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Top 15 Asian Fast Bowlers In Tests Outside 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 Outside 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
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING
FC RATING

Points to note about ASIANS OUTSIDE 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 FC 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 10

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 Imran Khan PAK 1971 1991 1981 62 157 280.00
1 Imran Khan PAK 1971 1991 1981 62 157 280.00
2 N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 77 155 276.43
3 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 1969 1984 1976.5 50 96 171.21
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Wasim Akram PAK 1985 2002 1993.5 79 198 300.00
1 Wasim Akram PAK 1985 2002 1993.5 79 198 300.00
2 I Sharma IND 2007 2021 2014 88 171 259.09
3 Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 1996 69 158 239.39
4 Zaheer Khan IND 2000 2014 2007 66 147 222.73
5 WPUJC Vaas SL 1994 2009 2001.5 62 119 180.30
6 J Srinath IND 1991 2002 1996.5 57 117 177.27
7 Mohammad Aamer PAK 2009 2019 2014 54 106 160.61
8 Mohammad Asif PAK 2005 2010 2007.5 33 79 119.70
9 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 1997 2007 2002 26 53 80.30
10 IK Pathan IND 2003 2008 2005.5 13 35 53.03
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS JJ Bumrah IND 2018 2025 2021.5 63 158 280.00
1 JJ Bumrah IND 2018 2025 2021.5 63 158 280.00
2 Mohammed Shami IND 2013 2023 2018 74 143 253.42

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 20

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS IK Pathan 13 825 35 23.57 18.78 300.00
1 IK Pathan 13 825 35 23.57 18.78 300.00
2 JJ Bumrah 63 3169 158 20.06 20.20 278.92
3 Mohammad Asif 33 1977 79 25.03 22.75 247.59
4 Wasim Akram 79 4912 198 24.81 24.19 232.89
5 Imran Khan 62 4100 157 26.11 25.79 218.45
6 Waqar Younis 69 4350 158 27.53 26.49 212.60
7 Shoaib Akhtar 26 1543 53 29.11 26.76 210.49
8 Mohammad Aamer 54 2971 106 28.03 27.72 203.24
9 Zaheer Khan 66 4595 147 31.26 28.61 196.88
10 N Kapil Dev 77 4772 155 30.79 30.57 184.27
11 WPUJC Vaas 62 3921 119 32.95 30.72 183.35
12 Mohammed Shami 74 4489 143 31.39 31.10 181.13
13 I Sharma 88 5556 171 32.49 31.63 178.08
14 Sarfraz Nawaz 50 3111 96 32.41 31.71 177.61
15 J Srinath 57 4064 117 34.74 33.88 166.24

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 20
RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS IK Pathan 13 1369 35 39.11 35.43 200.00
1 IK Pathan 13 1369 35 39.11 35.43 200.00
2 Shoaib Akhtar 26 2572 53 48.53 46.20 153.36
3 Waqar Younis 69 8004 158 50.66 48.61 145.76
4 JJ Bumrah 63 6957 158 44.03 49.90 141.99
5 Mohammad Asif 33 3915 79 49.56 50.63 139.95
6 Wasim Akram 79 11303 198 57.09 54.80 129.30
7 Imran Khan 62 9436 157 60.10 56.47 125.47
8 Zaheer Khan 66 8438 147 57.40 58.03 122.11
9 Mohammed Shami 74 7911 143 55.32 60.66 116.80
10 I Sharma 88 10285 171 60.15 63.87 110.93
11 Mohammad Aamer 54 6309 106 59.52 64.35 110.11
12 N Kapil Dev 77 11037 155 71.21 68.48 103.46
13 WPUJC Vaas 62 8566 119 71.98 69.33 102.20
14 J Srinath 57 8523 117 72.85 69.43 102.05
15 Sarfraz Nawaz 50 7457 96 77.68 70.08 101.11

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 7/40 7/52 7/80 6/63 6/90 6.60 200.00
1 Imran Khan 7/40 7/52 7/80 6/63 6/90 6.60 200.00
2 Wasim Akram 7/119 6/43 6/61 6/62 6/67 6.20 187.88
3 I Sharma 7/74 6/51 6/55 6/134 5/43 6.00 181.82
4 JJ Bumrah 6/27 6/33 6/61 6/76 5/7 5.80 175.76
4 N Kapil Dev 8/106 6/84 5/28 5/58 5/97 5.80 175.76
6 WPUJC Vaas 6/87 6/108 5/31 5/43 5/47 5.40 163.64
6 Waqar Younis 6/78 6/78 5/22 5/52 5/91 5.40 163.64
8 Mohammad Aamer 6/44 6/84 5/52 5/79 4/36 5.20 157.58
8 Mohammad Asif 6/41 5/67 5/76 5/77 5/89 5.20 157.58
8 Shoaib Akhtar 6/30 5/43 5/48 5/99 5/109 5.20 157.58
8 Sarfraz Nawaz 9/86 5/39 4/53 4/56 4/56 5.20 157.58
12 Zaheer Khan 5/29 5/53 5/65 5/75 5/95 5.00 151.52
12 J Srinath 6/76 5/95 5/104 5/140 4/33 5.00 151.52
12 Mohammed Shami 6/56 5/28 5/44 5/112 4/49 5.00 151.52
15 IK Pathan 7/59 5/58 5/67 4/53 3/54 4.80 145.45

ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING

The ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA (FC) 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 FC RAT
1 JJ Bumrah 280.00 278.92 141.99 175.76 876.67
2 Wasim Akram 300.00 232.89 129.30 187.88 850.07
3 Imran Khan 280.00 218.45 125.47 200.00 823.92
4 Waqar Younis 239.39 212.60 145.76 163.64 761.39
5 N Kapil Dev 276.43 184.27 103.46 175.76 739.92
6 I Sharma 259.09 178.08 110.93 181.82 729.91
7 Mohammed Shami 253.42 181.13 116.80 151.52 702.87
8 IK Pathan 53.03 300.00 200.00 145.45 698.48
9 Zaheer Khan 222.73 196.88 122.11 151.52 693.23
10 Mohammad Asif 119.70 247.59 139.95 157.58 664.81
11 Mohammad Aamer 160.61 203.24 110.11 157.58 631.54
12 WPUJC Vaas 180.30 183.35 102.20 163.64 629.48
13 Sarfraz Nawaz 171.21 177.61 101.11 157.58 607.51
14 Shoaib Akhtar 80.30 210.49 153.36 157.58 601.72
15 J Srinath 177.27 166.24 102.05 151.52 597.08

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