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Top 10 Australian Fast Bowlers In Tests In West Indies

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. 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 in West Indies in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 200.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 5
Min Wkts 10

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS GD McGrath AUS 20 50 300.00
1 GD McGrath AUS 20 50 300.00
2 B Lee AUS 14 35 210.00
3 JN Gillespie AUS 13 28 168.00
4 MA Starc AUS 12 27 162.00
5 MHN Walker AUS 10 26 156.00
5 JR Hazlewood AUS 10 26 156.00
7 NJN Hawke AUS 10 24 144.00
7 CJ McDermott AUS 9 24 144.00
9 JR Thomson AUS 9 20 120.00
10 PR Reiffel AUS 8 15 90.00

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 JR Hazlewood 10 308 26 11.85 14.93 250.00
1 JR Hazlewood 10 308 26 11.85 14.93 250.00
2 PR Reiffel 8 263 15 17.53 17.85 209.08
3 CJ McDermott 9 564 24 23.50 18.51 201.57
4 MHN Walker 10 539 26 20.73 18.83 198.13
5 NJN Hawke 10 524 24 21.83 18.94 197.05
6 MA Starc 12 437 27 16.19 19.44 191.92
7 GD McGrath 20 1035 50 20.70 21.38 174.53
8 JN Gillespie 13 594 28 21.21 22.23 167.83
9 JR Thomson 9 577 20 28.85 25.62 145.62
10 B Lee 14 918 35 26.23 26.34 141.67

ATTACKING

R SR

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

Criteria: Points For R SR or Balls/Wkt

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 10

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS JR Hazlewood 10 743 26 28.58 35.20 250.00
1 JR Hazlewood 10 743 26 28.58 35.20 250.00
2 MA Starc 12 881 27 32.63 38.61 227.88
3 JR Thomson 9 908 20 45.40 40.44 217.58
4 PR Reiffel 8 592 15 39.47 43.25 203.48
5 CJ McDermott 9 1157 24 48.21 43.46 202.48
6 NJN Hawke 10 1312 24 54.67 44.44 198.02
7 B Lee 14 1663 35 47.51 46.05 191.10
8 GD McGrath 20 2393 50 47.86 50.47 174.34
9 MHN Walker 10 1627 26 62.58 52.04 169.09
10 JN Gillespie 13 1662 28 59.36 59.84 147.06

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 GD McGrath 6/47 5/28 5/50 5/68 5/92 5.20 200.00
1 GD McGrath 6/47 5/28 5/50 5/68 5/92 5.20 200.00
2 MHN Walker 6/114 5/75 5/97 4/45 3/43 4.60 176.92
3 NJN Hawke 6/72 4/43 3/31 3/42 3/135 3.80 146.15
3 CJ McDermott 5/80 4/42 4/49 3/36 3/48 3.80 146.15
3 B Lee 5/59 4/63 4/69 3/51 3/63 3.80 146.15
3 MA Starc 6/9 4/28 3/24 3/34 3/65 3.80 146.15
7 JR Thomson 6/77 4/57 3/64 3/84 2/61 3.60 138.46
7 JN Gillespie 5/39 4/18 3/31 3/36 3/48 3.60 138.46
9 JR Hazlewood 5/38 5/43 3/33 2/17 2/18 3.40 130.77
10 PR Reiffel 4/47 3/48 3/53 2/26 1/12 2.60 100.00

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 TVO RAT
1 GD McGrath 300.00 174.53 174.34 200.00 848.88
2 JR Hazlewood 156.00 250.00 250.00 130.77 786.77
3 MA Starc 162.00 191.92 227.88 146.15 727.96
4 MHN Walker 156.00 198.13 169.09 176.92 700.14
5 CJ McDermott 144.00 201.57 202.48 146.15 694.21
6 B Lee 210.00 141.67 191.10 146.15 688.93
7 NJN Hawke 144.00 197.05 198.02 146.15 685.22
8 JR Thomson 120.00 145.62 217.58 138.46 621.66
9 JN Gillespie 168.00 167.83 147.06 138.46 621.35
10 PR Reiffel 90.00 209.08 203.48 100.00 602.56

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. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 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. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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