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Top 7 Sri Lankan Spin Bowlers In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. 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). So, here are the Top 7 Sri Lankan Spin bowlers in ODI cricket in all matches.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ECONOMIC
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BEST BOWLING BY WKTS (NWT)
3.5. BEST BOWLING BY ECO (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Favourable Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

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

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

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.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. 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) 40

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary 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) 150.00
Economic Bowling Top Inns (Eco) 150.00

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 Abdul Qadir PAK 1983 1993 1988 100 132 120.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS M Muralitharan SL 1993 2011 2002 341 534 200.00
1 M Muralitharan SL 1993 2011 2002 341 534 200.00
2 ST Jayasuriya SL 1990 2011 2000.5 368 323 120.97
3 UDU Chandana SL 1994 2007 2000.5 136 151 56.55
4 HDPK Dharmasena SL 1994 2004 1999 134 138 51.69
5 HMRKB Herath SL 2004 2015 2009.5 67 74 27.72
6 RS Kalpage SL 1992 1999 1995.5 81 73 27.34
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS Shakib Al Hasan BAN 2006 2023 2014.5 241 317 160.00
1 BAW Mendis SL 2008 2015 2011.5 84 152 76.72

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) 50

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Saqlain Mushtaq 165 6275 288 21.79 22.39 100.00
1 BAW Mendis 84 3324 152 21.87 23.07 97.08
2 M Muralitharan 341 12326 534 23.08 24.21 92.48
3 HMRKB Herath 67 2362 74 31.92 29.21 76.66
4 UDU Chandana 136 4810 151 31.85 33.21 67.42
5 ST Jayasuriya 368 11863 323 36.73 37.79 59.25
6 HDPK Dharmasena 134 4998 138 36.22 38.32 58.44
7 RS Kalpage 81 2975 73 40.75 41.81 53.56

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS Saeed Ajmal 60 2344 101 23.21 24.06 150.00
1 BAW Mendis 55 2383 95 25.08 26.46 136.41
2 M Muralitharan 239 9078 359 25.29 26.52 136.07
3 HMRKB Herath 60 2081 68 30.60 28.01 128.87
4 UDU Chandana 86 3150 92 34.24 35.70 101.10
5 HDPK Dharmasena 103 3904 106 36.83 38.97 92.62
6 ST Jayasuriya 266 8657 222 39.00 40.13 89.94
7 RS Kalpage 61 2232 45 49.60 50.88 70.93

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 2000

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS SP Narine 65 3540 2435 4.13 3.74 100.00
1 M Muralitharan 341 18811 12326 3.93 3.88 96.34
2 HMRKB Herath 67 3242 2362 4.37 3.92 95.42
3 HDPK Dharmasena 134 7009 4998 4.28 4.27 87.55
4 RS Kalpage 81 3960 2975 4.51 4.51 82.84
5 BAW Mendis 84 4154 3324 4.80 4.53 82.48
6 UDU Chandana 136 6136 4810 4.70 4.65 80.29
7 ST Jayasuriya 368 14868 11863 4.79 4.70 79.51

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS RUNS ER R ER RAT
TS SP Narine 50 2733 1932 4.24 3.84 150.00
1 HMRKB Herath 60 2852 2081 4.38 3.92 146.87
2 M Muralitharan 239 13327 9078 4.09 4.03 142.86
3 HDPK Dharmasena 103 5347 3904 4.38 4.37 131.81
4 RS Kalpage 61 2877 2232 4.65 4.66 123.66
5 ST Jayasuriya 266 10653 8657 4.88 4.79 120.35
6 UDU Chandana 86 3877 3150 4.87 4.82 119.42
7 BAW Mendis 55 2788 2383 5.13 4.84 119.03

