Mohammed Shami

Bowler, India, 64 Tests, 2013-2023. Debut v West Indies, 2013

26.9Adjusted bowling average, 36th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 27.8. It could reasonably be anywhere from 25.1 to 31.2.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

33AAP AtkinsonEngland26.8 34Mohammad AmirPakistan26.8 35HMRKB HerathSri Lanka26.9

36Mohammed ShamiIndia26.9

37SR WatsonAustralia26.9 38Abdur RehmanPakistan27.0 39IE O'BrienNew Zealand27.1

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2013	17	445	26.18	3.58
2014	24	1109	46.21	3.85
2015	6	145	24.17	4.20
2016	29	779	26.86	2.87
2017	19	446	23.47	3.24
2018	47	1268	26.98	3.30
2019	33	550	16.67	2.83
2020	5	224	44.80	3.39
2021	23	517	22.48	3.10
2022	13	448	34.46	3.25
2023	13	415	31.92	3.62
Career	229	6346	27.71	3.31

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

Volume

Wickets

229

5 wkts

Quality

Average

27.71

Strike rate

50.3

Economy

3.31

Conditions

Away average

30.33

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

14.1

Value / inns

6.1

Volume

Runs

750

Average

12.1

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

74.6

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

10.14

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	27	245	12.25
Australia	15	139	13.90
Sri Lanka	8	134	26.80
South Africa	17	113	8.07
New Zealand	11	78	9.75
West Indies	7	31	6.20
Bangladesh	1	10	—

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
South Africa	48	20.94	5/28	3
Australia	44	32.09	6/56	2
England	44	38.30	4/57	0
West Indies	33	19.97	5/47	1
New Zealand	27	32.74	4/70	0
Sri Lanka	24	23.54	4/100	0
Bangladesh	9	15.11	4/31	0

Home & away

Home

20bat avg

22.11bowl avg

Away

10.14bat avg

30.33bowl avg

Neutral

21.5bat avg

33.5bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	32	335	13.96
2nd	23	173	10.81
3rd	23	184	12.27
4th	8	58	8.29

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia13 & 134/161The Oval2023-06-07 v Australia02/153Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2023-03-09 v Australia24/70Arun Jaitley Stadium2023-02-17 v Australia373/31Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur2023-02-09 v England16 & 132/142Edgbaston2022-07-01 v Sri Lanka5 & 162/44M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru2022-03-12 v Sri Lanka203/75Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh2022-03-04 v South Africa7 & 03/80Newlands, Cape Town2022-01-11 v South Africa9 & 03/107Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2022-01-03 v South Africa8 & 18/107SuperSport Park, Centurion2021-12-26

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 86
Not outs: 24
Runs: 750
Average: 12.10
Strike rate: 74.6
Highest: 56*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 2
Ducks: 18

Wickets: 229
Average: 27.71
Economy: 3.31
Strike rate: 50.3
Best: 6/56
5 wickets: 6
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 11515