Top 5 South African Pacers 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 South Africa 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)	SA
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	DW Steyn	SA	9	26	300.00
1	DW Steyn	SA	9	26	300.00
2	M Morkel	SA	13	21	242.31
3	M Ntini	SA	8	18	207.69
4	AA Donald	SA	7	17	196.15
5	SM Pollock	SA	7	13	150.00

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	10

RANK	BOWLER	INNS	RUNS	WKTS	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	AA Donald	7	274	17	16.12	16.01	300.00
1	AA Donald	7	274	17	16.12	16.01	300.00
2	DW Steyn	9	556	26	21.38	19.22	249.94
3	M Ntini	8	500	18	27.78	22.62	212.39
4	SM Pollock	7	356	13	27.38	24.87	193.12
5	M Morkel	13	678	21	32.29	29.07	165.27

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	DW Steyn	9	965	26	37.12	34.80	200.00
1	DW Steyn	9	965	26	37.12	34.80	200.00
2	AA Donald	7	728	17	42.82	41.57	167.41
3	M Ntini	8	956	18	53.11	45.71	152.27
4	M Morkel	13	1267	21	60.33	56.32	123.58
5	SM Pollock	7	979	13	75.31	69.84	99.66

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	DW Steyn	7/51	5/23	4/103	3/57	3/71	4.40	200.00
1	DW Steyn	7/51	5/23	4/103	3/57	3/71	4.40	200.00
2	M Ntini	4/112	3/18	3/44	3/128	3/135	3.20	145.45
3	AA Donald	4/37	3/32	3/72	2/23	2/23	2.80	127.27
3	M Morkel	3/19	3/35	3/51	3/63	2/20	2.80	127.27
5	SM Pollock	4/24	2/26	2/43	2/100	2/101	2.40	109.09

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	DW Steyn	300.00	249.94	200.00	200.00	949.94
2	AA Donald	196.15	300.00	167.41	127.27	790.84
3	M Ntini	207.69	212.39	152.27	145.45	717.81
4	M Morkel	242.31	165.27	123.58	127.27	658.42
5	SM Pollock	150.00	193.12	99.66	109.09	551.88