Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Best career bowling average (without qualification) in List A

Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
Asif Dar	1990-1991	3	8	0	1	1/0	0	0	8	0	0
DG Aslett	1981-1987	95	5	0	1	1/0	0	0	5	0	0
TJ Hughes	1974-1974	2	3	0	1	1/0	0	0	3	0	0
NM Lambrechts	1982-1991	11	6	0	1	1/0	0	0	6	0	0
LD Chandimal	2009-2025	266	6	1	1	1/1	1	1	6	0	0
Sajjad Abbas	1983-1990	5	3	1	1	1/1	1	2	3	0	0
AG Shetty	2021-2021	7	5	1	1	1/1	1	1.2	5	0	0
PA Spicer	1963-1963	1	2	1	1	1/1	1	3	2	0	0
K Sonavale	2024-2024	3	15	3	2	1/1	1.5	1.2	7.5	0	0
Rommel Shahzad	2022-2022	1	27	8	4	4/8	2	1.77	6.7	1	0
S Trower	2002-2002	1	30	6	3	3/6	2	1.2	10	0	0
GP Bilby	1970-1976	10	7	4	2	2/4	2	3.42	3.5	0	0
E Francis	2007-2007	4	12	2	1	1/2	2	1	12	0	0
H Gallage	2024-2025	5	6	2	1	1/2	2	2	6	0	0
CA Gie	1972-1981	5	12	2	1	1/2	2	1	12	0	0
Harnoor Singh	2025-2026	7	6	2	1	1/2	2	2	6	0	0
Jiwanjot Singh	2014-2024	30	4	2	1	1/2	2	3	4	0	0
Najeeb Wahid	1981-1992	20	6	2	1	1/2	2	2	6	0	0
WPC Weston	1993-2007	198	6	2	1	1/2	2	2	6	0	0
RD Healey	1969-1969	1	67	14	6	6/14	2.33	1.25	11.1	0	1
R Pushpakumara	1998-1999	1	0+	14	6	6/14	2.33	-	-	0	1
Janat Mir Zadran	2019-2019	1	7	5	2	2/5	2.5	4.28	3.5	0	0
Matthew Campbell	2025-2025	4	30	14	5	4/3	2.8	2.8	6	1	0
K Maheep Kumar	2024-2026	4	20	6	2	2/6	3	1.8	10	0	0
Hammad Butt	1987-2000	14	5	3	1	1/3	3	3.6	5	0	0
AG Kapoor	2006-2008	14	6	3	1	1/3	3	3	6	0	0
R Kodituwakku	2018-2019	6	6	3	1	1/3	3	3	6	0	0
DF Whatmore	1976-1988	26	6	3	1	1/3	3	3	6	0	0
Bahir Shah	2018-2025	47	16	13	4	4/2	3.25	4.87	4	1	0
PV Shashikanth	1987-1995	19	30	13	4	4/13	3.25	2.6	7.5	1	0
B Gopito	2018-2022	6	10	10	3	3/0	3.33	6	3.3	0	0
DPMC Waidyaratne	1998-1999	1	0+	10	3	3/10	3.33	-	-	0	0
MV Ekanayake	1992-1993	1	42	7	2	2/7	3.5	1	21	0	0
Gurjindersingh Maan	2021-2021	1	14	7	2	2/7	3.5	3	7	0	0
GA Joseph	2006-2007	5	14	7	2	2/7	3.5	3	7	0	0
GA Katz	1969-1976	14	18	7	2	2/3	3.5	2.33	9	0	0
M Senthilnathan	1988-1996	16	14	11	3	3/10	3.66	4.71	4.6	0	0
Zulfiqar Shah	1985-1986	1	-	11	3	3/11	3.66	-	-	0	0
Qadar Nawaz	2010-2010	1	60	16	4	4/16	4	1.6	15	1	0
AHL de Silva	2018-2018	2	11	12	3	3/2	4	6.54	3.6	0	0
SJ Cook	1972-1995	286	6	4	1	1/4	4	4	6	0	0
N de Klerk	2004-2005	1	18	4	1	1/4	4	1.33	18	0	0
HUD Fernando	2017-2018	3	6	4	1	1/4	4	4	6	0	0
Itmad-ul-Haq	2012-2013	8	6	4	1	1/4	4	4	6	0	0
K Nadarajah	2000-2001	2	8	4	1	1/4	4	3	8	0	0
S Ngadlela	2017-2017	1	4	4	1	1/4	4	6	4	0	0
RB Nicholls	1963-1974	87	6	4	1	1/4	4	4	6	0	0
TD Polgampola	2021-2025	25	6	4	1	1/4	4	4	6	0	0
SEJ Russell	1964-1967	5	8	4	1	1/4	4	3	8	0	0
F Akankwasa	2022-2022	5	85	44	10	5/19	4.4	3.1	8.5	0	1
MP Carew	1991-1994	5	18	9	2	2/0	4.5	3	9	0	0
AGS Gous	2013-2025	71	18	9	2	2/9	4.5	3	9	0	0
WI Jefferson	2000-2011	101	24	9	2	2/9	4.5	2.25	12	0	0
BP Patel	1973-1986	47	18	9	2	1/0	4.5	3	9	0	0
AR Maini	2019-2019	1	30	14	3	3/14	4.66	2.8	10	0	0
DSA Wijesinghe	2024-2024	3	30	14	3	2/5	4.66	2.8	10	0	0
JP Bloem	2021-2021	1	60	19	4	4/19	4.75	1.9	15	1	0
Sonu Singh	2015-2015	2	96	35	7	4/15	5	2.18	13.7	1	0
N Perera	1998-1999	1	0+	15	3	3/15	5	-	-	0	0
MA Seymour	1969-1970	1	48	15	3	3/15	5	1.87	16	0	0
Habibur Rahman Sohan	2023-2025	41	7	10	2	1/2	5	8.57	3.5	0	0
Abdul Basit	1990-2000	15	14	5	1	1/5	5	2.14	14	0	0
GA Bishop	1982-1993	38	6	5	1	1/5	5	5	6	0	0
Abhijit P Deshpande	1991-1992	2	12	5	1	1/5	5	2.5	12	0	0
GN Edwards	1973-1985	31	6	5	1	1/5	5	5	6	0	0
C Hari Nishaanth	2019-2023	9	30	5	1	1/5	5	1	30	0	0
AN Khare	2017-2026	69	6	5	1	1/5	5	5	6	0	0
S Kumara	2019-2019	1	13	5	1	1/5	5	2.3	13	0	0
V Seonarine	1998-1999	1	18	5	1	1/5	5	1.66	18	0	0
RAM Smith	1990-2003	46	9	5	1	1/5	5	3.33	9	0	0
Tasnim Akhtar	1990-1991	3	6	5	1	1/5	5	5	6	0	0
RT Virgin	1963-1977	170	8	5	1	1/1	5	3.75	8	0	0

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]

India v New Zealand at Indore, 3rd ODI, Jan 18, 2026 [ODI # 4939]

Vidarbha v Saurashtra at CoE 1, Bengaluru, Vijay Hazare Trophy final, Jan 18, 2026 [List A]