Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Best career bowling average (without qualification) in ODIs

Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/PAK)	1998-2010	288	2	0.2	0	1	1	1/0	1.00	3.00	2.00	0	0	0
K Sonavale (OMA)	2024-2024	3	15	2.3	1	3	2	1/1	1.50	1.20	7.50	0	0	0
TN de Grooth (NED)	2006-2013	34	6	1.0	0	2	1	1/2	2.00	2.00	6.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1976-1985	49	2	-	0	2	1	1/2	2.00	6.00	2.00	0	0	0
RK Singh (IND)	2023-2023	2	6	1.0	0	2	1	1/2	2.00	2.00	6.00	0	0	0
D Lloyd (ENG)	1973-1980	8	12	-	1	3	1	1/3	3.00	1.50	12.00	0	0	0
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2019-2025	71	6	1.0	0	3	1	1/3	3.00	3.00	6.00	0	0	0
RC Fredericks (WI)	1973-1977	12	10	-	0	10	2	2/10	5.00	6.00	5.00	0	0	0
GN Edwards (NZ)	1976-1981	6	6	-	0	5	1	1/5	5.00	5.00	6.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1977-1986	75	12	-	0	5	1	1/2	5.00	2.50	12.00	0	0	0
MA Vermeulen (ZIM)	2000-2009	43	5	0.5	0	5	1	1/5	5.00	6.00	5.00	0	0	0
DC Thomas (WI)	2009-2013	21	7	1.1	0	11	2	2/11	5.50	9.42	3.50	0	0	0
Mujahid Jamshed (PAK)	1997-1997	4	24	4.0	1	6	1	1/6	6.00	1.50	24.00	0	0	0
KADM Fernando (SL)	2003-2003	1	42	7.0	2	13	2	2/13	6.50	1.85	21.00	0	0	0
C Viljoen (NAM)	2019-2019	2	30	5.0	0	14	2	2/6	7.00	2.80	15.00	0	0	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1991-2000	104	4	0.4	0	7	1	1/7	7.00	10.50	4.00	0	0	0
M Shezi (SA)	2014-2014	1	36	6.0	2	8	1	1/8	8.00	1.33	36.00	0	0	0
DSK Madushanka (SL)	2018-2018	1	37	6.1	1	26	3	3/26	8.66	4.21	12.33	0	0	0
M van Jaarsveld (SA)	2002-2004	11	31	5.1	1	18	2	1/0	9.00	3.48	15.50	0	0	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1988-1996	74	8	1.2	0	10	1	1/2	10.00	7.50	8.00	0	0	0
JM Parker (NZ)	1974-1981	24	16	-	0	10	1	1/10	10.00	3.75	16.00	0	0	0
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1974-1975	5	320	-	9	165	16	6/14	10.31	3.09	20.00	0	2	0
RG Nijman (NED)	2009-2009	1	49	8.1	0	31	3	3/31	10.33	3.79	16.33	0	0	0
S Vesawkar (NEP)	2018-2021	4	36	6.0	1	21	2	2/21	10.50	3.50	18.00	0	0	0
DM Benkenstein (SA)	1998-2002	23	65	10.5	1	44	4	3/5	11.00	4.06	16.25	0	0	0
GD Porter (AUS)	1979-1979	2	108	18.0	5	33	3	2/13	11.00	1.83	36.00	0	0	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1973-1973	2	30	5.0	0	22	2	2/22	11.00	4.40	15.00	0	0	0
Irfan Bhatti (PAK)	1993-1993	1	48	8.0	0	22	2	2/22	11.00	2.75	24.00	0	0	0
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1971-1971	1	60	7.4	0	22	2	2/22	11.00	2.20	30.00	0	0	0
XC Bartlett (AUS)	2024-2025	5	247	41.1	3	167	15	4/17	11.13	4.05	16.46	2	0	0
Shakeel Ahmed (OMA)	2024-2025	15	850	141.4	25	435	39	5/23	11.15	3.07	21.79	3	1	0
