Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1951-1952	7	-	3	48	12	2	2/12	6.00	1.50	24.00	0	0	0
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1952	3	8.0	2	48	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.00	0	0	0
J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	22.0	5	176	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.20	0	1	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1952	1	4.3	0	35	14	1	1/14	14.00	2.40	35.00	0	0	0
GE Gomez (WI)	1951-1952	6	-	39	1074	328	21	7/55	15.61	1.83	51.14	0	1	1
MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1952	5	370.5	151	2225	571	34	8/55	16.79	1.53	65.44	5	1	1
MJ Hilton (ENG)	1952-1952	2	94.5	30	569	193	11	5/61	17.54	2.03	51.72	1	1	0
GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1952	5	7.0	1	56	18	1	1/9	18.00	1.92	56.00	0	0	0
G Noblet (AUS)	1951-1951	1	16.5	1	133	37	2	2/7	18.50	1.66	66.50	0	0	0
KR Miller (AUS)	1951-1952	5	128.3	16	1027	398	20	5/26	19.90	2.32	51.35	0	2	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1952	2	91.1	26	547	210	10	5/70	21.00	2.30	54.70	1	1	0
FMM Worrell (WI)	1951-1952	7	-	24	995	410	19	6/38	21.57	2.47	52.36	1	1	0
WA Johnston (AUS)	1951-1952	5	171.7	25	1375	508	23	6/62	22.08	2.21	59.78	0	1	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1951-1952	5	154.0	19	1232	484	21	5/52	23.04	2.35	58.66	2	1	0
RWG Emery (NZ)	1952-1952	2	7.4	0	46	52	2	2/52	26.00	6.78	23.00	0	0	0
AL Valentine (WI)	1951-1952	7	-	97	2419	844	32	6/102	26.37	2.09	75.59	1	3	0
PEW Jones (WI)	1951-1951	1	32.0	6	256	84	3	3/68	28.00	1.96	85.33	0	0	0
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1952	5	246.5	69	1481	589	21	6/48	28.04	2.38	70.52	1	1	0
TB Burtt (NZ)	1952-1952	2	81.2	14	488	226	8	5/69	28.25	2.77	61.00	0	1	0
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1951-1952	5	23.0	4	138	58	2	2/17	29.00	2.52	69.00	0	0	0
DT Ring (AUS)	1951-1952	5	99.5	10	797	390	13	6/80	30.00	2.93	61.30	0	1	0
JDC Goddard (WI)	1951-1952	6	-	11	412	162	5	3/36	32.40	2.35	82.40	0	0	0
RV Divecha (IND)	1951-1952	2	77.0	19	462	163	5	2/55	32.60	2.11	92.40	0	0	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1951-1952	4	79.0	8	632	262	8	3/78	32.75	2.48	79.00	0	0	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1951-1952	7	-	97	2459	861	26	5/86	33.11	2.10	94.57	1	2	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1952	4	112.0	31	672	247	7	3/89	35.28	2.20	96.00	0	0	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1952	5	126.0	36	756	293	8	4/96	36.62	2.32	94.50	1	0	0
JA Hayes (NZ)	1952-1952	2	54.0	7	324	186	5	3/52	37.20	3.44	64.80	0	0	0
DD Beard (NZ)	1952-1952	2	74.0	17	444	163	4	2/96	40.75	2.20	111.00	0	0	0
SW Sohoni (IND)	1951-1951	1	43.0	12	258	88	2	1/16	44.00	2.04	129.00	0	0	0
DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1952	3	-	10	268	89	2	1/4	44.50	1.99	134.00	0	0	0
SG Shinde (IND)	1951-1952	3	183.3	52	1101	461	10	6/91	46.10	2.51	110.10	0	1	0
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1952	5	58.0	23	348	94	2	1/15	47.00	1.62	174.00	0	0	0
F Ridgway (ENG)	1951-1952	5	132.1	23	793	379	7	4/83	54.14	2.86	113.28	1	0	0
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1951-1952	5	116.0	26	696	264	4	3/20	66.00	2.27	174.00	0	0	0
L Amarnath (IND)	1951-1952	3	111.1	26	667	207	3	3/61	69.00	1.86	222.33	0	0	0
DB Carr (ENG)	1951-1952	2	35.0	6	210	140	2	2/84	70.00	4.00	105.00	0	0	0
D Shackleton (ENG)	1951-1951	1	29.0	7	174	76	1	1/76	76.00	2.62	174.00	0	0	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1952-1952	2	54.0	7	324	188	2	1/49	94.00	3.48	162.00	0	0	0
E Leadbeater (ENG)	1951-1952	2	48.1	8	289	218	2	1/38	109.00	4.52	144.50	0	0	0
HR Adhikari (IND)	1951-1952	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KA Archer (AUS)	1951-1951	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1951	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NR Chowdhury (IND)	1951-1951	1	49.0	15	294	75	0	-	-	1.53	0.00	0	0	0
RJ Christiani (WI)	1951-1952	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1952	4	1.0	0	6	9	0	-	-	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
SC Guillen (WI)	1951-1952	5	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1952	1	18.0	0	108	57	0	-	-	3.16	0.00	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1951-1952	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1951-1952	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ND Howard (ENG)	1951-1952	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PG Joshi (IND)	1951-1952	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Kenyon (ENG)	1951-1952	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GRA Langley (AUS)	1951-1952	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Leggat (NZ)	1952-1952	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
FA Lowson (ENG)	1951-1952	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1952-1952	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1952	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MK Mantri (IND)	1951-1951	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RE Marshall (WI)	1951-1952	4	-	2	52	15	0	-	-	1.73	0.00	0	0	0
VM Merchant (IND)	1951-1951	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Modi (IND)	1951-1951	1	5.0	1	30	14	0	-	-	2.80	0.00	0	0	0
FLH Mooney (NZ)	1952-1952	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
J Moroney (AUS)	1951-1952	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1951-1952	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Mushtaq Ali (IND)	1952-1952	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CS Nayudu (IND)	1952-1952	1	2.0	0	12	14	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
CJ Poole (ENG)	1951-1952	3	5.0	1	30	9	0	-	-	1.80	0.00	0	0	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1952-1952	2	21.0	2	126	65	0	-	-	3.09	0.00	0	0	0
AF Rae (WI)	1951-1952	4	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1952-1952	2	23.0	6	138	58	0	-	-	2.52	0.00	0	0	0
KR Rickards (WI)	1951-1952	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1951-1952	5	4.0	3	24	1	0	-	-	0.25	0.00	0	0	0
CT Sarwate (IND)	1951-1951	1	13.0	2	78	27	0	-	-	2.07	0.00	0	0	0
VJ Scott (NZ)	1952-1952	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PK Sen (IND)	1951-1952	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
FB Smith (NZ)	1952-1952	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RT Spooner (ENG)	1951-1952	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1952-1952	2	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
GR Thoms (AUS)	1952-1952	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1952	5	13.0	3	78	23	0	-	-	1.76	0.00	0	0	0
CL Walcott (WI)	1951-1952	5	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1951-1952	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]