A Curious Query !

In Bowling Economy, Average And Strike Rate : A Query

What is greater and important yeah in the field of Cricket– Bowling average,bowling economy or wicket strike rate .
If observe the stats of Bowling Field after 1990 then the wicket strike rate of Shane Bond ( New Zealand) is the highest yeah with 38.7 .
It means in each 38.7 delivery he dismissed a batsman in the Test . Yeah the fiery New Zealander was so stingy that he claimed a wicket on his each 38.7 delivery in the Test Arena . Though Shane Bond emerged as the comet and due to severe injuries his great bowling career got the end.
And in the conceding runs or run average concerned per over Melcom Marshal rests at the prime position .
Yes Melcom Marshal’s bowling average is 20.94 and Geol Garner rests 2nd to have 20.97 after M Marshal . And Curtley Ambrose stands 3rd with 20.99 bowling average. And if we take the time period since 1950 to 1970 then the left arm fast bowler Alan Davidson of Australia is the thriftiest with 20.53 bowling average and 1.91 the economy rate .
Yes what is important in the bowling field yeah WSR, BA or BE . Yeah in the ODI and T20 which are the limited formats of the game so economy is a big matter there because there is no imortance of the wickets why it is so that the rival team has to complete the decided quota . Yes if a team sets a target of 352 in the alloted 50 overs quota by losing 2 wickets and in the reply the opposite team makes 353 by losing 9 wickets and thus registers the win over the opponent so it’s clear that there is no importance of the wickets in the shorten forms of the game yeah conceding minimum runs creates the difference not the fall of wickets . But in the long format the Test Arena the fallen of wickets is importance because there is no limitations of the overs and to make team all out is all essential . If the rival bowls with thrifty economy and couldn’t make batsmen out then the team would bat and bat and only declare when it would feel in a quite safer zone .
Yeah to have these points I do say that whom we considere greatest bowler yeah Shane Bond or Melcom Marshal. If we divided Cricket in the Four Eras as –
■Introducing Era
(1877 to 1900)
■Pre Prime Era
(1901 to 1925)
■Post Prime Era
(1926 to 1950 )
■Pre Modern Era
(1951 to 1975)
■Modern Era
(1976 to 2000)
■Neo Modern Era
(2001 to 2025)

And if divide these spans only in two Periods then it would-
◆ Prime Era
◆ Dominant Era

●And if baptised to have leading bowlers of that duration then it can be as–
■1.Prime Era
(F Spoforth-G Lohmaan-Syd Barnes -C Turner-C Grimate Era)
1877 to 1925
■2. Post Prime Era
(F Truman- H Larwood- J Laker-R Lindwal-KMiller- A Davidson- W Hall Era )
1926 to 1970
■3. Modern Era
( D Lillee-J Thompson -Imran-R Hadlee-M Holding-J Snow B Willis-A Roberts-C Craft -J Garner-M Marshal-Kapil-Bothom Era )
1971 to 1990
■4. Post Modern Era
(C Walsh-Ambrose – W Akram- S Akhtar-Waqar Yunus- G McGrath-B Lee- S Warne-Muthaiya Muralidharan-D Styne-J Anderson-Broad-P Commins-Rabada Era )
1991 to 2025

■In these above Eras concerned different bowlers have left different imprints in the bowling field to have art, strength also earned high respect and created terror prone fear in the opposite batsmen.
If look the statistics of the SR then George Lohamann of England of Prime Era is the best ever whose WSR is 34.1 and in the wicket tally plus 85 Shane Bond of New Zealand is the giant in the WSR field to gave 38.7
Yes if see and attain the bowlers’ stats (Till 12 th January, 2022 ) then the list is appeared as –
●D Olivier (S Africa ) 32.4
●Akshar Patel (India) 33.6
●G Lohmann (England) 34.1
●Mike Procter (S Africa) 36.9
●JJ Ferris (Australia) 37.7
●S Bond (New Zealand) 38.7
●K Rabada 40.8 ●Kuldeep Yadav ( India ) 40.8
●K Jemienson ( New Zealand) 41.3
●SF Barnes ( England) 41.6
●Hasan Ali (Pak) 41.8
●A Dhananjaya (S Lanka) 41.9
●L Ngid ( S Africa) 42.3
●D Styne (S Africa) 42.3
● AE Volger (S Africa) 43.1
● EA Martindale (West Indies) 43.3
●Waqar Yunus ( Pak) 43.4
●M Bevan (Aus) 44.3
●J Middleton (S Africa) 44.3
●R Mendis (S Lanka) 44.3
●F Spoforth (Aus) 44.5
●W Barnes (Eng) 44.0
●J Cowle (N Zealand) 45.0
●Rashid Khan (Afg) 45.1
●JV Saundars (Aus) 45.1
●J Briggs ( Eng) 45.1
●F Tyson ( Eng) 45.4
●C Blythe ( Eng) 45.4
●S Akhtar (Pak) 45.7
●V Jones (SL) 45.7

