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Top 10 Sri Lankan Pacers Vs South Africa In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971. They are updated till 2025-09-15. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Fast bowlers from Sri Lanka against South Africa in ODIs.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ECONOMIC
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. BEST BOWLING (ECO)
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
9. BRIEF EXPLANATION
9.1. Dynamic Nature
9.2. Trend Setter (TS)
9.3. Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification
9.4. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Economic Economy Rate 200.00
Best Bowling (Wkts) Top Bowling By Wkts 150.00
Best Bowling (Eco) Top Bowling By Economy 150.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 5
Min Wkts 7

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS WPUJC Vaas SL 34 40 300.00
1 WPUJC Vaas SL 34 40 300.00
2 SL Malinga SL 24 37 277.50
3 NLTC Perera SL 18 20 150.00
4 DNT Zoysa SL 13 16 120.00
5 RAS Lakmal SL 12 15 112.50
6 GP Wickramasinghe SL 17 14 105.00
7 PW Gunaratne SL 7 8 60.00
8 CRD Fernando SL 14 7 52.50
8 CBRLS Kumara SL 7 7 52.50

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 NLTC Perera 18 554 20 27.70 23.04 200.00
1 NLTC Perera 18 554 20 27.70 23.04 200.00
2 SL Malinga 24 1097 37 29.65 24.52 187.88
3 DNT Zoysa 13 450 16 28.13 24.99 184.33
4 WPUJC Vaas 34 1120 40 28.00 25.39 181.47
5 RAS Lakmal 12 502 15 33.47 27.96 164.75
6 PW Gunaratne 7 271 8 33.88 30.94 148.89
7 GP Wickramasinghe 17 504 14 36.00 33.48 137.60
8 CBRLS Kumara 7 322 7 46.00 38.59 119.39
9 CRD Fernando 14 558 7 79.71 71.63 64.32

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 Bowled 400

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS WPUJC Vaas 34 1653 1120 4.07 3.93 200.00
1 WPUJC Vaas 34 1653 1120 4.07 3.93 200.00
2 DNT Zoysa 13 582 450 4.64 4.42 177.54
3 SL Malinga 24 1140 1097 5.77 4.66 168.68
4 RAS Lakmal 12 491 502 6.13 4.71 166.76
5 NLTC Perera 18 541 554 6.14 4.82 162.94
6 PW Gunaratne 7 310 271 5.25 4.91 160.06
7 GP Wickramasinghe 17 650 504 4.65 4.91 159.91
8 CBRLS Kumara 7 262 322 7.37 5.58 140.83
9 CRD Fernando 14 519 558 6.45 6.00 130.90

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 SL Malinga 5/54 4/24 4/53 4/54 3/52 4.00 150.00
1 SL Malinga 5/54 4/24 4/53 4/54 3/52 4.00 150.00
2 WPUJC Vaas 4/33 3/33 3/44 3/46 2/16 3.00 112.50
3 NLTC Perera 4/75 3/26 3/31 2/32 2/34 2.80 105.00
4 DNT Zoysa 5/26 2/34 2/35 2/52 2/68 2.60 97.50
5 RAS Lakmal 3/24 3/46 3/71 2/54 1/22 2.40 90.00
6 GP Wickramasinghe 3/20 2/22 2/45 1/23 1/24 1.80 67.50
7 PW Gunaratne 2/38 2/61 1/25 1/35 1/40 1.40 52.50
7 CBRLS Kumara 2/34 2/67 2/73 1/49 1.40 52.50
9 CRD Fernando 2/24 1/28 1/32 1/38 1/56 1.20 45.00

BEST BOWLING (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.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS WPUJC Vaas 10.0/16 8.0/19 7.0/17 5.0/13 8.0/21 2.19 150.00
1 WPUJC Vaas 10.0/16 8.0/19 7.0/17 5.0/13 8.0/21 2.19 150.00
2 DNT Zoysa 7.0/19 8.0/25 8.0/26 7.0/23 7.0/27 3.09 106.03
3 SL Malinga 6.0/22 10.0/38 5.0/20 6.0/24 9.0/39 3.20 102.37
4 NLTC Perera 5.0/17 7.0/26 5.0/20 7.0/31 7.0/34 3.24 101.23
5 GP Wickramasinghe 6.0/16 8.0/22 7.0/20 6.0/24 7.0/28 3.42 96.01
6 RAS Lakmal 6.0/23 5.5/24 6.0/29 10.0/51 7.0/39 3.66 89.62
7 PW Gunaratne 9.3/38 6.0/25 6.0/26 8.1/40 6.0/35 4.30 76.23
8 CRD Fernando 6.0/24 7.0/32 5.0/24 7.0/38 5.0/28 4.53 72.44
9 CBRLS Kumara 5.4/34 8.0/49 10.0/67 7.0/60 3.0/28 5.35 61.34

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 BBE TVO RAT
1 WPUJC Vaas 300.00 181.47 200.00 112.50 150.00 943.97
2 SL Malinga 277.50 187.88 168.68 150.00 102.37 886.43
3 NLTC Perera 150.00 200.00 162.94 105.00 101.23 719.17
4 DNT Zoysa 120.00 184.33 177.54 97.50 106.03 685.40
5 RAS Lakmal 112.50 164.75 166.76 90.00 89.62 623.63
6 GP Wickramasinghe 105.00 137.60 159.91 67.50 96.01 566.02
7 PW Gunaratne 60.00 148.89 160.06 52.50 76.23 497.68
8 CBRLS Kumara 52.50 119.39 140.83 52.50 61.34 426.56
9 CRD Fernando 52.50 64.32 130.90 45.00 72.44 365.16

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
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Top Inns by ER (BBE) Qualification

  1. Overs bowled in the innings must be more than 50% of the allotted overs for a bowler in the match.
  2. This is generally 30 balls for a 50 over match and 36 balls for a 60 over match.
  3. However it may be less if the match is shortened for some reason.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER, ECO - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 4WH - Four Fors or 4 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. RAT - Rating
  19. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  20. TS - Trend Setter
  21. TT - Top Teams
  22. WKTS - Wickets Taken
  23. WTG - Weightage

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