Bowling Best Career Bowling Average IN Australia

Best averages for Australia vs England in Tests IN Australia

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1887-1892	6	-	153	1783	478	41	8/35	11.65	1.60	43.48	1	3	2
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	9	-	273	3128	935	63	7/43	14.84	1.79	49.65	3	6	1
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.76	2	1	-
W Barnes (ENG)	1882-1887	10	382.3	182	1531	509	33	6/28	15.42	1.99	46.39	1	2	-
SM Boland (AUS)	2021-2025	7	190.0	50	1140	540	34	6/7	15.88	2.84	33.52	2	1	-
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1983	9	-	86	2385	829	52	6/74	15.94	2.08	45.86	3	5	2
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	2364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4	1
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2007	5	194.2	53	1166	443	26	4/72	17.03	2.27	44.84	1	-	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1974-1983	10	-	62	2359	1103	58	6/46	19.01	2.80	40.67	3	4	-
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	11	620.2	231	2482	1080	56	7/44	19.28	2.61	44.32	2	5	3
GE Palmer (AUS)	1881-1885	10	760.0	312	3040	1090	55	7/65	19.81	2.15	55.27	3	5	2
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1979	7	179.6	36	1438	418	21	3/19	19.90	1.74	68.47	-	-	-
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1991	9	378.5	93	2273	959	47	7/51	20.40	2.53	48.36	5	2	1
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1955	14	317.5	66	2541	878	43	7/60	20.41	2.07	59.09	2	1	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2010-2014	9	325.1	73	1951	1071	52	7/40	20.59	3.29	37.51	3	4	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	9	295.3	66	2363	845	41	5/35	20.60	2.14	57.63	2	2	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1908	19	664.0	184	3984	1620	78	7/17	20.76	2.43	51.07	1	7	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1958-1959	4	127.6	24	1022	318	15	5/107	21.20	1.86	68.13	1	1	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2025	10	357.5	81	2147	1063	50	5/38	21.26	2.97	42.94	4	1	-
H Trumble (AUS)	1894-1904	15	734.4	219	4408	1581	74	7/28	21.36	2.15	59.56	5	4	-
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2014	8	250.0	69	1500	706	33	6/47	21.39	2.82	45.45	-	2	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1895	14	-	336	4169	1358	63	6/67	21.55	1.95	66.17	4	3	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1982	13	-	116	3701	1533	71	6/26	21.59	2.48	52.12	4	5	2
FR Foster (ENG)	1911-1912	5	276.4	58	1660	692	32	6/91	21.62	2.50	51.87	2	3	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2017-2025	13	426.3	75	2559	1453	67	7/58	21.68	3.40	38.19	2	3	1
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1986-1995	9	392.2	80	2354	1183	54	8/97	21.90	3.01	43.59	1	6	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1998-2003	6	204.1	55	1225	603	27	5/88	22.33	2.95	45.37	2	1	-
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1912	13	708.4	171	4252	1727	77	7/60	22.42	2.43	55.22	1	8	1
G Miller (ENG)	1978-1983	12	-	106	2569	809	36	5/44	22.47	1.88	71.36	1	1	-
WE Midwinter (AUS/ENG)	1877-1887	9	384.1	165	1537	520	23	5/78	22.60	2.02	66.82	1	1	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1954-1963	13	430.3	91	3443	1156	51	6/64	22.66	2.01	67.50	1	3	-
HF Boyle (AUS)	1879-1884	7	258.3	105	1035	365	16	3/52	22.81	2.11	64.68	-	-	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1970-1971	6	225.5	47	1805	708	31	7/40	22.83	2.35	58.22	1	2	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2007	16	635.1	186	3811	1603	70	6/50	22.90	2.52	54.44	4	2	-
W Attewell (ENG)	1884-1892	9	-	289	2478	530	23	4/53	23.04	1.28	107.73	1	-	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1978-1979	6	204.2	44	1634	577	25	5/28	23.08	2.11	65.36	2	1	-
