Top 5 tallest cricketers ever
#2 Billy Stankale – 204cm (6 feet 8 inches)
Australia’s latest ODI player, Billy Stankale is the tallest paceman ever to play for Australia, he was 204cm tall eclipsing the likes of former ODI cricketer Brett Dorey (203cm), one-Test-wonder Peter George (203cm), exclusively gifted left-armer Bruce Reid (203cm), and Western Australia champion Jo Angel (200cm). Stanlake has one main advantage over all those fellow two-metre beanpoles – he has express pace.
Dorey relied on lovely outswing, George was a back-of-a-length seamer, Reid exploited his angle across right handers, and Angel unsettled batsmen with his steepling bounce.
But none of them have the ability of consistently operating well above 140kmh, so they lacked the intimidation factor possessed by Stanlake, who can hit 150kmh and has been consistently exceeding 145kmh in the Big Bash League.
