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Best averages
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
WA Johnston (Aus) 1947-1950 11 3113 1000 54 6/44 9/183 18.51 1.92 57.6 2 0
RR Lindwall (Aus) 1946-1950 17 3688 1342 70 7/38 9/70 19.17 2.18 52.6 5 0
ERH Toshack (Aus) 1946-1948 12 3140 989 47 6/29 11/31 21.04 1.88 66.8 4 1
KR Miller (Aus) 1946-1950 18 2852 1028 48 7/60 9/77 21.41 2.16 59.4 2 0
CL McCool (Aus) 1946-1950 11 2190 817 30 5/41 8/182 27.23 2.23 73.0 3 0
IWG Johnson (Aus) 1946-1950 15 3386 1237 41 6/42 8/94 30.17 2.19 82.5 1 0
W Ferguson (WI) 1948-1949 7 2286 1010 33 6/92 11/229 30.60 2.65 69.2 3 1
NBF Mann (SA) 1947-1950 12 3818 1253 40 6/59 7/72 31.32 1.96 95.4 1 0
L Amarnath (India) 1946-1949 13 2526 959 29 5/96 8/167 33.06 2.27 87.1 2 0
AV Bedser (Eng) 1946-1949 23 7548 2959 89 7/49 11/93 33.24 2.35 84.8 2 2
WE Hollies (Eng) 1947-1949 8 2282 847 24 5/123 5/131 35.29 2.22 95.0 3 0
JC Laker (Eng) 1948-1949 8 2244 1109 31 7/103 9/198 35.77 2.96 72.3 1 0
WJ Edrich (Eng) 1946-1949 20 2394 1291 35 4/68 8/172 36.88 3.23 68.4 0 0
C Gladwin (Eng) 1947-1949 8 2129 571 15 3/21 3/36 38.06 1.60 141.9 0 0
DVP Wright (Eng) 1946-1949 17 4445 2238 58 7/105 10/175 38.58 3.02 76.6 4 1
AMB Rowan (SA) 1947-1949 10 3744 1465 36 5/80 8/232 40.69 2.34 104.0 2 0
MH Mankad (India) 1946-1949 13 3866 1666 40 5/101 7/146 41.65 2.58 96.6 1 0
JA Young (Eng) 1947-1949 8 2368 757 17 3/65 3/65 44.52 1.91 139.2 0 0
L Tuckett (SA) 1947-1949 9 2104 980 19 5/68 6/195 51.57 2.79 110.7 2 0
DCS Compton (Eng) 1946-1949 28 2026 969 18 5/70 5/77 53.83 2.86 112.5 1 0

Minimum of 2000 balls
Matches are credited to the decade they start in and no special account is taken of matches that may overlap decades

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]
England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]
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