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Top Test Spin Bowler of the Decade (1970 – 1979)

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1970s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 7 Spin bowlers in Test Cricket in the 1970s.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-06-09

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
3.5. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. TOP FORM AT HOME
5.2. TOP FORM AWAY
5.3. WKTS/INN
5.4. IMPACT INNINGS
5.5. SECONDARY RATING
6. DECADES RATING
7. TOP TEAMS
7.1. Top Teams In Asia
7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form Home, Top Form Away, Wkts/Inn, Impact Inns
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 an 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 25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 400.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 100.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS DL Underwood ENG 106 202 200.00
1 DL Underwood ENG 106 202 200.00
2 BS Bedi IND 84 196 194.06
3 BS Chandrasekhar IND 70 180 178.22
4 LR Gibbs WI 56 100 99.01
5 AA Mallett AUS 51 91 90.10
6 Intikhab Alam PAK 37 76 75.25
7 Mushtaq Mohammad PAK 51 65 64.36

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 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS DL Underwood 106 5587 202 27.66 27.00 200.00
1 DL Underwood 106 5587 202 27.66 27.00 200.00
2 Mushtaq Mohammad 51 1893 65 29.12 28.52 189.31
3 BS Bedi 84 5839 196 29.79 29.14 185.32
4 AA Mallett 51 2709 91 29.77 29.48 183.18
5 LR Gibbs 56 3232 100 32.32 29.62 182.31
6 BS Chandrasekhar 70 5257 180 29.21 29.66 182.08
7 Intikhab Alam 37 2289 76 30.12 30.24 178.58

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS LR Gibbs 52 2965 97 30.57 28.01 200.00
1 LR Gibbs 52 2965 97 30.57 28.01 200.00
2 DL Underwood 90 4901 161 30.44 29.72 188.54
3 BS Chandrasekhar 60 4572 152 30.08 30.54 183.43
4 BS Bedi 76 5427 170 31.92 31.22 179.43
5 AA Mallett 36 1893 59 32.08 31.77 176.34
6 Mushtaq Mohammad 38 1446 42 34.43 33.72 166.15
7 Intikhab Alam 26 1633 43 37.98 38.13 146.95

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 50
RANK BOWLER INNS BALLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS BS Chandrasekhar 70 11212 180 62.29 56.99 300.00
1 BS Chandrasekhar 70 11212 180 62.29 56.99 300.00
2 Mushtaq Mohammad 51 4285 65 65.92 57.54 297.16
3 Intikhab Alam 37 5310 76 69.87 61.57 277.69
4 AA Mallett 51 6834 91 75.10 65.62 260.55
5 DL Underwood 106 15380 202 76.14 67.04 255.03
6 BS Bedi 84 15824 196 80.73 71.64 238.66
7 LR Gibbs 56 9886 100 98.86 81.83 208.94

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE WT RAT
TS BS Chandrasekhar 8/79 6/38 6/52 6/52 6/76 6/90 6/94 6.29 100.00
1 BS Chandrasekhar 8/79 6/38 6/52 6/52 6/76 6/90 6/94 6.29 100.00
1 DL Underwood 8/51 7/113 6/12 6/45 6/66 6/85 5/20 6.29 100.00
3 LR Gibbs 7/98 6/76 6/108 5/102 5/102 4/66 4/85 5.29 84.09
3 BS Bedi 6/71 6/226 5/27 5/48 5/55 5/63 5/82 5.29 84.09
5 AA Mallett 8/59 5/114 5/126 4/21 4/22 4/40 4/60 4.86 77.27
5 Intikhab Alam 7/52 6/127 5/116 4/35 4/44 4/78 4/80 4.86 77.27
7 Mushtaq Mohammad 5/28 5/49 5/59 4/50 4/55 4/58 4/60 4.43 70.45

