Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1950	11	-	129	3113	1000	54	6/44	18.51	1.92	57.64	4	2	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1950	17	-	110	3688	1342	70	7/38	19.17	2.18	52.68	2	5	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	-	155	3140	989	47	6/29	21.04	1.88	66.80	2	4	1
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1950	18	-	81	2852	1028	48	7/60	21.41	2.16	59.41	1	2	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	11	-	38	2190	817	30	5/41	27.23	2.23	73.00	-	3	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1950	15	-	128	3386	1237	41	6/42	30.17	2.19	82.58	3	1	-
W Ferguson (WI)	1948-1949	7	381.0	76	2286	1010	33	6/92	30.60	2.65	69.27	1	3	1
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1950	12	-	177	3818	1253	40	6/59	31.32	1.96	95.45	4	1	-
L Amarnath (IND)	1946-1949	13	-	91	2526	959	29	5/96	33.06	2.27	87.10	2	2	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1949	23	-	231	7548	2959	89	7/49	33.24	2.35	84.80	8	2	2
WE Hollies (ENG)	1947-1949	8	380.2	114	2282	847	24	5/123	35.29	2.22	95.08	-	3	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1949	8	374.0	96	2244	1109	31	7/103	35.77	2.96	72.38	2	1	-
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1946-1949	20	-	60	2394	1291	35	4/68	36.88	3.23	68.40	3	-	-
C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1949	8	-	89	2129	571	15	3/21	38.06	1.60	141.93	-	-	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1946-1949	17	-	105	4445	2238	58	7/105	38.58	3.02	76.63	1	4	1
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1949	10	-	88	3744	1465	36	5/80	40.69	2.34	104.00	2	2	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1949	13	-	113	3866	1666	40	5/101	41.65	2.58	96.65	1	1	-
JA Young (ENG)	1947-1949	8	-	119	2368	757	17	3/65	44.52	1.91	139.29	-	-	-
L Tuckett (SA)	1947-1949	9	-	47	2104	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.73	1	2	-
DCS Compton (ENG)	1946-1949	28	-	58	2026	969	18	5/70	53.83	2.86	112.55	-	1	-

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Minimum of 2000 balls
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]