Top 7 South African Fast Bowlers in T20Is

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Nations Filter

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

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

THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Economy, BBI (Wkts & Eco)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Impact Inns, Top Form
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 matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
  • TT & NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Overall Wkts 25

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The OVERALL Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Economic Strike Rate 250.00
Best Bowling Top Inns (Wkts) 100.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 200.00

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS TG Southee NZ 2008 2024 2016 123 164 200.00
1 K Rabada SA 2014 2025 2019.5 70 77 93.90
2 LT Ngidi SA 2017 2025 2021 50 70 85.37
3 DW Steyn SA 2007 2020 2013.5 47 64 78.05
4 WD Parnell SA 2009 2023 2016 55 59 71.95
5 AA Nortje SA 2019 2024 2021.5 41 53 64.63
6 AL Phehlukwayo SA 2017 2024 2020.5 39 50 60.98
7 M Morkel SA 2007 2017 2012 44 47 57.32

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 50
Min Wickets (TT) 30

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS LH Ferguson 43 1088 64 17.00 16.98 100.00
1 AA Nortje 41 1016 53 19.17 18.32 92.71
2 DW Steyn 47 1175 64 18.36 19.10 88.91
3 LT Ngidi 50 1502 70 21.46 20.58 82.52
4 AL Phehlukwayo 39 1112 50 22.24 21.50 79.01
5 WD Parnell 55 1513 59 25.64 24.68 68.81
6 K Rabada 70 2091 77 27.16 25.79 65.86
7 M Morkel 44 1191 47 25.34 25.86 65.69

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Umar Gul 48 1213 70 17.33 17.56 150.00
1 AA Nortje 32 842 39 21.59 19.31 136.40
2 LT Ngidi 39 1252 57 21.96 20.02 131.56
3 DW Steyn 42 1102 55 20.04 20.40 129.13
4 AL Phehlukwayo 34 1011 44 22.98 21.79 120.89
5 K Rabada 57 1753 65 26.97 24.36 108.11
6 WD Parnell 46 1292 46 28.09 26.15 100.70
7 M Morkel 39 1110 38 29.21 29.37 89.68

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 500

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 74 1618 1714 6.36 6.34 100.00
1 AA Nortje 41 869 1016 7.01 6.78 93.49
2 DW Steyn 47 1015 1175 6.95 7.15 88.65
3 M Morkel 44 952 1191 7.51 7.77 81.57
4 K Rabada 70 1489 2091 8.43 8.13 77.97
5 WD Parnell 55 1094 1513 8.30 8.16 77.63
6 LT Ngidi 50 1010 1502 8.92 8.32 76.17
7 AL Phehlukwayo 39 748 1112 8.92 8.51 74.45

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS JJ Bumrah 53 1152 1316 6.85 6.64 200.00
1 AA Nortje 32 677 842 7.46 6.96 190.83
2 DW Steyn 42 913 1102 7.24 7.36 180.42
3 M Morkel 39 862 1110 7.73 7.90 168.03
4 K Rabada 57 1243 1753 8.46 7.96 166.74
5 WD Parnell 46 915 1292 8.47 8.22 161.56
6 LT Ngidi 39 779 1252 9.64 8.71 152.46
7 AL Phehlukwayo 34 650 1011 9.33 8.79 150.92

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 of all time. 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 Umar Gul 5/6 5/6 4/8 4/13 4/37 4.40 100.00
1 LT Ngidi 5/39 4/19 4/29 3/30 3/32 3.80 86.36
2 DW Steyn 4/9 4/17 3/15 3/22 3/38 3.40 77.27
2 AA Nortje 4/7 4/10 4/41 3/8 2/7 3.40 77.27
4 WD Parnell 4/13 3/14 3/15 3/25 3/31 3.20 72.73
4 AL Phehlukwayo 4/24 3/19 3/25 3/28 3/36 3.20 72.73
6 K Rabada 3/18 3/20 3/30 3/37 3/39 3.00 68.18
7 M Morkel 4/17 4/20 2/15 2/21 2/27 2.80 63.64

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 12+ 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 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3.0/3 4.0/4 4.0/9 3.0/7 3.0/9 1.88 150.00
1 AA Nortje 4.0/7 3.0/7 3.2/8 3.3/10 4.0/14 2.49 112.94
2 WD Parnell 3.0/8 4.0/13 4.0/14 3.5/14 4.0/15 3.34 84.21
3 DW Steyn 3.0/6 3.0/9 4.0/13 4.0/15 4.0/17 3.43 82.05
4 K Rabada 4.0/15 4.0/16 4.0/18 4.0/18 3.0/14 4.11 68.45
5 M Morkel 4.0/15 2.0/8 4.0/17 2.0/9 4.0/18 4.33 64.95
6 LT Ngidi 2.4/11 4.0/19 2.0/10 3.4/19 2.0/12 4.62 60.95
7 AL Phehlukwayo 2.0/11 4.0/23 4.0/25 4.0/25 3.0/19 5.78 48.69

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 AA Nortje 64.63 229.10 284.32 77.27 112.94 768.27 307.31
2 DW Steyn 78.05 218.04 269.07 77.27 82.05 724.48 289.79
3 LT Ngidi 85.37 214.09 228.63 86.36 60.95 675.40 270.16
4 K Rabada 93.90 173.97 244.71 68.18 68.45 649.22 259.69
5 WD Parnell 71.95 169.51 239.20 72.73 84.21 637.59 255.04
6 AL Phehlukwayo 60.98 199.90 225.38 72.73 48.69 607.67 243.07
7 M Morkel 57.32 155.37 249.59 63.64 64.95 590.86 236.34

