Top 25 Fast Bowlers Against Top 7 Batsmen In Tests

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards. Our ratings are based on conditions and diverse oppositions. Before the above mentioned date, there were primarily only two teams which dominated cricket. Moreover, matches were of unequal length with some ending in 4 days and some being timeless. Post 1950, West Indies and South Africa grew as test teams. Moreover, Asian teams India and Pakistan started improving after 1950 and became compenent at home at least. Performance in Asia and outside Asia are integral to our overall rating. How the rating works is explained in highlighted sections. So, here are the Top 25 Fast bowlers against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-01-08

TOP 7 VICTIMS Rating

This rating only include stats of Fast bowlers against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams. The rating is divided into sections to make it easy to understand how it is calculated. Before each section, its criteria is highlighted in bold. Our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.

The Trend Setter

The Trend Setter (TS) is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated as percentage points of TS. Let’s taken an example to understand it:-

  • Let’s assume that Glenn McGrath has taken 500 wkts, which is the highest. This makes him the TS.
  • Another player, say Jason Gillespie, has taken 250 wkts.
  • If the rating is out of 250, McGrath will get the full points (pts), that is 250.
  • The points of Gillespie are calculated as His Wkts/McGrath’s Wkts*250. This comes out to be 125.
  • Thus the formula is (Wkts Taken/Wkts Taken By TS)*Max Points.
  • All ratings are calculated similarly with Wkts being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  • Obviously, for average the formula is reverased as the lower average is better for a bowler.
  • For Average and Strike Rate, a bowler is eligible to be TS only if he has taken a minimum number of wickets, which are mentioned in the qualificaton.
  • Lastly, it is to be noted that it is not necessary for a TS to be part of the rating as he might have topped in a criteria but not done well in others.
Top Teams (TT)

The Top 7 Rating considers performances only against the Top 7 batsmen of Top Teams. Here is some infomartion about 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.
  • To be a top team, the team should be among the top teams in the specific condition (Asia or outside Asia) or among the top teams of the decade overall.
  • A bowler’s performace is counted in TT if he palyed against it in the specific condition and in the specific decade.
  • The Top Teams may be found in the last section of the rating.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings 50
Min Wickets (TS AVE SR) 75
The Eras

The first criteria Prolific gives points for wkts taken. We have divided cricket from 1950 onwards into 3 broad eras. This has been done to make it fair for players from earlier era, when less cricket was played, and also for current players, who are in the middle of their careers. Let’s take an example:-

  • Let’s assume Murlidharan has taken 500 wickets, which is the maximum and gives him 250 points.
  • Now, say Underwood in earlier times took 250 wkts, which was the max for his era.
  • If there are no eras, he would get 50% of the pts, that is 125.
  • Instead of that, we reduced 50 pts (according to %age) from the max to arrive at the figure of 200 pts for Underwood.
  • Now, everyone in his era is compared to Underwood and not Murlidharan.
  • So a player who has taken 50 Wkts in Underwood’s era will get (50/250)*200 pts or 40pts.
  • Eras are calculated by MP, which is the mean of the years a player: First Played (FP) and Last Played (LP).

