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.