Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GD Porter (AUS)	1979-1979	2	18.0	5	108	33	3	2/13	11.00	1.83	36.00	0	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1979-1979	4	41.0	5	246	106	8	4/33	13.25	2.58	30.75	1	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1979-1979	5	56.0	14	336	149	10	4/15	14.90	2.66	33.60	1	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1979-1979	4	41.0	10	246	108	7	3/32	15.42	2.63	35.14	0	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1979	4	44.3	8	267	109	7	4/11	15.57	2.44	38.14	1	0	0
BJ McKechnie (NZ)	1979-1979	4	45.5	4	275	141	9	3/24	15.66	3.07	30.55	0	0	0
LW Stott (NZ)	1979-1979	1	12.0	1	72	48	3	3/48	16.00	4.00	24.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	4	47.0	8	282	117	7	3/27	16.71	2.48	40.28	0	0	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1979-1979	3	32.0	6	192	119	7	5/21	17.00	3.71	27.42	0	1	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1979	4	47.0	5	282	157	9	4/56	17.44	3.34	31.33	1	0	0
CM Old (ENG)	1979-1979	5	58.0	10	348	157	9	4/8	17.44	2.70	38.66	1	0	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1979-1979	4	43.0	3	258	140	8	3/29	17.50	3.25	32.25	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1979-1979	5	27.0	1	162	94	5	2/14	18.80	3.48	32.40	0	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1979-1979	3	27.2	4	164	95	5	3/54	19.00	3.47	32.80	0	0	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1979-1979	1	9.1	0	55	38	2	2/38	19.00	4.14	27.50	0	0	0
ARM Opatha (SL)	1979-1979	2	17.1	1	103	62	3	3/31	20.66	3.61	34.33	0	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1979-1979	4	39.3	6	237	149	7	3/43	21.28	3.77	33.85	0	0	0
J Garner (WI)	1979-1979	4	47.0	2	282	172	8	5/38	21.50	3.65	35.25	0	1	0
JN Valentine (CAN)	1979-1979	3	19.0	5	114	66	3	1/18	22.00	3.47	38.00	0	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1979-1979	4	45.0	11	270	117	5	2/20	23.40	2.60	54.00	0	0	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1979-1979	2	20.0	1	120	71	3	3/29	23.66	3.55	40.00	0	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1979-1979	2	22.0	2	132	97	4	3/26	24.25	4.40	33.00	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1979-1979	3	26.0	3	156	73	3	2/40	24.33	2.80	52.00	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	4	42.1	7	253	123	5	2/29	24.60	2.91	50.60	0	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1979-1979	4	47.5	4	287	176	7	3/36	25.14	3.67	41.00	0	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1979-1979	3	32.0	3	192	104	4	2/36	26.00	3.25	48.00	0	0	0
RG Callender (CAN)	1979-1979	2	9.0	1	54	26	1	1/14	26.00	2.88	54.00	0	0	0
CC Henry (CAN)	1979-1979	2	15.0	0	90	53	2	2/27	26.50	3.53	45.00	0	0	0
DLS de Silva (SL)	1979-1979	2	20.0	2	120	54	2	2/36	27.00	2.70	60.00	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	5	53.0	13	318	168	6	2/38	28.00	3.16	53.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1979-1979	3	31.3	4	189	114	4	3/40	28.50	3.61	47.25	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1979-1979	4	18.0	0	108	87	3	3/52	29.00	4.83	36.00	0	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1979-1979	3	31.0	7	186	64	2	1/17	32.00	2.06	93.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1979-1979	3	4.0	0	24	38	1	1/38	38.00	9.50	24.00	0	0	0
GRA de Silva (SL)	1979-1979	1	12.0	1	72	39	1	1/39	39.00	3.25	72.00	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1979	4	31.0	0	186	120	3	2/40	40.00	3.87	62.00	0	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1979-1979	1	11.0	0	66	45	1	1/45	45.00	4.09	66.00	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1979-1979	2	11.0	1	66	51	1	1/25	51.00	4.63	66.00	0	0	0
CL King (WI)	1979-1979	4	32.0	2	192	128	2	1/36	64.00	4.00	96.00	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	3	33.0	6	198	137	2	1/46	68.50	4.15	99.00	0	0	0
B Warnapura (SL)	1979-1979	2	19.0	0	114	77	1	1/47	77.00	4.05	114.00	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1979-1979	4	38.0	5	228	122	1	1/31	122.00	3.21	228.00	0	0	0
S Baksh (CAN)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1979-1979	3	36.0	3	216	114	0	-	-	3.16	0.00	0	0	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1979	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CJD Chappell (CAN)	1979-1979	3	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
FA Dennis (CAN)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RL Dias (SL)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1979-1979	3	32.0	3	192	112	0	-	-	3.50	0.00	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	5	8.0	1	48	36	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1979-1979	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
FRMD Gunatilleke (SL)	1979-1979	1	9.0	1	54	34	0	-	-	3.77	0.00	0	0	0
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SA Jayasinghe (SL)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SC Khanna (IND)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
W Larkins (ENG)	1979-1979	2	2.0	0	12	21	0	-	-	10.50	0.00	0	0	0
WK Lees (NZ)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CA Marshall (CAN)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BM Mauricette (CAN)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2.0	1	12	1	0	-	-	0.50	0.00	0	0	0
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1979-1979	2	8.0	0	48	31	0	-	-	3.87	0.00	0	0	0
JK Moss (AUS)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Murray (WI)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP Pasqual (SL)	1979-1979	2	4.4	0	28	20	0	-	-	4.28	0.00	0	0	0
BP Patel (IND)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM Patel (CAN)	1979-1979	3	15.1	0	91	47	0	-	-	3.09	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1979-1979	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Sealy (CAN)	1979-1979	3	6.0	0	36	21	0	-	-	3.50	0.00	0	0	0
MP Stead (CAN)	1979-1979	2	4.5	0	29	24	0	-	-	4.96	0.00	0	0	0
Tariq Javed (CAN)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1979-1979	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
APB Tennekoon (SL)	1979-1979	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JCB Vaughan (CAN)	1979-1979	3	11.0	1	66	36	0	-	-	3.27	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	3	36.0	3	216	108	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SRD Wettimuny (SL)	1979-1979	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1979-1979	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Wright (AUS)	1979-1979	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	3	8.0	0	48	56	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1979-1979	4	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]