Top 25 Spin 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 Spin 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 Spin 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 LR Gibbs WI 1958 1976 1967 148 188 210.00
1 LR Gibbs WI 1958 1976 1967 148 188 210.00
2 DL Underwood ENG 1966 1982 1974 151 175 195.48
3 BS Bedi IND 1966 1979 1972.5 118 154 172.02
4 R Benaud AUS 1952 1964 1958 116 137 153.03
5 BS Chandrasekhar IND 1964 1979 1971.5 97 120 134.04
6 S Ramadhin WI 1950 1960 1955 76 110 122.87
7 EAS Prasanna IND 1962 1978 1970 86 105 117.29
8 Iqbal Qasim PAK 1976 1988 1982 86 102 113.94
9 AL Valentine WI 1950 1962 1956 63 101 112.82
10 FJ Titmus ENG 1955 1975 1965 90 95 106.12
11 Intikhab Alam PAK 1959 1977 1968 78 89 99.41
12 PH Edmonds ENG 1975 1987 1981 84 81 90.48
13 DR Doshi IND 1979 1983 1981 55 78 87.13
14 DA Allen ENG 1960 1966 1963 65 70 78.19
15 AA Mallett AUS 1968 1980 1974 71 64 71.49
16 NS Yadav IND 1979 1987 1983 61 61 68.14
17 HJ Howarth NZ 1969 1977 1973 50 52 58.09
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS T7 WKTS RAT
TS SK Warne AUS 1992 2007 1999.5 273 336 250.00
1 SK Warne AUS 1992 2007 1999.5 273 336 250.00
2 M Muralitharan SL 1992 2010 2001 230 330 245.54
3 A Kumble IND 1990 2008 1999 236 252 187.50
4 HMRKB Herath SL 1999 2018 2008.5 170 204 151.79
5 GP Swann ENG 2008 2013 2010.5 109 113 84.08
6 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 1990 2003 1996.5 89 94 69.94
7 PL Harris SA 2007 2011 2009 63 66 49.11
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS T7 WKTS RAT
TS NM Lyon AUS 2011 2023 2017 217 221 220.00
1 NM Lyon AUS 2011 2023 2017 217 221 220.00
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 AL Valentine 63 101 1.60 300.00
1 AL Valentine 63 101 1.60 300.00
2 S Ramadhin 76 110 1.45 270.84
3 M Muralitharan 230 330 1.43 268.49
4 DR Doshi 55 78 1.42 265.38
5 BS Bedi 118 154 1.31 244.22
6 LR Gibbs 148 188 1.27 237.70
7 BS Chandrasekhar 97 120 1.24 231.50
8 SK Warne 273 336 1.23 230.31
9 EAS Prasanna 86 105 1.22 228.47
10 HMRKB Herath 170 204 1.20 224.55
11 Iqbal Qasim 86 102 1.19 221.94
12 R Benaud 116 137 1.18 221.01
13 DL Underwood 151 175 1.16 216.87
14 Intikhab Alam 78 89 1.14 213.52
15 DA Allen 65 70 1.08 201.52
16 A Kumble 236 252 1.07 199.82
17 Mushtaq Ahmed 89 94 1.06 197.64
18 FJ Titmus 90 95 1.06 197.52
19 PL Harris 63 66 1.05 196.04
20 HJ Howarth 50 52 1.04 194.61
21 GP Swann 109 113 1.04 194.00
22 NM Lyon 217 221 1.02 190.58
23 NS Yadav 61 61 1.00 187.13
24 PH Edmonds 84 81 0.96 180.45
25 AA Mallett 71 64 0.90 168.68

