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Comparison of cricket bowlers - Definition and Overview
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This is a comparison of bowlers featuring a number of past cricket bowlers in the form of a table containg 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
1 Test cricket

1.1 Past bowlers
1.2 Notes

2 One Day International cricket

2.1 Past bowlers

3 Sources

Test cricket

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 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 		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 date 1930 1949 1922 1955 1959 1969 1951 1952 1966 1971 1966 1936 1952 1962 1963
Playing years 1951-1964  ? 50s 1976-1992  ?  ?  ?  ? 1984-2003  ?  ?  ? 70s and 80s 80s and 90s 80s and 90s
Bowling type Spin Fast Spin Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Medium and spin1 Fast Fast Fast
Bowling category Leg spin  ? Off spin  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Swing  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Seam
Right or left arm Right Right Right Right Right Right  ? Right Left Right  ?  ?  ? Right Right
  Statistics
Wickets (W) 292 355 193 383 434  ? 431 362 414  ? 330 235  ? 519 405
Bowling Average (Ave) 27.03 23.92 21.24 28.40 29.64  ? 22.29  ? 23.62 23.5 22.25 34.03  ? 24.4 20.9
Strike Rate (SR) 77.0 52.0 62.3 56.9  ?  ?  ?  ? 54.6  ?  ?  ?  ? 57.8 54.5
Economy Rate (Econ) 2.10 2.75 2.04 2.99  ?  ?  ?  ? 2.59  ?  ?  ?  ? 2.53 2.30
Matches (M) 63 70 46 102 131  ?  ?  ? 104  ?  ?  ?  ? 132 98
Overs (O) See "Balls (B)" See "Balls (B)" See "Balls (B)" See "Balls (B)"  ?  ?  ?  ? 3771.1  ?  ?  ?  ? 5003.1 3683.5
Balls (B) 19108 18467 12027 21815  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Maiden overs (M) 805 652 674 788  ?  ?  ?  ? 871  ?  ?  ?  ? 1144 1001
Runs conceded (R) 6704 8493 4101 10878  ?  ?  ?  ? 9779  ?  ?  ?  ? 12688 8501
Best bowling (BB) 7-72 7-83 10-53 8-34  ?  ?  ?  ? 7-119  ?  ?  ?  ? 7-37 8-45
5 wickets (5w) 16 23 9 27  ?  ?  ?  ? 25  ?  ?  ?  ? 22 22
10 wickets (10w) 1 7 3 4  ?  ?  ?  ? 9  ?  ?  ?  ? 3 3
Bowler Richie Benaud Dennis Lillee 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

Notes

1 Gary Sobers can bowl both medium pace and spin.

One Day International cricket

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
Birth date 1949 1969 1955 1959 1969 1951 1952 1966 1971 1966 1936 1952 1962 1963
Playing years  ? 1992-2003  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 70s and 80s 80s and 90s 80s and 90s
Bowling type Fast Spin Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Medium and spin Fast Fast Fast
Bowling category  ? Leg spin  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? Seam
Right or left arm Right Right Right Right Right  ? Right Left Right  ?  ?  ?  ? Right
  Statistics
Wickets (W) 103 291 145 253 179 158 182 414  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Bowling Average (Ave) 20.83 25 28.54 27.45 27.90 21.56 26.62  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Strike Rate (SR) 34.88  ? 43.25 44.28 39.06 39.13 40.99  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Economy Rate (Econ) 3.58  ? 3.96 3.72 4.29 3.31 3.90  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Matches (M) 63  ? 116 225 135 115 175  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 205  ?
Overs (O) 598.5  ? 1045.1 1867.0 1165.1 1030.2 1243.3  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 1803.4  ?
Balls (B) 3983  ? 6271 11202 6991 6182 7461  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Maiden overs (M)  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 185  ?
Runs conceded (R) 2145  ? 4139 6945 4994 3407 4845  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 6918  ?
Best bowling (BB) 5-34  ? 4-31 5-43 5-23 5-25 6-14  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 5-1  ?
4 wickets (4w) 5  ? 3 3 2 1 3  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 6  ?
5 wickets (5w) 1  ? - 1 3 5 1  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 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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