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Possibly. I think the formula takes into account current form of opposition bowlers if I'm not wrong, and Dhammika was pretty awesome.
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DoG's Test Innings and Bowling Performances. Updates thread.
- Thread starter Days of Grace
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Days of Grace
International Captain
This will turn some heads...
1 SCJ Broad 8 15 Australia Nottingham 2015 18.74
2 RGD Willis 8 43 Australia Leeds 1981 18.49
3 JC Laker 9 37 Australia Manchester 1956 17.81
4 RJ Hadlee 9 52 Australia Brisbane 1985 17.67
5 TE Bailey 7 34 West Indies Kingston 1954 17.52
6 CEL Croft 8 29 Pakistan Port of Spain 1977 17.27
7 AER Gilligan 6 7 South Africa Birmingham 1924 17.22
8 DE Malcolm 9 57 South Africa The Oval 1994 17.08
9 Abdur Rehman 6 25 England Abu Dubai 2012 16.87
10 WJ Whitty 6 17 South Africa Melbourne 1911 16.85
11 HJ Tayfield 9 113 England Johannesburg 1957 16.83
12 IT Botham 5 11 Australia Birmingham 1981 16.77
13 JC Laker 10 53 Australia Manchester 1956 16.76
14 SJ Harmison 7 12 West Indies Kingston 2004 16.40
15 DW Steyn 6 8 Pakistan Johannesburg 2013 16.38
16 N. Kapil Dev 8 85 Pakistan Lahore 1983 16.30
17 JB Statham 7 39 South Africa Lord's 1955 16.24
18 H Trumble 6 53 England Manchester 1902 16.17
19 PS de Villiers 6 43 Australia Sydney 1994 16.16
20 J Srinath 6 21 South Africa Ahmedabad 1996 16.08
21 JE Taylor 5 11 England Kingston 2009 16.07
22 ERH Toshack 5 2 India Brisbane 1947 16.05
23 A Kumble 10 74 Pakistan Delhi 1999 15.98
24 Harbhajan Singh 5 29 Australia Mumbai 2004 15.94
25 Abdul Qadir 6 16 West Indies Faisalabad 1986 15.85
26 Fazal Mahmood 6 46 England The Oval 1954 15.80
27 Harbhajan Singh 8 84 Australia Chennai 2001 15.79
28 MA Noble 7 17 England Melbourne 1902 15.78
29 GD McGrath 8 24 Pakistan Perth 2004 15.78
30 GA Lohmann 9 28 South Africa Johannesburg 1896 15.64
31 JJC Lawson 6 3 Bangladesh Dhaka 2002 15.59
32 DW Steyn 7 51 India Nagpur 2010 15.56
33 JN Gillespie 7 37 England Leeds 1997 15.53
34 AME Roberts 7 54 Australia Perth 1975 15.52
35 CEL Ambrose 6 24 England Port of Spain 1994 15.50
36 FR Spofforth 7 44 England The Oval 1882 15.47
37 Shoaib Akhtar 6 11 New Zealand Lahore 2002 15.43
38 FS Trueman 8 31 India Manchester 1952 15.42
39 H Verity 8 43 Australia Lord's 1934 15.42
40 D Gough 6 42 South Africa Leeds 1998 15.40
41 R Peel 6 67 Australia Sydney 1894 15.40
42 M Muralitharan 6 26 India Colombo (SSC) 2008 15.39
43 DW Headley 6 60 Australia Melbourne 1998 15.37
44 SJ Harmison 6 19 Pakistan Manchester 2006 15.33
45 N Kapil Dev 5 28 Australia Melbourne 1981 15.33
46 RJ Kirtley 6 34 South Africa Nottingham 2003 15.31
47 SK Warne 7 23 Pakistan Brisbane 1995 15.29
48 HMRKB Herath 7 48 India Galle 2015 15.28
49 AW Greig 8 86 West Indies Port of Spain 1974 15.25
50 JM Patel 9 69 Australia Kanpur 1959 15.25
51 MHN Walker 6 15 Pakistan Sydney 1973 15.22
52 GF Bissett 7 29 England Durban 1928 15.20
53 LR Gibbs 8 38 India Bridgetown 1962 15.16
54 MJ Hoggard 7 61 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 15.10
55 VD Philander 5 15 Australia Cape Town 2011 15.05
