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World Cup Records
Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Cricket Records in World Cup

Best averages
Player
Span
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4
5
10
JN Gillespie (AUS)
2003-2003110.02601333/134.331.3020.00---
HK Olonga (ZIM)
1999-199914.0-242233/227.335.508.00---
DT Johnston (IRE)
2011-201115.01301622/168.003.2015.00---
AC Cummins (WI)
1992-1992110.0-603344/338.253.3015.001--
TBM de Leede (NED)
2003-200319.5-593544/358.753.5514.751--
TT Bresnan (ENG)
2011-2011110.01604855/489.604.8012.00-1-
DS de Silva (SL)
1979-1979111.01662933/299.662.6322.00---
DW Fleming (AUS)
1996-1999218.011086975/369.853.8315.42-1-
R Rampaul (WI)
2011-2011110.0-605155/5110.205.1012.00-1-
ARM Opatha (SL)
1979-1979110.1-613133/3110.333.0420.33---
Sohail Khan (PAK)
2015-2015110.0-605555/5511.005.5012.00-1-
SE Bond (NZ)
2003-200318.02482322/2311.502.8724.00---
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)
2007-2007110.02603533/3511.663.5020.00---
MA Holding (WI)
1979-1983442.57257131114/3311.903.0523.361--
MG Burmester (ZIM)
1992-199216.0-363633/3612.006.0012.00---
BL Cairns (NZ)
1979-1979111.5-713633/3612.003.0423.66---
BJ McKechnie (NZ)
1975-1979224.021447363/2412.163.0424.00---
KH MacLeay (AUS)
1983-1983223.551438776/3912.423.6520.42-1-
DA Reeve (ENG)
1992-199216.0-363833/3812.666.3312.00---
EE Hemmings (ENG)
1987-198719.31575244/5213.005.4714.251--
MA Ealham (ENG)
1999-1999110.02602822/2814.002.8030.00---
AP Kuiper (SA)
1992-199216.0-362822/2814.004.6618.00---
A Flintoff (ENG)
1999-2003215.02904332/1514.332.8630.00---
TM Dilshan (SL)
2007-201127.11432921/214.504.0421.50---
PWE Rawson (ZIM)
1983-1987325.1515110473/4714.854.1321.57---
DJ Willey (ENG)
2023-2023110.02604533/4515.004.5020.00---
DCC Borden (BER)
2007-200715.0-303022/3015.006.0015.00---
NA Foster (ENG)
1987-1987110.0-604733/4715.664.7020.00---
Mohammad Amir (PAK)
2019-2019110.01604733/4715.664.7020.00---
D Madushanka (SL)
2023-2023110.0-608055/8016.008.0012.00-1-
DR Hadlee (NZ)
1975-1975112.03723222/3216.002.6636.00---
A Symonds (AUS)
2003-200328.0-483222/716.004.0024.00---
P Lever (ENG)
1975-1975110.0-601611/1616.001.6060.00---
CEL Ambrose (WI)
1992-1996218.021086542/2416.253.6127.00---
JE Taylor (WI)
2015-201518.0-483322/3316.504.1224.00---
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)
1975-1979222.041326842/2017.003.0933.00---
JR Thomson (AUS)
1983-1983110.5-655133/5117.004.7021.66---
RA Harper (WI)
1996-199619.01543422/3417.003.7727.00---
DW Steyn (SA)
2011-2015219.4111810565/5017.505.3319.66-1-
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)
1999-1999110.0-603522/3517.503.5030.00---
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)
2019-2023215.01908855/5917.605.8618.00-1-
PM Seelaar (NED)
2011-2011110.01605333/5317.665.3020.00---
DLS de Silva (SL)
1979-1979112.0-723622/3618.003.0036.00---
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)
