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Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Averages and Ratings
Bowling Averages - Comparison Between Final 2 Years and Earlier Career
(Retired with minimum 100 Wickets and minimum 5 matches in Final 2 Years)
Improved by 5% or more
Worsened by 5% or more
Player
Country
Career
Average
Career
S/R
Prior to Final 2 Years
Final 2 Years
Variation
Mats
Wkts
Avg
S/R
Mat
Wkts
Avg
S/R
Avg
S/R
M D K Perera
Sri Lanka
35.90
67.11
36
151
32.77
61.17
7
10
83.20
156.90
50.43
95.73
N Boje
South Africa
42.65
86.20
24
69
30.78
66.88
19
31
69.06
129.19
38.28
62.31
J Briggs
England
17.75
45.19
27
106
14.68
38.13
6
12
44.83
107.50
30.15
69.37
S Venkataraghavan
India
36.12
95.37
50
145
34.10
92.70
7
11
62.73
130.45
28.63
37.75
D Gough
England
28.40
51.62
53
218
27.08
50.15
5
11
54.55
80.82
27.47
30.67
Fazal Mahmood
Pakistan
24.71
70.75
26
125
22.12
62.52
8
14
47.79
144.21
25.67
81.69
C R D Fernando
Sri Lanka
37.84
61.81
33
88
34.91
58.25
7
12
59.33
87.92
24.42
29.67
R Illingworth
England
31.20
96.59
50
109
28.99
92.44
11
13
49.77
131.38
20.78
38.94
A F Giles
England
40.60
85.17
40
116
36.81
81.37
14
27
56.89
101.52
20.08
20.15
I K Pathan
India
32.26
58.84
24
89
30.44
55.30
5
11
47.00
87.45
16.56
32.15
P M Siddle
Australia
30.67
62.93
62
211
29.92
61.33
5
10
46.30
96.60
16.38
35.27
Z Khan
India
32.95
60.40
83
288
31.78
58.05
9
23
47.57
89.83
15.78
31.77
Mohammad Rafique
Bangladesh
40.76
87.44
23
75
36.84
83.65
10
25
52.52
98.80
15.68
15.15
Abdul Qadir
Pakistan
32.81
72.57
57
216
31.50
70.53
10
20
46.95
94.55
15.45
24.02
K D Ghavri
India
33.54
64.55
18
59
26.59
50.07
21
50
41.74
81.64
15.15
31.57
W W Hall
West Indies
26.39
54.28
41
174
24.98
51.45
7
18
40.00
81.61
15.02
30.16
R M Hogg
Australia
28.48
62.06
23
85
23.89
57.06
15
38
38.74
73.24
14.84
16.18
R Benaud
Australia
27.03
77.05
54
219
25.42
72.56
9
29
39.21
110.93
13.79
38.37
D G Cork
England
29.82
58.61
31
118
28.50
56.12
6
13
41.77
81.23
13.27
25.11
C L Hooper
West Indies
49.43
121.00
80
93
47.01
111.82
22
21
60.14
161.67
13.13
49.85
D W Steyn
South Africa
22.95
42.39
85
417
22.31
41.45
8
22
35.18
60.09
12.87
18.64
H J Tayfield
South Africa
25.91
79.81
32
158
25.01
78.75
5
12
37.83
93.75
12.83
15.00
R R Lindwall
Australia
23.03
59.87
55
212
22.16
57.91
6
16
34.56
85.88
12.40
27.97
A L Valentine
West Indies
30.32
93.19
29
123
29.01
90.71
7
16
40.44
112.25
11.43
21.54
V A Holder
West Indies
33.28
83.44
30
90
31.31
79.92
10
19
42.58
100.11
11.27
20.18
W A Johnston
Australia
23.91
69.05
30
132
22.02
66.44
10
28
32.82
81.36
10.80
14.92
S J Harmison
England
31.82
59.18
54
205
30.82
57.50
9
21
41.57
75.57
10.75
18.07
D K Lillee
Australia
23.92
52.02
59
321
22.94
49.69
11
34
33.21
74.00
10.27
24.31
Shoaib Akhtar
Pakistan
25.70
45.75
39
161
24.76
44.09
7
17
34.53
61.47
9.77
17.38
H H Streak
Zimbabwe
28.14
62.77
53
187
26.85
62.37
12
29
36.48
65.38
9.63
3.01
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
22.73
55.05
120
735
21.96
54.47
13
65
31.43
61.60
9.48
7.13
I R Bishop
West Indies
24.29
52.59
24
