Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SB O'Connor (NZ)	1997-1997	1	9.0	0	54	44	3	3/44	14.66	4.88	18.00	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-1997	3	23.0	1	138	105	7	4/43	15.00	4.56	19.71	1	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-1997	17	65.5	10	395	247	16	5/16	15.43	3.75	24.68	0	1	0
D Gough (ENG)	1997-1997	3	30.0	5	180	119	7	5/44	17.00	3.96	25.71	0	1	0
Kabir Khan (PAK)	1997-1997	4	13.3	2	81	72	4	2/23	18.00	5.33	20.25	0	0	0
LR Williams (WI)	1997-1997	1	8.0	0	48	56	3	3/56	18.66	7.00	16.00	0	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1997-1997	14	111.2	4	668	527	28	5/38	18.82	4.73	23.85	1	2	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1997-1997	1	7.0	1	42	19	1	1/19	19.00	2.71	42.00	0	0	0
GR Larsen (NZ)	1997-1997	3	27.3	3	165	115	6	3/43	19.16	4.18	27.50	0	0	0
Harvinder Singh (IND)	1997-1997	6	37.2	2	224	184	9	3/44	20.44	4.92	24.88	0	0	0
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	3	15.2	0	92	82	4	2/22	20.50	5.34	23.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	14	51.0	3	306	232	10	3/55	23.20	4.54	30.60	0	0	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	1997-1997	4	28.0	0	168	123	5	3/32	24.60	4.39	33.60	0	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1997-1997	9	71.0	10	426	345	14	3/63	24.64	4.85	30.42	0	0	0
D Ramnarine (WI)	1997-1997	1	10.0	0	60	52	2	2/52	26.00	5.20	30.00	0	0	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	3	27.0	5	162	108	4	2/21	27.00	4.00	40.50	0	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1997-1997	1	8.0	1	48	27	1	1/27	27.00	3.37	48.00	0	0	0
KSC de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	13	95.0	3	570	525	19	3/40	27.63	5.52	30.00	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	14	113.3	1	681	589	21	5/58	28.04	5.18	32.42	1	1	0
DS Mohanty (IND)	1997-1997	6	44.0	3	264	225	8	3/15	28.12	5.11	33.00	0	0	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1997-1997	14	104.2	15	626	511	18	5/35	28.38	4.89	34.77	0	2	0
NM Kulkarni (IND)	1997-1997	6	29.0	1	174	147	5	3/73	29.40	5.06	34.80	0	0	0
RR Singh (IND)	1997-1997	17	94.5	6	569	432	14	3/13	30.85	4.55	40.64	0	0	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	1997-1997	4	24.0	1	144	96	3	2/28	32.00	4.00	48.00	0	0	0
A Kuruvilla (IND)	1997-1997	16	118.2	9	710	583	18	4/43	32.38	4.92	39.44	1	0	0
Shahid Nazir (PAK)	1997-1997	2	16.0	0	96	104	3	3/38	34.66	6.50	32.00	0	0	0
Minhajul Abedin (BAN)	1997-1997	3	21.0	0	126	107	3	2/43	35.66	5.09	42.00	0	0	0
DW Headley (ENG)	1997-1997	1	8.0	0	48	36	1	1/36	36.00	4.50	48.00	0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1997	8	52.3	3	315	198	5	2/27	39.60	3.77	63.00	0	0	0
Sheikh Salahuddin (BAN)	1997-1997	3	21.0	0	126	120	3	2/48	40.00	5.71	42.00	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1997-1997	1	10.0	1	60	40	1	1/40	40.00	4.00	60.00	0	0	0
Enamul Haque (BAN)	1997-1997	2	9.0	0	54	81	2	1/34	40.50	9.00	27.00	0	0	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1997-1997	3	24.2	1	146	125	3	1/27	41.66	5.13	48.66	0	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	1997-1997	3	28.0	5	168	125	3	2/34	41.66	4.46	56.00	0	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1997-1997	13	125.5	6	755	543	13	3/40	41.76	4.31	58.07	0	0	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	1997-1997	4	27.0	0	162	126	3	2/54	42.00	4.66	54.00	0	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	13	119.0	4	714	528	12	2/28	44.00	4.43	59.50	0	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	3	8.0	0	48	44	1	1/28	44.00	5.50	48.00	0	0	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1997-1997	1	6.0	0	36	47	1	1/47	47.00	7.83	36.00	0	0	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	1997-1997	11	80.0	3	480	437	9	4/17	48.55	5.46	53.33	1	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1997-1997	14	54.0	1	324	309	6	2/46	51.50	5.72	54.00	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	1997-1997	3	30.0	3	180	106	2	1/39	53.00	3.53	90.00	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	1997-1997	9	71.0	5	426	346	6	2/55	57.66	4.87	71.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	17	42.4	0	256	233	4	2/61	58.25	5.46	64.00	0	0	0
