Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-1996	3	1.5	1	11	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	11.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	3	4.0	0	24	9	1	1/9	9.00	2.25	24.00	0	0	0
BN Schultz (SA)	1997-1997	1	37.0	8	222	91	6	4/52	15.16	2.45	37.00	1	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1996-1996	2	71.4	21	430	180	11	6/48	16.36	2.51	39.09	1	1	1
CEW Silverwood (ENG)	1996-1996	1	25.0	8	150	71	4	3/63	17.75	2.84	37.50	0	0	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1997	8	138.3	20	831	441	24	6/82	18.37	3.18	34.62	2	1	1
RDB Croft (ENG)	1996-1997	4	182.1	53	1093	340	18	5/95	18.88	1.86	60.72	0	1	0
AA Donald (SA)	1996-1997	8	304.4	89	1828	785	41	5/36	19.14	2.57	44.58	2	2	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	1996-1997	9	348.3	111	2091	828	41	6/86	20.19	2.37	51.00	3	2	0
AR Kapoor (IND)	1996-1996	2	53.0	18	318	101	5	2/19	20.20	1.90	63.60	0	0	0
D Gough (ENG)	1996-1997	5	191.3	47	1149	532	26	5/40	20.46	2.77	44.19	3	1	0
Mohammad Hussain (PAK)	1996-1996	1	10.0	4	60	21	1	1/7	21.00	2.10	60.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Zahid (PAK)	1996-1997	3	81.0	12	486	278	13	7/66	21.38	3.43	37.38	1	1	1
SB Doull (NZ)	1996-1997	7	238.3	63	1431	663	31	5/46	21.38	2.77	46.16	0	3	0
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1996-1997	4	125.1	31	751	364	17	5/73	21.41	2.90	44.17	1	1	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1997-1997	2	87.5	25	527	174	8	4/45	21.75	1.98	65.87	1	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	74.0	22	444	153	7	4/18	21.85	2.06	63.42	1	0	0
FA Rose (WI)	1997-1997	5	141.1	27	847	402	18	6/100	22.33	2.84	47.05	1	1	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-1997	5	136.4	46	820	381	16	5/54	23.81	2.78	51.25	0	1	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1997	4	185.5	56	1115	429	18	5/84	23.83	2.30	61.94	2	1	0
IR Bishop (WI)	1996-1997	9	283.1	56	1699	772	32	4/22	24.12	2.72	53.09	1	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-1997	5	134.0	27	804	342	14	3/25	24.42	2.55	57.42	0	0	0
J Srinath (IND)	1996-1997	6	275.4	69	1654	873	35	6/21	24.94	3.16	47.25	0	2	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1997	4	244.2	43	1466	702	28	6/84	25.07	2.87	52.35	1	2	1
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1996-1997	9	315.3	80	1893	745	29	5/43	25.68	2.36	65.27	1	3	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1996-1996	3	98.0	24	588	291	11	4/48	26.45	2.96	53.45	2	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1996-1997	8	350.1	103	2101	876	33	4/43	26.54	2.50	63.66	2	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1997	3	58.4	16	352	134	5	3/29	26.80	2.28	70.40	0	0	0
HT Davis (NZ)	1997-1997	3	114.2	23	686	304	11	5/63	27.63	2.65	62.36	0	1	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1997-1997	3	134.0	36	804	339	12	6/98	28.25	2.52	67.00	0	1	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-1997	9	128.4	51	772	256	9	2/11	28.44	1.98	85.77	0	0	0
PR Adams (SA)	1996-1997	7	234.5	41	1409	780	27	6/55	28.88	3.32	52.18	0	1	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1997-1997	4	137.4	30	826	385	13	4/60	29.61	2.79	63.53	2	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	89.1	20	535	240	8	4/43	30.00	2.69	66.87	1	0	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1997	12	408.1	87	2449	1201	40	6/104	30.02	2.94	61.22	0	4	1
A Kumble (IND)	1996-1997	12	567.1	118	3403	1477	49	5/67	30.14	2.60	69.44	2	3	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1996-1997	5	214.5	66	1289	434	14	4/61	31.00	2.02	92.07	1	0	0
Shahid Nazir (PAK)	1996-1997	6	136.3	29	819	435	14	5/53	31.07	3.18	58.50	0	1	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1997	7	104.0	27	624	254	8	2/26	31.75	2.44	78.00	0	0	0
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-1997	8	254.4	59	1528	667	21	4/43	31.76	2.61	72.76	1	0	0
L Klusener (SA)	1996-1997	7	221.1	46	1327	684	21	8/64	32.57	3.09	63.19	0	1	0
JTC Vaughan (NZ)	1996-1997	3	79.5	18	479	204	6	4/27	34.00	2.55	79.83	1	0	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	211.5	47	1271	545	16	5/123	34.06	2.57	79.43	0	2	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1996-1997	8	183.1	50	1099	449	13	2/27	34.53	2.45	84.53	0	0	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1997-1997	1	24.4	4	148	104	3	3/104	34.66	4.21	49.33	0	0	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1996-1996	2	74.0	26	444	176	5	2/55	35.20	2.37	88.80	0	0	0
