Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1978	1	5.0	2	40	7	2	2/7	3.50	1.05	20.00	0	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	1	7.0	3	42	14	2	2/14	7.00	2.00	21.00	0	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1977-1978	2	13.0	2	104	43	5	3/18	8.60	2.48	20.80	0	0	0
J Garner (WI)	1978-1978	1	8.0	0	48	29	3	3/29	9.66	3.62	16.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1977-1978	3	7.6	0	62	43	4	3/23	10.75	4.16	15.50	0	0	0
DR Parry (WI)	1978-1978	1	7.0	1	42	27	2	2/27	13.50	3.85	21.00	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1978	2	14.0	4	112	41	3	2/16	13.66	2.19	37.33	0	0	0
VA Holder (WI)	1978-1978	1	7.0	0	42	28	2	2/28	14.00	4.00	21.00	0	0	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1978-1978	1	10.0	1	60	44	3	3/44	14.66	4.40	20.00	0	0	0
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1978	1	7.0	1	42	15	1	1/15	15.00	2.14	42.00	0	0	0
IW Callen (AUS)	1978-1978	2	14.0	1	84	66	4	3/24	16.50	4.71	21.00	0	0	0
GA Cope (ENG)	1977-1978	2	14.0	0	112	35	2	1/16	17.50	1.87	56.00	0	0	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	1	9.0	2	54	54	3	3/54	18.00	6.00	18.00	0	0	0
Pervez Mir (PAK)	1977-1977	1	4.0	0	32	18	1	1/18	18.00	3.37	32.00	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1977-1978	3	21.0	1	168	75	4	2/28	18.75	2.67	42.00	0	0	0
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	2	16.4	3	100	61	3	2/39	20.33	3.66	33.33	0	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1978-1978	2	17.0	1	102	87	4	4/67	21.75	5.11	25.50	1	0	0
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1978	1	7.0	0	42	22	1	1/22	22.00	3.14	42.00	0	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1977-1977	1	6.0	0	48	25	1	1/25	25.00	3.12	48.00	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1978	3	20.7	0	167	101	4	3/39	25.25	3.62	41.75	0	0	0
Hasan Jamil (PAK)	1977-1978	3	11.0	0	88	59	2	2/20	29.50	4.02	44.00	0	0	0
WW Daniel (WI)	1978-1978	1	9.0	1	54	35	1	1/35	35.00	3.88	54.00	0	0	0
Aamer Hameed (PAK)	1977-1978	2	11.0	2	88	38	1	1/32	38.00	2.59	88.00	0	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1977-1977	2	13.0	1	104	89	2	1/43	44.50	5.13	52.00	0	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	2	17.0	0	102	95	2	2/30	47.50	5.58	51.00	0	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1977-1977	1	7.0	0	56	50	1	1/50	50.00	5.35	56.00	0	0	0
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1977-1977	1	7.0	0	56	50	1	1/50	50.00	5.35	56.00	0	0	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1977-1977	2	12.7	0	103	54	1	1/34	54.00	3.14	103.00	0	0	0
CM Old (ENG)	1977-1978	2	14.0	0	112	84	1	1/35	84.00	4.50	112.00	0	0	0
Arshad Pervez (PAK)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RA Austin (WI)	1978-1978	1	1.0	0	6	13	0	-	-	13.00	0.00	0	0	0
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1977-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1978-1978	1	4.0	0	24	32	0	-	-	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PR Downton (ENG)	1977-1977	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1977-1978	3	1.0	0	8	15	0	-	-	11.25	0.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1978	1	4.0	0	24	18	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
AE Greenidge (WI)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1977-1977	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1977-1978	3	20.0	1	160	87	0	-	-	3.26	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1977-1978	3	1.0	0	8	12	0	-	-	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
DA Murray (WI)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Murray (WI)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1977-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1978-1978	1	1.0	0	6	12	0	-	-	12.00	0.00	0	0	0
SJ Rixon (AUS)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1978-1978	1	7.0	0	42	38	0	-	-	5.42	0.00	0	0	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1977-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Rose (ENG)	1977-1977	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1977-1977	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shafiq Ahmed (PAK)	1977-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IT Shillingford (WI)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1978	1	3.0	0	18	16	0	-	-	5.33	0.00	0	0	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1977-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PM Toohey (AUS)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1977-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1978-1978	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 Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]