Decades Rating - Best Test Spin Bowlers In 1980s

Top Test Spin Bowler of the Decade (1980 – 1989)

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1980s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and at the end. So, here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers in Test Cricket in the 1980s.

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
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
3.4.1. Against All Teams
3.4.2. Against Top Teams
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. WKTS/INN
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. DECADES RATING
6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION
6.1.1. Dynamic Nature
6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)
6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)
6.1.4. Abbreviations

THE CRITERIA

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

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 20
Min Wkts 30

PRIMARY CRITERIA

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 250.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 150.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS Abdul Qadir PAK 94 216 250.00
1 Abdul Qadir PAK 94 216 250.00
2 RJ Shastri IND 109 141 163.19
3 Iqbal Qasim PAK 57 131 151.62
4 JE Emburey ENG 86 120 138.89
5 JG Bracewell NZ 57 82 94.91
6 DR Doshi IND 36 74 85.65
7 NS Yadav IND 44 70 81.02
8 SL Boock NZ 35 57 65.97
9 RJ Bright AUS 30 46 53.24
10 RA Harper WI 37 45 52.08

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
Min Wickets (TT) 40

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Iqbal Qasim 57 3274 131 24.99 25.99 120.00
1 RA Harper 37 1252 45 27.82 24.46 120.00
2 Iqbal Qasim 57 3274 131 24.99 25.99 120.00
3 Abdul Qadir 94 6980 216 32.31 29.91 104.26
4 SL Boock 35 2008 57 35.23 31.84 97.97
5 JG Bracewell 57 3057 82 37.28 33.38 93.43
6 DR Doshi 36 2542 74 34.35 33.61 92.78
7 RJ Bright 30 1892 46 41.13 34.40 90.67
8 JE Emburey 86 4759 120 39.66 35.68 87.41
9 RJ Shastri 109 5572 141 39.52 37.59 82.98
10 NS Yadav 44 2710 70 38.71 40.01 77.95

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Iqbal Qasim 23 1382 53 26.08 26.28 180.00
1 RA Harper 22 735 28 26.25 22.66 180.00
2 Iqbal Qasim 23 1382 53 26.08 26.28 180.00
3 RJ Bright 24 1484 40 37.10 30.64 154.38
4 Abdul Qadir 40 3375 97 34.79 31.03 152.41
5 SL Boock 28 1698 45 37.73 31.12 151.98
6 DR Doshi 31 2146 61 35.18 32.79 144.22
7 JE Emburey 64 3793 89 42.62 37.35 126.63
8 RJ Shastri 89 4528 108 41.93 37.92 124.73
9 JG Bracewell 38 1958 41 47.76 40.22 117.59
10 NS Yadav 33 2090 50 41.80 41.08 115.15

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
Min Wickets (TT) 40

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS Abdul Qadir 94 15176 216 70.26 61.44 120.00
1 Abdul Qadir 94 15176 216 70.26 61.44 120.00
2 RA Harper 37 3465 45 77.00 63.52 116.06
3 Iqbal Qasim 57 8810 131 67.25 65.40 112.74
4 JG Bracewell 57 7027 82 85.70 72.48 101.72
5 SL Boock 35 4791 57 84.05 75.85 97.19
6 DR Doshi 36 6503 74 87.88 76.94 95.82
7 RJ Bright 30 4742 46 103.09 81.21 90.79
8 NS Yadav 44 6385 70 91.21 83.95 87.82
9 JE Emburey 86 12896 120 107.47 90.01 81.91
10 RJ Shastri 109 14528 141 103.04 92.09 80.06

