Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
L Hutton (ENG)	1954-1955	7	-	0	6	2	1	1/2	2.00	2.00	6.00	0	0	0
R Appleyard (ENG)	1954-1955	6	-	34	848	304	20	4/7	15.20	2.15	42.40	1	0	0
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1955-1955	4	168.5	54	1013	350	22	5/73	15.90	2.07	46.04	2	2	0
RG Archer (AUS)	1954-1955	4	97.6	32	782	215	13	4/33	16.53	1.64	60.15	1	0	0
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1955	7	-	33	1502	673	39	7/27	17.25	2.68	38.51	2	2	1
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1955	2	48.0	25	288	52	3	2/27	17.33	1.08	96.00	0	0	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1955-1955	2	56.0	28	336	76	4	4/36	19.00	1.35	84.00	1	0	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1954-1955	7	-	40	1499	590	30	5/60	19.66	2.36	49.96	2	1	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1955-1955	5	111.0	45	666	199	10	6/49	19.90	1.79	66.60	0	1	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1954-1955	4	111.0	37	888	243	12	3/46	20.25	1.64	74.00	0	0	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1955-1955	2	34.1	4	205	104	5	5/62	20.80	3.04	41.00	0	1	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1955-1955	4	216.2	94	1298	329	15	5/48	21.93	1.52	86.53	1	1	0
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1955-1955	2	52.1	20	313	88	4	2/39	22.00	1.68	78.25	0	0	0
WA Johnston (AUS)	1954-1955	4	141.4	37	1132	423	19	5/85	22.26	2.24	59.57	0	1	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1955-1955	5	276.5	118	1661	476	21	5/18	22.66	1.71	79.09	0	3	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1955	5	119.0	46	714	182	8	6/74	22.75	1.52	89.25	0	1	0
JH Wardle (ENG)	1954-1955	6	-	58	1025	345	15	5/79	23.00	2.01	68.33	0	1	0
JA Hayes (NZ)	1955-1955	1	23.0	7	138	71	3	3/71	23.66	3.08	46.00	0	0	0
JM Patel (IND)	1955-1955	1	40.0	13	240	72	3	3/49	24.00	1.80	80.00	0	0	0
KR Miller (AUS)	1954-1955	4	88.4	28	708	243	10	3/14	24.30	2.05	70.80	0	0	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1955-1955	5	153.1	35	919	372	14	6/67	26.57	2.42	65.64	1	1	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1954-1955	4	130.6	28	1046	381	14	3/27	27.21	2.18	74.71	0	0	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1955-1955	3	132.2	50	794	244	8	2/19	30.50	1.84	99.25	0	0	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1954-1955	7	-	20	788	368	12	4/59	30.66	2.80	65.66	1	0	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1955	5	263.2	130	1580	399	12	5/64	33.25	1.51	131.66	0	1	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1954-1955	4	-	0	48	34	1	1/34	34.00	4.25	48.00	0	0	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1955-1955	4	167.0	41	1002	335	9	5/109	37.22	2.00	111.33	0	1	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1954-1955	5	116.7	23	935	377	10	4/120	37.70	2.41	93.50	1	0	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1955-1955	5	18.0	5	108	43	1	1/1	43.00	2.38	108.00	0	0	0
AH Kardar (PAK)	1955-1955	5	51.0	13	306	90	2	2/20	45.00	1.76	153.00	0	0	0
Maqsood Ahmed (PAK)	1955-1955	5	32.0	13	192	48	1	1/5	48.00	1.50	192.00	0	0	0
RW Blair (NZ)	1955-1955	1	12.0	1	72	49	1	1/20	49.00	4.08	72.00	0	0	0
Miran Bakhsh (PAK)	1955-1955	2	58.0	22	348	115	2	2/82	57.50	1.98	174.00	0	0	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1954-1955	3	71.0	16	568	220	3	2/34	73.33	2.32	189.33	0	0	0
Shujauddin (PAK)	1955-1955	5	48.0	20	288	77	1	1/13	77.00	1.60	288.00	0	0	0
AV Bedser (ENG)	1954-1954	1	37.0	4	296	131	1	1/131	131.00	2.65	296.00	0	0	0
Alimuddin (PAK)	1955-1955	5	8.0	0	48	24	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
KV Andrew (ENG)	1954-1954	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
P Bhandari (IND)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1954-1955	2	2.0	0	16	7	0	-	-	2.62	0.00	0	0	0
ME Chapple (NZ)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IA Colquhoun (NZ)	1955-1955	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DCS Compton (ENG)	1954-1955	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1955	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1954-1955	4	3.0	0	24	28	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1954-1955	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LE Favell (AUS)	1954-1955	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CV Gadkari (IND)	1955-1955	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CD Gopinath (IND)	1955-1955	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1954-1955	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GB Hole (AUS)	1954-1955	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1955-1955	5	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
GRA Langley (AUS)	1954-1954	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Leggat (NZ)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1955-1955	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1955-1955	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LV Maddocks (AUS)	1954-1955	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1955-1955	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MK Mantri (IND)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PBH May (ENG)	1954-1955	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1954-1955	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MB Poore (NZ)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PH Punjabi (IND)	1955-1955	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1955-1955	2	2.0	0	12	4	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1955-1955	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RT Simpson (ENG)	1954-1955	3	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1955-1955	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1955-1955	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1955-1955	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WJ Watson (AUS)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
L Watt (NZ)	1955-1955	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1955-1955	5	2.0	0	12	5	0	-	-	2.50	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]