Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Best averages for Australia in Tests

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
JJ Ferris (AUS)	1887-1890	8	-	224	2030	684	48	5/26	14.25	2.02	42.29	4	4	-
SM Boland (AUS)	2021-2025	14	372.0	95	2232	1025	62	6/7	16.53	2.75	36.00	2	2	1
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	-	457	5179	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.27	3	11	2
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	782.3	328	4695	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.44	4	4	2
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	18	1046.1	416	4185	1731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.52	6	7	4
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	44	-	431	11587	3819	186	7/93	20.53	1.97	62.29	6	14	2
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	-	155	3140	989	47	6/29	21.04	1.88	66.80	2	4	1
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1909-1912	14	559.3	163	3357	1373	65	6/17	21.12	2.45	51.64	7	3	-
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	1129.1	452	4517	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.91	5	6	2
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	4874.4	1470	29248	12186	563	8/24	21.64	2.49	51.95	28	29	3
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	32	-	452	8099	3072	141	8/65	21.78	2.27	57.43	8	9	3
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2025	71	2364.3	514	14187	6829	309	6/23	22.10	2.88	45.91	17	14	2
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1946	27	-	585	10024	3254	144	7/54	22.59	1.94	69.61	8	11	3
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-2010	132	7285.5	1786	43715	18023	795	9/51	22.67	2.47	54.98	45	67	22
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	14	594.1	116	3565	1796	79	7/34	22.73	3.02	45.12	6	6	-
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1961	13	-	113	2373	776	34	7/75	22.82	1.96	69.79	2	1	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	55	-	337	10461	3906	170	7/60	22.97	2.24	61.53	8	7	1
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1960	61	-	419	13650	5251	228	7/38	23.03	2.30	59.86	8	12	-
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1912	7	358.0	49	2148	1075	46	7/90	23.36	3.00	46.69	2	5	2
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2015	27	956.0	258	5736	2658	113	7/117	23.52	2.78	50.76	4	5	-
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2009	24	857.4	230	5146	2243	94	5/32	23.86	2.61	54.74	6	2	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	40	-	372	11048	3826	160	6/44	23.91	2.07	69.05	8	7	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	70	-	652	18467	8493	355	7/83	23.92	2.75	52.01	23	23	7
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2025	76	2570.3	657	15423	7144	295	6/67	24.21	2.77	52.28	11	13	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	37	-	736	14513	5231	216	7/40	24.21	2.16	67.18	7	21	7
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	27	1040.4	244	6244	2784	113	7/51	24.63	2.67	55.25	11	5	2
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	42	-	361	7159	3025	121	7/17	25.00	2.53	59.16	1	9	2
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	6784.1	1761	40705	17995	708	8/71	25.41	2.65	57.49	48	37	10
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-2001	20	688.1	153	4129	1942	75	5/30	25.89	2.82	55.05	3	3	-
DE Bollinger (AUS)	2009-2010	12	400.1	78	2401	1296	50	5/28	25.92	3.23	48.02	1	2	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	15	-	51	2661	1406	54	6/85	26.03	3.17	49.27	2	3	-
FJ Laver (AUS)	1899-1909	15	-	121	2361	964	37	8/31	26.05	2.44	63.81	-	2	-
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1977-1982	14	567.1	112	3403	1668	64	5/59	26.06	2.94	53.17	4	1	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2006	71	2372.2	630	14234	6770	259	7/37	26.13	2.85	54.95	8	8	-
CR Miller (AUS)	1998-2001	18	681.5	163	4091	1805	69	5/32	26.15	2.64	59.28	2	3	1
JL Pattinson (AUS)	2011-2020	21	660.3	142	3963	2133	81	5/27	26.33	3.22	48.92	4	4	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	14	-	44	2504	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.55	-	3	-
