Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
ME Waugh (AUS)	1999-2000	10	7.0	1	42	23	2	2/12	11.50	3.28	21.00	0	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1999-2000	3	75.0	25	450	165	14	5/27	11.78	2.20	32.14	1	2	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	2000-2000	2	77.0	36	462	100	8	4/42	12.50	1.29	57.75	1	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1999-2000	9	95.5	39	575	201	13	3/14	15.46	2.09	44.23	0	0	0
N Boje (SA)	2000-2000	2	58.0	20	348	110	7	5/83	15.71	1.89	49.71	0	1	0
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2000	5	169.4	45	1018	498	31	5/47	16.06	2.93	32.83	1	2	0
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	21.0	5	126	65	4	3/45	16.25	3.09	31.50	0	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1999-2000	9	330.3	127	1983	685	42	5/39	16.30	2.07	47.21	4	1	0
PR Adams (SA)	1999-2000	6	121.3	37	729	266	14	4/31	19.00	2.18	52.07	1	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	2000-2000	2	42.2	9	254	99	5	2/20	19.80	2.33	50.80	0	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	1999-2000	10	416.2	130	2498	1000	50	5/48	20.00	2.40	49.96	3	2	1
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2000	2	31.0	5	186	80	4	3/25	20.00	2.58	46.50	0	0	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1999-2000	5	11.2	0	68	41	2	2/32	20.50	3.61	34.00	0	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1999-2000	2	63.0	16	378	147	7	3/22	21.00	2.33	54.00	0	0	0
AA Donald (SA)	1999-2000	8	255.2	78	1532	673	32	6/53	21.03	2.63	47.87	0	3	1
RD King (WI)	1999-2000	4	124.2	26	746	340	16	5/51	21.25	2.73	46.62	2	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1999-2000	9	146.2	42	878	375	17	4/68	22.05	2.56	51.64	1	0	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	1999-2000	7	270.0	66	1620	733	32	5/30	22.90	2.71	50.62	1	2	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1999-2000	6	379.0	100	2274	845	35	6/71	24.14	2.22	64.97	5	1	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1999-2000	6	62.3	15	375	169	7	4/40	24.14	2.70	53.57	1	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2000	2	27.0	4	162	121	5	3/50	24.20	4.48	32.40	0	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	1999-2000	2	58.0	17	348	122	5	3/80	24.40	2.10	69.60	0	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1999-2000	8	260.3	64	1563	802	32	7/27	25.06	3.07	48.84	0	2	1
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	64.4	22	388	154	6	3/32	25.66	2.38	64.66	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1999-2000	4	119.5	21	719	390	15	4/103	26.00	3.25	47.93	1	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2000	6	11.0	5	66	26	1	1/7	26.00	2.36	66.00	0	0	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1999-2000	3	103.5	20	623	265	10	5/56	26.50	2.55	62.30	1	1	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1999-2000	4	8.0	1	48	27	1	1/15	27.00	3.37	48.00	0	0	0
DJ Nash (NZ)	1999-1999	5	179.0	61	1074	440	16	6/27	27.50	2.45	67.12	1	1	0
CR Miller (AUS)	1999-2000	4	165.0	45	990	413	15	5/55	27.53	2.50	66.00	0	1	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1999-2000	6	300.4	66	1804	755	27	4/56	27.96	2.51	66.81	1	0	0
M Hayward (SA)	1999-2000	4	116.2	26	698	336	12	4/75	28.00	2.88	58.16	1	0	0
D Ramnarine (WI)	1999-1999	1	37.0	10	222	86	3	3/82	28.66	2.32	74.00	0	0	0
GB Brent (ZIM)	1999-1999	2	61.2	19	368	144	5	3/21	28.80	2.34	73.60	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	1999-2000	8	462.4	126	2776	1075	37	6/67	29.05	2.32	75.02	2	3	1
AR Caddick (ENG)	1999-2000	5	185.0	51	1110	468	16	7/46	29.25	2.52	69.37	0	1	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2000	7	393.4	102	2362	1019	34	7/87	29.97	2.58	69.47	2	3	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1999-2000	4	158.3	39	951	360	12	3/21	30.00	2.27	79.25	0	0	0
SB Joshi (IND)	1999-1999	2	85.0	33	510	150	5	2/38	30.00	1.76	102.00	0	0	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	1999-2000	4	123.5	26	743	392	13	5/51	30.15	3.16	57.15	0	1	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1999-2000	10	439.3	118	2637	1256	41	5/110	30.63	2.85	64.31	2	1	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1999-2000	8	36.0	7	216	123	4	3/10	30.75	3.41	54.00	0	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1999-2000	3	161.5	40	971	403	13	6/46	31.00	2.49	74.69	0	1	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1999-1999	2	45.0	7	270	217	7	4/53	31.00	4.82	38.57	1	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1999-2000	6	218.1	63	1309	539	17	6/60	31.70	2.47	77.00	1	1	0