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW RAT PRI PTS
1 BS Chandrasekhar 178.22 365.50 300.00 100.00 943.72 471.86
2 DL Underwood 200.00 388.54 255.03 100.00 943.57 471.78
3 BS Bedi 194.06 364.76 238.66 84.09 881.56 440.78
4 AA Mallett 90.10 359.52 260.55 77.27 787.44 393.72
5 Mushtaq Mohammad 64.36 355.46 297.16 70.45 787.43 393.72
6 LR Gibbs 99.01 382.31 208.94 84.09 774.34 387.17
7 Intikhab Alam 75.25 325.53 277.69 77.27 755.74 377.87

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 250.00
Away 1,000.00
Favourable Conditions 250.00
Unfavourable Conditions 1,000.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BS Chandrasekhar 36 97 26.80 60.10 934.37 233.59
2 DL Underwood 49 85 29.21 76.59 902.36 225.59
3 BS Bedi 36 94 24.67 75.79 857.76 214.44
4 AA Mallett 33 57 28.44 72.37 816.40 204.10
5 Intikhab Alam 14 36 26.69 70.64 769.32 192.33
6 LR Gibbs 25 47 35.94 105.06 724.36 181.09
7 Mushtaq Mohammad 18 23 31.96 71.91 700.13 175.03

Away From Home

Min Innings: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DL Underwood 57 117 26.53 75.81 888.44 888.44
2 BS Chandrasekhar 34 83 32.01 64.84 869.77 869.77
3 BS Bedi 48 102 34.51 85.29 819.63 819.63
4 Mushtaq Mohammad 33 42 27.57 62.64 776.31 776.31
5 LR Gibbs 31 53 29.11 93.36 734.72 734.72
6 Intikhab Alam 23 40 33.20 69.18 687.10 687.10
7 AA Mallett 18 34 32.00 79.68 676.60 676.60

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

Favourable/Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Points to note:-

  • Unfavourable Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Spinners and In Asia for Pacers.
  • Favourable Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Favourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DL Underwood 21 47 25.13 71.94 989.10 247.27
2 LR Gibbs 14 28 23.71 81.29 841.35 210.34
3 AA Mallett 0 0 NA NA 500.00 125.00

Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BS Chandrasekhar 40 105 28.43 61.01 932.59 233.15
2 BS Bedi 42 100 27.68 79.52 832.95 208.24
3 Intikhab Alam 14 36 26.69 70.64 771.17 192.79
4 Mushtaq Mohammad 18 23 31.96 71.91 703.03 175.76

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DL Underwood 85 155 28.43 77.41 884.50 884.50
2 AA Mallett 51 91 29.77 75.10 782.17 782.17
3 LR Gibbs 42 72 35.67 105.69 685.65 685.65

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BS Bedi 42 96 31.99 82.00 831.66 831.66
2 BS Chandrasekhar 30 75 30.29 64.08 820.59 820.59
3 Mushtaq Mohammad 33 42 27.57 62.64 688.10 688.10
4 Intikhab Alam 23 40 33.20 69.18 634.85 634.85

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK BOWLER AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 DL Underwood 888.44 225.59 884.50 247.27 2,245.81 224.58
2 BS Chandrasekhar 869.77 233.59 820.59 233.15 2,157.10 215.71
3 BS Bedi 819.63 214.44 831.66 208.24 2,073.96 207.40
4 Mushtaq Mohammad 776.31 175.03 688.10 175.76 1,815.20 181.52
5 LR Gibbs 734.72 181.09 685.65 210.34 1,811.79 181.18
6 AA Mallett 676.60 204.10 782.17 125.00 1,787.86 178.79
7 Intikhab Alam 687.10 192.33 634.85 192.79 1,707.08 170.71

