers on the list. Especially Brett Lee and Jeff Thomson! Love from South Africa.

Thompson was the quickest ever I’d comfortably wager. Shoaib the fastest in the speed gun era but I’d have to say Lee was my favourite for his extreme pace and exquisite action.

No one can compete an actual rythm, pace & specially the attitude of a real fast bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar ❤

In a IPL match 50 Umran Malik took his bowling speed upto 157km۔ By the time this tournament gets finish he will will reach to hit the wickets at the speed 160 and above۔ Well Enough to beat all the previous records

Brett Bowled 160+ nearly 6 times only in Wc 2003 , you have video in youtube brett lee all 160+ , later in 2004 he clicked 160 and 161.1 against NZ in naiper

Fast boll is good but medium pace with A right length is dangerous for any batsman ,example is great Glenn McGrath

Shoaib akhtar is fastest but my all time favourite is mitchell starc😍

Brett lee is the best among them, his beautiful line & length, variations makes him the best.

Shoaib and Lee were definitely quicker, but in my life time I've never seen anyone put the fear into batsmen like Mitchell Johnson did. He had speed, accuracy and the right amount of mongrel in him. I'm not old enough to have seen Thommo or anyone else of that era, wish I had of. Tate was crazy but his pace would start dropping off before the end of his first over.

Wow thats amazing work ! Keep it up!

Lee was the quickest one🔥 He was consistent

Brittlee clean, consistent, swings both ways deadly bouncers

Lee has the best action. Loved watching him bowl

Jeffrey Thompson was really like a Thompson 😅😅

4:14 "World record is 161.8km/h" This video has Akhtar as the last bowler, so the "fastest" bowl in "cricket history", which this video shows as 161.3km/h Someone is bullshitting here.

King at the end .. Shoaib ❤️

The Stuart Broad death stare, Mitchell just gives it him right back knowing he's in for some chin music in the next innings.

Binga '"Brett Lee " my all time fav fast bowler nd I'm always used to copied his action during my childhood he has a genuine ,lethal with a consistent pace over 150+ nd we can't forget he also clicked 160+ 6 times nd above! genuine clear nd smooth action with a fire pace 🔥🔥😱

Shoaib has bowled the most fascinating deliveries throughout his career. People come to stadium just to watch his magical spell

Everyone is commenting about Umran.. now India’s fast bowling era has been started Umran Malik, Mohsin khan, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi and Avesh Khan

Umran is reaching those heights of the greats but those players in this list my all time favorite is lee his action run up swing speed that was so raw n brilliant

1:45 Brutal ball by Roberts. Beautifully played. In behind it and dropped it at his feet. Bruce Laird by the looks. Hospital ball.

Being a pakistani .Shoaib is like wild while i always enjoy bond action and speed

Beautiful action with great speed Breet Lee🥰🥰🔥🔥

That Competition between Akhtar and Lee was Awesome. They Dont do Trash talk, they only talk with Ball. 👍 Era of Speed

Top 10 unplayable deliveries too. Great video. Thanks👍

Lee is my favourite because of High speed and beautiful action

Umran has the potential to break Shoaib's record 💯

1:26 Original Baby Ab😍🔥 A legend of this game

Shoaib Akhtar shows the real meaning of speed!!

Used to admire Shoaib bowling style..

The best 160km/ hr fast ball we ever witnessed came from Allan Donald after he had been hit for 6 six's in a row. In his anger, he bowled a 160km/hr yorker that snapped the middle stump at the base & the wicket flew over the wicket keepers head. The crowd exploded in disbelief while Alan Donald flew his plane in celebration.

Shoaib Akhtar, the father of all

No way that Starc delivery is accurate

Bret Lee.....look at the over

I was there for the Akhtar ball. So exciting watching the speed creep up. Same game where Jimmy Anderson really first showed what he was about.

Father of all fastest bowler in the world SHOAIB AKHTAR

Thomson bowled 160 almost every ball. Rekon he got it going upwards of 165-170. History won't show it but he's clearly the fastest ever and most consistently lightning quick.

The Great David Gower once said that once a ball gets above 90mph it just appears as a blurr

till this date no one has broke aktar record. what a man.

Dale steyn best swinger ❤❤🤞🤞

The era of McGrath, Warne and Brett Lee was the greatest of all time. I sometimes think about "what if" Mitchell Johnson had come on the scene a few years earlier and was part of that bowling group...

Cleanest action Shane Bond

That Anderson Roberts ball was scary! Dude looked like he was jogging in to bowl a 125km/h dibbly dobbler...next thing you know nearly 160km/h at your head without a grill.

Alzarri joseph, Ferguson and Umran Malik also but my all time fav is Shaun tait 🔥

Fidel edwards he is really a good bowler don't know but his speed is decreased by the time.

