Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1990-1990	8	11.0	2	66	48	7	5/35	6.85	4.36	9.42	0	1	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-1990	8	60.0	5	360	217	22	5/11	9.86	3.61	16.36	0	3	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1991-1991	5	39.1	0	235	153	12	4/34	12.75	3.90	19.58	1	0	0
RB Reid (NZ)	1991-1991	7	1.1	0	7	13	1	1/13	13.00	11.14	7.00	0	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1990-1991	17	4.0	0	24	14	1	1/5	14.00	3.50	24.00	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1990-1991	6	47.2	4	284	173	12	4/31	14.41	3.65	23.66	1	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1991-1991	2	19.0	1	114	96	6	4/55	16.00	5.05	19.00	1	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1990-1991	15	76.3	2	459	337	20	4/37	16.85	4.40	22.95	1	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1990-1991	6	53.0	7	318	198	11	3/37	18.00	3.73	28.90	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1990-1991	13	12.0	1	72	54	3	3/24	18.00	4.50	24.00	0	0	0
IR Bishop (WI)	1990-1990	3	23.0	1	138	116	6	2/35	19.33	5.04	23.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-1990	7	46.5	2	281	194	10	3/14	19.40	4.14	28.10	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1990-1990	2	18.0	2	108	59	3	2/40	19.66	3.27	36.00	0	0	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1990-1990	3	23.0	1	138	103	5	3/36	20.60	4.47	27.60	0	0	0
C Pringle (NZ)	1990-1991	19	167.0	11	1002	692	32	4/35	21.62	4.14	31.31	1	0	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1990-1991	9	71.0	8	426	268	12	3/15	22.33	3.77	35.50	0	0	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1990-1991	10	86.5	8	521	367	16	5/32	22.93	4.22	32.56	0	1	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1990-1991	11	11.0	1	66	46	2	1/9	23.00	4.18	33.00	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1990-1990	8	4.0	0	24	23	1	1/19	23.00	5.75	24.00	0	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1990-1990	1	6.0	1	36	23	1	1/23	23.00	3.83	36.00	0	0	0
CC Lewis (ENG)	1990-1990	5	44.0	3	264	167	7	4/35	23.85	3.79	37.71	1	0	0
AS Wassan (IND)	1990-1991	5	39.0	0	234	144	6	3/28	24.00	3.69	39.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1990-1990	6	12.0	0	72	48	2	2/31	24.00	4.00	36.00	0	0	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1990-1991	2	17.5	0	107	73	3	3/33	24.33	4.09	35.66	0	0	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1990-1991	11	79.0	4	474	356	14	3/27	25.42	4.50	33.85	0	0	0
AH Gray (WI)	1991-1991	4	37.0	0	222	206	8	6/50	25.75	5.56	27.75	0	1	0
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1990-1991	11	104.0	18	624	340	13	3/22	26.15	3.26	48.00	0	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1990-1990	4	39.0	1	234	158	6	2/39	26.33	4.05	39.00	0	0	0
MP Bicknell (ENG)	1990-1991	7	68.5	3	413	347	13	3/55	26.69	5.04	31.76	0	0	0
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1990-1991	5	42.0	3	252	161	6	2/24	26.83	3.83	42.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-1991	6	11.0	0	66	54	2	2/39	27.00	4.90	33.00	0	0	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1990-1990	1	6.0	0	36	27	1	1/27	27.00	4.50	36.00	0	0	0
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1990-1991	10	85.0	6	510	355	13	4/45	27.30	4.17	39.23	1	0	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1990-1990	3	21.0	0	126	55	2	2/20	27.50	2.61	63.00	0	0	0
RC Haynes (WI)	1990-1990	1	8.0	0	48	29	1	1/29	29.00	3.62	48.00	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1990-1991	8	20.0	1	120	91	3	2/39	30.33	4.55	40.00	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1990-1991	13	91.5	1	551	429	14	3/33	30.64	4.67	39.35	0	0	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1990-1991	15	118.0	5	708	523	17	3/28	30.76	4.43	41.64	0	0	0
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1990-1990	2	17.0	0	102	95	3	2/39	31.66	5.58	34.00	0	0	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1990-1991	6	51.5	4	311	198	6	2/38	33.00	3.81	51.83	0	0	0
