Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2001-2001	6	46.0	2	276	219	17	7/36	12.88	4.76	16.23	0	2	0
HK Badani (IND)	2001-2001	10	7.0	0	42	32	2	1/7	16.00	4.57	21.00	0	0	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	2001-2001	5	3.2	0	20	16	1	1/4	16.00	4.80	20.00	0	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	2001-2001	5	47.5	12	287	141	8	2/19	17.62	2.94	35.87	0	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2001-2001	7	48.0	7	288	198	11	3/47	18.00	4.12	26.18	0	0	0
CEL Stuart (WI)	2001-2001	4	35.0	3	210	148	8	5/44	18.50	4.22	26.25	0	1	0
CD Collymore (WI)	2001-2001	5	49.0	4	294	190	10	4/49	19.00	3.87	29.40	1	0	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2001-2001	2	19.5	1	119	81	4	3/26	20.25	4.08	29.75	0	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2001-2001	7	55.2	6	332	226	11	3/20	20.54	4.08	30.18	0	0	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	2001-2001	6	15.0	1	90	103	5	2/17	20.60	6.86	18.00	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	2001-2001	4	28.0	0	168	128	6	4/44	21.33	4.57	28.00	1	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2001	11	43.0	3	258	172	8	3/32	21.50	4.00	32.25	0	0	0
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2001-2001	2	9.0	0	54	43	2	2/43	21.50	4.77	27.00	0	0	0
IJ Harvey (AUS)	2001-2001	5	38.1	4	229	153	7	2/18	21.85	4.00	32.71	0	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	2001-2001	5	48.0	8	288	176	8	3/48	22.00	3.66	36.00	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	2001-2001	6	50.0	4	300	201	9	3/23	22.33	4.02	33.33	0	0	0
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2001	11	96.0	5	576	448	20	4/42	22.40	4.66	28.80	1	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2001-2001	4	26.2	3	158	112	5	3/15	22.40	4.25	31.60	0	0	0
Harvinder Singh (IND)	2001-2001	2	20.0	3	120	90	4	2/25	22.50	4.50	30.00	0	0	0
WW Hinds (WI)	2001-2001	8	5.0	0	30	23	1	1/12	23.00	4.60	30.00	0	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	2001-2001	5	45.0	3	270	232	10	3/52	23.20	5.15	27.00	0	0	0
CE Cuffy (WI)	2001-2001	3	30.0	7	180	70	3	2/30	23.33	2.33	60.00	0	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2001-2001	7	68.0	9	408	212	9	2/29	23.55	3.11	45.33	0	0	0
MA Suji (KENYA)	2001-2001	2	18.0	3	108	72	3	3/23	24.00	4.00	36.00	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2001	8	34.4	3	208	174	7	2/54	24.85	5.01	29.71	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2001-2001	7	26.4	2	160	100	4	2/22	25.00	3.75	40.00	0	0	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2001-2001	3	26.0	6	156	103	4	3/20	25.75	3.96	39.00	0	0	0
DJ Nash (NZ)	2001-2001	4	23.4	0	142	103	4	3/13	25.75	4.35	35.50	0	0	0
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2001	5	48.0	4	288	264	10	3/63	26.40	5.50	28.80	0	0	0
D Gough (ENG)	2001-2001	6	54.0	5	324	244	9	2/31	27.11	4.51	36.00	0	0	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2001-2001	6	36.0	2	216	165	6	2/32	27.50	4.58	36.00	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2001-2001	7	55.0	2	330	222	8	2/24	27.75	4.03	41.25	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2001	11	106.0	9	636	371	13	3/29	28.53	3.50	48.92	0	0	0
A Nehra (IND)	2001-2001	10	87.4	5	526	389	13	3/30	29.92	4.43	40.46	0	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2001-2001	7	63.0	2	378	251	8	3/52	31.37	3.98	47.25	0	0	0
DS Mohanty (IND)	2001-2001	4	30.0	2	180	127	4	3/18	31.75	4.23	45.00	0	0	0
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2001	6	19.0	0	114	128	4	3/28	32.00	6.73	28.50	0	0	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2001-2001	4	38.0	4	228	161	5	2/37	32.20	4.23	45.60	0	0	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2001-2001	5	23.0	0	138	129	4	2/24	32.25	5.60	34.50	0	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2001-2001	6	53.0	0	318	232	7	2/20	33.14	4.37	45.42	0	0	0
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2001-2001	6	34.0	5	204	136	4	1/7	34.00	4.00	51.00	0	0	0
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	20.0	0	120	102	3	2/43	34.00	5.10	40.00	0	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	2001-2001	6	54.0	5	324	248	7	3/50	35.42	4.59	46.28	0	0	0
DG Cork (ENG)	2001-2001	5	41.5	0	251	215	6	2/32	35.83	5.13	41.83	0	0	0
RD King (WI)	2001-2001	6	54.0	6	324	255	7	4/32	36.42	4.72	46.28	1	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2001-2001	6	46.3	3	279	187	5	2/41	37.40	4.02	55.80	0	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	2001-2001	3	24.5	0	149	115	3	1/28	38.33	4.63	49.66	0	0	0
JK Kamande (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	6.5	0	41	40	1	1/16	40.00	5.85	41.00	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2001-2001	6	56.1	2	337	246	6	2/39	41.00	4.37	56.16	0	0	0
ASA Perera (SL)	2001-2001	7	23.0	1	138	123	3	2/26	41.00	5.34	46.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2001-2001	1	5.0	0	30	41	1	1/41	41.00	8.20	30.00	0	0	0
NC McGarrell (WI)	2001-2001	4	40.0	2	240	180	4	3/44	45.00	4.50	60.00	0	0	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	2001-2001	4	9.0	0	54	48	1	1/48	48.00	5.33	54.00	0	0	0
DT Mutendera (ZIM)	2001-2001	1	8.2	0	50	52	1	1/52	52.00	6.24	50.00	0	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2001-2001	6	46.3	1	279	231	4	2/46	57.75	4.96	69.75	0	0	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2001	12	68.4	1	412	364	6	2/21	60.66	5.30	68.66	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2001-2001	7	44.0	1	264	188	3	1/28	62.66	4.27	88.00	0	0	0
