Popular: ICC rankings | Rohan Gavaskar | Sydney Barnes | IPL

Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Best career bowling average

Best averages
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
GA Lohmann (Eng) 1886-1896 18 3830 1205 112 9/28 15/45 10.75 1.88 34.1 9 5
JJ Ferris (Aus/Eng) 1887-1892 9 2302 775 61 7/37 13/91 12.70 2.01 37.7 6 1
W Barnes (Eng) 1880-1890 21 2289 793 51 6/28 9/81 15.54 2.07 44.8 3 0
W Bates (Eng) 1881-1887 15 2364 821 50 7/28 14/102 16.42 2.08 47.2 4 1
SF Barnes (Eng) 1901-1914 27 7873 3106 189 9/103 17/159 16.43 2.36 41.6 24 7
CTB Turner (Aus) 1887-1895 17 5179 1670 101 7/43 12/87 16.53 1.93 51.2 11 2
R Peel (Eng) 1884-1896 20 5216 1715 101 7/31 11/68 16.98 1.97 51.6 5 1
J Briggs (Eng) 1884-1899 33 5332 2095 118 8/11 15/28 17.75 2.35 45.1 9 4
H Ironmonger (Aus) 1928-1933 14 4695 1330 74 7/23 11/24 17.97 1.69 63.4 4 2
FR Spofforth (Aus) 1877-1887 18 4185 1731 94 7/44 14/90 18.41 2.48 44.5 7 4
FH Tyson (Eng) 1954-1959 17 3452 1411 76 7/27 10/130 18.56 2.45 45.4 4 1
C Blythe (Eng) 1901-1910 19 4546 1863 100 8/59 15/99 18.63 2.45 45.4 9 4
JH Wardle (Eng) 1948-1957 28 6597 2080 102 7/36 12/89 20.39 1.89 64.6 5 1
G Ulyett (Eng) 1877-1890 25 2627 1020 50 7/36 7/57 20.40 2.32 52.5 1 0
AK Davidson (Aus) 1953-1963 44 11587 3819 186 7/93 12/124 20.53 1.97 62.2 14 2
FR Foster (Eng) 1911-1912 11 2447 926 45 6/91 8/70 20.57 2.27 54.3 4 0
K Higgs (Eng) 1965-1968 15 4112 1473 71 6/91 8/119 20.74 2.14 57.9 2 0
MD Marshall (WI) 1978-1991 81 17584 7876 376 7/22 11/89 20.94 2.68 46.7 22 4
J Garner (WI) 1977-1987 58 13169 5433 259 6/56 9/108 20.97 2.47 50.8 7 0
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 98 22103 8501 405 8/45 11/84 20.99 2.30 54.5 22 3
ERH Toshack (Aus) 1946-1948 12 3140 989 47 6/29 11/31 21.04 1.88 66.8 4 1
NAT Adcock (SA) 1953-1962 26 6391 2195 104 6/43 8/87 21.10 2.06 61.4 5 0
WJ Whitty (Aus) 1909-1912 14 3357 1373 65 6/17 9/98 21.12 2.45 51.6 3 0
JC Laker (Eng) 1948-1959 46 12027 4101 193 10/53 19/90 21.24 2.04 62.3 9 3
GE Palmer (Aus) 1880-1886 17 4517 1678 78 7/65 11/165 21.51 2.22 57.9 6 2
J Cowie (NZ) 1937-1949 9 2028 969 45 6/40 10/140 21.53 2.86 45.0 4 1
FS Trueman (Eng) 1952-1965 67 15178 6625 307 8/31 12/119 21.57 2.61 49.4 17 3
GD McGrath (Aus) 1993-2007 124 29248 12186 563 8/24 10/27 21.64 2.49 51.9 29 3
H Trumble (Aus) 1890-1904 32 8099 3072 141 8/65 12/89 21.78 2.27 57.4 9 3
E Peate (Eng) 1881-1886 9 2096 683 31 6/85 8/58 22.03 1.95 67.6 2 0
JT Hearne (Eng) 1892-1899 12 2976 1082 49 6/41 10/60 22.08 2.18 60.7 4 1
SE Bond (NZ) 2001-2009 18 3372 1922 87 6/51 10/99 22.09 3.41 38.7 5 1
AE Hall (SA) 1923-1931 7 2361 886 40 7/63 11/112 22.15 2.25 59.0 3 1
AA Donald (SA) 1992-2002 72 15519 7344 330 8/71 12/139 22.25 2.83 47.0 20 3
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1973-1990 86 21918 9611 431 9/52 15/123 22.29 2.63 50.8 36 9
WE Bowes (Eng) 1932-1946 15 3655 1519 68 6/33 9/219 22.33 2.49 53.7 6 0
W Attewell (Eng) 1884-1892 10 2850 626 28 4/42 6/107 22.35 1.31 101.7 0 0
PJ Loader (Eng) 1954-1959 13 2662 878 39 6/36 9/86 22.51 1.97 68.2 1 0
RG Barlow (Eng) 1881-1887 17 2456 767 34 7/40 8/63 22.55 1.87 72.2 3 0
WJ O'Reilly (Aus) 1932-1946 27 10024 3254 144 7/54 11/129 22.59 1.94 69.6 11 3
M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 1992-2010 133 44039 18180 800 9/51 16/220 22.72 2.47 55.0 67 22
JV Saunders (Aus) 1902-1908 14 3565 1796 79 7/34 9/66 22.73 3.02 45.1 6 0