TW Garrett (AUS)	1877-1888	19	682.0	296	2728	970	36	6/78	26.94	2.13	75.77	1	2	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1992-1998	35	1067.1	279	6403	2804	104	6/71	26.96	2.62	61.56	3	5	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2025	100	3182.2	606	19094	10863	402	6/9	27.02	3.41	47.49	20	16	2
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	63	-	805	19108	6704	248	7/72	27.03	2.10	77.04	16	16	1
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	31	-	434	6391	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.04	7	7	1
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	21	-	179	5545	2116	78	7/67	27.12	2.28	71.08	4	5	1
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	41	1696.5	432	10181	4616	170	6/47	27.15	2.72	59.88	5	14	1
AM Fernando (SL)	2021-2025	24	620.1	82	3721	2187	80	6/51	27.33	3.52	46.51	5	2	1
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	-	160	3576	1318	48	5/53	27.45	2.21	74.50	2	1	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	-	380	10094	3792	138	8/143	27.47	2.25	73.14	9	6	-
CG Macartney (AUS)	1907-1926	35	593.3	177	3561	1240	45	7/58	27.55	2.08	79.13	1	2	1
AG Hurst (AUS)	1974-1979	12	-	74	3054	1200	43	5/28	27.90	2.35	71.02	3	2	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1985	51	-	301	10535	5601	200	6/46	28.00	3.18	52.67	16	8	-
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1987-1992	10	364.0	92	2184	953	34	6/58	28.02	2.61	64.23	3	1	-
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	93	4332.1	814	25993	12157	433	9/127	28.07	2.80	60.03	20	34	9
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1994	53	2047.3	499	12285	6017	212	8/87	28.38	2.93	57.94	14	7	1
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	73	2666.5	514	16001	8891	313	8/61	28.40	3.33	51.12	16	12	3
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	38	-	230	7633	3503	123	6/74	28.47	2.75	62.05	7	6	2
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2009-2012	27	1013.0	258	6078	2822	99	5/75	28.50	2.78	61.39	7	2	-
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1996	71	2764.2	579	16586	8332	291	8/97	28.63	3.01	56.99	17	14	2
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	21	772.1	86	4633	2549	89	7/148	28.64	3.30	52.05	4	7	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	18	-	245	3892	1407	49	5/81	28.71	2.16	79.42	3	1	-
WM Clark (AUS)	1977-1979	10	-	63	2793	1265	44	4/46	28.75	2.71	63.47	7	-	-
E Jones (AUS)	1894-1902	19	-	161	3754	1857	64	7/88	29.01	2.96	58.65	2	3	1
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2008	44	1872.5	365	11237	6038	208	8/108	29.02	3.22	54.02	9	12	2
KD Walters (AUS)	1965-1981	74	-	79	3295	1425	49	5/66	29.08	2.59	67.24	3	1	-
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1982-1991	12	453.1	131	2719	1137	39	6/86	29.15	2.50	69.71	1	3	1
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1956	45	-	330	8780	3182	109	7/44	29.19	2.17	80.55	5	3	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1971	29	-	289	7818	2981	102	6/47	29.22	2.28	76.64	6	4	-
SNJ O'Keefe (AUS)	2014-2017	9	371.2	68	2228	1029	35	6/35	29.40	2.77	63.65	-	2	1
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1963-1968	27	-	238	6974	2677	91	7/105	29.41	2.30	76.63	2	6	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	111	3906.2	895	23438	10501	355	7/71	29.58	2.68	66.02	20	12	2
CAK Rajitha (SL)	2018-2024	18	499.2	102	2996	1627	55	5/56	29.58	3.25	54.47	1	2	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	60	-	547	17681	7328	246	8/71	29.78	2.48	71.87	7	16	3
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	38	-	419	9990	3940	132	8/59	29.84	2.36	75.68	5	6	1
EL McCormick (AUS)	1935-1938	12	-	50	2107	1079	36	4/101	29.97	3.07	58.52	1	-	-
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2025	139	5750.2	1089	34502	16942	562	8/50	30.14	2.94	61.39	26	24	5
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	46	1853.0	386	11118	5501	180	8/112	30.56	2.96	61.76	6	11	2
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2019	67	2317.5	615	13907	6777	221	6/54	30.66	2.92	62.92	8	8	-
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	76	2755.1	547	16531	9554	310	5/30	30.81	3.46	53.32	17	10	-
