The most efficient strike bowlers in Tests
Rating Test bowlers
19-Dec-2008
player B/I1 NewB R/I1 NewR Adj W NewSR NewAve NewPI MD Marshall 659 18091.0 321 8023.2 410.3 44.10 19.56 29.37 SF Barnes 552 9670.1 266 3818.3 203.6 47.50 18.75 29.85 DW Steyn 630 4750.3 358 2471.7 114.7 41.42 21.55 29.88 AA Donald 644 15693.0 319 7291.4 350.7 44.74 20.79 30.50 GD McGrath 645 29942.4 335 11645.1 605.6 49.44 19.23 30.83 KR Miller 800 8199.6 329 3597.0 175.3 46.77 20.52 30.98 RR Lindwall 798 9219.3 325 4337.5 200.3 46.03 21.66 31.57 CEH Croft 641 6520.9 308 3092.7 141.7 46.01 21.82 31.69 FS Trueman 764 9085.6 325 4665.5 203.5 44.64 22.92 31.99 JC Laker 790 8850.0 321 3678.5 178.3 49.64 20.63 32.00 DK Lillee 676 18341.1 323 8489.9 383.5 47.83 22.14 32.54 J Garner 660 13534.3 320 5551.8 265.9 50.91 20.88 32.60 CEL Ambrose 643 22819.0 314 8748.8 433.1 52.69 20.20 32.62 Shoaib Akhtar 643 7153.3 343 3703.8 156.7 45.66 23.64 32.86 AK Davidson 754 8090.1 313 3168.7 153.9 52.58 20.59 32.91 Waqar Younis 646 14186.6 323 7465.3 312.3 45.42 23.90 32.95 MA Holding 657 13085.3 319 6045.9 269.7 48.52 22.42 32.98 RJ Hadlee 670 20757.9 324 9223.6 416.1 49.89 22.17 33.25 WW Hall 760 7570.4 336 4135.2 167.8 45.10 24.64 33.34 RGD Willis 677 17214.4 324 8195.2 355.3 48.46 23.07 33.43 BA Reid 666 6356.5 324 2809.8 124.9 50.91 22.50 33.85 IR Bishop 647 8816.1 317 4032.3 175.2 50.31 23.01 34.02 Imran Khan 670 17935.6 324 7671.4 341.3 52.56 22.48 34.37 M Ntini 644 18044.9 344 8905.0 366.9 49.18 24.27 34.55 WJ O'Reilly 791 8494.3 368 2862.1 141.2 60.17 20.27 34.93 R Peel 569 6215.2 241 2327.0 108.7 57.19 21.41 35.00 JR Thomson 667 10708.7 323 5671.4 222.3 48.18 25.51 35.06 JA Snow 729 10984.7 334 5274.1 216.8 50.68 24.33 35.11 B Lee 645 15747.5 351 8022.2 318.4 49.46 25.19 35.30 M Muralitharan 647 35466.6 338 13614.0 616.1 57.57 22.10 35.67 SM Pollock 642 24251.7 338 8937.4 410.6 59.06 21.77 35.85 AME Roberts 656 11508.4 319 5303.8 214.7 53.61 24.71 36.39 Wasim Akram 653 19611.1 321 8427.6 353.1 55.54 23.87 36.41 TM Alderman 674 9680.1 331 4362.6 178.3 54.31 24.47 36.46 JN Gillespie 647 14078.7 338 6242.0 256.8 54.82 24.31 36.50 H Trumble 622 8828.2 288 3488.0 150.8 58.54 23.13 36.80 CJ McDermott 666 16738.3 326 8299.4 319.2 52.43 26.00 36.92 D Gough 650 11619.9 331 6083.6 227.7 51.03 26.72 36.92 WA Johnston 765 9196.0 326 3655.2 156.9 58.63 23.30 36.96 CA Walsh 652 30713.8 317 12950.0 534.9 57.42 24.21 37.29 MJ Hoggard 652 13433.1 360 6467.3 249.3 53.89 25.95 37.39 GG Arnold 736 7047.1 331 3214.7 127.2 55.41 25.28 37.42 AV Bedser 794 10564.5 335 4580.9 182.2 57.99 25.14 38.18 JB Statham 761 11112.6 322 5063.4 196.0 56.69 25.83 38.27 GF Lawson 671 11033.9 327 5450.0 201.8 54.67 27.00 38.42 PR Reiffel 642 6762.0 313 2929.4 115.8 58.40 25.30 38.44 MG Hughes 668 11669.1 325 5644.5 209.7 55.64 26.92 38.70 AR Caddick 647 13925.7 327 6867.0 252.7 55.12 27.18 38.70 WPUJC Vaas 644 19515.7 339 8221.3 325.7 59.92 25.24 38.89 DG Cork 641 8121.2 321 3979.0 146.1 55.58 27.23 38.91 RM Hogg 653 7831.8 318 3563.1 135.8 57.68 26.24 38.91 CV Grimmett 750 11821.6 332 4568.2 188.8 62.61 24.20 38.92 GR Dilley 668 8314.6 326 4119.6 150.3 55.33 27.41 38.94 CL Cairns 654 9594.6 333 5211.4 180.7 53.11 28.85 39.14 SK Warne 644 41769.6 332 17223.6 685.2 60.96 25.14 39.15 IT Botham 660 21911.7 319 10875.1 391.7 55.94 27.77 39.41 CM Old 663 9058.4 316 4159.9 155.3 58.31 26.78 39.52 DL Underwood 692 21091.5 320 7744.8 321.7 65.56 24.07 39.73 ARC Fraser 647 