Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1971	6	3.0	0	24	10	1	1/10	10.00	2.50	24.00	0	0	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	1971-1971	2	56.6	15	454	151	10	4/41	15.10	1.99	45.40	1	0	0
RW Morgan (NZ)	1971-1971	2	6.0	0	48	16	1	1/16	16.00	2.00	48.00	0	0	0
RS Cunis (NZ)	1971-1971	2	66.7	11	535	189	10	6/76	18.90	2.11	53.50	0	1	0
AR Dell (AUS)	1971-1971	1	42.7	11	343	97	5	3/65	19.40	1.69	68.60	0	0	0
KH Eastwood (AUS)	1971-1971	1	5.0	0	40	21	1	1/21	21.00	3.15	40.00	0	0	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1971	7	278.7	78	2231	725	33	6/12	21.96	1.94	67.60	1	3	1
JA Snow (ENG)	1970-1971	6	225.5	47	1805	708	31	7/40	22.83	2.35	58.22	1	2	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1971	2	62.3	5	499	199	8	5/84	24.87	2.39	62.37	0	1	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1971	6	61.5	8	493	181	7	3/12	25.85	2.20	70.42	0	0	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1971-1971	2	51.0	15	408	141	5	4/46	28.20	2.07	81.60	1	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1971	5	108.0	19	864	398	14	3/58	28.42	2.76	61.71	0	0	0
K Shuttleworth (ENG)	1970-1971	4	116.5	18	933	344	12	5/47	28.66	2.21	77.75	0	1	0
JM Noreiga (WI)	1971-1971	4	220.2	47	1322	493	17	9/95	29.00	2.23	77.76	0	2	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1971	2	5.0	0	40	29	1	1/18	29.00	4.35	40.00	0	0	0
TJ Jenner (AUS)	1970-1971	2	65.6	15	526	176	6	3/42	29.33	2.00	87.66	0	0	0
KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1971	1	22.4	5	136	59	2	2/47	29.50	2.60	68.00	0	0	0
JN Shepherd (WI)	1971-1971	2	103.0	26	618	213	7	3/78	30.42	2.06	88.28	0	0	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1971-1971	2	56.7	8	455	188	6	4/40	31.33	2.47	75.83	1	0	0
VA Holder (WI)	1971-1971	3	82.2	28	494	192	6	4/60	32.00	2.33	82.33	1	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1971	5	219.0	70	1314	401	12	3/72	33.41	1.83	109.50	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1971	5	289.3	67	1737	744	22	5/95	33.81	2.56	78.95	1	1	0
D Wilson (ENG)	1971-1971	1	25.0	8	200	68	2	1/12	34.00	2.04	100.00	0	0	0
UG Dowe (WI)	1971-1971	2	85.0	15	510	245	7	4/69	35.00	2.88	72.85	1	0	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1971	3	159.5	40	959	407	11	4/54	37.00	2.54	87.18	2	0	0
P Lever (ENG)	1970-1971	7	184.5	35	1477	519	14	4/49	37.07	2.10	105.50	1	0	0
MJF Shrimpton (NZ)	1971-1971	2	23.5	0	189	118	3	3/35	39.33	3.74	63.00	0	0	0
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1970-1971	5	221.0	57	1768	605	14	4/83	43.21	2.05	126.28	1	0	0
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1971	2	100.0	30	800	260	6	3/48	43.33	1.95	133.33	0	0	0
DAJ Holford (WI)	1971-1971	1	55.3	8	333	131	3	3/68	43.66	2.36	111.00	0	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1971	5	310.4	95	1864	656	15	3/46	43.73	2.11	124.26	0	0	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1971	8	173.0	55	1384	451	10	3/39	45.10	1.95	138.40	0	0	0
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1971	5	164.2	29	986	523	11	3/70	47.54	3.18	89.63	0	0	0
AG Barrett (WI)	1971-1971	2	80.4	19	484	194	4	3/43	48.50	2.40	121.00	0	0	0
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1971	8	117.0	29	936	292	6	2/15	48.66	1.87	156.00	0	0	0
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1970-1971	3	110.4	14	884	351	7	4/66	50.14	2.38	126.28	1	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1971	5	93.0	15	744	255	5	2/54	51.00	2.05	148.80	0	0	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1971-1971	2	39.0	14	234	52	1	1/10	52.00	1.33	234.00	0	0	0
SA Durani (IND)	1971-1971	3	61.0	13	366	161	3	2/21	53.66	2.63	122.00	0	0	0
GC Shillingford (WI)	1971-1971	3	75.0	9	450	217	4	2/70	54.25	2.89	112.50	0	0	0
AL Thomson (AUS)	1970-1971	4	189.7	33	1519	654	12	3/79	54.50	2.58	126.58	0	0	0
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1971	5	124.0	19	744	361	6	2/56	60.16	2.91	124.00	0	0	0
MG Webb (NZ)	1971-1971	1	29.0	0	232	144	2	1/50	72.00	3.72	116.00	0	0	0
AN Connolly (AUS)	1971-1971	1	27.0	3	216	81	1	1/43	81.00	2.25	216.00	0	0	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1970-1971	6	20.0	1	160	101	1	1/48	101.00	3.78	160.00	0	0	0
Inshan Ali (WI)	1971-1971	1	38.0	5	228	125	1	1/65	125.00	3.28	228.00	0	0	0
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1971	6	92.5	20	741	261	2	1/41	130.50	2.11	370.50	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1971	5	1.0	0	8	7	0	-	-	5.25	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1971	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GS Camacho (WI)	1971-1971	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MC Carew (WI)	1971-1971	3	14.0	4	84	20	0	-	-	1.42	0.00	0	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1970-1971	4	6.0	0	48	36	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
CA Davis (WI)	1971-1971	4	31.0	5	186	69	0	-	-	2.22	0.00	0	0	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1971-1971	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JRF Duncan (AUS)	1971-1971	1	14.0	4	112	30	0	-	-	1.60	0.00	0	0	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1970-1971	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TM Findlay (WI)	1971-1971	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1971	4	5.0	0	30	10	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1971	4	1.0	0	6	9	0	-	-	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1971-1971	1	40.0	17	240	65	0	-	-	1.62	0.00	0	0	0
JH Hampshire (ENG)	1971-1971	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1971-1971	3	24.0	4	144	64	0	-	-	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
HK Jayantilal (IND)	1971-1971	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1971	5	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
APE Knott (ENG)	1970-1971	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
P Krishnamurthy (IND)	1971-1971	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1971	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DM Lewis (WI)	1971-1971	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1971	5	12.0	1	72	46	0	-	-	3.83	0.00	0	0	0
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1971	7	2.0	0	16	6	0	-	-	2.25	0.00	0	0	0
AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1971	3	5.0	0	30	33	0	-	-	6.60	0.00	0	0	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1970-1971	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BAG Murray (NZ)	1971-1971	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
V Pollard (NZ)	1971-1971	1	12.0	4	96	54	0	-	-	3.37	0.00	0	0	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1971	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DN Sardesai (IND)	1971-1971	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1970-1970	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1971-1971	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1971-1971	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1971	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1971	5	3.0	0	18	12	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1971-1971	2	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]