PE McIntyre (AUS)	1996-1996	1	38.0	7	228	107	3	3/103	35.66	2.81	76.00	0	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-1997	5	328.3	71	1971	895	25	5/89	35.80	2.72	78.84	3	1	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	8	46.4	13	280	108	3	1/4	36.00	2.31	93.33	0	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1996-1997	9	311.5	65	1871	842	23	5/74	36.60	2.70	81.34	1	2	0
HK Olonga (ZIM)	1996-1996	3	60.0	9	360	220	6	3/90	36.66	3.66	60.00	0	0	0
A Kuruvilla (IND)	1997-1997	5	172.0	34	1032	480	13	5/68	36.92	2.79	79.38	0	1	0
M Dillon (WI)	1997-1997	2	54.0	11	324	148	4	3/92	37.00	2.74	81.00	0	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1997-1997	3	90.4	16	544	267	7	3/47	38.14	2.94	77.71	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1997	10	59.0	14	354	154	4	2/36	38.50	2.61	88.50	0	0	0
C White (ENG)	1996-1997	2	41.0	9	246	118	3	2/51	39.33	2.87	82.00	0	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	1997-1997	2	61.4	11	370	197	5	4/74	39.40	3.19	74.00	1	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1996-1996	2	31.0	9	186	80	2	2/57	40.00	2.58	93.00	0	0	0
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1996-1996	3	117.5	22	707	362	9	3/34	40.22	3.07	78.55	0	0	0
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	1996-1996	1	24.0	4	144	81	2	2/67	40.50	3.37	72.00	0	0	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1996-1997	6	157.1	42	943	406	10	4/36	40.60	2.58	94.30	1	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	1996-1997	3	117.0	38	702	252	6	2/47	42.00	2.15	117.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	4	12.1	2	73	42	1	1/29	42.00	3.45	73.00	0	0	0
DG Cork (ENG)	1997-1997	3	98.5	21	593	300	7	3/96	42.85	3.03	84.71	0	0	0
EZ Matambanadzo (ZIM)	1996-1996	1	16.0	0	96	89	2	2/62	44.50	5.56	48.00	0	0	0
KSC de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	2	68.2	13	410	223	5	5/85	44.60	3.26	82.00	0	1	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1996-1997	7	117.4	23	706	424	9	5/137	47.11	3.60	78.44	0	1	0
DJ Johnson (IND)	1996-1996	2	40.0	6	240	143	3	2/52	47.66	3.57	80.00	0	0	0
PL Symcox (SA)	1996-1997	4	149.0	31	894	435	9	2/47	48.33	2.91	99.33	0	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	2	98.5	31	593	207	4	2/75	51.75	2.09	148.25	0	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	3	49.5	14	299	161	3	3/53	53.66	3.23	99.66	0	0	0
KJ Silva (SL)	1997-1997	1	53.0	15	318	162	3	2/71	54.00	3.05	106.00	0	0	0
D Ganesh (IND)	1997-1997	4	76.5	15	461	287	5	2/28	57.40	3.73	92.20	0	0	0
CE Cuffy (WI)	1997-1997	1	33.0	4	198	116	2	2/116	58.00	3.51	99.00	0	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	1996-1997	5	18.5	1	113	59	1	1/11	59.00	3.13	113.00	0	0	0
ND Hirwani (IND)	1996-1996	2	40.0	6	240	129	2	2/38	64.50	3.22	120.00	0	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	9	34.0	2	204	131	2	1/34	65.50	3.85	102.00	0	0	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1997-1997	1	23.0	5	138	67	1	1/58	67.00	2.91	138.00	0	0	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1996-1997	7	47.2	12	284	138	2	1/13	69.00	2.91	142.00	0	0	0
GB Hogg (AUS)	1996-1996	1	17.0	3	102	69	1	1/69	69.00	4.05	102.00	0	0	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1997-1997	2	60.0	10	360	145	2	1/23	72.50	2.41	180.00	0	0	0
AR Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1996	1	45.2	7	272	146	2	2/146	73.00	3.22	136.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-1997	10	68.0	14	408	158	2	1/2	79.00	2.32	204.00	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	34.0	9	204	79	1	1/4	79.00	2.32	204.00	0	0	0
PIC Thompson (WI)	1997-1997	1	16.0	0	96	80	1	1/80	80.00	5.00	96.00	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1996-1997	10	222.0	61	1332	539	6	3/34	89.83	2.42	222.00	0	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1997-1997	1	25.0	4	150	117	1	1/117	117.00	4.68	150.00	0	0	0
AJ Bichel (AUS)	1997-1997	2	37.3	6	225	143	1	1/31	143.00	3.81	225.00	0	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1996-1996	2	17.0	6	102	34	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-1997	2	13.0	4	78	31	0	-	-	2.38	0.00	0	0	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Azam Khan (PAK)	1996-1996	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1996-1997	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1996-1997	5	1.0	0	6	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1996-1996	1	37.0	12	222	80	0	-	-	2.16	0.00	0	0	0
