Top 5 New Zealand Spin 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 Spin bowlers from New Zealand in India in Test cricket.

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

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	5
Min Career Wkts	50

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK	BOWLER	NAT	INNS	WKTS	RAT
TS	AY Patel	NZ	9	32	300.00
1	AY Patel	NZ	9	32	300.00
2	DL Vettori	NZ	13	31	290.63
3	MJ Santner	NZ	8	23	215.63
4	JS Patel	NZ	9	16	150.00
5	HJ Howarth	NZ	6	12	112.50

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	HJ Howarth	6	218	12	18.17	24.92	300.00
1	HJ Howarth	6	218	12	18.17	24.92	300.00
2	MJ Santner	8	681	23	29.61	25.59	292.11
3	AY Patel	9	732	32	22.88	31.33	238.56
4	JS Patel	9	745	16	46.56	40.06	186.62
5	DL Vettori	13	1388	31	44.77	41.44	180.37

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	MJ Santner	8	1223	23	53.17	56.56	200.00
1	MJ Santner	8	1223	23	53.17	56.56	200.00
2	AY Patel	9	1183	32	36.97	67.16	168.43
3	HJ Howarth	6	756	12	63.00	71.15	158.99
4	JS Patel	9	1262	16	78.88	77.83	145.34
5	DL Vettori	13	3186	31	102.77	99.50	113.69

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	AY Patel	10/119	6/57	5/103	4/106	2/43	5.40	200.00
1	AY Patel	10/119	6/57	5/103	4/106	2/43	5.40	200.00
2	DL Vettori	6/127	5/135	4/118	4/200	3/178	4.40	162.96
3	MJ Santner	7/53	6/104	3/60	3/94	2/79	4.20	155.56
4	JS Patel	4/100	3/68	3/135	2/56	2/66	2.80	103.70
5	HJ Howarth	5/34	4/66	2/69	1/12		2.40	88.89

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	AY Patel	300.00	238.56	168.43	200.00	907.00
2	MJ Santner	215.63	292.11	200.00	155.56	863.29
3	DL Vettori	290.63	180.37	113.69	162.96	747.65
4	HJ Howarth	112.50	300.00	158.99	88.89	660.38
5	JS Patel	150.00	186.62	145.34	103.70	585.66