So slow compared to Shoaib. 😂❤😂

I remember this ! Australia was a straightforward place to live back then.

Could’ve spruced up the wicket a bit it looked dead and slow

Most effective and exciting faster is Dennis Lilee.

Lol. Thommo n lillee at the end of their careers, both after horrid injuries. The rest? Young n fresh.

Hadlee, Liille and Khan were Fast Medium. Roberts was a Fast as was Thompson

Amazing to see all these greats in the same place at the same time but I suppose Kerry's money couldn't be knocked back

Hadlee was a quick medium and was not really a fast bowler?

These measurements are obviously taken at the batsman’s end and not the maximum speed yeah? 147kmh at the batsman’s end is insane by Thommo

Remember watching this, the whole family was glued to the TV !!

I pitied opening batsman when Australia bowled with two quicks, Thompson from one end, Lillie from the other. That was brutal.

This is awesome!

This is awesome. The fact that Thommo also won accuracy shows if you want to be really quick you need to pitch it right up. The guys bowling short were throwing away speed.

There is no way I would face an y of 5hese guys unless I was wearing R in a suit of armour 😅😅😅

So Top 3 fastest were 1. Thompson 2. Holding 3. Imran Khan

The irony is the guy the slowest bowler (Hadlee) is the best of the lot. Very interesting to see the speeds. People always think that bowlers were faster back in the day but when you have conclusive results like these it goes to show how much we've progressed. And YES, the bowler speeds are being taken from the hand and not where they pitched. That grid they have behind the bowlers arm is used to calculate the ball speed.

This was after Thompsons shoulder injury earlier in his career, he says himself he was never as quick after his injury!

Sadly, everyone in this documentary has passed, apart from the young Aussie writer, who I would assume is still around.

Jeff Thomson hardly seems, to have any serious pace outside Australia. Is there any magic potion available there, so that those who see Jeff Thomson bowling, compelled to hallucinate about his non existing pace

Anyone 2025

Looks like a world series cricket Packer production, so it only featured their contracted bowlers. No Rodney Hogg, no Bob Willis. No Kapil Dev.

Lol bowlers den were so slow

Ive faced 130 ks in the nets on a machine and this stuff is miles quicker.

127 for Holdings first ball??I wish the cop that booked me for speeding was using the same equipment!!!

I saw this live, back in the day.

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Sylvester Clarke and collin Croft., perfect antidotes for these ugly Australian sledgers, invented by the greatest captain in cricket history, clive Lloyd.If these gentlemen had played, in this series.,the result would have been reversed. You may have to visit Dennis Lilee, Jeff Thomson,in mortuary. Everybody knows how Sylvester Clarke take ting, particularly, after that incident in Pakistan. He was the fastest bowler of his time, and he proved it in the slow pitches of India and Pakistan. Jeff Thomson alway struggled in slow pitches. Even in 1975, when he was at his fastest, he struggled miserably in England. He always failed against Pakistan., both at home and in Pakistan. Dennis Lilee and all other Australian bowlers, generally struggled in Asia, while West indians thrived and conquered, everywhere.

When some Australian players like Ryan Harris and Doug Bollinger were young and charging in, he bowled around 130kmph., later when he looked burly and unfit., he clocked 150 kmph, how?. Is there any magic potion available in Australia.Shaun Tait and Mitchell Starc., generally bowls in the 140ട. How can someone bowls very fast for a single delivery. Few others., Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus and Doug Bollinger., all Australian s, who were medium pacers, when they were young and raring to go, later on, when they become burly and aged, unexpectedly, started to bowl quick., magical isn't it

Jeff Thomson hardly seems, to have any serious pace outside Australia. Is there any magic potion available there, so that those who see Jeff Thomson bowling, compelled to hallucinate about his non existing pace

Jeff Thomson failed to make any such impact in England, in 1975,when he was reportedly at his quickest. Don't say he slowed down, after the injury., cricket experts always confirmed that, he was still able to bowl at speeds, he was claimed to have bowled, for a limited period, any time in a cricket match, even after the injury, you were mentioned here.Still he failed.,Then his record in Asia, is pathetic., while West Indies, always had an impeccable record, on those slow tracks.Then his one day international record, which, includes a much below par economy rate of 4.56.,is there to confirm my arguments. All those stories of Jeff Thomson's is limited to Australian continent only, outside, there is nothing much to talk about. West Indians proved their class, everywhere.1977 Ashes., England won 4-0., despite Jeff Thomson and Rodney Hogg, firing on all cylinders, with, Greg Chappel as captain. 1976 Aus vs Pak series was locked 1-1., Dennis Lilee, Jeff Thomson &co played. Even that 1974-75 series., England just lost it 2-1.,again all these very fast gentlemen were played. 1975.,in England, just able to cling on 1-0.,first test victory., England dominated the rest of the series, often come very close to victory.Against India, 1978.,escaped with a 3-2 victory.Against the West Indies, in 1976.,it was psychological warfare., verbal abusing sledging, racial commenting, no limitations to a barrage of beamers and bouncers.But in 1978.,WestIndies had the perfect antidotes for Jeff Thomson. Sylvester Clarke and Collin Croft., not only they were the quickest bowlers, taller, faster and stronger than Dennis Lilee and Jeff Thomson.,at that point of time., they were extremely aggressive., i hope you recollect that infamous incident featuring Sylvester Clarke, if he can do that to a spectator., when he get to know the abuse and horror, his teams suffered., how beautiful his reaction would have been to Lilee and Thomson. Reports says thar Jeff Thomson tried to be aggressive, initially during the 1978 series., this time,quietened and tamed by some gentlemen, in no time. Another report says Dennis Lilee got his medicine during packer series /circus.Anyway, from that1980-81 Australia WestIndies series onwards, these gentlemen suddenly become extremely shy and well mannered., not even looking at the eyes of the West Indians. You can check it, from the videos publically out there., to verify the efficacy of the ferocious treatement they got.

