Bowling Averages for Tests+ODIs+T20Is in the 1981
Bowling averages
Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 | Ct | St |
| TM Alderman | 1981-1981 | 17 | 26 | 3092 | 112 | 1450 | 62 | 6/135 | 23.38 | 2.81 | 49.8 | 4 | - | 17 | - |
| PJW Allott | 1981-1981 | 1 | 2 | 138 | 4 | 88 | 4 | 2/17 | 22.00 | 3.82 | 34.5 | - | - | - | - |
| Ashraf Ali | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| CWJ Athey | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| KBJ Azad | 1981-1981 | 9 | 6 | 312 | 11 | 184 | 2 | 1/26 | 92.00 | 3.53 | 156 | - | - | 6 | - |
| SFAF Bacchus | 1981-1981 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| DL Bairstow | 1981-1981 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| GR Beard | 1981-1981 | 2 | 2 | 112 | 3 | 70 | 4 | 2/20 | 17.50 | 3.75 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| RMH Binny | 1981-1981 | 10 | 11 | 619 | 18 | 410 | 8 | 3/35 | 51.25 | 3.97 | 77.3 | - | - | 6 | - |
| AR Border | 1981-1981 | 30 | 7 | 174 | 6 | 90 | 1 | 1/9 | 90.00 | 3.10 | 174 | - | - | 25 | - |
| IT Botham | 1981-1981 | 20 | 28 | 3728 | 146 | 1818 | 71 | 6/95 | 25.60 | 2.92 | 52.5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | - |
| G Boycott | 1981-1981 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | 1.16 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| JG Bracewell | 1981-1981 | 1 | 2 | 501 | 36 | 136 | 9 | 5/75 | 15.11 | 1.62 | 55.6 | 1 | - | - | - |
| JM Brearley | 1981-1981 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| RJ Bright | 1981-1981 | 6 | 10 | 1208 | 82 | 433 | 12 | 5/68 | 36.08 | 2.15 | 100.6 | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| MG Burgess | 1981-1981 | 8 | 2 | 66 | - | 59 | - | - | - | 5.36 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| RO Butcher | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| BL Cairns | 1981-1981 | 12 | 13 | 1215 | 67 | 506 | 20 | 5/33 | 25.30 | 2.49 | 60.7 | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| GS Chappell | 1981-1981 | 21 | 20 | 925 | 31 | 491 | 28 | 5/15 | 17.53 | 3.18 | 33 | 1 | - | 14 | - |
| TM Chappell | 1981-1981 | 14 | 8 | 438 | 2 | 338 | 13 | 3/31 | 26.00 | 4.63 | 33.6 | - | - | 7 | - |
| EJ Chatfield | 1981-1981 | 9 | 9 | 493 | 15 | 253 | 9 | 2/36 | 28.11 | 3.07 | 54.7 | - | - | - | - |
| CPS Chauhan | 1981-1981 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1/4 | 34.00 | 3.40 | 60 | - | - | 7 | - |
| JV Coney | 1981-1981 | 11 | 9 | 354 | 11 | 151 | 8 | 3/28 | 18.87 | 2.55 | 44.2 | - | - | 7 | - |
| G Cook | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| CEH Croft | 1981-1981 | 9 | 14 | 1370 | 45 | 684 | 36 | 6/15 | 19.00 | 2.99 | 38 | 3 | - | 2 | - |
| WM Darling | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| GR Dilley | 1981-1981 | 10 | 15 | 1726 | 59 | 929 | 30 | 4/24 | 30.96 | 3.22 | 57.5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| DR Doshi | 1981-1981 | 14 | 19 | 2989 | 158 | 1026 | 31 | 5/39 | 33.09 | 2.05 | 96.4 | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| PR Downton | 1981-1981 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| PJL Dujon | 1981-1981 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| J Dyson | 1981-1981 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| BA Edgar | 1981-1981 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| GN Edwards | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| JE Emburey | 1981-1981 | 11 | 16 | 2471 | 130 | 895 | 24 | 5/124 | 37.29 | 2.17 | 102.9 | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| KWR Fletcher | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| J Garner | 1981-1981 | 12 | 17 | 1526 | 68 | 611 | 21 | 3/23 | 29.09 | 2.40 | 72.6 | - | - | 4 | - |