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of four parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form Home 200.00
Top Form Away 800.00
Wkts Per Inn 500.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 20 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • There are two TF Ratings used in our DECADES Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BS Bedi 20 60 19.42 61.05 912.48 182.50
2 DL Underwood 20 42 20.95 57.83 902.86 180.57
3 BS Chandrasekhar 20 60 25.67 58.17 880.02 176.00
4 AA Mallett 20 42 22.52 66.62 803.02 160.60
5 LR Gibbs 20 45 31.64 91.73 732.30 146.46
6 Intikhab Alam 14 36 26.69 70.64 694.41 138.88
7 Mushtaq Mohammad 18 23 31.96 71.91 566.61 113.32

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 DL Underwood 20 54 19.17 53.74 920.80 736.64
2 BS Chandrasekhar 20 57 26.58 56.21 913.21 730.57
3 BS Bedi 20 60 28.27 68.33 869.23 695.38
4 Mushtaq Mohammad 20 34 21.32 53.35 802.51 642.01
5 LR Gibbs 20 42 22.76 77.45 776.49 621.19
6 Intikhab Alam 20 38 29.74 61.61 726.90 581.52
7 AA Mallett 18 34 32.00 79.68 626.60 501.28

WKTS/INN

WKTS/INN RATING

Points to note:-

  • This rating gives points for wkts taken per inn.
  • All Teams, Top Teams and Top 7 Batsmen are the criteria used.

Min Innings: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT WTG
1 BS Chandrasekhar 70 180 2.57 1,000.00 500.00
2 BS Bedi 84 196 2.33 921.61 460.80
3 DL Underwood 106 202 1.91 789.36 394.68
4 Intikhab Alam 37 76 2.05 761.40 380.70
5 LR Gibbs 56 100 1.79 704.27 352.13
6 AA Mallett 51 91 1.78 614.87 307.43
7 Mushtaq Mohammad 51 65 1.27 445.15 222.58

IMPACT INNINGS

Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or strike rate. Know All About II. These are the criteria for an inning to be included in II:-

  • A Bowler takes equal to or more wickets than 5.
  • A Bowler equal to or more wickets than 3 at a good AVE or SR.
  • 1st and 2nd; and 3rd and 4th inns are clubbed together.
  • The AVE should be less than 80% of the AVE of the better innings or
  • The SR should be less than 80% of the SR of the better innings.

Min Innings: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 BS Chandrasekhar 70 22 31.43 983.33 983.33
2 BS Bedi 84 24 28.57 858.39 858.39
3 AA Mallett 51 13 25.49 791.80 791.80
4 DL Underwood 106 22 20.75 721.41 721.41
5 Intikhab Alam 37 11 29.73 687.73 687.73
6 LR Gibbs 56 11 19.64 612.34 612.34
7 Mushtaq Mohammad 51 10 19.61 601.10 601.10

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK BOWLER TF HM TF AW WPI II TOT SEC RAT
1 BS Chandrasekhar 176.00 730.57 500.00 983.33 2,389.91 238.99
2 BS Bedi 182.50 695.38 460.80 858.39 2,197.07 219.71
3 DL Underwood 180.57 736.64 394.68 721.41 2,033.30 203.33
4 Intikhab Alam 138.88 581.52 380.70 687.73 1,788.83 178.88
5 AA Mallett 160.60 501.28 307.43 791.80 1,761.12 176.11
6 LR Gibbs 146.46 621.19 352.13 612.34 1,732.13 173.21
7 Mushtaq Mohammad 113.32 642.01 222.58 601.10 1,579.01 157.90

DECADES RATING

DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK BOWLER NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 BS Chandrasekhar IND 471.86 215.71 238.99 926.56
2 DL Underwood ENG 471.78 224.58 203.33 899.70
3 BS Bedi IND 440.78 207.40 219.71 867.88
4 AA Mallett AUS 393.72 178.79 176.11 748.62
5 LR Gibbs WI 387.17 181.18 173.21 741.56
6 Mushtaq Mohammad PAK 393.72 181.52 157.90 733.14
7 Intikhab Alam PAK 377.87 170.71 178.88 727.46

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 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 PAK AUS ENG 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

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