Tallest Bowlers
- 1 – Mohammed Irfan (Pakistan) 7’1”
1st in the Tallest Bowlers list is Mohammed Irfan (Pakistan) Tallest Ever Cricketer in History
Mohammed Irfan, The 7’1” lanky fast bowler from Pakistan is by far the tallest player ever to have featured in the game of cricket. he Played Has Ist ODI Mach back in 2010 Against England, After Playing 2 ODIs he Get Out From The National Team But he Came Back Very Strongly Against India In Resent Tour in 2012/13 With Lots of Promises and now he Looks Like a Mature Left Arm Fast Bowler Who Bowls 140 km Speed Consistently. Most Impotently he Bowled On very Good Channel . Also gets Lot of Bounce From The Wicket Because of Has heighthe Played Has Ist ODI Mach back in 2010 Against England
- 2 – Joel Garner (West Indies) – 6′ 8.5″
Known as the “Big Bird” from Barbados was menacing West Indian speedster ruled the roost during the Caribbean halycon days in the seventies and eighties. with a wicked yorker that speared in at the batsman’s feet from a steepling 10 feet or so. Often his hand would be above the sightscreen too, just to make it even more difficult for the hard-pressed batsman. Garner polished England off in the 1979 World Cup final, and finished with 146 ODI wickets at a tremendous average (18.84) and an even more tremendous economy rate (3.09 runs per over). In Tests his 259 wickets cost less than 21 apiece.
- 3 – Bruce Reid (Australia) 6’8”
Bruce Reid, The lofty left arm pacer from Australia stood at an imposing height of 6’8” that made him capable of extracting steep bounce from even unresponsive tracks.
Bruce Reid represented Australia in Test cricket between December 1985 and December 1992 and in One Day Internationals between January 1986 and March 1992. He played 27 Test matches for Australia taking 113 Test wickets at an average of 24.63 runs per wicket. He also played 61 one-day-internationals taking 63 ODI wickets.
- 4 – Chris Tremlett (England) 6′ 8“
The tall English fast bowler is renowned for his first ball wicket in first class cricket against New Zealand in the yera 2000. Born September 2, 1981, Tremlett made his international debut for England in a One Day International match against Bangladesh in 2005. Tremlett has been a great bowling package for the English side but injuries have been a consistent issue with the lanky fast bowler, making it difficult for him to consistently be a part of the England international squad. Tremlett participated in England’s victory in the 2010–11 Ashes in Australia. He is a competent number 8 or 9 batsman, with seven first-class fifties to his name and has a strong arm from the deep.
- 5 – Curtly Ambrose (West Indies) 6’7”
Curtly Ambrose: The gentle giant standing at 6’7” was the spearhead of the West Indian bowling attack from the late eighties to the turn of the century.
About half an inch shorter than Garner, but about twice as feisty. Ambrose, from Antigua, also had a neat line in yorkers, and proved next to impossible to slog he finished with 630 international wickets, 405 of them in Tests.
he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists. He was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992 after his retirement he was entered into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame and selected as one of West Indies all-time XI by a panel of experts.
- 6 – Tom Moody (Australia) 6’7”
Thomas Masson Moody “Long” Tom Moody, so nicknamed for his 2.01 metre (six foot seven inch) height, whose colossal frame of 6’7” could intimidate any batsmen, was only one of the two Australian cricketers along with Steve Waugh to have been a part of two World Cup winning squads, in 1987 and 1999. he is also the Former Head coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Carruntly he is the coach for the IPL team Kings XI Punjab.
- 7 – Jacob Oram (New Zealand) 6’6”
Jacob David Philip Oram (born 28 July 1978) is a New Zealand cricketer. The burly medium fast bowler from New Zealand, with his massive height of 6’6”, could obtain a great deal of purchase from even dead tracks. His abilities with both bat and ball has made him a regular fixture in the current New Zealand International sides. He played for the Manawatu cricket team in the Hawke Cup. He plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He is one of 36 New Zealand Test cricketers to have scored 1,000 runs and one of just six New Zealanders to have reached the double of 1,000 ODI runs and 100 wickets.
- 8 – Abey Kuruvilla (India) 6’5”
Abey Kuruvilla, (born August 4, 1968) he is arguably the tallest cricketer to have played for India. Although he had the height advantage, Kuruvilla was not an express pacer by any means. He relied on his ability to swing the ball and subsequently incorporated variations to deceive the batsmen. he played for India in mid-1990s. He retired from all cricket in 2000, and has taken up coaching.
- 9 – Morne Morkel (South Africa) 6’5”
Morne Morkel, He is a right-arm fast bowler with “genuine pace” according to former South African fast bowler Allan Donald, and a useful lower order left-handed batsman. However, after a poor run of form, Morkel was dropped from the Test team in 2009. His elder brother Albie Morkel took his place. He regained his Test place in 2010. The huge 6’5” South African is one of the most dreaded fast bowlers in world cricket today. The younger sibling of allrounder Albie, he has made the most of his height by bowling extremely fast and extracting awesome bounce off the pitch.
- 10 – Ishant Sharma (India) 6’5”
Ishant Vijay Sharma, Nicknamed ‘Lambu’ which means tall in Hindi, the 6’5” Ishant made a sensational start to his career by making former Australian captain Ricky Ponting his bunny by dismissing him most times in a series. But too much prone to injury, he has been in and out of the Indian team. In 2011 he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets. (born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm fast-medium bowler. Sharma has a high arm delivery action and swings the ball both ways but depends on pace and movement off the seam.