Best Pakistani Fast Bowlers In Tests Against Australia Featured

Top 10 Pakistani Pacers Vs Australia In Tests

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers from Pakistan against Australia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 200.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Wkts 10

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Imran Khan PAK 29 64 300.00
1 Imran Khan PAK 29 64 300.00
2 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 27 52 243.75
3 Wasim Akram PAK 21 50 234.38
4 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 17 31 145.31
5 Waqar Younis PAK 20 30 140.63
6 Mohammad Asif PAK 12 24 112.50
6 Mohammad Aamer PAK 12 24 112.50
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 11 22 103.13
9 Azeem Hafeez PAK 7 19 89.06
10 Umar Gul PAK 8 13 60.94

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 Mohammad Asif 12 711 24 29.63 22.86 250.00
1 Mohammad Asif 12 711 24 29.63 22.86 250.00
2 Wasim Akram 21 1288 50 25.76 23.43 243.83
3 Imran Khan 29 1598 64 24.97 23.54 242.77
4 Umar Gul 8 453 13 34.85 28.57 200.00
5 Mohammad Aamer 12 876 24 36.50 29.33 194.83
6 Shoaib Akhtar 17 1105 31 35.65 30.53 187.15
7 Waqar Younis 20 1014 30 33.80 30.96 184.55
8 Sarfraz Nawaz 27 1828 52 35.15 31.40 181.95
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 11 845 22 38.41 33.17 172.25
10 Azeem Hafeez 7 733 19 38.58 38.68 147.71

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 Shoaib Akhtar 17 1751 31 56.48 53.37 250.00
1 Shoaib Akhtar 17 1751 31 56.48 53.37 250.00
2 Mohammad Asif 12 1375 24 57.29 54.01 247.04
3 Wasim Akram 21 2990 50 59.80 54.59 244.40
4 Imran Khan 29 3994 64 62.41 56.53 236.00
5 Azeem Hafeez 7 1173 19 61.74 57.54 231.89
6 Waqar Younis 20 1883 30 62.77 58.67 227.41
7 Umar Gul 8 815 13 62.69 62.03 215.10
8 Mohammad Aamer 12 1595 24 66.46 64.61 206.51
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 11 1604 22 72.91 68.99 193.40
10 Sarfraz Nawaz 27 4520 52 86.92 74.70 178.61

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 Imran Khan 6/63 6/102 5/122 4/26 4/35 5.00 200.00
1 Imran Khan 6/63 6/102 5/122 4/26 4/35 5.00 200.00
1 Wasim Akram 6/62 5/63 5/98 5/100 4/50 5.00 200.00
3 Sarfraz Nawaz 9/86 4/53 4/56 3/11 3/42 4.60 184.00
4 Shoaib Akhtar 5/21 5/99 5/109 4/153 3/51 4.40 176.00
5 Mohammad Aamer 5/79 4/72 4/86 4/97 3/20 4.00 160.00
6 Azeem Hafeez 5/100 5/167 3/115 3/152 2/50 3.60 144.00
7 Waqar Younis 4/55 4/69 3/15 3/75 3/101 3.40 136.00
7 Mohammad Asif 6/41 3/30 3/63 3/77 2/53 3.40 136.00
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 4/76 4/79 3/88 2/85 2/88 3.00 120.00
10 Umar Gul 4/61 3/83 2/16 1/32 1/38 2.20 88.00

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 Imran Khan 300.00 242.77 236.00 200.00 978.77
2 Wasim Akram 234.38 243.83 244.40 200.00 922.61
3 Sarfraz Nawaz 243.75 181.95 178.61 184.00 788.31
4 Shoaib Akhtar 145.31 187.15 250.00 176.00 758.46
5 Mohammad Asif 112.50 250.00 247.04 136.00 745.54
6 Waqar Younis 140.63 184.55 227.41 136.00 688.59
7 Mohammad Aamer 112.50 194.83 206.51 160.00 673.84
8 Azeem Hafeez 89.06 147.71 231.89 144.00 612.67
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 103.13 172.25 193.40 120.00 588.78
10 Umar Gul 60.94 200.00 215.10 88.00 564.04

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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