Top 10 Pakistani Fast Bowlers In ODIs

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Nations Filter

The Nations Rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Pakistan.

  • The Rating of the players from Pakistan remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from Pakistan.

THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts & Eco)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, 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.
TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A bowler's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Career Wkts 50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Economic Strike Rate 300.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 100.00

PROLIFIC


The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS N Kapil Dev IND 1978 1994 1986 221 253 150.00
1 Imran Khan PAK 1974 1992 1983 153 182 107.91
2 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 1973 1984 1978.5 45 63 37.35
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Wasim Akram PAK 1984 2003 1993.5 351 502 200.00
1 Wasim Akram PAK 1984 2003 1993.5 351 502 200.00
2 Waqar Younis PAK 1989 2003 1996 258 416 165.74
3 Abdul Razzaq PAK 1996 2011 2003.5 254 269 107.17
4 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 1998 2011 2004.5 162 247 98.41
5 Aaqib Javed PAK 1988 1998 1993 159 182 72.51
6 Umar Gul PAK 2003 2016 2009.5 128 179 71.31
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS SL Malinga SL 2004 2019 2011.5 220 338 170.00
1 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 2018 2025 2021.5 65 131 65.89
2 Mohammad Aamer PAK 2009 2019 2014 60 81 40.74

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 bowler has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 100
Min Wickets (TT) 60

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SE Bond 80 3069 147 20.88 20.57 150.00
1 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 3181 131 24.28 23.46 131.51
2 Wasim Akram 351 11812 502 23.53 24.06 128.27
3 Waqar Younis 258 9919 416 23.84 24.49 126.01
4 Shoaib Akhtar 162 6168 247 24.97 24.62 125.34
5 Sarfraz Nawaz 45 1463 63 23.22 26.05 118.45
6 Imran Khan 153 4845 182 26.62 27.89 110.63
7 Mohammad Aamer 60 2400 81 29.63 29.03 106.30
8 Umar Gul 128 5253 179 29.35 29.46 104.76
9 Abdul Razzaq 254 8564 269 31.84 32.24 95.72
10 Aaqib Javed 159 5721 182 31.43 32.66 94.47

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS J Garner 91 2615 139 18.81 20.65 150.00
1 Shaheen Shah Afridi 44 2300 91 25.27 23.58 131.38
2 Wasim Akram 264 9199 370 24.86 24.58 126.01
3 Shoaib Akhtar 130 5241 197 26.60 25.04 123.68
4 Waqar Younis 191 7619 292 26.09 25.96 119.32
5 Sarfraz Nawaz 38 1280 51 25.10 27.29 113.49
6 Imran Khan 131 4284 156 27.46 27.97 110.73
7 Mohammad Aamer 46 1972 65 30.34 28.70 107.91
8 Umar Gul 88 3858 112 34.45 32.66 94.84
9 Aaqib Javed 120 4333 135 32.10 32.69 94.75
10 Abdul Razzaq 199 6853 201 34.09 33.33 92.92

ECONOMIC


R ER

Relative Economy Rate (R ER) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with ER.

Criteria: Points For R ER

Min Qualification For TS
Min Balls 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS J Garner 98 5330 2752 3.10 3.53 150.00
1 Wasim Akram 351 18186 11812 3.90 3.92 135.12
2 Mohammad Aamer 60 3013 2400 4.78 4.05 130.81
3 Sarfraz Nawaz 45 2412 1463 3.64 4.19 126.50
4 Imran Khan 153 7462 4845 3.90 4.19 126.49
5 Abdul Razzaq 254 10941 8564 4.70 4.38 120.97
6 Shoaib Akhtar 162 7764 6168 4.77 4.41 120.09
7 Aaqib Javed 159 8012 5721 4.28 4.44 119.32
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 3372 3181 5.66 4.47 118.59
9 Umar Gul 128 6064 5253 5.20 4.60 115.08
10 Waqar Younis 258 12698 9919 4.69 4.67 113.37