In Away Matches

RANK BOWLER INNS T7 WKTS WKTS/INN RAT
TS NS Yadav 12 19 1.58 300.00
1 AL Valentine 38 68 1.79 300.00
2 S Ramadhin 44 70 1.59 300.00
3 M Muralitharan 96 152 1.58 300.00
3 NS Yadav 12 19 1.58 300.00
5 DL Underwood 78 119 1.53 289.07
6 AA Mallett 32 47 1.47 278.29
7 SK Warne 144 210 1.46 276.32
8 DR Doshi 18 25 1.39 263.16
9 FJ Titmus 52 71 1.37 258.70
10 R Benaud 62 84 1.35 256.71
11 DA Allen 43 58 1.35 255.57
12 Mushtaq Ahmed 52 70 1.35 255.06
13 LR Gibbs 89 116 1.30 246.95
14 Iqbal Qasim 36 44 1.22 231.58
15 Intikhab Alam 41 50 1.22 231.07
16 PL Harris 32 39 1.22 230.92
17 BS Chandrasekhar 42 51 1.21 230.08
18 HJ Howarth 29 35 1.21 228.68
19 GP Swann 52 62 1.19 225.91
20 BS Bedi 64 76 1.19 225.00
21 EAS Prasanna 45 52 1.16 218.95
22 PH Edmonds 33 35 1.06 200.96
23 NM Lyon 101 98 0.97 183.85
24 HMRKB Herath 78 74 0.95 179.76
25 A Kumble 121 106 0.88 165.99
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 AL Valentine 63 139 101 72.66 150.00
1 AL Valentine 63 139 101 72.66 150.00
2 Intikhab Alam 78 125 89 71.20 146.98
3 S Ramadhin 76 158 110 69.62 143.72
4 DR Doshi 55 114 78 68.42 141.25
5 PH Edmonds 84 125 81 64.80 133.77
6 PL Harris 63 103 66 64.08 132.28
7 FJ Titmus 90 153 95 62.09 128.18
8 LR Gibbs 148 309 188 60.84 125.60
9 HJ Howarth 50 86 52 60.47 124.82
10 NS Yadav 61 102 61 59.80 123.46
11 Iqbal Qasim 86 171 102 59.65 123.14
12 DL Underwood 151 297 175 58.92 121.64
13 BS Bedi 118 266 154 57.89 119.52
14 DA Allen 65 122 70 57.38 118.45
15 EAS Prasanna 86 189 105 55.56 114.69
16 R Benaud 116 248 137 55.24 114.04
17 Mushtaq Ahmed 89 185 94 50.81 104.89
18 BS Chandrasekhar 97 242 120 49.59 102.36
19 AA Mallett 71 132 64 48.48 100.09
20 NM Lyon 217 460 221 48.04 99.18
21 SK Warne 273 708 336 47.46 97.97
22 HMRKB Herath 170 433 204 47.11 97.26
23 GP Swann 109 255 113 44.31 91.48
24 M Muralitharan 230 800 330 41.25 85.15
25 A Kumble 236 619 252 40.71 84.04
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 M Muralitharan 245.54 268.49 300.00 85.15 899.18
2 AL Valentine 112.82 300.00 300.00 150.00 862.82
3 SK Warne 250.00 230.31 276.32 97.97 854.60
4 S Ramadhin 122.87 270.84 300.00 143.72 837.44
5 DL Underwood 195.48 216.87 289.07 121.64 823.06
6 LR Gibbs 210.00 237.70 246.95 125.60 820.26
7 BS Bedi 172.02 244.22 225.00 119.52 760.76
8 DR Doshi 87.13 265.38 263.16 141.25 756.91
9 R Benaud 153.03 221.01 256.71 114.04 744.78
10 BS Chandrasekhar 134.04 231.50 230.08 102.36 697.98
11 NM Lyon 220.00 190.58 183.85 99.18 693.60
12 Intikhab Alam 99.41 213.52 231.07 146.98 690.98
13 Iqbal Qasim 113.94 221.94 231.58 123.14 690.60
14 FJ Titmus 106.12 197.52 258.70 128.18 690.53
15 EAS Prasanna 117.29 228.47 218.95 114.69 679.39
16 NS Yadav 68.14 187.13 300.00 123.46 678.72
17 DA Allen 78.19 201.52 255.57 118.45 653.73
18 HMRKB Herath 151.79 224.55 179.76 97.26 653.36
19 A Kumble 187.50 199.82 165.99 84.04 637.34
20 Mushtaq Ahmed 69.94 197.64 255.06 104.89 627.53
21 AA Mallett 71.49 168.68 278.29 100.09 618.55
22 PL Harris 49.11 196.04 230.92 132.28 608.35
23 HJ Howarth 58.09 194.61 228.68 124.82 606.20
24 PH Edmonds 90.48 180.45 200.96 133.77 605.65
25 GP Swann 84.08 194.00 225.91 91.48 595.46

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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