Bowling Best Career Bowling Average - Pakistan

Best averages in 2000s in Tests - Pakistan

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Shoaib Akhtar	2000-2007	33	952.2	175	5714	3199	144	6/11	22.21	3.35	39.68	7	11	2
Mohammad Asif	2005-2009	15	558.4	132	3352	1680	73	6/44	23.01	3.00	45.91	6	5	1
Shabbir Ahmed	2003-2005	10	429.2	97	2576	1175	51	5/48	23.03	2.73	50.50	5	2	-
Waqar Younis	2000-2003	29	782.5	137	4697	2624	94	6/55	27.91	3.35	49.96	9	1	-
Wasim Akram	2000-2002	13	381.4	102	2290	930	31	6/61	30.00	2.43	73.87	-	3	1
Saqlain Mushtaq	2000-2004	25	1185.2	260	7112	3087	101	8/164	30.56	2.60	70.41	7	4	1
Umar Gul	2003-2009	24	846.0	133	5076	3060	91	6/135	33.62	3.61	55.78	6	4	-
Danish Kaneria	2000-2009	56	2752.5	499	16517	8291	245	7/77	33.84	3.01	67.41	8	14	2
Abdul Razzaq	2000-2006	45	1151.0	216	6906	3628	100	5/35	36.28	3.15	69.06	4	1	-
Shahid Afridi	2000-2006	20	403.4	45	2422	1313	36	4/95	36.47	3.25	67.27	1	-	-
Mohammad Sami	2001-2007	33	1164.0	183	6984	4161	81	5/36	51.37	3.57	86.22	3	2	-
Shoaib Malik	2001-2009	28	336.0	45	2016	1158	17	4/42	68.11	3.44	118.58	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:

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh at Pallekele, Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jul 8, 2025 [ODI # 4891]

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jul 5, 2025 [ODI # 4890]

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jul 2, 2025 [ODI # 4889]