Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	54	2006.4	483	12040	4896	256	8/58	19.12	2.43	47.03	12	18	5
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	53	2309.2	628	13856	5574	289	9/52	19.28	2.41	47.94	14	28	7
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	63	2399.5	512	14399	6434	323	7/22	19.91	2.68	44.57	17	22	4
J Garner (WI)	1980-1987	49	1814.3	492	10887	4331	210	6/56	20.62	2.38	51.84	12	7	-
MA Holding (WI)	1980-1987	45	1545.2	338	9272	4302	184	6/21	23.38	2.78	50.39	8	9	1
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1984	35	1492.5	356	8957	4117	171	7/83	24.07	2.75	52.38	13	11	3
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-1989	34	1102.5	240	6617	2958	122	6/62	24.24	2.68	54.23	9	4	1
CEH Croft (WI)	1980-1982	18	666.0	138	3996	1793	73	6/74	24.56	2.69	54.73	3	2	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1980-1988	32	1468.2	453	8810	3274	131	7/49	24.99	2.22	67.25	10	7	1
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1982	11	429.3	77	2577	1305	51	5/59	25.58	3.03	50.52	2	1	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	39	1240.1	274	7441	3679	143	8/43	25.72	2.96	52.03	6	5	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1980-1983	18	632.4	148	3796	1653	62	5/39	26.66	2.61	61.22	4	2	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1989	17	615.5	132	3695	1641	60	5/72	27.35	2.66	61.58	3	1	-
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1989	24	577.3	171	3465	1252	45	6/57	27.82	2.16	77.00	2	1	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	33	1395.4	356	8374	3810	136	6/128	28.01	2.72	61.57	4	11	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1989	29	1033.5	240	6203	2649	94	6/91	28.18	2.56	65.98	5	5	1
B Yardley (AUS)	1981-1983	19	896.2	251	5378	2549	89	7/98	28.64	2.84	60.42	6	6	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	80	2815.5	615	16895	8036	272	9/83	29.54	2.85	62.11	11	16	2
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1989	28	1162.2	334	6974	2573	87	6/45	29.57	2.21	80.16	3	3	-
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1988	18	675.1	158	4051	1836	62	4/53	29.61	2.71	65.33	9	-	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	40	1329.2	275	7976	4010	135	6/38	29.70	3.01	59.08	11	6	-
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1989	17	474.2	62	2846	1759	59	5/24	29.81	3.70	48.23	2	3	-
RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1986	11	377.2	90	2264	1048	35	6/77	29.94	2.77	64.68	2	3	1
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	29	1222.0	344	7332	3025	101	7/74	29.95	2.47	72.59	5	5	1
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1982-1989	39	1551.0	471	9306	3473	115	6/73	30.20	2.23	80.92	8	3	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	46	1853.0	386	11118	5501	180	8/112	30.56	2.96	61.76	6	11	2
NA Foster (ENG)	1983-1989	28	1013.3	235	6081	2797	88	8/107	31.78	2.75	69.10	2	5	1
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1980-1983	10	366.0	107	2196	771	24	5/44	32.12	2.10	91.50	-	2	-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1980-1989	57	2529.2	548	15176	6980	216	9/56	32.31	2.75	70.25	11	14	5
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1989	20	749.2	172	4496	2332	72	8/87	32.38	3.11	62.44	2	4	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	2650.0	571	15900	8359	258	8/103	32.39	3.15	61.62	13	15	2
NGB Cook (ENG)	1983-1989	15	695.4	220	4174	1689	52	6/65	32.48	2.42	80.26	1	4	1
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	15	462.1	53	2773	1472	45	4/19	32.71	3.18	61.62	2	-	-
GB Troup (NZ)	1980-1986	12	419.4	95	2518	1157	35	6/95	33.05	2.75	71.94	2	1	1
RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	23	405.3	63	2433	1265	38	6/56	33.28	3.11	64.02	-	2	-
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	45	372.3	116	2235	800	24	3/28	33.33	2.14	93.12	-	-	-
RM Hogg (AUS)	1980-1984	22	651.5	110	3911	2003	59	6/77	33.94	3.07	66.28	3	1	-
