Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2000	1	5.2	0	32	20	2	2/20	10.00	3.75	16.00	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2000	7	3.4	0	22	20	2	2/7	10.00	5.45	11.00	0	0	0
C White (ENG)	2000-2000	6	39.0	3	234	151	11	3/34	13.72	3.87	21.27	0	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2000-2000	1	7.0	0	42	31	2	2/31	15.50	4.42	21.00	0	0	0
RD King (WI)	2000-2000	11	94.1	11	565	341	21	4/25	16.23	3.62	26.90	1	0	0
IJ Harvey (AUS)	2000-2000	2	20.0	1	120	84	5	3/41	16.80	4.20	24.00	0	0	0
KSC de Silva (SL)	2000-2000	1	6.0	0	36	34	2	2/34	17.00	5.66	18.00	0	0	0
Imran Nazir (PAK)	2000-2000	18	3.1	0	19	17	1	1/3	17.00	5.36	19.00	0	0	0
PR Adams (SA)	2000-2000	2	17.1	3	103	53	3	2/24	17.66	3.08	34.33	0	0	0
RL Powell (WI)	2000-2000	12	9.0	0	54	53	3	2/5	17.66	5.88	18.00	0	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2000	17	137.0	13	822	589	32	4/29	18.40	4.29	25.68	1	0	0
AJ Hall (SA)	2000-2000	11	22.4	0	136	94	5	2/8	18.80	4.14	27.20	0	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	2000-2000	2	9.0	0	54	57	3	3/33	19.00	6.33	18.00	0	0	0
DJ Terbrugge (SA)	2000-2000	3	15.0	1	90	82	4	4/20	20.50	5.46	22.50	1	0	0
Kabir Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	22.0	0	132	106	5	2/27	21.20	4.81	26.40	0	0	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2000	6	46.0	10	276	128	6	2/27	21.33	2.78	46.00	0	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	2000-2000	7	56.2	7	338	171	8	3/27	21.37	3.03	42.25	0	0	0
GA Hick (ENG)	2000-2000	7	8.0	0	48	43	2	2/37	21.50	5.37	24.00	0	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	13	59.0	1	354	249	11	3/19	22.63	4.22	32.18	0	0	0
D Gough (ENG)	2000-2000	7	56.0	5	336	213	9	3/20	23.66	3.80	37.33	0	0	0
K Weeraratne (SL)	2000-2000	4	26.0	5	156	98	4	3/46	24.50	3.76	39.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	9	88.0	7	528	295	12	4/22	24.58	3.35	44.00	1	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	2000-2000	3	30.0	6	180	101	4	3/26	25.25	3.36	45.00	0	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2000	11	94.1	3	565	383	15	3/24	25.53	4.06	37.66	0	0	0
N Boje (SA)	2000-2000	10	84.3	3	507	334	13	4/25	25.69	3.95	39.00	1	0	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2000-2000	2	20.0	1	120	79	3	3/40	26.33	3.95	40.00	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	8	65.0	8	390	238	9	3/34	26.44	3.66	43.33	0	0	0
NO Perry (WI)	2000-2000	1	10.0	0	60	54	2	2/54	27.00	5.40	30.00	0	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2000	9	79.0	3	474	352	13	3/30	27.07	4.45	36.46	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2000	3	24.0	0	144	109	4	2/24	27.25	4.54	36.00	0	0	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2000-2000	7	60.0	1	360	249	9	4/44	27.66	4.15	40.00	1	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2000-2000	9	88.0	4	528	305	11	5/44	27.72	3.46	48.00	0	1	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2000	3	30.0	4	180	139	5	2/47	27.80	4.63	36.00	0	0	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2000-2000	1	10.0	0	60	56	2	2/56	28.00	5.60	30.00	0	0	0
FA Rose (WI)	2000-2000	12	105.0	8	630	421	15	5/23	28.06	4.00	42.00	0	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2000	11	72.0	6	432	346	12	3/42	28.83	4.80	36.00	0	0	0
KEA Upashantha (SL)	2000-2000	1	9.0	0	54	29	1	1/29	29.00	3.22	54.00	0	0	0
R Telemachus (SA)	2000-2000	6	55.0	6	330	236	8	2/20	29.50	4.29	41.25	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2000-2000	2	5.0	0	30	30	1	1/30	30.00	6.00	30.00	0	0	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2000-2000	1	6.0	0	36	30	1	1/30	30.00	5.00	36.00	0	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	2000-2000	6	52.0	8	312	122	4	1/12	30.50	2.34	78.00	0	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2000	13	39.3	2	237	216	7	3/16	30.85	5.46	33.85	0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2000-2000	11	82.5	4	497	378	12	3/24	31.50	4.56	41.41	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2000-2000	2	11.0	0	66	63	2	2/23	31.50	5.72	33.00	0	0	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	2000-2000	10	43.0	1	258	190	6	2/16	31.66	4.41	43.00	0	0	0
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	2000-2000	10	82.0	4	492	349	11	3/75	31.72	4.25	44.72	0	0	0
