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Top 10 English Spinners Vs Australia In Tests In England

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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 Spin bowlers from England against Australia in England 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) ENG
Venue (V) ENG
Oposition (O) AUS

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 DL Underwood ENG 26 55 300.00
1 DL Underwood ENG 26 55 300.00
2 JE Emburey ENG 29 43 234.55
3 GP Swann ENG 18 40 218.18
4 GAR Lock ENG 16 26 141.82
5 R Illingworth ENG 14 23 125.45
6 PCR Tufnell ENG 6 17 92.73
7 PM Such ENG 9 16 87.27
7 JE Root ENG 20 16 87.27
9 DA Allen ENG 6 14 76.36
10 MJ Leach ENG 7 12 65.45

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 DL Underwood 26 1196 55 21.75 23.02 250.00
1 DL Underwood 26 1196 55 21.75 23.02 250.00
2 MJ Leach 7 310 12 25.83 24.55 234.41
3 DA Allen 6 376 14 26.86 25.70 223.99
4 JE Root 20 463 16 28.94 26.84 214.45
5 PM Such 9 541 16 33.81 27.44 209.71
6 GP Swann 18 1322 40 33.05 27.46 209.63
7 R Illingworth 14 614 23 26.70 27.93 206.04
8 PCR Tufnell 6 586 17 34.47 28.15 204.49
9 GAR Lock 16 752 26 28.92 28.58 201.40
10 JE Emburey 29 1574 43 36.60 35.29 163.10

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 DA Allen 6 900 14 64.29 52.99 250.00
1 DA Allen 6 900 14 64.29 52.99 250.00
2 JE Root 20 754 16 47.13 53.16 249.23
3 PCR Tufnell 6 1144 17 67.29 55.78 237.53
4 MJ Leach 7 610 12 50.83 60.01 220.78
5 DL Underwood 26 3810 55 69.27 62.86 210.77
6 GP Swann 18 2516 40 62.90 62.95 210.45
7 PM Such 9 1439 16 89.94 69.63 190.27
8 R Illingworth 14 1961 23 85.26 75.05 176.53
9 GAR Lock 16 2432 26 93.54 80.79 163.98
10 JE Emburey 29 4191 43 97.47 85.37 155.20

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 DL Underwood 7/50 6/45 6/66 4/37 4/41 5.40 200.00
1 DL Underwood 7/50 6/45 6/66 4/37 4/41 5.40 200.00
2 GP Swann 5/44 5/159 4/38 4/78 4/87 4.40 162.96
3 JE Emburey 5/82 4/43 4/88 4/99 3/129 4.00 148.15
4 GAR Lock 5/45 4/41 3/40 3/61 2/49 3.40 125.93
5 PCR Tufnell 7/66 4/27 2/78 2/129 1/112 3.20 118.52
6 R Illingworth 6/87 3/37 2/32 2/32 2/87 3.00 111.11
6 PM Such 6/67 3/90 2/51 2/58 2/78 3.00 111.11
8 DA Allen 4/58 4/133 2/30 2/88 1/22 2.60 96.30
9 MJ Leach 4/49 3/37 2/83 1/19 1/46 2.20 81.48
10 JE Root 2/9 2/19 2/20 2/26 2/28 2.00 74.07

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 DL Underwood 300.00 250.00 210.77 200.00 960.77
2 GP Swann 218.18 209.63 210.45 162.96 801.22
3 JE Emburey 234.55 163.10 155.20 148.15 700.99
4 PCR Tufnell 92.73 204.49 237.53 118.52 653.26
5 DA Allen 76.36 223.99 250.00 96.30 646.65
6 GAR Lock 141.82 201.40 163.98 125.93 633.13
7 JE Root 87.27 214.45 249.23 74.07 625.03
8 R Illingworth 125.45 206.04 176.53 111.11 619.14
9 MJ Leach 65.45 234.41 220.78 81.48 602.13
10 PM Such 87.27 209.71 190.27 111.11 598.36

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
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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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