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	24	-	138	5582	2648	85	7/69	31.15	2.84	65.67	3	4	-
RTM Mendis (SL)	2021-2025	16	695.3	84	4173	2212	71	6/70	31.15	3.18	58.77	5	5	1
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1981	22	-	176	4752	2057	66	7/143	31.16	2.59	72.00	5	2	-
NGRP Jayasuriya (SL)	2022-2025	22	1193.5	184	7163	3828	122	7/52	31.37	3.20	58.71	3	12	2
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1963	18	-	120	3734	1423	45	6/38	31.62	2.28	82.97	1	2	-
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1983	33	-	379	8909	3986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.70	11	6	1
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	27	-	138	3005	1139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3	-	-
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1986-1994	10	388.5	90	2333	1021	32	4/25	31.90	2.62	72.90	3	-	-
MVT Fernando (SL)	2016-2025	28	737.0	102	4422	2595	81	5/101	32.03	3.52	54.59	5	1	-
AJ Bichel (AUS)	1997-2003	19	556.1	111	3337	1870	58	5/60	32.24	3.36	57.53	3	1	-
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1928	26	-	146	4363	1683	52	5/33	32.36	2.31	83.90	1	1	-
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1996-2006	38	1190.0	245	7140	3716	113	7/36	32.88	3.12	63.18	4	4	-
SL Malinga (SL)	2004-2010	30	868.1	112	5209	3349	101	5/50	33.15	3.85	51.57	7	3	-
EW Freeman (AUS)	1968-1970	11	-	58	2183	1128	34	4/52	33.17	3.10	64.20	4	-	-
EA McDonald (AUS)	1921-1921	11	480.5	90	2885	1431	43	5/32	33.27	2.97	67.09	3	2	-
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	50	1337.0	407	8022	2923	87	6/35	33.59	2.18	92.20	3	3	-
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2015	59	915.5	240	5495	2526	75	6/33	33.68	2.75	73.26	1	3	-
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1997-2004	30	737.0	160	4422	2157	64	5/20	33.70	2.92	69.09	2	1	-
AA Mailey (AUS)	1920-1926	21	-	115	6119	3358	99	9/121	33.91	3.29	61.80	5	6	2
MR Whitney (AUS)	1981-1992	12	445.2	90	2672	1325	39	7/27	33.97	2.97	68.51	2	2	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	1364.4	323	8188	3366	98	5/34	34.34	2.46	83.55	6	2	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1963	37	-	267	5792	1721	50	6/42	34.42	1.78	115.84	1	2	-
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2016-2018	11	343.5	37	2063	1276	37	5/95	34.48	3.71	55.75	3	2	-
TBA May (AUS)	1987-1995	24	1096.1	321	6577	2606	75	5/9	34.74	2.37	87.69	3	3	-
BAW Mendis (SL)	2008-2014	19	788.2	118	4730	2434	70	6/99	34.77	3.08	67.57	5	4	1
NM Hauritz (AUS)	2004-2010	17	700.0	143	4200	2204	63	5/53	34.98	3.14	66.66	-	2	-
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1983-1992	23	826.5	136	4961	2563	73	6/66	35.10	3.09	67.95	3	5	-
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1989	22	638.5	118	3833	1972	56	8/83	35.21	3.08	68.44	3	4	-
C Green (AUS)	2020-2025	32	365.0	63	2190	1236	35	5/27	35.31	3.38	62.57	-	1	-
TW Wall (AUS)	1929-1934	18	802.0	154	4812	2010	56	5/14	35.89	2.50	85.92	2	3	-
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2021	43	1800.5	239	10805	5780	161	6/32	35.90	3.20	67.11	8	8	2
KTGD Prasad (SL)	2008-2015	25	721.1	96	4327	2698	75	5/50	35.97	3.74	57.69	5	1	-
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2016-2025	34	968.2	136	5810	3749	104	6/122	36.04	3.87	55.86	9	1	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1972	29	-	378	8857	3367	93	5/61	36.20	2.28	95.23	4	3	-
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1984	12	505.1	108	3031	1347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1	-
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2010-2022	70	2073.5	439	12443	6232	171	5/47	36.44	3.00	72.76	7	4	-
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2019-2022	17	807.3	141	4845	2611	71	7/137	36.77	3.23	68.23	3	5	1
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	17	586.2	92	3518	2180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3	-
DT Ring (AUS)	1948-1953	13	-	69	3024	1305	35	6/72	37.28	2.58	86.40	-	2	-
A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2008	26	349.0	81	2094	896	24	3/50	37.33	2.56	87.25	-	-	-
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	2005-2014	21	594.3	120	3567	1794	48	4/21	37.37	3.01	74.31	3	-	-