S Lee (AUS)	2000-2000	2	15.0	0	90	64	2	2/41	32.00	4.26	45.00	0	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2000-2000	8	63.0	7	378	292	9	4/34	32.44	4.63	42.00	1	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	2000-2000	11	48.2	0	290	230	7	3/9	32.85	4.75	41.42	0	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2000-2000	5	41.0	1	246	167	5	2/37	33.40	4.07	49.20	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2000	13	76.2	3	458	301	9	2/21	33.44	3.94	50.88	0	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2000	2	8.0	1	48	35	1	1/23	35.00	4.37	48.00	0	0	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	17	147.0	12	882	596	17	3/45	35.05	4.05	51.88	0	0	0
GB Brent (ZIM)	2000-2000	5	42.0	1	252	213	6	2/34	35.50	5.07	42.00	0	0	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	4	26.3	0	159	142	4	3/36	35.50	5.35	39.75	0	0	0
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2000	2	20.0	1	120	107	3	3/56	35.66	5.35	40.00	0	0	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	7.0	0	42	37	1	1/37	37.00	5.28	42.00	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2000-2000	11	88.4	6	532	374	10	2/11	37.40	4.21	53.20	0	0	0
A Bhandari (IND)	2000-2000	1	10.0	0	60	75	2	2/75	37.50	7.50	30.00	0	0	0
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2000	11	83.0	2	498	382	10	3/37	38.20	4.60	49.80	0	0	0
Enamul Haque (BAN)	2000-2000	2	15.0	0	90	78	2	1/28	39.00	5.20	45.00	0	0	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	2000-2000	7	60.0	7	360	203	5	2/37	40.60	3.38	72.00	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2000	3	27.0	1	162	122	3	3/43	40.66	4.51	54.00	0	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	2000-2000	1	6.0	0	36	41	1	1/41	41.00	6.83	36.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	6	48.2	2	290	226	5	2/31	45.20	4.67	58.00	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2000	9	57.4	3	346	274	6	2/33	45.66	4.75	57.66	0	0	0
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	2	19.0	0	114	92	2	1/40	46.00	4.84	57.00	0	0	0
T Kumaran (IND)	2000-2000	3	28.0	0	168	186	4	3/54	46.50	6.64	42.00	0	0	0
NAM McLean (WI)	2000-2000	10	81.2	7	488	382	8	2/25	47.75	4.69	61.00	0	0	0
N Chopra (IND)	2000-2000	1	10.0	0	60	49	1	1/49	49.00	4.90	60.00	0	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	2000-2000	3	30.0	2	180	101	2	2/38	50.50	3.36	90.00	0	0	0
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2000	5	31.0	0	186	153	3	1/19	51.00	4.93	62.00	0	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2000	8	61.2	1	368	267	5	2/28	53.40	4.35	73.60	0	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2000-2000	3	27.0	0	162	116	2	1/30	58.00	4.29	81.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	2000-2000	4	13.0	2	78	61	1	1/18	61.00	4.69	78.00	0	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	2000-2000	8	70.5	6	425	312	5	2/34	62.40	4.40	85.00	0	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2000	2	9.0	0	54	66	1	1/48	66.00	7.33	54.00	0	0	0
HK Olonga (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	15.0	0	90	76	1	1/36	76.00	5.06	90.00	0	0	0
CD Collymore (WI)	2000-2000	2	17.0	0	102	86	1	1/46	86.00	5.05	102.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2000-2000	2	17.0	0	102	90	1	1/42	90.00	5.29	102.00	0	0	0
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2000	2	19.0	1	114	90	1	1/41	90.00	4.73	114.00	0	0	0
ML Nkala (ZIM)	2000-2000	6	37.0	3	222	191	2	1/36	95.50	5.16	111.00	0	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	6	56.0	10	336	204	2	1/35	102.00	3.64	168.00	0	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2000	10	37.0	1	222	204	2	1/22	102.00	5.51	111.00	0	0	0
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2000	3	24.0	0	144	109	1	1/41	109.00	4.54	144.00	0	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2000	2	17.1	0	103	120	1	1/59	120.00	6.99	103.00	0	0	0
M Hayward (SA)	2000-2000	4	20.0	0	120	163	1	1/47	163.00	8.15	120.00	0	0	0
Akram Khan (BAN)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Aminul Islam (BAN)	2000-2000	3	3.0	0	18	22	0	-	-	7.33	0.00	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2000	9	5.0	0	30	27	0	-	-	5.40	0.00	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2000	2	4.0	0	24	28	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	2000-2000	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Atiq-uz-Zaman (PAK)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HK Badani (IND)	2000-2000	1	1.0	0	6	6	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	2000-2000	3	5.0	0	30	22	0	-	-	4.40	0.00	0	0	0
