Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
G Pullar (ENG)	1960-1960	5	1.0	0	6	1	1	1/1	1.00	1.00	6.00	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1959-1960	5	2.0	0	12	6	1	1/6	6.00	3.00	12.00	0	0	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1959-1960	5	7.0	2	42	14	1	1/9	14.00	2.00	42.00	0	0	0
LF Kline (AUS)	1959-1960	4	138.0	65	828	231	16	7/75	14.43	1.67	51.75	1	1	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1959-1960	3	63.3	15	381	135	8	4/27	16.87	2.12	47.62	2	0	0
JM Patel (IND)	1959-1960	3	131.3	38	789	327	19	9/69	17.21	2.48	41.52	0	2	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1959-1960	8	393.4	119	2362	729	41	7/93	17.78	1.85	57.60	3	2	1
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	23.0	9	138	38	2	2/30	19.00	1.65	69.00	0	0	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1959-1959	2	96.2	32	578	213	11	5/71	19.36	2.21	52.54	0	2	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1959-1960	8	546.2	240	3278	948	47	5/43	20.17	1.73	69.74	4	3	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1959	1	25.0	5	150	62	3	2/49	20.66	2.48	50.00	0	0	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1959-1960	8	191.4	86	1150	292	14	6/42	20.85	1.52	82.14	0	1	0
Israr Ali (PAK)	1959-1959	2	50.0	11	300	154	6	2/29	25.66	3.08	50.00	0	0	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1960-1960	5	12.0	3	72	26	1	1/17	26.00	2.16	72.00	0	0	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1960-1960	5	220.3	62	1323	549	21	5/35	26.14	2.48	63.00	2	1	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1960-1960	3	130.4	42	784	286	10	3/42	28.60	2.18	78.40	0	0	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1960-1960	4	248.3	83	1491	491	17	4/73	28.88	1.97	87.70	1	0	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1960	5	146.0	46	876	295	10	6/105	29.50	2.02	87.60	0	1	0
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1960	5	236.2	49	1418	679	22	7/69	30.86	2.87	64.45	0	2	0
CK Singh (WI)	1960-1960	2	84.2	35	506	166	5	2/28	33.20	1.96	101.20	0	0	0
Munir Malik (PAK)	1959-1959	1	31.0	6	186	100	3	2/76	33.33	3.22	62.00	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1959-1960	8	35.0	14	210	67	2	1/8	33.50	1.91	105.00	0	0	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1960-1960	5	64.4	18	388	170	5	2/7	34.00	2.62	77.60	0	0	0
I Meckiff (AUS)	1959-1960	7	244.0	68	1464	536	15	4/79	35.73	2.19	97.60	1	0	0
CD Watson (WI)	1960-1960	5	199.0	39	1194	593	16	4/62	37.06	2.97	74.62	1	0	0
Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1959-1959	2	52.0	10	312	190	5	2/38	38.00	3.65	62.40	0	0	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1959-1960	4	141.0	40	846	344	9	2/44	38.22	2.43	94.00	0	0	0
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1960	3	122.3	21	735	345	9	4/93	38.33	2.81	81.66	2	0	0
FMM Worrell (WI)	1960-1960	4	115.5	37	695	233	6	4/49	38.83	2.01	115.83	1	0	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1959-1959	2	51.3	9	309	157	4	3/51	39.25	3.04	77.25	0	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1960-1960	5	114.0	14	684	355	9	3/59	39.44	3.11	76.00	0	0	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1960-1960	5	106.5	41	641	217	5	2/34	43.40	2.03	128.20	0	0	0
CG Borde (IND)	1959-1960	5	85.1	11	511	311	7	3/23	44.42	3.65	73.00	0	0	0
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1959-1959	1	37.3	8	225	136	3	3/115	45.33	3.62	75.00	0	0	0
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1960	5	197.0	53	1182	417	9	3/57	46.33	2.11	131.33	0	0	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1960-1960	2	17.0	2	102	51	1	1/20	51.00	3.00	102.00	0	0	0
Surendranath (IND)	1959-1959	2	46.0	10	276	118	2	2/101	59.00	2.56	138.00	0	0	0
CL Walcott (WI)	1960-1960	2	20.0	4	120	70	1	1/43	70.00	3.50	120.00	0	0	0
AE Moss (ENG)	1960-1960	2	85.0	17	510	226	3	2/94	75.33	2.65	170.00	0	0	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1959-1960	8	28.0	7	168	92	1	1/37	92.00	3.28	168.00	0	0	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1960-1960	5	196.0	61	1176	383	4	2/46	95.75	1.95	294.00	0	0	0
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1960	1	24.0	3	144	102	1	1/62	102.00	4.25	144.00	0	0	0
RO Scarlett (WI)	1960-1960	3	134.0	53	804	209	2	1/46	104.50	1.55	402.00	0	0	0
Shujauddin (PAK)	1959-1959	3	39.0	7	234	117	1	1/58	117.00	3.00	234.00	0	0	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1960	5	79.0	26	474	200	1	1/27	200.00	2.53	474.00	0	0	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1960-1960	5	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
AA Baig (IND)	1959-1960	3	2.0	0	12	13	0	-	-	6.50	0.00	0	0	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1959-1960	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BF Butcher (WI)	1960-1960	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1960-1960	5	2.0	0	12	19	0	-	-	9.50	0.00	0	0	0
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1960	1	1.0	0	6	9	0	-	-	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
LE Favell (AUS)	1959-1960	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CD Gopinath (IND)	1960-1960	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1959-1960	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Guard (IND)	1960-1960	1	34.0	7	204	94	0	-	-	2.76	0.00	0	0	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Butt (PAK)	1959-1959	2	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
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1960-1960	1	10.0	2	60	30	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
BN Jarman (AUS)	1959-1959	1	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)	1960-1960	5	4.0	3	24	2	0	-	-	0.50	0.00	0	0	0
RB Kenny (IND)	1959-1960	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BK Kunderan (IND)	1960-1960	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1959-1960	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
EDAS McMorris (WI)	1960-1960	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1959-1959	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PBH May (ENG)	1960-1960	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AG Milkha Singh (IND)	1960-1960	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VM Muddiah (IND)	1959-1959	1	13.0	4	78	32	0	-	-	2.46	0.00	0	0	0
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1960	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Parks (ENG)	1960-1960	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	3	4.0	0	24	10	0	-	-	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
DA Sharpe (PAK)	1959-1959	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1960-1960	5	1.0	0	6	15	0	-	-	15.00	0.00	0	0	0
MM Sood (IND)	1960-1960	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GB Stevens (AUS)	1959-1960	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1960-1960	2	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
R Swetman (ENG)	1960-1960	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1959-1959	1	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
Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	1	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]