Biggest differences in home and away bowling averages

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Home bowling average better than the away average - Tests (qualification: 3000 balls bowled at home, 3000 away, at least 90 balls bowled per match)
Player Span Mat Wkts Ave 5 Mat Wkts Ave 5 Diff
SLV Raju (India) 1990-2001 16 71 24.00 5 12 22 52.40 0 -28.409
DK Morrison (NZ) 1987-1997 27 115 27.12 9 21 45 54.00 1 -26.878
R Illingworth (Eng) 1958-1973 43 102 27.14 3 18 20 51.89 0 -24.752
Maninder Singh (India) 1982-1993 18 62 30.61 3 17 26 53.46 0 -22.848
CL Hooper (WI) 1987-2002 45 62 39.88 3 57 52 60.80 1 -20.920
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 1977-1990 40 168 26.82 12 27 68 47.58 3 -20.766
RO Collinge (NZ) 1965-1978 20 80 23.86 2 15 36 41.22 1 -17.359
DR Doshi (India) 1979-1983 21 77 25.38 4 12 37 41.81 2 -16.421
MH Mankad (India) 1946-1959 23 103 26.53 4 21 59 42.42 4 -15.889
M Ntini (SAf) 1998-2006 35 176 22.83 9 34 98 38.08 5 -15.246
GAR Lock (Eng) 1952-1968 28 104 19.51 6 21 70 34.58 3 -15.066
Harbhajan Singh (India) 1998-2006 31 162 25.17 15 26 76 39.85 4 -14.676
PCR Tufnell (Eng) 1990-2001 12 48 29.04 3 30 73 43.36 2 -14.328
S Venkataraghavan (India) 1965-1983 32 94 30.64 2 25 62 44.40 1 -13.754
A Kumble (India) 1990-2006 56 325 23.71 24 54 208 36.64 9 -12.938
GG Arnold (Eng) 1967-1975 18 75 23.89 4 16 40 36.54 2 -12.656
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 1952-1962 13 65 18.13 7 21 74 30.47 6 -12.334
W Rhodes (Eng) 1899-1930 24 67 21.17 3 34 60 33.43 3 -12.254
MA Noble (Aust) 1898-1909 19 78 20.76 7 23 43 32.67 2 -11.905
Intikhab Alam (Pak) 1959-1977 21 71 30.98 2 26 54 42.48 3 -11.495
AV Bedser (Eng) 1946-1955 32 167 21.55 13 19 69 32.98 2 -11.428
JC Laker (Eng) 1948-1959 29 135 18.08 7 17 58 28.60 2 -10.514
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 1986-1995 23 84 29.53 3 21 56 39.62 1 -10.089
DVP Wright (Eng) 1938-1951 15 49 33.71 3 19 59 43.59 3 -9.878
BS Bedi (India) 1966-1979 30 137 23.99 8 37 129 33.72 6 -9.728
BL Cairns (NZ) 1974-1985 24 75 28.90 3 19 55 38.39 3 -9.493
JR Thomson (Aust) 1972-1985 29 129 24.98 6 22 71 33.49 2 -8.508
Iqbal Qasim (Pak) 1976-1988 29 111 25.15 6 21 60 33.58 2 -8.430
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 1994-2006 47 157 25.49 5 47 150 33.72 6 -8.229
IWG Johnson (Aust) 1946-1956 22 57 25.71 1 23 52 33.00 2 -7.280

