a 35 foot throw would mean an ejection speed of about 33ft/second, or 22 miles/hour, which means that I could have outrun the ball when I was in my 20s.

Another way to put it is that this 'cannon' could throw a ball about 2/3 of the way across a yard -- less than what I could do at age 10.

Compared to a cricket ball, this thing is , uhm, childsplay.