Who has bowled the fastest ball in cricket?

Question

Shaun Tait fired down a delivery clocked at 160.7kmh in Australia’s Twenty20 win over Pakistan on February 5th. That’s the fastest ball bowled in Australia, but who holds the world record and what was the speed of the delivery?

Answer 1

Tait has rocketed into the upper echelon of lightning quick paceman with that one and he’s not far behind the world record holder, Shoaib Akhtar whose fastest record delivery was a 161.3kph ball, bowled in South Africa during the 2003 World Cup.