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS J Garner 91 4970 2615 3.16 3.58 150.00
1 Wasim Akram 264 13881 9199 3.98 3.99 134.77
2 Mohammad Aamer 46 2389 1972 4.95 4.12 130.44
3 Imran Khan 131 6484 4284 3.96 4.21 127.42
4 Sarfraz Nawaz 38 2031 1280 3.78 4.28 125.58
5 Abdul Razzaq 199 8652 6853 4.75 4.35 123.54
6 Aaqib Javed 120 6006 4333 4.33 4.45 120.66
7 Shoaib Akhtar 130 6345 5241 4.96 4.47 120.01
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 44 2317 2300 5.96 4.61 116.50
9 Umar Gul 88 4218 3858 5.49 4.69 114.50
10 Waqar Younis 191 9419 7619 4.85 4.77 112.68

BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)


BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler against Non Weak Teams in all matches. 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 Waqar Younis 7/36 6/26 6/30 6/44 6/59 6.20 100.00
1 Waqar Younis 7/36 6/26 6/30 6/44 6/59 6.20 100.00
2 Aaqib Javed 7/37 5/19 5/35 5/61 4/29 5.20 83.87
3 Wasim Akram 5/15 5/16 5/19 5/21 5/38 5.00 80.65
3 Shoaib Akhtar 6/16 5/19 5/25 5/54 4/28 5.00 80.65
5 Abdul Razzaq 6/35 5/31 5/48 4/23 4/29 4.80 77.42
6 Umar Gul 6/42 5/17 4/32 4/36 4/57 4.60 74.19
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 6/35 5/54 4/35 4/38 4/46 4.60 74.19
8 Imran Khan 6/14 4/27 4/37 4/37 3/13 4.20 67.74
9 Sarfraz Nawaz 4/27 4/37 4/44 4/46 3/31 3.80 61.29
10 Mohammad Aamer 5/30 4/28 3/16 3/24 3/26 3.60 58.06

BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)


BBE

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Economy of a bowler against Non Weak Teams. Best Bowling By Economy (BBE) is the Relative Economy of the bowler in the 5 Inns. Only 30+ Balls performaces are counted in this criteria.

Criteria: Points For Economy In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBE RAT
TS CEL Ambrose 10.0/5 5.0/4 8.4/9 6.0/8 8.5/13 1.05 100.00
1 Wasim Akram 7.2/4 6.0/7 8.0/11 7.0/10 7.0/10 1.20 87.97
2 Imran Khan 6.0/7 9.5/13 10.0/14 7.0/10 7.0/11 1.48 70.87
3 Shoaib Akhtar 8.0/9 9.0/16 10.0/18 5.0/10 5.0/10 1.58 66.76
4 Waqar Younis 5.0/7 8.0/13 6.4/11 6.0/10 8.0/14 1.63 64.59
5 Sarfraz Nawaz 6.4/7 5.2/6 11.0/13 11.0/22 10.2/22 1.82 57.90
6 Umar Gul 7.0/13 9.0/17 9.5/19 5.0/11 8.0/20 1.82 57.66
7 Aaqib Javed 7.0/11 7.1/12 10.0/17 9.0/19 6.4/15 1.93 54.64
8 Abdul Razzaq 6.0/10 8.3/16 6.0/13 7.0/16 10.0/24 1.96 53.55
9 Shaheen Shah Afridi 9.0/23 10.0/28 8.0/24 9.4/31 8.0/26 2.33 45.10
10 Mohammad Aamer 7.0/15 6.0/16 7.0/21 10.0/30 9.0/28 2.39 44.01

PRIMARY RATING


The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 Wasim Akram 200.00 254.28 269.88 80.65 87.97 892.77 357.11
2 Waqar Younis 165.74 245.33 226.05 100.00 64.59 801.71 320.68
3 Shoaib Akhtar 98.41 249.01 240.10 80.65 66.76 734.93 293.97
4 Imran Khan 107.91 221.36 253.92 67.74 70.87 721.80 288.72
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65.89 262.88 235.08 74.19 45.10 683.15 273.26
6 Abdul Razzaq 107.17 188.64 244.51 77.42 53.55 671.29 268.52
7 Sarfraz Nawaz 37.35 231.94 252.08 61.29 57.90 640.56 256.23
8 Aaqib Javed 72.51 189.22 239.98 83.87 54.64 640.22 256.09
9 Umar Gul 71.31 199.59 229.58 74.19 57.66 632.34 252.94
10 Mohammad Aamer 40.74 214.20 261.25 58.06 44.01 618.27 247.31

