Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
CL Smith (ENG)	1984-1984	5	5.0	2	30	8	1	1/2	8.00	1.60	30.00	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1983-1984	8	6.0	1	36	20	2	1/3	10.00	3.33	18.00	0	0	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1983-1983	9	3.0	0	18	13	1	1/9	13.00	4.33	18.00	0	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1984-1984	6	227.4	81	1366	462	35	5/28	13.20	2.02	39.02	2	3	1
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1983-1984	3	94.4	17	568	338	21	6/86	16.09	3.57	27.04	0	3	1
J Garner (WI)	1984-1984	5	208.5	56	1253	523	31	6/60	16.87	2.50	40.41	0	3	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1983	9	294.5	66	1769	762	41	9/83	18.58	2.58	43.14	3	3	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1983-1984	10	379.5	84	2279	1101	54	6/37	20.38	2.89	42.20	2	4	0
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1984	9	325.3	63	1953	908	43	5/102	21.11	2.78	45.41	3	1	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1984-1984	5	202.0	74	1212	397	18	5/28	22.05	1.96	67.33	0	1	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1984-1984	3	51.0	16	306	89	4	2/17	22.25	1.74	76.50	0	0	0
VB John (SL)	1984-1984	3	129.0	28	774	373	16	5/86	23.31	2.89	48.37	0	1	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1984	2	82.0	28	492	187	8	5/42	23.37	2.28	61.50	0	1	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1984-1984	5	178.2	56	1070	391	16	5/63	24.43	2.19	66.87	1	1	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1984-1984	4	134.1	34	805	352	14	4/51	25.14	2.62	57.50	1	0	0
WW Daniel (WI)	1983-1984	5	161.0	25	966	529	21	5/39	25.19	3.28	46.00	0	1	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1984-1984	5	181.5	50	1091	454	18	7/143	25.22	2.49	60.61	1	1	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1983-1984	8	106.2	24	638	235	9	4/50	26.11	2.21	70.88	1	0	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1984-1984	4	109.3	25	657	329	12	5/42	27.41	3.00	54.75	0	1	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1984-1984	1	37.0	6	222	142	5	3/101	28.40	3.83	44.40	0	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1983-1983	2	55.4	14	334	148	5	3/56	29.60	2.65	66.80	0	0	0
SMS Kaluperuma (SL)	1984-1984	3	27.0	8	162	62	2	2/17	31.00	2.29	81.00	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1984-1984	5	15.0	4	90	63	2	1/14	31.50	4.20	45.00	0	0	0
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1983-1984	4	79.0	16	474	221	7	3/42	31.57	2.79	67.71	0	0	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1983-1984	5	230.3	51	1383	633	20	6/171	31.65	2.74	69.15	2	1	0
JN Maguire (AUS)	1983-1984	3	102.4	21	616	323	10	4/57	32.30	3.14	61.60	1	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1984-1984	2	75.0	25	450	166	5	3/37	33.20	2.21	90.00	0	0	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1983	4	153.3	39	921	334	10	4/85	33.40	2.17	92.10	1	0	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1983-1984	10	358.3	62	2151	1218	36	5/49	33.83	3.39	59.75	1	2	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1983-1983	8	282.2	63	1694	706	20	5/75	35.30	2.50	84.70	0	1	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1983-1984	6	320.2	67	1922	778	22	4/42	35.36	2.42	87.36	2	0	0
NGB Cook (ENG)	1984-1984	4	268.0	91	1608	640	18	6/65	35.55	2.38	89.33	0	2	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1983-1983	3	111.1	18	667	329	9	5/131	36.55	2.95	74.11	0	1	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1984-1984	3	125.3	28	753	293	8	3/59	36.62	2.33	94.12	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1983-1984	11	56.0	14	336	110	3	2/65	36.66	1.96	112.00	0	0	0
ACS Pigott (ENG)	1984-1984	1	17.0	7	102	75	2	2/75	37.50	4.41	51.00	0	0	0
AR Bhat (IND)	1983-1983	2	73.0	22	438	151	4	2/65	37.75	2.06	109.50	0	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1983-1984	8	404.3	82	2427	1183	31	5/74	38.16	2.92	78.29	0	4	1
Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1983-1984	10	349.3	75	2097	1151	30	5/100	38.36	3.29	69.90	1	2	0
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1984	6	188.0	44	1128	427	11	4/56	38.81	2.27	102.54	1	0	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1984-1984	2	42.0	11	252	156	4	2/36	39.00	3.71	63.00	0	0	0
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1984	7	211.3	24	1269	642	16	3/21	40.12	3.03	79.31	0	0	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1984-1984	4	173.0	49	1038	459	11	5/67	41.72	2.65	94.36	0	1	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1983-1984	8	227.1	22	1363	752	18	6/77	41.77	3.31	75.72	0	1	0
Rashid Khan (PAK)	1983-1983	1	43.0	10	258	129	3	3/129	43.00	3.00	86.00	0	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1983-1983	8	106.0	12	636	389	9	3/18	43.22	3.66	70.66	0	0	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1984-1984	1	15.0	4	90	45	1	1/45	45.00	3.00	90.00	0	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1984	3	76.4	23	460	229	5	2/48	45.80	2.98	92.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1983-1983	5	14.0	2	84	49	1	1/30	49.00	3.50	84.00	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1984-1984	4	139.4	30	838	444	9	5/59	49.33	3.17	93.11	0	1	0