2023-202316.0-363622/3618.006.0018.00---
GB Troup (NZ)
1979-1979110.02603622/3618.003.6030.00---
LE Plunkett (ENG)
2019-2019110.0-605533/5518.335.5020.00---
MD Marshall (WI)
1983-1983334.052049252/2418.402.7040.80---
B Lee (AUS)
2003-2011324.4314811263/3618.664.5424.66---
CJ McDermott (AUS)
1987-1992329.0117415284/5619.005.2421.751--
DJ Hussey (AUS)
2011-201115.0-301911/1919.003.8030.00---
JP Faulkner (AUS)
2015-201519.01545933/5919.666.5518.00---
KAJ Roach (WI)
2015-2019218.011088043/3620.004.4427.00---
GG Arnold (ENG)
1975-1975110.02602011/2020.002.0060.00---
DN Patel (NZ)
1987-1992324.0-14410153/3620.204.2028.80---
AME Roberts (WI)
1979-1983440.1524114473/3220.573.5834.42---
GW Flower (ZIM)
1996-2003319.0-1146332/1421.003.3138.00---
RM Hogg (AUS)
1983-1983219.041146333/4021.003.3138.00---
L Klusener (SA)
1999-1999110.0-606633/6622.006.6020.00---
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)
2011-2011110.0-604422/4422.004.4030.00---
F du Plessis (SA)
2011-201933.0-182211/2222.007.3318.00---
Rahmat Shah (AFG)
2019-202325.0-302211/2222.004.4030.00---
GC Small (ENG)
1987-198716.0-362211/2222.003.6636.00---
DR Smith (WI)
2015-201515.0-302211/2222.004.4030.00---
BC Strang (ZIM)
1996-199615.01302211/2222.004.4030.00---
HH Streak (ZIM)
1996-2003328.0316811153/3622.203.9633.60---
AD Russell (WI)
2011-2015217.111038942/4322.255.1825.75---
IT Botham (ENG)
1983-1992221.041266732/2722.333.1942.00---
GD McGrath (AUS)
1996-2003434.2720615773/3422.424.5729.42---
SR Thompson (IRE)
2015-201516.0-364522/4522.507.5018.00---
AA Donald (SA)
1992-1999216.0-966832/3422.664.2532.00---
CR Woakes (ENG)
2019-2023219.041149142/3322.754.7828.50---
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)
1992-1996220.0-12011553/5923.005.7524.00---
MJ Henry (NZ)
2019-2023219.011149243/3723.004.8428.50---
AR Caddick (ENG)
2003-2003110.0-606933/6923.006.9020.00---
Taskin Ahmed (BAN)
2015-2015110.0-606933/6923.006.9020.00---
JR Hazlewood (AUS)
2015-2023329.0217413963/3823.164.7929.00---
Adeel Raja (NED)
2003-200319.0-544722/4723.505.2227.00---
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN)
2023-2023110.0-604722/4723.504.7030.00---
Wahab Riaz (PAK)
2011-2019330.0-18016675/4623.715.5325.71-1-
SR Waugh (AUS)
1987-1999534.5-20919182/823.875.4826.12---
HJ Howarth (NZ)
1975-1975112.0-724822/4824.004.0036.00---
SS Cottrell (WI)
2019-2019110.0-605022/5025.005.0030.00---
DS Lehmann (AUS)
1999-200336.0-362511/725.004.1636.00---
D Gough (ENG)
1999-1999110.0-605122/5125.505.1030.00---
Gulbadin Naib (AFG)
2019-201919.0-545122/5125.505.6627.00---
RJ Peterson (SA)
2011-201119.0-545222/5226.005.7727.00---
CM Old (ENG)
1975-1975112.04722611/2626.002.1672.00---
TG Hogan (AUS)
1983-1983223.021387932/4826.333.4346.00---
T Panyangara (ZIM)
2015-201518.41525322/5326.506.1126.00---
RJ van Vuuren (NAM)
2003-2003110.01605322/5326.505.3030.00---
AJ Traicos (ZIM)
1983-1992547.0128218773/3526.713.9740.28---
