Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SR Waugh (AUS)	1993-1994	7	119.5	42	719	201	15	5/28	13.40	1.67	47.93	1	1	0
DH Brain (ZIM)	1993-1993	2	95.0	24	570	184	12	5/42	15.33	1.93	47.50	1	1	0
SLV Raju (IND)	1994-1994	4	143.4	44	862	295	19	6/87	15.52	2.05	45.36	0	2	1
PA de Silva (SL)	1993-1994	4	23.0	5	138	50	3	3/50	16.66	2.17	46.00	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-1994	6	249.0	52	1494	778	45	7/91	17.28	3.12	33.20	2	5	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-1994	5	236.0	55	1416	634	36	7/119	17.61	2.68	39.33	2	3	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-1994	9	517.3	181	3105	948	51	7/56	18.58	1.83	60.88	5	3	1
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1993-1994	6	242.4	66	1456	546	29	6/24	18.82	2.25	50.20	3	2	1
A Kumble (IND)	1994-1994	4	186.3	50	1119	419	20	7/59	20.95	2.24	55.95	1	1	1
RK Chauhan (IND)	1994-1994	4	143.0	45	858	319	15	3/8	21.26	2.23	57.20	0	0	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1994-1994	3	65.4	16	394	198	8	4/82	24.75	3.01	49.25	1	0	0
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1994-1994	5	181.5	38	1091	566	22	6/66	25.72	3.11	49.59	2	1	0
CR Matthews (SA)	1993-1994	5	192.0	65	1152	418	16	5/80	26.12	2.17	72.00	1	1	0
Ashfaq Ahmed (PAK)	1993-1993	1	23.0	9	138	53	2	2/31	26.50	2.30	69.00	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1994-1994	4	81.4	18	490	248	9	3/73	27.55	3.03	54.44	0	0	0
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1994	4	168.5	39	1013	443	16	8/75	27.68	2.62	63.31	1	1	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1993-1994	9	376.3	98	2259	956	33	4/33	28.96	2.53	68.45	3	0	0
Ata-ur-Rehman (PAK)	1993-1994	5	119.0	31	714	348	12	3/50	29.00	2.92	59.50	0	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-1994	4	159.1	25	955	467	16	5/162	29.18	2.93	59.68	2	1	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1994-1994	4	170.2	30	1022	545	18	6/65	30.27	3.19	56.77	0	2	0
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	141.0	26	846	394	13	3/45	30.30	2.79	65.07	0	0	0
AA Donald (SA)	1993-1994	6	255.2	47	1532	798	25	4/83	31.92	3.12	61.28	1	0	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1993-1994	6	216.2	61	1298	549	17	4/46	32.29	2.53	76.35	1	0	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1994	6	281.0	70	1686	716	22	6/43	32.54	2.54	76.63	2	1	1
J Srinath (IND)	1994-1994	1	64.0	12	384	164	5	4/60	32.80	2.56	76.80	1	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1993-1994	2	11.0	2	66	33	1	1/7	33.00	3.00	66.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1993-1994	3	78.0	20	468	205	6	3/79	34.16	2.62	78.00	0	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1993-1994	9	96.0	33	576	210	6	1/7	35.00	2.18	96.00	0	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1993-1994	6	257.3	54	1545	706	20	5/94	35.30	2.74	77.25	0	1	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	110.5	22	665	284	8	5/56	35.50	2.56	83.12	0	1	0
SB Doull (NZ)	1993-1994	5	142.0	16	852	536	15	5/66	35.73	3.77	56.80	0	1	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	20.0	4	120	36	1	1/8	36.00	1.80	120.00	0	0	0
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1994	2	72.5	17	437	153	4	2/49	38.25	2.10	109.25	0	0	0
RA Harper (WI)	1993-1993	1	25.0	12	150	39	1	1/36	39.00	1.56	150.00	0	0	0
IDK Salisbury (ENG)	1994-1994	2	68.0	9	408	276	7	4/163	39.42	4.05	58.28	1	0	0
CC Lewis (ENG)	1994-1994	5	168.3	18	1011	553	14	4/61	39.50	3.28	72.21	1	0	0
TBA May (AUS)	1993-1994	6	271.3	90	1629	599	15	5/65	39.93	2.20	108.60	0	1	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-1994	5	212.1	55	1273	484	12	3/65	40.33	2.28	106.08	0	0	0
MN Hart (NZ)	1994-1994	3	92.2	23	554	285	7	3/47	40.71	3.08	79.14	0	0	0
RP Snell (SA)	1994-1994	1	31.0	9	186	82	2	2/38	41.00	2.64	93.00	0	0	0
SA Thomson (NZ)	1994-1994	4	53.0	6	318	214	5	2/46	42.80	4.03	63.60	0	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	1994-1994	5	49.5	8	299	173	4	2/74	43.25	3.47	74.75	0	0	0
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1994-1994	1	28.0	4	168	132	3	3/113	44.00	4.71	56.00	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1993-1993	1	20.0	5	120	44	1	1/44	44.00	2.20	120.00	0	0	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1994-1994	4	149.0	27	894	443	10	3/61	44.30	2.97	89.40	0	0	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1993-1994	6	240.3	38	1443	799	17	4/52	47.00	3.32	84.88	3	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1993-1994	3	89.0	14	534	343	7	4/113	49.00	3.85	76.28	1	0	0
C Pringle (NZ)	1994-1994	2	84.3	19	507	205	4	2/52	51.25	2.42	126.75	0	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1993-1993	1	24.0	11	144	52	1	1/52	52.00	2.16	144.00	0	0	0
RP de Groen (NZ)	1993-1994	4	143.4	39	862	425	8	3/40	53.12	2.95	107.75	0	0	0
DK Liyanage (SL)	1994-1994	1	17.0	6	102	55	1	1/55	55.00	3.23	102.00	0	0	0
SG Peall (ZIM)	1993-1993	2	55.0	17	330	111	2	2/89	55.50	2.01	165.00	0	0	0
JA Rennie (ZIM)	1993-1993	2	59.4	15	358	171	3	2/22	57.00	2.86	119.33	0	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1993-1994	4	166.0	24	996	457	8	3/77	57.12	2.75	124.50	0	0	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1994-1994	2	70.0	13	420	237	4	3/59	59.25	3.38	105.00	0	0	0
AP Igglesden (ENG)	1994-1994	2	55.3	8	333	183	3	1/36	61.00	3.29	111.00	0	0	0
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1994	5	125.0	25	750	324	5	2/75	64.80	2.59	150.00	0	0	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1994-1994	2	113.0	36	678	291	4	3/100	72.75	2.57	169.50	0	0	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1993-1994	4	58.0	7	348	149	2	2/27	74.50	2.56	174.00	0	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1993-1994	4	87.0	12	522	325	4	2/108	81.25	3.73	130.50	0	0	0