TM Alderman (AUS)	1990-1991	8	70.0	8	420	238	7	2/31	34.00	3.40	60.00	0	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1990-1990	4	38.0	1	228	174	5	3/54	34.80	4.57	45.60	0	0	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1990-1991	6	53.0	7	318	211	6	3/47	35.16	3.98	53.00	0	0	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1990-1991	7	65.1	5	391	282	8	3/57	35.25	4.32	48.87	0	0	0
GC Small (ENG)	1990-1991	6	51.3	8	309	213	6	2/25	35.50	4.13	51.50	0	0	0
GE Bradburn (NZ)	1990-1990	4	29.0	3	174	142	4	2/18	35.50	4.89	43.50	0	0	0
Akram Raza (PAK)	1990-1990	7	48.0	0	288	184	5	1/20	36.80	3.83	57.60	0	0	0
RG Petrie (NZ)	1990-1991	12	110.0	7	660	449	12	2/25	37.41	4.08	55.00	0	0	0
BA Reid (AUS)	1990-1991	9	73.0	11	438	301	8	2/18	37.62	4.12	54.75	0	0	0
EA Moseley (WI)	1990-1991	3	21.0	0	126	114	3	1/22	38.00	5.42	42.00	0	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1990-1991	17	149.3	9	897	574	15	3/39	38.26	3.83	59.80	0	0	0
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1990-1990	3	24.5	4	149	115	3	2/38	38.33	4.63	49.66	0	0	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-1991	9	83.0	6	498	347	9	3/40	38.55	4.18	55.33	0	0	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1991-1991	3	30.0	1	180	121	3	2/36	40.33	4.03	60.00	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1990-1991	11	23.0	0	138	122	3	1/13	40.66	5.30	46.00	0	0	0
AH Jones (NZ)	1990-1991	14	17.0	0	102	82	2	1/27	41.00	4.82	51.00	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1990-1991	15	108.0	6	648	499	12	2/25	41.58	4.62	54.00	0	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1990-1991	5	43.0	1	258	209	5	3/28	41.80	4.86	51.60	0	0	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1991-1991	2	15.3	0	93	86	2	1/34	43.00	5.54	46.50	0	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1990-1991	5	9.0	0	54	43	1	1/13	43.00	4.77	54.00	0	0	0
MR Whitney (AUS)	1991-1991	5	42.0	2	252	180	4	3/41	45.00	4.28	63.00	0	0	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1990-1991	8	66.1	3	397	322	7	2/40	46.00	4.86	56.71	0	0	0
Athar Ali Khan (BAN)	1990-1990	2	10.0	1	60	47	1	1/23	47.00	4.70	60.00	0	0	0
SP Mukherjee (IND)	1990-1991	3	29.0	2	174	98	2	1/30	49.00	3.37	87.00	0	0	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1990-1991	5	48.0	1	288	249	5	2/34	49.80	5.18	57.60	0	0	0
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-1991	3	28.0	0	168	103	2	2/27	51.50	3.67	84.00	0	0	0
GR Larsen (NZ)	1991-1991	8	77.0	8	462	276	5	2/25	55.20	3.58	92.40	0	0	0
Azhar Hossain (BAN)	1990-1990	2	12.0	0	72	58	1	1/33	58.00	4.83	72.00	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1990-1991	8	65.1	1	391	310	5	1/26	62.00	4.75	78.20	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1990-1991	19	24.2	1	146	130	2	1/12	65.00	5.34	73.00	0	0	0
KIW Wijegunawardene (SL)	1990-1991	3	23.0	1	138	138	2	1/33	69.00	6.00	69.00	0	0	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1991-1991	4	28.0	0	168	140	2	1/15	70.00	5.00	84.00	0	0	0
Gholam Nousher (BAN)	1990-1990	2	18.0	1	108	70	1	1/46	70.00	3.88	108.00	0	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1991	8	40.0	2	240	143	2	1/39	71.50	3.57	120.00	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1990-1990	5	36.0	6	216	146	2	1/26	73.00	4.05	108.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1990-1991	11	71.0	1	426	293	4	2/39	73.25	4.12	106.50	0	0	0
Minhajul Abedin (BAN)	1990-1990	2	15.0	1	90	80	1	1/37	80.00	5.33	90.00	0	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1990-1991	5	38.0	2	228	197	2	1/36	98.50	5.18	114.00	0	0	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1990-1990	3	23.0	0	138	115	1	1/44	115.00	5.00	138.00	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	1990-1990	3	26.0	1	156	126	1	1/40	126.00	4.84	156.00	0	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1990-1990	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1990-1990	1	8.0	0	48	24	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
Akram Khan (BAN)	1990-1990	2	4.0	0	24	25	0	-	-	6.25	0.00	0	0	0
