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Top 10 Current Fast Bowlers In T20 internationals

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Our T20 International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in matches in last 5 years in T20Is.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ECONOMIC
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
8. CURRENT RATING
9. TOP TEAMS
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2023 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CURRENT Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 200.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is an example:-

  • TS Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  • TS Points: 300.00(Max); Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine Top Teams.
  • The Top Teams are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 15

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS MR Adair IRE 74 102 200.00
1 TG Southee NZ 64 90 176.47
1 Haris Rauf PAK 64 90 176.47
3 Arshdeep Singh IND 44 62 121.57
4 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 60 59 115.69
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 47 59 115.69
6 JR Hazlewood AUS 38 53 103.92
7 SM Curran ENG 46 49 96.08
8 LH Ferguson NZ 33 44 86.27
9 OC McCoy WI 29 40 78.43
10 AA Nortje SA 30 38 74.51

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Venues at which a bowler has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For R Ave

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 25
Min Wickets (NWT) 15

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS AA Nortje 30 742 38 19.53 17.46 100.00
1 AA Nortje 30 742 38 19.53 17.46 100.00
2 LH Ferguson 33 882 44 20.05 19.28 90.54
3 JR Hazlewood 38 1035 53 19.53 19.30 90.44
4 Arshdeep Singh 44 1294 62 20.87 19.85 87.93
5 OC McCoy 29 832 40 20.80 20.67 84.47
6 TG Southee 64 1887 90 20.97 20.74 84.17
7 Haris Rauf 64 1963 90 21.81 21.64 80.65
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 47 1340 59 22.71 22.31 78.23
9 SM Curran 46 1159 49 23.65 22.99 75.91
10 Mustafizur Rahman 60 1621 59 27.47 29.30 59.58

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS AA Nortje 18 493 24 20.54 18.36 100.00
1 AA Nortje 18 493 24 20.54 18.36 100.00
2 OC McCoy 23 673 35 19.23 19.10 96.12
3 Arshdeep Singh 21 647 32 20.22 19.23 95.49
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 38 1085 51 21.27 20.90 87.86
5 TG Southee 51 1514 70 21.63 21.39 85.83
6 JR Hazlewood 19 520 23 22.61 22.35 82.18
7 Haris Rauf 47 1544 65 23.75 23.57 77.90
8 LH Ferguson 22 638 26 24.54 23.60 77.81
9 SM Curran 35 911 30 30.37 29.52 62.20
10 Mustafizur Rahman 29 686 24 28.58 30.48 60.24

ECONOMIC

R ER

Relative Economy Rate (R ER) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with ER.

Criteria: Points For R ER

Min Qualification For TS
Min Balls 250

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS AA Nortje 30 623 742 7.15 6.79 150.00
1 AA Nortje 30 623 742 7.15 6.79 150.00
2 JR Hazlewood 38 850 1035 7.31 7.19 141.57
3 LH Ferguson 33 697 882 7.59 7.26 140.22
4 TG Southee 64 1457 1887 7.77 7.53 135.30
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 47 1031 1340 7.80 7.53 135.29
6 SM Curran 46 869 1159 8.00 7.73 131.76
7 Mustafizur Rahman 60 1279 1621 7.60 7.86 129.55
8 OC McCoy 29 603 832 8.28 7.96 127.88
9 Haris Rauf 64 1435 1963 8.21 8.08 126.01
10 Arshdeep Singh 44 899 1294 8.64 8.29 122.88

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS Mustafizur Rahman 29 601 686 6.85 7.08 150.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 29 601 686 6.85 7.08 150.00
2 AA Nortje 18 377 493 7.85 7.45 142.46
3 JR Hazlewood 19 406 520 7.68 7.57 140.35
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 38 827 1085 7.87 7.60 139.76
5 TG Southee 51 1153 1514 7.88 7.63 139.16
6 SM Curran 35 684 911 7.99 7.72 137.59
7 LH Ferguson 22 467 638 8.20 7.84 135.44
8 OC McCoy 23 474 673 8.52 8.19 129.59
9 Haris Rauf 47 1069 1544 8.67 8.53 124.45
10 Arshdeep Singh 21 433 647 8.97 8.60 123.43

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS OC McCoy 6/17 4/22 4/26 3/25 3/40 4.00 100.00
1 OC McCoy 6/17 4/22 4/26 3/25 3/40 4.00 100.00
2 Haris Rauf 4/18 4/22 4/27 3/28 3/29 3.60 90.00
2 JR Hazlewood 4/12 4/16 4/39 3/12 3/16 3.60 90.00
4 TG Southee 4/21 4/25 3/6 3/15 3/16 3.40 85.00
5 Arshdeep Singh 4/37 3/12 3/20 3/32 3/32 3.20 80.00
5 SM Curran 5/10 3/12 3/25 3/28 2/14 3.20 80.00
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/22 3/14 3/26 3/30 3/31 3.20 80.00
8 AA Nortje 4/10 4/41 3/8 2/21 2/27 3.00 75.00
8 LH Ferguson 5/21 4/12 2/25 2/25 2/25 3.00 75.00
10 Mustafizur Rahman 4/12 3/13 3/23 2/9 2/15 2.80 70.00

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 12+ Balls performaces are counted in this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Economy In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/9 4.0/9 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.13 200.00
1 Mustafizur Rahman 4.0/9 4.0/9 3.3/12 4.0/14 4.0/15 3.13 200.00
2 AA Nortje 3.2/8 3.3/10 4.0/14 2.0/8 2.0/10 3.20 195.33
3 JR Hazlewood 4.0/12 4.0/12 4.0/12 2.0/8 4.0/16 3.28 190.60
4 TG Southee 2.1/6 4.0/12 3.0/10 4.0/16 4.0/16 3.39 184.78
5 SM Curran 3.4/10 4.0/12 4.0/14 2.0/8 3.0/15 3.42 182.96
6 Arshdeep Singh 3.0/10 2.0/7 2.0/7 3.1/12 3.3/18 3.79 164.98
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4.0/15 3.0/14 4.0/19 2.0/10 4.0/21 4.49 139.45
8 LH Ferguson 3.5/12 4.0/16 4.0/21 4.0/22 4.0/23 4.53 137.98
9 Haris Rauf 3.0/13 3.3/18 3.3/18 4.0/21 4.0/22 5.03 124.29
10 OC McCoy 4.0/17 4.0/22 2.0/12 4.0/25 4.0/25 5.40 115.89

CURRENT RATING

The CURRENT (CUR) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE CUR RAT
1 TG Southee 176.47 170.00 274.47 85.00 184.78 890.72
2 JR Hazlewood 103.92 172.62 281.92 90.00 190.60 839.06
3 AA Nortje 74.51 200.00 292.46 75.00 195.33 837.30
4 Haris Rauf 176.47 158.55 250.46 90.00 124.29 799.77
5 Arshdeep Singh 121.57 183.41 246.31 80.00 164.98 796.27
6 Mustafizur Rahman 115.69 119.82 279.55 70.00 200.00 785.06
7 Shaheen Shah Afridi 115.69 166.09 275.04 80.00 139.45 776.27
8 SM Curran 96.08 138.12 269.35 80.00 182.96 766.51
9 LH Ferguson 86.27 168.35 275.66 75.00 137.98 743.26
10 OC McCoy 78.43 180.59 257.47 100.00 115.89 732.39

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL
2020s IND PAK ENG NZ AUS SA BAN

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