Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Naved Anjum (PAK)	1984-1984	1	2.0	0	12	9	1	1/9	9.00	4.50	12.00	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1984-1984	5	8.0	1	48	32	3	3/32	10.66	4.00	16.00	0	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1984-1984	6	52.3	8	315	182	15	5/32	12.13	3.46	21.00	0	1	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1984-1984	6	51.0	13	306	131	10	3/29	13.10	2.56	30.60	0	0	0
J Garner (WI)	1984-1984	10	95.4	14	574	289	21	5/31	13.76	3.02	27.33	0	1	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1984-1984	4	6.0	0	36	28	2	2/8	14.00	4.66	18.00	0	0	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1984-1984	5	46.0	7	276	134	9	5/20	14.88	2.91	30.66	0	1	0
SHU Karnain (SL)	1984-1984	4	26.0	2	156	90	6	5/26	15.00	3.46	26.00	0	1	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1984-1984	5	36.0	1	216	164	10	3/23	16.40	4.55	21.60	0	0	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1984	2	17.0	3	102	33	2	2/16	16.50	1.94	51.00	0	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1984-1984	3	28.0	1	168	90	5	3/28	18.00	3.21	33.60	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1984-1984	4	28.1	5	169	97	5	2/7	19.40	3.44	33.80	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1983	6	51.1	9	307	184	9	3/44	20.44	3.59	34.11	0	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1984-1984	11	103.0	14	618	383	18	5/53	21.27	3.71	34.33	0	1	0
C Sharma (IND)	1983-1984	4	33.0	1	198	131	6	3/22	21.83	3.96	33.00	0	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1983-1984	19	160.2	22	962	509	23	4/34	22.13	3.17	41.82	1	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1984	18	158.3	12	951	606	27	4/26	22.44	3.82	35.22	1	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1984-1984	9	71.4	11	430	248	11	4/27	22.54	3.46	39.09	1	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1984-1984	4	32.5	7	197	96	4	2/18	24.00	2.92	49.25	0	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1983-1984	6	51.0	6	306	225	9	3/40	25.00	4.41	34.00	0	0	0
Jalal-ud-Din (PAK)	1983-1983	2	18.0	2	108	75	3	2/41	25.00	4.16	36.00	0	0	0
WW Daniel (WI)	1983-1984	14	119.0	10	714	476	19	3/27	25.05	4.00	37.57	0	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1984-1984	6	53.1	8	319	165	6	2/14	27.50	3.10	53.16	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1983-1984	16	137.4	13	826	501	18	3/17	27.83	3.63	45.88	0	0	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1984-1984	15	140.2	21	842	564	20	5/16	28.20	4.01	42.10	0	1	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1983-1984	8	67.4	6	406	254	9	3/11	28.22	3.75	45.11	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1984-1984	16	141.4	10	850	621	22	4/33	28.22	4.38	38.63	2	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1983-1983	4	36.0	3	216	145	5	3/54	29.00	4.02	43.20	0	0	0
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1984-1984	5	40.0	2	240	176	6	4/43	29.33	4.40	40.00	1	0	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1984-1984	16	142.0	29	852	446	15	3/30	29.73	3.14	56.80	0	0	0
KBJ Azad (IND)	1983-1984	6	11.0	1	66	30	1	1/29	30.00	2.72	66.00	0	0	0
Randhir Singh (IND)	1983-1983	1	6.0	0	36	30	1	1/30	30.00	5.00	36.00	0	0	0
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1984	9	75.0	2	450	347	11	3/34	31.54	4.62	40.90	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1984	6	6.0	0	36	32	1	1/19	32.00	5.33	36.00	0	0	0
NGB Cook (ENG)	1984-1984	1	8.0	0	48	34	1	1/34	34.00	4.25	48.00	0	0	0
DA Stirling (NZ)	1984-1984	1	5.0	1	30	34	1	1/34	34.00	6.80	30.00	0	0	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1984-1984	15	67.0	2	402	341	10	2/29	34.10	5.08	40.20	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1984-1984	17	48.2	1	290	207	6	2/24	34.50	4.28	48.33	0	0	0
TM Alderman (AUS)	1984-1984	4	38.0	7	228	139	4	2/19	34.75	3.65	57.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1984	15	47.0	1	282	245	7	3/34	35.00	5.21	40.28	0	0	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1984-1984	5	39.0	0	234	175	5	2/50	35.00	4.48	46.80	0	0	0
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1983-1984	20	171.0	14	1026	677	19	2/10	35.63	3.95	54.00	0	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1984	5	35.0	0	210	143	4	2/37	35.75	4.08	52.50	0	0	0
VB John (SL)	1984-1984	5	44.0	6	264	150	4	1/12	37.50	3.40	66.00	0	0	0
Rashid Khan (PAK)	1984-1984	13	106.3	19	639	342	9	2/10	38.00	3.21	71.00	0	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1984-1984	1	8.0	0	48	38	1	1/38	38.00	4.75	48.00	0	0	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1984-1984	5	42.0	7	252	155	4	2/19	38.75	3.69	63.00	0	0	0
Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1983-1984	10	79.0	2	474	396	10	4/22	39.60	5.01	47.40	1	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1984-1984	1	7.0	1	42	40	1	1/40	40.00	5.71	42.00	0	0	0
Shahid Mahboob (PAK)	1984-1984	3	27.0	4	162	81	2	1/23	40.50	3.00	81.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1983-1984	20	112.0	1	672	491	12	2/28	40.91	4.38	56.00	0	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1983-1984	9	51.3	2	309	250	6	3/33	41.66	4.85	51.50	0	0	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1983-1984	5	26.0	5	156	126	3	2/56	42.00	4.84	52.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1984	3	29.0	2	174	131	3	2/37	43.66	4.51	58.00	0	0	0
