Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Best averages in 1972 in Tests

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1972-1973	2	121.1	44	727	256	18	8/79	14.22	2.11	40.38	1	2	0
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1972	4	155.1	38	931	370	22	6/45	16.81	2.38	42.31	1	1	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1972-1973	1	25.0	4	150	52	3	3/33	17.33	2.08	50.00	0	0	0
BR Taylor (NZ)	1972-1972	4	172.2	39	1034	478	27	7/74	17.70	2.77	38.29	1	2	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1972-1973	4	198.4	78	1192	417	23	6/45	18.13	2.09	51.82	3	1	1
RAL Massie (AUS)	1972-1972	5	-	64	1459	505	27	8/53	18.70	2.07	54.03	2	2	1
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1973	1	47.0	13	282	115	6	4/43	19.16	2.44	47.00	1	0	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1972-1973	2	152.0	62	912	231	12	5/63	19.25	1.51	76.00	0	1	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1973	7	-	95	2004	799	39	6/66	20.48	2.39	51.38	2	3	1
RJ Inverarity (AUS)	1972-1972	3	61.0	26	366	90	4	3/26	22.50	1.47	91.50	0	0	0
JA Snow (ENG)	1972-1972	5	205.5	46	1235	555	24	5/57	23.12	2.69	51.45	2	2	0
VA Holder (WI)	1972-1972	4	153.0	52	918	285	12	4/41	23.75	1.86	76.50	2	0	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1972-1973	4	-	48	1349	560	23	8/59	24.34	2.49	58.65	0	2	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1973	7	220.2	63	1322	483	18	5/24	26.83	2.19	73.44	1	1	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1972-1972	5	88.0	28	528	197	7	2/32	28.14	2.23	75.42	0	0	0
RMH Cottam (ENG)	1972-1973	2	58.0	12	348	147	5	3/45	29.40	2.53	69.60	0	0	0
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1973	1	38.0	4	304	151	5	3/39	30.20	2.98	60.80	0	0	0
UG Dowe (WI)	1972-1972	1	42.0	8	252	121	4	3/75	30.25	2.88	63.00	0	0	0
GD Watson (AUS)	1972-1972	2	40.0	14	240	92	3	1/23	30.66	2.30	80.00	0	0	0
GC Shillingford (WI)	1972-1972	2	62.1	17	373	160	5	3/63	32.00	2.57	74.60	0	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1972-1972	5	181.0	56	1086	332	10	4/64	33.20	1.83	108.60	1	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1972-1973	2	18.2	0	146	100	3	3/67	33.33	4.10	48.66	0	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1972-1972	5	200.0	49	1200	446	13	3/56	34.30	2.23	92.30	0	0	0
S Abid Ali (IND)	1972-1973	2	25.0	10	150	35	1	1/12	35.00	1.40	150.00	0	0	0
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1972-1972	5	83.0	23	498	176	5	1/13	35.20	2.12	99.60	0	0	0
Inshan Ali (WI)	1972-1972	3	192.3	53	1155	391	11	5/59	35.54	2.03	105.00	0	1	0
JSE Price (ENG)	1972-1972	1	33.1	5	199	115	3	2/87	38.33	3.46	66.33	0	0	0
DAJ Holford (WI)	1972-1972	5	179.0	62	1074	312	8	4/55	39.00	1.74	134.25	1	0	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1972-1973	2	66.0	19	396	130	3	3/72	43.33	1.96	132.00	0	0	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1972-1973	2	48.0	1	384	182	4	2/50	45.50	2.84	96.00	0	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1973	1	44.5	6	357	199	4	2/99	49.75	3.34	89.25	0	0	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1972-1972	5	338.0	100	2028	703	14	3/70	50.21	2.07	144.85	0	0	0
DJ Colley (AUS)	1972-1972	3	121.3	20	729	312	6	3/83	52.00	2.56	121.50	0	0	0
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1972-1972	3	76.4	28	460	157	3	2/45	52.33	2.04	153.33	0	0	0
Asif Masood (PAK)	1972-1973	2	48.0	1	384	307	5	3/110	61.40	4.79	76.80	0	0	0
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1972-1973	2	54.0	7	432	192	3	1/10	64.00	2.66	144.00	0	0	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1973	7	-	7	154	64	1	1/26	64.00	2.49	154.00	0	0	0
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1972-1972	1	64.0	31	384	64	1	1/18	64.00	1.00	384.00	0	0	0
AB Howard (WI)	1972-1972	1	62.0	16	372	140	2	2/140	70.00	2.25	186.00	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1972-1973	2	58.0	4	464	229	3	2/88	76.33	2.96	154.66	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1972-1972	2	39.0	11	234	84	1	1/10	84.00	2.15	234.00	0	0	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1972-1972	2	130.0	37	780	267	3	2/94	89.00	2.05	260.00	0	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1973	7	-	19	466	185	2	1/28	92.50	2.38	233.00	0	0	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1972-1972	3	53.0	22	318	93	1	1/12	93.00	1.75	318.00	0	0	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1972-1973	2	49.6	5	398	286	3	2/101	95.33	4.31	132.66	0	0	0
