It’s been long that Asian player and cricket being the victim of discriminate and non-neutral reporting. We cant do much on the side of reporting agencies but at least all the Asian web sites join hand and not take their reports from the farangi reporting agencies.
Lee reaches 156.2 kph in blitz on Sri Lankan batsmen
PERTH, Australia, December 22, 2002 (AFP)
Australian firebrand Brett Lee hurled down one of the fastest deliveries bowled in Australia during the tri-nations series one-day clash with Sri Lanka.
Lee, 26, was recorded at 156.2 kilometres an hour during a fiery six-over opening spell at the start of the Sri Lankan innings.
The delivery was recorded by a speed gun operated by a Channel Nine TV crew.
The recording was especially significant because Lee was bowling into a stiff south-easterly breeze.
Lee was credited with a personal best speed of 157.3 kilometres an hour in a Test against South Africa in Cape Town in March.
It has long been his ambition to deliver a ball at 161 kilometres an hour (100 mph).
Former Australian Test star Jeff Thomson is recognised as having bowled the fastest ball in Australia.
He was recorded at 160.5 kilometres an hour in 1975 at the time when he and Dennis Lillee formed one of the world’s most feared pace combinations.
Pakistan’s tearaway Shoaib Akhtar claims to have bowled the fastest ball ever recorded in the game.
Pakistan cricket authorities say Shoaib was clocked at 161 kilometres an hour when he bowled to Craig McMillan during a one-day international against New Zealand at Lahore’s Gadaffi Stadium in April.