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 and 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015
RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS T7 WKTS RAT
TS MD Marshall WI 1978 1991 1984.5 151 269 230.00
1 MD Marshall WI 1978 1991 1984.5 151 269 230.00
2 RJ Hadlee NZ 1973 1990 1981.5 150 209 178.70
3 RGD Willis ENG 1971 1984 1977.5 165 193 165.02
4 MA Holding WI 1975 1987 1981 113 180 153.90
5 Imran Khan PAK 1971 1991 1981 142 174 148.77
6 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 159 170 145.35
7 DK Lillee AUS 1971 1984 1977.5 132 169 144.50
8 J Garner WI 1977 1987 1982 111 155 132.53
9 WW Hall WI 1958 1969 1963.5 92 149 127.40
10 GD McKenzie AUS 1961 1971 1966 113 145 123.98
11 AME Roberts WI 1974 1983 1978.5 90 124 106.02
12 AK Davidson AUS 1953 1963 1958 82 107 91.49
13 PM Pollock SA 1961 1970 1965.5 52 84 71.82
14 Fazal Mahmood PAK 1952 1962 1957 53 76 64.98
15 CC Griffith WI 1960 1969 1964.5 50 68 58.14
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS T7 WKTS RAT
TS JM Anderson ENG 2003 2022 2012.5 329 339 250.00
1 JM Anderson ENG 2003 2022 2012.5 329 339 250.00
2 CA Walsh WI 1984 2001 1992.5 242 323 238.20
3 SCJ Broad ENG 2007 2022 2014.5 293 299 220.50
4 GD McGrath AUS 1993 2007 2000 243 263 193.95
5 CEL Ambrose WI 1988 2000 1994 179 258 190.27
6 AA Donald SA 1992 2002 1997 129 166 122.42
7 IR Bishop WI 1989 1998 1993.5 76 105 77.43
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS T7 WKTS RAT
TS MA Starc AUS 2011 2022 2016.5 144 148 190.00
1 PJ Cummins AUS 2011 2023 2017 88 131 168.18
2 K Rabada SA 2015 2022 2018.5 104 126 161.76
3 JJ Bumrah IND 2018 2022 2020 58 76 97.57
Wkts/Inn

In the T7 Rating, instead of Average, Wickets/Inning (WKTS/INN) is used as a measure of Consistency. Average data against the top 7 batsmen is not available for earlier matches. The WKTS/INN in this criteria is the wickets of top 7 batsmen taking by the bowler per inning. Overall and Away matches are two parts of this criteria.

CONSISTENT


Criteria: Points For Top 7 Wkts/Inn

In All Matches

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS MD Marshall 151 269 1.78 300.00
1 MD Marshall 151 269 1.78 300.00
2 WW Hall 92 149 1.62 272.74
3 PM Pollock 52 84 1.62 272.03
4 MA Holding 113 180 1.59 268.25
5 PJ Cummins 88 131 1.49 250.69
6 CEL Ambrose 179 258 1.44 242.72
7 Fazal Mahmood 53 76 1.43 241.48
8 J Garner 111 155 1.40 235.16
9 RJ Hadlee 150 209 1.39 234.64
10 IR Bishop 76 105 1.38 232.66
11 AME Roberts 90 124 1.38 232.02
12 CC Griffith 50 68 1.36 229.03
13 CA Walsh 242 323 1.33 224.77
14 JJ Bumrah 58 76 1.31 220.66
15 AK Davidson 82 107 1.30 219.74
16 AA Donald 129 166 1.29 216.70
17 GD McKenzie 113 145 1.28 216.09
18 DK Lillee 132 169 1.28 215.60
19 Imran Khan 142 174 1.23 206.35
20 K Rabada 104 126 1.21 204.02
21 RGD Willis 165 193 1.17 196.98
22 GD McGrath 243 263 1.08 182.26
23 GS Sobers 159 170 1.07 180.05
24 JM Anderson 329 339 1.03 173.52
25 SCJ Broad 293 299 1.02 171.85

In Away Matches

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS DK Lillee 48 96 2.00 300.00
1 PM Pollock 21 43 2.05 300.00
2 DK Lillee 48 96 2.00 300.00
3 RJ Hadlee 75 131 1.75 262.00
4 MD Marshall 93 162 1.74 261.29
5 CEL Ambrose 86 148 1.72 258.14
6 PJ Cummins 35 59 1.69 252.86
7 J Garner 55 90 1.64 245.45
8 Fazal Mahmood 30 49 1.63 245.00
9 AME Roberts 56 91 1.63 243.75
10 MA Holding 71 114 1.61 240.85
11 WW Hall 57 89 1.56 234.21
12 GD McKenzie 64 96 1.50 225.00
13 CA Walsh 137 203 1.48 222.26
14 IR Bishop 40 59 1.48 221.25
15 JJ Bumrah 51 73 1.43 214.71
16 AK Davidson 50 71 1.42 213.00
17 CC Griffith 34 48 1.41 211.76
18 GD McGrath 112 154 1.38 206.25
19 AA Donald 61 80 1.31 196.72
20 Imran Khan 83 102 1.23 184.34
21 K Rabada 49 59 1.20 180.61
22 GS Sobers 83 95 1.14 171.69
23 RGD Willis 92 105 1.14 171.20
24 SCJ Broad 117 127 1.09 162.82
25 JM Anderson 137 146 1.07 159.85
T7 Perc

This criteria gives you the percentage of victims of the bowler which were Top 7 batsmen. Like, if a bowler has 50 Wkts and out of those 40 are top 7 batsmen. Then the T7 PERC is 40/50*100 or 80%.

