Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2007-2007	1	11.0	2	66	36	4	4/36	9.00	3.27	16.50	1	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2006-2006	2	94.2	24	566	217	17	6/87	12.76	2.30	33.29	2	1	1
JDP Oram (NZ)	2006-2006	2	20.0	6	120	59	4	2/30	14.75	2.95	30.00	0	0	0
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2007	5	194.2	53	1166	443	26	4/72	17.03	2.27	44.84	1	0	0
AJ Hall (SA)	2006-2007	2	27.1	4	163	106	6	2/23	17.66	3.90	27.16	0	0	0
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2007-2007	3	125.5	34	755	351	19	5/76	18.47	2.78	39.73	0	2	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2006-2007	5	168.5	58	1013	395	21	4/39	18.80	2.33	48.23	2	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2006-2006	2	58.3	7	351	193	10	7/130	19.30	3.29	35.10	0	1	1
D Ganga (WI)	2006-2006	3	4.0	0	24	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	0	0	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2006-2007	3	68.1	21	409	201	10	4/30	20.10	2.94	40.90	1	0	0
M Ntini (SA)	2006-2007	6	204.5	39	1229	714	34	6/59	21.00	3.48	36.14	1	3	0
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2007	3	115.0	29	690	395	18	5/40	21.94	3.43	38.33	2	1	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2006-2007	3	15.4	1	94	46	2	1/7	23.00	2.93	47.00	0	0	0
SL Malinga (SL)	2006-2006	2	57.4	8	346	208	9	5/68	23.11	3.60	38.44	0	1	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	2006-2007	5	209.1	65	1255	502	21	6/50	23.90	2.40	59.76	0	1	0
A Kumble (IND)	2006-2007	3	134.0	20	804	346	14	4/117	24.71	2.58	57.42	1	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2006-2006	2	52.0	9	312	154	6	3/49	25.66	2.96	52.00	0	0	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2006-2006	2	67.1	11	403	258	10	4/63	25.80	3.84	40.30	1	0	0
Umar Gul (PAK)	2006-2006	3	125.1	28	751	428	16	5/65	26.75	3.41	46.93	2	1	0
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2007	4	117.1	20	703	314	11	4/46	28.54	2.67	63.90	2	0	0
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2006-2006	2	62.0	11	372	173	6	3/30	28.83	2.79	62.00	0	0	0
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2006-2007	6	333.1	80	1999	843	29	5/181	29.06	2.53	68.93	1	1	0
SK Warne (AUS)	2006-2007	5	241.2	43	1448	698	23	5/39	30.34	2.89	62.95	3	1	0
Z Khan (IND)	2006-2007	3	116.5	25	701	395	13	4/62	30.38	3.38	53.92	1	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2006-2007	5	118.0	10	708	414	13	4/42	31.84	3.50	54.46	1	0	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2006-2006	2	63.4	7	382	223	7	3/50	31.85	3.50	54.57	0	0	0
JE Taylor (WI)	2006-2006	3	130.0	28	780	417	13	5/91	32.07	3.20	60.00	1	1	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2006-2007	3	13.1	4	79	33	1	1/30	33.00	2.50	79.00	0	0	0
B Lee (AUS)	2006-2007	5	196.5	32	1181	664	20	4/47	33.20	3.37	59.05	1	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2006-2006	3	59.4	18	358	173	5	2/23	34.60	2.89	71.60	0	0	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2006-2006	2	18.5	0	113	72	2	2/70	36.00	3.82	56.50	0	0	0
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2006	1	24.0	1	144	111	3	3/86	37.00	4.62	48.00	0	0	0
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2006-2006	4	141.0	25	846	486	13	7/109	37.38	3.44	65.07	0	1	0
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2007	3	89.3	8	537	379	10	5/92	37.90	4.23	53.70	0	1	0
MF Maharoof (SL)	2006-2006	2	33.0	6	198	116	3	1/10	38.66	3.51	66.00	0	0	0
Shahid Nazir (PAK)	2006-2007	5	138.0	26	828	503	13	3/42	38.69	3.64	63.69	0	0	0
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2007-2007	2	45.0	7	270	155	4	2/41	38.75	3.44	67.50	0	0	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2006-2007	3	31.0	8	186	79	2	2/8	39.50	2.54	93.00	0	0	0
D Mohammed (WI)	2006-2006	2	69.4	9	418	238	6	3/98	39.66	3.41	69.66	0	0	0
A Nel (SA)	2006-2007	4	162.4	31	976	520	13	3/57	40.00	3.19	75.07	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2006-2007	5	137.0	18	822	481	11	4/99	43.72	3.51	74.72	1	0	0
