Sussex Nomad
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We have a top grade bowling machine at our cricket club, and a couple of weeks ago I was feeding deliveries for a net session. For a giggle, we cranked it up to 96mph and sent a few down into an empty net. Short ones, beamers, all sorts. It was bl00dy frightening, terrifying. In loading the deliveries myself, I felt like I was firing a high powered rifle. There seems absolutely no time to react at all, these top level batters have something like 0.65 seconds to select and execute the correct shot at this pace - or get out of the way.
Incredible huh? I went and saw us v the WIndies in 1976 at the Oval with Holder, Holding and the rest sticking them down at near 100mph. It was quite inspiring to say the least!