MA Starc (AUS)
2015-2023436.5-22118873/5526.855.1031.57---
AD Mullally (ENG)
1999-1999110.0-605422/5427.005.4030.00---
RP Lefebvre (NED)
2003-200319.01542711/2727.003.0054.00---
TM Moody (AUS)
1987-1999421.0-12611243/5628.005.3331.50---
ACI Lock (ZIM)
1996-1996110.01605722/5728.505.7030.00---
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)
2007-2019324.3214714354/3828.605.8329.401--
CZ Harris (NZ)
1992-2003316.01968633/5528.665.3732.00---
K Rabada (SA)
2019-2023220.021208732/3929.004.3540.00---
PA de Silva (SL)
1992-2003512.0-725821/329.004.8336.00---
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)
1992-1999315.0-908933/6529.665.9330.00---
HA Gomes (WI)
1983-1983333.0219815052/4630.004.5439.60---
KA Maharaj (SA)
2023-2023110.0-603011/3030.003.0060.00---
JO Holder (WI)
2015-2019217.021026222/3331.003.6451.00---
MP Stoinis (AUS)
2019-201917.0-426222/6231.008.8521.00---
CEH Croft (WI)
1979-1979110.01603111/3131.003.1060.00---
Aaqib Javed (PAK)
1992-1996218.021089532/2831.665.2736.00---
Rashid Khan (AFG)
2019-2023218.0-1089532/5731.665.2736.00---
ST Jayasuriya (SL)
1992-2007632.0119215953/1231.804.9638.40---
GF Lawson (AUS)
1983-1983215.02906521/2532.504.3345.00---
Mohammad Nabi (AFG)
2019-2023213.0-786522/3332.505.0039.00---
GI Allott (NZ)
1999-1999110.01603311/3333.003.3060.00---
PW Borren (NED)
2011-201118.0-483311/3333.004.1248.00---
Mudassar Bukhari (NED)
2011-201116.01363311/3333.005.5036.00---
Soumya Sarkar (BAN)
2015-201926.0-363311/3333.005.5036.00---
TG Southee (NZ)
2023-2023110.0-6010033/10033.3310.0020.00---
Waqar Younis (PAK)
1996-2003218.4111213842/6734.507.3928.00---
PD Collingwood (ENG)
2003-201127.0-423511/1535.005.0042.00---
JE Emburey (ENG)
1987-1987110.01603511/3535.003.5060.00---
Mohammad Naveed (UAE)
2015-201515.0-303511/3535.007.0030.00---
DJG Sammy (WI)
2011-201526.0-363511/3535.005.8336.00---
CL King (WI)
1979-1979110.01603611/3636.003.6060.00---
CH Morris (SA)
2019-2019110.03603611/3636.003.6060.00---
Wasim Haider (PAK)
1992-1992110.01603611/3636.003.6060.00---
WPUJC Vaas (SL)
1996-2007543.0725821762/3436.165.0443.00---
M Muralidaran (SL)
1996-2011655.1133125773/4136.714.6547.28---
MW Pringle (SA)
1992-199216.0-363711/3737.006.1636.00---
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)
2015-201518.0-483711/3737.004.6248.00---
Abdur Razzak (BAN)
2007-2011219.0211411233/3837.335.8938.00---
AU Rashid (ENG)
2019-2023216.0-967522/3537.504.6848.00---
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)
1987-1992217.0-1027621/3738.004.4751.00---
J Garner (WI)
1979-1983336.0621611531/2438.333.1972.00---
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)
1996-1996216.0-967721/2438.504.8148.00---
GB Hogg (AUS)
2003-2003214.4-887721/1638.505.2544.00---
SP O'Donnell (AUS)
1987-1987218.021087721/3238.504.2754.00---
M Morkel (SA)
2011-2015217.0-10211832/5939.336.9434.00---
PJW Allott (ENG)
1983-1983110.03604011/4040.004.0060.00---
