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Lee isn't just one of our fastest ever bowlers, he's been clocked over 160 making him drawn for the second fastest ever in the world (I thought he was number one, but Shoaib Akhtar hit 161.3, and Shaun Tait and lee are drawn at 161.1)
For the uninitiated, cricket bowling involves throwing the extremely hard ball into a hard packed pitch; one of the more common deliveries for a fast bowler is a bouncer, where the ball is intended to reach the batsman at around head height as displayed by lee here. Cricket balls have inflicted serious injuries on occasion, up to and including death. I can only conclude that Brett is sincerely trying to injure Piers here. Legend.
oh shit, I thought Tait's 161 ball in that early T20 was faster than Lee had reached, didn't realise it was level.
God damn he was good
Yeah, I had to look it up, I was convinced Lee was #1. It's really impressive for records for that sort of thing to stand for 20+ years, but the one that shocked me is Jeff Thompson still has the fourth fastest recorded delivery in all of cricket, measured at 160.6 in 1974