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AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground Records
Test Matches Records
Bowling Best Career Bowling Average - vs Australia
Best averages in Tests at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground - vs Australia
Best averages
Player
Span
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
SF Barnes (ENG)
1902-1912
5
287.1
83
1723
632
35
7/121
18.05
2.20
49.22
-
5
1
HJ Tayfield (SA)
1952-1953
2
134.1
34
1073
367
19
7/81
19.31
2.05
56.47
-
2
1
AV Bedser (ENG)
1947-1951
3
143.1
22
1145
460
22
5/46
20.90
2.41
52.04
1
2
1
R Peel (ENG)
1885-1895
5
-
196
2117
568
27
4/77
21.03
1.60
78.40
2
-
-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)
1972-1983
4
-
44
1295
484
22
9/86
22.00
2.24
58.86
-
1
1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)
1973-1987
3
-
39
1048
426
19
6/57
22.42
2.43
55.15
-
3
1
G Ulyett (ENG)
1877-1885
7
260.1
98
1041
455
19
4/52
23.94
2.62
54.78
1
-
-
CA Walsh (WI)
1984-2000
5
208.3
49
1251
496
17
4/91
29.17
2.37
73.58
1
-
-
Imran Khan (PAK)
1977-1990
5
-
39
1127
472
16
5/122
29.50
2.51
70.43
1
1
-
T Richardson (ENG)
1894-1898
4
224.2
44
1346
615
19
6/104
32.36
2.74
70.84
-
2
-
R Ashwin (IND)
2011-2020
3
184.1
33
1105
456
14
3/35
32.57
2.47
78.92
-
-
-
LC Braund (ENG)
1902-1908
6
180.4
40
1084
548
16
8/81
34.25
3.03
67.75
-
2
-
LR Gibbs (WI)
1961-1976
4
202.4
61
1620
492
14
4/74
35.14
1.82
115.71
2
-
-
MW Tate (ENG)
1925-1929
4
-
97
2118
727
20
6/99
36.35
2.05
105.90
-
2
-
RGD Willis (ENG)
1971-1982
6
-
23
1275
588
15
5/61
39.20
2.76
85.00
-
1
-
FJ Titmus (ENG)
1962-1974
4
175.0
52
1400
397
10
4/43
39.70
1.70
140.00
1
-
-
JC White (ENG)
1928-1929
2
207.2
80
1244
335
8
5/107
41.87
1.61
155.50
-
1
-
DL Underwood (ENG)
1971-1980
5
-
47
1312
494
10
3/16
49.40
2.25
131.20
-
-
-
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