Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
DW Hookes (AUS)	1985-1985	4	3.0	0	18	6	1	1/4	6.00	2.00	18.00	0	0	0
AK Kuruppuarachchi (SL)	1986-1986	1	25.2	3	152	85	7	5/44	12.14	3.35	21.71	0	1	0
RA Harper (WI)	1986-1986	2	38.0	15	228	55	4	3/10	13.75	1.44	57.00	0	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1985-1986	3	84.2	31	506	221	15	6/45	14.73	2.62	33.73	0	2	0
P Willey (ENG)	1986-1986	4	4.0	0	24	15	1	1/15	15.00	3.75	24.00	0	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1985-1986	6	327.2	78	1964	788	49	9/52	16.08	2.40	40.08	0	6	2
J Garner (WI)	1986-1986	5	156.1	30	937	436	27	4/43	16.14	2.79	34.70	3	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1985-1986	6	236.4	64	1420	541	32	5/40	16.90	2.28	44.37	2	1	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1986-1986	5	169.3	36	1017	482	27	4/38	17.85	2.84	37.66	3	0	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1985-1986	4	215.2	75	1292	424	22	6/32	19.27	1.96	58.72	2	1	1
KN Amalean (SL)	1986-1986	1	18.2	1	110	59	3	3/59	19.66	3.21	36.66	0	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-1986	1	33.0	6	198	103	5	4/74	20.60	3.12	39.60	1	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-1986	5	54.0	14	324	152	7	4/56	21.71	2.81	46.28	1	0	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1985-1986	3	191.1	75	1147	334	15	5/99	22.26	1.74	76.46	0	1	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1986	5	118.1	19	709	426	19	4/30	22.42	3.60	37.31	1	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1985-1986	3	118.0	31	708	276	12	8/106	23.00	2.33	59.00	0	1	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1985-1986	2	44.0	5	264	140	6	3/50	23.33	3.18	44.00	0	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1985-1986	6	156.3	28	939	505	21	8/83	24.04	3.22	44.71	1	2	0
MA Holding (WI)	1986-1986	4	102.4	17	616	385	16	3/47	24.06	3.75	38.50	0	0	0
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1986-1986	1	8.3	2	51	26	1	1/26	26.00	3.05	51.00	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1986-1986	5	7.0	3	42	27	1	1/21	27.00	3.85	42.00	0	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1986	3	205.0	71	1230	386	14	4/87	27.57	1.88	87.85	3	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1986	6	201.2	66	1208	455	16	4/55	28.43	2.25	75.50	1	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1985-1986	5	232.0	78	1392	438	15	3/19	29.20	1.88	92.80	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1985-1986	6	84.0	31	504	182	6	3/47	30.33	2.16	84.00	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1985-1986	6	65.2	11	392	153	5	2/28	30.60	2.34	78.40	0	0	0
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1986	6	234.3	60	1407	619	20	4/90	30.95	2.63	70.35	3	0	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1986	4	153.0	34	918	448	14	5/78	32.00	2.92	65.57	0	1	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1985-1986	5	167.5	38	1007	453	14	5/44	32.35	2.69	71.92	0	1	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1985-1985	1	51.5	18	311	102	3	2/53	34.00	1.96	103.66	0	0	0
RG Holland (AUS)	1985-1986	4	179.0	57	1074	483	14	6/106	34.50	2.69	76.71	1	1	1
ALF de Mel (SL)	1985-1986	6	152.2	23	914	608	17	6/109	35.76	3.99	53.76	0	1	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1985-1986	4	98.0	10	588	332	9	3/57	36.88	3.38	65.33	0	0	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1986-1986	1	18.0	7	108	37	1	1/37	37.00	2.05	108.00	0	0	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1986-1986	3	83.5	8	503	285	7	3/76	40.71	3.39	71.85	0	0	0
RM Ellison (ENG)	1986-1986	3	82.3	19	495	294	7	5/78	42.00	3.56	70.71	0	1	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1985-1985	2	104.5	27	629	210	5	4/79	42.00	2.00	125.80	1	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1985-1986	9	280.0	83	1680	688	16	4/61	43.00	2.45	105.00	1	0	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1985-1986	6	218.3	43	1311	628	14	3/48	44.85	2.87	93.64	0	0	0
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1986	4	86.0	13	516	364	8	4/70	45.50	4.23	64.50	1	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1986	5	134.5	16	809	535	11	5/71	48.63	3.96	73.54	0	1	0
Zakir Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	1	45.0	10	270	150	3	3/80	50.00	3.33	90.00	0	0	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1986	6	202.3	43	1215	568	9	3/131	63.11	2.80	135.00	0	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1985-1985	2	27.0	7	162	67	1	1/56	67.00	2.48	162.00	0	0	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1985-1986	6	237.5	71	1427	546	8	3/39	68.25	2.29	178.37	0	0	0