And they bowl very slow comparing to modern day fast bowlers

Jeff Thomson failed to make any such impact in England, in 1975,when he was reportedly very quick. Don't say he slowed down., cricket experts always confirmed that, he was still able to bowl at speeds, he was claimed to have bowled, for a limited period, any time in a cricket match, even after the injury, you were mentioned here.Still he failed.,Then his record in Asia, is pathetic., while West Indies, always had an impeccable record, on those slow tracks.Then his one day international record, which, includes a much below par economy rate of 4.56.,is there to confirm my arguments. All those stories of Jeff Thomson's is limited to Australian continent only, outside, there is nothing much to talk about. West Indians proved their class, everywhere.

The strongest Australian team could be beaten by the West Indies team of late 70s and early 80s. Great Don Bradman had testified their strength. Australian teams and pace bowlers., including Dennis Lilee, Jeff Thomson, Glen Magrath, Mitchel Johnson, failed miserably in Asia., while the West Indians had their strength everywhere

1976 series between Australia and West lndies, was staged with the most disgraceful and shameful incidents in cricket history, well above the body line series., Plenty of racial abuse and sledging were involved, along with body line from Australian gentlemen, at the helm of affairs, ably supported by a team of sledgers, including Dennis Lilee and Jeff Thomson.West Indies lost that series, very badly, just because of this continued torture. clive Lloyd, himself described it as bruised and battered. But he comeback strongly with gutsy People like Sylvester Clarke and Collin Croft., they were extremely quick bowlers too. Jeff Thomson tried to repeat his 1976 Show by aggression, during the 1978 series, happened in West Indies. This time tamed him up wasting no time. The poor fellow got the necessary lessons, and was reformed. History says., Dennis Lilee and co along with these two leaders were extremely obedient and well mannered, when playing against the West Indies, although they were often arrogant against others. It is wonderful too see, a scared Dennis Lilee and Jeff Thomson, when playing against West Indies

The West Indies fast bowlers of late 70's and early 80's might be the fastest of all time. The results and impact, they had made against stronger teams, overcoming pitch conditions and climatic barriers were unmatched in cricket history. Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Sylvester clarke, collin Croft, Wayne Daniel and Malcolm Marshall, among others had proved it, even in the slow pitches of India and Pakistan., that too, without using reverse swing.Others, including Jeff Thomson had always struggled in slow pitches. Even in 1975, when he was at his fastest, Jeff Thomson failed miserably in England. He always failed against Pakistan., both at home and in Pakistan. Dennis Lilee and all other bowlers, except perhaps Richard Hadlee, generally struggled in Asia, while West indians thrived and conquered, everywhere.

Jeff Thomson may not be the quickest. He struggled on slow pitches right through his career. And once, the West indians took over., he got the lesson of his life, for sledging and abusing the opposition. Jeff Thomson was the most expensive bowler of his generation, with an economy of 4.56 runs per over., even tail enders used to to tonk him for big sixes

The strongest Australian team could be beaten by the West Indies team of late 70s and early 80s. Great Don Bradman had testified their strength. Australian teams and pace bowlers., including Dennis Lilee, Jeff Thomson, Glen Magrath, Mitchel Johnson, failed miserably in Asia., while the West Indians had their strength everywhere

How do they measured the pace of ball then ?? I mean by the speed distance time formulae or something else . Because today we see the speed of balls just after the ball is released not post bounce . If back then they were measuring with the speed distance formulae i can be pretty sure they were 10 to 15 km faster . If not then todays bowlers are raster

Truly impressed with the action n results of Imran Khan, one can clearly see that he was in the process of changing his action n bowling style i.e from a medium pacer to a genuine fast bowler n yet he came 2nd!!!

Thommo was the Ayrton Senna of bowling

Lillee speed 134 km per hour is a joke, definitely the technology was showing 15 km less then modern technology.

Why no Indian Bowler😂

I saw it live, too much pain for a 9yr old. Such a lousy team India was then

This is presented as if the result is coming up after a couple of seconds like they have now. Actually it took a couple of days for a team of mathematicians to collate and check all the data and get those figures, nothing was instant back then. Most of these guys totally missed the point and figured that banging in a bouncer halfway down the pitch would give them a good result, actually a bouncer is going to be the slowest ball of all as its covering more vertical distance as well as horizontal. Thomson is the only one who understood that if you just bowl full tosses the speed will measure as much higher, its the same half a century later.

lmao Bhuvneshwar Kumar was faster than Hadlee (128 kph lol)

I can't help thinking that if they had a batsman at the other end, it could have made them all bowl just a little bit faster! If each bowler had been allowed to choose their most hated batsman to bowl to (or at!), then it would have made things more interesting. I also think that bowling a full over, rather than individual deliveries would have helped the bowlers with rhythmn and accuracy.

My father used to say Thomson as the fastest and Andy Roberts as the bouncer king. I can see why.

Sunny Gavaskar said this but the bowlers of later period are faster and accurate otherwise they wouldn't be able win matches for their teams with the present covered pitches, sports medicine, batsman friendly pitches, change of ball, better athletic fielders and reviews. The hardest period for batsmen was 1970 to 2000. Now it's hardest period for bowlers.

This era was the real ERA for FAST BOWLERS 💀☠️🗿

Imran Khan 👑