Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Players

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
M Zondeki (SA)	2008-2008	1	14.4	4	88	42	3	2/10	14.00	2.86	29.33	0	0	0
AJ Redmond (NZ)	2008-2008	4	10.3	1	63	58	3	2/47	19.33	5.52	21.00	0	0	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2008-2009	12	33.2	5	200	127	6	3/45	21.16	3.81	33.33	0	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2008-2009	4	28.2	5	170	98	4	4/10	24.50	3.45	42.50	1	0	0
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2009	6	280.2	59	1682	799	32	7/36	24.96	2.85	52.56	1	4	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2009	12	530.2	108	3182	1515	60	8/61	25.25	2.85	53.03	5	2	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2008-2009	8	419.5	72	2519	1055	39	6/63	27.05	2.51	64.58	3	1	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2008-2009	9	419.2	122	2516	980	36	6/56	27.22	2.33	69.88	1	3	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2008-2009	8	314.2	57	1886	1147	42	5/63	27.30	3.64	44.90	2	3	1
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2009	7	311.1	92	1867	802	29	5/59	27.65	2.57	64.37	1	1	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2009	5	280.5	68	1685	773	27	5/57	28.62	2.75	62.40	0	2	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2008-2009	8	175.1	38	1051	526	18	3/22	29.22	3.00	58.38	0	0	0
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2008	5	205.0	37	1230	593	20	5/71	29.65	2.89	61.50	0	1	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2008-2009	5	146.2	33	878	357	12	3/47	29.75	2.43	73.16	0	0	0
Umar Gul (PAK)	2009-2009	2	70.0	5	420	268	9	6/135	29.77	3.82	46.66	0	1	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2008-2009	9	12.0	0	72	60	2	2/45	30.00	5.00	36.00	0	0	0
M Ntini (SA)	2008-2009	8	285.1	65	1711	905	30	4/32	30.16	3.17	57.03	2	0	0
IE O'Brien (NZ)	2008-2009	9	311.0	76	1866	971	32	6/75	30.34	3.12	58.31	0	1	0
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2009	9	291.5	58	1751	891	29	4/73	30.72	3.05	60.37	2	0	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2008-2008	5	130.4	23	784	375	12	4/42	31.25	2.86	65.33	1	0	0
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2008-2009	6	37.0	1	222	158	5	2/56	31.60	4.27	44.40	0	0	0
PL Harris (SA)	2008-2009	7	283.4	46	1702	808	25	6/127	32.32	2.84	68.08	0	1	0
Z Khan (IND)	2008-2009	9	333.2	74	2000	1043	32	5/65	32.59	3.12	62.50	0	2	0
JE Taylor (WI)	2008-2009	6	159.2	39	956	523	16	5/11	32.68	3.28	59.75	0	1	0
JS Patel (NZ)	2008-2009	4	191.1	60	1147	496	15	5/110	33.06	2.59	76.46	0	1	0
AB McDonald (AUS)	2009-2009	4	122.0	40	732	300	9	3/25	33.33	2.45	81.33	0	0	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2008-2009	5	200.1	45	1201	679	20	4/98	33.95	3.39	60.05	1	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2008-2009	4	170.0	37	1020	477	14	6/49	34.07	2.80	72.85	1	1	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2008-2009	3	90.0	27	540	210	6	2/21	35.00	2.33	90.00	0	0	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2009	6	171.0	43	1026	501	14	5/85	35.78	2.92	73.28	0	1	0
SR Clark (AUS)	2008-2008	4	135.0	42	810	328	9	4/43	36.44	2.42	90.00	1	0	0
FH Edwards (WI)	2008-2009	7	194.0	21	1164	740	20	7/87	37.00	3.81	58.20	0	1	0
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2009	7	233.4	31	1402	868	23	4/73	37.73	3.71	60.95	1	0	0
BAW Mendis (SL)	2009-2009	3	110.0	25	660	306	8	4/71	38.25	2.78	82.50	1	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2008-2009	6	156.0	32	936	465	12	3/58	38.75	2.98	78.00	0	0	0
NM Hauritz (AUS)	2008-2009	3	141.0	40	846	349	9	3/98	38.77	2.47	94.00	0	0	0
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2009	9	52.0	17	312	156	4	2/7	39.00	3.00	78.00	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2008-2009	4	6.5	0	41	41	1	1/41	41.00	6.00	41.00	0	0	0
KTGD Prasad (SL)	2008-2008	1	38.2	5	230	166	4	3/105	41.50	4.33	57.50	0	0	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2008-2009	6	202.0	47	1212	556	13	3/24	42.76	2.75	93.23	0	0	0
JJ Krejza (AUS)	2008-2008	2	123.5	8	743	562	13	8/215	43.23	4.53	57.15	1	1	1
GD Elliott (NZ)	2008-2008	2	16.0	5	96	44	1	1/15	44.00	2.75	96.00	0	0	0
SJ Benn (WI)	2008-2009	5	203.4	36	1222	582	13	4/31	44.76	2.85	94.00	2	0	0