MV Boucher (SA)	2000-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	2000-2000	8	1.2	0	8	10	0	-	-	7.50	0.00	0	0	0
SL Campbell (WI)	2000-2000	12	1.0	0	6	7	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2000-2000	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	2000-2000	10	1.0	0	6	4	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2000	6	4.0	0	24	20	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
A Flower (ZIM)	2000-2000	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJ Franks (ENG)	2000-2000	1	9.0	0	54	48	0	-	-	5.33	0.00	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2000	3	4.0	0	24	35	0	-	-	8.75	0.00	0	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	2000-2000	11	2.0	0	12	9	0	-	-	4.50	0.00	0	0	0
AFG Griffith (WI)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DA Gunawardene (SL)	2000-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2000-2000	3	2.0	0	12	14	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	2000-2000	2	11.0	1	66	56	0	-	-	5.09	0.00	0	0	0
Hasibul Hossain (BAN)	2000-2000	1	5.0	0	30	38	0	-	-	7.60	0.00	0	0	0
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2000	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2000-2000	15	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Irfan Fazil (PAK)	2000-2000	1	6.0	0	36	46	0	-	-	7.66	0.00	0	0	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	2000-2000	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
A Jadeja (IND)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Omar (BAN)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2000	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SC Joseph (WI)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SB Joshi (IND)	2000-2000	2	9.0	0	54	42	0	-	-	4.66	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	2000-2000	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SS Karim (IND)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Khaled Mahmud (BAN)	2000-2000	2	14.4	0	88	121	0	-	-	8.25	0.00	0	0	0
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Kirsten (SA)	2000-2000	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	2000-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2000	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Manjural Islam (BAN)	2000-2000	2	14.0	0	84	87	0	-	-	6.21	0.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MP Maynard (ENG)	2000-2000	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	10.0	0	60	43	0	-	-	4.30	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Moin Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	15	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NR Mongia (IND)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	10.0	0	60	30	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1.0	0	6	11	0	-	-	11.00	0.00	0	0	0
AC Parore (NZ)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
N Pothas (SA)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JA Rennie (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	10.0	1	60	48	0	-	-	4.80	0.00	0	0	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	2000-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	2000-2000	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2000	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shafiuddin Ahmed (BAN)	2000-2000	1	9.0	0	54	65	0	-	-	7.22	0.00	0	0	0
Shahriar Hossain (BAN)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RR Singh (IND)	2000-2000	3	7.0	0	42	33	0	-	-	4.71	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2000-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2000-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RG Twose (NZ)	2000-2000	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wajahatullah Wasti (PAK)	2000-2000	1	4.0	0	24	29	0	-	-	7.25	0.00	0	0	0
PA Wallace (WI)	2000-2000	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2000	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CB Wishart (ZIM)	2000-2000	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	10	2.0	0	12	12	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2000	18	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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]