HK Olonga (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	242.0	48	1452	710	22	4/93	32.27	2.93	66.00	2	0	0
Irfan Fazil (PAK)	2000-2000	1	8.0	0	48	65	2	1/30	32.50	8.12	24.00	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1999-1999	2	88.4	24	532	196	6	3/33	32.66	2.21	88.66	0	0	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	1999-2000	2	52.0	4	312	231	7	5/138	33.00	4.44	44.57	0	1	0
FA Rose (WI)	1999-2000	4	133.3	32	801	397	12	4/19	33.08	2.97	66.75	1	0	0
J Srinath (IND)	1999-2000	8	313.0	74	1878	898	27	6/45	33.25	2.86	69.55	1	1	0
M Kartik (IND)	2000-2000	2	87.0	22	522	201	6	3/123	33.50	2.31	87.00	0	0	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	63.0	20	378	170	5	4/77	34.00	2.69	75.60	1	0	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	1999-2000	4	119.0	26	714	381	11	3/43	34.63	3.20	64.90	0	0	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	1999-2000	7	31.3	11	189	104	3	3/57	34.66	3.30	63.00	0	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	1999-2000	3	109.5	31	659	287	8	4/56	35.87	2.61	82.37	1	0	0
SA Muller (AUS)	1999-1999	2	58.0	8	348	258	7	3/68	36.85	4.44	49.71	0	0	0
D Gough (ENG)	1999-2000	5	171.0	34	1026	527	14	5/70	37.64	3.08	73.28	0	1	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	1	65.0	21	390	151	4	3/81	37.75	2.32	97.50	0	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1999-2000	5	160.5	19	965	644	17	5/75	37.88	4.00	56.76	1	1	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2000	4	66.5	16	401	190	5	2/31	38.00	2.84	80.20	0	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	1999-2000	7	243.4	78	1462	595	14	3/91	42.50	2.44	104.42	0	0	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1999-2000	9	39.0	8	234	130	3	1/5	43.33	3.33	78.00	0	0	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	1999-2000	5	149.5	35	899	491	11	3/49	44.63	3.27	81.72	0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1999-1999	3	69.2	8	416	229	5	2/43	45.80	3.30	83.20	0	0	0
EZ Matambanadzo (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	31.0	6	186	95	2	2/95	47.50	3.06	93.00	0	0	0
CEW Silverwood (ENG)	1999-2000	4	109.0	19	654	344	7	5/91	49.14	3.15	93.42	0	1	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1999-2000	8	39.0	4	234	148	3	1/15	49.33	3.79	78.00	0	0	0
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	1999-2000	3	88.0	28	528	202	4	2/75	50.50	2.29	132.00	0	0	0
L Klusener (SA)	1999-2000	9	169.0	50	1014	459	9	3/39	51.00	2.71	112.66	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1999-2000	8	131.1	34	787	358	7	2/27	51.14	2.72	112.42	0	0	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	1999-2000	5	180.3	49	1083	524	10	3/83	52.40	2.90	108.30	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1999-1999	1	28.0	3	168	108	2	1/44	54.00	3.85	84.00	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1999-2000	4	92.2	13	554	283	5	2/87	56.60	3.06	110.80	0	0	0
CJ Adams (ENG)	1999-2000	5	20.0	5	120	59	1	1/42	59.00	2.95	120.00	0	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1999-1999	6	128.4	34	772	392	6	2/37	65.33	3.04	128.66	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	102.3	29	615	204	3	1/34	68.00	1.99	205.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1999-1999	1	40.0	3	240	214	3	3/194	71.33	5.35	80.00	0	0	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1999-2000	3	171.4	35	1030	433	6	4/124	72.16	2.52	171.66	1	0	0
TR Gripper (ZIM)	1999-2000	6	20.4	3	124	81	1	1/28	81.00	3.91	124.00	0	0	0
AR Whittall (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	35.0	6	210	105	1	1/105	105.00	3.00	210.00	0	0	0
R Vijay Bharadwaj (IND)	1999-2000	3	41.1	8	247	107	1	1/26	107.00	2.59	247.00	0	0	0
SB Doull (NZ)	2000-2000	2	48.0	12	288	142	1	1/78	142.00	2.95	288.00	0	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	1999-2000	4	42.0	12	252	97	0	-	-	2.30	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	1999-2000	6	19.0	6	114	45	0	-	-	2.36	0.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1999-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1999-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Atiq-uz-Zaman (PAK)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1999-1999	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MD Bell (NZ)	1999-1999	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MV Boucher (SA)	1999-2000	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SL Campbell (WI)	1999-2000	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