KD Shah (HKG)	2014-2018	10	110	18.2	0	79	7	4/10	11.28	4.30	15.71	1	0	0
Saif Hassan (BAN)	2025-2025	6	73	12.1	1	46	4	3/6	11.50	3.78	18.25	0	0	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1971-1980	16	42	-	1	23	2	2/14	11.50	3.28	21.00	0	0	0
Bilal Sami (AFG)	2024-2025	2	61	10.1	0	58	5	5/33	11.60	5.70	12.20	0	1	0
SC Kuggeleijn (NZ)	2017-2017	2	84	14.0	2	58	5	3/41	11.60	4.14	16.80	0	0	0
K Kamyuka (CAN)	2013-2013	2	47	7.5	0	47	4	4/38	11.75	6.00	11.75	1	0	0
Z Groenewald (NAM)	2019-2019	4	198	33.0	3	130	11	5/20	11.81	3.93	18.00	0	1	0
R Ugarkar (USA)	2025-2025	3	115	19.1	1	83	7	5/22	11.85	4.33	16.42	0	1	0
Anshuman Rath (HKG)	2014-2018	18	337	56.1	8	167	14	3/22	11.92	2.97	24.07	0	0	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1976-1976	1	56	7.0	0	36	3	3/36	12.00	3.85	18.66	0	0	0
T Mishra (KENYA)	2006-2013	42	9	1.3	0	12	1	1/6	12.00	8.00	9.00	0	0	0
N Gifford (ENG)	1985-1985	2	120	20.0	1	50	4	4/23	12.50	2.50	30.00	1	0	0
BJ Currie (SCOT)	2024-2025	14	641	106.5	9	410	32	4/26	12.81	3.83	20.03	3	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1973-1980	19	38	-	1	26	2	2/20	13.00	4.10	19.00	0	0	0
MJ Cosgrove (AUS)	2006-2006	3	30	5.0	0	13	1	1/1	13.00	2.60	30.00	0	0	0
D Myers (ZIM)	2021-2024	10	12	2.0	0	13	1	1/13	13.00	6.50	12.00	0	0	0
RB Reid (NZ)	1988-1991	9	7	1.1	0	13	1	1/13	13.00	11.14	7.00	0	0	0
AM Stuart (AUS)	1997-1997	3	180	30.0	2	109	8	5/26	13.62	3.63	22.50	0	1	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1984-1984	4	36	6.0	0	28	2	2/8	14.00	4.66	18.00	0	0	0
GD Watson (AUS)	1972-1972	2	48	8.0	1	28	2	2/28	14.00	3.50	24.00	0	0	0
DS Wesonga (KENYA)	2010-2011	4	42	7.0	0	28	2	2/28	14.00	4.00	21.00	0	0	0
Saadat Ali (PAK)	1984-1984	8	27	4.3	0	29	2	2/24	14.50	6.44	13.50	0	0	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	161	88	14.4	0	88	6	3/9	14.66	6.00	14.66	0	0	0
B Siddharth (OMA)	2024-2025	3	114	19.0	3	60	4	2/23	15.00	3.15	28.50	0	0	0
Jalal-ud-Din (PAK)	1982-1983	8	306	51.0	7	211	14	4/32	15.07	4.13	21.85	1	0	0
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1990-2007	299	49	8.1	0	61	4	2/5	15.25	7.46	12.25	0	0	0
BR Taylor (NZ)	1973-1973	2	114	19.0	4	62	4	3/25	15.50	3.26	28.50	0	0	0
LN Oluoch (KENYA)	2011-2011	2	96	16.0	1	79	5	3/41	15.80	4.93	19.20	0	0	0
Sunzamul Islam (BAN)	2017-2018	3	150	25.0	0	79	5	2/22	15.80	3.16	30.00	0	0	0
G Singh (USA)	2021-2023	32	113	18.5	1	95	6	4/15	15.83	5.04	18.83	1	0	0
LW Stott (NZ)	1979-1979	1	72	12.0	1	48	3	3/48	16.00	4.00	24.00	0	0	0
P Raho (PNG)	2014-2014	1	45	7.3	0	32	2	2/32	16.00	4.26	22.50	0	0	0
TL Fernando (SL)	1989-1989	1	18	3.0	0	16	1	1/16	16.00	5.33	18.00	0	0	0
