Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1975	2	26.1	6	157	57	5	4/22	11.40	2.17	31.40	1	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1974-1975	5	175.1	34	1401	592	33	6/46	17.93	2.53	42.45	3	2	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1974-1975	5	140.6	47	1126	339	17	4/21	19.94	1.80	66.23	2	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1975	7	-	63	1971	907	44	7/64	20.61	2.76	44.79	1	4	1
VA Holder (WI)	1974-1975	6	-	55	1364	502	22	6/39	22.81	2.20	62.00	0	1	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1974-1975	7	-	130	2276	664	28	7/98	23.71	1.75	81.28	0	2	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1974-1975	6	182.6	36	1462	596	25	4/49	23.84	2.44	58.48	2	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1975	7	-	4	114	27	1	1/17	27.00	1.42	114.00	0	0	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1974-1975	8	217.5	27	1741	857	29	5/51	29.55	2.95	60.03	3	2	1
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1975	6	218.7	46	1751	684	23	8/143	29.73	2.34	76.13	1	1	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1974-1975	7	239.5	60	1917	715	24	7/113	29.79	2.23	79.87	1	1	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1974-1975	5	140.4	15	1124	522	17	5/61	30.70	2.78	66.11	1	1	0
CM Old (ENG)	1974-1975	3	58.6	7	470	227	7	3/50	32.42	2.89	67.14	0	0	0
P Lever (ENG)	1974-1975	4	110.5	14	885	392	12	6/38	32.66	2.65	73.75	0	1	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1975-1975	2	68.0	5	544	266	8	6/89	33.25	2.93	68.00	0	1	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1974-1975	4	183.2	55	1100	499	15	4/52	33.26	2.72	73.33	1	0	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1975-1975	2	55.0	6	440	200	6	3/122	33.33	2.72	73.33	0	0	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1974-1975	6	56.3	14	451	175	5	2/13	35.00	2.32	90.20	0	0	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1975	3	74.0	10	444	316	9	4/140	35.11	4.27	49.33	1	0	0
BD Julien (WI)	1974-1975	6	-	42	946	395	11	2/12	35.90	2.50	86.00	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1974-1974	2	85.0	18	510	261	7	4/75	37.28	3.07	72.85	1	0	0
ET Willett (WI)	1974-1975	2	76.0	29	456	155	4	2/30	38.75	2.03	114.00	0	0	0
GG Arnold (ENG)	1974-1975	6	192.1	33	1537	708	18	5/86	39.33	2.76	85.38	0	1	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1974-1975	5	207.2	49	1244	601	15	5/70	40.06	2.89	82.93	2	1	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1974-1975	4	157.2	27	944	579	14	4/112	41.35	3.68	67.42	1	0	0
Asif Masood (PAK)	1975-1975	2	51.7	4	415	209	5	2/63	41.80	3.02	83.00	0	0	0
KD Boyce (WI)	1974-1975	5	-	19	742	423	10	3/43	42.30	3.42	74.20	0	0	0
TJ Jenner (AUS)	1974-1975	2	42.0	10	336	136	3	2/45	45.33	2.42	112.00	0	0	0
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1974-1975	4	122.3	30	979	360	7	2/43	51.42	2.20	139.85	0	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1975	3	54.6	8	438	208	4	2/64	52.00	2.84	109.50	0	0	0
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1975-1975	2	39.0	4	312	163	3	2/102	54.33	3.13	104.00	0	0	0
RC Fredericks (WI)	1974-1975	7	-	9	260	123	2	1/24	61.50	2.83	130.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1975-1975	2	21.0	1	168	66	1	1/47	66.00	2.35	168.00	0	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1975-1975	2	37.0	5	296	142	2	2/115	71.00	2.87	148.00	0	0	0
AG Barrett (WI)	1974-1975	2	64.0	18	384	149	2	1/35	74.50	2.32	192.00	0	0	0
ED Solkar (IND)	1974-1975	4	44.0	8	264	149	2	2/43	74.50	3.38	132.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1975-1975	2	21.0	4	168	76	1	1/56	76.00	2.71	168.00	0	0	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1974-1975	6	22.0	3	176	83	1	1/10	83.00	2.82	176.00	0	0	0
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1975-1975	1	19.0	1	152	90	1	1/90	90.00	3.55	152.00	0	0	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1975-1975	2	64.0	14	512	188	2	1/53	94.00	2.20	256.00	0	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1975-1975	1	39.0	6	312	130	1	1/130	130.00	2.50	312.00	0	0	0
S Abid Ali (IND)	1974-1974	2	34.0	2	204	160	1	1/92	160.00	4.70	204.00	0	0	0
Aftab Baloch (PAK)	1975-1975	1	4.0	0	32	15	0	-	-	2.81	0.00	0	0	0
Agha Zahid (PAK)	1975-1975	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Amiss (ENG)	1974-1975	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1975-1975	2	2.0	0	16	16	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
L Baichan (WI)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1975-1975	1	13.0	5	104	44	0	-	-	2.53	0.00	0	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1974-1975	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1975-1975	1	19.0	2	152	95	0	-	-	3.75	0.00	0	0	0
RO Collinge (NZ)	1975-1975	2	43.0	9	344	138	0	-	-	2.40	0.00	0	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1974-1975	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MH Denness (ENG)	1974-1975	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1974-1975	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Edwards (AUS)	1974-1975	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WJ Edwards (AUS)	1974-1974	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
FM Engineer (IND)	1974-1975	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1974-1975	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1975	3	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1974-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1975	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BF Hastings (NZ)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1974-1975	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HS Kanitkar (IND)	1974-1974	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
APE Knott (ENG)	1974-1975	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1974-1975	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Lloyd (ENG)	1974-1975	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1974-1974	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1975	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AV Mankad (IND)	1975-1975	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1974-1975	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1974-1975	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Murray (WI)	1974-1975	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SS Naik (IND)	1974-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Parker (NZ)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1975	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1974-1975	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1975-1975	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PH Sharma (IND)	1974-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1974-1975	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1975-1975	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1975-1975	2	12.7	1	103	47	0	-	-	2.73	0.00	0	0	0
B Wood (ENG)	1975-1975	2	4.0	0	32	19	0	-	-	3.56	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1975-1975	2	1.0	1	8	0	0	-	-	0.00	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]