Whats the speed of a cricket ball?
Well, as everyone has said, the speed of the ball of the pitch is primarily dependant on the pitch. If the pitch is green, and slightly moist, the ball will skid onward, and won’t lose much speed at all, probably only around 10 km/h. Whereas, on a ‘sticky wicket’, one that is dry and has lots of cracks, might slow a ball up by around 30 km/h. This is all negating the air resistence, which would slow the ball by around 5-10km/h. As such, a ball released at 150km’h could slow to anywhere between 130 km/h and 110 kmh, depending upon the wicket. Both of these are still awfully fast for a batsman to face, and still rather difficult. And also, how the ball was released would have some minimal effect upon the spped of the ball, because if the seam position is upright and remains so, the ball will move marginally faster than one released with a scrambled seam. Hope this helps.
I am a right arm fast swing bowler. My bowling the speeds are like this: New ball: Outswing – 135 kph inswing – 135 to 138 kph cutters – 120kph Bouncer 130 kph ( I bowl bouncers rarely ’cause it takes more shoulder power ) Straight balls and yorkers 140 to 145 kph seam ball – 145 kph slow ball – 105 to 115 kph Older ball: normal swing balls: 130 to 132 kph straight balls and yorkers : 135 to 140 kph reverse swing: 136 to 138 kph slow ball: 100 to 110 kph seam ball: 135kph My fastest ball my 144.8kph recorded when I was playing club cricket. All these balls are almost released at a same paes but the speed chances after bounce because of the seam positon, spin direction and age of the ball. When a ball is bowled (except yorkers and straight balls) the speed decreases by atleast 10 to 15 kph by the time released and to the time it reaches the batsman. Hope this helps. If you think my answer was enough for you select my answer as best.
