Being Tall or Short in cricket doesn’t create a huge difference in the performance of a cricket. As there are players like Sachin Tendulkar who are sitting at the top of the game even after being small heightened. However, being Tall in cricket gives players some own set of advantages.
Historically, Most of the tallest players cricket has witnessed have been bowlers being a tall bowler gives an advantage of delivering good bouncers as the release point is comparatively higher than normal. The tallest batsmen to play international cricket are Kiwi Peter Fulton (199 cm) and England’s Tony Greig England (198 cm).
Here is the list of the top-10 tallest cricketers of all time:
10. Chris Tremlett | 6’7″ (201 cm)
Chris Tremlett was an immensely talented fast bowler. He was from a cricket family background as his father was a country cricketer and his Grandfather represented England in Test cricket. His height gave him an advantage of delivering nice bouncers and he almost picked a hattrick in the first encounter but in the hattrick ball, bails refused to fall.
Even after being full of talent, he wasn’t able to become a successful bowler the main reason behind this was, Injuries. He was an injury-prone bowler and kept getting knee and back injuries again and again.
He got retired at a comparatively younger age after playing only 28 international games and picking as many as 70 international wickets to his name and he took up a weightlifting career after the retirement from cricket.
