Top 5 Chinaman bowlers the world has seen

#4 Johnny Wardle

Wardle played 28 tests for England

The Englishman is considered as one of the most skillful left-arm spinners in the history of the game and can be considered a bit unlucky to have played only 28 Tests because Tony Lock (who bowled orthodox left-arm spin) was often preferred to him.

While Wardle also bowled classical orthodox left-arm like Lock, he also possessed a potent chinaman, which he used especially when playing for England – with his county team Yorkshire preferring him bowling the conventional style.

Having the ability to bowl wrist spinners that turned and bounced sharply, Wardle used the chinaman to good effect on the tour to South Africa in 1956-57 in which he took 26 wickets in 4 Tests at an average of 13.81 and overall 90 wickets on the entire tour.

Wardle, the only chinaman bowler from England to play Tests till date, finished his amazing career with an incredible tally of 1846 first-class wickets, and also 102 Test wickets (which were taken at a miserly average of 20.39 – one of the lowest in Test cricket post the First World War).