All time great test match bowlers – International

The list of 50 all time great test match bowlers is given below based on ‘per match’ performance. The minimum qualification for rating is 20 test matches. The ‘per match’ performance is based on amount of bowling done per match, runs conceded per match and wickets taken per match. The ratings are done in a relative manner, series after series. They do not include all series in which Bangladesh participated.

(1) Sydney F Barnes (2) Muttiah Muralitharan (3) Anil Kumble (4) CEH Croft (5) HJ Tayfield (6) MD Marshall (7) J Garner (8) RJ Hadlee (9) FS Trueman (10) GD McKenzie (11) DK Lillee (12) SK Warne (13) AA Donald (14) AME Roberts (15) WA Johnston (16) AV Bedser (17) LR Gibbs (18) WJ O’Reilly (19) MA Holding (20) DR Doshi (21) BS Chandrasekhar (22) BS Bedi (23) GD McGrath (24) Robert Peel (25) CEL Ambrose (26) CV Grimmett (27) Sonny Ramadhin (28) SP Gupte (29) AA Mailey (30) Imran Khan (31) SCG MacGill (32) AK Davidson (33) PM Pollock (34) JA Snow (35) NJN Hawke (36) AL Valentine (37) D Kaneria (38) R Benaud (39) B Lee (40) EAS Prasanna (41) Saqlain Mushtaq (42) RR Lindwall (43) WW Hall (44) IR Bishop (45) MHN Walker (46) NAT Adcock (47) DA Allen (48) SM Pollock (49) Wasim Akram (50) CA Walsh.