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS Abdul Qadir 40 7018 97 72.35 61.17 180.00
1 RA Harper 22 1953 28 69.75 56.96 180.00
2 Abdul Qadir 40 7018 97 72.35 61.17 180.00
3 Iqbal Qasim 23 3645 53 68.77 65.47 168.18
4 SL Boock 28 3906 45 86.80 71.98 152.96
5 RJ Bright 24 3693 40 92.33 72.74 151.37
6 DR Doshi 31 5273 61 86.44 72.87 151.10
7 JG Bracewell 38 4299 41 104.85 84.55 130.21
8 NS Yadav 33 4935 50 98.70 85.83 128.28
9 RJ Shastri 89 11719 108 108.51 92.75 118.70
10 JE Emburey 64 10151 89 114.06 93.99 117.14

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

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BBW RAT
TS Abdul Qadir 9/56 7/96 7/142 6/16 6/160 5/44 5/74 6.43 50.00
1 Abdul Qadir 9/56 7/96 7/142 6/16 6/160 5/44 5/74 6.43 50.00
2 Iqbal Qasim 7/49 6/89 6/141 5/35 5/48 5/78 5/83 5.57 43.33
3 JE Emburey 7/78 6/33 5/78 5/80 5/82 5/124 4/43 5.29 41.11
4 DR Doshi 6/102 5/39 5/85 5/90 4/69 4/81 4/175 4.71 36.67
4 JG Bracewell 6/32 6/51 5/75 4/61 4/74 4/77 4/108 4.71 36.67
6 RJ Bright 7/87 5/68 5/94 5/172 3/24 3/39 3/67 4.43 34.44
6 NS Yadav 5/76 5/99 5/131 4/84 4/86 4/109 4/142 4.43 34.44
8 SL Boock 7/87 5/28 5/117 4/83 3/25 3/32 3/76 4.29 33.33
8 RJ Shastri 5/75 5/125 4/11 4/43 4/45 4/69 4/71 4.29 33.33
10 RA Harper 6/57 4/43 4/56 3/10 3/47 3/50 2/9 3.57 27.78

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BBW RAT
TS Abdul Qadir 6/16 6/160 5/74 5/84 5/110 5/166 4/39 5.14 100.00
1 Abdul Qadir 6/16 6/160 5/74 5/84 5/110 5/166 4/39 5.14 100.00
2 JE Emburey 7/78 5/78 5/80 5/124 4/43 4/88 3/20 4.71 91.67
3 Iqbal Qasim 7/49 6/89 4/44 4/48 4/69 4/90 3/81 4.57 88.89
4 RJ Bright 7/87 5/68 5/94 5/172 3/24 3/67 3/96 4.43 86.11
4 DR Doshi 6/102 5/39 5/90 4/69 4/81 4/175 3/49 4.43 86.11
6 RJ Shastri 5/75 4/43 4/45 4/69 4/71 4/78 4/83 4.14 80.56
7 NS Yadav 5/99 5/131 4/86 4/109 4/143 3/19 3/64 4.00 77.78
8 SL Boock 7/87 5/117 4/83 3/25 3/76 3/103 2/8 3.86 75.00
9 RA Harper 6/57 4/43 3/10 3/47 2/36 2/54 1/8 3.00 58.33
10 JG Bracewell 4/108 3/29 3/44 3/91 2/16 2/47 2/51 2.71 52.78

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 40%.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW RAT PRI PTS
1 Abdul Qadir 250.00 256.67 120.00 150.00 956.67 382.67
2 Iqbal Qasim 151.62 300.00 112.74 132.22 864.76 345.90
3 RA Harper 52.08 300.00 116.06 86.11 734.25 293.70
4 DR Doshi 85.65 237.01 95.82 122.78 692.35 276.94
5 JE Emburey 138.89 214.05 81.91 132.78 684.76 273.90
6 RJ Shastri 163.19 207.70 80.06 113.89 683.55 273.42
7 SL Boock 65.97 249.94 97.19 108.33 674.40 269.76
8 RJ Bright 53.24 245.05 90.79 120.56 661.00 264.40
9 JG Bracewell 94.91 211.03 101.72 89.44 627.31 250.92
10 NS Yadav 81.02 193.10 87.82 112.22 602.44 240.98

