5 Tallest cricketers in the world

New Delhi: In a sport like cricket, good physique and height both play an important role in a player's career. Some players are born with special built such as an extremely tall physique and thus making an impact on the ground with a tremendous amount of bounce on a pitch.Mainly short players are considered to be fit for batting. Similarly tall and well built players are best for fast bowling.Let's have a look on the top 5 tallest players in cricket's history:1. Mohammed Irfan 7'1"Pakistani Mohammad Irfan is the tallest player in the history of international cricket. He is of 7 ft and 1 inch in height.Irfan is from a small town of Pakistan, Gaggu Mandi, which produced another fast bowler Mohammad Zahid.The lack of opportunities in his hometown forced him to quit cricket temporarily and thus was forced to work in a plastic pipe factory to earn livelihood for his poor family.2. Joel Garner 6′ 8″Joel Garner is of 6 ft and 8 inch tall. Garner is one of the tallest cricket players and is also known as 'big bird'.His ability to generate good bounce made him one of the most effective bowlers in limited over cricket.He also holds a position of best ever performance by a bowler in a final match of 1979 cricket World Cup against England.3. Bruce Reid 6'8"Bruce Reid is former left-arm fast bowler of Australia with the height of 6 feet and 8 inch.His one of the greatest achievement includes 13 wickets against England in the Boxing Day Ashes Test at Melbourne in 1990-91.But being very thin in built, he was rarely fit as he frequently broke down with injuries.4. Peter George 6'8"Peter George with 6ft and 8 inches in height was a right-arm fast bowler of Australia.He played only one test match for Australia which was against India in Bangalore where he took 2 wickets.5. Boyd Rankin 6'8''Boyd Rankin is another bowler with the height of 6 ft and 8 inches in history of International cricket.Rankin made his debut for Ireland against Bermuda in year of 2007. He played for 2 countries, Ireland and England.Rankin hails from a farming family. Interestingly, Rankin started his career as a Rugby player but Cricket was his first love.