Kamran Ghulam (PAK)	2023-2025	11	24	4.0	0	16	1	1/7	16.00	4.00	24.00	0	0	0
Zahid Shah (UAE)	2008-2008	2	120	20.0	1	98	6	3/49	16.33	4.90	20.00	0	0	0
H Dhami (NEP)	2024-2024	1	48	8.0	0	49	3	3/49	16.33	6.12	16.00	0	0	0
Ali Khan (USA)	2019-2023	15	681	113.3	9	542	33	7/32	16.42	4.77	20.63	0	2	0
Gazi Ashraf (BAN)	1986-1990	7	51	8.3	0	33	2	1/7	16.50	3.88	25.50	0	0	0
W Sutherland (AUS)	2024-2024	2	51	8.3	0	33	2	2/28	16.50	3.88	25.50	0	0	0
JA Snow (ENG)	1971-1975	9	538	-	11	232	14	4/11	16.57	2.58	38.42	2	0	0
Khaliq Dad (AFG)	2009-2010	6	252	42.0	4	150	9	3/30	16.66	3.57	28.00	0	0	0
DV Lawrence (ENG)	1991-1991	1	66	11.0	1	67	4	4/67	16.75	6.09	16.50	1	0	0
AM Ghazanfar (AFG)	2024-2025	14	547	91.1	6	386	23	6/26	16.78	4.23	23.78	0	2	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1975-1979	8	402	-	11	203	12	5/21	16.91	3.02	33.50	0	1	0
R Dhanraj (WI)	1994-1995	6	264	44.0	2	170	10	4/26	17.00	3.86	26.40	1	0	0
Irfan Khan (PAK)	2024-2025	9	30	5.0	0	51	3	3/51	17.00	10.20	10.00	0	0	0
C Sakariya (IND)	2021-2021	1	48	8.0	0	34	2	2/34	17.00	4.25	24.00	0	0	0
DJ Malan (ENG)	2019-2023	30	15	2.3	0	17	1	1/5	17.00	6.80	15.00	0	0	0
TJ Heggelman (NED)	2010-2011	5	102	17.0	0	86	5	3/29	17.20	5.05	20.40	0	0	0
Faisal Akram (PAK)	2024-2025	4	177	29.3	0	122	7	3/24	17.42	4.13	25.28	0	0	0
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2000-2000	3	180	30.0	4	105	6	4/19	17.50	3.50	30.00	1	0	0
A Athanaze (WI)	2023-2025	17	126	21.0	3	70	4	2/14	17.50	3.33	31.50	0	0	0
GR Beard (AUS)	1981-1981	2	112	18.4	3	70	4	2/20	17.50	3.75	28.00	0	0	0
GA Cope (ENG)	1977-1978	2	112	14.0	0	35	2	1/16	17.50	1.87	56.00	0	0	0
MZ Zahir (CAN)	2009-2009	1	30	5.0	0	35	2	2/35	17.50	7.00	15.00	0	0	0
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1975-1975	2	56	7.0	0	53	3	3/53	17.66	5.67	18.66	0	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1979	9	409	-	9	248	14	5/18	17.71	3.63	29.21	0	1	0
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1975	14	714	-	19	339	19	4/27	17.84	2.84	37.57	1	0	0
GB Stevenson (ENG)	1980-1981	4	192	32.0	3	125	7	4/33	17.85	3.90	27.42	1	0	0
RD Chahar (IND)	2021-2021	1	60	10.0	0	54	3	3/54	18.00	5.40	20.00	0	0	0
R Parag (IND)	2024-2024	1	54	9.0	0	54	3	3/54	18.00	6.00	18.00	0	0	0
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1971-1974	6	77	-	0	54	3	3/40	18.00	4.20	25.66	0	0	0
M Venkataramana (IND)	1988-1988	1	60	10.0	0	36	2	2/36	18.00	3.60	30.00	0	0	0
G Malla (NEP)	2018-2023	37	18	3.0	0	18	1	1/6	18.00	6.00	18.00	0	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

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