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Top 7 English Spinners Vs South Africa In Test Cricket

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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 7 Spin bowlers from England against South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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) ENG
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) SA

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 7
Min Career Wkts 50

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS MM Ali ENG 14 35 300.00
1 MM Ali ENG 14 35 300.00
2 FJ Titmus ENG 18 27 231.43
3 GP Swann ENG 10 25 214.29
4 R Tattersall ENG 10 21 180.00
4 DA Allen ENG 11 21 180.00
6 GAR Lock ENG 8 15 128.57
7 MS Panesar ENG 7 13 111.43

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 15

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS MM Ali 14 876 35 25.03 20.39 300.00
1 MM Ali 14 876 35 25.03 20.39 300.00
2 R Tattersall 10 439 21 20.90 26.41 231.64
3 DA Allen 11 559 21 26.62 26.43 231.54
4 MS Panesar 7 412 13 31.69 30.47 200.83
5 GP Swann 10 967 25 38.68 32.65 187.37
6 GAR Lock 8 391 15 26.07 37.79 161.89
7 FJ Titmus 18 1111 27 41.15 39.02 156.80

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 15
RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS MM Ali 14 1692 35 48.34 49.36 200.00
1 MM Ali 14 1692 35 48.34 49.36 200.00
2 R Tattersall 10 1568 21 74.67 72.59 135.99
3 DA Allen 11 1876 21 89.33 75.06 131.51
4 GP Swann 10 2002 25 80.08 83.15 118.72
5 MS Panesar 7 1051 13 80.85 89.66 110.10
6 GAR Lock 8 1252 15 83.47 89.85 109.87
7 FJ Titmus 18 2951 27 109.30 97.30 101.46

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 MM Ali 6/53 5/69 4/45 4/59 4/69 4.60 200.00
1 MM Ali 6/53 5/69 4/45 4/59 4/69 4.60 200.00
2 GP Swann 5/54 5/110 4/110 3/127 2/63 3.80 165.22
3 DA Allen 5/41 4/58 4/87 3/80 2/79 3.60 156.52
4 R Tattersall 7/52 5/49 3/56 1/10 1/26 3.40 147.83
5 FJ Titmus 5/66 4/73 2/46 2/59 2/87 3.00 130.43
6 MS Panesar 4/74 3/65 2/4 2/37 2/91 2.60 113.04
7 GAR Lock 4/39 4/62 2/121 1/17 1/20 2.40 104.35

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 MM Ali 300.00 300.00 200.00 200.00 1,000.00
2 DA Allen 180.00 231.54 131.51 156.52 699.57
3 R Tattersall 180.00 231.64 135.99 147.83 695.45
4 GP Swann 214.29 187.37 118.72 165.22 685.60
5 FJ Titmus 231.43 156.80 101.46 130.43 620.13
6 MS Panesar 111.43 200.83 110.10 113.04 535.40
7 GAR Lock 128.57 161.89 109.87 104.35 504.68

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