Bowling Best Career Bowling Average - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2000	1	1.0	0	6	5	1	1/5	5.00	5.00	6.00	0	0	0
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2000	1	5.0	0	30	27	2	2/27	13.50	5.40	15.00	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2000	1	9.0	1	54	28	2	2/28	14.00	3.11	27.00	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2000-2000	1	4.0	1	24	15	1	1/15	15.00	3.75	24.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2000	1	5.0	0	30	32	2	2/32	16.00	6.40	15.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	2001-2001	2	12.0	0	72	63	3	2/31	21.00	5.25	24.00	0	0	0
CD Collymore (WI)	2001-2001	2	17.5	1	107	66	3	2/29	22.00	3.70	35.66	0	0	0
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2001	7	42.0	2	252	187	7	2/14	26.71	4.45	36.00	0	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2001	6	51.4	4	310	242	9	3/44	26.88	4.68	34.44	0	0	0
NC McGarrell (WI)	2001-2001	5	44.1	0	265	173	6	3/32	28.83	3.91	44.16	0	0	0
CE Cuffy (WI)	2001-2001	7	65.4	11	394	248	7	3/24	35.42	3.77	56.28	0	0	0
KCB Jeremy (WI)	2001-2001	5	24.0	1	144	109	3	2/42	36.33	4.54	48.00	0	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2000-2001	5	43.0	0	258	222	6	2/35	37.00	5.16	43.00	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	2000-2000	6	47.0	1	282	229	6	2/39	38.16	4.87	47.00	0	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2000-2001	6	59.0	4	354	234	6	2/25	39.00	3.96	59.00	0	0	0
C White (ENG)	2000-2000	1	8.1	0	49	40	1	1/40	40.00	4.89	49.00	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2001	7	68.0	4	408	247	6	2/27	41.16	3.63	68.00	0	0	0
D Gough (ENG)	2000-2000	1	9.0	2	54	43	1	1/43	43.00	4.77	54.00	0	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2000	6	50.5	3	305	275	6	2/62	45.83	5.40	50.83	0	0	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	2000-2000	5	36.3	2	219	210	4	3/55	52.50	5.75	54.75	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2001	6	44.0	1	264	214	4	2/39	53.50	4.86	66.00	0	0	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	2000-2000	1	8.0	0	48	54	1	1/54	54.00	6.75	48.00	0	0	0
K Weeraratne (SL)	2001-2001	2	8.0	0	48	54	1	1/30	54.00	6.75	48.00	0	0	0
BGK Walker (NZ)	2000-2000	3	24.0	3	144	114	2	2/43	57.00	4.75	72.00	0	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2000	6	48.0	1	288	231	4	2/56	57.75	4.81	72.00	0	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	2000-2001	4	22.2	0	134	137	2	1/23	68.50	6.13	67.00	0	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	2000-2000	3	23.0	2	138	140	2	1/38	70.00	6.08	69.00	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2000	6	26.0	0	156	142	2	2/32	71.00	5.46	78.00	0	0	0
D Ramnarine (WI)	2001-2001	2	17.0	0	102	89	1	1/48	89.00	5.23	102.00	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2001	6	20.0	0	120	104	1	1/32	104.00	5.20	120.00	0	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	2001-2001	4	22.3	1	135	133	1	1/33	133.00	5.91	135.00	0	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2001-2001	3	18.0	0	108	148	1	1/56	148.00	8.22	108.00	0	0	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2000	1	7.0	1	42	21	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2001	6	15.0	1	90	88	0	-	-	5.86	0.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	2000-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2000	1	7.0	1	42	40	0	-	-	5.71	0.00	0	0	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2000-2000	1	7.0	0	42	43	0	-	-	6.14	0.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
V Dahiya (IND)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	2000-2000	1	10.0	1	60	41	0	-	-	4.10	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Ganga (WI)	2001-2001	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LV Garrick (WI)	2001-2001	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AP Grayson (ENG)	2000-2000	1	5.0	0	30	20	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
GA Hick (ENG)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WW Hinds (WI)	2001-2001	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	2001-2001	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2001	6	0.1	0	1	4	0	-	-	24.00	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	2000-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VG Kambli (IND)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	2001-2001	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NAM McLean (WI)	2001-2001	2	10.0	0	60	74	0	-	-	7.40	0.00	0	0	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2000	6	4.0	0	24	29	0	-	-	7.25	0.00	0	0	0
CJ Nevin (NZ)	2000-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Parore (NZ)	2000-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RL Powell (WI)	2001-2001	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RR Singh (IND)	2000-2000	1	2.0	0	12	11	0	-	-	5.50	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RG Twose (NZ)	2000-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2000-2000	1	4.4	0	28	24	0	-	-	5.14	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]