R Kilner (ENG)	1925-1925	3	179.1	35	1433	399	17	4/51	23.47	1.67	84.29	3	-	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	15	418.2	68	3346	1301	54	7/63	24.09	2.33	61.96	1	1	-
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1888	13	418.1	181	1673	700	29	4/52	24.13	2.51	57.68	1	-	-
LO Fleetwood-Smith (AUS)	1937-1937	3	131.4	20	1052	463	19	6/110	24.36	2.64	55.36	1	2	1
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1912	5	277.3	42	1665	780	32	7/90	24.37	2.81	52.03	1	4	2
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1937	10	-	233	4284	1279	52	5/51	24.59	1.79	82.38	3	4	1
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2003	6	354.2	68	2126	964	39	7/50	24.71	2.72	54.51	2	3	1
JN Crawford (ENG)	1907-1908	5	237.4	36	1426	742	30	5/48	24.73	3.12	47.53	-	3	-
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	6	-	47	1580	471	19	5/148	24.78	1.78	83.15	1	1	-
TW Wall (AUS)	1929-1933	5	245.1	46	1471	598	24	5/66	24.91	2.43	61.29	1	2	-
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	8	413.3	85	2481	1147	46	5/28	24.93	2.77	53.93	3	4	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	7	205.0	18	1640	776	31	7/27	25.03	2.83	52.90	1	2	1
G Geary (ENG)	1928-1929	4	240.3	70	1443	477	19	5/35	25.10	1.98	75.94	-	2	-
GF Lawson (AUS)	1982-1986	6	280.4	60	1684	857	34	6/47	25.20	3.05	49.52	2	4	1
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1895	18	-	247	4089	1783	70	7/117	25.47	2.61	58.41	6	5	1
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	10	351.0	179	1404	461	18	7/40	25.61	1.97	78.00	-	1	-
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-1998	7	237.1	59	1423	666	26	5/46	25.61	2.80	54.73	1	1	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1947	5	178.4	50	1428	437	17	6/82	25.70	1.83	84.00	1	1	-
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2017-2021	6	217.5	59	1307	618	24	5/48	25.75	2.83	54.45	-	1	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2007	14	667.4	163	4006	1704	66	8/71	25.81	2.55	60.69	4	3	1
G Dymock (AUS)	1975-1980	7	-	65	2008	659	25	6/34	26.36	1.96	80.32	1	1	-
TW Garrett (AUS)	1877-1888	15	426.0	160	1704	716	27	6/78	26.51	2.52	63.11	1	2	-
H Larwood (ENG)	1928-1933	10	479.3	83	2877	1368	51	6/32	26.82	2.85	56.41	3	3	1
JT Hearne (ENG)	1897-1898	5	217.0	66	1302	538	20	6/98	26.90	2.47	65.10	1	2	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-1999	8	354.2	73	2126	1112	41	6/49	27.12	3.13	51.85	2	2	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	14	223.5	33	1789	763	28	4/22	27.25	2.55	63.89	3	-	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1947	5	182.0	27	1456	491	18	5/44	27.27	2.02	80.88	-	2	-
A Fielder (ENG)	1904-1908	6	248.3	42	1491	711	26	6/82	27.34	2.86	57.34	3	1	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1959-1963	8	245.3	20	1963	797	29	5/62	27.48	2.43	67.68	3	1	-
W Voce (ENG)	1932-1947	11	-	56	2450	1128	41	6/41	27.51	2.76	59.75	3	1	1
NM Lyon (AUS)	2013-2025	17	654.4	161	3928	1706	61	5/50	27.96	2.60	64.39	2	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1971-1980	8	-	65	1875	676	24	4/21	28.16	2.16	78.12	3	-	-
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1963-1966	5	171.7	30	1375	508	18	7/105	28.22	2.21	76.38	-	2	-
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1898	21	-	141	3026	1299	46	6/49	28.23	2.57	65.78	2	2	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1954-1963	15	583.1	146	4665	1649	58	6/115	28.43	2.12	80.43	5	3	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1987	18	-	146	4228	1963	69	6/78	28.44	2.78	61.27	5	3	1
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1929	10	-	184	4754	1578	55	6/99	28.69	1.99	86.43	3	5	1
GC Small (ENG)	1986-1991	6	227.4	56	1366	604	21	5/48	28.76	2.65	65.04	-	2	-
W Rhodes (ENG)	1903-1921	20	433.2	96	2600	1211	42	8/68	28.83	2.79	61.90	2	3	1