N Chopra (IND)	2000-2000	1	24.0	3	144	78	0	-	-	3.25	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1999-2000	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SI de Saram (SL)	1999-2000	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	2000-2000	2	6.0	2	36	10	0	-	-	1.66	0.00	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	1999-1999	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	1999-2000	8	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
CE Eksteen (SA)	2000-2000	1	13.0	3	78	47	0	-	-	3.61	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1999-2000	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IS Gallage (SL)	1999-1999	1	25.0	5	150	77	0	-	-	3.08	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Gandhi (IND)	1999-1999	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Ganga (WI)	1999-1999	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2000	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	2.0	0	12	11	0	-	-	5.50	0.00	0	0	0
AFG Griffith (WI)	1999-2000	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GM Hamilton (ENG)	1999-1999	1	15.0	1	90	63	0	-	-	4.20	0.00	0	0	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1999-1999	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1999-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2000	5	5.0	0	30	15	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1999-2000	4	2.0	0	12	8	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1999-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	1999-2000	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Jadeja (IND)	1999-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Kaif (IND)	2000-2000	1	3.0	0	18	4	0	-	-	1.33	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1999-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HH Kanitkar (IND)	1999-2000	2	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1999-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2000	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	1999-1999	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1999-2000	4	3.0	1	18	2	0	-	-	0.66	0.00	0	0	0
DL Maddy (ENG)	1999-2000	2	14.0	1	84	40	0	-	-	2.85	0.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2000-2000	3	7.0	4	42	12	0	-	-	1.71	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1999-1999	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Moin Khan (PAK)	1999-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NR Mongia (IND)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Naved Ashraf (PAK)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1999-2000	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NO Perry (WI)	1999-1999	1	32.0	5	192	120	0	-	-	3.75	0.00	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2000	7	14.0	4	84	39	0	-	-	2.78	0.00	0	0	0
RL Powell (WI)	1999-1999	1	5.0	2	30	13	0	-	-	2.60	0.00	0	0	0
MSK Prasad (IND)	1999-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RW Price (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	8.0	3	48	22	0	-	-	2.75	0.00	0	0	0
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-1999	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1999-1999	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1999-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1999-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MS Sinclair (NZ)	1999-2000	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	1999-2000	10	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
CM Spearman (NZ)	1999-2000	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Stead (NZ)	1999-1999	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1999-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PC Strydom (SA)	2000-2000	2	6.0	0	36	27	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2000-2000	1	20.0	1	120	127	0	-	-	6.35	0.00	0	0	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2000	4	18.0	2	108	73	0	-	-	4.05	0.00	0	0	0
Wajahatullah Wasti (PAK)	1999-2000	2	2.0	2	12	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2000	10	16.0	2	96	57	0	-	-	3.56	0.00	0	0	0
CB Wishart (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1999-2000	6	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]