0.47 seconds: can you face a 160 km/h ball?
An interactive reaction test. At 160 km/h a batter has under half a second, so the bat has to start moving before the brain can react. Three balls: a good length, a full yorker-length ball and a bouncer at the helmet.
Key points
- A 160 km/h delivery reaches the batter in about 0.47 seconds.
- To hit a good-length ball, the bat has to start moving before a batter can physically react.
- Against a short ball at the helmet, the head has to move before the reaction can even begin.
Read the transcript
You're the batter. That ball left his hand at 160, under half a second. Three balls. Ball one: good length.
Beaten. You are still deciding. To hit that, your bat has to start moving here, before you can even react. Ball two: full and straight.
To dig it out, your bat had to start here, but you can only react here. Then it dives under your eyes. Last ball: short. At your helmet in under half a second.
Again, slower. To get out of the way, your head has to move here, but you can only react here. So, which ball got you? One, two or three?
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