Where have the quickies gone

Shoab Akhtar161.3 km/h (100.23 mph)PakistanEngland2003

Brett Lee 161.1 km/h (100.1 mph)AustraliaNew Zealand2005

ShaunnTait 160km/h (100.1 mph)AustraliaEngland2010

Jeff Thomson160.6 km/h (99.8 mph)AustraliaWest Indies197

Mitchell Starc160.4 km/h (99.7 mph)AustraliaNew Zealand2015

Andy Roberts159.5 km/h (99.1 mph)West IndiesAustralia1975

Fidel Edwards157.7 km/h (98.0 mph)West IndiesSouth Africa2003

Mitchell Johnson156.8 km/h (97.4 mph)AustraliaEngland2013

Mohamed Sami156.4 km/h (97.1 mph)PakistanZimbabwe2003

Shane Bond156.4 km/h (97.1 mph)New ZealandIndia2003

Nantie Hayward154.4 km/h (95.95 mph)South AfricaIndia2001

Jason Gillespie153.9 km/h (95.6 mph)AustraliaSouth Africa2002

Wagner Younis153 km/h (95.07 mph)PakistanSouth Africa1993

Not one of the 13 fastest bowlers delivered that ball in the last 10 years and so many guys ply their trades in the mid 130s. Is this better measurement, more emphasis on control or the drop in testosterone?

Hell... you've just reminded me of my last quickie.

She was a lovely old goose... married... but she didn't care and neither did I!

Had older kids too.

She moved to Chicago while ago.

I can still remember her smell!

Some great bowlers on that list though.

If I had to pick a pair from that list, or from any list, to bowl for my life, it'd be Johnson and Bond.

I always believe that Mitch Johnson's purple patch should be studied. He found something for a few years there that I hadn't seen before and haven't seen since. He basically won two Test series for Australia single handedly against England and South Africa.

In the SA series, he wiped the floor with our best ever test side.