Top 10 Fast Bowlers In T20I World Cups

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Our T20 International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. 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). Qualifying round of T20 World Cup is not considered in our Rating. So, here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers in World Cups in T20Is.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

THE CRITERIA


The WORLD CUP Rating is divided into five main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Strike Rate 200.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 150.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 150.00
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 an 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.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
  • The top teams are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if it comes against the team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 5
Min Wickets (TS AVE) 10
Min Balls (TS ECO) 100

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS SL Malinga SL 2006 2020 2013 31 38 300.00
1 SL Malinga SL 2006 2020 2013 31 38 300.00
2 Umar Gul PAK 2007 2016 2011.5 24 35 276.32
3 SCJ Broad ENG 2006 2014 2010 25 30 236.84
3 DW Steyn SA 2007 2020 2013.5 23 30 236.84
5 TG Southee NZ 2008 2022 2015 22 29 228.95
6 TA Boult NZ 2013 2022 2017.5 14 25 197.37
7 MG Johnson AUS 2007 2013 2010 14 20 157.89
7 AA Nortje SA 2019 2022 2020.5 10 20 157.89
9 WD Parnell SA 2009 2022 2015.5 14 18 142.11
10 RP Singh IND 2007 2009 2008 8 14 110.53

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 bowler has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For R Ave

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS AA Nortje 10 198 20 9.90 10.47 100.00
1 AA Nortje 10 198 20 9.90 10.47 100.00
2 RP Singh 8 185 14 13.21 13.33 78.50
3 TA Boult 14 366 25 14.64 14.85 70.48
4 Umar Gul 24 604 35 17.26 17.85 58.63
5 WD Parnell 14 309 18 17.17 18.21 57.49
6 MG Johnson 14 351 20 17.55 18.92 55.31
7 DW Steyn 23 579 30 19.30 20.46 51.17
8 SL Malinga 31 763 38 20.08 21.22 49.33
9 TG Southee 22 609 29 21.00 21.41 48.89
10 SCJ Broad 25 671 30 22.37 24.04 43.54

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS RP Singh 8 185 14 13.21 13.33 100.00
1 RP Singh 8 185 14 13.21 13.33 100.00
2 TA Boult 9 237 17 13.94 14.14 94.29
3 AA Nortje 6 160 11 14.55 15.38 86.71
4 WD Parnell 10 247 16 15.44 16.37 81.44
5 MG Johnson 12 297 18 16.50 17.79 74.94
6 Umar Gul 18 456 24 19.00 19.65 67.84
7 DW Steyn 19 524 23 22.78 24.15 55.22
8 SL Malinga 25 692 30 23.07 24.38 54.70
9 SCJ Broad 21 576 23 25.04 26.92 49.54
10 TG Southee 16 483 18 26.83 27.36 48.74

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

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS AA Nortje 10 221 198 5.38 5.67 100.00
1 AA Nortje 10 221 198 5.38 5.67 100.00
2 RP Singh 8 174 185 6.38 6.72 84.42
3 TA Boult 14 334 366 6.57 6.77 83.77
4 WD Parnell 14 275 309 6.74 7.08 80.10
5 MG Johnson 14 313 351 6.73 7.15 79.30
6 DW Steyn 23 499 579 6.96 7.30 77.73
7 Umar Gul 24 496 604 7.31 7.63 74.35
8 TG Southee 22 481 609 7.60 7.76 73.12
9 SL Malinga 31 616 763 7.43 7.90 71.83
10 SCJ Broad 25 521 671 7.73 8.20 69.17

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS SW Tait 6 118 116 5.90 6.20 100.00
1 RP Singh 8 174 185 6.38 6.72 92.18
2 TA Boult 9 214 237 6.64 6.85 90.51
3 AA Nortje 6 144 160 6.67 7.04 88.05
4 MG Johnson 12 265 297 6.72 7.15 86.64
5 WD Parnell 10 215 247 6.89 7.24 85.55
6 Umar Gul 18 369 456 7.41 7.74 80.00
7 DW Steyn 19 415 524 7.58 7.94 78.00
8 SL Malinga 25 529 692 7.85 8.34 74.27
9 TG Southee 16 349 483 8.30 8.48 73.04
10 SCJ Broad 21 431 576 8.02 8.51 72.79