Home bowling average worse than the away average - Tests (qualification: 3000 balls bowled at home, 3000 away, at least 90 balls bowled per match)
Player Span Mat Wkts Ave 5 Mat Wkts Ave 5 Diff
FMM Worrell (WI) 1948-1963 25 21 60.76 0 26 48 29.08 2 31.678
HJ Howarth (NZ) 1969-1977 14 29 47.96 0 16 57 31.35 2 16.614
AL Valentine (WI) 1950-1962 14 45 39.84 2 22 94 25.76 6 14.078
N Boje (SAf) 2000-2006 22 35 51.39 0 21 65 37.93 3 13.461
AN Connolly (Aust) 1963-1971 13 36 37.58 1 16 66 24.66 3 12.916
TE Bailey (Eng) 1949-1959 33 62 35.93 3 28 70 23.25 2 12.678
AW Greig (Eng) 1972-1977 31 59 37.91 0 27 82 28.09 6 9.817
TBA May (Aust) 1987-1995 13 30 40.03 2 11 45 31.22 1 8.811
JA Snow (Eng) 1965-1976 37 140 29.21 3 12 62 20.91 5 8.294
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC) 1998-2006 33 92 34.68 1 29 94 28.04 1 6.642
R Benaud (Aust) 1952-1964 29 104 30.74 5 34 144 24.35 11 6.386
AF Giles (Eng) 1998-2005 25 63 43.11 2 27 77 36.72 3 6.383
S Ramadhin (WI) 1950-1961 17 58 32.77 2 26 100 26.78 8 5.995
AA Mallett (Aust) 1968-1980 21 63 32.80 1 17 69 27.14 5 5.664
PR Reiffel (Aust) 1992-1998 18 47 29.93 2 17 57 24.50 3 5.427
WW Armstrong (Aust) 1902-1921 27 45 36.20 0 23 42 30.80 3 5.390
AME Roberts (WI) 1974-1983 18 72 28.75 2 29 130 23.87 9 4.873
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2006 33 87 37.72 4 38 132 33.15 8 4.572
PM Pollock (SAf) 1961-1970 17 56 26.28 3 11 60 22.23 6 4.052
TM Alderman (Aust) 1981-1991 20 68 29.41 4 21 102 25.64 10 3.764
ARC Fraser (Eng) 1989-1998 23 90 29.15 7 23 87 25.42 6 3.730
JE Emburey (Eng) 1978-1995 33 63 40.46 1 31 84 36.86 5 3.591
WJ O'Reilly (Aust) 1932-1946 12 59 24.62 4 15 85 21.18 7 3.438
MHN Walker (Aust) 1972-1977 15 58 29.10 2 19 80 26.30 4 2.803
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 1990-2003 21 67 34.73 4 31 118 31.97 6 2.756
D Gough (Eng) 1994-2003 32 124 29.66 5 26 105 26.90 4 2.756
J Garner (WI) 1977-1987 29 123 22.34 3 29 136 19.74 4 2.598
MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2000-2006 30 114 30.79 2 27 105 28.30 4 2.493
TL Goddard (SAf) 1955-1970 23 63 27.33 1 18 60 25.06 4 2.266
NJN Hawke (Aust) 1963-1968 11 39 30.64 3 16 52 28.50 3 2.141

Home bowling average better than the away average - ODIs (qualification: 1500 balls bowled at home, 1500 away, at least 30 balls bowled per match)
Player Span Mat Wkts Ave 5 Mat Wkts Ave 5 Diff
RS Kalpage (SL) 1992-1999 33 39 27.61 0 53 34 55.82 0 -28.208
UDU Chandana (SL) 1994-2005 59 82 22.95 1 87 69 42.14 0 -19.193
DR Tuffey (NZ) 2000-2005 32 51 23.45 0 44 39 38.38 0 -14.933
CZ Harris (NZ) 1990-2004 94 94 29.73 0 156 109 44.20 1 -14.467
DK Morrison (NZ) 1987-1996 49 76 22.61 1 47 50 35.02 1 -12.401
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 1989-2006 103 99 29.15 2 260 179 41.07 2 -11.921
Mohammad Rafique (Bang) 1995-2006 37 44 35.00 1 62 50 44.61 0 -9.619
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SAf) 1996-2006 108 167 20.30 3 151 181 27.98 1 -7.678
W Watson (NZ) 1986-1994 28 38 27.05 0 33 36 33.86 0 -6.808
DN Patel (NZ) 1987-1997 35 22 46.77 0 40 23 53.56 0 -6.792
GF Lawson (Aust) 1980-1989 49 57 27.08 0 30 31 33.80 0 -6.718
GR Larsen (NZ) 1990-1999 75 72 33.02 0 46 41 39.56 0 -6.533
RGD Willis (Eng) 1973-1984 32 46 21.84 0 32 34 28.32 0 -6.475
BKV Prasad (India) 1994-2001 46 64 28.76 0 115 132 34.02 1 -5.257
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 1999-2006 56 53 29.26 1 82 61 34.42 0 -5.162
GD McGrath (Aust/ICC) 1993-2006 88 147 19.83 3 133 184 24.50 4 -4.668
HH Streak (Afr/Zimb) 1993-2005 47 67 26.70 1 142 172 31.04 0 -4.345
EJ Chatfield (NZ) 1979-1989 28 38 22.89 0 86 102 26.94 1 -4.046
M Dillon (WI) 1997-2005 34 46 29.89 1 74 84 33.84 2 -3.953
PR Reiffel (Aust) 1992-1999 41 45 27.02 0 51 61 30.81 0 -3.797
A Kumble (Asia/India) 1990-2005 87 123 28.39 1 177 206 32.17 1 -3.781
N Boje (Afr/SAf) 1995-2005 50 42 33.50 1 65 54 37.18 0 -3.685
CL Cairns (ICC/NZ) 1991-2006 93 94 31.01 1 122 107 34.38 0 -3.372
A Symonds (Aust) 1998-2006 63 58 34.77 0 83 56 38.05 1 -3.277
RJ Shastri (India) 1981-1992 57 52 34.15 0 93 77 37.32 1 -3.170
Imran Khan (Pak) 1974-1992 46 52 24.44 0 129 130 27.48 1 -3.042
SB Styris (NZ) 1999-2006 40 42 29.92 0 76 64 32.93 1 -3.008
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC) 1999-2006 47 51 24.33 0 55 59 27.10 0 -2.768
HDPK Dharmasena (SL) 1994-2004 55 55 34.61 0 86 83 37.27 0 -2.658
SK Warne (Aust/ICC) 1993-2005 84 134 24.40 1 110 159 26.86 0 -2.458