Ata-ur-Rehman (PAK)
1996-1996110.0-604011/4040.004.0060.00---
JF Kloppenburg (NED)
2003-2003110.0-604011/4040.004.0060.00---
BA Murphy (ZIM)
2003-2003110.0-604011/4040.004.0060.00---
AL Phehlukwayo (SA)
2019-201918.3-514011/4040.004.7051.00---
PJ Cummins (AUS)
2019-2023326.2-15812232/3440.664.6352.66---
MJ Santner (NZ)
2019-2023330.0318012232/3440.664.0660.00---
SL Malinga (SL)
2007-2019327.0116216342/4240.756.0340.50---
BFW de Leede (NED)
2023-2023110.0-608222/8241.008.2030.00---
GJ Whittall (ZIM)
1996-2003313.0-788221/2641.006.3039.00---
DR Tuffey (NZ)
2003-2003110.01604111/4141.004.1060.00---
CL Cairns (NZ)
1992-2003318.011088422/4442.004.6654.00---
RGD Willis (ENG)
1983-1983110.42644211/4242.003.9364.00---
MP Jarvis (ZIM)
1987-1987212.01724311/2143.003.5872.00---
KM Curran (ZIM)
1983-1987324.5214913033/6543.335.2349.66---
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)
2011-2019211.0-664511/3445.004.0966.00---
DAG Fletcher (ZIM)
1983-1983218.031089121/3245.505.0554.00---
MG Johnson (AUS)
2011-2015218.0-1089122/5045.505.0554.00---
CL Hooper (WI)
1992-1992110.0-604611/4646.004.6060.00---
PL Taylor (AUS)
1987-199225.0-304611/4646.009.2030.00---
GH Dockrell (IRE)
2011-2015215.0-909322/4946.506.2045.00---
TA Boult (NZ)
2019-2023330.0218018842/4247.006.2645.00---
B Warnapura (SL)
1979-1979112.0-724711/4747.003.9172.00---
W Watson (NZ)
1987-1992329.0117414331/3447.664.9358.00---
D Bishoo (WI)
2011-2011110.0-604811/4848.004.8060.00---
PV Simmons (WI)
1992-199219.0-544811/4848.005.3354.00---
Aamer Sohail (PAK)
1992-199628.0-484911/2949.006.1248.00---
MG Hughes (AUS)
1992-199219.01544911/4949.005.4454.00---
JDS Neesham (NZ)
2019-201917.3-454911/4949.006.5345.00---
KA Pollard (WI)
2011-2011110.0-604911/4949.004.9060.00---
I Udana (SL)
2019-201919.3-575011/5050.005.2657.00---
TM Odoyo (KENYA)
1996-2003429.0117415332/2751.005.2758.00---
NC Johnson (ZIM)
1999-199917.0-425111/5151.007.2842.00---
ME Waugh (AUS)
1996-1999211.0-665111/4451.004.6366.00---
SW Tait (AUS)
2011-201117.0-425211/5252.007.4242.00---
KAD Hurdle (BER)
2007-2007110.0-605311/5353.005.3060.00---
KR Pushpakumara (SL)
1996-199618.0-485311/5353.006.6248.00---
RE van der Merwe (NED)
2023-2023110.0-605311/5353.005.3060.00---
Aftab Alam (AFG)
2019-201917.01425411/5454.007.7142.00---
AM Blignaut (ZIM)
2003-2003110.0-605411/5454.005.4060.00---
DT Hondo (ZIM)
2003-200319.01545611/5656.006.2254.00---
LH Ferguson (NZ)
2019-2023326.0-15617132/6357.006.5752.00---
AJ Bichel (AUS)
2003-2003110.0-605711/5757.005.7060.00---
DJ Nash (NZ)
1999-1999110.01605711/5757.005.7060.00---
C White (ENG)
2003-2003110.0-605711/5757.005.7060.00---
Hasan Ali (PAK)
2019-2023215.0-9011821/3459.007.8645.00---
Mahmudullah (BAN)
2011-202339.0-545911/4959.006.5554.00---
GP Swann (ENG)
2011-201119.01545911/5959.006.5554.00---
Wasim Akram (PAK)
1992-2003330.0-18012022/2760.004.0090.00---
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)
1999-2003220.0-12012621/5463.006.3060.00---
