Test matches Cricket – Best career bowling average (without qualification)
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Averages, strike rates and economy
Best career bowling average (without qualification)
| Player | Player | Span | Mat | Balls | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Barber | W Barber (ENG) | 1935-1935 | 2 | 2 | 0.2 | - | - | 1 | 1/0 | - | - | 2.00 | - | - | - | |
| AN Hornby | AN Hornby (ENG) | 1879-1884 | 3 | 28 | 7.0 | 7 | - | 1 | 1/0 | - | - | 28.00 | - | - | - | |
| BAG Murray | BAG Murray (NZ) | 1968-1971 | 13 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1/0 | - | - | 6.00 | - | - | - | |
🥇 1 | PD Lashley | PD Lashley (WI) | 1960-1966 | 4 | 18 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1.00 | 0.33 | 18.00 | - | - | - |
🥈 2 | AJL Hill | AJL Hill (ENG) | 1896-1896 | 3 | 40 | 8.0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4/8 | 2.00 | 1.20 | 10.00 | 1 | - | - |
🥈 2 | Azhar Khan | Azhar Khan (PAK) | 1980-1980 | 1 | 18 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 | 2.00 | 0.66 | 18.00 | - | - | - |
4 | RM Poore | RM Poore (SA) | 1896-1896 | 3 | 9 | 1.4 | - | 4 | 1 | 1/4 | 4.00 | 2.66 | 9.00 | - | - | - |
5 | Hon.A Lyttelton | Hon.A Lyttelton (ENG) | 1880-1884 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 4/19 | 4.75 | 2.37 | 12.00 | 1 | - | - |
6 | S Amarnath | S Amarnath (IND) | 1976-1978 | 10 | 11 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1/5 | 5.00 | 2.72 | 11.00 | - | - | - |
6 | MR Bynoe | MR Bynoe (WI) | 1959-1967 | 4 | 30 | 5.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1/5 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 30.00 | - | - | - |
6 | CB Lambert | CB Lambert (WI) | 1991-1998 | 5 | 10 | 1.4 | - | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 10.00 | - | - | - |
9 | J Benaud | J Benaud (AUS) | 1972-1973 | 3 | 24 | - | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2/12 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 12.00 | - | - | - |
9 | MV Boucher | MV Boucher (ICC/SA) | 1997-2012 | 147 | 8 | 1.2 | - | 6 | 1 | 1/6 | 6.00 | 4.50 | 8.00 | - | - | - |
9 | WA Shalders | WA Shalders (SA) | 1899-1907 | 12 | 48 | - | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1/6 | 6.00 | 0.75 | 48.00 | - | - | - |
12 | AN Cook | AN Cook (ENG) | 2006-2018 | 161 | 18 | 3.0 | - | 7 | 1 | 1/6 | 7.00 | 2.33 | 18.00 | - | - | - |
12 | IJ Siedle | IJ Siedle (SA) | 1928-1936 | 18 | 19 | 3.1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1/7 | 7.00 | 2.21 | 19.00 | - | - | - |
14 | WH Moule | WH Moule (AUS) | 1880-1880 | 1 | 51 | 12.3 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3/23 | 7.66 | 2.70 | 17.00 | - | - | - |
15 | PC Charlton | PC Charlton (AUS) | 1890-1890 | 2 | 45 | 9.0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3/18 | 8.00 | 3.20 | 15.00 | - | - | - |
15 | DL Haynes | DL Haynes (WI) | 1978-1994 | 116 | 18 | 3.0 | - | 8 | 1 | 1/2 | 8.00 | 2.66 | 18.00 | - | - | - |
