Best Pakistani Fast Bowlers In Tests Against New Zealand Featured

Top 10 Pakistani Pacers Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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) NZ

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 Waqar Younis PAK 25 70 300.00
1 Waqar Younis PAK 25 70 300.00
2 Wasim Akram PAK 17 60 257.14
3 Imran Khan PAK 13 31 132.86
4 Asif Iqbal (PAK) PAK 21 26 111.43
4 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 16 26 111.43
6 Umar Gul PAK 12 25 107.14
7 Salim Jaffer PAK 8 17 72.86
8 Sikander Bakht PAK 7 15 64.29
8 Rahat Ali PAK 7 15 64.29
10 Hasan Ali PAK 8 14 60.00

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 Wasim Akram 17 1021 60 17.02 17.70 250.00
1 Wasim Akram 17 1021 60 17.02 17.70 250.00
2 Waqar Younis 25 1372 70 19.60 20.49 215.92
3 Asif Iqbal (PAK) 21 505 26 19.42 21.23 208.36
4 Rahat Ali 7 363 15 24.20 22.26 198.78
5 Salim Jaffer 8 393 17 23.12 24.11 183.47
6 Hasan Ali 8 385 14 27.50 24.37 181.50
7 Sikander Bakht 7 407 15 27.13 27.82 159.01
8 Imran Khan 13 874 31 28.19 28.18 156.97
9 Umar Gul 12 773 25 30.92 29.32 150.88
10 Sarfraz Nawaz 16 855 26 32.88 33.79 130.92

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 Wasim Akram 17 2526 60 42.10 38.80 250.00
1 Wasim Akram 17 2526 60 42.10 38.80 250.00
2 Waqar Younis 25 3009 70 42.99 41.23 235.27
3 Sikander Bakht 7 816 15 54.40 46.48 208.69
4 Asif Iqbal (PAK) 21 1481 26 56.96 47.13 205.84
5 Rahat Ali 7 713 15 47.53 47.93 202.39
6 Salim Jaffer 8 912 17 53.65 49.73 195.06
7 Hasan Ali 8 796 14 56.86 52.90 183.39
8 Umar Gul 12 1371 25 54.84 57.77 167.93
9 Imran Khan 13 2191 31 70.68 60.00 161.67
10 Sarfraz Nawaz 16 1949 26 74.96 62.12 156.15

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 Waqar Younis 7/76 7/86 6/78 5/22 5/54 6.00 200.00
1 Waqar Younis 7/76 7/86 6/78 5/22 5/54 6.00 200.00
2 Wasim Akram 7/119 6/43 5/45 5/53 5/56 5.60 186.67
3 Asif Iqbal (PAK) 5/48 5/52 4/46 3/35 2/29 3.80 126.67
4 Imran Khan 5/106 4/59 3/34 3/41 3/75 3.60 120.00
5 Sarfraz Nawaz 4/61 4/126 3/53 3/56 3/69 3.40 113.33
6 Umar Gul 4/61 4/87 3/28 3/41 2/21 3.20 106.67
7 Rahat Ali 4/22 4/62 4/99 2/48 1/69 3.00 100.00
8 Salim Jaffer 5/40 3/94 2/37 2/47 2/51 2.80 93.33
9 Sikander Bakht 4/67 3/68 3/88 2/38 1/14 2.60 86.67
10 Hasan Ali 5/45 3/46 2/38 1/25 1/39 2.40 80.00

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 Waqar Younis 300.00 215.92 235.27 200.00 951.19
2 Wasim Akram 257.14 250.00 250.00 186.67 943.81
3 Asif Iqbal (PAK) 111.43 208.36 205.84 126.67 652.29
4 Imran Khan 132.86 156.97 161.67 120.00 571.50
5 Rahat Ali 64.29 198.78 202.39 100.00 565.45
6 Salim Jaffer 72.86 183.47 195.06 93.33 544.72
7 Umar Gul 107.14 150.88 167.93 106.67 532.62
8 Sikander Bakht 64.29 159.01 208.69 86.67 518.65
9 Sarfraz Nawaz 111.43 130.92 156.15 113.33 511.84
10 Hasan Ali 60.00 181.50 183.39 80.00 504.89

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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