DoG's Top 100 Test Bowling Performances

[viriya]

I was joking, it shouldn't be.

I wasn't. It should be.

 

[Days of Grace]

Also shocked that Sarfraz Nawaz's 9 fer isn't listed. Thought it'd be way up there.

That has a rating of 14.48.

 

[Days of Grace]

I know its not a Test match DoG, but all the players would have had ICC rankings - what would DKL rate for this performance?

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16.92, putting him in 20th place.

 

[NUFAN]

Good list.

McGrath 8/38 at Lords and Johnson's 8/61 at WACA are two of the best bowling performances I've watched who missed the cut. Draw and a loss can't have helped.

What's the highest rating in a defeat, Mitch must be close.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Lol, wrong thread?

When I clicked on cric rate it didn't have the nz flag - does now. Must've been a glitch

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Interesting how many AR's are in the list. Top read though, thanks DoG

 

[smash84]

great effort dog, well done

 

[watson]

A little surprised DoG that Tysons 7/27 in the third Test at the MCG, 1955 came in at #87. After all, Australia needed only 239 for victory, and the series was dead-locked 1 all.

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Actually, now that I think about it, Tyson's 6/85 to help England win by 38 runs during the second Test at Sydney may have been even better than his Melbourne effort. If Australia scored another 39 runs in their second dig then the England team probably could have kissed the Ashes good bye.

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=0392

 

[Dissector]

Since we are all thinking about Benaud, what about his 6-70 in the Manchester test in 1961. I can think of few bowling performances with a greater match/series impact. The series was tied 1-1 and England was 150-1 chasing 256. Thanks to Benaud they were bowled out for 201 and Australia retained the Ashes.

 

[ankitj]

So who has most appearances in the list? I count Murali @ 5. Anyone tops that?

 

[Days of Grace]

Since we are all thinking about Benaud, what about his 6-70 in the Manchester test in 1961. I can think of few bowling performances with a greater match/series impact. The series was tied 1-1 and England was 150-1 chasing 256. Thanks to Benaud they were bowled out for 201 and Australia retained the Ashes.

Sorry for my late reply. Benaud's 6/70 has a rating of 14.73, so it just misses the cut.

 

[Days of Grace]

So who has most appearances in the list? I count Murali @ 5. Anyone tops that?

Actually, Murali has 6 entries. Harbhajan is the only other bowler with 3 or more.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I see Curtly with 3 as well.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Also, Agarkar has a better spell than anything Imran managed

 

[weldone]

Also, Agarkar has a better spell than anything Imran managed

Imran or his disciples

 

[ankitj]

Actually, Murali has 6 entries. Harbhajan is the only other bowler with 3 or more.

I see Murali at 5 and Harbhajan at 2. Am I looking at something wrong?

 

[Spikey]

how many people are on both lists. I see Allan Border, not to be confused with AB, is on this list and I assume the batting list

 

[OverratedSanity]

Botham obviously

 

[The_Bunny]

Good list.

McGrath 8/38 at Lords and Johnson's 8/61 at WACA are two of the best bowling performances I've watched who missed the cut. Draw and a loss can't have helped.

What's the highest rating in a defeat, Mitch must be close.

Be interested to know this too

 

[ankitj]

how many people are on both lists. I see Allan Border, not to be confused with AB, is on this list and I assume the batting list

Botham obviously

Kapil Dev too I think. His century against SA in 1992 generally makes the cut. Botham and Kapil were the only two to make it to both lists of Wisden 100.

Akram might have been a candidate with his 257 against Bangladesh, but he misses out on the bowling list.