Top 10 spinners in One Day International cricket from 1990-1999

Pat Symcox (South Africa)

Pat Symcox

Pat Symcox was South Africa’s best spinner by a mile in ODIs. In a seam pronged Proteas attack, Symcox was a rare breed with his tidy off spin. Symcox bowled within himself and had good control over his bowling.

The tall and burly spinner wasn’t a big turner but used his height to great advantage to get some flight going his way. Considering he was a late entrant into the limited overs arena, Pat did more than a handy job as South Africa's leading spinner in the 90s.

ODI Record 1990-1999

Matches 80 Wickets 72 Avg 38.18 Eco 4.15

Before i conclude, there were some other decent spinners who did considerably well playing ODI cricket for their national teams in the 90s. They dint make the cut as they generally played the role of defensive spinners and lent support to the front line spinners who were used as strike bowlers.

Honorable Mentions

India – Sunil Joshi, Nikhil Chopra, Rajesh Chauhan

Pakistan - Aamer Sohail, Arshad Khan, Akram Raza

Sri Lanka - Upul Chandana, Kumara Dharmasena, Aravinda De Silva

West Indies - Keith Arthurton, Roger Harper, Jimmy Adams

New Zealand – Shane Thompson, Daniel Vettori

Australia – Mark Waugh, Allan Border

South Africa – Paul Adams, Nicky Boje, Derek Crookes

England - Robert Croft, Ray Illingworth

Zimbabwe - Andy Whittal, Grant Flower