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Best averages
Player Span Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
BA Reid (Aus) 1990-1992 9 365.3 86 948 51 7/51 13/148 18.58 2.59 43.0 5 2
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1990-1999 71 2691.2 728 6224 309 8/45 11/84 20.14 2.31 52.2 21 3
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-1999 38 1411.4 407 3294 161 7/87 9/103 20.45 2.33 52.6 10 0
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1990-1999 62 2355.4 529 6200 289 7/119 11/160 21.45 2.63 48.9 17 3
Waqar Younis (Pak) 1990-1999 56 1863.1 375 5927 273 7/76 13/135 21.71 3.18 40.9 21 5
AA Donald (SA) 1992-1999 59 2166.0 544 6200 284 8/71 12/139 21.83 2.86 45.7 19 3
JN Gillespie (Aus) 1996-1999 14 371.0 106 1108 50 7/37 9/102 22.16 2.98 44.5 3 0
GD McGrath (Aus) 1993-1999 58 2326.0 642 6086 266 8/38 10/78 22.87 2.61 52.4 15 1
SCG MacGill (Aus) 1998-1999 12 468.3 94 1376 59 7/50 12/107 23.32 2.93 47.6 3 1
MD Marshall (WI) 1990-1991 15 452.5 91 1177 50 4/24 6/86 23.54 2.59 54.3 0 0
PS de Villiers (SA) 1993-1998 18 800.5 221 2063 85 6/23 10/108 24.27 2.57 56.5 5 2
DW Fleming (Aus) 1994-1999 18 632.1 140 1772 73 5/30 9/91 24.27 2.80 51.9 3 0
IR Bishop (WI) 1990-1998 39 1264.1 250 3539 145 6/40 8/57 24.40 2.79 52.3 5 0
HH Streak (Zim) 1993-1999 27 1027.3 255 2726 111 6/90 9/105 24.55 2.65 55.5 4 0
SK Warne (Aus) 1992-1999 80 3762.4 1157 9009 351 8/71 12/128 25.66 2.39 64.3 16 4
CA Walsh (WI) 1990-1999 78 3013.1 624 7895 304 7/37 13/55 25.97 2.62 59.4 13 1
MG Hughes (Aus) 1990-1994 33 1298.1 327 3685 140 5/64 8/151 26.32 2.83 55.6 3 0
CJ McDermott (Aus) 1991-1996 47 1926.3 446 5597 211 8/97 11/157 26.52 2.90 54.7 11 2
ARC Fraser (Eng) 1990-1998 43 1668.2 409 4513 168 8/53 11/110 26.86 2.70 59.5 13 2
PR Reiffel (Aus) 1992-1998 35 1067.1 279 2804 104 6/71 8/152 26.96 2.62 61.5 5 0
M Muralitharan (SL) 1992-1999 48 2480.2 626 6140 227 9/65 16/220 27.04 2.47 65.5 17 2
DJ Nash (NZ) 1992-1999 30 968.1 287 2503 92 6/27 11/169 27.20 2.58 63.1 3 1
A Kumble (India) 1990-1999 58 3033.5 786 7341 264 10/74 14/149 27.80 2.41 68.9 15 3
DW Headley (Eng) 1997-1999 15 504.2 82 1671 60 6/60 8/102 27.85 3.31 50.4 1 0
SB Doull (NZ) 1992-1999 30 960.5 239 2730 97 7/65 9/114 28.14 2.84 59.4 6 0
JH Kallis (SA) 1995-1999 32 633.0 202 1508 53 5/90 7/112 28.45 2.38 71.6 1 0
CR Matthews (SA) 1992-1995 18 663.2 231 1502 52 5/42 8/140 28.88 2.26 76.5 2 0
CL Cairns (NZ) 1991-1999 43 1364.4 307 4335 150 7/27 10/100 28.90 3.17 54.5 9 1
D Gough (Eng) 1994-1999 34 1230.0 242 3925 135 6/42 9/92 29.07 3.19 54.6 6 0
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 1995-1999 24 1159.4 281 3119 107 6/46 10/187 29.14 2.68 65.0 9 2
SR Waugh (Aus) 1990-1999 89 585.3 170 1374 47 5/28 5/48 29.23 2.34 74.7 1 0
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 1994-1999 34 1225.1 269 3166 108 6/87 10/90 29.31 2.58 68.0 4 1
AR Caddick (Eng) 1993-1999 28 1077.3 251 3132 106 7/46 8/89 29.54 2.90 60.9 7 0
FA Rose (WI) 1997-1999 13 347.4 60 1097 37 7/84 7/96 29.64 3.15 56.3 2 0
PR Adams (SA) 1995-1999 28 949.4 249 2560 86 6/55 8/139 29.76 2.69 66.2 1 0
SLV Raju (India) 1990-1998 27 1232.0 357 2741 92 6/12 11/125 29.79 2.22 80.3 5 1
W Watson (NZ) 1990-1993 12 471.1 157 1073 36 6/78 6/90 29.80 2.27 78.5 1 0
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 1990-1995 31 1186.3 270 3404 114 7/70 9/165 29.85 2.86 62.4 3 0
CR Miller (Aus) 1998-1999 11 371.3 90 928 31 4/62 7/110 29.93 2.49 71.9 0 0
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 1990-1999 43 1798.4 362 5152 172 7/56 10/106 29.95 2.86 62.7 10 3
J Srinath (India) 1991-1999 43 1696.2 382 4892 162 8/86 13/132 30.19 2.88 62.8 6 1
KCG Benjamin (WI) 1992-1998 26 855.2 158 2785 92 6/66 10/174 30.27 3.25 55.7 4 1
AD Mullally (Eng) 1996-1999 17 699.4 193 1671 54 5/105 5/84 30.94 2.38 77.7 1 0
WKM Benjamin (WI) 1993-1995 13 407.4 98 1084 35 4/46 5/51 30.97 2.65 69.8 0 0
Aaqib Javed (Pak) 1990-1998 21 606.0 130 1714 54 5/84 8/118 31.74 2.82 67.3 1 0
HK Olonga (Zim) 1995-1999 16 399.3 72 1302 41 5/70 6/89 31.75 3.25 58.4 1 0
DG Cork (Eng) 1995-1998 27 993.5 193 3118 98 7/43 9/162 31.81 3.13 60.8 5 0
WJ Cronje (SA) 1992-1999 64 591.2 226 1185 37 3/14 5/34 32.02 2.00 95.8 0 0
KPJ Warnaweera (SL) 1990-1994 9 380.2 88 995 31 4/25 8/188 32.09 2.61 73.6 0 0
N Kapil Dev (India) 1990-1994 28 1014.4 275 2418 75 5/97 8/163 32.24 2.38 81.1 2 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 England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]
Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]
New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]
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