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2001-2001	3	24.0	0	144	131	2	1/48	65.50	5.45	72.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2001-2001	5	9.0	0	54	66	1	1/45	66.00	7.33	54.00	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2001-2001	2	14.0	2	84	67	1	1/21	67.00	4.78	84.00	0	0	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2001-2001	4	26.0	0	156	138	2	1/18	69.00	5.30	78.00	0	0	0
RS Sodhi (IND)	2001-2001	10	44.0	1	264	210	3	2/31	70.00	4.77	88.00	0	0	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	2001-2001	2	20.0	3	120	75	1	1/37	75.00	3.75	120.00	0	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	2001-2001	3	26.2	2	158	96	1	1/26	96.00	3.64	158.00	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2001	8	39.0	2	234	204	2	2/39	102.00	5.23	117.00	0	0	0
CO Obuya (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	20.0	0	120	109	1	1/41	109.00	5.45	120.00	0	0	0
TM Odoyo (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	22.0	2	132	109	1	1/51	109.00	4.95	132.00	0	0	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	2001-2001	3	25.3	0	153	127	1	1/32	127.00	4.98	153.00	0	0	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2001	4	36.0	1	216	180	1	1/53	180.00	5.00	216.00	0	0	0
JS Ababu (KENYA)	2001-2001	1	6.0	0	36	34	0	-	-	5.66	0.00	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	2001-2001	6	17.0	0	102	71	0	-	-	4.17	0.00	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	2001-2001	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GE Bradburn (NZ)	2001-2001	1	2.0	0	12	12	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
AD Brown (ENG)	2001-2001	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CO Browne (WI)	2001-2001	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2001-2001	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2001-2001	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2001-2001	4	7.1	0	43	49	0	-	-	6.83	0.00	0	0	0
PT Collins (WI)	2001-2001	1	10.0	1	60	40	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
SS Dighe (IND)	2001-2001	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	2001-2001	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DD Ebrahim (ZIM)	2001-2001	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Faisal Iqbal (PAK)	2001-2001	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Fazl-e-Akbar (PAK)	2001-2001	1	10.0	2	60	29	0	-	-	2.90	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	2001-2001	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TJ Friend (ZIM)	2001-2001	3	24.0	2	144	142	0	-	-	5.91	0.00	0	0	0
D Ganga (WI)	2001-2001	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LV Garrick (WI)	2001-2001	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DA Gunawardene (SL)	2001-2001	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2001-2001	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Hollioake (ENG)	2001-2001	6	31.0	0	186	179	0	-	-	5.77	0.00	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2001-2001	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	2001-2001	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2001-2001	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	2001-2001	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Khurasiya (IND)	2001-2001	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NV Knight (ENG)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2001-2001	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HS Modi (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	0.1	0	1	4	0	-	-	24.00	0.00	0	0	0
D Mongia (IND)	2001-2001	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Nkala (ZIM)	2001-2001	1	4.0	0	24	34	0	-	-	8.50	0.00	0	0	0
DO Obuya (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MO Odumbe (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	24.0	0	144	126	0	-	-	5.25	0.00	0	0	0
PJ Ongondo (KENYA)	2001-2001	2	14.0	1	84	66	0	-	-	4.71	0.00	0	0	0
AC Parore (NZ)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BJ Patel (KENYA)	2001-2001	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2001-2001	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Rashid Latif (PAK)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	2001-2001	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	2001-2001	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2001-2001	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2001-2001	3	3.0	0	18	23	0	-	-	7.66	0.00	0	0	0
OA Shah (ENG)	2001-2001	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RD Shah (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2001-2001	1	4.0	0	24	39	0	-	-	9.75	0.00	0	0	0
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AO Suji (KENYA)	2001-2001	3	12.0	1	72	63	0	-	-	5.25	0.00	0	0	0
T Taibu (ZIM)	2001-2001	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2001-2001	5	4.0	0	24	25	0	-	-	6.25	0.00	0	0	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2001-2001	4	2.0	0	12	17	0	-	-	8.50	0.00	0	0	0
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	2001-2001	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
L Vincent (NZ)	2001-2001	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2001-2001	3	24.0	2	144	103	0	-	-	4.29	0.00	0	0	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	2001-2001	5	8.0	0	48	27	0	-	-	3.37	0.00	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2001-2001	4	6.0	0	36	41	0	-	-	6.83	0.00	0	0	0
CB Wishart (ZIM)	2001-2001	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2001	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2001-2001	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 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]