| MW Gatting | 1981-1981 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | 4.33 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| SM Gavaskar | 1981-1981 | 17 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 23 | - | - | - | 3.83 | - | - | - | 13 | - |
| KD Ghavri | 1981-1981 | 11 | 13 | 1110 | 30 | 656 | 20 | 5/107 | 32.80 | 3.54 | 55.5 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| HA Gomes | 1981-1981 | 10 | 5 | 282 | 15 | 87 | 4 | 3/30 | 21.75 | 1.85 | 70.5 | - | - | 2 | - |
| GA Gooch | 1981-1981 | 19 | 13 | 451 | 12 | 258 | 7 | 2/12 | 36.85 | 3.43 | 64.4 | - | - | 11 | - |
| DI Gower | 1981-1981 | 19 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 10.00 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| SF Graf | 1981-1981 | 6 | 5 | 270 | 2 | 197 | 3 | 2/40 | 65.66 | 4.37 | 90 | - | - | 1 | - |
| CG Greenidge | 1981-1981 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Sir RJ Hadlee | 1981-1981 | 13 | 15 | 1235 | 58 | 549 | 22 | 5/26 | 24.95 | 2.66 | 56.1 | 2 | - | 5 | - |
| DL Haynes | 1981-1981 | 12 | 1 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4.00 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| M Hendrick | 1981-1981 | 5 | 7 | 800 | 35 | 305 | 8 | 4/82 | 38.12 | 2.28 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| JD Higgs | 1981-1981 | 2 | 3 | 312 | 13 | 151 | 4 | 4/45 | 37.75 | 2.90 | 78 | - | - | - | - |
| RM Hogg | 1981-1981 | 13 | 16 | 1023 | 24 | 587 | 18 | 4/29 | 32.61 | 3.44 | 56.8 | - | - | 4 | - |
| MA Holding | 1981-1981 | 11 | 16 | 1351 | 51 | 579 | 36 | 6/62 | 16.08 | 2.57 | 37.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| GP Howarth | 1981-1981 | 13 | 6 | 120 | 5 | 54 | 1 | 1/13 | 54.00 | 2.70 | 120 | - | - | 5 | - |
| KJ Hughes | 1981-1981 | 29 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 0.75 | - | - | - | 14 | - |
| GW Humpage | 1981-1981 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Ijaz Faqih | 1981-1981 | 5 | 5 | 306 | 2 | 201 | 3 | 1/20 | 67.00 | 3.94 | 102 | - | - | - | - |
| Imran Khan | 1981-1981 | 9 | 12 | 1248 | 45 | 494 | 26 | 4/66 | 19.00 | 2.37 | 48 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Iqbal Qasim | 1981-1981 | 3 | 5 | 708 | 33 | 284 | 10 | 4/44 | 28.40 | 2.40 | 70.8 | - | - | 3 | - |
| RD Jackman | 1981-1981 | 5 | 6 | 638 | 17 | 320 | 9 | 3/65 | 35.55 | 3.00 | 70.8 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Javed Miandad | 1981-1981 | 9 | 4 | 42 | - | 30 | - | - | - | 4.28 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| AI Kallicharran | 1981-1981 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 1/25 | 25.00 | 2.50 | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| N Kapil Dev | 1981-1981 | 17 | 24 | 2597 | 87 | 1270 | 44 | 5/28 | 28.86 | 2.93 | 59 | 3 | - | 6 | - |
| MF Kent | 1981-1981 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| SMH Kirmani | 1981-1981 | 16 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 3 |
| APE Knott | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| BM Laird | 1981-1981 | 8 | 1 | 6 | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9.00 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| W Larkins | 1981-1981 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GF Lawson | 1981-1981 | 12 | 15 | 1237 | 44 | 669 | 23 | 7/81 | 29.08 | 3.24 | 53.7 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| WK Lees | 1981-1981 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JK Lever | 1981-1981 | 4 | 4 | 540 | 16 | 281 | 7 | 5/100 | 40.14 | 3.12 | 77.1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| DK Lillee | 1981-1981 | 28 | 40 | 4483 | 164 | 2204 | 105 | 7/83 | 20.99 | 2.94 | 42.6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - |
| CH Lloyd | 1981-1981 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| AL Logie | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| JD Love | 1981-1981 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| PE McEwan | 1981-1981 | 4 | 4 | 156 | 2 | 136 | 3 | 2/29 | 45.33 | 5.23 | 52 | - | - | - | - |
| BJ McKechnie | 1981-1981 | 4 | 4 | 207 | 2 | 151 | 5 | 3/23 | 30.20 | 4.37 | 41.4 | - | - | - | - |
| S Madan Lal | 1981-1981 | 5 | 8 | 624 | 24 | 259 | 15 | 5/23 | 17.26 | 2.49 | 41.6 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Majid Khan | 1981-1981 | 6 | 5 | 180 | 2 | 105 | - | - | - | 3.50 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Mansoor Akhtar | 1981-1981 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| RW Marsh | 1981-1981 | 30 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73 | 1 |
| MD Marshall | 1981-1981 | 6 | 7 | 418 | 3 | 218 | 12 | 3/31 | 18.16 | 3.12 | 34.8 | - | - | - | - |
| EH Mattis | 1981-1981 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 14 | - | - | - | 2.33 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| G Miller | 1981-1981 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 1/42 | 42.00 | 2.33 | 108 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Mohsin Khan | 1981-1981 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Mudassar Nazar | 1981-1981 | 9 | 6 | 174 | 5 | 100 | 6 | 3/20 | 16.66 | 3.44 | 29 | - | - | 6 | - |
| DA Murray | 1981-1981 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | - |
| SV Nayak | 1981-1981 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 25 | - | - | - | 3.57 | - | - | - | - | - |
| CM Old | 1981-1981 | 4 | 6 | 630 | 35 | 232 | 7 | 3/44 | 33.14 | 2.20 | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| JM Parker | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| PWG Parker | 1981-1981 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LS Pascoe | 1981-1981 | 10 | 12 | 972 | 28 | 558 | 23 | 4/61 | 24.26 | 3.44 | 42.2 | - | - | 2 | - |
| SM Patil | 1981-1981 | 16 | 17 | 855 | 31 | 364 | 16 | 2/28 | 22.75 | 2.55 | 53.4 | - | - | 6 | - |
| Randhir Singh | 1981-1981 | 1 | 1 | 36 | - | 18 | - | - | - | 3.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| B Reddy | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| JF Reid | 1981-1981 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| CJ Richards | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IVA Richards | 1981-1981 | 11 | 13 | 930 | 36 | 431 | 11 | 3/52 | 39.18 | 2.78 | 84.5 | - | - | 5 | - |
| Rizwan-uz-Zaman | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| AME Roberts | 1981-1981 | 11 | 15 | 1206 | 45 | 521 | 17 | 3/41 | 30.64 | 2.59 | 70.9 | - | - | 3 | - |
| GK Robertson | 1981-1981 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 2/29 | 14.50 | 2.90 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| BC Rose | 1981-1981 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | 1981-1981 | 9 | 11 | 1032 | 35 | 522 | 19 | 4/37 | 27.47 | 3.03 | 54.3 | - | - | 4 | - |
| RJ Shastri | 1981-1981 | 8 | 11 | 1638 | 82 | 604 | 21 | 5/125 | 28.76 | 2.21 | 78 | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| Sikander Bakht | 1981-1981 | 9 | 11 | 702 | 10 | 412 | 11 | 4/34 | 37.45 | 3.52 | 63.8 | - | - | - | - |