56 AR Caddick 5 42 Australia The Oval 1997 15.04
57 Imran Khan 6 35 India Hyderabad (Sind) 1983 15.01
58 RJ Hadlee 7 23 India Wellington 1976 15.01
59 MR Whitney 7 27 India Perth 1992 15.01
60 AB Agarkar 6 41 Australia Adelaide 2003 15.01
61 FH Tyson 7 27 Australia Melbourne 1955 14.99
62 M Muralitharan 9 51 Zimbabwe Kandy 2002 14.98
63 JA Snow 7 40 Australia Sydney 1971 14.96
64 CA Walsh 5 39 Australia Bridgetown 1999 14.89
65 M Muralitharan 8 70 England Nottingham 2006 14.88
66 M Muralitharan 9 65 England The Oval 1998 14.84
67 GA Lohmann 8 7 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1896 14.78
68 CEL Ambrose 7 25 Australia Perth 1993 14.75
69 AR Border 7 46 West Indies Sydney 1989 14.74
70 DG Cork 7 43 West Indies Lord's 1995 14.71
71 MH Mankad 8 55 England Chennai 1952 14.71
72 AR Caddick 5 16 West Indies Lord's 2000 14.70
73 Abdul Qadir 9 56 England Lahore 1987 14.69
74 CA Walsh 6 18 New Zealand Wellington 1995 14.66
75 MG Johnson 7 40 England Adelaide 2013 14.65
76 SK Warne 8 71 England Brisbane 1994 14.64
77 W Barnes 6 28 Australia Sydney 1887 14.62
78 MA Holding 6 21 Australia Perth 1984 14.61
79 ND Hirwani 8 75 West Indies Chennai 1988 14.60
80 AR Caddick 7 94 Australia Sydney 2003 14.59
81 GD McKenzie 8 71 West Indies Melbourne 1968 14.59
82 Shoaib Akhtar 6 30 New Zealand Wellington 2003 14.59
83 R Peel 6 23 Australia The Oval 1896 14.59
84 VD Philander 5 7 New Zealand Cape Town 2013 14.54
85 PM Hornibrook 7 92 England The Oval 1930 14.52
86 ARC Fraser 8 75 West Indies Bridgetown 1994 14.52
87 Imran Khan 8 60 India Karachi 1982 14.51
88 MD Craig 7 94 Pakistan Sharjah 2014 14.50
89 C Blythe 7 40 South Africa Leeds 1907 14.50
90 Imran Khan 7 40 England Leeds 1987 14.50
91 MG Johnson 7 68 South Africa Centurion 2014 14.49
92 CA Walsh 7 37 New Zealand Wellington 1995 14.48
93 H Trumble 7 28 England Melbourne 1904 14.47
94 IWG Johnson 7 44 West Indies Georgetown 1955 14.46
95 MS Panesar 6 37 New Zealand Manchester 2008 14.46
96 A. Kumble 7 63 Pakistan Kolkata 2005 14.45
97 Sarfraz Nawaz 9 86 Australia Melbourne 1979 14.44
98 BA Reid 7 51 England Melbourne 1990 14.44
99 MG Johnson 6 38 England Perth 2010 14.43
100 W Rhodes 8 68 Australia Melbourne 1904 14.42
1 SCJ Broad 8 15 Australia Nottingham 2015 18.74
2 RGD Willis 8 43 Australia Leeds 1981 18.49
3 JC Laker 9 37 Australia Manchester 1956 17.81
4 RJ Hadlee 9 52 Australia Brisbane 1985 17.67
5 TE Bailey 7 34 West Indies Kingston 1954 17.52
6 CEL Croft 8 29 Pakistan Port of Spain 1977 17.27
7 AER Gilligan 6 7 South Africa Birmingham 1924 17.22
8 DE Malcolm 9 57 South Africa The Oval 1994 17.08
9 Abdur Rehman 6 25 England Abu Dubai 2012 16.87
10 WJ Whitty 6 17 South Africa Melbourne 1911 16.85
11 HJ Tayfield 9 113 England Johannesburg 1957 16.83
12 IT Botham 5 11 Australia Birmingham 1981 16.77
13 JC Laker 10 53 Australia Manchester 1956 16.76
14 SJ Harmison 7 12 West Indies Kingston 2004 16.40
15 DW Steyn 6 8 Pakistan Johannesburg 2013 16.38
16 N. Kapil Dev 8 85 Pakistan Lahore 1983 16.30
17 JB Statham 7 39 South Africa Lord's 1955 16.24
18 H Trumble 6 53 England Manchester 1902 16.17
19 PS de Villiers 6 43 Australia Sydney 1994 16.16