110
21.34
48.79
19
51
30.67
60.78
9.33
11.99
P L Harris
South Africa
37.87
85.52
20
53
33.45
74.26
17
50
42.56
97.46
9.11
23.20
C T B Turner
Australia
16.53
51.44
11
72
13.97
44.40
6
29
22.90
68.90
8.92
24.49
G D McKenzie
Australia
29.79
71.87
47
207
28.40
68.60
13
39
37.15
89.26
8.75
20.66
D L Underwood
England
25.84
73.61
78
278
25.30
71.88
8
19
33.74
98.89
8.44
27.01
M H N Walker
Australia
27.48
73.14
20
87
24.41
67.30
14
51
32.71
83.12
8.29
15.82
D E Malcolm
England
37.09
66.25
33
113
36.16
65.01
7
15
44.13
75.60
7.97
10.59
R Peel
England
16.98
51.64
14
66
14.26
48.86
6
35
22.11
56.89
7.86
8.02
B S Bedi
India
28.71
80.32
53
215
27.33
80.82
14
51
34.55
78.20
7.22
-2.62
R O Collinge
New Zealand
29.25
66.28
28
93
27.85
65.05
7
23
34.91
71.26
7.06
6.21
Imran Khan
Pakistan
22.81
53.75
79
354
22.66
53.31
9
8
29.63
73.50
6.97
20.19
G G Arnold
England
28.30
66.52
16
57
24.79
63.19
18
58
31.74
69.79
6.95
6.60
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
23.62
54.65
91
383
23.10
53.10
13
31
30.00
73.87
6.90
20.77
I T Botham
England
28.40
56.96
97
376
28.28
56.60
5
7
35.00
76.29
6.72
19.69
A W Greig
England
32.21
69.52
41
113
30.89
67.96
17
28
37.50
75.79
6.61
7.82
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
23.56
43.50
68
313
22.51
42.23
19
60
29.05
50.08
6.54
7.85
A Nel
South Africa
31.86
62.03
23
84
29.80
59.04
13
39
36.31
68.49
6.51
9.45
A Kumble
India
29.65
65.99
110
533
28.76
65.46
22
86
35.19
69.30
6.43
3.84
M Ntini
South Africa
28.83
53.42
80
323
27.75
51.68
21
67
34.00
61.81
6.25
10.12
C L Cairns
New Zealand
29.40
53.66
55
197
28.81
53.02
7
21
35.00
59.67
6.19
6.65
A Flintoff
England
32.79
66.15
67
197
32.02
63.77
12
29
38.00
82.38
5.98
18.61
E A S Prasanna
India
30.38
75.94
39
163
29.59
70.50
10
26
35.35
110.08
5.76
39.58
D Kaneria
Pakistan
34.80
67.80
51
220
33.90
68.15
10
41
39.61
65.93
5.71
-2.23
E J Chatfield
New Zealand
32.18
84.23
30
92
30.80
77.09
13
31
36.26
105.42
5.45
28.33
J G Bracewell
New Zealand
35.81
82.38
30
72
34.22
83.79
11
30
39.63
79.00
5.41
-4.79
B S Chandrasekhar
India
29.75
65.96
45
194
28.69
65.33
13
48
34.02
68.52
5.33
3.19
K R Miller
Australia
22.98
61.54
40
117
21.34
61.69
15
53
26.58
61.19
5.24
-0.50
H Verity
England
24.38
77.59
29
107
23.07
70.17
11
37
28.14
99.05
5.06
28.89
A A Donald
South Africa
22.25
47.03
60
290
21.66
45.57
12
40
26.55
57.58
4.89
12.00
M A Holding
West Indies
23.69
50.92
52
224
23.20
50.67
8
25
28.08
53.20
4.88
2.53
Saqlain Mushtaq
Pakistan
29.84
67.64
39
165
28.86
69.47
10
43
33.58
60.63
4.72
-8.84
M J Hoggard
England
30.50
56.08
49
191
29.42
53.21
18
57
34.12
65.70
4.70
12.49
S P Gupte
India
29.55
75.73
31
134
29.13
73.30
5
15
33.33
97.47
4.21
24.17
S M Pollock
South Africa
23.12
57.85
97
385
22.76
57.59
11
36
26.92
60.58
4.15
2.99
C E H Croft
West Indies
23.30
49.32
10
58
21.10
40.81
17
67
25.21
56.69
4.11
15.88
B L Cairns
New Zealand
32.92
81.75
32
97
31.92
82.53
11
33
35.85
79.48
3.93
-3.04
J A Snow
England
26.67
59.51
42
176
26.19
60.03
7
26
29.92
55.96
3.74
-4.07
S T Finn
England
30.40
51.30
23
90
29.40
48.31
13
35
