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