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

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

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Favourable Conditions 20.00
Unfavourable Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY


HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
  • U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
  • 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 ECO RAT WTG
1 Wasim Akram 141 191 24.09 3.92 847.57 16.95
2 Waqar Younis 103 181 21.28 4.62 778.11 15.56
3 Imran Khan 69 83 24.14 3.93 731.49 14.63
4 Shoaib Akhtar 61 95 25.06 4.88 674.80 13.50
5 Aaqib Javed 62 76 27.24 4.13 638.09 12.76
6 Sarfraz Nawaz 13 16 20.69 3.41 581.84 11.64
7 Umar Gul 57 79 28.42 5.09 580.55 11.61
8 Shaheen Shah Afridi 24 46 24.72 5.61 567.95 11.36
9 Abdul Razzaq 90 80 38.88 4.86 545.86 10.92
10 Mohammad Aamer 11 10 40.40 4.84 439.17 8.78

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Wasim Akram 210 311 23.18 3.88 849.02 67.92
2 Waqar Younis 155 235 25.82 4.73 760.01 60.80
3 Shoaib Akhtar 101 152 24.91 4.70 709.23 56.74
4 Abdul Razzaq 164 189 28.86 4.61 704.79 56.38
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 41 85 24.05 5.69 698.91 55.91
6 Imran Khan 84 99 28.70 3.87 649.69 51.97
7 Mohammad Aamer 49 71 28.11 4.77 645.30 51.62
8 Sarfraz Nawaz 32 47 24.09 3.71 625.41 50.03
9 Umar Gul 71 100 30.08 5.28 607.67 48.61
10 Aaqib Javed 97 106 34.44 4.37 574.63 45.97

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS


FC/UC 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

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Wasim Akram 170 252 23.65 3.91 898.58 17.97
2 Waqar Younis 129 206 24.82 4.76 856.69 17.13
3 Shoaib Akhtar 72 110 25.25 4.96 683.80 13.68
4 Imran Khan 68 83 28.70 3.88 679.53 13.59
5 Abdul Razzaq 110 118 31.63 4.65 677.37 13.55
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 26 54 24.06 5.76 659.86 13.20
7 Sarfraz Nawaz 32 47 24.09 3.71 653.87 13.08
8 Mohammad Aamer 42 60 28.33 4.78 631.26 12.63
9 Aaqib Javed 78 80 35.73 4.22 548.36 10.97
10 Umar Gul 28 39 31.90 5.49 519.14 10.38

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Wasim Akram 181 250 23.41 3.88 951.11 76.09
2 Waqar Younis 129 210 22.89 4.61 838.55 67.08
3 Shoaib Akhtar 90 137 24.74 4.62 799.61 63.97
4 Imran Khan 85 99 24.88 3.91 796.60 63.73
5 Aaqib Javed 81 102 28.07 4.35 724.60 57.97
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 39 77 24.44 5.59 713.64 57.09
7 Umar Gul 100 140 28.64 5.11 712.71 57.02
8 Abdul Razzaq 144 151 32.00 4.73 710.50 56.84
9 Mohammad Aamer 18 21 33.33 4.78 571.29 45.70
10 Sarfraz Nawaz 13 16 20.69 3.41 500.00 40.00

CONDITIONS RATING


The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC CON PTS
1 Wasim Akram 67.92 16.95 76.09 17.97 178.93
2 Waqar Younis 60.80 15.56 67.08 17.13 160.58
3 Shoaib Akhtar 56.74 13.50 63.97 13.68 147.88
4 Imran Khan 51.97 14.63 63.73 13.59 143.92
5 Abdul Razzaq 56.38 10.92 56.84 13.55 137.69
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi 55.91 11.36 57.09 13.20 137.56
7 Aaqib Javed 45.97 12.76 57.97 10.97 127.67
8 Umar Gul 48.61 11.61 57.02 10.38 127.62
9 Mohammad Aamer 51.62 8.78 45.70 12.63 118.74
10 Sarfraz Nawaz 50.03 11.64 40.00 13.08 114.75