20 J Srinath 6 21 South Africa Ahmedabad 1996 16.08
21 JE Taylor 5 11 England Kingston 2009 16.07
22 ERH Toshack 5 2 India Brisbane 1947 16.05
23 A Kumble 10 74 Pakistan Delhi 1999 15.98
24 Harbhajan Singh 5 29 Australia Mumbai 2004 15.94
25 Abdul Qadir 6 16 West Indies Faisalabad 1986 15.85
26 Fazal Mahmood 6 46 England The Oval 1954 15.80
27 Harbhajan Singh 8 84 Australia Chennai 2001 15.79
28 MA Noble 7 17 England Melbourne 1902 15.78
29 GD McGrath 8 24 Pakistan Perth 2004 15.78
30 GA Lohmann 9 28 South Africa Johannesburg 1896 15.64
31 JJC Lawson 6 3 Bangladesh Dhaka 2002 15.59
32 DW Steyn 7 51 India Nagpur 2010 15.56
33 JN Gillespie 7 37 England Leeds 1997 15.53
34 AME Roberts 7 54 Australia Perth 1975 15.52
35 CEL Ambrose 6 24 England Port of Spain 1994 15.50
36 FR Spofforth 7 44 England The Oval 1882 15.47
37 Shoaib Akhtar 6 11 New Zealand Lahore 2002 15.43
38 FS Trueman 8 31 India Manchester 1952 15.42
39 H Verity 8 43 Australia Lord's 1934 15.42
40 D Gough 6 42 South Africa Leeds 1998 15.40
41 R Peel 6 67 Australia Sydney 1894 15.40
42 M Muralitharan 6 26 India Colombo (SSC) 2008 15.39
43 DW Headley 6 60 Australia Melbourne 1998 15.37
44 SJ Harmison 6 19 Pakistan Manchester 2006 15.33
45 N Kapil Dev 5 28 Australia Melbourne 1981 15.33
46 RJ Kirtley 6 34 South Africa Nottingham 2003 15.31
47 SK Warne 7 23 Pakistan Brisbane 1995 15.29
48 HMRKB Herath 7 48 India Galle 2015 15.28
49 AW Greig 8 86 West Indies Port of Spain 1974 15.25
50 JM Patel 9 69 Australia Kanpur 1959 15.25
51 MHN Walker 6 15 Pakistan Sydney 1973 15.22
52 GF Bissett 7 29 England Durban 1928 15.20
53 LR Gibbs 8 38 India Bridgetown 1962 15.16
54 MJ Hoggard 7 61 South Africa Johannesburg 2005 15.10
55 VD Philander 5 15 Australia Cape Town 2011 15.05
56 AR Caddick 5 42 Australia The Oval 1997 15.04
57 Imran Khan 6 35 India Hyderabad (Sind) 1983 15.01
58 RJ Hadlee 7 23 India Wellington 1976 15.01
59 MR Whitney 7 27 India Perth 1992 15.01
60 AB Agarkar 6 41 Australia Adelaide 2003 15.01
61 FH Tyson 7 27 Australia Melbourne 1955 14.99
62 M Muralitharan 9 51 Zimbabwe Kandy 2002 14.98
63 JA Snow 7 40 Australia Sydney 1971 14.96
64 CA Walsh 5 39 Australia Bridgetown 1999 14.89
65 M Muralitharan 8 70 England Nottingham 2006 14.88
66 M Muralitharan 9 65 England The Oval 1998 14.84
67 GA Lohmann 8 7 South Africa Port Elizabeth 1896 14.78
68 CEL Ambrose 7 25 Australia Perth 1993 14.75
69 AR Border 7 46 West Indies Sydney 1989 14.74
70 DG Cork 7 43 West Indies Lord's 1995 14.71
71 MH Mankad 8 55 England Chennai 1952 14.71
72 AR Caddick 5 16 West Indies Lord's 2000 14.70
73 Abdul Qadir 9 56 England Lahore 1987 14.69
74 CA Walsh 6 18 New Zealand Wellington 1995 14.66
75 MG Johnson 7 40 England Adelaide 2013 14.65
76 SK Warne 8 71 England Brisbane 1994 14.64
77 W Barnes 6 28 Australia Sydney 1887 14.62
78 MA Holding 6 21 Australia Perth 1984 14.61
79 ND Hirwani 8 75 West Indies Chennai 1988 14.60
80 AR Caddick 7 94 Australia Sydney 2003 14.59
81 GD McKenzie 8 71 West Indies Melbourne 1968 14.59
82 Shoaib Akhtar 6 30 New Zealand Wellington 2003 14.59
83 R Peel 6 23 Australia The Oval 1896 14.59
84 VD Philander 5 7 New Zealand Cape Town 2013 14.54
