1. Bowler name
Matches
Wickets
WPT BA SR
Balls/Test
5 WPI
10 WPM
Muralitharan
132
795
6.02
22.67
54.9
331.17 67 22
Kumble
619
4.68
29.65
65.9
309.47 35 8
Harbhajan
103
417
4.04
32.46
68.5
277.48 25 5
Herath 75
351
27.97
60.7
284.39 28 7
Bedi
266
3.97
28.71
80.3
318.87 14 1
Kaneria 61
261
4.27
34.79
67.8
290.11 15 2
Ashwin 44
248
5.64
24.96
51.3
289.36 24
Chandrashekhar 58
242
4.17
29.74
275.22 16
Qadir
236
3.52
32.8
72.5
255.61
Saqlain 49
208
4.24
29.83
67.6
287.14 13 3
Prasanna
189
3.85
30.38
75.9
292.92 10
Mushtaq Ahmed 52
185
3.55
32.97
67.7
241
Ajmal
178
5.08
28.1
65.1
331.2 4
Iqbal Qasim 50
171
3.42
28.11
76.1
260.38
1. Statistics of subcontinental spinners, ordered by total wickets for country.

2. Selected spinners after 44 matches
Name
Wickets
WPT BA SR
5 WPI
10 WPM
Ashwin
248
5.64
24.96
51.3 24 7
Selected spinners after 44 matches
Muralitharan
215
4.89
26.33
63.1 17 2
Warne
207
4.70
23.52
63.3 10 3
Kumble
182
4.13
29.29
72.7 9 1
Harbhajan
193
4.39
28.08
62.3 15
Herath
179
4.07
30.32
65.4 14
Gibbs
195
4.43
26.04
77.7 13
Underwood
155
3.52
24.80
74.3 4
Bedi
166
3.77
29.77
85.4
Swann
188
4.27
28.57
57.7
Benaud
174
3.95
23.78
68.9 12
2. Comparision of Ashwin’s record against selected spinners’, after the 44 test mark

3. Name
Matches
Wickets
WPT BA SR
5 WPI
10 WPM
Muralitharan 79
565
7.15
18.98
48.9 51 20
Ashwin
129
6.45
19.69
41.6 16 5
4. Comparision of Ashwin’s current wicket taking streak with Muralitharan’s peak

4. Host country
Home spinners, BA
Away spinners, BA
Difference in BA
Australia
33.77
44.45
-10.69
Bangladesh
40.75
27.77
12.98
England
31.55
38.46
-6.91
India
29.33
39.34
-10.01
New Zealand
42.21
29.87
12.34
Pakistan
30.94
39.45
-8.47
South Africa
38.08
34.85
3.23
Sri Lanka
26.70
39.49
-12.79
West Indies
38.55
39.12
-0.57
Zimbabwe
45.42
29.89
15.53
7. Overall bowling average of home and away spin bowlers across different countries. UAE has been treated as a home venue for Pakistan.

5. Host country
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Australia
33.13
27.49
40.77
37.46
36.52
27.24
32.61
37.96
Bangladesh
44.57
38.06
England
44.47
20.15
27.5
32.23
39.22
44.6
37.67
33.27
India
52.5
29.6
31.67
27.62
32.9
25.45
30.77
25.78
New Zealand
65.50
43.45
38.39
51.56
35.82
43.16
39.39
47.28
Pakistan
27.98
29.08
33.66
26.24
37.65
30.01
South Africa
38.37
28.85
48.12
34.08
36.91
44.24
39.71
Sri Lanka
53.3
29.03
23.94
27.64
West Indies
24.03
40.16
32.79
40.25
39.1
38.52
46.89
34.29
Zimbabwe
43.73
49.00
8. Variation in home spinner bowling averages at host country over each decade. UAE has been treated as a home venue for Pakistan.

6. Host country
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Australia
87.43
35.81
41.96
32.50
43.95
49.46
49.12
58.13
Bangladesh
21.47
35.4
England
46.27
34.24
37.08
42.09
37.84
35.96
36.49
45.61
India
54.72
32.5
31.37
37.38
44.03
41.72
44.78
41.43
New Zealand
8.44
17.06
24.71
22.30
35.73
35.88
32.47
50.81
Pakistan
24.09
36.09
43.96
47.54
38.85
38.44
42.81
South Africa
33.33
23.17
35.92
37.77
34.19
38.16
42.11
Sri Lanka
27.04
40.49
44.64
36.79
West Indies
39.24
45.86
44.59
38.91
51.55
38.59
35.38
29.98
Zimbabwe
36.4
29.39
25.48
9. Variation in away spinner bowling averages at host country over each decade. UAE has been treated as a home venue for Pakistan.

7. Host country
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Australia
-54.3
-8.32
-1.19
4.96
-7.43
-22.22
-16.51
-20.17
Bangladesh
23.1
2.66
England
-1.8
-14.09
-9.58
-9.86
1.38
8.64
1.18
-12.34
India
-2.22
-2.9
0.3
-9.76
-11.13
-16.27
-14.01
-15.65
New Zealand
57.06
26.39
13.68
29.26
0.09
7.28
6.92
-3.53
Pakistan
3.89
-7.01
-10.3
-21.3
-5.58
-0.79
-12.8
South Africa
5.04
5.68
12.2
-3.69
2.72
6.08
-2.4
Sri Lanka
26.26
-11.46
-20.7
-9.15
West Indies
-15.21
-5.7
-11.8
1.34
-12.45
-0.07
11.51
4.31
Zimbabwe
8.17
14.34
23.52
10. Variation in bowling averages differences (home spin BA- away spin BA) at host country over each decade. UAE has been treated as a home venue for Pakistan.

8. Time period
Country exclusions
1940s NZ
1950s
NZ, Pak, SA
1960s
1970s
1980s SL
1990s
None
2000s
Ban, Zim
2010s
WI, Zim
11. List of host countries in each decade where the home team has had a poor record against away spinners (BA<30). These host countries were excluded from the away spinner BA analysis for each decade.

9. Period
No. of spinners with away BA<30 in top countries
Min. away wickets taken
Number of fast bowlers from spinner’s nation with away BA<30
1940s 15
N.A.
1950s
4 – Benaud (24.95), Tayfield (25.19), Valentine (25.49), Laker (27.13) 25
Aus (4), SA (1), WI (2), Eng (4)
1960s
4 – Mallet (21.18), Howarth (23.72), Benaud (26.96), Gibbs (27.24)
Aus (4), NZ (2), WI (1)
1970s
3 – Miller(24.96), Gibbs (29.11), Underwood (29.88)
Eng (4), WI (3)
1980s
1 – Harper (29.03)
WI (6)
1990s
3 – Warne (27.33), Paul Adams (27.72), Mushtaq Ahmed (29.51) 40
Aus (3), SA (2), Pak (2)
2000s
2 – Warne (23.81), Murali (28.58)
Aus (1)
2010s
12. List of spin bowlers with (minimum number of away wicket cutoff applied) BA<30 in each decade against strong opposition. With the except of Muralitharan in the 2000s, every bowler has had a strong fast bowling colleague.