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Top 5 West Indian Spin Bowlers In Tests Since 1950

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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). So, here are the Top 5 Spin bowlers in Test Cricket from West Indies.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2024-06-09

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. ATTACKING
3.4. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
3.5. 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. Non Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfavourable Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. TOP FORM AT HOME
5.2. TOP FORM AWAY
5.3. WKTS/INN
5.4. IMPACT INNINGS
5.5. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. TOP TEAMS
7.1. Top Teams In Asia
7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
Nations Rating

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

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

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Wickets, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form Home, Top Form Away, Wkts/Inn, 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)

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 50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

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

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 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS LR Gibbs WI 1958 1976 1967 148 309 140.00
1 LR Gibbs WI 1958 1976 1967 148 309 140.00
2 S Ramadhin WI 1950 1960 1955 76 158 71.59
3 AL Valentine WI 1950 1962 1956 63 139 62.98
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS M Muralitharan SL 1992 2010 2001 230 800 200.00
1 D Bishoo WI 2011 2018 2014.5 59 117 29.25
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS NM Lyon AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 242 530 170.00
1 RL Chase WI 2016 2023 2019.5 72 85 27.26

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 100

Against All Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS M Muralitharan 230 18180 800 22.73 23.72 200.00
1 LR Gibbs 148 8989 309 29.09 28.19 168.25
2 S Ramadhin 76 4579 158 28.98 30.99 153.06
3 AL Valentine 63 4215 139 30.32 31.69 149.68
4 D Bishoo 59 4350 117 37.18 36.77 129.01
5 RL Chase 72 3910 85 46.00 43.80 108.30

Against Top Teams

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SK Warne 211 14215 559 25.43 24.38 200.00
1 LR Gibbs 134 8232 282 29.19 28.29 172.34
2 S Ramadhin 57 3626 113 32.09 34.31 142.09
3 AL Valentine 38 2837 86 32.99 34.47 141.43
4 D Bishoo 33 2706 64 42.28 41.81 116.60
5 RL Chase 42 2803 52 53.90 51.32 95.00

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 100
RANK BOWLER INNS BALLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS SCG MacGill 85 11237 208 54.02 57.20 300.00
1 LR Gibbs 148 27115 309 87.75 74.45 230.46
2 S Ramadhin 76 13939 158 88.22 79.15 216.78
3 D Bishoo 59 8067 117 68.95 80.44 213.32
4 AL Valentine 63 12953 139 93.19 81.52 210.49
5 RL Chase 72 6793 85 79.92 90.61 189.37

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 7 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE WT RAT
TS M Muralitharan 9/51 9/65 8/46 8/70 8/87 7/46 7/84 8.00 100.00
1 LR Gibbs 8/38 7/98 6/29 6/39 6/60 6/76 6/98 6.43 80.36
2 S Ramadhin 7/49 6/23 6/86 6/113 5/26 5/46 5/66 5.71 71.43
2 AL Valentine 8/104 6/39 6/102 5/32 5/64 5/88 5/99 5.71 71.43
4 D Bishoo 8/49 6/80 5/79 5/90 4/26 4/65 4/68 5.14 64.29
5 RL Chase 8/60 5/83 5/121 5/172 4/15 4/103 4/113 5.00 62.50

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW RAT PRI PTS
1 LR Gibbs 140.00 340.59 230.46 80.36 791.41 395.70
2 S Ramadhin 71.59 295.15 216.78 71.43 654.95 327.47
3 AL Valentine 62.98 291.10 210.49 71.43 636.00 318.00
4 D Bishoo 29.25 245.61 213.32 64.29 552.46 276.23
5 RL Chase 27.26 203.29 189.37 62.50 482.42 241.21

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

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

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

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 250.00
Away 1,000.00
Favourable Conditions 250.00
Unfavourable Conditions 1,000.00

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: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 LR Gibbs 59 126 29.66 88.17 744.59 186.15
2 S Ramadhin 32 58 32.78 95.66 625.27 156.32
3 RL Chase 27 34 37.56 71.79 553.04 138.26
4 D Bishoo 29 49 40.71 78.12 484.60 121.15
5 AL Valentine 25 45 39.84 117.09 463.67 115.92

Away From Home

Min Innings: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 LR Gibbs 89 183 28.70 87.46 765.46 765.46
2 AL Valentine 38 94 25.77 81.74 688.56 688.56
3 S Ramadhin 44 100 26.78 83.91 622.62 622.62
4 D Bishoo 30 68 34.63 62.34 568.97 568.97
5 RL Chase 45 51 51.63 85.33 414.09 414.09