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	2008-2008	2	97.0	19	582	224	5	3/93	44.80	2.30	116.40	0	0	0
Naeem Islam (BAN)	2008-2008	2	20.0	2	120	46	1	1/11	46.00	2.30	120.00	0	0	0
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2008-2009	3	75.4	11	454	237	5	2/49	47.40	3.13	90.80	0	0	0
B Lee (AUS)	2008-2008	8	294.3	51	1767	1004	21	5/105	47.80	3.40	84.14	1	1	0
MM Patel (IND)	2009-2009	3	84.0	15	504	290	6	3/60	48.33	3.45	84.00	0	0	0
MJ North (AUS)	2009-2009	2	38.0	9	228	98	2	1/29	49.00	2.57	114.00	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2008-2009	5	46.3	6	279	149	3	1/11	49.66	3.20	93.00	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2008-2009	7	144.0	29	864	350	7	3/42	50.00	2.43	123.42	0	0	0
LS Baker (WI)	2008-2009	2	56.0	8	336	201	4	2/39	50.25	3.58	84.00	0	0	0
DBL Powell (WI)	2008-2009	7	172.0	29	1032	616	12	3/68	51.33	3.58	86.00	0	0	0
MS Panesar (ENG)	2008-2009	5	188.5	39	1133	573	11	3/65	52.09	3.03	103.00	0	0	0
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2009-2009	3	125.0	26	750	366	7	2/68	52.28	2.92	107.14	0	0	0
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2009	3	91.2	12	548	377	7	4/63	53.85	4.12	78.28	1	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2009-2009	3	71.0	10	426	224	4	2/124	56.00	3.15	106.50	0	0	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2008-2008	4	31.0	6	186	57	1	1/17	57.00	1.83	186.00	0	0	0
Enamul Haque jnr (BAN)	2009-2009	1	55.0	5	330	179	3	2/109	59.66	3.25	110.00	0	0	0
RO Hinds (WI)	2009-2009	4	109.1	10	655	432	7	2/45	61.71	3.95	93.57	0	0	0
JP Duminy (SA)	2008-2009	6	35.0	5	210	125	2	1/14	62.50	3.57	105.00	0	0	0
Mahbubul Alam (BAN)	2008-2008	4	97.5	19	587	314	5	2/62	62.80	3.20	117.40	0	0	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2008-2009	12	17.0	2	102	63	1	1/22	63.00	3.70	102.00	0	0	0
DE Bollinger (AUS)	2009-2009	1	44.0	9	264	131	2	2/53	65.50	2.97	132.00	0	0	0
CL White (AUS)	2008-2008	4	93.0	8	558	342	5	2/71	68.40	3.67	111.60	0	0	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2008-2009	9	111.0	14	666	363	5	5/104	72.60	3.27	133.20	0	1	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2008-2009	5	115.2	28	692	375	5	3/64	75.00	3.25	138.40	0	0	0
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2009-2009	2	102.2	11	614	388	5	3/170	77.60	3.79	122.80	0	0	0
Shahadat Hossain (BAN)	2008-2009	6	155.2	10	932	647	8	2/55	80.87	4.16	116.50	0	0	0
Mohammad Talha (PAK)	2009-2009	1	17.0	0	102	88	1	1/88	88.00	5.17	102.00	0	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	2008-2008	2	98.3	15	591	286	3	3/112	95.33	2.90	197.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2009-2009	2	65.0	6	390	223	2	2/140	111.50	3.43	195.00	0	0	0
Yasir Arafat (PAK)	2009-2009	2	52.0	4	312	228	2	1/90	114.00	4.38	156.00	0	0	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2008-2008	1	38.0	5	228	115	1	1/29	115.00	3.02	228.00	0	0	0
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2008-2009	5	137.0	24	822	469	4	2/61	117.25	3.42	205.50	0	0	0
A Khan (ENG)	2009-2009	1	29.0	1	174	122	1	1/111	122.00	4.20	174.00	0	0	0
Mehrab Hossain jnr (BAN)	2008-2009	6	60.0	3	360	252	2	2/37	126.00	4.20	180.00	0	0	0
JA Morkel (SA)	2009-2009	1	32.0	4	192	132	1	1/44	132.00	4.12	192.00	0	0	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2008-2009	12	109.3	20	657	339	2	2/38	169.50	3.09	328.50	0	0	0
BP Nash (WI)	2008-2009	7	53.0	8	318	176	1	1/34	176.00	3.32	318.00	0	0	0
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2009-2009	3	59.0	9	354	181	1	1/146	181.00	3.06	354.00	0	0	0
TR Ambrose (ENG)	2009-2009	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2009	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2008-2009	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RS Bopara (ENG)	2009-2009	1	13.0	0	78	66	0	-	-	5.07	0.00	0	0	0
