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Top 7 Current Spin Bowlers In Test Cricket

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). 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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 7 Spin bowlers in matches in last 5 years in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-11-11

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
7. CURRENT RATING
8. TOP TEAMS
8.1. Top Teams In Asia
8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
CUR RATING

Points to note about CURRENT Rating:-

  • This rating takes into account only matches played in the last 5 years.
  • Only bowlers active till at least 2023 are considered in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

The CUR Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 400.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 100.00
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 a simple 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 20

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS R Ashwin IND 68 174 200.00
1 R Ashwin IND 68 174 200.00
2 NM Lyon AUS 64 160 183.91
3 RA Jadeja IND 54 108 124.14
4 NGRP Jayasuriya SL 30 97 111.49
5 KA Maharaj SA 41 84 96.55
6 Nauman Ali PAK 32 67 77.01
7 AR Patel IND 27 55 63.22

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 40

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS R Ashwin 68 3655 174 21.01 23.56 200.00
1 R Ashwin 68 3655 174 21.01 23.56 200.00
2 AR Patel 27 1064 55 19.35 24.47 192.49
3 RA Jadeja 54 2380 108 22.04 24.98 188.57
4 NM Lyon 64 4077 160 25.48 25.01 188.34
5 KA Maharaj 41 2331 84 27.75 25.50 184.74
6 Nauman Ali 32 1853 67 27.66 27.68 170.18
7 NGRP Jayasuriya 30 2757 97 28.42 29.68 158.74

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS AR Patel 23 877 47 18.66 23.61 200.00
1 AR Patel 23 877 47 18.66 23.61 200.00
2 R Ashwin 56 2972 141 21.08 23.64 199.75
3 NM Lyon 50 3313 127 26.09 25.61 184.38
4 RA Jadeja 46 2130 92 23.15 26.25 179.88
5 Nauman Ali 18 1324 48 27.58 27.61 171.01
6 NGRP Jayasuriya 20 1979 68 29.10 30.39 155.37
7 KA Maharaj 21 1386 30 46.20 42.45 111.21

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 40
RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS R Ashwin 68 7726 174 44.40 59.78 300.00
1 R Ashwin 68 7726 174 44.40 59.78 300.00
2 KA Maharaj 41 4802 84 57.17 61.23 292.90
3 NM Lyon 64 8891 160 55.57 65.47 273.91
4 Nauman Ali 32 3753 67 56.01 67.77 264.65
5 RA Jadeja 54 5273 108 48.82 68.46 261.97
6 NGRP Jayasuriya 30 5243 97 54.05 68.54 261.64
7 AR Patel 27 2540 55 46.18 70.49 254.41

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS AY Patel 10/119 6/57 6/57 6/90 5/103 6.60 100.00
1 Nauman Ali 8/46 7/70 6/42 6/107 5/35 6.40 96.97
2 NM Lyon 8/64 6/65 6/128 5/50 5/67 6.00 90.91
2 R Ashwin 7/71 6/61 6/88 6/91 5/37 6.00 90.91
2 NGRP Jayasuriya 7/52 6/42 6/59 6/118 5/68 6.00 90.91
5 KA Maharaj 7/32 7/40 5/36 5/59 5/180 5.80 87.88
6 RA Jadeja 7/42 5/41 5/41 5/47 5/55 5.40 81.82
7 AR Patel 6/38 5/32 5/48 5/60 5/62 5.20 78.79

CURRENT RATING

The CURRENT (CUR) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW CUR RAT
1 R Ashwin 200.00 399.75 300.00 90.91 990.66
2 NM Lyon 183.91 372.72 273.91 90.91 921.45
3 RA Jadeja 124.14 368.45 261.97 81.82 836.38
4 AR Patel 63.22 392.49 254.41 78.79 788.91
5 Nauman Ali 77.01 341.19 264.65 96.97 779.82
6 NGRP Jayasuriya 111.49 314.10 261.64 90.91 778.15
7 KA Maharaj 96.55 295.96 292.90 87.88 773.28

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG SA
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA AUS
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND AUS
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS SL IND PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA AUS
2020s IND SL PAK AUS NZ ENG

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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