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Top 7 Pakistani Spinners In ODIs In South Africa

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 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). So, here are the Top 7 Spin bowlers from Pakistan in South Africa in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ECONOMIC
6. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS
7. BEST BOWLING BY ECO
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) PAK
Venue (V) SA
Oposition (O) ALL

THE CRITERIA

The TEAM VEN OPP Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Strike Rate 200.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 200.00
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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 5

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Saeed Ajmal PAK 12 21 250.00
1 Saeed Ajmal PAK 12 21 250.00
2 Shahid Afridi PAK 22 20 238.10
3 Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 8 11 130.95
4 Aamer Sohail PAK 12 9 107.14
5 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 12 7 83.33
6 Akram Raza PAK 8 5 59.52
6 Shadab Khan PAK 7 5 59.52

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

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 7

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Saqlain Mushtaq 8 274 11 24.91 18.34 200.00
1 Saqlain Mushtaq 8 274 11 24.91 18.34 200.00
2 Saeed Ajmal 12 439 21 20.90 19.74 185.77
3 Aamer Sohail 12 377 9 41.89 31.36 116.94
4 Shahid Afridi 22 901 20 45.05 41.64 88.08
5 Akram Raza 8 270 5 54.00 42.53 86.23
6 Mohammad Hafeez 12 416 7 59.43 54.83 66.89
7 Shadab Khan 7 362 5 72.40 65.43 56.06

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

Min Qualification For TS
Min Balls 200

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS Akram Raza 8 438 270 3.70 3.53 200.00
1 Akram Raza 8 438 270 3.70 3.53 200.00
2 Saeed Ajmal 12 643 439 4.10 3.63 194.48
3 Saqlain Mushtaq 8 376 274 4.37 4.41 160.03
4 Shahid Afridi 22 1114 901 4.85 4.50 156.73
5 Aamer Sohail 12 468 377 4.83 4.64 152.27
6 Mohammad Hafeez 12 468 416 5.33 4.72 149.44
7 Shadab Khan 7 372 362 5.84 4.96 142.32

BEST BOWLING BY 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 Shahid Afridi 3/25 3/35 2/36 2/38 2/39 2.40 200.00
1 Shahid Afridi 3/25 3/35 2/36 2/38 2/39 2.40 200.00
2 Saeed Ajmal 3/42 2/16 2/23 2/28 2/31 2.20 183.33
3 Saqlain Mushtaq 4/68 2/28 2/44 1/1 1/8 2.00 166.67
4 Aamer Sohail 3/46 2/20 2/32 1/27 1/34 1.80 150.00
5 Mohammad Hafeez 2/35 2/69 1/23 1/34 1/48 1.40 116.67
6 Akram Raza 2/38 1/25 1/26 1/36 1.00 83.33
6 Shadab Khan 2/42 2/46 1/41 1.00 83.33

BEST BOWLING BY ECO

BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 30+ 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 Saeed Ajmal 8.2/23 10.0/28 10.0/31 10.0/34 10.0/34 2.75 150.00
1 Saeed Ajmal 8.2/23 10.0/28 10.0/31 10.0/34 10.0/34 2.75 150.00
2 Shahid Afridi 10.0/24 9.0/25 8.0/24 10.0/39 10.0/41 3.02 136.52
3 Akram Raza 10.0/22 10.0/26 7.0/25 10.0/38 10.0/39 3.05 135.43
4 Aamer Sohail 7.0/20 10.0/32 6.0/25 7.0/32 10.0/46 3.72 110.98
5 Mohammad Hafeez 10.0/34 9.0/35 10.0/40 10.0/48 8.0/44 3.79 108.90
6 Saqlain Mushtaq 10.0/28 8.0/32 10.0/41 10.0/44 10.0/52 4.14 99.62
7 Shadab Khan 10.0/41 10.0/46 9.0/42 8.0/45 9.0/64 4.40 93.84

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 ECO BBW BBE TVO RAT
1 Saeed Ajmal 250.00 185.77 194.48 183.33 150.00 963.59
2 Shahid Afridi 238.10 88.08 156.73 200.00 136.52 819.43
3 Saqlain Mushtaq 130.95 200.00 160.03 166.67 99.62 757.27
4 Aamer Sohail 107.14 116.94 152.27 150.00 110.98 637.32
5 Akram Raza 59.52 86.23 200.00 83.33 135.43 564.52
6 Mohammad Hafeez 83.33 66.89 149.44 116.67 108.90 525.23
7 Shadab Khan 59.52 56.06 142.32 83.33 93.84 435.07

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