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: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 DW Steyn 16 22 20.00 7.59 590.85 11.82
2 LT Ngidi 18 28 21.04 9.79 574.56 11.49
3 AL Phehlukwayo 23 26 23.65 8.37 551.99 11.04
4 K Rabada 16 19 28.68 8.72 513.56 10.27
5 M Morkel 15 14 26.93 7.11 509.97 10.20
6 AA Nortje 6 6 30.17 7.87 500.00 10.00
7 WD Parnell 17 17 30.29 9.36 459.50 9.19

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 AA Nortje 35 47 17.77 6.85 811.91 64.95
2 DW Steyn 31 42 17.50 6.61 725.89 58.07
3 K Rabada 54 58 26.66 8.33 683.43 54.67
4 WD Parnell 38 42 23.76 7.84 674.10 53.93
5 LT Ngidi 32 42 21.74 8.44 657.96 52.64
6 M Morkel 29 33 24.67 7.70 588.49 47.08
7 AL Phehlukwayo 16 24 20.71 9.71 575.82 46.07

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

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 AA Nortje 27 37 17.81 6.76 794.09 15.88
2 DW Steyn 33 43 19.47 7.03 729.74 14.59
3 LT Ngidi 44 63 21.08 8.86 722.07 14.44
4 AL Phehlukwayo 34 46 20.93 8.92 656.39 13.13
5 M Morkel 29 33 23.39 7.43 639.19 12.78
6 WD Parnell 39 42 25.38 8.49 636.92 12.74
7 K Rabada 46 50 27.80 8.55 634.16 12.68

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 DW Steyn 14 21 16.10 6.74 793.15 63.45
2 K Rabada 24 27 25.96 8.18 784.80 62.78
3 AA Nortje 14 16 22.31 7.54 734.82 58.79
4 WD Parnell 16 17 26.29 7.87 695.68 55.65
5 M Morkel 15 14 29.93 7.64 576.43 46.11
6 AL Phehlukwayo 5 4 37.25 8.94 500.00 40.00
6 LT Ngidi 6 7 24.86 9.41 500.00 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 AA Nortje 64.95 10.00 58.79 15.88 149.62
2 DW Steyn 58.07 11.82 63.45 14.59 147.93
3 K Rabada 54.67 10.27 62.78 12.68 140.41
4 WD Parnell 53.93 9.19 55.65 12.74 131.51
5 LT Ngidi 52.64 11.49 40.00 14.44 118.57
6 M Morkel 47.08 10.20 46.11 12.78 116.18
7 AL Phehlukwayo 46.07 11.04 40.00 13.13 110.23

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 RATING

Points to note:-

  • Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
  • Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 AA Nortje 19 35 11.40 5.55 977.57 146.64
2 DW Steyn 23 30 19.30 6.96 712.12 106.82
3 WD Parnell 14 18 17.17 6.74 669.15 100.37
4 K Rabada 22 28 22.36 8.06 663.74 99.56
5 M Morkel 17 24 18.83 7.21 655.96 98.39
6 AL Phehlukwayo 0 0 NA NA 500.00 75.00
6 LT Ngidi 4 7 16.57 8.92 500.00 75.00
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 12 balls and has a low ER.
  • The required ER increases as wickets increase.

IMPACT INNINGS


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 DW Steyn 47 31 65.96 825.56 123.83
2 AA Nortje 41 25 60.98 791.33 118.70
3 M Morkel 44 24 54.55 669.36 100.40
4 LT Ngidi 50 24 48.00 612.23 91.83
5 WD Parnell 55 24 43.64 586.47 87.97
6 K Rabada 70 28 40.00 565.95 84.89
7 AL Phehlukwayo 39 17 43.59 500.00 75.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 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 AA Nortje 30 44 17.23 7.16 891.77 89.18
2 DW Steyn 30 41 16.27 6.29 831.89 83.19
3 LT Ngidi 30 50 19.44 9.67 788.29 78.83
4 M Morkel 30 40 19.23 7.02 745.58 74.56
5 WD Parnell 30 35 21.23 7.92 726.52 72.65
6 AL Phehlukwayo 30 42 20.74 8.86 715.28 71.53
7 K Rabada 30 37 22.76 7.72 707.82 70.78

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 AA Nortje 146.64 118.70 89.18 354.51
2 DW Steyn 106.82 123.83 83.19 313.84
3 M Morkel 98.39 100.40 74.56 273.36
4 WD Parnell 100.37 87.97 72.65 261.00
5 K Rabada 99.56 84.89 70.78 255.24
6 LT Ngidi 75.00 91.83 78.83 245.66
7 AL Phehlukwayo 75.00 75.00 71.53 221.53

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 AA Nortje SA 307.31 149.62 354.51 811.44
2 9 DW Steyn SA 289.79 147.93 313.84 751.57
3 21 K Rabada SA 259.69 140.41 255.24 655.34
4 23 WD Parnell SA 255.04 131.51 261.00 647.54
5 26 LT Ngidi SA 270.16 118.57 245.66 634.39
6 29 M Morkel SA 236.34 116.18 273.36 625.88
7 41 AL Phehlukwayo SA 243.07 110.23 221.53 574.83

NON WEAK TEAMS


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG BAN
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN AFG
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI SL US AFG

TOP TEAMS


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI

* Our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers set new benchmarks.



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