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)


BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against top teams. 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 SL Malinga 5/31 3/17 3/28 3/36 3/43 3.40 150.00
1 SL Malinga 5/31 3/17 3/28 3/36 3/43 3.40 150.00
2 Umar Gul 5/6 3/15 3/28 2/14 2/29 3.00 132.35
3 WD Parnell 4/13 3/14 3/15 3/31 1/26 2.80 123.53
3 TA Boult 4/13 3/20 3/20 2/18 2/24 2.80 123.53
5 SCJ Broad 3/17 3/32 3/37 2/21 2/25 2.60 114.71
5 DW Steyn 4/17 3/22 2/10 2/25 2/30 2.60 114.71
7 RP Singh 4/13 3/26 2/28 2/29 1/13 2.40 105.88
7 MG Johnson 3/15 3/22 2/21 2/22 2/31 2.40 105.88
9 TG Southee 3/6 3/21 2/31 2/46 1/12 2.20 97.06
10 AA Nortje 4/41 2/21 2/27 1/14 1/23 2.00 88.24

BEST BOWLING (ECO)


BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against top teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 12+ Balls performaces are counted in this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Economy In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS Umar Gul 3.0/6 4.0/14 4.0/15 2.0/11 3.0/19 4.24 150.00
1 Umar Gul 3.0/6 4.0/14 4.0/15 2.0/11 3.0/19 4.24 150.00
2 TG Southee 2.1/6 4.0/12 4.0/21 4.0/21 4.0/24 4.72 134.75
3 SL Malinga 2.0/5 3.4/14 4.0/17 4.0/19 4.0/25 4.81 132.23
4 TA Boult 4.0/13 4.0/18 4.0/20 4.0/20 4.0/24 4.89 130.06
5 WD Parnell 4.0/13 3.5/14 4.0/15 4.0/26 3.0/22 5.02 126.76
6 DW Steyn 4.0/17 4.0/19 2.0/10 3.0/15 4.0/22 5.12 124.34
7 MG Johnson 3.2/15 4.0/18 4.0/21 4.0/22 4.0/22 5.39 118.07
8 RP Singh 4.0/13 3.0/13 4.0/22 4.0/26 4.0/28 5.66 112.53
9 SCJ Broad 3.0/14 4.0/21 4.0/21 3.0/17 4.0/25 5.78 110.13
10 AA Nortje 4.0/14 4.0/21 4.0/23 4.0/27 4.0/34 6.28 101.34

WORLD CUP RATING


The WORLD CUP (WC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE WC RAT
1 Umar Gul 276.32 126.47 154.36 132.35 150.00 839.50
2 SL Malinga 300.00 104.03 146.09 150.00 132.23 832.36
3 TA Boult 197.37 164.77 174.27 123.53 130.06 790.00
4 DW Steyn 236.84 106.39 155.74 114.71 124.34 738.01
5 AA Nortje 157.89 186.71 188.05 88.24 101.34 722.23
6 TG Southee 228.95 97.63 146.16 97.06 134.75 704.54
7 WD Parnell 142.11 138.93 165.65 123.53 126.76 696.98
8 SCJ Broad 236.84 93.08 141.97 114.71 110.13 696.73
9 RP Singh 110.53 178.50 176.61 105.88 112.53 684.04
10 MG Johnson 157.89 130.25 165.93 105.88 118.07 678.03

TOP TEAMS


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA IND SL WI AUS ENG NZ
2010s IND SA PAK ENG AUS NZ SL WI
2020s IND PAK ENG SA NZ AUS WI SL


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