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Best averages
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
R Peel (Eng) 1888-1896 6 1047 357 38 7/31 11/68 9.39 2.04 27.5 2 1
C Blythe (Eng) 1905-1909 6 1344 589 48 8/59 15/99 12.27 2.62 28.0 6 2
SF Barnes (Eng) 1902-1912 10 2265 843 63 8/29 13/57 13.38 2.23 35.9 9 3
J Briggs (Eng) 1886-1899 10 1915 695 51 6/45 11/74 13.62 2.17 37.5 5 2
JJ Ferris (Aus) 1888-1890 5 1043 338 24 5/26 9/74 14.08 1.94 43.4 2 0
WH Lockwood (Eng) 1893-1902 7 1230 544 38 7/71 11/76 14.31 2.65 32.3 5 1
GA Lohmann (Eng) 1886-1896 9 1527 524 36 7/36 12/104 14.55 2.05 42.4 2 1
J Garner (WI) 1980-1984 10 2583 911 55 5/55 9/108 16.56 2.11 46.9 1 0
PJ Loader (Eng) 1954-1958 7 1212 394 23 6/36 9/86 17.13 1.95 52.6 1 0
FR Spofforth (Aus) 1882-1886 7 1703 651 38 7/44 14/90 17.13 2.29 44.8 2 1
T Richardson (Eng) 1893-1896 4 1215 595 34 7/168 13/244 17.50 2.93 35.7 6 3
RAL Massie (Aus) 1972-1972 4 1195 409 23 8/53 16/137 17.78 2.05 51.9 2 1
JC Laker (Eng) 1948-1958 29 7397 2442 135 10/53 19/90 18.08 1.98 54.7 7 3
MD Marshall (WI) 1980-1991 18 4293 1758 94 7/22 10/92 18.70 2.45 45.6 6 1
JT Hearne (Eng) 1896-1899 6 1634 532 28 6/41 10/60 19.00 1.95 58.3 2 1
RG Barlow (Eng) 1882-1886 7 1052 306 16 7/44 8/63 19.12 1.74 65.7 2 0
M Muralitharan (SL) 1998-2006 6 2317 922 48 9/65 16/220 19.20 2.38 48.2 5 3
AP Freeman (Eng) 1928-1929 6 1969 849 44 7/71 12/171 19.29 2.58 44.7 5 3
TM Alderman (Aus) 1981-1989 12 3566 1605 83 6/128 10/151 19.33 2.70 42.9 10 1
CTB Turner (Aus) 1888-1893 8 2051 735 38 6/67 10/63 19.34 2.15 53.9 5 1
GD McGrath (Aus) 1997-2005 14 3469 1683 87 8/38 9/82 19.34 2.91 39.8 8 0
RM Ellison (Eng) 1984-1986 5 1139 465 24 6/77 10/104 19.37 2.44 47.4 2 1
AR MacGibbon (NZ) 1958-1958 5 1054 389 20 5/64 8/105 19.45 2.21 52.7 1 0
GAR Lock (Eng) 1952-1963 28 6450 2030 104 7/35 11/48 19.51 1.88 62.0 6 2
Mohammad Amir (Pak) 2010-2010 6 1253 594 30 6/84 7/106 19.80 2.84 41.7 2 0
FS Trueman (Eng) 1952-1965 47 10295 4590 229 8/31 12/119 20.04 2.67 44.9 14 3
H Trumble (Aus) 1890-1902 16 3487 1364 67 8/65 12/89 20.35 2.34 52.0 5 3
AME Roberts (WI) 1976-1980 8 1962 799 39 6/37 10/123 20.48 2.44 50.3 4 1
DK Lillee (Aus) 1972-1981 16 4815 1974 96 7/89 11/159 20.56 2.45 50.1 6 2
JH Wardle (Eng) 1950-1957 15 3935 1180 57 7/56 7/56 20.70 1.79 69.0 1 0
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1988-2000 20 4911 1828 88 6/52 8/101 20.77 2.23 55.8 3 0
CC Griffith (WI) 1963-1966 10 2210 957 46 6/36 9/81 20.80 2.59 48.0 3 0
GR Hazlitt (Aus) 1912-1912 6 1137 398 19 7/25 7/73 20.94 2.10 59.8 1 0
RR Lindwall (Aus) 1948-1956 14 3382 1258 60 6/20 9/70 20.96 2.23 56.3 5 0
MA Holding (WI) 1976-1984 13 3076 1331 63 8/92 14/149 21.12 2.59 48.8 5 1
W Rhodes (Eng) 1899-1926 24 3214 1419 67 7/17 8/26 21.17 2.64 47.9 3 0
E Peate (Eng) 1882-1886 5 1168 426 20 6/85 8/71 21.30 2.18 58.4 1 0
DJ Nash (NZ) 1994-1999 7 1585 726 34 6/76 11/169 21.35 2.74 46.6 2 1
JDF Larter (Eng) 1962-1965 4 1112 472 22 5/57 9/145 21.45 2.54 50.5 2 0
AV Bedser (Eng) 1946-1955 32 9700 3600 167 7/44 14/99 21.55 2.22 58.0 13 4
SK Warne (Aus) 1993-2005 22 6751 2831 129 7/165 12/246 21.94 2.51 52.3 8 3
WJ Whitty (Aus) 1909-1912 7 1452 556 25 5/55 7/70 22.24 2.29 58.0 1 0
H Verity (Eng) 1931-1939 22 5427 1781 80 8/43 15/104 22.26 1.96 67.8 2 1
T Greenhough (Eng) 1959-1960 4 1129 357 16 5/35 7/66 22.31 1.89 70.5 1 0
R Tattersall (Eng) 1951-1954 7 1886 559 25 7/52 12/101 22.36 1.77 75.4 2 1
LJ Coldwell (Eng) 1962-1964 4 1020 381 17 6/85 9/110 22.41 2.24 60.0 1 0
TL Goddard (SA) 1955-1960 10 3106 942 42 5/31 7/93 22.42 1.81 73.9 3 0
FJ Laver (Aus) 1899-1909 13 1941 769 34 8/31 9/56 22.61 2.37 57.0 2 0
JB Statham (Eng) 1951-1965 37 8760 3370 148 7/39 11/97 22.77 2.30 59.1 7 1
Sarfraz Nawaz (Pak) 1974-1982 6 1104 388 17 5/39 7/107 22.82 2.10 64.9 1 0

Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089 - Live]
    » England 337/7 (94.0 ov, MJ Prior 38*, GP Swann 21*, TG Southee 1/72) - Stumps
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
England v South Africa at Lord's, 3rd Test, Aug 16-20, 2012 [Test # 2053]
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