LO Fleetwood-Smith (AUS)	1935-1938	10	-	78	3093	1570	42	6/110	37.38	3.04	73.64	4	2	1
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	168	1300.5	332	7805	3445	92	5/28	37.44	2.64	84.83	4	3	-
RMS Eranga (SL)	2011-2016	19	648.3	125	3891	2138	57	4/49	37.50	3.29	68.26	4	-	-
S Randiv (SL)	2010-2012	12	524.2	70	3146	1613	43	5/82	37.51	3.07	73.16	3	1	-
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1998	18	662.1	152	3973	1548	41	4/71	37.75	2.33	96.90	2	-	-
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2012	40	1030.1	143	6181	3784	100	5/42	37.84	3.67	61.81	3	3	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	-	189	5384	2018	53	5/101	38.07	2.24	101.58	2	1	-
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2015	115	405.5	62	2435	1184	31	6/9	38.19	2.91	78.54	-	2	-
PI Philpott (AUS)	1965-1966	8	-	67	2262	1000	26	5/90	38.46	2.65	87.00	2	1	-
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1994-2001	23	632.0	98	3792	2242	58	7/116	38.65	3.54	65.37	2	4	-
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	156	-	197	4009	1525	39	7/46	39.10	2.28	102.79	1	2	1
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1991	13	371.1	101	2227	1068	27	6/78	39.55	2.87	82.48	2	1	-
RG Holland (AUS)	1984-1986	11	481.3	124	2889	1352	34	6/54	39.76	2.80	84.97	2	3	2
CE McLeod (AUS)	1894-1905	17	-	171	3374	1325	33	5/65	40.15	2.35	102.24	1	2	-
MR Marsh (AUS)	2014-2024	46	580.3	92	3483	2061	51	5/46	40.41	3.55	68.29	1	1	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1984	87	-	208	5327	1913	47	5/61	40.70	2.15	113.34	-	1	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1977-1986	25	923.3	298	5541	2180	53	7/87	41.13	2.36	104.54	-	4	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2002	128	808.5	171	4853	2429	59	5/40	41.16	3.00	82.25	1	1	-
PVD Chameera (SL)	2015-2021	12	337.0	28	2022	1321	32	5/47	41.28	3.91	63.18	1	1	-
UWMBCA Welegedara (SL)	2007-2014	21	633.1	114	3799	2273	55	5/52	41.32	3.58	69.07	2	2	-
UDU Chandana (SL)	1999-2005	16	447.3	64	2685	1535	37	6/179	41.48	3.43	72.56	-	3	1
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	432.3	77	2595	1208	29	3/30	41.65	2.79	89.48	-	-	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	21	-	195	4191	1375	33	4/68	41.66	1.96	127.00	1	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1991-2001	40	1210.0	248	7260	3559	85	6/60	41.87	2.94	85.41	2	3	-
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1978	62	-	253	6881	3001	71	5/57	42.26	2.61	96.91	3	2	-
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1993-2004	31	1156.3	265	6939	2920	69	6/72	42.31	2.52	100.56	1	3	-
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1988-1993	18	609.0	109	3654	1880	44	5/82	42.72	3.08	83.04	-	1	-
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	39	-	127	3746	1543	36	4/13	42.86	2.47	104.05	2	-	-
N Pradeep (SL)	2011-2017	28	846.1	130	5077	3003	70	6/132	42.90	3.54	72.52	6	1	-
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2013	87	564.1	83	3385	1711	39	4/10	43.87	3.03	86.79	1	-	-
GF Labrooy (SL)	1986-1991	9	359.4	58	2158	1194	27	5/133	44.22	3.31	79.92	3	1	-
PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1990	14	-	132	2982	1397	31	5/72	45.06	2.81	96.19	1	1	-
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1993	33	1045.1	256	6271	2942	61	5/103	48.22	2.81	102.80	3	2	1
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2025	65	691.3	84	4149	2301	43	3/25	53.51	3.32	96.48	-	-	-
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2025	119	663.0	161	3978	1798	33	4/44	54.48	2.71	120.54	1	-	-
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	395.3	114	2373	1040	16	2/17	65.00	2.62	148.31	-	-	-
MF Maharoof (SL)	2004-2011	22	490.0	107	2940	1631	25	4/52	65.24	3.32	117.60	1	-	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1980	75	-	87	2873	1316	20	2/21	65.80	2.74	143.65	-	-	-
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1966-1974	43	-	86	2321	1001	15	2/33	66.73	2.58	154.73	-	-	-
EAR de Silva (SL)	1985-1991	10	388.0	87	2328	1032	8	2/67	129.00	2.65	291.00	-	-	-

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Hong Kong vs Afghanistan at Kuala Lumpur, Asian Cricket Council Premier League 1st Match, May 1, 2014 [ODI # 3487]