NM Coulter-Nile (AUS)
2019-2019110.01606311/6363.006.3060.00---
L Ngidi (SA)
2023-202318.2-506311/6363.007.5650.00---
MH Yardy (ENG)
2011-2011110.0-606411/6464.006.4060.00---
Hasan Mahmud (BAN)
2023-202318.0-486511/6565.008.1248.00---
SR Watson (AUS)
2011-2015211.0-666611/3766.006.0066.00---
MA Suji (KENYA)
1996-2003435.0621013521/2667.503.85105.00---
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
2007-2019440.0-24020431/4168.005.1080.00---
PJ Ongondo (KENYA)
2003-2003215.01906911/3869.004.6090.00---
Shafiul Islam (BAN)
2011-201117.0-426911/6969.009.8542.00---
PVD Chameera (SL)
2023-2023110.02607111/7171.007.1060.00---
MO Jones (BER)
2007-200717.0-427411/7474.0010.5742.00---
JM Anderson (ENG)
2003-2011219.5-11915221/6176.007.6659.50---
SK Warne (AUS)
1996-1999216.21987711/2877.004.7198.00---
EJ Chatfield (NZ)
1987-1987214.12857811/3978.005.5085.00---
Rubel Hossain (BAN)
2011-2019328.0-16816421/4882.005.8584.00---
GR Larsen (NZ)
1992-1999219.0-1148311/4083.004.36114.00---
WD Parnell (SA)
2015-201519.0-548511/8585.009.4454.00---
JH Kallis (SA)
1999-2011218.011088611/4386.004.77108.00---
NLTC Perera (SL)
2011-2019219.0-1148911/5589.004.68114.00---
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)
1999-2011320.0-1209011/4090.004.50120.00---
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG)
2019-2023218.0-1089011/2690.005.00108.00---
CO Obuya (KENYA)
2003-2003215.52959011/5090.005.6895.00---
PA van Meekeren (NED)
2023-2023110.0-609011/9090.009.0060.00---
SO Tikolo (KENYA)
1996-2003428.0116818421/2692.006.5784.00---
CRD Fernando (SL)
2003-2007216.21989311/3293.005.6998.00---
M Jansen (SA)
2023-202319.4-589411/9494.009.7258.00---
AH Omarshah (ZIM)
1983-1992417.311059511/1795.005.42105.00---
RDM Leverock (BER)
2007-2007110.0-609611/9696.009.6060.00---
EA Brandes (ZIM)
1987-1999316.0-969811/4398.006.1296.00---
BA Reid (AUS)
1987-1987220.0212010011/65100.005.00120.00---
AY Karim (KENYA)
1996-2003321.0112610411/27104.004.95126.00---
PA Strang (ZIM)
1996-1999218.0-10810411/55104.005.77108.00---
Imran Tahir (SA)
2015-2019220.0-12010611/48106.005.30120.00---
CAK Rajitha (SL)
2019-2023217.0-10211211/47112.006.58102.00---
MA Wood (ENG)
2019-2023219.0111411911/46119.006.26114.00---
MO Odumbe (KENYA)
1996-2003420.5112512311/39123.005.90125.00---
T Shamsi (SA)
2019-2023219.0-11412611/72126.006.63114.00---
GJ Maxwell (AUS)
2015-2023426.0-15613111/35131.005.03156.00---
Shahid Afridi (PAK)
1999-2015427.0-16214011/45140.005.18162.00---
A Zampa (AUS)
2019-2023324.0-14414711/44147.006.12144.00---
Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Ahmedabad, ICC Cricket World Cup final, Nov 19, 2023 [ODI # 4705]

Australia v South Africa at Eden Gardens, ICC Cricket World Cup 2nd semi final, Nov 16, 2023 [ODI # 4704]

India v New Zealand at Wankhede, ICC Cricket World Cup 1st semi final, Nov 15, 2023 [ODI # 4703]

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