Tests - Best Spin Bowlers In Impact Innings

Top 15 Test Spin Bowlers Impact Innings

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 15 Spin bowlers in II Rating in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
4.3. In Home Matches
4.4. In Away Matches
5. IMPACT INNINGS RATING
6. BRIEF EXPLANATION
6.1. Dynamic Nature
6.2. Trend Setter (TS)
6.3. Top Teams (TT)
6.4. Abbreviations
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings in which a bowler has a minimum impact either in terms of wickets, average 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 2 at a good AVE or SR.
  • The required AVE or SR increases as the number of wickets taken increases.

THE CRITERIA

The II Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Total Impact Innings 250.00
Consistent II Percentage 200.00
Top Teams II Percentage (TT) 300.00
At Home II Percentage (HM) 50.00
Away From Home II Percentage (AW) 200.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Innings At Home 10
Min Innings Away 10
Min Career Wkts 50

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1976
Era 2 MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3 MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4 MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Total Impact Innings

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS II RAT
TS DL Underwood ENG 1966 1982 1974 151 58 220.00
1 DL Underwood ENG 1966 1982 1974 151 58 220.00
2 LR Gibbs WI 1958 1976 1967 148 55 208.62
3 R Benaud AUS 1952 1964 1958 116 51 193.45
4 BS Chandrasekhar IND 1964 1979 1971.5 97 41 155.52
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS II RAT
TS Abdul Qadir PAK 1977 1990 1983.5 111 35 210.00
1 B Yardley AUS 1978 1983 1980.5 58 24 144.00
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS II RAT
TS M Muralitharan SL 1992 2010 2001 230 145 250.00
1 M Muralitharan SL 1992 2010 2001 230 145 250.00
2 SK Warne AUS 1992 2007 1999.5 273 137 236.21
3 A Kumble IND 1990 2008 1999 236 118 203.45
4 HMRKB Herath SL 1999 2018 2008.5 170 81 139.66
5 Danish Kaneria PAK 2000 2010 2005 112 50 86.21
6 A Mishra IND 2008 2016 2012 40 18 31.03
RANK ERA 4 NAT FP LP MP INNS II RAT
TS NM Lyon AUS 2011 2025 2018 262 110 240.00
1 NM Lyon AUS 2011 2025 2018 262 110 240.00
2 R Ashwin IND 2011 2024 2017.5 200 93 202.91
3 RA Jadeja IND 2012 2025 2018.5 167 77 168.00
4 Yasir Shah PAK 2014 2022 2018 89 46 100.36

CONSISTENT

Criteria: Points For Impact Innings Percentage

Min Qualification For TS
Min II 25
Min II (TT) 10
Min II (HM) 10
Min II (AW) 10

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS II II PERC RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 145 63.04 200.00
1 M Muralitharan 230 145 63.04 200.00
2 Yasir Shah 89 46 51.69 163.97
3 SK Warne 273 137 50.18 159.20
4 A Kumble 236 118 50.00 158.62
5 HMRKB Herath 170 81 47.65 151.16
6 R Ashwin 200 93 46.50 147.52
7 RA Jadeja 167 77 46.11 146.27
8 A Mishra 40 18 45.00 142.76
9 Danish Kaneria 112 50 44.64 141.63
10 R Benaud 116 51 43.97 139.48
11 BS Chandrasekhar 97 41 42.27 134.09
12 NM Lyon 262 110 41.98 133.19
13 B Yardley 58 24 41.38 131.27
14 DL Underwood 151 58 38.41 121.85
15 LR Gibbs 148 55 37.16 117.89

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS II II PERC RAT
TS M Muralitharan 134 79 58.96 300.00
1 M Muralitharan 134 79 58.96 300.00
2 SK Warne 168 84 50.00 254.43
3 RA Jadeja 123 58 47.15 239.95
4 Danish Kaneria 79 36 45.57 231.89
5 A Kumble 143 65 45.45 231.30
6 R Ashwin 144 65 45.14 229.69
7 Yasir Shah 54 24 44.44 226.16
8 A Mishra 32 14 43.75 222.63
9 HMRKB Herath 117 48 41.03 208.76
10 BS Chandrasekhar 77 31 40.26 204.87
11 NM Lyon 189 75 39.68 201.93
12 LR Gibbs 108 41 37.96 193.18
13 R Benaud 76 28 36.84 187.48
14 B Yardley 42 15 35.71 181.74
15 DL Underwood 96 31 32.29 164.32

In Home Matches

RANK BOWLER INNS II II PERC RAT
TS M Muralitharan 134 93 69.40 50.00
1 M Muralitharan 134 93 69.40 50.00
2 Yasir Shah 41 28 68.29 49.20
3 A Kumble 115 66 57.39 41.35
4 RA Jadeja 105 58 55.24 39.80
5 HMRKB Herath 92 49 53.26 38.37
6 R Ashwin 127 64 50.39 36.31
7 BS Chandrasekhar 55 26 47.27 34.06
8 SK Warne 129 57 44.19 31.83
9 LR Gibbs 59 25 42.37 30.53
10 Danish Kaneria 50 21 42.00 30.26
11 B Yardley 36 15 41.67 30.02
12 R Benaud 54 22 40.74 29.35
13 NM Lyon 136 53 38.97 28.08
14 A Mishra 22 8 36.36 26.20
15 DL Underwood 73 26 35.62 25.66

In Away Matches

RANK BOWLER INNS II II PERC RAT
TS SK Warne 144 80 55.56 200.00
1 SK Warne 144 80 55.56 200.00
1 A Mishra 18 10 55.56 200.00
3 M Muralitharan 96 52 54.17 195.00
4 R Benaud 62 29 46.77 168.39
4 Danish Kaneria 62 29 46.77 168.39
6 NM Lyon 126 57 45.24 162.86
7 A Kumble 121 52 42.98 154.71
8 DL Underwood 78 32 41.03 147.69
8 HMRKB Herath 78 32 41.03 147.69
10 B Yardley 22 9 40.91 147.27
11 R Ashwin 73 29 39.73 143.01
12 Yasir Shah 48 18 37.50 135.00
13 BS Chandrasekhar 42 15 35.71 128.57
14 LR Gibbs 89 30 33.71 121.35
15 RA Jadeja 62 19 30.65 110.32

IMPACT INNINGS RATING

The IMPACT INNINGS (II) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON C TT C HM C AW II RAT
1 M Muralitharan 250.00 200.00 300.00 50.00 195.00 995.00
2 SK Warne 236.21 159.20 254.43 31.83 200.00 881.67
3 A Kumble 203.45 158.62 231.30 41.35 154.71 789.43
4 NM Lyon 240.00 133.19 201.93 28.08 162.86 766.05
5 R Ashwin 202.91 147.52 229.69 36.31 143.01 759.44
6 R Benaud 193.45 139.48 187.48 29.35 168.39 718.14
7 RA Jadeja 168.00 146.27 239.95 39.80 110.32 704.34
8 HMRKB Herath 139.66 151.16 208.76 38.37 147.69 685.64
9 DL Underwood 220.00 121.85 164.32 25.66 147.69 679.53
10 Yasir Shah 100.36 163.97 226.16 49.20 135.00 674.69
11 LR Gibbs 208.62 117.89 193.18 30.53 121.35 671.57
12 Danish Kaneria 86.21 141.63 231.89 30.26 168.39 658.36
13 BS Chandrasekhar 155.52 134.09 204.87 34.06 128.57 657.10
14 B Yardley 144.00 131.27 181.74 30.02 147.27 634.30
15 A Mishra 31.03 142.76 222.63 26.20 200.00 622.62

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 condition.

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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