โThe ball goes over off-stump because Iโm so tall. With a different bowler, like KG, that same delivery is hitting the top of off.โ โ Marco Jansen Telford Vice / Cape Town โIโVE always been jealous of people who are a bit shorter than me,โ Marco Jansen told a press conference in Guwahati on Monday. Heโs telling a tall tale, surely. At 2.08 metres, Jansen is enviably equipped to bowl fast for a living. Like he did by taking 6/48 to put South Africa in complete control of the second Test.