Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1978	1	8.0	2	48	11	2	2/11	5.50	1.37	24.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1978	1	0.5	0	5	10	1	1/10	10.00	12.00	5.00	0	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1979	3	21.0	7	168	52	4	2/16	13.00	1.85	42.00	0	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1979	4	20.0	3	160	68	5	2/21	13.60	2.55	32.00	0	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1978	3	20.0	3	120	56	4	3/34	14.00	2.80	30.00	0	0	0
Hasan Jamil (PAK)	1978-1978	3	24.0	3	144	95	6	3/18	15.83	3.95	24.00	0	0	0
CM Old (ENG)	1979-1979	2	11.2	2	90	36	2	1/5	18.00	2.40	45.00	0	0	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	4	18.2	5	146	57	3	2/7	19.00	2.34	48.66	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	3	18.0	0	108	77	4	2/35	19.25	4.27	27.00	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1979	1	6.0	1	48	20	1	1/20	20.00	2.50	48.00	0	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1979-1979	4	20.0	3	160	81	4	3/51	20.25	3.03	40.00	0	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1979-1979	4	23.0	2	184	104	5	4/25	20.80	3.39	36.80	1	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1979-1979	3	15.0	1	120	70	3	3/22	23.33	3.50	40.00	0	0	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1978-1978	2	13.0	2	78	48	2	2/7	24.00	3.69	39.00	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1978-1978	3	16.0	0	96	48	2	2/34	24.00	3.00	48.00	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	4	18.0	2	144	104	4	3/16	26.00	4.33	36.00	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1979-1979	3	7.0	0	56	26	1	1/26	26.00	2.78	56.00	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1978	3	22.0	0	132	107	4	2/49	26.75	4.86	33.00	0	0	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1979-1979	3	18.7	1	151	93	3	2/17	31.00	3.69	50.33	0	0	0
PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	4	21.0	3	168	70	2	1/21	35.00	2.50	84.00	0	0	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1978-1978	3	22.0	0	132	86	2	1/33	43.00	3.90	66.00	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1978-1978	1	8.0	0	48	44	1	1/44	44.00	5.50	48.00	0	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1978	3	18.0	0	108	100	2	2/44	50.00	5.55	54.00	0	0	0
S Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Azmat Rana (PAK)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Bairstow (ENG)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1979	2	1.0	0	8	9	0	-	-	6.75	0.00	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WM Darling (AUS)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	4	1.0	0	8	2	0	-	-	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	2	15.0	1	90	60	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1978-1978	1	8.0	1	48	30	0	-	-	3.75	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JA Maclean (AUS)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	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)	1978-1978	1	8.0	0	48	32	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
B Reddy (IND)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Tolchard (ENG)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PM Toohey (AUS)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1978-1978	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1978-1978	1	8.0	0	48	28	0	-	-	3.50	0.00	0	0	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Wright (AUS)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1978-1978	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1978-1978	3	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]