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Greatest Test Bowlers  - 1950-1959                                                                             Back

1877-1914   1915-1949   1950-1959   1960-1969   1970-1979   1980-1989   1990-1999

Rank Player Team Career Rating Mat I Balls Runs W Ave 5 10 SR Econ
                           
1 Fred Trueman ENG 1952-65 718 67 127 15178 6625 307 21.58 17 3 49.4 2.62
2 Alan Davidson AUS 1953-63 673 44 82 11587 3819 186 20.53 14 2 62.3 1.98
3 Jim Laker ENG 1948-59 634 46 86 12027 4101 193 21.25 9 3 62.3 2.05
4 Alec Bedser ENG 1946-55 614 57 92 15918 5876 236 24.90 15 5 67.4 2.21
5 Fazal Mahmood PAK 1952-62 581 34 53 9834 3434 139 24.71 13 4 70.7 2.10
6 Ray Lindwall AUS 1946-60 536 61 113 13650 5251 228 23.03 12 0 59.9 2.31
7 Hugh Tayfield SA 1949-60 519 37 61 13568 4405 170 25.91 14 2 79.8 1.95
8 Johnny Wardle ENG 1948-57 509 28 52 6597 2080 102 20.39 5 1 64.7 1.89
9 Brian Statham ENG 1951-65 498 70 129 16056 6261 252 24.85 9 1 63.7 2.34
10 Keith Miller AUS 1946-56 488 55 95 10461 3906 170 22.98 7 1 61.5 2.24
11 Richie Benaud AUS 1952-64 478 63 116 19108 6704 248 27.03 16 1 77.0 2.11
12 Neil Adcock SA 1953-62 457 26 46 6391 2195 104 21.11 5 0 61.5 2.06
13 Bill Johnston AUS 1947-55 447 40 75 11048 3826 160 23.91 7 0 69.1 2.08
14 Subhash Gupte IND 1951-61 382 36 61 11284 4403 149 29.55 12 1 75.7 2.34
15 Sonny Ramadhin WI 1950-60 369 43 76 13939 4579 158 28.98 10 1 88.2 1.97
16 Alf Valentine WI 1950-62 351 36 63 12953 4215 139 30.32 8 2 93.2 1.95
17 Vinoo Mankad IND 1946-59 349 44 70 14686 5236 162 32.32 8 2 90.7 2.14
18 Trevor Bailey ENG 1949-59 292 61 95 9712 3856 132 29.21 5 1 73.6 2.38
19 Ian Johnson AUS 1946-56 250 45 74 8780 3182 109 29.19 3 0 80.6 2.17

 

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