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

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

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00
Top Form 100.00

WORLD CUP


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Imran Khan 19 34 19.26 3.86 691.84 103.78
2 Wasim Akram 36 55 23.84 4.04 648.75 97.31
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 14 34 21.03 5.58 637.08 95.56
4 Mohammad Aamer 8 17 21.06 4.90 544.17 81.63
5 Umar Gul 11 18 19.11 4.12 498.29 74.74
6 Sarfraz Nawaz 11 16 27.19 3.66 478.72 71.81
7 Abdul Razzaq 21 19 31.16 4.23 460.91 69.14
8 Shoaib Akhtar 18 30 25.50 5.14 460.15 69.02
9 Waqar Younis 11 22 21.18 5.00 447.05 67.06
10 Aaqib Javed 15 18 28.72 4.16 443.54 66.53
IMPACT INNINGS (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets or economy 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 4.
  • A Bowler bowls more than 30 balls and has a low ER.
  • The required ER is calculated by the number of wickets taken.

IMPACT INNINGS


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 Wasim Akram 351 137 39.03 696.24 104.44
2 Imran Khan 153 57 37.25 602.80 90.42
3 Sarfraz Nawaz 45 19 42.22 529.14 79.37
4 Mohammad Aamer 60 19 31.67 502.22 75.33
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi 65 22 33.85 493.88 74.08
6 Waqar Younis 258 65 25.19 447.16 67.07
7 Aaqib Javed 159 47 29.56 423.91 63.59
8 Shoaib Akhtar 162 44 27.16 389.96 58.49
9 Abdul Razzaq 254 58 22.83 380.28 57.04
10 Umar Gul 128 25 19.53 266.35 39.95
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM


Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 Waqar Younis 50 102 17.14 4.14 897.34 89.73
2 Shoaib Akhtar 50 92 18.64 4.43 835.31 83.53
3 Wasim Akram 50 86 18.49 3.57 818.52 81.85
4 Shaheen Shah Afridi 50 106 23.37 5.72 790.00 79.00
5 Abdul Razzaq 50 81 20.44 4.18 759.91 75.99
6 Imran Khan 50 72 21.51 3.82 745.21 74.52
7 Umar Gul 50 87 24.55 5.22 724.06 72.41
8 Sarfraz Nawaz 44 60 23.95 3.67 680.45 68.05
9 Mohammad Aamer 50 74 28.43 4.97 658.80 65.88
10 Aaqib Javed 50 70 25.64 4.25 656.16 65.62

SECONDARY RATING


The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BOWLER WC II TF SEC RAT
1 Wasim Akram 97.31 104.44 81.85 283.60
2 Imran Khan 103.78 90.42 74.52 268.72
3 Shaheen Shah Afridi 95.56 74.08 79.00 248.65
4 Waqar Younis 67.06 67.07 89.73 223.87
5 Mohammad Aamer 81.63 75.33 65.88 222.84
6 Sarfraz Nawaz 71.81 79.37 68.05 219.22
7 Shoaib Akhtar 69.02 58.49 83.53 211.05
8 Abdul Razzaq 69.14 57.04 75.99 202.17
9 Aaqib Javed 66.53 63.59 65.62 195.73
10 Umar Gul 74.74 39.95 72.41 187.10

OVERALL RATING

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

RANK OV RANK BOWLER NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 2 Wasim Akram PAK 357.11 178.93 283.60 819.64
2 16 Waqar Younis PAK 320.68 160.58 223.87 705.13
3 19 Imran Khan PAK 288.72 143.92 268.72 701.36
4 29 Shaheen Shah Afridi PAK 273.26 137.56 248.65 659.47
5 34 Shoaib Akhtar PAK 293.97 147.88 211.05 652.90
6 60 Abdul Razzaq PAK 268.52 137.69 202.17 608.37
7 68 Sarfraz Nawaz PAK 256.23 114.75 219.22 590.20
8 69 Mohammad Aamer PAK 247.31 118.74 222.84 588.88
9 77 Aaqib Javed PAK 256.09 127.67 195.73 579.49
10 85 Umar Gul PAK 252.94 127.62 187.10 567.66

NON WEAK TEAMS


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND NZ SL AUS PAK SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS


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


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