Yes I have mentioned 30 bowlers whose WSR is appearing in the ascending order. Yes the 1st rank holder bowler’s strike rate is 31.34 that is D Ollivier of S Africa who is in the action and Axar Patel of India rests 2nd who is also in the action presently and under standard criteria of minimum bowled 1000 deliveries both have ranked 1st and 2nd . And it’s all praisable that in the batting dominant era these two bowlers have performed well and left behind all time greatest G Lohmann and dethroned this pioneer stalwart . Yes G Lohmann’s feat was when the era was bowlers’ dominance. Yeah the 30 th bowler V Jones of Shri Lanka’s SR is 45.7
If take 3300 plus deliveries then G Lohmann and S Bond lead a top to dismiss 112 and 87 wickets respectively. Yeah Mike Proctor too rests at the 4th place who bowled 1500 plus deliveries and 41dismisals are on his worthy name . D Olivier bowled 1700 plus deliveries and Axar Patel bowled away 1200 plus balls.
But Kagiso Rabada the speedster from South Africa deserves the first slot in this subject because longevity concerned his stats are rich,emphatic and impressive. Yeah he has played 50 Test till the date (12Jan,2022 3rd Test up to the 1st innings ) and took away 230 Test wickets by delivered 9398 balls and his wicket strike rate is 40.8 and bowling average is also prosperous with
22.49
In the present overall list K Rabada rests at number 7 . Yeah the bowlers rest above him are in the serial number – (1.)D Olivier (2.) Axar Patel (3.)G Lohmann (4.) Mike Procter (5.) JJ Ferris (6.) S Bond

Yes in this rank list two bowlers are playing and there career is at present very short and still be tested in the forthcoming years and K Rabada is also in the action but he has completed the standard mark yes played 50 Test and very close to deliver 10 thousand deliveries. 1to 6 G Lohmann and Shane Bond have bowler 3300 plus balls (S Bond 3372 and G Lohmann 3830 ) and have 87 and 112 dismissals on their worthy name. But yes under minimum 1000 balls deliverance standard criteria D Olivier and Axar Patel overcame George Lehmann yeah all time greatest bowler of the Test arena in the bowling average and the wicket strike rate concerned . Yes G Lohmann and S Bond played only 18 Test in which G Lohmann delivered 3830 balls and took 112 wickets and S Bond bowled 3372 balls and took 87 wickets . Thus G Lohmann delivered 458 more deliveries than S Bond and took 25 more wickets than S Bond . And obviously the strike rate of G Lohmann is greater than S Bond so there is no match of S Bond with G Lohmann and the critics and experts do honoured both the great bowlers by dissect the era yeah G Lohmann is Golden Era’s great bowler to have handsome SR of 34.1 and S Bond yeah the modern era’s great bowler to have smartest SR 38.7
So what I conclude is SR point of view
K Rabada rests first in rank because in batting dominant era he has kept 40.8 SR and S Bond rests 2nd because he has bowled on the covered wicket and bouncers restricted era and G Lohmann I put at number 3 because he had bowled in the bowling friendly era . And it’s just evaluation of my kind and I do not underestimate mr G Lohmann and considered as the greatest bowler of the Test arena .
Yes in this subject bowler like Alan Davidson the greatest left arm all time great who finished his career with 20.53 yes the thriftiest bowler of 60s and 70s and M Marshal ( 376 Test wickets with 20.94, 46.6 SR , 2.68 economy) Joel Garner( 259 Wickets with 20.97 bowling average ,2.47 economy 50.8 SR) of 80s and C Ambrose ( 405 Wickets , Average 20.99 , WSR 54.5 , economy 2.30 ) of 90s are awesome in the bowling average and their WSR isn’t bad. So Alan Davidson,
Melcom Marshall ,Jeol Garner, C Ambrose these are four bowlers who are great in the run conceded concerned . Yeah if the batsman can’t plunder run at his will it means the bowler is so tight ,accurate and stingy in his line and length .
So if conclude the best bowler after 1930 to 2021 then the rank follows as :
★WSR point of view-
1. S Bond
2. K Rabada
3.D Styne
4.Waqar Yunus
5.S Akhtar
■Average Point Of View-
1. A Davidson 20.53
2. M Marshall 20.94
3.Joel Garner 20.97
4. C Ambrose 20.99
5.Glan McGrath 21.64

■Economy Point Of View :
(1.)Alan Davidson 1.97
(2.) Frank Tyson 2.45
(3.) Muthaiya Murlidhran 2.47
(4.)Imran Khan 2.54
(5.)Richards Hadlee 2.63
(6.)Fredie Truman 2.61
(7.)S Warne 2.65
Note : Yeah Frank Tyson who is considered as the fastest ever according to the legends who was tearing fast took 78 wickets in his short cricket career (played just 17 Test bowled 3452 balls and dismissed 76 batsmen) but as the fast bowler he was considered a dreadful giant and lightening fast speedster by the generation of his era . So I have included this speedy bowler.
Alan Davidson yeah contemporary to Frank Tyson the Australian left arm fast played 44 Test and in 82 innings he delivered 11587 (1931.16 overs) balls and in it he conceded only 3819 runs and claimed 186 Test wickets. Thus his bowling average is 20.53, yes wicket strike rate is 62.29 ball but run economy is so fine with 1.97

*NK Sanatan