Is Matheesha Pathirana a good bowler? (2023)

Who is the best bowler in Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga isthe best T20 bowler. Hasaranga has taken 86 wickets at an average of 14.48 and strike rate of 13.0 from 52 T20 internationals.

161.1kph: Brett Lee, ODI v NZ in 2005 at Napier

At Kandy, Matheesha Pathirana is said to have bowled perfect yorkers to dismiss batsmen while playing for Trinty college.

India vs Sri Lanka: Speedster Umran Malik rewrote the records once again while bowling against Sri Lanka. He bowled a 156kph thunderbolt in the 14th over of the match.

Umran Malik is regarded as the fastest bowler in India. He set a record for bowling the fastest ball by an Indian bowler in history (157kmph). He achieved the feat during the match against the Delhi team on May 5, 2022, in the Indian T20 League.

Shoaib Akhtar - 161.3kmph (100.2mph) | Pakistan vs England, 2003. Nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express, Shoaib Akhtar bowled the fastest delivery in cricket - 161.3 km/h (100.2 mph) - in a One-Day International (ODI) game against England during the 2003 Cricket World Cup at Cape Town in South Africa.

India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Wednesday became number one bowler in the ICC rankings for ODI bowlers, a testament to his rapid rise in international cricket. Siraj went past New Zealand's Trent Boult and Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood to become the top-ranked ODI bowler for the very first time.

2. Brett Lee (Australia) – 161.1 km/hr. Brett Lee was the fastest Australian bowler in history and the second-fastest bowler of all time.

Paceman Malik set the speed gun on fire in his second over - 14th over of the Lankan innings - of his first spell. The right-arm pacer recently clocked 155 kph in the first T20I against Sri Lanka to become the fastest Indian bowler surpassing Jasprit Bumrah's record.

Naseem Abbas Shah (Urdu, Pashto: نسیم عباس شاه; born 15 February 2003) popularly known as Naseem Shah is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is a fast bowler and is in playing-eleven in T20 Format.

Who is the best spin bowler in Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka have two of the finest T20 tweakers around. The guileful leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga and the cunning mystery-spinner Maheesh Theekshana.

# 1 Scotland's Majid Haq, 41.6 MPH

Majid Haq, bowling with the wind behind him, bowled at a speed of 41.6 mph which is approximately 65 km/h.

Shahid Afridi bowled the fastest ball in spin bowling. He was a right arm leg spinner. He started his career as a fast bowler and latter turned a leg spinner. This might explain why he bowls at a great speed when compared to other spinners.

Shahid Afridi | 153 meters long six against South Africa, 2013. The longest six in cricket history was smashed by former cricketer and captain of Pakistan, Shahid Afridi. As per official records, he hit 153 meters six making it the biggest six ever seen in the cricket world.

Akram was the first bowler in international cricket to take more than 400 wickets in both forms of the game and only Muttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this. Akram also held the record for the most wickets in Cricket World Cups, a total of 55 in 38 matches.

West Indies speedster Malcolm Marshall is widely considered to be the most dangerous bowler in world cricket for his ferocious bouncers that injured and irked numerous batsmen.

The leading wicket-taker of all time in men's international tests is Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. The right-arm spin bowler took 800 wickets in a test career spanning from 1992 to 2010.

Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka. He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most five wickets per innings, as well as the most ten wickets per match.

Who is the best bowler in Zimbabwe?

MS Dhoni is hands down the no. 1 wicketkeeper in the world. He is among the most successful, respected, and recognized captains of the Indian Cricket Team. He is not only known for his batting abilities but also known as a brilliant wicketkeeper across the world.

They are also Six times champions of Asia Cup in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014 & 2022 and have been runners up in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

* Highest Test score for Sri Lanka (previous: 547/8 v Australia at Colombo (SSC), 1992/93). * Highest First-class score in Sri Lanka (previous: 549/8d, West Indies v Ceylon at Colombo, 1966/67).

A book on Bishan Singh Bedi, the most social of all Indian cricketers has reminded the billion-plus nation about a member of their legendary spin quartet of EAS Prasanna, S Venkatraghavan and BS Chandrashekhar and Bedi.

Shane Warne: 'The King Of Spin' Dies At 52.

Curtly Ambrose

He made his debut for the West Indies in 1988 and quickly became one of the most feared bowlers in the world. He has played in three Cricket World Cups. Ambrose has taken more than 400 Test wickets and is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers of all time.

Who is the goat bowler?

Some unique records that makes Rohit Sharma the second God of cricket. Rohit Sharma is the only player to have scored a double century on more than one occasion (3) in ODIs. He has also scored the most number of T20I centuries (4).