Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
ER Dexter (ENG)	1959-1959	4	-	8	120	26	3	3/23	8.66	1.30	40.00	0	0	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1959-1959	3	143.3	47	861	333	21	6/34	15.85	2.32	41.00	1	2	1
R Gilchrist (WI)	1958-1959	4	198.1	73	1189	419	26	6/55	16.11	2.11	45.73	1	1	0
I Meckiff (AUS)	1958-1959	4	112.2	24	898	292	17	6/38	17.17	1.95	52.82	0	1	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1959-1959	2	22.1	10	133	53	3	3/34	17.66	2.39	44.33	0	0	0
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1959	8	322.3	83	1935	817	46	6/50	17.76	2.53	42.06	3	3	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1959	5	233.2	65	1866	584	31	5/83	18.83	1.87	60.19	4	2	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1958-1959	5	183.5	45	1469	456	24	6/64	19.00	1.86	61.20	0	1	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	3	11.0	1	66	19	1	1/19	19.00	1.72	66.00	0	0	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1958-1959	4	115.2	43	692	212	11	4/25	19.27	1.83	62.90	1	0	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1959-1959	3	86.0	34	516	213	11	4/35	19.36	2.47	46.90	1	0	0
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	70.5	17	565	165	8	3/23	20.62	1.75	70.62	0	0	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1958-1959	4	127.6	24	1022	318	15	5/107	21.20	1.86	68.13	1	1	0
ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1959	5	145.2	56	872	282	13	4/42	21.69	1.94	67.07	1	0	0
Shujauddin (PAK)	1959-1959	3	53.3	16	321	112	5	3/18	22.40	2.09	64.20	0	0	0
HR Adhikari (IND)	1959-1959	1	26.0	2	156	68	3	3/68	22.66	2.61	52.00	0	0	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1958-1959	4	104.0	12	832	286	12	7/57	23.83	2.06	69.33	0	1	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1958-1959	5	25.0	10	200	49	2	2/26	24.50	1.47	100.00	0	0	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1958-1959	5	45.0	14	360	79	3	1/7	26.33	1.31	120.00	0	0	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1958-1959	6	-	65	1459	489	18	6/53	27.16	2.01	81.05	1	2	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1959-1959	5	-	28	965	381	14	4/90	27.21	2.36	68.92	2	0	0
OG Smith (WI)	1958-1959	8	163.0	53	978	327	12	5/90	27.25	2.00	81.50	0	1	0
PJ Loader (ENG)	1958-1959	2	60.2	10	482	193	7	4/56	27.57	2.40	68.85	1	0	0
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	77.0	23	462	175	6	3/79	29.16	2.27	77.00	0	0	0
GM Guard (IND)	1958-1958	1	32.0	9	192	88	3	2/69	29.33	2.75	64.00	0	0	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1959-1959	2	66.0	10	528	209	7	3/37	29.85	2.37	75.42	0	0	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1959-1959	3	91.5	19	551	240	8	4/48	30.00	2.61	68.87	1	0	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1959	4	124.1	45	745	241	8	3/14	30.12	1.94	93.12	0	0	0
FH Tyson (ENG)	1959-1959	4	-	21	720	289	9	3/23	32.11	2.40	80.00	0	0	0
JO Taylor (WI)	1958-1959	2	75.1	27	451	164	5	3/68	32.80	2.18	90.20	0	0	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1959-1959	2	64.0	13	384	167	5	3/84	33.40	2.60	76.80	0	0	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1958-1958	1	36.1	10	217	69	2	2/40	34.50	1.90	108.50	0	0	0
VB Ranjane (IND)	1958-1958	1	18.0	6	108	35	1	1/35	35.00	1.94	108.00	0	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1959	8	185.1	69	1111	369	10	4/26	36.90	1.99	111.10	1	0	0
A D'Souza (PAK)	1959-1959	1	27.0	5	162	78	2	2/50	39.00	2.88	81.00	0	0	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1958-1959	5	312.3	71	1875	927	22	9/102	42.13	2.96	85.22	2	1	1
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1959	1	49.0	10	294	169	4	4/169	42.25	3.44	73.50	1	0	0
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1959	3	-	20	370	132	3	1/27	44.00	2.14	123.33	0	0	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1958-1959	3	100.0	21	600	247	5	2/31	49.40	2.47	120.00	0	0	0
KN Slater (AUS)	1959-1959	1	32.0	9	256	101	2	2/40	50.50	2.36	128.00	0	0	0
MS Hardikar (IND)	1958-1958	2	18.0	7	108	55	1	1/9	55.00	3.05	108.00	0	0	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1958-1959	5	75.0	7	600	259	4	3/35	64.75	2.59	150.00	0	0	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1959-1959	2	93.0	18	558	262	4	4/95	65.50	2.81	139.50	1	0	0
RW Blair (NZ)	1959-1959	2	58.0	11	348	158	2	2/89	79.00	2.72	174.00	0	0	0
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1959	4	110.0	24	660	271	3	2/80	90.33	2.46	220.00	0	0	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1958-1959	5	75.0	10	450	233	2	1/62	116.50	3.10	225.00	0	0	0
Surendranath (IND)	1958-1959	2	79.0	16	474	258	2	2/168	129.00	3.26	237.00	0	0	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1958-1959	2	56.1	12	337	162	1	1/52	162.00	2.88	337.00	0	0	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1958-1959	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Alimuddin (PAK)	1959-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Bolton (NZ)	1959-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1958-1958	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1959	8	6.0	1	36	17	0	-	-	2.83	0.00	0	0	0
MR Bynoe (WI)	1959-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1958-1959	5	4.0	1	24	11	0	-	-	2.75	0.00	0	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1958-1959	7	-	0	11	9	0	-	-	4.90	0.00	0	0	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1958-1959	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LE Favell (AUS)	1959-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	1	1.0	0	6	8	0	-	-	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
JM Ghorpade (IND)	1958-1959	1	2.0	0	12	22	0	-	-	11.00	0.00	0	0	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1958-1959	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1958-1959	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JW Guy (NZ)	1959-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RM Harris (NZ)	1959-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1958-1959	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1959-1959	1	1.0	0	6	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
JKC Holt (WI)	1958-1959	7	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	6	4.0	2	24	4	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Butt (PAK)	1959-1959	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PG Joshi (IND)	1959-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1959	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Kenny (IND)	1958-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LF Kline (AUS)	1958-1959	2	25.0	6	200	77	0	-	-	2.31	0.00	0	0	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1959-1959	1	2.0	1	12	1	0	-	-	0.50	0.00	0	0	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1958-1959	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1959-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1958-1959	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1959-1959	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PBH May (ENG)	1958-1959	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CA Milton (ENG)	1958-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	1	6.0	0	36	34	0	-	-	5.66	0.00	0	0	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1958-1959	5	2.0	1	16	8	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
EC Petrie (NZ)	1959-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1958-1959	1	43.0	6	258	173	0	-	-	4.02	0.00	0	0	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1958-1959	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1958-1959	5	2.0	0	12	12	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
AK Sengupta (IND)	1959-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1958-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1958-1959	7	37.0	15	222	84	0	-	-	2.27	0.00	0	0	0
JT Sparling (NZ)	1959-1959	2	36.0	14	216	86	0	-	-	2.38	0.00	0	0	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3.0	0	18	11	0	-	-	3.66	0.00	0	0	0
R Swetman (ENG)	1959-1959	4	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1958-1959	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1959-1959	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
W Watson (ENG)	1958-1959	4	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	3	0.0	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]