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Top 10 Australian Pacers Vs South Africa In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971. They are updated till 2025-09-15. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers from Australia against South Africa in ODIs.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ECONOMIC
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
9. BRIEF EXPLANATION
9.1. Dynamic Nature
9.2. Trend Setter (TS)
9.3. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification
9.4. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) AUS
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) SA

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Economy Rate 200.00
Best Bowling (Wkts) Top Bowling By Wkts 150.00
Best Bowling (Eco) Top Bowling By Economy 150.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 5
Min Wkts 7

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS GD McGrath AUS 41 58 300.00
1 GD McGrath AUS 41 58 300.00
2 B Lee AUS 20 40 206.90
3 PR Reiffel AUS 31 34 175.86
4 JN Gillespie AUS 18 29 150.00
4 JR Hazlewood AUS 18 29 150.00
6 MG Johnson AUS 17 26 134.48
7 MA Starc AUS 16 24 124.14
8 AJ Bichel AUS 16 22 113.79
9 NW Bracken AUS 18 20 103.45
9 PJ Cummins AUS 13 20 103.45

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 player has played.
  • Time Period in which a bowler has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 10

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS B Lee 20 946 40 23.65 21.32 200.00
1 B Lee 20 946 40 23.65 21.32 200.00
2 GD McGrath 41 1380 58 23.79 22.63 188.40
3 JN Gillespie 18 779 29 26.86 24.73 172.44
4 JR Hazlewood 18 851 29 29.34 25.49 167.28
5 MG Johnson 17 795 26 30.58 26.10 163.38
6 MA Starc 16 732 24 30.50 26.15 163.02
7 PR Reiffel 31 978 34 28.76 28.27 150.80
8 PJ Cummins 13 669 20 33.45 28.91 147.46
9 AJ Bichel 16 682 22 31.00 29.07 146.64
10 NW Bracken 18 779 20 38.95 33.79 126.17

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 Bowled 400

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS GD McGrath 41 2255 1380 3.67 3.77 200.00
1 GD McGrath 41 2255 1380 3.67 3.77 200.00
2 JR Hazlewood 18 1014 851 5.04 3.95 190.97
3 PR Reiffel 31 1592 978 3.69 4.04 186.96
4 NW Bracken 18 955 779 4.89 4.26 177.09
5 MA Starc 16 807 732 5.44 4.28 176.56
6 MG Johnson 17 898 795 5.31 4.43 170.59
7 JN Gillespie 18 1034 779 4.52 4.47 169.02
8 PJ Cummins 13 694 669 5.78 4.55 165.82
9 B Lee 20 1107 946 5.13 4.76 158.68
10 AJ Bichel 16 855 682 4.79 4.78 157.85

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. 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 B Lee 5/22 4/30 4/45 4/48 4/63 4.20 150.00
1 B Lee 5/22 4/30 4/45 4/48 4/63 4.20 150.00
2 PR Reiffel 4/13 4/27 4/35 3/32 3/40 3.60 128.57
3 GD McGrath 4/24 4/30 3/18 3/26 3/29 3.40 121.43
4 JR Hazlewood 5/31 3/41 3/51 3/52 2/12 3.20 114.29
5 AJ Bichel 5/19 3/43 3/46 2/50 2/55 3.00 107.14
6 JN Gillespie 4/43 3/39 3/40 2/28 2/39 2.80 100.00
6 MG Johnson 4/34 3/20 3/58 2/24 2/30 2.80 100.00
6 MA Starc 4/32 3/34 3/43 2/51 2/53 2.80 100.00
6 PJ Cummins 3/28 3/45 3/51 3/54 2/61 2.80 100.00
10 NW Bracken 5/67 2/36 2/40 2/54 1/15 2.40 85.71

BEST BOWLING (ECO)

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS GD McGrath 10.0/13 7.0/14 10.0/20 10.0/21 10.0/22 1.97 150.00
1 GD McGrath 10.0/13 7.0/14 10.0/20 10.0/21 10.0/22 1.97 150.00
2 PR Reiffel 8.0/13 10.0/18 7.0/13 10.0/25 7.0/18 2.27 130.12
3 JR Hazlewood 8.0/12 10.0/20 9.4/31 10.0/37 10.0/41 2.32 127.15
4 NW Bracken 7.0/15 9.0/29 8.0/27 10.0/36 10.0/38 2.87 102.87
5 MG Johnson 9.0/30 10.0/34 7.0/24 10.0/37 10.0/38 2.95 100.02
6 B Lee 10.0/22 10.0/30 10.0/32 10.0/32 9.3/42 2.96 99.70
7 MA Starc 10.0/34 8.0/32 10.0/40 10.0/43 10.0/51 3.27 90.20
8 PJ Cummins 10.0/27 6.0/18 10.0/45 10.0/49 9.4/51 3.27 90.16
9 JN Gillespie 10.0/28 9.0/27 9.0/30 10.0/39 10.0/39 3.36 88.00
10 AJ Bichel 6.3/19 9.0/27 10.0/33 9.0/38 8.0/34 3.55 83.16

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW BBE TVO RAT
1 GD McGrath 300.00 188.40 200.00 121.43 150.00 959.83
2 B Lee 206.90 200.00 158.68 150.00 99.70 815.28
3 PR Reiffel 175.86 150.80 186.96 128.57 130.12 772.32
4 JR Hazlewood 150.00 167.28 190.97 114.29 127.15 749.68
5 JN Gillespie 150.00 172.44 169.02 100.00 88.00 679.46
6 MG Johnson 134.48 163.38 170.59 100.00 100.02 668.48
7 MA Starc 124.14 163.02 176.56 100.00 90.20 653.93
8 AJ Bichel 113.79 146.64 157.85 107.14 83.16 608.59
9 PJ Cummins 103.45 147.46 165.82 100.00 90.16 606.89
10 NW Bracken 103.45 126.17 177.09 85.71 102.87 595.30

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

  1. Overs bowled in the innings must be more than 50% of the allotted overs for a bowler in the match.
  2. This is generally 30 balls for a 50 over match and 36 balls for a 60 over match.
  3. However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER, ECO - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 4WH - Four Fors or 4 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. RAT - Rating
  19. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  20. TS - Trend Setter
  21. TT - Top Teams
  22. WKTS - Wickets Taken
  23. WTG - Weightage

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