MV Boucher (SA)	2008-2009	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2008-2009	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Chattergoon (WI)	2008-2008	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2008-2009	7	22.0	1	132	83	0	-	-	3.77	0.00	0	0	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2008-2009	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2008-2009	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2008-2009	8	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	2008-2009	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Faisal Iqbal (PAK)	2009-2009	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DR Flynn (NZ)	2008-2009	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PG Fulton (NZ)	2008-2008	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Gambhir (IND)	2008-2009	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2008-2008	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2008-2008	1	21.0	5	126	102	0	-	-	4.85	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2009-2009	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2009	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2008-2009	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JM How (NZ)	2008-2009	7	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2009	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Imrul Kayes (BAN)	2008-2009	4	1.0	0	6	7	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2008-2009	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Junaid Siddique (BAN)	2008-2009	6	2.0	0	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2009-2009	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CK Kapugedera (SL)	2009-2009	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KD Karthik (IND)	2009-2009	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
I Khan (SA)	2009-2009	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Khurram Manzoor (PAK)	2009-2009	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2008-2009	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2008-2009	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BE McGain (AUS)	2009-2009	1	18.0	2	108	149	0	-	-	8.27	0.00	0	0	0
TG McIntosh (NZ)	2008-2009	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ND McKenzie (SA)	2008-2009	7	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
XM Marshall (WI)	2008-2009	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2009-2009	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2008-2009	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2008-2008	1	28.0	16	168	33	0	-	-	1.17	0.00	0	0	0
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2009-2009	2	5.0	0	30	33	0	-	-	6.60	0.00	0	0	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2009	7	21.0	2	126	87	0	-	-	4.14	0.00	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2008-2009	12	2.0	0	12	11	0	-	-	5.50	0.00	0	0	0
AG Prince (SA)	2008-2009	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2008-2009	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Rajin Saleh (BAN)	2008-2008	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
D Ramdin (WI)	2008-2009	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Raqibul Hasan (BAN)	2008-2009	3	2.0	0	12	5	0	-	-	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
Salman Butt (PAK)	2009-2009	2	1.0	0	6	11	0	-	-	11.00	0.00	0	0	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2008-2009	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2008-2009	4	10.0	0	60	34	0	-	-	3.40	0.00	0	0	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2008-2009	7	5.0	0	30	27	0	-	-	5.40	0.00	0	0	0
OA Shah (ENG)	2009-2009	4	5.0	0	30	31	0	-	-	6.20	0.00	0	0	0
LMP Simmons (WI)	2009-2009	1	11.0	0	66	55	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
DS Smith (WI)	2009-2009	5	1.0	0	6	3	0	-	-	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
GC Smith (SA)	2008-2009	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2009-2009	1	27.0	2	162	164	0	-	-	6.07	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2008-2009	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2008-2009	6	2.0	0	12	4	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2009	9	2.0	1	12	4	0	-	-	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
T Thushara (SL)	2009-2009	1	8.0	0	48	46	0	-	-	5.75	0.00	0	0	0
MG Vandort (SL)	2008-2008	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2008	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SM Warnapura (SL)	2008-2009	4	9.0	0	54	40	0	-	-	4.44	0.00	0	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2009-2009	2	3.0	0	18	15	0	-	-	5.00	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]