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Best Bowling Averages - minimum wickets

	Player	Country	Career	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w	10w
1	G A Lohmann	England	1886-1896	18	801.0	364	1205	112	10.76	9/28	9	5
2	J J Ferris	England	1887-1892	9	533.3	251	775	61	12.70	7/37	6	1
3	M J Procter	South Africa	1967-1970	7	252.2	80	616	41	15.02	6/73	1	0
4	W Barnes	England	1880-1890	21	569.1	271	793	51	15.55	6/28	3	0
5	W Bates	England	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	821	50	16.42	7/28	4	1
6	S F Barnes	England	1901-1914	27	1312.1	356	3106	189	16.43	9/103	24	7
7	C T B Turner	Australia	1887-1895	17	1057.2	457	1670	101	16.53	7/43	11	2
8	R Peel	England	1884-1896	20	1073.3	444	1715	101	16.98	7/31	5	1
9	A R Patel*	India	2021-	12	376.2	92	858	50	17.16	6/38	5	1
10	J Briggs	England	1884-1899	33	1052.3	385	2094	118	17.75	8/11	9	4
11	R Appleyard	England	1954-1956	9	239.4	70	554	31	17.87	5/51	1	0
12	H Ironmonger	Australia	1928-1933	14	782.3	328	1330	74	17.97	7/23	4	2
13	K R Mayers*	West Indies	2021-	18	254.0	77	622	34	18.29	5/18	1	0
14	F R Spofforth	Australia	1877-1887	18	1046.1	416	1731	94	18.41	7/44	7	4
15	F H Tyson	England	1954-1959	17	490.4	97	1411	76	18.57	7/27	4	1
16	C Blythe	England	1901-1910	19	757.4	231	1863	100	18.63	8/59	9	4
17	A S Kennedy	England	1922-1923	5	280.3	91	599	31	19.32	5/76	2	0
18	H F Boyle	Australia	1879-1884	12	436.0	175	641	32	20.03	6/42	1	0
19	S J Snooke	South Africa	1906-1923	26	270.0	62	702	35	20.06	8/70	1	1
20	K A Jamieson*	New Zealand	2020-	18	561.0	178	1486	74	20.08	6/48	5	1
21	B N Schultz	South Africa	1992-1997	9	288.5	82	749	37	20.24	5/48	2	0
22	S M Boland*	Australia	2021-	10	255.1	63	712	35	20.34	6/7	1	0
23	J H Wardle	England	1948-1957	28	1029.1	403	2080	102	20.39	7/36	5	1
24	G Ulyett	England	1877-1890	25	654.2	299	1020	50	20.40	7/36	1	0
25	A K Davidson	Australia	1953-1963	44	1662.3	431	3819	186	20.53	7/93	14	2
26	W H Lockwood	England	1893-1902	12	353.1	100	884	43	20.56	7/71	5	1
27	F R Foster	England	1911-1912	11	407.5	108	926	45	20.58	6/91	4	0
28	K Higgs	England	1965-1968	15	675.2	194	1473	71	20.75	6/91	2	0
29	R A L Massie	Australia	1972-1973	6	267.1	74	647	31	20.87	8/53	2	1
30	M D Marshall	West Indies	1978-1991	81	2930.4	613	7876	376	20.95	7/22	22	4
31	J Garner	West Indies	1977-1987	58	2194.5	575	5433	259	20.98	6/56	7	0
32	C E L Ambrose	West Indies	1988-2000	98	3683.5	1001	8502	405	20.99	8/45	22	3
33	E R H Toshack	Australia	1946-1948	12	443.2	155	989	47	21.04	6/29	4	1
34	N A T Adcock	South Africa	1953-1962	26	917.3	218	2195	104	21.11	6/43	5	0
35	W J Whitty	Australia	1909-1912	14	559.3	163	1373	65	21.12	6/17	3	0
36	J C Laker	England	1948-1959	46	1913.3	674	4101	193	21.25	10/53	9	3
37	G E Palmer	Australia	1880-1886	17	1129.1	452	1678	78	21.51	7/65	6	2
38	J Cowie	New Zealand	1937-1949	9	338.0	65	969	45	21.53	6/40	4	1
39	Kuldeep Yadav*	India	2017-	8	213.1	33	733	34	21.56	5/40	3	0
40	F S Trueman	England	1952-1965	67	2447.4	522	6625	307	21.58	8/31	17	3
41	G D McGrath	Australia	1993-2007	124	4874.4	1470	12186	563	21.64	8/24	29	3
42	E A Martindale	West Indies	1933-1939	10	243.7	40	804	37	21.73	5/22	3	0
43	H Trumble	Australia	1890-1904	32	1431.2	452	3072	141	21.79	8/65	9	3
44	D Olivier*	South Africa	2017-	15	348.0	61	1294	59	21.93	6/37	3	1
45	J J Bumrah*	India	2018-	30	1044.4	254	2815	128	21.99	6/27	8	0
46	E Peate	England	1881-1886	9	524.0	260	682	31	22.00	6/85	2	0
47	J T Hearne	England	1892-1899	12	551.4	211	1082	49	22.08	6/41	4	1
48	S E Bond	New Zealand	2001-2009	18	562.0	113	1922	87	22.09	6/51	5	1
49	A E Hall	South Africa	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	886	40	22.15	7/63	3	1
50	O E Robinson*	England	2021-	19	619.4	159	1688	76	22.21	5/49	3	0

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