AEE Vogler (SA) 1906-1911 15 2764 1455 64 7/94 12/181 22.73 3.15 43.1 5 1
Imran Khan (Pak) 1971-1992 88 19458 8258 362 8/58 14/116 22.81 2.54 53.7 23 6
LF Kline (Aus) 1957-1961 13 2373 776 34 7/75 8/90 22.82 1.96 69.7 1 0
KR Miller (Aus) 1946-1956 55 10461 3906 170 7/60 10/152 22.97 2.24 61.5 7 1
RR Lindwall (Aus) 1946-1960 61 13650 5251 228 7/38 9/70 23.03 2.30 59.8 12 0
Shabbir Ahmed (Pak) 2003-2005 10 2576 1175 51 5/48 8/109 23.03 2.73 50.5 2 0
DW Steyn (SA) 2004-2012 51 10533 6068 263 7/51 10/91 23.07 3.45 40.0 17 4
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2008 108 24353 9733 421 7/87 10/147 23.11 2.39 57.8 16 1
CEH Croft (WI) 1977-1982 27 6165 2913 125 8/29 9/95 23.30 2.83 49.3 3 0
HV Hordern (Aus) 1911-1912 7 2148 1075 46 7/90 12/175 23.36 3.00 46.6 5 2
Waqar Younis (Pak) 1989-2003 87 16224 8788 373 7/76 13/135 23.56 3.25 43.4 22 5
TT Bresnan (Eng) 2009-2011 10 2031 968 41 5/48 7/96 23.60 2.85 49.5 1 0
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1985-2002 104 22627 9779 414 7/119 11/110 23.62 2.59 54.6 25 5
MA Holding (WI) 1975-1987 60 12680 5898 249 8/92 14/149 23.68 2.79 50.9 13 2
SR Clark (Aus) 2006-2009 24 5146 2243 94 5/32 9/89 23.86 2.61 54.7 2 0
Pervez Sajjad (Pak) 1964-1973 19 4145 1410 59 7/74 9/112 23.89 2.04 70.2 3 0
WA Johnston (Aus) 1947-1955 40 11048 3826 160 6/44 9/183 23.91 2.07 69.0 7 0
DK Lillee (Aus) 1971-1984 70 18467 8493 355 7/83 11/123 23.92 2.75 52.0 23 7
Khan Mohammad (Pak) 1952-1958 13 3157 1292 54 6/21 8/41 23.92 2.45 58.4 4 0
PM Pollock (SA) 1961-1970 28 6522 2806 116 6/38 10/87 24.18 2.58 56.2 9 1
CV Grimmett (Aus) 1925-1936 37 14513 5231 216 7/40 14/199 24.21 2.16 67.1 21 7
PS de Villiers (SA) 1993-1998 18 4805 2063 85 6/23 10/108 24.27 2.57 56.5 5 2
IR Bishop (WI) 1989-1998 43 8407 3909 161 6/40 8/57 24.27 2.78 52.2 6 0
Mohammad Asif (Pak) 2005-2010 23 5171 2583 106 6/41 11/71 24.36 2.99 48.7 7 1
H Verity (Eng) 1931-1939 40 11173 3510 144 8/43 15/104 24.37 1.88 77.5 5 2
CA Walsh (WI) 1984-2001 132 30019 12688 519 7/37 13/55 24.44 2.53 57.8 22 3
BA Reid (Aus) 1985-1992 27 6244 2784 113 7/51 13/148 24.63 2.67 55.2 5 2
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 1952-1962 34 9834 3434 139 7/42 13/114 24.70 2.09 70.7 13 4
JB Statham (Eng) 1951-1965 70 16056 6261 252 7/39 11/97 24.84 2.33 63.7 9 1
AV Bedser (Eng) 1946-1955 51 15918 5876 236 7/44 14/99 24.89 2.21 67.4 15 5
MA Noble (Aus) 1898-1909 42 7159 3025 121 7/17 13/77 25.00 2.53 59.1 9 2

Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), 3rd Test, Feb 3-6, 2012 [Test # 2034]
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Only Test, Jan 26-28, 2012 [Test # 2033]
England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2012 [Test # 2032]
Australia v India at Adelaide, 4th Test, Jan 24-28, 2012 [Test # 2031]

Statsguru Trivia

Use Statsguru to submit your own queries and mail us the urls here

Did you know?

There have been 308 century stands in India in ODIs, the most in a particular country. Australia and England are next, with 281 and 206 century stands respectively. Sharjah has witnessed the most century stands in ODIs among cricket venues (120) followed by Harare (77).

Random Record

Winning every match in a series (whitewashes) - Test matches

Sponsored Links

FREE copy of Playfair with Wisden pre-order

At Cricshop.com

BET NOW on all current cricket

Tournament, match & LIVE fixed odds at bet365