17 | AD Pougher | AD Pougher (ENG) | 1892-1892 | 1 | 105 | 21.0 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 3/26 | 8.66 | 1.48 | 35.00 | - | - | - |
18 | CA Smith | CA Smith (ENG) | 1889-1889 | 1 | 154 | 38.2 | 16 | 61 | 7 | 5/19 | 8.71 | 2.37 | 22.00 | - | 1 | - |
19 | CS Marriott | CS Marriott (ENG) | 1933-1933 | 1 | 247 | 41.1 | 8 | 96 | 11 | 6/59 | 8.72 | 2.33 | 22.45 | - | 2 | 1 |
20 | W Jaffer | W Jaffer (IND) | 2000-2008 | 31 | 66 | 11.0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2/18 | 9.00 | 1.63 | 33.00 | - | - | - |
20 | Shafqat Rana | Shafqat Rana (PAK) | 1964-1969 | 5 | 36 | 6.0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1/2 | 9.00 | 1.50 | 36.00 | - | - | - |
20 | K Thomson | K Thomson (NZ) | 1968-1968 | 2 | 21 | 3.3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1/9 | 9.00 | 2.57 | 21.00 | - | - | - |
23 | GS Dinusha | GS Dinusha (SL) | 2025-2025 | 1 | 75 | 12.3 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 3/22 | 9.66 | 2.32 | 25.00 | - | - | - |
24 | AW Powell | AW Powell (SA) | 1899-1899 | 1 | 20 | 4.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1/10 | 10.00 | 3.00 | 20.00 | - | - | - |
24 | BJ Sealey | BJ Sealey (WI) | 1933-1933 | 1 | 30 | 5.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1/10 | 10.00 | 2.00 | 30.00 | - | - | - |
24 | MJ Slater | MJ Slater (AUS) | 1993-2001 | 74 | 25 | 4.1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1/4 | 10.00 | 2.40 | 25.00 | - | - | - |
27 | F Martin | F Martin (ENG) | 1890-1892 | 2 | 410 | 82.0 | 30 | 141 | 14 | 6/50 | 10.07 | 2.06 | 29.28 | - | 2 | 1 |
28 | GA Lohmann | GA Lohmann (ENG) | 1886-1896 | 18 | 3830 | - | 364 | 1205 | 112 | 9/28 | 10.75 | 1.88 | 34.19 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
29 | CFH Leslie | CFH Leslie (ENG) | 1882-1883 | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 10 | 44 | 4 | 3/31 | 11.00 | 2.75 | 24.00 | - | - | - |
29 | RT Simpson | RT Simpson (ENG) | 1948-1955 | 27 | 45 | - | 2 | 22 | 2 | 2/4 | 11.00 | 2.93 | 22.50 | - | - | - |
29 | CD Gopinath | CD Gopinath (IND) | 1951-1960 | 8 | 48 | 8.0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1/11 | 11.00 | 1.37 | 48.00 | - | - | - |
32 | AJ Fothergill | AJ Fothergill (ENG) | 1889-1889 | 2 | 321 | 80.1 | 42 | 90 | 8 | 4/19 | 11.25 | 1.68 | 40.12 | 1 | - | - |
33 | Rizwan-uz-Zaman | Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK) | 1981-1989 | 11 | 132 | 22.0 | 7 | 46 | 4 | 3/26 | 11.50 | 2.09 | 33.00 | - | - | - |
34 | NO Norton | NO Norton (SA) | 1910-1910 | 1 | 90 | 15.0 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 4/47 | 11.75 | 3.13 | 22.50 | 1 | - | - |
35 | JH Parks | JH Parks (ENG) | 1937-1937 | 1 | 126 | 21.0 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 2/26 | 12.00 | 1.71 | 42.00 | - | - | - |
35 | ER Wilson | ER Wilson (ENG) | 1921-1921 | 1 | 123 | 20.3 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 2/28 | 12.00 | 1.75 | 41.00 | - | - | - |
35 | Gul Mohammad | Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK) | 1946-1956 | 9 | 77 | - | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2/21 | 12.00 | 1.87 | 38.50 | - | - | - |