PM Siddle (AUS)	2010-2014	10	303.5	76	1823	870	30	6/54	29.00	2.86	60.76	1	2	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1977	7	255.7	53	2047	821	28	8/143	29.32	2.40	73.10	2	1	-
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1907	6	224.0	69	1344	558	19	4/30	29.36	2.49	70.73	2	-	-
GOB Allen (ENG)	1932-1937	10	-	41	2057	1119	38	5/36	29.44	3.26	54.13	2	1	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1955	13	347.4	95	2780	860	29	6/42	29.65	1.85	95.86	-	1	-
P Lever (ENG)	1970-1975	7	204.5	33	1637	653	22	6/38	29.68	2.39	74.40	1	1	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1983	24	-	108	4778	2146	72	5/44	29.80	2.69	66.36	2	3	-
T Richardson (ENG)	1894-1898	10	547.1	113	3283	1625	54	8/94	30.09	2.96	60.79	1	5	1
C Kelleway (AUS)	1911-1928	15	-	104	3136	1054	35	4/27	30.11	2.01	89.60	1	-	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1982-1991	5	191.5	48	1151	512	17	6/47	30.11	2.66	67.70	-	1	-
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	8	327.4	40	1966	1124	37	6/40	30.37	3.43	53.13	2	3	-
JC White (ENG)	1928-1929	5	406.4	134	2440	760	25	8/126	30.40	1.86	97.60	1	3	1
CE McLeod (AUS)	1894-1904	11	320.2	102	1922	669	22	5/65	30.40	2.08	87.36	1	1	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-2003	24	205.2	57	1232	548	18	5/69	30.44	2.66	68.44	-	1	-
KD Walters (AUS)	1965-1977	18	200.0	32	1600	646	21	4/53	30.76	2.42	76.19	1	-	-
E Jones (AUS)	1894-1902	8	284.2	49	1706	785	25	6/82	31.40	2.76	68.24	1	1	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1980	14	-	144	4190	1574	50	7/113	31.48	2.25	83.80	2	1	1
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	11	-	54	3164	1514	48	7/69	31.54	2.87	65.91	1	2	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	11	478.3	76	3827	1489	47	5/46	31.68	2.33	81.42	3	2	1
DD Blackie (AUS)	1928-1929	3	210.0	51	1260	444	14	6/94	31.71	2.11	90.00	1	1	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1954-1963	14	412.5	44	3301	1365	43	7/57	31.74	2.48	76.76	-	2	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	10	422.0	160	2532	829	26	4/43	31.88	1.96	97.38	2	-	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1990-1998	8	341.5	64	2051	929	29	6/82	32.03	2.71	70.72	-	2	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1988	10	-	150	3459	1124	35	7/78	32.11	1.94	98.82	2	2	-
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1991	8	278.4	64	1672	809	25	4/37	32.36	2.90	66.88	1	-	-
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1925	10	-	47	3417	1945	60	9/121	32.41	3.41	56.95	3	5	2
GHS Trott (AUS)	1892-1898	13	273.0	39	1638	822	25	4/71	32.88	3.01	65.52	1	-	-
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	22	538.3	158	3231	1122	34	4/26	33.00	2.08	95.02	1	-	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2025	13	253.5	26	1523	1060	32	6/99	33.12	4.17	47.59	-	2	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1962-1971	12	449.0	59	3592	1437	43	6/48	33.41	2.40	83.53	1	3	-
HSTL Hendry (AUS)	1924-1929	5	-	54	1118	369	11	3/36	33.54	1.98	101.63	-	-	-
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1947	19	-	65	2147	879	26	5/57	33.80	2.45	82.57	-	1	-
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	6	407.4	155	2446	711	21	4/26	33.85	1.74	116.47	1	-	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2022	21	824.3	217	4947	2313	68	5/43	34.01	2.80	72.75	6	1	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2010-2022	15	545.2	119	3272	1606	47	6/81	34.17	2.94	69.61	1	2	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1988	7	261.2	48	1568	756	22	5/68	34.36	2.89	71.27	1	1	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	2002-2003	4	171.0	28	1026	690	20	7/94	34.50	4.03	51.30	-	1	1
H Verity (ENG)	1932-1937	9	-	111	2377	726	21	5/33	34.57	1.83	113.19	-	1	-
IJ Jones (ENG)	1965-1966	4	129.0	15	1032	533	15	6/118	35.53	3.09	68.80	-	1	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1983	20	-	46	1211	394	11	2/36	35.81	1.95	110.09	-	-	-
