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Top 10 Asian Spin 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 10 Asian Spin bowlers in matches Outside Asia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-11-11

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
8. TOP TEAMS
8.1. Top Teams In Asia
8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
UC 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 UC 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 BS Bedi IND 1966 1979 1972.5 58 123 260.00
1 BS Bedi IND 1966 1979 1972.5 58 123 260.00
2 EAS Prasanna IND 1962 1978 1970 42 92 194.47
2 BS Chandrasekhar IND 1964 1979 1971.5 38 92 194.47
4 Mushtaq Mohammad PAK 1959 1979 1969 40 51 107.80
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS A Kumble IND 1990 2008 1999 92 200 300.00
1 A Kumble IND 1990 2008 1999 92 200 300.00
2 M Muralitharan SL 1992 2010 2001 59 188 282.00
3 Harbhajan Singh IND 1998 2015 2006.5 60 117 175.50
4 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 1990 2003 1996.5 40 97 145.50
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS R Ashwin IND 2011 2024 2017.5 54 103 250.00
1 R Ashwin IND 2011 2024 2017.5 54 103 250.00
2 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 2007 2024 2015.5 30 63 152.91

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 Abdur Rehman 12 665 29 22.93 22.92 300.00
1 M Muralitharan 59 4904 188 26.09 24.51 280.44
2 Mushtaq Mohammad 40 1326 51 26.00 25.33 271.45
3 R Ashwin 54 3414 103 33.15 27.13 253.41
4 Shakib Al Hasan 30 1777 63 28.21 27.19 252.83
5 Mushtaq Ahmed 40 2934 97 30.25 28.77 238.96
6 BS Chandrasekhar 38 2881 92 31.32 29.31 234.53
7 BS Bedi 58 3901 123 31.72 30.24 227.34
8 Harbhajan Singh 60 3932 117 33.61 31.49 218.30
9 A Kumble 92 7040 200 35.20 31.80 216.21
10 EAS Prasanna 42 2931 92 31.86 31.88 215.63

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 Wasim Raja 27 1564 26 60.15 51.33 200.00
1 Mushtaq Mohammad 40 3029 51 59.39 51.47 199.44
2 BS Chandrasekhar 38 6202 92 67.41 57.05 179.93
3 Mushtaq Ahmed 40 6314 97 65.09 60.07 170.89
4 M Muralitharan 59 11476 188 61.04 60.49 169.69
5 Shakib Al Hasan 30 3826 63 60.73 65.61 156.46
6 EAS Prasanna 42 7174 92 77.98 68.71 149.40
7 R Ashwin 54 7270 103 70.58 70.38 145.85
8 BS Bedi 58 10145 123 82.48 70.47 145.67
9 Harbhajan Singh 60 7996 117 68.34 71.67 143.23
10 A Kumble 92 15139 200 75.70 72.71 141.18

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 M Muralitharan 9/65 8/70 7/155 6/39 6/45 7.20 200.00
1 M Muralitharan 9/65 8/70 7/155 6/39 6/45 7.20 200.00
2 A Kumble 8/141 6/53 6/78 6/176 5/84 6.20 172.22
2 EAS Prasanna 8/76 6/94 6/104 6/141 5/32 6.20 172.22
4 BS Chandrasekhar 6/38 6/52 6/52 6/94 6/120 6.00 166.67
5 Mushtaq Ahmed 7/56 6/78 6/78 5/57 5/95 5.80 161.11
6 Harbhajan Singh 7/120 6/63 5/13 5/115 5/138 5.60 155.56
6 R Ashwin 7/71 7/83 5/52 5/60 4/55 5.60 155.56
8 Shakib Al Hasan 6/33 6/99 5/70 5/121 5/130 5.40 150.00
8 BS Bedi 6/127 6/226 5/55 5/82 5/89 5.40 150.00
10 Mushtaq Mohammad 5/28 5/49 5/59 4/50 4/58 4.60 127.78

ASIANS OUTSIDE ASIA RATING

The ASIANS OUTSIDE 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 M Muralitharan 282.00 280.44 169.69 200.00 932.13
2 A Kumble 300.00 216.21 141.18 172.22 829.61
3 R Ashwin 250.00 253.41 145.85 155.56 804.81
4 BS Bedi 260.00 227.34 145.67 150.00 783.01
5 BS Chandrasekhar 194.47 234.53 179.93 166.67 775.60
6 EAS Prasanna 194.47 215.63 149.40 172.22 731.72
7 Mushtaq Ahmed 145.50 238.96 170.89 161.11 716.46
8 Shakib Al Hasan 152.91 252.83 156.46 150.00 712.20
9 Mushtaq Mohammad 107.80 271.45 199.44 127.78 706.47
10 Harbhajan Singh 175.50 218.30 143.23 155.56 692.59

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG SA
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA AUS
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND AUS
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS SL IND PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA AUS
2020s IND SL PAK AUS NZ ENG

Top Teams Outside Asia

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

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