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ENG: Kennington Oval, London Records
Test Matches Records
Bowling Best Career Bowling Average - England
Best averages in Tests at ENG: Kennington Oval, London - England
Best averages
Player
Span
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
GAR Lock
1952-1963
8
298.5
126
1793
538
34
6/20
15.82
1.80
52.73
2
3
1
JC Laker
1949-1958
8
305.3
114
1833
638
40
6/55
15.95
2.08
45.82
4
2
1
FS Trueman
1952-1964
8
207.2
42
1244
543
30
5/48
18.10
2.61
41.46
3
1
-
MW Tate
1924-1931
5
213.2
66
1280
392
19
4/59
20.63
1.83
67.36
1
-
-
AV Bedser
1946-1953
7
249.3
55
1497
550
25
5/41
22.00
2.20
59.88
1
1
-
JB Statham
1954-1965
9
323.4
80
1942
761
31
5/40
24.54
2.35
62.64
-
1
-
AR Caddick
1997-2002
5
199.1
61
1195
575
23
5/42
25.00
2.88
51.95
2
1
-
PCR Tufnell
1991-2001
5
213.1
48
1279
626
25
7/66
25.04
2.93
51.16
1
2
1
SJ Harmison
2003-2009
6
193.5
44
1163
641
25
6/46
25.64
3.30
46.52
2
1
-
CR Woakes
2013-2025
8
226.0
57
1356
702
27
4/50
26.00
3.10
50.22
2
-
-
IT Botham
1978-1991
11
435.5
90
2615
1379
52
6/125
26.51
3.16
50.28
3
2
1
DE Malcolm
1990-1997
6
204.3
37
1227
724
27
9/57
26.81
3.54
45.44
-
2
1
GG Arnold
1967-1974
5
214.1
57
1285
540
20
5/58
27.00
2.52
64.25
-
2
-
DL Underwood
1967-1977
10
566.5
199
3401
1251
45
7/50
27.80
2.20
75.57
1
3
1
RGD Willis
1974-1983
9
284.5
55
1709
928
33
5/42
28.12
3.25
51.78
2
2
-
GP Swann
2009-2013
5
261.2
49
1568
769
27
6/106
28.48
2.94
58.07
3
1
-
SCJ Broad
2008-2023
14
441.3
84
2649
1398
45
5/37
31.06
3.16
58.86
3
1
-
R Illingworth
1959-1973
8
352.5
139
2117
661
21
5/70
31.47
1.87
100.80
-
1
-
JM Anderson
2003-2023
16
551.5
140
3311
1694
50
4/52
33.88
3.06
66.22
3
-
-
JA Snow
1966-1975
7
264.4
66
1588
694
19
3/40
36.52
2.62
83.57
-
-
-
AW Greig
1972-1977
6
187.0
46
1122
524
13
3/107
40.30
2.80
86.30
-
-
-
W Rhodes
1899-1926
7
-
57
1147
427
10
4/44
42.70
2.23
114.70
1
-
-
PH Edmonds
1975-1987
8
296.5
98
1781
718
15
4/20
47.86
2.41
118.73
1
-
-
JE Emburey
1980-1987
5
181.0
49
1086
403
5
2/38
80.60
2.22
217.20
-
-
-
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