RS Cunis (NZ)	1972-1972	5	183.0	33	1098	617	6	1/21	102.83	3.37	183.00	0	0	0
N Gifford (ENG)	1972-1972	3	34.0	6	204	116	1	1/18	116.00	3.41	204.00	0	0	0
RW Morgan (NZ)	1972-1972	3	48.0	12	288	130	1	1/38	130.00	2.70	288.00	0	0	0
P Lever (ENG)	1972-1972	1	45.0	11	270	137	1	1/61	137.00	3.04	270.00	0	0	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1972-1972	2	50.0	13	300	164	1	1/5	164.00	3.28	300.00	0	0	0
DL Amiss (ENG)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1972-1973	2	14.0	0	112	76	0	-	-	4.07	0.00	0	0	0
J Benaud (AUS)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1972-1972	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1972-1972	5	7.0	3	42	27	0	-	-	3.85	0.00	0	0	0
MC Carew (WI)	1972-1972	3	21.0	1	126	53	0	-	-	2.52	0.00	0	0	0
CA Davis (WI)	1972-1972	5	47.0	17	282	77	0	-	-	1.63	0.00	0	0	0
MH Denness (ENG)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1972-1972	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SA Durani (IND)	1972-1973	1	4.0	1	24	14	0	-	-	3.50	0.00	0	0	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1972-1972	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1972	5	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
FM Engineer (IND)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TM Findlay (WI)	1972-1972	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1972-1973	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Francis (AUS)	1972-1972	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RC Fredericks (WI)	1972-1972	5	21.0	7	126	37	0	-	-	1.76	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1972-1973	2	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
GA Greenidge (WI)	1972-1972	2	15.0	4	90	36	0	-	-	2.40	0.00	0	0	0
JH Hampshire (ENG)	1972-1972	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1972	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1972-1972	4	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1972	2	7.0	2	42	17	0	-	-	2.42	0.00	0	0	0
APE Knott (ENG)	1972-1973	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AR Lewis (ENG)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1972-1972	4	0.5	0	5	5	0	-	-	6.00	0.00	0	0	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1972-1973	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1972-1972	3	2.0	0	12	10	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
RD Parkar (IND)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1972-1973	2	1.0	0	8	10	0	-	-	7.50	0.00	0	0	0
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1972	4	5.0	0	30	28	0	-	-	5.60	0.00	0	0	0
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1972-1973	2	3.0	0	24	28	0	-	-	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
DN Sardesai (IND)	1972-1972	1	1.5	0	11	12	0	-	-	6.54	0.00	0	0	0
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1972-1973	4	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1972-1972	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
ED Solkar (IND)	1972-1973	2	10.0	2	60	26	0	-	-	2.60	0.00	0	0	0
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1972-1972	5	17.0	7	102	35	0	-	-	2.05	0.00	0	0	0
Talat Ali (PAK)	1972-1972	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1973	1	19.0	1	152	110	0	-	-	4.34	0.00	0	0	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1972-1972	5	2.0	1	12	5	0	-	-	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1972-1972	1	24.0	2	144	64	0	-	-	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GE Vivian (NZ)	1972-1972	4	18.0	4	108	56	0	-	-	3.11	0.00	0	0	0
AL Wadekar (IND)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1972-1972	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1972-1972	4	5.0	1	30	7	0	-	-	1.40	0.00	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MG Webb (NZ)	1972-1972	1	30.0	5	180	120	0	-	-	4.00	0.00	0	0	0
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1973	3	2.0	0	12	13	0	-	-	6.50	0.00	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1972-1973	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0

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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:

India vs England at Eden Gardens, England tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 30, 1972 - Jan 4, 1973 [Test # 706]

Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1972 - Jan 3, 1973 [Test # 705]

Pakistan vs Australia at Adelaide, Pakistan tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 22-27, 1972 [Test # 704]