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- Jeff_Thomson abstract "Jeffrey Robert Thomson (born 16 August 1950 in Greenacre, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he is known unofficially as the fastest bowler of all time. He was the opening partner of fellow fast bowler Dennis Lillee; their combination was one of the most fearsome in Test cricket history. Commenting of their bowling during the 1974–75 season, Wisden wrote: "... it was easy to believe they were the fastest pair ever to have coincided in a cricket team".In 1975, in "net conditions", he was timed using high-speed cameras with a speed of 160.45 km/h; one year on in 1976, he was timed at 160.58 km/h again, using conventional radar; There is speculation though, that with the available technology then, the speeds measured then were actually 'averaged' over the length of the pitch.Most cricketers and experts and viewers who have watched cricket from at least the 1970s rate Thomson as the fastest they ever saw. Richie Benaud rates Thomson as the fastest he has seen (as of 2010) since Frank Tyson. Australian wicket-keeper Rod Marsh kept wicket to Thomson for most of his Test career and claimed that Thomson bowled upwards of 180 km/h. Ian Chappell and Ashley Mallett have also opined the same. Thomson himself noted that he had been timed at the batsman's end of the pitch (by which time the ball has slowed) and believes had he been timed out of the hand he would have been closer to 180 km/h. Frank Tyson wrote that "at a muzzle velocity of 99.6 m.p.h. Thompson is so fast and human reaction time is so slow that scientists have calculated that the batsman has to begin playing a stroke against him more than .062 of a second before 'Thommo' lets go of the ball".Many of the players of the 1970s and 1980s generation also rate Thomson as the fastest they ever faced or even saw. West Indian batting legend "King" Viv Richards, by far the greatest ODI batsman of all time and often considered the greatest batsman since Don Bradman, rates Thomson as the fastest he has ever faced. Richards' opinion counts for a lot, as he faced almost all the fastest bowlers of all time through the 1970s and 1980s in John Snow, Dennis Lillee, Andy Roberts, Imran Khan, Michael Holding, Sylvester Clarke, Wayne Daniel, Malcolm Marshall, Patrick Patterson, Alan Ward, Len Pascoe, Garth Le Roux, Graham Dilley etc, and even Devon Malcolm and Waqar Younis in the early 1990s, at various levels, in International matches, the WSC, and the Caribbean, Australian and England County leagues. Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar also reckons Thomson the fastest he faced over a career spanning over 20 years. Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd regards Thomson as the fastest bowler he has ever seen. Michael Holding, himself often considered an extremely fast bowler in his prime, believes Thomson to be the fastest he ever saw. Geoffrey Boycott rates Thomson joint fastest with Michael Holding among all the bowlers that he has seen. Martin Crowe, who faced many of the fastest of the mid and late 1980s, and Allan Donald, Waqar Younis and Devon Malcolm at their quickest in the early 1990s, rates Thomson as the fastest he ever faced (followed by Michael Holding), though he faced Thomson only in 1982 early in his own career, when Thomson was two years away from retirement.Incidents were reported of Thomson's deliveries hitting the opposite sight-screen (behind the batsman) - the one behind the wicket-keeper - having beaten the wicket-keeper on the full after the one bounce on the pitch. These reports were mostly from the time when he was at his very fastest - the period between 1972 and 1976, long before boundary ropes began to be pulled in, which happened around 1990, though several instances are cited when this happened even after his injury till the early 1980s.Thomson came to the fore in 1974–75 with 33 wickets in the Ashes series. Helmets and the other modern protective items for batsmen were not available at the time, and there was no restrictions on the use of the bouncer. The success of the Australian cricket team with fast bowling prompted an era when pace bowling dominated the game, at the expense of slow bowling.[citation needed]".
- Jeff_Thomson birthDate "1950-08-16".
- Jeff_Thomson birthPlace Australia.
- Jeff_Thomson birthPlace Greenacre,_New_South_Wales.
- Jeff_Thomson birthYear "1950".
- Jeff_Thomson country Australia.
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- Jeff_Thomson 50s "0".
- Jeff_Thomson batAvg "12.81".
- Jeff_Thomson batAvg "13.58".
