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Vote here: Who is the fastest bowler in history of cricket?

Dubai - Iconic West Indian wicketkeeper gave his verdict last year

Jeffrey Dujon, the iconic West Indian wicketkeeper, had one of the toughest jobs in world cricket. Dujon had to keep wickets to some of the fastest bowlers ever in the history of cricket.

The West Indies bowling attack those days had legends like Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts and Curtly Ambrose. 
But when Dujon was asked to name the fastest West Indian bowler of his time during the Legendary Wicketkeepers Dinner in London last year, the 61-year-old Jamaican surprised everyone by naming someone who never achieved the kind of success Holding, Marshall, Roberts and Ambrose enjoyed in international cricket.
"Patrick Patterson was the quickest of the lot," said Dujon at the London event which was also attended by Rod Marsh, Ian Healy, Alec Stewart, Matt Prior, John Murray, Bob Taylor, Jim Parks, Alan Knott, Farokh Engineer, Mark Boucher, Wasin Bari, Jeffrey Dujon, Deryck Murray, Ridley Jacobs, Jackie Hendriks and Andy Flower.
For the record, Patterson played only 28 Test matches for the West Indies, taking 93 wickets at 30.90 with five five-fors. But it was his sheer pace that fans still remember.
Patterson bowled at a time when there was no speedometer to check the bowling speed. 
But if you see videos of his devastating spells on Youtube, you will realise how quick Patterson was.
In one of those videos, you can see how former South African opener Andrew Hudson's bat flew out his hands after a Patterson delivery hit it from a good length. 
Of course, world cricket has over the years seen many genuine quicks. Australia's Jeff Thompson and Brett Lee, Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis, New Zealand's Shane Bond and South Africa's Allan Donald and Dale Steyn were frightening quick.  
But who do you think was the fastest of them all?
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