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Top 5 Australian Spin Bowlers In Tests In India

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). 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). Here are the Top 5 Spin bowlers from Australia in India in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

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

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 5

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS NM Lyon AUS 19 56 300.00
1 NM Lyon AUS 19 56 300.00
2 R Benaud AUS 16 52 278.57
3 AA Mallett AUS 10 28 150.00
4 SNJ O’Keefe AUS 7 19 101.79
5 LF Kline AUS 6 8 42.86

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 R Benaud 16 956 52 18.38 19.12 300.00
1 LF Kline 6 141 8 17.63 17.89 300.00
2 R Benaud 16 956 52 18.38 19.12 300.00
3 AA Mallett 10 535 28 19.11 19.58 292.85
4 SNJ O’Keefe 7 442 19 23.26 25.75 222.70
5 NM Lyon 19 1532 56 27.36 30.90 185.61

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 R Benaud 16 2953 52 56.79 55.61 200.00
1 R Benaud 16 2953 52 56.79 55.61 200.00
2 LF Kline 6 492 8 61.50 58.58 189.86
3 AA Mallett 10 1792 28 64.00 58.95 188.66
4 NM Lyon 19 2900 56 51.79 61.10 182.03
5 SNJ O’Keefe 7 1075 19 56.58 65.71 169.25

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 NM Lyon 8/50 8/64 7/94 5/67 5/92 6.60 200.00
1 NM Lyon 8/50 8/64 7/94 5/67 5/92 6.60 200.00
2 R Benaud 7/72 6/52 5/43 5/53 5/76 5.60 169.70
3 AA Mallett 6/64 5/53 5/91 3/55 3/58 4.40 133.33
4 SNJ O’Keefe 6/35 6/35 3/199 2/36 1/40 3.60 109.09
5 LF Kline 4/42 1/13 1/15 1/21 1/36 1.60 48.48

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 R Benaud 278.57 300.00 200.00 169.70 948.27
2 NM Lyon 300.00 185.61 182.03 200.00 867.64
3 AA Mallett 150.00 292.85 188.66 133.33 764.85
4 SNJ O’Keefe 101.79 222.70 169.25 109.09 602.83
5 LF Kline 42.86 300.00 189.86 48.48 581.20

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