CO Browne (WI)	1996-1997	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SL Campbell (WI)	1996-1997	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	1996-1996	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JP Crawley (ENG)	1996-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-1997	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MH Dekker (ZIM)	1996-1996	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	4	4.0	0	24	16	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	1996-1997	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1996-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1996-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LK Germon (NZ)	1996-1997	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-1997	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1996-1996	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AFG Griffith (WI)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Hasan Raza (PAK)	1996-1996	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	1996-1997	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1996-1997	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RIC Holder (WI)	1997-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	3	10.0	7	60	22	0	-	-	2.20	0.00	0	0	0
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Hudson (SA)	1996-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1996-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1997	6	5.0	0	30	18	0	-	-	3.60	0.00	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1996-1997	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Jadeja (IND)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	4	12.0	0	72	54	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1997-1997	1	43.0	14	258	102	0	-	-	2.37	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1997-1997	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1996-1996	2	48.0	9	288	126	0	-	-	2.62	0.00	0	0	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-1997	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NV Knight (ENG)	1996-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JL Langer (AUS)	1996-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	1996-1997	10	3.0	0	18	16	0	-	-	5.33	0.00	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-1997	8	15.0	3	90	49	0	-	-	3.26	0.00	0	0	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1996-1996	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	1996-1996	1	19.0	3	114	59	0	-	-	3.10	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1996	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Moin Khan (PAK)	1996-1997	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-1997	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JR Murray (WI)	1996-1997	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1996-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Pocock (NZ)	1997-1997	5	2.0	0	12	10	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
WV Raman (IND)	1996-1997	3	15.0	1	90	63	0	-	-	4.20	0.00	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
V Rathour (IND)	1996-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1996-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Richardson (SA)	1996-1997	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1996-1996	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1996-1997	6	20.0	3	120	74	0	-	-	3.70	0.00	0	0	0
RG Samuels (WI)	1996-1997	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shadab Kabir (PAK)	1996-1996	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1997-1997	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	1996-1996	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1996-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1997	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1997	12	6.4	2	40	27	0	-	-	4.05	0.00	0	0	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-1997	5	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	4	2.0	1	12	3	0	-	-	1.50	0.00	0	0	0
AC Waller (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	5	3.0	0	18	19	0	-	-	6.33	0.00	0	0	0
CB Wishart (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Young (NZ)	1996-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zahoor Elahi (PAK)	1996-1996	2	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]