32.97
58.97
3.57
10.66
W P U J C Vaas
Sri Lanka
29.58
66.02
98
319
29.22
65.68
13
36
32.78
69.06
3.56
3.38
L R Gibbs
West Indies
29.09
87.75
61
247
28.39
85.06
18
62
31.89
98.47
3.50
13.41
D R Doshi
India
30.72
81.77
18
62
29.15
87.56
15
52
32.60
74.87
3.45
-12.70
P R Adams
South Africa
32.87
66.04
35
102
32.05
67.19
10
32
35.50
62.41
3.45
-4.78
Saeed Ajmal
Pakistan
28.11
65.15
23
122
27.10
61.35
12
56
30.30
73.41
3.21
12.06
M A Noble
Australia
25.00
58.75
32
106
24.60
55.39
10
15
27.80
82.53
3.20
27.15
M V Dillon
West Indies
33.57
66.44
19
66
32.00
60.97
19
65
35.17
72.00
3.17
11.03
A R Caddick
England
29.91
57.94
40
143
28.74
60.34
22
91
31.75
54.16
3.01
-6.18
M D Marshall
West Indies
20.95
46.77
66
326
20.55
45.60
15
50
23.54
54.34
2.99
8.74
P H Edmonds
England
34.18
96.22
31
83
33.18
95.64
20
42
36.17
97.38
2.99
1.74
V D Philander
South Africa
22.32
50.85
50
188
21.86
48.56
14
36
24.75
62.81
2.89
14.24
G P Swann
England
29.97
60.19
36
153
28.82
58.19
24
102
31.69
63.20
2.86
5.01
C M Old
England
28.11
61.94
41
129
27.86
60.12
5
14
30.43
78.79
2.57
18.67
Mohammad Asif
Pakistan
24.45
48.83
11
51
23.14
45.76
12
55
25.67
51.67
2.54
5.91
A K Davidson
Australia
20.53
62.30
34
139
19.91
61.14
10
47
22.38
65.70
2.48
4.56
J N Gillespie
Australia
26.14
54.96
52
199
25.57
53.53
19
60
28.03
59.68
2.47
6.15
A V Bedser
England
24.90
67.45
44
204
24.67
69.21
7
32
26.34
56.25
1.67
-12.96
D A Allen
England
30.98
92.60
26
80
30.41
90.46
13
42
32.05
96.67
1.64
6.20
G D McGrath
Australia
21.64
51.95
106
481
21.43
51.46
18
82
22.89
54.84
1.46
3.38
P T Collins
West Indies
34.63
65.70
24
80
34.28
66.39
8
26
35.73
63.58
1.46
-2.81
Sarfraz Nawaz
Pakistan
32.76
78.81
42
133
32.40
77.89
13
44
33.84
81.61
1.44
3.73
M S Panesar
England
34.71
74.70
39
126
34.37
71.76
11
41
35.76
83.73
1.38
11.97
D Bishoo
West Indies
36.86
68.36
21
78
36.53
67.77
15
40
37.53
69.53
1.00
1.76
Umar Gul
Pakistan
34.07
58.89
34
125
33.93
57.62
13
38
34.53
63.08
0.60
5.46
H M R K B Herath
Sri Lanka
28.08
60.03
75
351
27.98
60.77
18
82
28.50
56.88
0.52
-3.89
G F Lawson
Australia
30.56
61.77
37
145
30.48
60.03
9
35
30.89
68.94
0.40
8.91
J Srinath
India
30.49
64.00
46
168
30.48
63.48
21
68
30.51
65.29
0.03
1.82
N A T Adcock
South Africa
21.11
61.45
19
69
21.16
62.62
7
35
21.00
59.14
-0.16
-3.48
Kapil Dev
India
29.65
63.92
115
401
29.66
62.26
16
33
29.48
84.03
-0.18
21.77
R J Harris
Australia
23.52
50.76
12
47
23.64
49.19
15
66
23.44
51.88
-0.20
2.69
D V P Wright
England
39.11
75.32
25
84
39.17
77.11
9
24
38.92
69.08
-0.25
-8.02
R G D Willis
England
25.20
53.41
72
257
25.25
53.92
18
68
25.00
51.46
-0.25
-2.47
Abdul Razzaq
Pakistan
36.94
70.08
30
59
37.14
76.71
16
41
36.66
60.54
-0.48
-16.18
C J McDermott
Australia
28.63
57.00
54
217
28.76
56.93
17
74
28.24
57.19
-0.52
0.26
B R Taylor
New Zealand
26.60
57.06
20
62
26.84
58.32
10
49
26.31
55.47
-0.53
-2.85
A M E Roberts
West Indies
25.61
55.12
38
167
25.77
55.20
9
35
24.89
54.77
-0.88
-0.43
P A J De Freitas
England
33.57
70.27
33
95
33.87
74.00
11
45
32.93
62.40
-0.94
-11.60
S K Warne
Australia
25.42
