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Top 15 Asian Fast Bowlers In Tests In Asia

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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 15 Asian Fast bowlers in matches In Asia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. ASIANS IN ASIA RATING
8. TOP TEAMS
8.1. Top Teams In Asia
8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
UC RATING

Points to note about ASIANS IN ASIA Rating:-

  • Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
  • Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.
  • This categorization has been done as there are more points for UC in our Overall Rating.

THE CRITERIA

The UC Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 400.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 100.00
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.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
  • The top teams are calculated by decades.
  • Further, they are divided into In Asia and Outside Asia.
  • A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 20

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 150 279 200.00
1 N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 150 279 200.00
2 Imran Khan PAK 1971 1991 1981 80 205 146.95
3 Fazal Mahmood PAK 1952 1962 1957 36 94 67.38
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS WPUJC Vaas SL 1994 2009 2001.5 132 236 180.00
1 WPUJC Vaas SL 1994 2009 2001.5 132 236 180.00
2 Wasim Akram PAK 1985 2002 1993.5 102 216 164.75
3 Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 1996 85 215 163.98
4 Zaheer Khan IND 2000 2014 2007 99 164 125.08
5 I Sharma IND 2007 2021 2014 100 140 106.78
6 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 1997 2007 2002 56 125 95.34
7 J Srinath IND 1991 2002 1996.5 64 119 90.76
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS UT Yadav IND 2011 2023 2017 80 119 140.00
1 UT Yadav IND 2011 2023 2017 80 119 140.00
2 Mohammed Shami IND 2013 2023 2018 48 86 101.18
3 Naseem Shah PAK 2019 2024 2021.5 23 48 56.47
4 JJ Bumrah IND 2018 2025 2021.5 23 47 55.29
5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar IND 2013 2018 2015.5 21 27 31.76

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 40

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 23 808 47 17.19 13.83 200.00
1 JJ Bumrah 23 808 47 17.19 13.83 200.00
2 Mohammed Shami 48 1857 86 21.59 18.58 148.87
3 Imran Khan 80 4158 205 20.28 18.85 146.77
4 Waqar Younis 85 4438 215 20.64 21.21 130.41
5 Shoaib Akhtar 56 3031 125 24.25 21.71 127.39
6 UT Yadav 80 3209 119 26.97 22.10 125.14
7 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 21 708 27 26.22 22.27 124.18
8 Wasim Akram 102 4866 216 22.53 22.54 122.74
9 Fazal Mahmood 36 1930 94 20.53 22.72 121.72
10 WPUJC Vaas 132 6580 236 27.88 24.42 113.28
11 J Srinath 64 3132 119 26.32 25.00 110.63
12 Naseem Shah 23 1414 48 29.46 26.41 104.71
13 N Kapil Dev 150 8095 279 29.01 26.86 102.99
14 I Sharma 100 4522 140 32.30 27.37 101.04
15 Zaheer Khan 99 5652 164 34.46 28.58 96.78

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Mohammed Shami 38 1506 64 23.53 20.25 200.00
1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6 232 15 15.47 13.14 200.00
2 JJ Bumrah 19 667 36 18.53 14.90 200.00
3 Mohammed Shami 38 1506 64 23.53 20.25 200.00
4 Imran Khan 52 2765 126 21.94 20.39 198.61
5 Wasim Akram 73 3649 160 22.81 22.81 177.50
6 Fazal Mahmood 33 1838 89 20.65 22.86 177.17
7 Shoaib Akhtar 43 2521 91 27.70 24.81 163.25
8 J Srinath 40 2136 79 27.04 25.68 157.66
9 Waqar Younis 53 2840 112 25.36 26.05 155.42
10 N Kapil Dev 112 6362 215 29.59 27.39 147.84
11 Naseem Shah 19 1227 40 30.68 27.51 147.22
12 WPUJC Vaas 92 4845 154 31.46 27.55 146.97
13 I Sharma 63 3039 93 32.68 27.69 146.22
14 UT Yadav 50 1944 56 34.71 28.45 142.32
15 Zaheer Khan 68 4036 101 39.96 33.14 122.20