85 PM Hornibrook 7 92 England The Oval 1930 14.52
86 ARC Fraser 8 75 West Indies Bridgetown 1994 14.52
87 Imran Khan 8 60 India Karachi 1982 14.51
88 MD Craig 7 94 Pakistan Sharjah 2014 14.50
89 C Blythe 7 40 South Africa Leeds 1907 14.50
90 Imran Khan 7 40 England Leeds 1987 14.50
91 MG Johnson 7 68 South Africa Centurion 2014 14.49
92 CA Walsh 7 37 New Zealand Wellington 1995 14.48
93 H Trumble 7 28 England Melbourne 1904 14.47
94 IWG Johnson 7 44 West Indies Georgetown 1955 14.46
95 MS Panesar 6 37 New Zealand Manchester 2008 14.46
96 A. Kumble 7 63 Pakistan Kolkata 2005 14.45
97 Sarfraz Nawaz 9 86 Australia Melbourne 1979 14.44
98 BA Reid 7 51 England Melbourne 1990 14.44
99 MG Johnson 6 38 England Perth 2010 14.43
100 W Rhodes 8 68 Australia Melbourne 1904 14.42
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Haha what the **** 
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Oh, and do Pujara
Days of Grace
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13.23, so misses the top 100. Bowling attack not that flash.
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Ah, shame. Only thing holding it back.
OverratedSanity
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Yeah, there's not much to argue against it. Even when viriya ranked it high, I did defend it saying that statistically, it was phenomenal. Anyone who's seen it knows it was great but miles off from being the greatest spell in the history of cricket. But no statistical method, no matter how deep will capture that.
honestbharani
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Batsmen being daft is what creates great spells though. Or at least it gives you the numbers for the wickets column which is what anyone looks at first by default when talking about great bowling spells. Otherwise, even in my time of watching cricket the two greatest fast bowling spells have to McGrath to Lara at Barbados in 1999 (he did get a fifer I think) and then that Steyn masterclass to Sachin in 2010.
J_C
U19 Captain
How about Chandimal's 162* in the 1st Test?
kingkallis
International Coach
No Pollock, No Donald says how amazing and consistent they were in their career which lasted for more than 10 years.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Haha. No it doesn't say that at all.
The Battlers Prince
International Vice-Captain
I see Spofforth comes out at 36 in your list DoG for his 7/44 in the second innings 1882. Is he scored lower for a low scoring match? He only had 85 runs to defend against and bowled 28 (4ball) overs unchanged
Also, do career averages of the batsmen go into your formula or is it how the ICC ratings score players at the time?
Also, do career averages of the batsmen go into your formula or is it how the ICC ratings score players at the time?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I have no idea how your formula worked out that Bhajji's 5-fer at Mumbai in 2004 was his best ever bowling effort. It was not even the best bowling effort in that inning. His efforts in Chennai in 2001 in the first innings esp. were out of this world good... And yet, that is ranked lower?
Days of Grace
International Captain
11.76