Fastest Durham bowler you ever saw

Mackem Mad

Striker
Here’s a start, two actually:

Stuart Young, Blackhall in the North Yorks South Durham League.

Frank Forster, Wearmouth Collieries Cricket Club in the Durham Senior League.
 


Stuart Wilkinson, genuinely the only bowler who I was scared of and he was such a great bloke, never bowled short if he knew you weren't really good enough. But I never faced anyone quicker and who could swing the ball at pace.
 
I recall one Sunday League game against Derbyshire at CLS in 2004 when Shoaib produced one of the most fearsome spells of fast bowling I've ever seen and at one stage had them 10 for 5.

Another was when we played at The Grange against Scotland in 2008 in the Friends Provident and my late father in law and I stood on the boundary next to the sightscreen while Harmy was bowling from the other end and it was bloody terrifying to watch even from that distance. No wonder the batsmen were off like a shot when the umpires offered them the light.:eek:
 

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