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 Shahid Afridi 7/12 6/38 5/23 5/35 5/40 5.60 150.00
1 M Muralitharan 7/30 5/9 5/23 5/23 5/30 5.40 144.64
2 ST Jayasuriya 6/29 5/17 5/28 5/58 4/14 5.00 133.93
3 BAW Mendis 6/13 4/10 4/46 4/47 4/51 4.40 117.86
4 UDU Chandana 5/61 4/31 4/35 4/44 3/2 4.00 107.14
5 RS Kalpage 4/36 4/45 3/29 3/34 3/38 3.40 91.07
6 HMRKB Herath 4/20 3/25 3/25 3/28 3/36 3.20 85.71
6 HDPK Dharmasena 4/37 3/16 3/27 3/30 3/31 3.20 85.71

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 M Muralitharan 10.0/9 10.0/9 6.0/6 9.0/11 8.0/12 1.08 150.00
1 M Muralitharan 10.0/9 10.0/9 6.0/6 9.0/11 8.0/12 1.08 150.00
2 HDPK Dharmasena 10.0/16 10.0/19 9.0/18 7.0/16 8.0/19 2.00 81.07
3 ST Jayasuriya 7.0/12 5.0/9 6.2/13 8.0/17 10.0/23 2.00 80.90
4 BAW Mendis 8.0/13 7.0/14 10.0/22 9.0/21 9.4/24 2.03 79.63
5 HMRKB Herath 10.0/20 5.0/12 10.0/28 8.5/25 6.0/18 2.32 69.82
6 UDU Chandana 10.0/20 7.2/15 10.0/23 9.4/25 10.0/28 2.34 69.22
7 RS Kalpage 10.0/21 10.0/25 10.0/27 10.0/27 10.0/29 2.58 62.65

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 half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ECO BBW BBE RAT PRI PTS
1 M Muralitharan 200.00 228.56 239.20 144.64 150.00 962.40 481.20
2 BAW Mendis 76.72 233.49 201.51 117.86 79.63 709.20 354.60
3 ST Jayasuriya 120.97 149.19 199.86 133.93 80.90 684.85 342.43
4 HMRKB Herath 27.72 205.53 242.28 85.71 69.82 631.07 315.53
5 UDU Chandana 56.55 168.52 199.71 107.14 69.22 601.15 300.57
6 HDPK Dharmasena 51.69 151.05 219.35 85.71 81.07 588.88 294.44
7 RS Kalpage 27.34 124.50 206.49 91.07 62.65 512.05 256.02

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 200.00
Away 800.00
Favourable Conditions 200.00
Unfavourable Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani bowlers are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 M Muralitharan 105 154 24.63 3.86 833.89 166.78
2 ST Jayasuriya 109 119 28.31 4.45 743.54 148.71
3 UDU Chandana 55 82 23.22 4.41 685.49 137.10
4 BAW Mendis 40 67 24.10 4.79 662.43 132.49
5 RS Kalpage 32 39 27.62 4.17 602.92 120.58
6 HMRKB Herath 34 39 30.08 4.47 587.41 117.48
7 HDPK Dharmasena 51 55 34.62 4.23 586.14 117.23

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 M Muralitharan 236 380 22.46 3.96 945.08 756.07
2 BAW Mendis 44 85 20.11 4.81 660.61 528.49
3 ST Jayasuriya 259 204 41.64 4.94 615.95 492.76
4 HMRKB Herath 33 35 33.97 4.28 591.86 473.49
5 HDPK Dharmasena 83 83 37.28 4.31 546.34 437.07
6 UDU Chandana 81 69 42.12 4.92 486.06 388.85
7 RS Kalpage 49 34 55.82 4.72 432.03 345.62

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

FAVOURABLE/UNFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS 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 In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 M Muralitharan 206 319 22.89 3.83 954.59 190.92
2 BAW Mendis 61 114 21.21 4.80 735.55 147.11
3 ST Jayasuriya 234 225 33.92 4.67 725.65 145.13
4 UDU Chandana 91 111 28.67 4.66 632.18 126.44
5 HDPK Dharmasena 99 108 34.25 4.28 604.20 120.84
6 HMRKB Herath 34 39 30.08 4.47 573.14 114.63
7 RS Kalpage 61 54 40.59 4.45 535.83 107.17

