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Bowling Best Career Bowling Average
Best averages Held in Pakistan for ODIs
Best averages
Player
Span
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)
1995-2003
28
246.0
8
1476
1113
54
5/20
20.61
4.52
27.33
2
2
-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)
1984-1990
30
231.3
14
1389
870
38
4/17
22.89
3.75
36.55
2
-
-
Waqar Younis (PAK)
1989-2002
43
332.2
18
1994
1551
67
5/11
23.14
4.66
29.76
1
3
-
Aaqib Javed (PAK)
1989-1998
30
225.5
10
1355
945
39
4/29
24.23
4.18
34.74
2
-
-
Imran Khan (PAK)
1976-1992
46
-
42
1924
1271
52
4/37
24.44
3.96
37.00
2
-
-
Iftikhar Anjum (PAK)
2004-2009
24
189.5
18
1139
981
38
4/42
25.81
5.16
29.97
1
-
-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)
1998-2009
32
255.5
19
1535
1299
46
6/16
28.23
5.07
33.36
2
2
-
SM Pollock (SA)
1996-2007
20
190.3
18
1143
735
26
4/49
28.26
3.85
43.96
1
-
-
Mohammad Sami (PAK)
2002-2015
29
256.0
14
1536
1281
45
5/10
28.46
5.00
34.13
-
1
-
Umar Gul (PAK)
2003-2009
27
213.5
15
1283
1060
37
5/17
28.64
4.95
34.67
1
1
-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)
1977-1988
36
-
7
1306
1056
35
4/27
30.17
4.85
37.31
1
-
-
Wasim Akram (PAK)
1984-2002
67
514.1
29
3085
2241
72
5/15
31.12
4.35
42.84
1
1
-
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)
1982-1987
27
203.4
16
1222
840
25
4/38
33.60
4.12
48.88
1
-
-
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)
1990-2003
27
232.0
6
1392
995
29
3/16
34.31
4.28
48.00
-
-
-
Shahid Afridi (PAK)
1996-2009
57
461.2
5
2768
2244
62
5/40
36.19
4.86
44.64
-
1
-
Shoaib Malik (PAK)
2002-2015
65
431.5
10
2591
2014
48
3/29
41.95
4.66
53.97
-
-
-
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)
1996-2006
48
352.1
14
2113
1769
40
4/36
44.22
5.02
52.82
1
-
-
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