SB Joshi (IND)	1997-1997	3	23.5	0	143	139	2	2/47	69.50	5.83	71.50	0	0	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	1997-1997	3	12.0	0	72	70	1	1/43	70.00	5.83	72.00	0	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1997-1997	3	16.0	1	96	73	1	1/38	73.00	4.56	96.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Hussain (PAK)	1997-1997	6	41.0	0	246	221	3	2/56	73.66	5.39	82.00	0	0	0
Saiful Islam (BAN)	1997-1997	2	13.0	0	78	79	1	1/45	79.00	6.07	78.00	0	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	1997-1997	2	12.0	0	72	86	1	1/45	86.00	7.16	72.00	0	0	0
AJ Penn (NZ)	1997-1997	2	14.3	0	87	109	1	1/50	109.00	7.51	87.00	0	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1997-1997	14	81.0	0	486	441	4	1/25	110.25	5.44	121.50	0	0	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1997-1997	3	27.0	0	162	116	1	1/49	116.00	4.29	162.00	0	0	0
Hasibul Hossain (BAN)	1997-1997	3	15.0	0	90	122	1	1/47	122.00	8.13	90.00	0	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1997-1997	3	29.0	0	174	129	1	1/39	129.00	4.44	174.00	0	0	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-1997	3	26.1	2	157	136	1	1/55	136.00	5.19	157.00	0	0	0
DK Liyanage (SL)	1997-1997	5	30.0	2	180	148	1	1/26	148.00	4.93	180.00	0	0	0
RK Chauhan (IND)	1997-1997	5	34.0	0	204	198	1	1/43	198.00	5.82	204.00	0	0	0
Akram Khan (BAN)	1997-1997	3	2.0	0	12	34	0	-	-	17.00	0.00	0	0	0
Aminul Islam (BAN)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Athar Ali Khan (BAN)	1997-1997	3	5.0	0	30	27	0	-	-	5.40	0.00	0	0	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1997-1997	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	1	3.0	0	18	12	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1997-1997	3	2.0	0	12	12	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
JP Crawley (ENG)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NA David (IND)	1997-1997	1	8.0	0	48	36	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
HT Davis (NZ)	1997-1997	2	11.0	0	66	93	0	-	-	8.45	0.00	0	0	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1997-1997	2	17.0	1	102	82	0	-	-	4.82	0.00	0	0	0
SKL de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	1997-1997	17	2.0	0	12	6	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AF Giles (ENG)	1997-1997	1	9.0	0	54	48	0	-	-	5.33	0.00	0	0	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1997-1997	3	27.0	3	162	90	0	-	-	3.33	0.00	0	0	0
Hasan Raza (PAK)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RIC Holder (WI)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	1	7.0	0	42	36	0	-	-	5.14	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1997-1997	10	5.0	0	30	11	0	-	-	2.20	0.00	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1997-1997	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Jadeja (IND)	1997-1997	17	11.5	0	71	56	0	-	-	4.73	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1997-1997	5	31.0	1	186	160	0	-	-	5.16	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1997-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1997-1997	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SS Karim (IND)	1997-1997	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NV Knight (ENG)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JL Langer (AUS)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GD Lloyd (ENG)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mafizur Rahman (BAN)	1997-1997	2	8.0	0	48	53	0	-	-	6.62	0.00	0	0	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1997-1997	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Moin Khan (PAK)	1997-1997	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1997-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JR Murray (WI)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	1997-1997	3	15.0	0	90	95	0	-	-	6.33	0.00	0	0	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1997-1997	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	14	6.0	0	36	41	0	-	-	6.83	0.00	0	0	0
FL Reifer (WI)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
FA Rose (WI)	1997-1997	1	6.0	0	36	45	0	-	-	7.50	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1997-1997	13	0.4	0	4	2	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CEW Silverwood (ENG)	1997-1997	1	6.0	0	36	44	0	-	-	7.33	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	3	7.0	0	42	42	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Young (NZ)	1997-1997	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zakir Hasan (BAN)	1997-1997	1	2.0	0	12	17	0	-	-	8.50	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]