| IDS Smith | 1981-1981 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 1 |
| MC Snedden | 1981-1981 | 11 | 13 | 954 | 34 | 529 | 21 | 3/27 | 25.19 | 3.32 | 45.4 | - | - | 1 | - |
| K Srikkanth | 1981-1981 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 10 | - | - | - | 1.66 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| TE Srinivasan | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GB Stevenson | 1981-1981 | 3 | 3 | 284 | 7 | 150 | 5 | 3/111 | 30.00 | 3.16 | 56.8 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Tahir Naqqash | 1981-1981 | 4 | 4 | 150 | - | 133 | 1 | 1/25 | 133.00 | 5.32 | 150 | - | - | 1 | - |
| CJ Tavare | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| RW Taylor | 1981-1981 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 1 |
| JR Thomson | 1981-1981 | 8 | 10 | 662 | 12 | 417 | 11 | 3/55 | 37.90 | 3.77 | 60.1 | - | - | 5 | - |
| GB Troup | 1981-1981 | 4 | 5 | 452 | 20 | 176 | 9 | 3/18 | 19.55 | 2.33 | 50.2 | - | - | - | - |
| DL Underwood | 1981-1981 | 5 | 6 | 738 | 49 | 255 | 9 | 3/88 | 28.33 | 2.07 | 82 | - | - | 2 | - |
| DB Vengsarkar | 1981-1981 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1.50 | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| GR Viswanath | 1981-1981 | 17 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| MHN Walker | 1981-1981 | 4 | 4 | 204 | 4 | 94 | 2 | 1/25 | 47.00 | 2.76 | 102 | - | - | 1 | - |
| KD Walters | 1981-1981 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 3 | 33 | - | - | - | 3.66 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| Wasim Bari | 1981-1981 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 |
| Wasim Raja | 1981-1981 | 9 | 7 | 630 | 14 | 284 | 9 | 4/25 | 31.55 | 2.70 | 70 | - | - | 5 | - |
| DM Wellham | 1981-1981 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| MR Whitney | 1981-1981 | 2 | 4 | 468 | 16 | 246 | 5 | 2/50 | 49.20 | 3.15 | 93.6 | - | - | - | - |
| P Willey | 1981-1981 | 13 | 10 | 564 | 17 | 260 | 3 | 1/29 | 86.66 | 2.76 | 188 | - | - | 1 | - |
| RGD Willis | 1981-1981 | 13 | 20 | 2119 | 77 | 1019 | 39 | 8/43 | 26.12 | 2.88 | 54.3 | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| GM Wood | 1981-1981 | 30 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| RA Woolmer | 1981-1981 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| JG Wright | 1981-1981 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| NS Yadav | 1981-1981 | 3 | 5 | 886 | 30 | 424 | 9 | 4/143 | 47.11 | 2.87 | 98.4 | - | - | 1 | - |
| GN Yallop | 1981-1981 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 17 | - | - | - | 2.12 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| B Yardley | 1981-1981 | 7 | 11 | 1647 | 78 | 706 | 30 | 7/187 | 23.53 | 2.57 | 54.9 | 2 | - | 7 | - |
| Yashpal Sharma | 1981-1981 | 12 | 1 | 18 | - | 12 | - | - | - | 4.00 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| B Yograj Singh | 1981-1981 | 5 | 4 | 228 | 6 | 166 | 2 | 1/37 | 83.00 | 4.36 | 114 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Zaheer Abbas | 1981-1981 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years
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:
Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1981 [Test # 915]
England vs India at Delhi, England tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 23-28, 1981 [Test # 914]
Australia vs West Indies at W.A.C.A, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 8th Match, Dec 20, 1981 [ODI # 130]