AMJG Amerasinghe (SL)	1984-1984	2	50.0	9	300	150	3	2/73	50.00	3.00	100.00	0	0	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1983-1983	4	143.2	32	860	407	8	5/76	50.87	2.83	107.50	0	1	0
DR Doshi (IND)	1983-1983	1	20.0	5	120	52	1	1/52	52.00	2.60	120.00	0	0	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1984-1984	4	130.2	33	782	375	7	3/115	53.57	2.87	111.71	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1983-1984	11	30.0	7	180	59	1	1/14	59.00	1.96	180.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1983	6	244.0	71	1464	488	8	5/72	61.00	2.00	183.00	0	1	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1984-1984	1	32.0	3	192	125	2	1/59	62.50	3.90	96.00	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1983-1984	9	172.1	29	1033	513	8	3/44	64.12	2.97	129.12	0	0	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1983-1984	6	203.0	48	1218	590	9	4/56	65.55	2.90	135.33	1	0	0
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	1	24.0	5	144	75	1	1/51	75.00	3.12	144.00	0	0	0
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	1	24.0	7	144	78	1	1/45	78.00	3.25	144.00	0	0	0
TM Alderman (AUS)	1984-1984	3	111.2	18	668	368	4	2/91	92.00	3.30	167.00	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1983-1983	2	49.1	9	295	104	1	1/49	104.00	2.11	295.00	0	0	0
KBJ Azad (IND)	1983-1983	3	76.0	18	456	215	2	2/84	107.50	2.82	228.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1984	8	128.1	13	769	324	3	1/47	108.00	2.52	256.33	0	0	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1983-1983	6	113.0	25	678	339	3	3/72	113.00	3.00	226.00	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1984	6	53.0	16	318	153	1	1/21	153.00	2.88	318.00	0	0	0
Anil Dalpat (PAK)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1983-1984	10	9.0	4	54	26	0	-	-	2.88	0.00	0	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1983-1984	5	64.0	13	384	155	0	-	-	2.42	0.00	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1984-1984	6	24.0	12	144	34	0	-	-	1.41	0.00	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1984-1984	6	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
RG de Alwis (SL)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RL Dias (SL)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1983-1984	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1984-1984	3	3.0	1	18	3	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
ERNS Fernando (SL)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Fowler (ENG)	1984-1984	4	1.0	0	6	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1983	9	7.0	2	42	24	0	-	-	3.42	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1983-1983	9	4.0	2	24	4	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1984-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1983-1984	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1983-1984	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1984-1984	6	7.0	1	42	18	0	-	-	2.57	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1983-1984	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1983-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1983-1983	1	25.0	9	150	47	0	-	-	1.88	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1983-1984	8	9.0	0	54	27	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1984-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1983-1984	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1984	4	0.1	0	1	4	0	-	-	24.00	0.00	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1984-1984	3	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
AO Malhotra (IND)	1983-1983	3	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1983-1984	5	2.0	0	12	3	0	-	-	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1983-1984	11	12.0	4	72	24	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
SM Patil (IND)	1983-1983	5	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1984	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1984	9	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1984-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1983-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1983	2	1.0	0	6	9	0	-	-	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1984-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SB Smith (AUS)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1984-1984	1	28.0	5	168	129	0	-	-	4.60	0.00	0	0	0
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1984-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1983-1983	6	3.0	0	18	19	0	-	-	6.33	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1983-1984	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1984	7	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1984-1984	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RD Woolley (AUS)	1984-1984	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1984-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1983-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1983-1983	4	1.0	0	6	10	0	-	-	10.00	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]