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 30.00
Away 120.00
Favourable Conditions 30.00
Unfavourable Conditions 120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW 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 Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Abdul Qadir 55 150 26.11 59.16 832.51 24.98
2 Iqbal Qasim 40 99 23.28 63.35 704.57 21.14
3 DR Doshi 18 37 26.89 76.51 502.41 15.07
4 RJ Bright 6 6 68.00 174.83 500.00 15.00
4 JG Bracewell 15 30 30.70 79.80 500.00 15.00
4 RA Harper 12 16 25.63 79.50 500.00 15.00
7 RJ Shastri 61 73 38.93 102.32 487.48 14.62
8 SL Boock 15 24 36.63 85.63 436.87 13.11
9 JE Emburey 48 58 39.26 106.21 434.76 13.04
10 NS Yadav 32 45 39.02 86.71 428.75 12.86

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Abdul Qadir 39 66 46.41 95.48 815.50 97.86
2 JE Emburey 38 62 40.03 108.65 810.00 97.20
3 RA Harper 25 29 29.03 75.62 806.76 96.81
4 RJ Bright 24 40 37.10 92.33 789.25 94.71
5 RJ Shastri 48 68 40.15 103.81 785.90 94.31
6 JG Bracewell 42 52 41.08 89.10 746.46 89.58
7 SL Boock 20 33 34.21 82.91 736.85 88.42
8 Iqbal Qasim 17 32 30.28 79.31 722.85 86.74
9 DR Doshi 18 37 41.81 99.24 713.58 85.63
10 NS Yadav 12 25 38.16 99.32 632.04 75.84

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 Vs All Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SL Boock 12 28 24.57 63.04 982.61 29.48
2 RJ Bright 10 26 33.15 72.65 934.59 28.04
3 JE Emburey 10 19 29.53 84.32 765.05 22.95
4 JG Bracewell 14 18 44.61 86.94 664.20 19.93
5 RA Harper 7 3 68.67 197.67 250.67 7.52

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Abdul Qadir 63 159 27.25 60.85 995.13 29.85
2 Iqbal Qasim 51 117 24.91 66.84 851.59 25.55
3 DR Doshi 23 45 32.96 81.02 612.76 18.38
4 RJ Shastri 75 86 42.58 109.69 584.44 17.53
5 NS Yadav 33 46 42.43 94.61 493.12 14.79

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 RA Harper 30 42 24.90 68.38 795.00 95.40
2 JE Emburey 76 101 41.56 111.82 711.99 85.44
3 JG Bracewell 43 64 35.22 85.34 611.64 73.40
4 SL Boock 23 29 45.52 104.34 477.44 57.29
5 RJ Bright 20 20 51.50 142.65 419.71 50.37

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Abdul Qadir 31 57 46.44 96.51 839.16 100.70
2 RJ Shastri 34 55 34.73 92.64 834.30 100.12
3 DR Doshi 13 29 36.52 98.52 637.21 76.46
4 NS Yadav 11 24 31.58 84.71 621.96 74.64
5 Iqbal Qasim 6 14 25.64 70.71 595.07 71.41

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK BOWLER AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 Abdul Qadir 815.50 208.13 839.16 248.78 253.39
2 RJ Shastri 785.90 121.87 834.30 146.11 226.58
3 JE Emburey 810.00 108.69 711.99 191.26 218.63
4 RA Harper 806.76 125.00 795.00 62.67 214.73
5 Iqbal Qasim 722.85 176.14 595.07 212.90 204.84
6 JG Bracewell 746.46 125.00 611.64 166.05 197.90
7 DR Doshi 713.58 125.60 637.21 153.19 195.55
8 SL Boock 736.85 109.22 477.44 245.65 188.30
9 RJ Bright 789.25 125.00 419.71 233.65 188.11
10 NS Yadav 632.04 107.19 621.96 123.28 178.14