PR Sleep (AUS)	1986-1988	4	181.0	51	1086	430	12	5/72	35.83	2.37	90.50	1	1	-
B Lee (AUS)	2002-2007	8	341.3	58	2049	1200	33	4/47	36.36	3.51	62.09	1	-	-
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1911-1925	11	-	43	1754	879	24	5/46	36.62	3.00	73.08	1	1	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1933	9	-	142	3523	1432	39	6/37	36.71	2.43	90.33	-	4	1
DA Allen (ENG)	1963-1966	5	199.0	59	1592	516	14	4/47	36.85	1.94	113.71	1	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1987	6	-	80	1674	565	15	3/45	37.66	2.02	111.60	-	-	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1974-1975	4	141.1	23	1129	528	14	5/86	37.71	2.80	80.64	-	1	-
FA Ward (AUS)	1936-1937	3	136.0	28	1088	432	11	6/102	39.27	2.38	98.90	-	1	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1974-1977	7	181.5	22	1453	747	19	4/56	39.31	3.08	76.47	3	-	-
LC Braund (ENG)	1901-1908	15	545.2	127	3272	1559	39	8/81	39.97	2.85	83.89	1	3	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	14	569.1	136	4553	1493	37	7/79	40.35	1.96	123.05	2	2	-
J Ryder (AUS)	1920-1929	13	-	44	1237	488	12	2/20	40.66	2.36	103.08	-	-	-
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1983	9	-	103	2660	1182	29	5/107	40.75	2.66	91.72	2	1	-
E Evans (AUS)	1881-1885	4	260.1	136	1041	289	7	3/64	41.28	1.66	148.71	-	-	-
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1995	11	439.1	85	2635	1322	32	4/56	41.31	3.01	82.34	1	-	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	3	134.0	36	1072	372	9	3/48	41.33	2.08	119.11	-	-	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-1995	8	347.4	90	2086	787	19	5/61	41.42	2.26	109.78	1	1	-
CH Parkin (ENG)	1920-1921	5	211.2	29	1268	670	16	5/60	41.87	3.17	79.25	-	1	-
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1991	5	335.3	93	2013	768	18	3/53	42.66	2.28	111.83	-	-	-
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1990-1995	9	405.0	74	2430	1253	29	4/39	43.20	3.09	83.79	2	-	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1970-1971	5	221.0	57	1768	605	14	4/83	43.21	2.05	126.28	1	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1963-1971	8	172.0	53	1376	480	11	3/39	43.63	2.09	125.09	-	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1958-1963	8	130.6	33	1046	306	7	3/80	43.71	1.75	149.42	-	-	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1946-1951	10	343.2	29	2746	1490	34	7/105	43.82	3.25	80.76	1	2	-
GH Hirst (ENG)	1897-1904	9	271.3	47	1629	755	17	5/48	44.41	2.78	95.82	-	1	-
FE Woolley (ENG)	1911-1925	15	-	82	2592	1114	25	4/77	44.56	2.57	103.68	1	-	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2002-2006	7	244.3	42	1467	861	19	7/109	45.31	3.52	77.21	1	1	-
RK Oxenham (AUS)	1928-1929	3	201.2	72	1208	349	7	4/67	49.85	1.73	172.57	1	-	-
CR Woakes (ENG)	2017-2022	7	255.4	54	1534	827	16	4/36	51.68	3.23	95.87	1	-	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1924-1925	5	135.7	14	1087	519	10	3/114	51.90	2.86	108.70	-	-	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2010-2013	8	361.1	64	2167	1157	22	5/91	52.59	3.20	98.50	-	1	-
AL Thomson (AUS)	1970-1971	4	189.7	33	1519	654	12	3/79	54.50	2.58	126.58	-	-	-
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2007	9	302.4	57	1816	1069	19	4/48	56.26	3.53	95.57	1	-	-
JW Hearne (ENG)	1911-1925	11	-	30	1966	974	16	4/84	60.87	2.97	122.87	1	-	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1958-1959	4	126.2	25	1010	376	5	4/130	75.20	2.23	202.00	1	-	-
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1986-1991	9	252.0	62	1512	717	9	3/40	79.66	2.84	168.00	-	-	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2017-2018	5	169.2	27	1016	575	5	2/74	115.00	3.39	203.20	-	-	-

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]

England vs Australia at Brisbane, The Ashes 2nd Test, Dec 4-7, 2025 [Test # 2611]