Top 5 New Zealand Fast Bowlers In Tests In India

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 Fast bowlers from New Zealand in India in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

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)	NZ
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

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	RJ Hadlee	NZ	10	31	300.00
1	RJ Hadlee	NZ	10	31	300.00
2	TG Southee	NZ	13	23	222.58
3	BR Taylor	NZ	9	21	203.23
4	DR Hadlee	NZ	6	13	125.81
5	WP O’Rourke	NZ	5	7	67.74

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	DR Hadlee	6	181	13	13.92	13.43	300.00
1	WP O’Rourke	5	129	7	18.43	10.81	300.00
2	DR Hadlee	6	181	13	13.92	13.43	300.00
3	BR Taylor	9	381	21	18.14	18.49	217.85
4	TG Southee	13	668	23	29.04	21.98	183.26
5	RJ Hadlee	10	689	31	22.23	22.59	178.32

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	DR Hadlee	6	486	13	37.38	31.77	200.00
1	WP O’Rourke	5	234	7	33.43	24.12	200.00
2	DR Hadlee	6	486	13	37.38	31.77	200.00
3	BR Taylor	9	784	21	37.33	35.71	177.93
4	RJ Hadlee	10	1367	31	44.10	44.00	144.41
5	TG Southee	13	1330	23	57.83	49.42	128.59

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	RJ Hadlee	6/49	5/65	4/39	4/95	3/37	4.40	200.00
1	RJ Hadlee	6/49	5/65	4/39	4/95	3/37	4.40	200.00
2	TG Southee	7/64	5/69	3/75	3/119	1/8	3.80	172.73
3	BR Taylor	5/26	5/86	3/30	3/76	1/18	3.40	154.55
4	DR Hadlee	4/30	3/17	3/31	3/57		2.60	118.18
5	WP O’Rourke	4/22	3/92				1.40	63.64

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	RJ Hadlee	300.00	178.32	144.41	200.00	822.73
2	BR Taylor	203.23	217.85	177.93	154.55	753.56
3	DR Hadlee	125.81	300.00	200.00	118.18	743.99
4	TG Southee	222.58	183.26	128.59	172.73	707.16
5	WP O’Rourke	67.74	300.00	200.00	63.64	631.38