Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Best averages in 1986 in Tests

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
AK Kuruppuarachchi (SL)	1986-1986	1	25.2	3	152	85	7	5/44	12.14	3.35	21.71	0	1	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	6	222.2	50	1334	469	33	6/46	14.21	2.10	40.42	2	2	0
P Willey (ENG)	1986-1986	5	4.0	0	24	15	1	1/15	15.00	3.75	24.00	0	0	0
CG Butts (WI)	1986-1986	2	60.0	24	360	95	6	4/73	15.83	1.58	60.00	1	0	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1986-1986	1	20.5	5	125	48	3	3/18	16.00	2.30	41.66	0	0	0
J Garner (WI)	1986-1986	5	156.1	30	937	436	27	4/43	16.14	2.79	34.70	3	0	0
AH Gray (WI)	1986-1986	3	99.0	27	594	227	14	4/39	16.21	2.29	42.42	1	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1986-1986	8	283.3	63	1701	748	43	5/33	17.39	2.63	39.55	3	1	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1986-1986	5	109.0	35	654	257	14	6/45	18.35	2.35	46.71	0	1	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-1986	4	130.3	33	783	298	16	4/21	18.62	2.28	48.93	2	0	0
KN Amalean (SL)	1986-1986	1	18.2	1	110	59	3	3/59	19.66	3.21	36.66	0	0	0
GC Small (ENG)	1986-1986	3	101.4	30	610	222	11	5/48	20.18	2.18	55.45	0	1	0
RA Harper (WI)	1986-1986	5	74.5	24	449	124	6	3/10	20.66	1.65	74.83	0	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1986-1986	3	87.2	11	524	251	12	5/40	20.91	2.87	43.66	0	1	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1986-1986	5	201.1	70	1207	442	21	6/32	21.04	2.19	57.47	2	1	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1986-1986	6	311.4	78	1870	777	35	7/116	22.20	2.49	53.42	1	3	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-1986	5	134.3	40	807	316	14	6/91	22.57	2.34	57.64	1	1	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1986-1986	5	197.5	31	1187	535	23	6/16	23.26	2.70	51.60	2	1	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1986	6	149.1	23	895	527	22	4/30	23.95	3.53	40.68	1	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1986-1986	4	102.4	17	616	385	16	3/47	24.06	3.75	38.50	0	0	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1986-1986	5	265.1	78	1591	574	23	5/76	24.95	2.16	69.17	2	2	0
B Arun (IND)	1986-1986	1	27.0	7	162	76	3	3/76	25.33	2.81	54.00	0	0	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1986-1986	8	313.5	93	1883	735	29	7/51	25.34	2.34	64.93	1	1	1
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1986-1986	1	15.0	0	90	52	2	2/52	26.00	3.46	45.00	0	0	0
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1986-1986	1	8.3	2	51	26	1	1/26	26.00	3.05	51.00	0	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1986-1986	7	292.1	64	1753	874	32	5/68	27.31	2.99	54.78	4	1	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1986-1986	1	53.0	9	318	166	6	4/64	27.66	3.13	53.00	1	0	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1986	1	29.0	9	174	57	2	1/23	28.50	1.96	87.00	0	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1986-1986	5	139.5	22	839	429	15	5/37	28.60	3.06	55.93	2	1	0
DR Pringle (ENG)	1986-1986	4	148.3	32	891	376	13	4/73	28.92	2.53	68.53	1	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1986-1986	4	157.0	55	942	327	11	3/19	29.72	2.08	85.63	0	0	0
C Sharma (IND)	1986-1986	7	189.3	28	1137	634	21	6/58	30.19	3.34	54.14	1	2	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1986-1986	11	39.0	14	234	96	3	1/19	32.00	2.46	78.00	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1986-1986	4	8.5	0	53	67	2	2/25	33.50	7.58	26.50	0	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1986-1986	4	106.2	19	638	378	11	3/39	34.36	3.55	58.00	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1986	11	174.3	34	1047	563	16	5/69	35.18	3.22	65.43	1	1	0
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1986	10	349.5	66	2099	1026	28	4/64	36.64	2.93	74.96	4	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1986	12	463.1	132	2779	1030	28	4/31	36.78	2.22	99.25	2	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1986	9	241.1	34	1447	854	23	5/41	37.13	3.54	62.91	0	2	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1986	13	549.3	162	3297	1253	33	5/78	37.96	2.28	99.90	0	2	0
RR Kulkarni (IND)	1986-1986	1	29.0	2	174	114	3	3/85	38.00	3.93	58.00	0	0	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1986-1986	8	25.0	9	150	38	1	1/9	38.00	1.52	150.00	0	0	0
CD Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	2	70.1	14	421	233	6	3/95	38.83	3.32	70.16	0	0	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1986-1986	2	58.0	6	348	196	5	3/57	39.20	3.37	69.60	0	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1986-1986	2	80.0	23	480	197	5	4/132	39.40	2.46	96.00	1	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1986-1986	9	344.4	103	2068	762	19	4/101	40.10	2.21	108.84	1	0	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1986-1986	5	174.5	33	1049	495	12	3/76	41.25	2.83	87.41	0	0	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1986-1986	9	251.2	74	1508	632	15	4/52	42.13	2.51	100.53	1	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	11	343.1	78	2059	1033	24	5/103	43.04	3.01	85.79	2	2	1
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1986	3	108.3	20	651	354	8	3/134	44.25	3.26	81.37	0	0	0
RM Ellison (ENG)	1986-1986	4	117.3	30	705	374	8	5/78	46.75	3.18	88.12	0	1	0
W Watson (NZ)	1986-1986	2	72.5	18	437	196	4	2/51	49.00	2.69	109.25	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1986-1986	5	35.0	6	210	99	2	1/15	49.50	2.82	105.00	0	0	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1986	4	141.4	24	850	446	9	3/62	49.55	3.14	94.44	0	0	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1986-1986	5	108.2	17	650	349	7	4/83	49.85	3.22	92.85	1	0	0
Zakir Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	1	45.0	10	270	150	3	3/80	50.00	3.33	90.00	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1986-1986	6	51.0	9	306	151	3	3/47	50.33	2.96	102.00	0	0	0