- Jeff_Thomson batAvg "7.17".
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- Jeff_Thomson batting "Right-handed".
- Jeff_Thomson bestBowling "4".
- Jeff_Thomson bestBowling "6".
- Jeff_Thomson bestBowling "7".
- Jeff_Thomson birthDate "1950-08-16".
- Jeff_Thomson birthPlace Australia.
- Jeff_Thomson birthPlace Greenacre,_New_South_Wales.
- Jeff_Thomson bowlAvg "26.46".
- Jeff_Thomson bowlAvg "28".
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- Jeff_Thomson bowlAvg "35.3".
- Jeff_Thomson bowling "Right arm fast".
- Jeff_Thomson stumpings "19".
- Jeff_Thomson stumpings "20".
- Jeff_Thomson stumpings "61".
- Jeff_Thomson stumpings "9".
- Jeff_Thomson club Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club.
- Jeff_Thomson club New_South_Wales_cricket_team.
- Jeff_Thomson club Queensland_cricket_team.
- Jeff_Thomson column First-class_cricket.
- Jeff_Thomson column List_A_cricket.
- Jeff_Thomson column One_Day_International.
- Jeff_Thomson column Test_cricket.
- Jeff_Thomson columns "4".
- Jeff_Thomson country "Australia".
- Jeff_Thomson date "--11-04".
- Jeff_Thomson dateOfBirth "1950-08-16".
- Jeff_Thomson deliveries "10535".
- Jeff_Thomson deliveries "2696".
- Jeff_Thomson deliveries "33318".
- Jeff_Thomson deliveries "4529".
- Jeff_Thomson deliveries "balls".
- Jeff_Thomson fivefor "0".
- Jeff_Thomson fivefor "1".
- Jeff_Thomson fivefor "28".
- Jeff_Thomson fivefor "8".
- Jeff_Thomson fullname "Jeffery Robert Thomson".
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- Jeff_Thomson international "true".
- Jeff_Thomson lastodiagainst "England".
- Jeff_Thomson lastodidate "--06-03".
- Jeff_Thomson lastodiyear "1985".
- Jeff_Thomson lasttestagainst "England".
- Jeff_Thomson lasttestdate "--08-20".
- Jeff_Thomson lasttestyear "1986".
- Jeff_Thomson matches "187".
- Jeff_Thomson matches "50".
- Jeff_Thomson matches "51".
- Jeff_Thomson matches "88".
- Jeff_Thomson name "Jeff Thomson".
- Jeff_Thomson name "Thomson, Jeff".
- Jeff_Thomson odicap "28".
- Jeff_Thomson odidebutagainst "England".
- Jeff_Thomson odidebutdate "--01-01".
- Jeff_Thomson odidebutyear "1975".
- Jeff_Thomson placeOfBirth Greenacre,_New_South_Wales.
- Jeff_Thomson role Bowling_(cricket).
- Jeff_Thomson role Sports_commentator.
- Jeff_Thomson runs "181".
- Jeff_Thomson runs "2065".
- Jeff_Thomson runs "280".
- Jeff_Thomson runs "679".
- Jeff_Thomson shortDescription "Australian cricketer".
- Jeff_Thomson source "http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7946.html Cricinfo".
- Jeff_Thomson tenfor "0".
- Jeff_Thomson tenfor "3".
- Jeff_Thomson tenfor "n/a".
- Jeff_Thomson testcap "262".
- Jeff_Thomson testdebutagainst "Pakistan".
- Jeff_Thomson testdebutdate "--12-29".
- Jeff_Thomson testdebutyear "1972".
- Jeff_Thomson topScore "21".
- Jeff_Thomson topScore "49".
- Jeff_Thomson topScore "61".
- Jeff_Thomson wickets "107".
- Jeff_Thomson wickets "200".
- Jeff_Thomson wickets "55".
- Jeff_Thomson wickets "675".
- Jeff_Thomson wordnet_type synset-cricketer-noun-1.
- Jeff_Thomson year "1972".
- Jeff_Thomson year "1974".
- Jeff_Thomson year "1981".
- Jeff_Thomson year "2008".
- Jeff_Thomson description "Australian cricketer".