How Starc stacks up against speedsters

THE FASTEST DELIVERIES RECORDED BY CRICKET'S FASTEST BOWLERS:

* 161.3km/h: Shoaib Akhtar, ODI v England in 2003 at Newlands

* 161.1km/h: Shaun Tait, ODI v England in 2010 at Lord's

* 161.1km/h: Brett Lee, ODI v NZ in 2005 at Napier

* 160.6km/h: Jeff Thomson, study in 1976 at WACA

* 160.4km/h: Mitchell Starc, Test v NZ in 2015 at WACA

NB: There is no standardised approach to clocking deliveries in international cricket and much debate about how accurately radars track the ball.