JN Maguire (AUS)	1984-1984	12	105.0	7	630	445	9	2/57	49.44	4.23	70.00	0	0	0
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	5	41.0	3	246	152	3	3/27	50.66	3.70	82.00	0	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1983-1984	7	38.0	3	228	156	3	3/33	52.00	4.10	76.00	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1984-1984	6	49.1	5	295	157	3	1/15	52.33	3.19	98.33	0	0	0
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	2	14.0	0	84	54	1	1/40	54.00	3.85	84.00	0	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1984-1984	3	30.0	1	180	168	3	2/61	56.00	5.60	60.00	0	0	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1984-1984	5	50.0	6	300	154	2	1/22	77.00	3.08	150.00	0	0	0
WW Davis (WI)	1984-1984	6	59.0	7	354	243	3	2/34	81.00	4.11	118.00	0	0	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1984-1984	4	34.3	3	207	149	1	1/20	149.00	4.31	207.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1983-1983	5	36.5	0	221	196	0	-	-	5.32	0.00	0	0	0
Anil Dalpat (PAK)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
J Arun Lal (IND)	1983-1983	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ashraf Ali (PAK)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1984-1984	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1984-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RG de Alwis (SL)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1984	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RL Dias (SL)	1984-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1983-1984	21	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1984-1984	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Fowler (ENG)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TJ Franklin (NZ)	1984-1984	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Gabriel (WI)	1984-1984	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1983	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1983-1984	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1983-1984	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1983-1984	22	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1984-1984	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1984-1984	17	0.1	0	1	4	0	-	-	24.00	0.00	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1984-1984	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1983-1984	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1984	8	0.4	0	4	4	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
SC Khanna (IND)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1983-1983	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RR Kulkarni (IND)	1983-1983	1	9.0	1	54	26	0	-	-	2.88	0.00	0	0	0
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1983-1984	15	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AL Logie (WI)	1984-1984	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KH MacLeay (AUS)	1984-1984	2	16.0	0	96	86	0	-	-	5.37	0.00	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1984-1984	5	0.4	0	4	1	0	-	-	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
AO Malhotra (IND)	1983-1983	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1984-1984	9	2.0	0	12	16	0	-	-	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1984-1984	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1983-1984	15	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GAHM Parkar (IND)	1983-1984	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SM Patil (IND)	1983-1984	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TRO Payne (WI)	1984-1984	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1984-1984	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MR Pydanna (WI)	1983-1983	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1984	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1984-1984	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1984	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1984-1984	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GK Robertson (NZ)	1984-1984	2	16.0	0	96	73	0	-	-	4.56	0.00	0	0	0
Saadat Ali (PAK)	1984-1984	4	0.3	0	3	5	0	-	-	10.00	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1983-1984	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	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	12	1.1	0	7	5	0	-	-	4.28	0.00	0	0	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1983-1983	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	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	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1983-1984	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1983-1984	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PN Webb (NZ)	1984-1984	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1984-1984	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1984-1984	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1983-1983	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1983-1984	5	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]