Aminul Islam (BAN)	1990-1990	2	3.5	0	23	27	0	-	-	7.04	0.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-1990	2	0.3	0	3	4	0	-	-	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1990-1991	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1991	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CA Best (WI)	1990-1990	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1990-1991	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1990-1991	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Enamul Haque (BAN)	1990-1990	2	7.0	0	42	41	0	-	-	5.85	0.00	0	0	0
Faruk Ahmed (BAN)	1990-1990	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1990-1991	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1990-1991	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1990-1991	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1990-1991	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1990-1991	15	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Jahangir Alam Talukdar (BAN)	1990-1990	1	3.0	0	18	16	0	-	-	5.33	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1990-1990	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1990-1991	15	1.0	0	6	6	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1990-1991	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1990-1991	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	1990-1990	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
W Larkins (ENG)	1990-1991	7	0.3	0	3	1	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
RT Latham (NZ)	1990-1991	8	5.0	0	30	28	0	-	-	5.60	0.00	0	0	0
AL Logie (WI)	1990-1991	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MAWR Madurasinghe (SL)	1990-1990	1	3.0	0	18	29	0	-	-	9.66	0.00	0	0	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1990-1991	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1990-1991	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Marsh (AUS)	1990-1991	15	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Moin Khan (PAK)	1990-1990	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KS More (IND)	1990-1991	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JE Morris (ENG)	1990-1991	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Nasir Ahmed (BAN)	1990-1990	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Nurul Abedin (BAN)	1990-1990	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MW Priest (NZ)	1990-1990	3	12.0	0	72	74	0	-	-	6.16	0.00	0	0	0
WV Raman (IND)	1990-1990	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1990-1990	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Ranatunga (SL)	1990-1990	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
V Razdan (IND)	1990-1990	1	4.0	0	24	31	0	-	-	7.75	0.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1991-1991	5	17.0	0	102	84	0	-	-	4.94	0.00	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1990-1991	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SJ Roberts (NZ)	1990-1990	1	3.0	0	18	21	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
RC Russell (ENG)	1990-1991	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saiful Islam (BAN)	1990-1990	1	9.0	1	54	42	0	-	-	4.66	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1990-1990	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MAR Samarasekera (SL)	1990-1990	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CP Senanayake (SL)	1990-1991	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1990-1990	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1990-1991	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1990-1991	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RA Smith (ENG)	1990-1991	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-1991	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1991-1991	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1990-1991	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DJ White (NZ)	1990-1990	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Williams (WI)	1990-1990	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1990-1991	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Young (NZ)	1990-1991	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zahid Fazal (PAK)	1990-1990	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zakir Khan (PAK)	1990-1990	2	10.0	0	60	45	0	-	-	4.50	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]