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1986	5	129.0	18	774	504	10	4/70	50.40	3.90	77.40	1	0	0
EJ Gray (NZ)	1986-1986	3	117.0	40	702	271	5	3/83	54.20	2.31	140.40	0	0	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1986-1986	6	190.0	41	1140	550	10	5/94	55.00	2.89	114.00	0	1	0
DA Stirling (NZ)	1986-1986	2	44.0	8	264	181	3	2/48	60.33	4.11	88.00	0	0	0
BR Jurangpathy (SL)	1986-1986	1	21.0	3	126	69	1	1/69	69.00	3.28	126.00	0	0	0
NV Radford (ENG)	1986-1986	2	63.0	7	378	219	3	2/131	73.00	3.47	126.00	0	0	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1986-1986	4	105.0	15	630	369	5	2/106	73.80	3.51	126.00	0	0	0
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1986-1986	1	27.0	2	162	79	1	1/79	79.00	2.92	162.00	0	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1986-1986	2	77.0	10	462	240	3	2/86	80.00	3.11	154.00	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1986-1986	5	47.3	16	285	160	2	1/26	80.00	3.36	142.50	0	0	0
GK Robertson (NZ)	1986-1986	1	24.0	6	144	91	1	1/91	91.00	3.79	144.00	0	0	0
RG Holland (AUS)	1986-1986	1	21.0	6	126	113	1	1/113	113.00	5.38	126.00	0	0	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1986-1986	3	96.0	19	576	261	2	1/37	130.50	2.71	288.00	0	0	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1986-1986	1	35.0	4	210	164	1	1/164	164.00	4.68	210.00	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1986-1986	7	11.0	4	66	20	0	-	-	1.81	0.00	0	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1986	2	19.0	12	114	21	0	-	-	1.10	0.00	0	0	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1986-1986	2	3.0	2	18	2	0	-	-	0.66	0.00	0	0	0
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1986-1986	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1986-1986	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MR Benson (ENG)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CA Best (WI)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TE Blain (NZ)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1986-1986	11	2.0	1	12	5	0	-	-	2.50	0.00	0	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1986-1986	11	20.0	6	120	49	0	-	-	2.45	0.00	0	0	0
BC Broad (ENG)	1986-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	6	17.0	4	102	59	0	-	-	3.47	0.00	0	0	0
SP Davis (AUS)	1986-1986	1	25.0	4	150	70	0	-	-	2.80	0.00	0	0	0
RG de Alwis (SL)	1986-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RL Dias (SL)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PR Downton (ENG)	1986-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1986-1986	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GC Dyer (AUS)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1986-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TJ Franklin (NZ)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
BN French (ENG)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	11	22.0	5	132	47	0	-	-	2.13	0.00	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1986-1986	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1986-1986	8	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1986-1986	14	1.0	0	6	5	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1986-1986	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1986-1986	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1986-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1986	7	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1986	12	1.0	1	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
R Lamba (IND)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1986-1986	1	50.0	9	300	170	0	-	-	3.40	0.00	0	0	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
GR Marsh (AUS)	1986-1986	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KS More (IND)	1986-1986	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
MD Moxon (ENG)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CS Pandit (IND)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TRO Payne (WI)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1986-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1986-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1986-1986	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1986-1986	3	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
CJ Richards (ENG)	1986-1986	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1986	8	1.0	0	6	5	0	-	-	5.00	0.00	0	0	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1986-1986	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1986-1986	4	3.0	0	18	8	0	-	-	2.66	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1986-1986	4	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	0.00	0	0	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
SAR Silva (SL)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1986-1986	1	31.0	2	186	116	0	-	-	3.74	0.00	0	0	0
WN Slack (ENG)	1986-1986	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
DM Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1986-1986	9	7.0	0	42	23	0	-	-	3.28	0.00	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1986-1986	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1986-1986	5	2.0	0	12	16	0	-	-	8.00	0.00	0	0	0
JJ Whitaker (ENG)	1986-1986	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1986-1986	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1986	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	0	0	0
Zulqarnain (PAK)	1986-1986	3	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:

Sri Lanka vs India at Nagpur, Sri Lanka tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 27-31, 1986 [Test # 1063]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, England tour of Australia 4th Test, Dec 26-28, 1986 [Test # 1062]

Sri Lanka vs India at Kanpur, Sri Lanka tour of India 1st Test, Dec 17-22, 1986 [Test # 1061]