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 40
RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 23 1673 47 35.60 35.55 300.00
1 JJ Bumrah 23 1673 47 35.60 35.55 300.00
2 Mohammed Shami 48 3604 86 41.91 39.71 268.56
3 Waqar Younis 85 8220 215 38.23 40.16 265.52
4 Shoaib Akhtar 56 5571 125 44.57 43.04 247.76
5 UT Yadav 80 5856 119 49.21 44.44 239.98
6 Imran Khan 80 10022 205 48.89 44.90 237.53
7 Naseem Shah 23 2358 48 49.13 49.20 216.76
8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 21 1407 27 52.11 49.99 213.30
9 J Srinath 64 6581 119 55.30 52.54 202.98
10 Wasim Akram 102 11324 216 52.43 52.82 201.89
11 N Kapil Dev 150 16703 279 59.87 56.55 188.57
12 Zaheer Khan 99 10347 164 63.09 56.86 187.54
13 Fazal Mahmood 36 6244 94 66.43 58.14 183.40
14 WPUJC Vaas 132 14872 236 63.02 59.00 180.73
15 I Sharma 100 8875 140 63.39 59.11 180.40

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 N Kapil Dev 9/83 8/85 7/56 7/220 6/63 7.40 100.00
1 N Kapil Dev 9/83 8/85 7/56 7/220 6/63 7.40 100.00
2 Imran Khan 8/58 8/60 6/35 6/46 6/58 6.80 91.89
3 Waqar Younis 7/76 7/86 7/91 6/34 6/44 6.60 89.19
4 WPUJC Vaas 7/71 7/120 6/22 6/29 6/73 6.40 86.49
4 Fazal Mahmood 7/42 7/80 6/34 6/34 6/66 6.40 86.49
6 J Srinath 8/86 6/21 6/45 5/46 5/60 6.00 81.08
7 Wasim Akram 6/48 6/91 5/28 5/43 5/45 5.40 72.97
7 Shoaib Akhtar 6/11 6/50 5/21 5/24 5/60 5.40 72.97
7 Zaheer Khan 7/87 5/34 5/72 5/91 5/94 5.40 72.97
10 UT Yadav 6/88 5/53 4/25 4/32 4/45 4.60 62.16
10 I Sharma 5/22 5/54 5/118 4/43 4/56 4.60 62.16
12 Mohammed Shami 5/35 5/47 4/31 4/60 4/71 4.40 59.46
12 JJ Bumrah 6/45 5/24 4/41 4/50 3/17 4.40 59.46
14 Naseem Shah 5/31 4/26 4/58 3/41 3/44 3.80 51.35
14 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 5/48 4/8 4/88 3/31 3/53 3.80 51.35

ASIANS IN ASIA RATING

The ASIANS IN ASIA (UC) 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 UC RAT
1 Imran Khan 146.95 345.38 237.53 91.89 821.75
2 JJ Bumrah 55.29 400.00 300.00 59.46 814.75
3 Waqar Younis 163.98 285.84 265.52 89.19 804.53
4 Mohammed Shami 101.18 348.87 268.56 59.46 778.06
5 Wasim Akram 164.75 300.24 201.89 72.97 739.85
6 N Kapil Dev 200.00 250.82 188.57 100.00 739.39
7 UT Yadav 140.00 267.45 239.98 62.16 709.59
8 WPUJC Vaas 180.00 260.25 180.73 86.49 707.47
9 Shoaib Akhtar 95.34 290.64 247.76 72.97 706.71
10 J Srinath 90.76 268.30 202.98 81.08 643.12
11 Fazal Mahmood 67.38 298.90 183.40 86.49 636.17
12 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 31.76 324.18 213.30 51.35 620.60
13 Zaheer Khan 125.08 218.98 187.54 72.97 604.57
14 I Sharma 106.78 247.26 180.40 62.16 596.61
15 Naseem Shah 56.47 251.94 216.76 51.35 576.51

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS IND SL PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA
2020s IND AUS PAK NZ ENG SL

Top Teams Outside Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1950s AUS ENG WI SA
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG NZ
2000s AUS ENG SA IND NZ PAK
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND PAK
2020s AUS ENG NZ SA IND WI

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