We got two chucker's. Jeff Thompson and Shoaib Akhtar. Brett Lee's and Shane Bond have the best action with Andy Roberts is not far behind and probably the best bowler of the lot

My favorite bowler is Brett Lee and Akhtar 😎

Shohaib Akhtar = 161.3 👑🔥✨💥🔥💥 Bret Lee = 161.0👍💥

Lee had that over with each delivery more than 155km/h

a moment for batters in the 70s facing 150+ bouncers with minimal gear

In the Bret Lee clip comentator said that the world record was 161.9 is that clip not available

Jeff Thompson is hands down the quickest bowler ever. Any player who had the "opportunity" to face him or field behind him would disagree.

Rawalpindi express.🔥😍

Johnson, Thompson, Starc, Tait, Lee. Australia knows how to produce quick bowlers 😮

Eddie Gilbert was an Aboriginal Australian fast bowler who played in the 1930's. Sir Donald Bradman said he was the fastest he had ever faced. Commentator Alan McGilvray said that he was the fastest bowler he had ever seen. Eddie Gilbert should be on the list.

I wish In future umran malik brakes shoaib akhtar ,s record in blue jursy ❤️🔥

Urman Malik 154 km/h🔥🔥

Would have loved to see Alan Donald and Lance klusner on this list

Shoaib Akhtar charging in. What a terrifying sight for the batsman. What a bowler.

Shoaib Akhtar 🔥🔥

Some thoughts - Jeff Thomson was the fastest bowler I think I've ever seen with his sling action. There was an Australian TV show in around 1978 about the fastest bowlers in the world using the "new technology" of radar to accurately measure speed. Thommo came out on top with a ball well over 100mph. Lee and Akhtar exceptionally quick too and both brilliant bowlers, but Lee was also one of the most powerful hitters of the ball with the biggest six I have ever seen in Brisbane. Other names to throw in Garth Le Roux who didn't get to play tests due to the ban on South Africa, Harold Larwood from the Bodyline series whose front foot was smashed from pounding it down so hard as he bowled. Maybe also Dennis Lillee when he was young before he broke his back from bowling too fast, Ray Lindwall, and potentially Fred 'The Demon' Spofforth who was faster than anybody of his day and who invented swing bowling. Hard to know really how fast Spofforth bowled as he played in the first test in 1877, but he was as feared as any bowler who ever lived - including by the great W.G. Grace - yes same surname, much better cricketer :)

Time 4:04 ...brettlee speed 158,158,161 😁😁😁 in this video starting with 153 speed...

Shoaib, Lee , bowled 155 like walk in the park on thier day

Shaun tait consistently bowled over 156kph in 5yrs....so is Shoaib akhtar from 1999-2003 consistently hit 158-160kph

Who is here after umran malik 157 km/h against DC 🤗🤗

Bond has the most stylish bowling action❤

Ek hi toh Dil hai Akhtar Saab ❤

Needs to be speed at the bat, not speed out of the hand, minus 10km from these new Hollywood speeds. Jeff Thompson was a true 160km bowler

4:14 as he says the world record is 161.8 by bret lee himself...you should have shown that too as the fastest

Thompson looks the quickest with the naked eye, and for consistency I would say he was the fastest overall.

One day umran malik will rise up

In brett lee video commentator said that world record is 161.8 😲💥💥💥💥💥

For those wondering, speed can be calculated accurately without need for a 'speed gun'. You just need to know dimensions of pitch and have clear, consistent footage. This technique is used all over the world to accurately gauge speed in many circumstances, such as forensic investigations. This is likely the technique used by Wisdon to fill their stats for the older players, before radar cameras were available. They likely have archives of high quality footage that can't be found on youtube for copyright reasons.

After 2-3 years umran Malik will break the record

Fastest is not everything, accuracy is. Look at Richard Hadlee, Dennis Lillee and the excellent Michael holding.

Andy Roberts just jogging in and landing 159 lol

I saw Thomo at the end of his career when I was a kid, and some of the West Indies greats like Malcom Marshal, Joel Garner, Michel Holding. Saw Brett Lee, Shane Bond, Wasim Akram and Shoab Akhtar, to name a few. But I have to say, THE fastest spell I ever saw live, was Shaun Tait bowling to Adam Gilchrist at the Gabba in a T20 game. That 2nd over was beyond fast.

90's cricket fans remember Akhtar & Lee

Shoaib Akhter the fastest and my all time favorite 💗💗

This seems to be only international games - probably many missed here like in County cricket - an 18-year-old Allan Donald bowled 155km/h almost every ball. Sadly not all games had a speedometer.

Umran to Shame bond :hold my hand