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 M Muralitharan 135 215 23.37 4.10 922.98 738.38
2 ST Jayasuriya 134 98 43.16 5.01 566.86 453.49
3 HMRKB Herath 33 35 33.97 4.28 554.08 443.26
4 BAW Mendis 23 38 23.84 4.80 484.52 387.62
5 HDPK Dharmasena 35 30 43.30 4.27 465.48 372.38
6 UDU Chandana 45 40 40.70 4.80 462.21 369.77
7 RS Kalpage 20 19 41.21 4.67 405.73 324.59

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BOWLER AW HM UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 M Muralitharan 756.07 166.78 738.38 190.92 1,852.14 185.21
2 ST Jayasuriya 492.76 148.71 453.49 145.13 1,240.08 124.01
3 BAW Mendis 528.49 132.49 387.62 147.11 1,195.70 119.57
4 HMRKB Herath 473.49 117.48 443.26 114.63 1,148.86 114.89
5 HDPK Dharmasena 437.07 117.23 372.38 120.84 1,047.52 104.75
6 UDU Chandana 388.85 137.10 369.77 126.44 1,022.15 102.22
7 RS Kalpage 345.62 120.58 324.59 107.17 897.96 89.80

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 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 M Muralitharan 39 68 19.63 3.89 854.52 854.52
2 ST Jayasuriya 31 27 39.26 4.84 510.39 510.39
3 BAW Mendis 5 7 19.14 3.14 500.00 500.00
3 RS Kalpage 6 4 60.25 4.82 500.00 500.00
3 UDU Chandana 2 0 NA NA 500.00 500.00
3 HDPK Dharmasena 6 6 41.50 4.45 500.00 500.00
7 HMRKB Herath 7 6 46.67 4.39 367.13 367.13
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: 20

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE ECO RAT WTG
1 M Muralitharan 50 92 16.77 3.23 967.96 967.96
2 BAW Mendis 50 84 24.11 4.70 738.19 738.19
3 HMRKB Herath 50 58 29.66 4.37 623.28 623.28
4 ST Jayasuriya 50 64 30.66 4.98 593.24 593.24
5 UDU Chandana 50 64 27.53 4.71 592.40 592.40
6 RS Kalpage 50 57 32.26 4.29 581.58 581.58
7 HDPK Dharmasena 50 57 32.46 4.21 571.66 571.66
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 ER should be less than 75% of the ER of the better team.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 M Muralitharan 341 171 50.15 926.91 926.91
2 HMRKB Herath 67 28 41.79 602.71 602.71
3 BAW Mendis 84 31 36.90 537.47 537.47
4 HDPK Dharmasena 134 41 30.60 463.32 463.32
5 ST Jayasuriya 368 68 18.48 342.00 342.00
6 UDU Chandana 136 29 21.32 318.30 318.30
7 RS Kalpage 81 20 24.69 310.94 310.94

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BOWLER WC TF II TOT SEC RAT
1 M Muralitharan 854.52 967.96 926.91 2,749.39 274.94
2 BAW Mendis 500.00 738.19 537.47 1,775.66 177.57
3 HMRKB Herath 367.13 623.28 602.71 1,593.12 159.31
4 HDPK Dharmasena 500.00 571.66 463.32 1,534.98 153.50
5 ST Jayasuriya 510.39 593.24 342.00 1,445.62 144.56
6 UDU Chandana 500.00 592.40 318.30 1,410.69 141.07
7 RS Kalpage 500.00 581.58 310.94 1,392.51 139.25

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 1 M Muralitharan SL 481.20 185.21 274.94 941.35
2 18 BAW Mendis SL 354.60 119.57 177.57 651.74
3 26 ST Jayasuriya SL 342.43 124.01 144.56 611.00
4 32 HMRKB Herath SL 315.53 114.89 159.31 589.73
5 37 HDPK Dharmasena SL 294.44 104.75 153.50 552.69
6 41 UDU Chandana SL 300.57 102.22 141.07 543.86
7 56 RS Kalpage SL 256.02 89.80 139.25 485.07

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 PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA
FULL RATING WITH ALL NATIONS

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