Athlete
Mitchell Starc
Australian fast bowler and Cricket World Cup winner
2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Mitchell Starc Cricket bowling speed
Mitchell Starc's recorded Cricket bowling speed is 160.4 km/h. Performance date: 2015-11-15. Age at the time: 25. This was a competition result. The source at icc-cricket.com gives this mark. Source type: official result. Confidence is medium.
Australia against New Zealand, second Test, day three at Perth · Delivery to Ross Taylor at the WACA Ground
Source quote and limits
“160.4 kilometres per hour (99.7 miles per hour)”
The ICC match report explicitly dates day three to Sunday, 15 November 2015. This is the reported speed of one delivery; it is not an average bowling speed. New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan challenged the speed-gun reading in Cricket Australia report https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3269428/starc-thunderbolt-queried-by-nz. The value is kept as the broadcast reading, with that dispute stated.
| Date | Competition / season and method | Value | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-15age 25 | Australia against New Zealand, second Test, day three at PerthCricket bowling speed | 160.4 | km/h | icc-cricket.commedium confidenceEvidenceOfficial result; Competition; performance date 2015-11-15. Classy Taylor eases to double hundred Delivery to Ross Taylor at the WACA Ground “160.4 kilometres per hour (99.7 miles per hour)” The ICC match report explicitly dates day three to Sunday, 15 November 2015. This is the reported speed of one delivery; it is not an average bowling speed. New Zealand batting coach Craig McMillan challenged the speed-gun reading in Cricket Australia report https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3269428/starc-thunderbolt-queried-by-nz. The value is kept as the broadcast reading, with that dispute stated. |
| 2015-11-15age 25 | Australia against New Zealand, second Test, day three at PerthCricket bowling speed | 154.8 | km/h | cricket.com.aumedium confidenceEvidenceOfficial result; Competition; performance date 2015-11-15. Starc bowls 160kph delivery, breaks bat Yorker to Brendon McCullum at the WACA; broke his bat “Starc's final offering of the over came down at 154.8kph” Cricket Australia dates its day-three report to 15 November 2015. This is the last ball of the over before the existing 160.4 km/h delivery to Ross Taylor. It is a separate delivery to a different batter. The number is the reported speed-gun reading. |
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