11397.1 319 4957.3 189.1 60.27 26.22 39.75 GD McKenzie 759 15167.0 329 7014.1 255.8 59.30 27.43 40.33 BS Chandrasekhar709 14645.4 325 6949.5 247.0 59.28 28.13 40.84 MHN Walker 688 9947.3 328 3780.4 150.0 66.33 25.21 40.89 A Nel 652 7417.4 368 3280.7 120.2 61.71 27.29 41.04 N Kapil Dev 661 26385.6 322 12108.1 434.8 60.69 27.85 41.11 Zaheer Khan 651 10501.2 360 5001.3 175.9 59.70 28.43 41.20 AN Connolly 766 6919.8 332 2936.1 109.1 63.40 26.90 41.30 J Srinath 644 13604.2 322 6366.3 224.2 60.68 28.39 41.51 CS Martin 651 7971.4 360 4025.7 136.0 58.63 29.61 41.66 SJ Harmison 650 12019.4 367 5576.8 196.2 61.25 28.42 41.72 A Flintoff 647 13410.1 349 5955.3 214.0 62.68 27.83 41.77 KD Ghavri 642 7430.5 310 3856.5 127.2 58.41 30.31 42.08 MA Noble 617 7576.7 286 3270.0 117.9 64.25 27.73 42.21 Mushtaq Ahmed 651 12258.2 329 5745.9 198.2 61.84 28.99 42.34 MS Kasprowicz 647 7482.1 338 3595.1 122.0 61.33 29.47 42.51 MW Tate 750 10203.4 332 3668.9 143.7 71.01 25.53 42.58 Iqbal Qasim 666 12330.2 321 4561.7 171.6 71.86 26.58 43.71 AW Greig 688 9659.5 328 4527.2 151.2 63.89 29.95 43.74 A Kumble 644 40157.8 335 16836.1 594.1 67.59 28.34 43.77 M Dillon 650 8816.1 332 4258.9 139.5 63.18 30.52 43.91 PAJ De Freitas 665 10030.3 325 4728.9 156.8 63.99 30.17 43.94 BS Bedi 705 19529.3 324 7333.3 272.1 71.76 26.95 43.98 HJ Tayfield 767 10000.3 319 3963.0 142.4 70.21 27.82 44.20 W Rhodes 606 7483.7 286 3398.1 114.0 65.65 29.81 44.24 TL Goddard 756 9771.8 320 3151.5 124.4 78.58 25.34 44.63 Saqlain Mushtaq 648 12653.9 330 5243.9 182.2 69.47 28.79 44.72 EAS Prasanna 723 12346.5 327 5291.0 180.0 68.60 29.40 44.91 JH Kallis 642 15635.2 339 6742.6 228.3 68.49 29.54 44.98 Harbhajan Singh 644 18762.9 344 8072.3 270.9 69.26 29.80 45.43 GStA Sobers 764 17019.2 329 7160.2 241.5 70.47 29.65 45.71 MS Panesar 610 8557.2 347 3433.0 118.5 72.23 28.98 45.75 R Benaud 758 13156.6 316 5517.6 185.8 70.80 29.69 45.85 SCG MacGill 644 10504.8 344 5106.5 159.0 66.07 32.12 46.07 DK Morrison 660 10338.5 322 5635.2 163.4 63.26 34.48 46.70 GAR Lock 768 8797.2 332 3417.7 115.9 75.88 29.48 47.29 B Yardley 649 8987.4 311 4016.5 127.0 70.77 31.63 47.31 R Illingworth 758 9359.6 333 3338.7 118.1 79.24 28.27 47.33 AA Mallett 690 9816.3 319 4038.8 132.6 74.03 30.46 47.49 LR Gibbs 738 23306.5 330 8280.0 290.9 80.12 28.46 47.76 Abdul Qadir 663 16483.7 321 7425.2 231.3 71.27 32.10 47.83 G Giffen 595 7282.5 243 3755.8 109.3 66.64 34.37 47.86 DE Malcolm 644 8927.7 317 4897.8 137.8 64.79 35.55 47.99 Sarfraz Nawaz 684 13828.6 322 5888.0 187.6 73.73 31.39 48.11 VA Holder 701 8796.6 323 3671.9 117.8 74.69 31.18 48.26 Danish Kaneria 651 14336.9 360 6267.5 196.3 73.05 31.93 48.30 DR Doshi 644 9384.6 317 3373.2 113.7 82.52 29.66 49.47 BL Cairns 660 10111.4 321 3993.3 124.5 81.25 32.09 51.06 S Ramadhin 757 9084.5 312 3578.1 110.6 82.12 32.34 51.54 PR Adams 648 8775.3 330 4112.3 115.4 76.04 35.63 52.05 PH Edmonds 661 12337.3 321 4352.9 139.3 88.58 31.25 52.62 EJ Chatfield 662 9451.0 321 3575.6 109.5 86.28 32.64 53.07 AF Giles 645 12342.8 345 5333.4 152.7 80.84 34.93 53.14 FJ Titmus 752 11758.6 327 4396.0 134.3 87.55 32.73 53.53 DL Vettori 643 18146.8 341 7460.6 214.7 84.53 34.75 54.20 PCR Tufnell 640 11431.7 317 4505.8 120.8 94.60 37.29 59.39 RJ Shastri 661 14952.9 323 5787.8 154.9 96.51 37.36 60.04 S Venkataraghavan697 12968.6 325 5267.2 134.3 96.58 39.23 61.55 JE Emburey 660 15416.3 322 5605.7 150.2 102.64 37.32 61.89 CL Hooper 651 14047.4 324 5557.0 124.2 113.08 44.73 71.13