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1988	24	837.5	133	5027	2735	80	8/141	34.18	3.26	62.83	5	3	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1980-1982	11	426.3	158	2559	959	28	5/28	34.25	2.24	91.39	-	1	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1980-1983	23	1083.5	317	6503	2542	74	6/102	34.35	2.34	87.87	3	4	-
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1983-1989	15	525.3	89	3153	1701	49	6/66	34.71	3.23	64.34	2	3	-
MC Snedden (NZ)	1981-1989	18	537.0	133	3222	1534	44	5/68	34.86	2.85	73.22	3	1	-
Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1983-1985	18	725.1	172	4351	2204	63	6/46	34.98	3.03	69.06	3	4	-
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	13	610.3	150	3663	1438	41	5/50	35.07	2.35	89.34	4	3	-
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1989	22	638.5	118	3833	1972	56	8/83	35.21	3.08	68.44	3	4	-
SL Boock (NZ)	1980-1989	21	798.3	236	4791	2008	57	7/87	35.22	2.51	84.05	1	3	-
C Sharma (IND)	1984-1989	23	578.2	61	3470	2163	61	6/58	35.45	3.74	56.88	2	4	1
JR Thomson (AUS)	1981-1985	17	503.5	91	3023	1709	48	5/50	35.60	3.39	62.97	2	2	-
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1984	12	505.1	108	3031	1347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.91	2	1	-
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1986	17	586.2	92	3518	2180	59	6/109	36.94	3.71	59.62	2	3	-
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1989	35	1171.1	301	7027	3057	82	6/32	37.28	2.61	85.69	4	3	1
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1980-1984	21	860.5	209	5165	2129	57	4/42	37.35	2.47	90.61	5	-	-
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1989	21	625.0	133	3750	1807	48	5/95	37.64	2.89	78.12	2	2	-
NS Yadav (IND)	1980-1987	26	1064.1	262	6385	2710	70	5/76	38.71	2.54	91.21	5	3	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	61	843.4	181	5062	2169	56	6/32	38.73	2.57	90.39	1	1	-
Maninder Singh (IND)	1982-1989	34	1302.4	347	7816	3143	81	7/27	38.80	2.41	96.49	4	3	2
NG Cowans (ENG)	1982-1985	19	575.2	113	3452	2003	51	6/77	39.27	3.48	67.68	-	2	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	69	2421.2	629	14528	5572	141	5/75	39.51	2.30	103.03	10	2	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	55	2149.2	636	12896	4759	120	7/78	39.65	2.21	107.46	3	6	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1982-1987	33	1324.1	417	7945	3022	76	4/31	39.76	2.28	104.53	4	-	-
RG Holland (AUS)	1984-1986	11	481.3	124	2889	1352	34	6/54	39.76	2.80	84.97	2	3	2
PR Sleep (AUS)	1982-1989	10	405.5	110	2435	1104	27	5/72	40.88	2.72	90.18	1	1	-
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1985	15	466.4	108	2800	1398	34	5/40	41.11	2.99	82.35	1	2	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1980-1986	20	790.2	248	4742	1892	46	7/87	41.13	2.39	103.08	-	4	1
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1985	29	385.4	81	2314	1031	25	4/50	41.24	2.67	92.56	1	-	-
PJW Allott (ENG)	1981-1985	13	370.5	76	2225	1084	26	6/61	41.69	2.92	85.57	-	1	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-1989	35	603.2	139	3620	1787	42	5/69	42.54	2.96	86.19	2	2	-
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1986	21	583.2	139	3500	1707	39	5/103	43.76	2.92	89.74	2	2	1
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1983-1986	9	394.3	74	2367	1145	26	6/64	44.03	2.90	91.03	-	3	1
S Madan Lal (IND)	1981-1986	23	590.0	117	3540	1869	42	5/23	44.50	3.16	84.28	-	2	-
PI Pocock (ENG)	1984-1985	8	361.2	97	2168	953	20	4/93	47.65	2.63	108.40	2	-	-
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1989	13	453.1	97	2719	1296	26	5/86	49.84	2.85	104.57	-	1	-
EJ Gray (NZ)	1983-1988	10	346.0	87	2076	886	17	3/73	52.11	2.56	122.11	-	-	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	78	698.2	163	4190	1575	28	2/17	56.25	2.25	149.64	-	-	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1987	49	368.1	74	2209	831	14	2/20	59.35	2.25	157.78	-	-	-
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1989	9	421.4	121	2530	957	16	3/53	59.81	2.26	158.12	-	-	-

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Minimum of 2000 balls
Performances in matches that overlap decades 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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]