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1985-1986	2	57.0	5	342	210	3	2/51	70.00	3.68	114.00	0	0	0
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1986-1986	1	27.0	2	162	79	1	1/79	79.00	2.92	162.00	0	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1986-1986	2	77.0	10	462	240	3	2/86	80.00	3.11	154.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1985-1986	6	48.3	12	291	161	2	1/26	80.50	3.31	145.50	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1986	3	92.3	16	555	260	3	2/98	86.66	2.81	185.00	0	0	0
Jalal-ud-Din (PAK)	1985-1985	1	39.0	12	234	89	1	1/89	89.00	2.28	234.00	0	0	0
GK Robertson (NZ)	1986-1986	1	24.0	6	144	91	1	1/91	91.00	3.79	144.00	0	0	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1985-1985	1	30.0	4	180	111	1	1/66	111.00	3.70	180.00	0	0	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1985	1	38.0	6	228	123	1	1/123	123.00	3.23	228.00	0	0	0
VR Brown (NZ)	1985-1985	2	57.0	13	342	176	1	1/17	176.00	3.08	342.00	0	0	0
RGCE Wijesuriya (SL)	1985-1985	3	73.4	21	442	189	1	1/68	189.00	2.56	442.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1985-1986	3	6.0	0	36	18	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1986	2	19.0	12	114	21	0	-	-	1.10	0.00	0	0	0
Ashraf Ali (PAK)	1985-1985	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CA Best (WI)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1985-1986	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1986	9	4.1	3	25	1	0	-	-	0.24	0.00	0	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1985-1985	1	40.0	7	240	109	0	-	-	2.72	0.00	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1985-1985	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1985-1986	6	26.0	8	156	63	0	-	-	2.42	0.00	0	0	0
SP Davis (AUS)	1986-1986	1	25.0	4	150	70	0	-	-	2.80	0.00	0	0	0
RG de Alwis (SL)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-1986	6	5.0	0	30	22	0	-	-	4.40	0.00	0	0	0
RL Dias (SL)	1985-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PR Downton (ENG)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1986-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1985-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TJ Franklin (NZ)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1985-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1986-1986	5	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1985-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1985-1985	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1985-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Kerr (AUS)	1985-1985	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1985-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1985-1985	3	7.0	1	42	18	0	-	-	2.57	0.00	0	0	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Marsh (AUS)	1985-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1985-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1985-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1985-1985	1	11.0	6	66	17	0	-	-	1.54	0.00	0	0	0
TRO Payne (WI)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1985-1986	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1985-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1985-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1985-1986	6	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1986-1986	5	20.0	7	120	29	0	-	-	1.45	0.00	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1986	5	1.0	0	6	5	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1985-1986	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1986-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1985-1986	6	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1985-1985	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
C Sharma (IND)	1985-1986	2	37.0	5	222	128	0	-	-	3.45	0.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1985-1985	1	2.0	1	12	4	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
SAR Silva (SL)	1985-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WN Slack (ENG)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DM Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1985-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1985-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1985-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1985-1985	1	1.0	0	6	7	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1985-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1985-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1985-1985	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zulqarnain (PAK)	1986-1986	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 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]