ML Su'a (NZ)	1993-1993	2	63.5	5	383	245	3	2/72	81.66	3.83	127.66	0	0	0
DJ Nash (NZ)	1994-1994	1	33.0	11	198	82	1	1/57	82.00	2.48	198.00	0	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	43.5	15	263	92	1	1/26	92.00	2.09	263.00	0	0	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1993-1993	3	103.0	11	618	384	4	1/37	96.00	3.72	154.50	0	0	0
GA Hick (ENG)	1994-1994	5	77.0	14	462	198	2	1/3	99.00	2.57	231.00	0	0	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-1994	6	41.1	10	247	112	1	1/62	112.00	2.72	247.00	0	0	0
Aamer Nazir (PAK)	1994-1994	1	31.0	2	186	113	1	1/54	113.00	3.64	186.00	0	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1993-1994	6	64.3	18	387	127	1	1/0	127.00	1.96	387.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-1994	4	65.0	10	390	209	1	1/94	209.00	3.21	390.00	0	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1993-1994	6	9.0	1	54	31	0	-	-	3.44	0.00	0	0	0
Akram Raza (PAK)	1994-1994	2	37.0	13	222	81	0	-	-	2.18	0.00	0	0	0
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1993-1994	6	6.0	2	36	9	0	-	-	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1993-1994	5	3.0	2	18	1	0	-	-	0.33	0.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1994-1994	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1994	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Atif Rauf (PAK)	1994-1994	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1994-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Basit Ali (PAK)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TE Blain (NZ)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1993-1994	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1993-1994	9	18.0	10	108	26	0	-	-	1.44	0.00	0	0	0
GK Bruk-Jackson (ZIM)	1993-1993	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	1.0	0	6	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1993-1993	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-1994	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PB Dassanayake (SL)	1993-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MH Dekker (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-1994	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	0.1	0	1	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1993-1994	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1993-1993	1	2.0	0	12	18	0	-	-	9.00	0.00	0	0	0
BR Hartland (NZ)	1994-1994	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-1994	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1993-1994	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1993-1994	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1993-1993	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Hudson (SA)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WR James (ZIM)	1993-1993	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1993-1993	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AH Jones (NZ)	1993-1994	6	2.0	0	12	6	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1994-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PN Kirsten (SA)	1994-1994	4	4.0	0	24	17	0	-	-	4.25	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1993-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1994-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	1993-1994	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MP Maynard (ENG)	1994-1994	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1994-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JR Murray (WI)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MB Owens (NZ)	1994-1994	1	9.0	1	54	38	0	-	-	4.22	0.00	0	0	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1994-1994	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Pocock (NZ)	1993-1994	5	2.0	0	12	10	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1994-1994	4	20.0	3	120	48	0	-	-	2.40	0.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1993-1994	4	19.0	4	114	36	0	-	-	1.89	0.00	0	0	0
Rashid Latif (PAK)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1993-1994	6	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Richardson (SA)	1993-1994	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1993-1994	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RC Russell (ENG)	1994-1994	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1993-1994	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-1994	3	1.0	0	6	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1994-1994	3	6.0	1	36	26	0	-	-	4.33	0.00	0	0	0
DP Samaraweera (SL)	1993-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1993-1993	3	5.0	1	30	17	0	-	-	3.40	0.00	0	0	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1994-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1993-1994	3	3.0	1	18	4	0	-	-	1.33	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-1994	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RA Smith (ENG)	1994-1994	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1994-1994	5	3.2	0	20	13	0	-	-	3.90	0.00	0	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1993-1993	1	29.0	9	174	62	0	-	-	2.13	0.00	0	0	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1993-1994	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1994-1994	4	4.0	1	24	7	0	-	-	1.75	0.00	0	0	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1994-1994	5	2.0	1	12	1	0	-	-	0.50	0.00	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1993-1994	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Wessels (SA)	1993-1994	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SC Williams (WI)	1994-1994	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Young (NZ)	1993-1994	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 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]