Top 10 tallest cricketers in the history of cricket!


3/17/20

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The minimum height for playing basketball is 6 feet. Apart from this, there are rules for height in some other sports. But height does not matter in many sports.Cricket is one of them. Cricket has nothing to do with height.


Even then, some cricketers have identified themselves differently with height. There are some of the tallest cricketers in international cricket history who have taken their height to the record book.

Most of the tallest player are fast bowlers. Today, our special event is about the tallest cricketers in the world of cricket.


tallest player in the history of cricket


 tallest player in the history of cricket:

Player
Name
CountryHeight
Feet
Height
cm
Mohammad IrfanPakistan7.1 feet216 cm
Joel GarnerWest Indies6.8 feet

203 cm
Bruce ReedAustralia6.8
feet
203 cm
Chris TremlettEngland6.8 feet203 cm
Boyd  RankinEngland-Ireland6.8
feet
203 cm
Peter GeorgeAustralia6.8 feet203 cm
Curtly AmbroseWest Indies6.7
feet
201 cm
Steven FinnEngland6.7
feet
201 cm
Suleimann Ben West Indies6.7
feet
201cm
Jason HolderWest Indies6.7
feet
201 cm

Details of tallest cricketers

10. Jason  Holder (West Indies): Height 6 feet 7 inches (201 cm)

  The tallest player in the West Indies to make his Test debut against Australia in the 2013. Within a few days of his debut, he got a chance to play in the IPL for the Chennai Super Kings. He made his Twenty20 debut against New Zealand in the 2014. He led the West Indies to the last World Cup.

 09. Suleimann Ben (West Indies): Height 6 feet 7 inches (201 cm)

 This West Indian cricketer plays domestic cricket for Barbados. The 6-foot-7-inch-tall cricketer has played 17 Tests, 20 ODIs and 17 T20 matches in the Caribbean jersey. He is one of the tallest cricketers in international cricket. He is the tallest spinner in the history of cricket.


08. Steven Finn (England): Height 6 feet 7 inches (201cm) 

Steven Finn is a right-handed batsman and fast medium bowler. At the age of just 160
 , he made his debut as a youngest cricketer in first class cricket. He made his debut for England against Bangladesh in the 2010.

The tall bowler can add extra bounce to his ball. Which is a lot of trouble for the batsmen. He is the second in England and the fifth tallest player in the world at.

07. Curtly Ambrose (West Indies): Height 6 foot 7 inches (201 cm)

 This Giant Gentle  in the West Indies is 6 feet 7 inches height. He is slightly shorter than Garner in height. He was one of the most influential bowlers in the West Indies in the eightieth decade. this bowler could have given great yorker.

Impossible Slow Delivery as well. As a result, he got 630 international wickets. Of those, 405 got the test. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1992. After retiring, he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

06.Peter George (Australia): Height 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm)

 Peter Robert George was an Australian Test cricketer. Right-arm fast medium bowler. George played his first class of cricket for the Southern Redbacks.This 6feet 8 inches player was played just one Test for Australia.

05.Boyd  Rankin(England-Ireland): Height 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm)

 William Boyd Rankin is a Northern Ireland cricketer. He played for England and Ireland national teams. He was a right-arm medium fast bowler.

The 6-foot-8-inch-tall cricketer could give his ball a unique bounce. He was able to give a lot of bounce due to his height. He made his T20  debut in the T20 match against New Zealand for England. He was also on the squad for the Ashes series against Australia in a 2013-2014 season.

04.Chris Tremlett (England): Height 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm).

 He is the tallest player in England's fast bowler cricket history. He made his debut against Bangladesh in the 2005.

He had shown a very good performance in bolwing . But he did not become a regular in the England squad due to injuries. Chris Tremlett witnessed the Ashes series win against Australia in a 2010-11 season.

03. Bruce Reed (Australia): Height 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm)

 the left-hander was quick to swing instinctively in fast-medium bowling. His enormous height has helped to  the ball's perfect target.  Still, he played for England in the Ashes series 1990-91, and then took 27 wickets in five Tests.

02. Joel Garner (West Indies): Height 6 feet 8  inches(203 cm)

Joel Garner is known as 'Big Bird'  of Barbados. This speed star has shown quite a hand in the ball in the seventies and eighties. Garner was one of the tallest bowlers in Test cricket history.

He, along with Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft and later Malcolm Marshall, the West Indies team had become so overwhelmed that they never lost a Test series for the  fifteen years. He took 259 wickets in 58 Test match. that at an average of just 20.98, one of the best bowling figures in Test history.

Using his height in ODI cricket,he became even more terrifying (146 wickets in 98 matches at 3.09 economy rate). Yorker, extra bounce and swinging Michelle had a lot of trouble for the batsmen.

01. Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan): Height 7 feet 1 inches (216 cm)

Mohammad Irfan is the tallest player in the history of cricket.His height is 5 feet 3 inches. He made his international debut against England in the 2010.

After playing two ODIs, he was dropped from the national team. Then he again returned  Pakistan squad in the 2012-13 season. Now he is a much more mature fast bowler than ever. His regular speed is 140 km.
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