Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Records for Test Matches

Best career bowling average (without qualification)

Player	Span	Mat	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
W Barber (ENG)	1935-1935	2	2	0.2	-	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	2.00	-	-	-
AN Hornby (ENG)	1879-1884	3	28	7.0	7	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	28.00	-	-	-
BAG Murray (NZ)	1968-1971	13	6	-	1	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	6.00	-	-	-
PD Lashley (WI)	1960-1966	4	18	-	2	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.00	-	-	-
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	3	40	8.0	4	8	4	4/8	2.00	1.20	10.00	1	-	-
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	18	3.0	1	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.00	-	-	-
RM Poore (SA)	1896-1896	3	9	1.4	-	4	1	1/4	4.00	2.66	9.00	-	-	-
Hon.A Lyttelton (ENG)	1880-1884	4	48	12.0	5	19	4	4/19	4.75	2.37	12.00	1	-	-
S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1978	10	11	-	-	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.00	-	-	-
MR Bynoe (WI)	1959-1967	4	30	5.0	4	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.00	30.00	-	-	-
CB Lambert (WI)	1991-1998	5	10	1.4	-	5	1	1/4	5.00	3.00	10.00	-	-	-
J Benaud (AUS)	1972-1973	3	24	-	1	12	2	2/12	6.00	3.00	12.00	-	-	-
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	1997-2012	147	8	1.2	-	6	1	1/6	6.00	4.50	8.00	-	-	-
WA Shalders (SA)	1899-1907	12	48	-	3	6	1	1/6	6.00	0.75	48.00	-	-	-
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	18	3.0	-	7	1	1/6	7.00	2.33	18.00	-	-	-
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1936	18	19	3.1	1	7	1	1/7	7.00	2.21	19.00	-	-	-
WH Moule (AUS)	1880-1880	1	51	12.3	4	23	3	3/23	7.66	2.70	17.00	-	-	-
PC Charlton (AUS)	1890-1890	2	45	9.0	1	24	3	3/18	8.00	3.20	15.00	-	-	-
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	18	3.0	-	8	1	1/2	8.00	2.66	18.00	-	-	-
AD Pougher (ENG)	1892-1892	1	105	21.0	8	26	3	3/26	8.66	1.48	35.00	-	-	-
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	154	38.2	16	61	7	5/19	8.71	2.37	22.00	-	1	-
CS Marriott (ENG)	1933-1933	1	247	41.1	8	96	11	6/59	8.72	2.33	22.45	-	2	1
W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2008	31	66	11.0	3	18	2	2/18	9.00	1.63	33.00	-	-	-
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1964-1969	5	36	6.0	1	9	1	1/2	9.00	1.50	36.00	-	-	-
K Thomson (NZ)	1968-1968	2	21	3.3	1	9	1	1/9	9.00	2.57	21.00	-	-	-
AW Powell (SA)	1899-1899	1	20	4.0	1	10	1	1/10	10.00	3.00	20.00	-	-	-
BJ Sealey (WI)	1933-1933	1	30	5.0	1	10	1	1/10	10.00	2.00	30.00	-	-	-
MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-2001	74	25	4.1	1	10	1	1/4	10.00	2.40	25.00	-	-	-
F Martin (ENG)	1890-1892	2	410	82.0	30	141	14	6/50	10.07	2.06	29.28	-	2	1
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2022-2024	3	60	10.0	-	32	3	3/32	10.66	3.20	20.00	-	-	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	3830	-	364	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
CA Young (IRE)	2024-2024	1	130	21.4	7	55	5	3/24	11.00	2.53	26.00	-	-	-
CFH Leslie (ENG)	1882-1883	4	96	24.0	10	44	4	3/31	11.00	2.75	24.00	-	-	-
RT Simpson (ENG)	1948-1955	27	45	-	2	22	2	2/4	11.00	2.93	22.50	-	-	-
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1960	8	48	8.0	2	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.00	-	-	-
AJ Fothergill (ENG)	1889-1889	2	321	80.1	42	90	8	4/19	11.25	1.68	40.12	1	-	-
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1981-1989	11	132	22.0	7	46	4	3/26	11.50	2.09	33.00	-	-	-
NO Norton (SA)	1910-1910	1	90	15.0	4	47	4	4/47	11.75	3.13	22.50	1	-	-
JH Parks (ENG)	1937-1937	1	126	21.0	9	36	3	2/26	12.00	1.71	42.00	-	-	-
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	123	20.3	5	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.00	-	-	-
Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK)	1946-1956	9	77	-	4	24	2	2/21	12.00	1.87	38.50	-	-	-
WR Cuttell (ENG)	1899-1899	2	285	57.0	32	73	6	3/17	12.16	1.53	47.50	-	-	-
LJ Johnson (AUS)	1948-1948	1	282	35.2	10	74	6	3/8	12.33	1.57	47.00	-	-	-
LJ Nash (AUS)	1932-1937	2	311	-	12	126	10	4/18	12.60	2.43	31.10	2	-	-
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	1887-1892	9	2302	-	251	775	61	7/37	12.70	2.01	37.73	4	6	1
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	1	342	57.0	24	77	6	5/63	12.83	1.35	57.00	-	1	-
TP Horan (AUS)	1877-1885	15	373	93.1	45	143	11	6/40	13.00	2.30	33.90	-	1	-
CL Smith (ENG)	1983-1986	8	102	17.0	4	39	3	2/31	13.00	2.29	34.00	-	-	-
Ibrahim Zadran (AFG)	2019-2024	7	12	2.0	-	13	1	1/13	13.00	6.50	12.00	-	-	-
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1986	88	19	-	-	13	1	1/9	13.00	4.10	19.00	-	-	-
GH Mudie (WI)	1935-1935	1	174	29.0	12	40	3	2/23	13.33	1.37	58.00	-	-	-
AL Phehlukwayo (SA)	2017-2018	4	250	41.4	9	147	11	3/13	13.36	3.52	22.72	-	-	-
WH Ashley (SA)	1889-1889	1	173	43.1	18	95	7	7/95	13.57	3.29	24.71	-	1	-
H Dean (ENG)	1912-1912	3	447	74.3	23	153	11	4/19	13.90	2.05	40.63	1	-	-
N Burger (SA)	2023-2024	2	226	37.4	9	154	11	4/33	14.00	4.08	20.54	1	-	-
JR Hodges (AUS)	1877-1877	2	136	34.0	9	84	6	2/7	14.00	3.70	22.66	-	-	-
A McGrath (ENG)	2003-2003	4	102	17.0	1	56	4	3/16	14.00	3.29	25.50	-	-	-
JPF Travers (AUS)	1902-1902	1	48	8.0	2	14	1	1/14	14.00	1.75	48.00	-	-	-
AE Trott (AUS/ENG)	1895-1899	5	948	-	54	390	26	8/43	15.00	2.46	36.46	3	2	-
MC Bird (ENG)	1910-1914	10	259	43.1	11	120	8	3/11	15.00	2.77	32.37	-	-	-
R Clarke (ENG)	2003-2003	2	174	29.0	11	60	4	2/7	15.00	2.06	43.50	-	-	-
C Burke (NZ)	1946-1946	1	66	11.0	2	30	2	2/30	15.00	2.72	33.00	-	-	-
JW Rutherford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	36	6.0	2	15	1	1/11	15.00	2.50	36.00	-	-	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]