CD Collymore (WI)	2006-2006	3	130.0	42	780	307	7	3/57	43.85	2.36	111.42	0	0	0
MM Patel (IND)	2007-2007	1	21.0	5	126	45	1	1/43	45.00	2.14	126.00	0	0	0
SI Mahmood (ENG)	2006-2007	3	51.2	4	308	264	5	4/100	52.80	5.14	61.60	1	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2006-2006	3	92.0	19	552	226	4	2/24	56.50	2.45	138.00	0	0	0
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2007-2007	1	24.0	5	144	113	2	2/92	56.50	4.70	72.00	0	0	0
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2006-2007	5	170.1	29	1021	614	10	4/48	61.40	3.60	102.10	1	0	0
DBL Powell (WI)	2006-2006	2	81.5	21	491	250	4	2/83	62.50	3.05	122.75	0	0	0
VRV Singh (IND)	2006-2006	2	44.1	7	265	199	3	1/8	66.33	4.50	88.33	0	0	0
DJ Bravo (WI)	2006-2006	3	85.0	19	510	245	3	2/33	81.66	2.88	170.00	0	0	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2006-2007	3	93.2	18	560	413	5	3/98	82.60	4.42	112.00	0	0	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2006-2006	2	82.0	9	492	262	3	1/46	87.33	3.19	164.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2006-2007	6	68.0	7	408	192	2	1/11	96.00	2.82	204.00	0	0	0
FH Edwards (WI)	2006-2006	1	28.1	4	169	116	1	1/109	116.00	4.11	169.00	0	0	0
HM Amla (SA)	2006-2007	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	2006-2006	2	9.0	2	54	24	0	-	-	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2006-2007	5	1.0	0	6	12	0	-	-	12.00	0.00	0	0	0
MV Boucher (SA)	2006-2007	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2006-2006	3	4.0	0	24	16	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2006-2007	5	17.0	2	102	53	0	-	-	3.11	0.00	0	0	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2006-2007	5	3.0	0	18	20	0	-	-	6.66	0.00	0	0	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CD Cumming (NZ)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2006-2007	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2007-2007	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	2006-2007	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Faisal Iqbal (PAK)	2007-2007	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2006-2007	3	4.0	1	24	22	0	-	-	5.50	0.00	0	0	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM How (NZ)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2007	5	1.0	0	6	5	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2006-2007	6	8.0	0	48	26	0	-	-	3.25	0.00	0	0	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2006-2007	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
W Jaffer (IND)	2006-2007	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2006-2006	2	6.0	3	36	10	0	-	-	1.66	0.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GO Jones (ENG)	2006-2006	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2006-2007	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CK Kapugedera (SL)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KD Karthik (IND)	2007-2007	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JL Langer (AUS)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	2006-2006	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2006-2007	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Morton (WI)	2006-2006	2	4.0	0	24	24	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2007	5	29.0	2	174	125	0	-	-	4.31	0.00	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AG Prince (SA)	2006-2007	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Ramdin (WI)	2006-2006	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CMW Read (ENG)	2006-2007	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2006-2006	3	21.0	3	126	72	0	-	-	3.42	0.00	0	0	0
LPC Silva (SL)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GC Smith (SA)	2006-2007	6	3.0	0	18	26	0	-	-	8.66	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2007	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WU Tharanga (SL)	2006-2006	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2007-2007	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2006-2007	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]