Comparison of cricket bowlers

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This is a comparison of bowlers featuring a number of past cricket bowlers in the form of a table containing general information and bowling statistics.

Note: Players who have retired from one form of the game, but not in the other are considered as past in that section.

Contents

[edit] Test cricket

[edit] Past bowlers

This table is ordered firstly in alphabetical order by teams cricket code (AUS, WI...) then by the bowling partnerships or in chronological order of the respective countries. The statistics in the table refer to the bowling statistic.

Bowler Richie Benaud Dennis Lillee Shane Warne Jim Laker Ian Botham Kapil Dev Javagal Srinath Richard Hadlee Imran Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Allan Donald Gary Sobers Joel Garner Courtney Walsh Curtly Ambrose
Team AUS
Australia		 AUS
Australia		 AUS
Australia		 ENG
England		 ENG
England		 IND
India		 IND
India		 NZ
New Zealand		 PAK
Pakistan		 PAK
Pakistan		 PAK
Pakistan		 RSA
South Africa		 WI
West Indies		 WI
West Indies		 WI
West Indies		 WI
West Indies
Birth year 1930 1949 1969 1922 1955 1959 1969 1951 1952 1966 1971 1966 1936 1952 1962 1963
Playing years 1951-1964 1970s and 1980s 1991–2007 1950s 1976-1992 1970s to 1990s 1990s 1970s and1980s 1970s to 1994 1984-2003 1990s to 2003 1990s to 2003 1950 to 1970s 1970s and 1980s 1980s and 1990s 1980s and 1990s
Bowling type Spin Fast Spin Spin Fast Medium Fast Medium Fast Medium Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Medium and spin1 Fast Fast Fast
Bowling category Leg spin Express Leg spin Off spin Gentle Medium Swing Seam Swing Swing Swing Swing Express Left-arm and Chinaman2 Express Accurate Accurate
Right or Left arm Right Right Right Right Right Right Right Right Right Left Right Right Left Right Right Right
  Statistics
Wickets (W) 292 355 708 193 383 434 236 431 362 414 373 330 235 259 519 405
Bowling Average (Ave) 27.03 23.92 25.41 21.24 28.40 29.64 30.49 22.29 22.81 23.62 23.56 22.25 34.03 20.97 24.4 20.9
Strike Rate (SR) 77.0 52.0 57.5 62.3 56.9 63.92 64.00 50.85 53.75 54.6 43.4 47.02 91.9 50.84 57.8 54.5
Economy Rate (Econ) 2.10 2.75 2.65 2.04 2.99 2.78 2.86 2.63 2.55 2.59 3.25 2.83 2.22 2.47 2.53 2.30
Matches (M) 63 70 145 46 102 131 67 86 88 104 87 72 93 58 132 98
Balls (B) 19108 18467 40704 12027 21815 27740 15104 21918 19458 22627 16224 15519 21599 13169 30019 22103
Maiden overs (M) 805 652 1761 674 788 1060 599  ? 727 871 516  ?  ?  ? 1144 1001
Runs conceded (R) 6704 8493 17995 4101 10878 12867 7196 9611 8258 9779 8788 7344 7999 5433 12688 8501
Best bowling (BB) 7-72 7-83 8-71 10-53 8-34 9-83 8-86 9-52 8-58 7-119 7-76 8-71 6-73 9-108 7-37 8-45
5 wickets (5w) 16 23 37 9 27 23 10 36 23 25 22 20 6 7 22 22
10 wickets (10w) 1 7 10 3 4 2 1 9 6 5 5 3 0 0 3 3
Bowler Richie Benaud Dennis Lillee Shane Warne Jim Laker Ian Botham Kapil Dev Javagal Srinath Richard Hadlee Imran Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Allan Donald Gary Sobers Joel Garner Courtney Walsh Curtly Ambrose

[edit] Notes

1 Gary Sobers could bowl both medium pace and spin.
2 Sobers also employed both finger spin (left-arm orthodox) and wrist spin (left-arm unorthodox, or "Chinaman")..

[edit] One Day International cricket

[edit] Past bowlers

This table is ordered firstly in alphabetical order by teams cricket code (AUS, WI...) then by the bowling partnerships or in chronological order of the respective countries. The statistics in the table refer to the bowling statistic.

Bowler Dennis Lillee Shane Warne Ian Botham Kapil Dev Javagal Srinath Richard Hadlee Imran Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Allan Donald Gary Sobers Joel Garner Courtney Walsh Curtly Ambrose
Team AUS
Australia		 AUS
Australia		 ENG
England		 IND
India		 IND
India		 NZ
New Zealand		 PAK
Pakistan		 PAK
Pakistan		 PAK
Pakistan		 RSA
South Africa		 WI
West Indies		 WI
West Indies		 WI
West Indies		 WI
West Indies		 WI
West Indies
Birth year 1949 1969 1955 1959 1969 1951 1952 1966 1971 1966 1936 1952 1962 1963
Playing years  ? 1992-2003  ?  ?  ?  ? 1974-1992 1984-2003 1989-2003  ?  ? 1970s and 1980s 1980s and 1990s 1980s and 1990s
Bowling type Fast Spin Fast Medium Fast Medium Fast Medium Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Medium and spin Fast Fast Fast
Bowling category  ? Leg spin  ?  ?  ?  ? Swing Swing Swing  ?  ?  ?  ? Seam
Right or left arm Right Right Right Right Right  ? Right Left Right Right  ?  ?  ? Right
  Statistics
Wickets (W) 103 291 145 253 179 158 182 502 416  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Bowling Average (Ave) 20.83 25 28.54 27.45 27.90 21.56 26.62 23.52 23.84  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Strike Rate (SR) 34.88  ? 43.25 44.28 39.06 39.13 40.99 36.22 30.52  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Economy Rate (Econ) 3.58  ? 3.96 3.72 4.29 3.31 3.90 3.89 4.68  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Matches (M) 63  ? 116 225 135 115 175 356 262  ?  ?  ? 205  ?
Overs (O) 598.5  ? 1045.1 1867.0 1165.1 1030.2 1243.3 3031.0 2116.2  ?  ?  ? 1803.4  ?
Balls (B) 3983  ? 6271 11202 6991 6182 7461 18186 12698  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Maiden overs (M)  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 124 236 143  ?  ?  ? 185  ?
Runs conceded (R) 2145  ? 4139 6945 4994 3407 4845 11812 9919  ?  ?  ? 6918  ?
Best bowling (BB) 5-34  ? 4-31 5-43 5-23 5-25 6-14 5-15 7-36  ?  ?  ? 5-1  ?
4 wickets (4w) 5  ? 3 3 2 1 3 23 14  ?  ?  ? 6  ?
5 wickets (5w) 1  ? - 1 3 5 1 6 13  ?  ?  ? 1  ?
Bowler Dennis Lillee Shane Warne Ian Botham Kapil Dev Javagal Srinath Richard Hadlee Imran Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Allan Donald Gary Sobers Joel Garner Courtney Walsh Curtly Ambrose

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