SECONDARY CRITERIA

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

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

CRITERIA POINTS
Wickets Per Inn 50.00
Top Form 100.00
Impact Innings 150.00

WKTS/INN

WPI RATING

Points to note about WPI Rating:-

  • It gives points for three criteria.
  • The number of wkts per inn overall and aganst Top Teams.
  • The number of bowled victims per inn.
  • The number of top 7 batsmen dismissed per inn.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS W/I RAT WTG
1 Iqbal Qasim 57 131 2.30 984.11 49.21
2 Abdul Qadir 94 216 2.30 950.75 47.54
3 DR Doshi 36 74 2.06 917.33 45.87
4 SL Boock 35 57 1.63 724.36 36.22
5 RJ Bright 30 46 1.53 695.70 34.78
6 NS Yadav 44 70 1.59 650.45 32.52
7 JE Emburey 86 120 1.40 633.62 31.68
8 JG Bracewell 57 82 1.44 571.01 28.55
9 RA Harper 37 45 1.22 548.54 27.43
10 RJ Shastri 109 141 1.29 523.81 26.19

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about TF Rating:-

  • TF is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
  • Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Abdul Qadir 30 78 33.62 69.49 967.86 96.79
2 Iqbal Qasim 23 53 26.08 68.77 869.23 86.92
3 DR Doshi 30 60 34.97 85.28 814.69 81.47
4 JE Emburey 30 52 35.42 93.63 771.12 77.11
5 RJ Bright 24 40 37.10 92.33 763.56 76.36
6 RA Harper 22 28 26.25 69.75 731.22 73.12
7 RJ Shastri 30 40 30.98 87.65 730.81 73.08
8 SL Boock 28 45 37.73 86.80 724.62 72.46
9 NS Yadav 30 50 40.38 96.30 690.86 69.09
10 JG Bracewell 30 37 40.73 93.16 632.75 63.27

IMPACT INNINGS

II RATING

Impact Innings (II) 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 equal to or more wickets than 2 at a good AVE or SR.
  • The required AVE or SR is increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 Iqbal Qasim 57 25 43.86 912.22 136.83
2 Abdul Qadir 94 32 34.04 771.58 115.74
3 DR Doshi 36 14 38.89 737.14 110.57
4 NS Yadav 44 15 34.09 712.98 106.95
5 RJ Shastri 109 28 25.69 637.78 95.67
6 JE Emburey 86 21 24.42 565.03 84.75
7 JG Bracewell 57 16 28.07 552.55 82.88
8 SL Boock 35 9 25.71 506.74 76.01
9 RA Harper 37 10 27.03 506.72 76.01
10 RJ Bright 30 8 26.67 500.00 75.00

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK BOWLER TF WPI II SEC RAT
1 Iqbal Qasim 86.92 49.21 136.83 272.96
2 Abdul Qadir 96.79 47.54 115.74 260.06
3 DR Doshi 81.47 45.87 110.57 237.91
4 NS Yadav 69.09 32.52 106.95 208.56
5 RJ Shastri 73.08 26.19 95.67 194.94
6 JE Emburey 77.11 31.68 84.75 193.55
7 RJ Bright 76.36 34.78 75.00 186.14
8 SL Boock 72.46 36.22 76.01 184.69
9 RA Harper 73.12 27.43 76.01 176.56
10 JG Bracewell 63.27 28.55 82.88 174.71

DECADES RATING

DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK BOWLER NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 Abdul Qadir PAK 382.67 253.39 260.06 896.12
2 Iqbal Qasim PAK 345.90 204.84 272.96 823.70
3 DR Doshi IND 276.94 195.55 237.91 710.40
4 RJ Shastri IND 273.42 226.58 194.94 694.94
5 JE Emburey ENG 273.90 218.63 193.55 686.09
6 RA Harper WI 293.70 214.73 176.56 684.99
7 SL Boock NZ 269.76 188.30 184.69 642.75
8 RJ Bright AUS 264.40 188.11 186.14 638.65
9 NS Yadav IND 240.98 178.14 208.56 627.67
10 JG Bracewell NZ 250.92 197.90 174.71 623.53

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific conditions.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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