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

CONTENTS

7. TOP TEAMS OUTSIDE ASIA

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
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