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

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 LR Gibbs 28 54 24.11 78.63 697.95 174.49
2 D Bishoo 23 52 36.27 63.40 573.39 143.35
3 AL Valentine 0 0 NA NA 500.00 125.00
3 S Ramadhin 8 11 19.27 62.91 500.00 125.00
5 RL Chase 17 19 48.95 82.63 342.47 85.62

Unfavourable Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 25

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 LR Gibbs 120 255 30.15 89.68 789.16 789.16
2 S Ramadhin 68 147 29.71 90.12 660.82 660.82
3 AL Valentine 63 139 30.32 93.19 652.32 652.32
4 D Bishoo 36 65 37.91 73.38 524.06 524.06
5 RL Chase 55 66 45.15 79.14 511.93 511.93

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK BOWLER AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 LR Gibbs 765.46 186.15 789.16 174.49 1,915.25 191.52
2 AL Valentine 688.56 115.92 652.32 125.00 1,581.80 158.18
3 S Ramadhin 622.62 156.32 660.82 125.00 1,564.75 156.48
4 D Bishoo 568.97 121.15 524.06 143.35 1,357.53 135.75
5 RL Chase 414.09 138.26 511.93 85.62 1,149.89 114.99

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of four 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 four secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form Home 200.00
Top Form Away 800.00
Wkts Per Inn 500.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a bowler.
  • There are two TF Ratings used in our OVERALL Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 LR Gibbs 30 73 26.03 80.12 673.54 134.71
2 S Ramadhin 30 56 30.84 91.46 548.24 109.65
3 RL Chase 27 34 37.56 71.79 469.97 93.99
4 D Bishoo 29 49 40.71 78.12 451.53 90.31
5 AL Valentine 25 45 39.84 117.09 441.62 88.32

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 10

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 LR Gibbs 30 80 21.21 68.01 772.88 618.30
2 AL Valentine 30 81 24.33 80.40 715.91 572.73
3 S Ramadhin 30 82 25.51 82.20 679.37 543.49
4 D Bishoo 30 68 34.63 62.34 611.97 489.58
5 RL Chase 30 43 42.74 69.12 469.55 375.64

WKTS/INN

WKTS/INN RATING

Points to note:-

  • This rating gives points for wkts taken per inn.
  • All Teams, Top Teams and Top 7 Batsmen are the criteria used.

Min Innings: 50

RANK BOWLER INNS WKTS WKTS/INN RAT WTG
1 AL Valentine 63 139 2.21 663.64 331.82
2 S Ramadhin 76 158 2.08 597.73 298.87
3 D Bishoo 59 117 1.98 588.66 294.33
4 LR Gibbs 148 309 2.09 587.67 293.84
5 RL Chase 72 85 1.18 365.22 182.61

IMPACT INNINGS

Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact either in terms of wickets 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 5.
  • A Bowler equal to or more wickets than 3 at a good AVE or SR.
  • 1st and 2nd; and 3rd and 4th inns are clubbed together.
  • The AVE should be less than 80% of the AVE of the better innings or
  • The SR should be less than 80% of the SR of the better innings.

Min Innings: 50

RANK BOWLER INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 LR Gibbs 148 35 23.65 596.24 596.24
2 AL Valentine 63 15 23.81 554.28 554.28
3 S Ramadhin 76 18 23.68 513.65 513.65
4 D Bishoo 59 11 18.64 418.51 418.51
5 RL Chase 72 9 12.50 242.60 242.60

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a bowler scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK BOWLER TF HM TF AW WPI II TOT SEC RAT
1 LR Gibbs 134.71 618.30 293.84 596.24 1,643.09 164.31
2 AL Valentine 88.32 572.73 331.82 554.28 1,547.15 154.72
3 S Ramadhin 109.65 543.49 298.87 513.65 1,465.66 146.57
4 D Bishoo 90.31 489.58 294.33 418.51 1,292.73 129.27
5 RL Chase 93.99 375.64 182.61 242.60 894.85 89.49

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK OV RANK BOWLER NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 9 LR Gibbs WI 395.70 191.52 164.31 751.54
2 32 AL Valentine WI 318.00 158.18 154.72 630.90
3 33 S Ramadhin WI 327.47 156.48 146.57 630.52
4 49 D Bishoo WI 276.23 135.75 129.27 541.26
5 73 RL Chase WI 241.21 114.99 89.49 445.69

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

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

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
FULL RATING WITH ALL NATIONS

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