Home bowling average worse than the away average - ODIs (qualification: 1500 balls bowled at home, 1500 away, at least 30 balls bowled per match)
Player Span Mat Wkts Ave 5 Mat Wkts Ave 5 Diff
Shoaib Malik (Pak) 1999-2006 36 29 44.51 0 82 69 29.26 0 15.256
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 1987-1997 27 25 43.35 0 76 90 29.89 0 13.459
Abdul Razzaq (Asia/Pak) 1996-2006 44 40 41.00 0 168 190 28.49 3 12.505
CA Walsh (WI) 1985-2000 50 46 40.02 0 155 181 28.04 1 11.972
CL Hooper (WI) 1987-2003 57 41 45.31 0 170 152 33.55 0 11.764
M Prabhakar (India) 1984-1996 65 65 35.76 2 65 92 24.01 0 11.758
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1984-2003 67 72 31.12 1 289 430 22.25 5 8.866
JN Gillespie (Aust) 1996-2005 29 37 30.54 0 68 105 23.62 3 6.911
AA Donald (SAf) 1991-2003 63 88 26.35 0 101 184 19.60 2 6.749
IT Botham (Eng) 1976-1992 47 56 32.57 0 69 89 26.01 0 6.560
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ) 1997-2006 80 69 37.28 0 93 98 30.96 1 6.320
CD Collymore (WI) 1999-2006 33 30 37.73 0 36 39 32.76 1 4.964
J Srinath (India) 1991-2003 80 103 30.51 2 149 212 26.90 1 3.608
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SAf) 1996-2006 101 87 34.31 1 130 116 30.85 1 3.456
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 52 65 25.24 0 124 160 23.67 4 1.571
L Klusener (SAf) 1996-2004 73 77 30.84 2 98 115 29.35 4 1.487
AJ Bichel (Aust) 1997-2004 34 38 32.26 1 33 40 30.92 1 1.338
PS de Villiers (SAf) 1992-1997 31 34 28.50 0 52 61 27.32 0 1.172
D Gough (Eng/ICC) 1994-2005 74 108 26.60 1 83 127 25.70 1 0.901
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak) 1996-2006 35 35 36.65 1 190 152 36.03 1 0.617
Harbhajan Singh (India) 1998-2006 47 59 31.44 2 82 95 31.04 0 0.398
B Lee (Aust) 2000-2006 64 111 23.03 3 71 126 22.67 2 0.361
GB Hogg (Aust) 1996-2006 30 43 27.48 1 55 64 27.90 1 -0.417
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 85 100 27.14 0 140 153 27.64 1 -0.497
AB Agarkar (India) 1998-2006 61 98 26.77 1 103 154 27.38 1 -0.614
Waqar Younis (Pak) 1989-2003 43 67 23.14 3 219 349 23.97 10 -0.827
CJ McDermott (Aust) 1985-1996 88 125 24.32 0 50 78 25.35 1 -1.038
M Muralitharan (Asia/ICC/SL) 1993-2006 84 123 22.47 2 191 293 23.61 6 -1.138
RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 35 49 20.67 2 80 109 21.96 3 -1.289
WPUJC Vaas (Asia/SL) 1994-2006 68 75 26.18 1 212 279 27.70 3 -1.519

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1813: England v Pakistan at Leeds, 3rd Test, Aug 4-8, 2006
• ODI # 2403: Kenya v Bangladesh at Nairobi (Gym), 2nd ODI, Aug 13, 2006