TOP 7 PERCENTAGE


Criteria: Percentage of Top 7 Victims

RANK BOWLER INNS OV WKTS T7 WKTS %AGE RAT
TS WW Hall 92 192 149 77.60 150.00
1 WW Hall 92 192 149 77.60 150.00
2 PM Pollock 52 116 84 72.41 139.97
3 CC Griffith 50 94 68 72.34 139.83
4 GS Sobers 159 235 170 72.34 139.83
5 MA Holding 113 249 180 72.29 139.73
6 MD Marshall 151 376 269 71.54 138.28
7 IR Bishop 76 161 105 65.22 126.06
8 CEL Ambrose 179 405 258 63.70 123.13
9 CA Walsh 242 519 323 62.24 120.29
10 AME Roberts 90 202 124 61.39 118.65
11 PJ Cummins 88 214 131 61.21 118.32
12 J Garner 111 259 155 59.85 115.67
13 RGD Willis 165 325 193 59.38 114.78
14 JJ Bumrah 58 128 76 59.38 114.77
15 GD McKenzie 113 246 145 58.94 113.93
16 AK Davidson 82 186 107 57.53 111.19
17 Fazal Mahmood 53 139 76 54.68 105.68
18 SCJ Broad 293 566 299 52.83 102.11
19 AA Donald 129 330 166 50.30 97.23
20 JM Anderson 329 675 339 50.22 97.07
21 RJ Hadlee 150 431 209 48.49 93.73
22 Imran Khan 142 362 174 48.07 92.91
23 DK Lillee 132 355 169 47.61 92.02
24 K Rabada 104 268 126 47.01 90.87
25 GD McGrath 243 563 263 46.71 90.29
T7 Rating

The TOP 7 VICTIMS (T7) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RATING


RANK BOWLER PRO CON CON AW PERC 7 T7 RAT
1 MD Marshall 230.00 300.00 261.29 138.28 929.57
2 CEL Ambrose 190.27 242.72 258.14 123.13 814.26
3 CA Walsh 238.20 224.77 222.26 120.29 805.52
4 MA Holding 153.90 268.25 240.85 139.73 802.73
5 PJ Cummins 168.18 250.69 252.86 118.32 790.04
6 WW Hall 127.40 272.74 234.21 150.00 784.35
7 PM Pollock 71.82 272.03 300.00 139.97 783.82
8 RJ Hadlee 178.70 234.64 262.00 93.73 769.07
9 DK Lillee 144.50 215.60 300.00 92.02 752.12
10 J Garner 132.53 235.16 245.45 115.67 728.81
11 AME Roberts 106.02 232.02 243.75 118.65 700.44
12 JM Anderson 250.00 173.52 159.85 97.07 680.45
13 GD McKenzie 123.98 216.09 225.00 113.93 679.00
14 GD McGrath 193.95 182.26 206.25 90.29 672.76
15 IR Bishop 77.43 232.66 221.25 126.06 657.40
16 SCJ Broad 220.50 171.85 162.82 102.11 657.28
17 Fazal Mahmood 64.98 241.48 245.00 105.68 657.15
18 RGD Willis 165.02 196.98 171.20 114.78 647.98
19 JJ Bumrah 97.57 220.66 214.71 114.77 647.70
20 CC Griffith 58.14 229.03 211.76 139.83 638.76
21 K Rabada 161.76 204.02 180.61 90.87 637.27
22 GS Sobers 145.35 180.05 171.69 139.83 636.92
23 AK Davidson 91.49 219.74 213.00 111.19 635.42
24 AA Donald 122.42 216.70 196.72 97.23 633.07
25 Imran Khan 148.77 206.35 184.34 92.91 632.37

TOP TEAMS IN ASIA


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

TOP TEAMS OUTSIDE ASIA


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
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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