Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Sami has claimed that he bowled two balls more than 160kmph in a match but they were not counted as the speed gun was not working. 

“I bowled two balls more than 160kmph in a match, one was 162 and the other was 164. After that, it was said that the bowling machine (speed gun) is not working. So, the balls were not counted. But if you look overall, whoever has bowled with a speed of more than 160, there have been just one or two balls in that speed,” Sami told in an interview with paktv.tv.

“It is not like they have bowled with that speed consistently. It happened occasionally,” he added without giving details about the match he was talking about.

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Who is Mohammad Sami?

Considered one of the most enigmatic players to have emerged from Pakistan, the Karachi-born set the speed gun on fire when he played for his country, bowling consistently in the range of 145-150kmph. 

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In his Test debut against New Zealand at Auckland in 2000-2001, he took a match haul of 8 wickets before bagging a hat-trick against Sri Lanka in the Asian Test Championship final later that year. The following year, he picked up another hat-trick, this time an ODI against West Indies

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In 2006, he enrolled himself into the Indian Cricket League, which almost ended his international career. He was, however, included in the 2009-2010 tour of Australia. He, however, had a forgettable Test series and was not picked in the ODIs that followed. He played his last Test in 2021 against Sri Lanka.

In total, he played 36 Tests, 87 ODIs, and 13 T20Is for Pakistan, taking 227 wickets across all formats of the game.