Monday, May 4, 2009

Makhaya Ntini

Today my friend blew me away with some big statements, about the one and only South African pace bowler Makhaya Ntini. My friend claimed that Ntini bowled quicker than the Australian pace bowler Brett Lee. After this statement I claimed that Morne Morkel had bowled with more success in South Africa's test series in Australia, against Australia.

So less talk more research, after researching i found that Brett Lee's fastest ever recorded delivery was clocked at 160.8km/h. So you may ask what is Makhaya Ntini's fastest ever recorded delivery? Ntini's fastest ever recorded delivery was clocked at 151.4km/h.

(Pictured Morne Morkel)
The statement which I made about Morne Morkel bowling with more success in South Africa's test series in Australia is backed up by these figures:
Player
Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM
Ave Econ
SR 5 10
M Morkel (SA) 3
112.0 15 384 9 2/38 3/122 42.66 3.42 74.6 0 0
M Ntini (SA) 3 122.5 17 450 9 4/72 5/148 50.00 3.66 81.8 0 0



So as all these statistics prove I was right in both instances, not taking anything away from the great leader of the South African attack, I just had a point to prove.



Makhaya Ntini in celebration.

2 comments:

Xx-CAMSX-xX said...

Don't get me started on Makhaya Ntini.

The first ethnically BLACK player to play for the South African team couldn't "keep it in his pants" and was subsequently charged then convicted of RAPE.

A high price lawyer used all the tricks in the book to get him aquitted on appeal. Justice?

A talented player is not the issue here as his stats speak for themselves however, after being convicted, common sense, as well as the matter of pride in one's country, Makhaya Ntini should never have played international cricket again.

Anyways I'm Merv and that's my serve.

p.s your friend is a wanker

ricflair said...

Well who said Ntini bowls faster then Bret Lee. That is a shocker, who would say such a thing.

Anyway that point is irrelevant, it doesnt matter how fast you bowl, its how well you bowl.And yes perhaps the statistics show that Morne bowled a little tiny bit better than Ntini in that series.

It doesnt matter, Makhaya Ntini has been an excellent, hard working player for years and has done well for his country taking 388 wickets in 98 tests.

Now the rape thing is not the subject matter here but anyway, yeh okay he was charged and convicted of rape. In the court of law he was acuitted, and maitained his innocence. So he should continue playing for his country because he was found not guilty. And i doubt it would have been a high price lawyer helping him out.

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