How fast does james pattinson bowl

Doug the Rug ran fast, his levers pulled him through the crease faster, and the ball propelled down the wicket like it was being chased by a Lion.

But again, once you aligned the rhythm of your bat tap, pre-movements and head wobbles to the speed at which he threw himself into his work, you could adapt to the pace. Shane Harwood was different again. He used intimidation through cold eyes and cuss words to push you onto the back foot. His air speed was swift, but it was his bounce that troubled you most. He knew it. And would tell you about it. Stickers was one of the only guys in domestic cricket that actually made me nervous.

This was fear. Mick Lewis, Ben Edmondson and Gerard Denton all had a similar kink in their bowling technique that gave you a good look at the ball before it hummed past your face at kph. In their load up movement before delivery stride they would bring the ball up high and give you a good look at it.

It provided a great cue for your inertia breaking movements, and again, once you found that sweet spot, adapting to their pace was manageable. Facing him was the only time — against a non-spinner - I was trying to predict what type of ball was going to be delivered so I could be some chance of making contact with the ball with something that resembled an actual cricket shot.

In fact, there would be a 10kph difference. So why was Pattinson so fast for me and no doubt a whole host of others? The ease at which Pattinson approaches the crease and the efficiency in his bowling action provide no visual clue as to what is coming your way. And so damn fast.. Most bowlers offer you something. A deficiency in their technique, a visual cue in their run up — a side step, a jump, a kink, the bursting blood vessel visible on the forehead and extra pace in approach that told you a bouncer was coming— yet Pattinson never deviates, has no jump, kink or blood flow issues.

The kid is fast. And the other positive to his efficient approach and technique is that it gives him access to a great wrist position for swing and seam. WSL: Best goals including a 'wonderful' finish by Fleming.

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The team physio Alex Kountouris, among others, warned that Pattinson was in severe danger of a stress injury due to his workload, but the risk was weighed and he played. It worked, sort of, in that Pattinson ploughed through four wickets on the first day before complaining of a foot fracture in the second innings. In later years, he may have rested, and been able to finish the series. Instead, it was the start of a litany that meant Pattinson would play just 21 Test matches over nine years, reaping 81 wickets and plenty of admirers.

His freely shared opinions, on things such as his preference for a seasoned Test bowling coach in Craig McDermott, demonstrated an open-hearted attitude, and as the injuries mounted up he would look increasingly bruised by adversity.

More tears. The following March, vaulted back into the Test team for the decisive Test against South Africa in Cape Town, Pattinson seared one reverse inswinger through Hashim Amla and was in the thick of some nasty scenes on the final day, then reported back soreness once again - another stress fracture.

Against the West Indies in late , Pattinson showed how much he sometimes strained against careful management. In mid-match he reverted from his remodelled bowling action to a former, riskier one because he was fed up feeling uncomfortable. By the time of a New Zealand tour the following February, Pattinson played through a leg fracture and a torn stomach muscle in Christchurch.

Thereafter he resolved not to be rushed back ever again, having proved his ability to play through pain countless times. In late he resorted to radical surgery in New Zealand - the same procedure tried on Shane Bond - and fought his way back to a place on the Ashes tour. Older and wiser, Pattinson retained the primal hostility of his youth.

Credit: AAP. Two Tests in the Ashes were mirrored at home against New Zealand - split by a suspension for abusing an opponent in a Shield game. But last summer, as COVID tightened the figurative and literal bubble of the Australian team, he was injured again in a gardening mishap at home that cost him any chance of relieving one of Cummins, Starc or Hazlewood in the final two Tests.