Analysis: Glenn McGrath tops the ratings-points table with 844.4 points, with 5 for 53

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The table is divided into two: an absolute rating points table and an average rating point per wicket

The only bowler to exceed 200 rating points per wicket is Voce. Next is the four-wicket haul by Iqbal Qasim in Bangalore during Sunil Gavaskar’s final Test match in March 1987.

This table is divided into two: an absolute rating points table and an average rating point per wicket. McGrath tops the ratings-points table with 844.4 points, with 5 for 53. The second best in Kandy is Asif’s 5 for 27.

The only bowler to exceed 200 rating points per wicket is Voce. Next is the four-wicket haul by Iqbal Qasim in Bangalore during Sunil Gavaskar’s final Test match in March 1987.

THE BEST 4/5 WKT HAULS

BASED ON THE RATING PTS

BOWLER           RTG PTS FIGURES INNS VENUE YEAR VS RES

GD MCGRATH (AUS) 844.4 5/53 2 LORD’S 2005 ENG W

Mohammad Asif (PAK) 836.5 5/27 3 KANDY 2006 SL W

W VOCE (ENG)     834.1 4/10 2 SYDNEY 1936 AUS W

FS TRUEMAN (ENG)   824.4 5/35 2 Port of Spain 1960 WI W

NG COWANS (ENG)     823.4 5/42 4 LAHORE 1984 PAK D

VD PHILANDER (SA)  822.0 5/15 3 CAPE TOWN 2011 AUS W

VD PHILANDER (SA) 818.8 5/30 4 LORD’S 2012 ENG W

WW HALL (WI)   811.1 5/63 4 BRISBANE 1960 AUS D

SF BARNES (ENG)   810.1 5/44 1 Melbourne 1911 AUS W

CS MARTIN (NZ)   806.4 5/63 3 Ahmedabad 2010 IND D

I SHARMA (IND)   191.4 4/59 3 LORD’S 2011 ENG L

CEL AMBROSE (WI)   191.2 4/46 4 ADELAIDE 1933 AUS W

K RABADA (SA)     189.5 4/13 4 BRISBANE 2022 AUS L

BASED ON PTS PER WKT

BOWLER             PTS/RUN FIGURES INNS VENUE YEAR VS RES

W VOCE (ENG) 208.5                 4/10 2 SYDNEY 1936 AUS W

IQBAL QASIM (PAK)195.8                 4/73 4 Bangalore 1987 IND W

HK OLONGA (ZIM)   194.2                 4/42 3 PESHAWAR 1998 PAK W

MD MARSHALL (WI) 194.0     4/19 2 KANPUR 1983 IND W

JR HAMMOND (AUS) 192.6     4/38 3 Georgetown 1973 WI W

DW STEYN (SA)   192.1     4/40 2 PERTH 2012 AUS W

HC GRIFFITH (WI)   191.5     4/50 4 SYDNEY 1931 AUS W

Matches where bowlers dominated the stage in both innings are listed in the below table. These bowlers finished a match with the most Bowl-100 rating points.

TOP MATCH PERFORMANCES

Bowler                       Rtg Pts Figures1 Pts1 Figures2 Pts2 Venue             Year Vs

AW GREIG (ENG)   1661.7 8/86   860.8 5/70 800.9 Port of Spain 1974 WI

Fazal Mahmood (Pak)1640.0 6/53 790.3 6/46 849.7 OVAL             1954 ENG

JC LAKER (ENG) 1583.4 9/37 819.2 10/53 764.2 Old Trafford 1956 AUS

AV BEDSER (ENG) 1577.5 7/55 784.1 7/44 793.4 Trent Bridge 1953 AUS

PS de Villiers (SA)     1577.1 4/80 662.2 6/43 914.9 SYDNEY 1994 AUS

RAL MASSIE (AUS) 1553.8 8/84 737.7 8/53 816.0 LORD’S 1972 ENG

Iqbal Qasim (PAK) 1546.5 5/48 763.2 4/73 783.3 Bangalore 1987 IND

Mohammad Asif (Pak)1539.9 6/44 703.5 5/27 836.5 KANDY 2006 SL

SNJ O’KEEFE (AUS) 1534.5 6/35 794.6 6/35 739.9 PUNE             2017 IND

FR Spofforth (Aus) 1522.1 7/46 727.4 7/44 794.6 OVAL             1882   ENG