38 | WR Cuttell | WR Cuttell (ENG) | 1899-1899 | 2 | 285 | 57.0 | 32 | 73 | 6 | 3/17 | 12.16 | 1.53 | 47.50 | - | - | - |
39 | Codi Yusuf | Codi Yusuf (SA) | 2025-2025 | 2 | 282 | 47.0 | 9 | 122 | 10 | 3/22 | 12.20 | 2.59 | 28.20 | - | - | - |
40 | LJ Johnson | LJ Johnson (AUS) | 1948-1948 | 1 | 282 | 35.2 | 10 | 74 | 6 | 3/8 | 12.33 | 1.57 | 47.00 | - | - | - |
41 | LJ Nash | LJ Nash (AUS) | 1932-1937 | 2 | 311 | - | 12 | 126 | 10 | 4/18 | 12.60 | 2.43 | 31.10 | 2 | - | - |
42 | JJ Ferris | JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG) | 1887-1892 | 9 | 2302 | - | 251 | 775 | 61 | 7/37 | 12.70 | 2.01 | 37.73 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
43 | MF Malone | MF Malone (AUS) | 1977-1977 | 1 | 342 | 57.0 | 24 | 77 | 6 | 5/63 | 12.83 | 1.35 | 57.00 | - | 1 | - |
44 | TP Horan | TP Horan (AUS) | 1877-1885 | 15 | 373 | 93.1 | 45 | 143 | 11 | 6/40 | 13.00 | 2.30 | 33.90 | - | 1 | - |
44 | CL Smith | CL Smith (ENG) | 1983-1986 | 8 | 102 | 17.0 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2/31 | 13.00 | 2.29 | 34.00 | - | - | - |
44 | Ibrahim Zadran | Ibrahim Zadran (AFG) | 2019-2024 | 7 | 12 | 2.0 | - | 13 | 1 | 1/13 | 13.00 | 6.50 | 12.00 | - | - | - |
44 | SMH Kirmani | SMH Kirmani (IND) | 1976-1986 | 88 | 19 | - | - | 13 | 1 | 1/9 | 13.00 | 4.10 | 19.00 | - | - | - |
48 | GH Mudie | GH Mudie (WI) | 1935-1935 | 1 | 174 | 29.0 | 12 | 40 | 3 | 2/23 | 13.33 | 1.37 | 58.00 | - | - | - |
49 | AL Phehlukwayo | AL Phehlukwayo (SA) | 2017-2018 | 4 | 250 | 41.4 | 9 | 147 | 11 | 3/13 | 13.36 | 3.52 | 22.72 | - | - | - |
50 | WH Ashley | WH Ashley (SA) | 1889-1889 | 1 | 173 | 43.1 | 18 | 95 | 7 | 7/95 | 13.57 | 3.29 | 24.71 | - | 1 | - |
51 | H Dean | H Dean (ENG) | 1912-1912 | 3 | 447 | 74.3 | 23 | 153 | 11 | 4/19 | 13.90 | 2.05 | 40.63 | 1 | - | - |
52 | JR Hodges | JR Hodges (AUS) | 1877-1877 | 2 | 136 | 34.0 | 9 | 84 | 6 | 2/7 | 14.00 | 3.70 | 22.66 | - | - | - |
52 | A McGrath | A McGrath (ENG) | 2003-2003 | 4 | 102 | 17.0 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 3/16 | 14.00 | 3.29 | 25.50 | - | - | - |
52 | JPF Travers | JPF Travers (AUS) | 1902-1902 | 1 | 48 | 8.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1/14 | 14.00 | 1.75 | 48.00 | - | - | - |
55 | AE Trott | AE Trott (AUS/ENG) | 1895-1899 | 5 | 948 | - | 54 | 390 | 26 | 8/43 | 15.00 | 2.46 | 36.46 | 3 | 2 | - |
55 | MC Bird | MC Bird (ENG) | 1910-1914 | 10 | 259 | 43.1 | 11 | 120 | 8 | 3/11 | 15.00 | 2.77 | 32.37 | - | - | - |
55 | R Clarke | R Clarke (ENG) | 2003-2003 | 2 | 174 | 29.0 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 2/7 | 15.00 | 2.06 | 43.50 | - | - | - |
55 | C Burke | C Burke (NZ) | 1946-1946 | 1 | 66 | 11.0 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2/30 | 15.00 | 2.72 | 33.00 | - | - | - |
55 | JW Rutherford | JW Rutherford (AUS) | 1956-1956 | 1 | 36 | 6.0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1/11 | 15.00 | 2.50 | 36.00 | - | - | - |
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