Top 10 Tallest Cricket Bowlers in the World

Cricket is such a game where a bowler plays the same significant role as a batter. Here we are talking about some bowlers from a single corner of the world, who are actually exceptional not only by their performances but by their heights too.  

Bowler’s Name	Country	Height
Joel Garner	West Indies	6 feet 8 inches (203cm)
Bruce Reid	Australia	6 feet 8 inches (203cm)
Peter George	Australia	6 feet 8 inches (203cm)
Steven Finn	England	6 feet 7 inches (201cm)
Boyd Rankin	Ireland	6 feet 8 inches (203cm)
Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	6 feet 7 inches (201cm)
Jason Holder	West Indies	6 feet 7 inches (201cm)
Ishant Sharma	India	6 feet 5 inches (196cm)
Sulieman Benn	West Indies	6 feet 7 inches (201cm)
Mohammad Irfan	Pakistan	7 feet 1 inch (216cm)

• Joel Garner

Born on December 16, 1952, this West Indian is the highest-ranked ODI bowler according to the ICC’s best bowling ratings. Joel Garner, known as Big Bird, was a member of the West Indian team that won the World Cup in 1979. With his exceptional height of 6 ft. 8 inches, he made his International ODI debut against Pakistan on March 16, 1977. He was the tallest fast bowler to play test cricket when he made his debut in 1977. Garner has appeared in 58 tests and 98 One-Day Internationals, taking 259 and 146 wickets at an average of 20.97 and 18.84, respectively. He took a 5-wicket haul seven times in test matches and three times in ODIs.

• Bruce Reid

Raid is 6 feet 8 inches tall Australian fast-medium bowler. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand on January 9, 1986, and his test debut against India in December 1985. He was an integral part of the Australian team that won their first world cup in 1987, and he was the first Australian to take a hat-trick in the ODI format of the game. He played 27 tests and 61 One-Day Internationals for Australia, taking 113 and 63 wickets respectively with an average of 24.63 and 34.96. He took five wickets five times in test matches and once in one-day internationals.

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• Peter George

6 feet 8 inches tall Peter George is a former Australian fast-medium bowler. George’s bowling style has been compared to that of former bowler Glenn McGrath. George has the Redbacks’ best bowling stats, taking four wickets for 56 runs against Tasmania in Hobart.

• Steven Finn

Steven Thomas Finn is an England right-arm fast bowler. Finny (The Watford Wall) stands 6ft 7 inches tall and played his test debut against Bangladesh on March 2, 2010. Finn produced some economical stints and took three wickets as the senior bowling assault was hampered by injury. He has played 36 tests, taking 125 wickets at an average of 30.40, and 69 One-Day Internationals, taking 102 wickets at an average of 29.37. He has had five five-wicket hauls in test matches and twice in ODIs.

• Boyd Rankin

Boyd Rankin, a former Irish bowler, is the only player on the list who has played for two different countries throughout his career. He stands 6ft 8 inches tall and has a unique bouncing movement that he attributes to Curtly Ambrose and Glenn McGrath. Rankin made his test debut against Bermuda on January 3, 2007, and his T20I debut against the West Indies on June 8, 2009.

• Curtly Ambrose

6 feet 7 inches tall Curtly Ambrose is an amazing Indian bowler who played 98 test matches and took 405 wickets during his entire professional career. His debut in a test match in 1988 against Pakistan, replaced retired Joel Garner. 

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• Jason Holder

31-year-old outstanding cricketer and former captain of West Indies Cricket Team Jason Holder has an exceptional height of 6 feet 7 inches and is a right-arm medium-fast bowling all-rounder who features in all three cricketing formats. According to the official information of ICC Test Rankings in the year 2019, he was ranked as the number one all-rounder all over the world. 

• Ishant Sharma

The Delhi boy Ishant Sharma nicknamed Lambu is a 6 feet 5 inches tall right-arm fast-medium bowler of the Indian Cricket Squad. 

• Sulieman Benn

6 feet 7 inches tall Benn was an integral part of the West Indian team that won the 2016 T20I World Cup. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler who made his international debut for the West Indies in 2008. His test debut was against Sri Lanka, and his ODI debut came in 2015. During his career, he featured in 26 tests and 47 ODIs, taking 87 and 39 wickets, accordingly.

• Mohammad Irfan

Mohammad Irfan is the tallest first-class and international cricketer. Irfan made his international debut for Pakistan in one-day internationals against England in 2010 at a height of 7ft 1 inch. This Pakistani former cricketer has played for his country in all forms, making his test debut against South Africa on February 14, 2013, and his T20I debut against India on December 25, 2012.