57.49
120
566
25.63
59.45
25
142
24.58
49.69
-1.04
-9.76
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
20.99
54.58
80
337
21.17
53.38
18
68
20.12
60.51
-1.05
7.14
F S Trueman
England
21.58
49.44
57
252
21.79
50.07
10
55
20.64
46.55
-1.15
-3.53
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
22.30
50.85
74
373
22.46
51.30
12
58
21.26
47.98
-1.20
-3.32
J H Kallis
South Africa
32.65
69.29
149
271
32.75
69.01
17
21
31.43
72.81
-1.32
3.79
M G Hughes
Australia
28.38
57.95
37
144
28.85
58.48
16
68
27.40
56.82
-1.45
-1.66
I W Johnson
Australia
29.19
80.55
28
70
29.80
82.86
17
39
28.10
76.41
-1.70
-6.45
J C Laker
England
21.25
62.32
32
139
21.76
60.01
14
54
19.94
68.26
-1.81
8.25
P R Reiffel
Australia
26.96
61.57
21
63
27.68
61.41
14
41
25.85
61.80
-1.83
0.39
J Garner
West Indies
20.98
50.85
47
210
21.38
52.15
11
49
19.24
45.24
-2.14
-6.91
G Giffen
Australia
27.10
62.05
23
60
28.10
63.17
8
43
25.70
60.49
-2.40
-2.68
G S A Sobers
West Indies
34.04
91.91
84
212
34.30
90.92
9
23
31.65
101.09
-2.64
10.17
D K Morrison
New Zealand
34.68
62.90
37
125
35.30
64.00
11
35
32.49
58.97
-2.81
-5.03
J E Taylor
West Indies
34.46
59.67
29
82
35.65
60.18
17
48
32.44
58.79
-3.21
-1.39
G R Dilley
England
29.76
59.36
28
86
31.08
61.79
13
52
27.58
55.35
-3.50
-6.44
M S Kasprowicz
Australia
32.88
63.19
20
59
34.59
67.54
18
54
31.02
58.43
-3.57
-9.12
C A Walsh
West Indies
24.44
57.84
110
423
25.11
57.28
22
96
21.47
60.32
-3.64
3.05
J H Wardle
England
20.39
64.68
20
64
21.77
71.20
8
38
18.08
53.68
-3.69
-17.52
S Ramadhin
West Indies
28.98
88.22
35
129
29.68
90.92
8
29
25.86
76.21
-3.82
-14.72
B Lee
Australia
30.82
53.33
58
225
31.94
53.61
18
85
27.86
52.56
-4.08
-1.05
A N Connolly
Australia
29.23
76.65
17
52
31.67
84.02
12
50
26.68
68.98
-4.99
-15.04
M Iqbal Qasim
Pakistan
28.11
76.13
41
137
29.15
78.73
9
34
23.91
65.68
-5.24
-13.05
R C Motz
New Zealand
31.48
70.34
22
61
33.67
77.20
10
39
28.05
59.62
-5.62
-17.58
H Trumble
Australia
21.79
57.44
24
91
23.91
62.21
8
50
17.92
48.76
-5.99
-13.45
C S Martin
New Zealand
33.64
60.20
59
190
34.78
61.67
12
43
28.60
53.70
-6.18
-7.97
A R C Fraser
England
27.32
61.45
32
119
29.49
66.95
14
58
22.88
50.16
-6.61
-16.79
M G Johnson
Australia
28.41
51.12
51
205
30.93
55.31
22
108
23.61
43.18
-7.32
-12.13
R J Shastri
India
40.97
104.31
73
143
41.36
105.62
7
8
34.00
81.00
-7.36
-24.62
M Morkel
South Africa
27.67
53.39
71
242
29.33
56.36
15
67
21.67
42.66
-7.66
-13.71
C V Grimmett
Australia
24.22
67.19
27
147
26.67
68.41
10
69
18.99
64.58
-7.69
-3.84
T E Bailey
England
29.21
73.58
46
99
31.30
74.17
15
33
22.94
71.79
-8.36
-2.38
N S Yadav
India
35.10
81.96
23
60
38.93
84.30
12
42
29.62
78.62
-9.31
-5.68
B Yardley
Australia
31.63
70.71
16
44
37.77
95.61
17
82
28.34
57.34
-9.43
-38.27
S F Barnes
England
16.43
41.66
16
94
21.32
53.50
11
95
11.60
29.94
-9.72
-23.56
T M Alderman
Australia
27.15
59.89
24
86
32.16
68.07
17
84
22.02
51.51
-10.14
-16.56
B A Reid
Australia
24.64
55.26
19
67
28.79
63.33
8
46
18.59
43.50
-10.20
-19.83
P P Ojha
India
30.27
67.55
13
55
35.89
75.51
11
58
24.93
60.00
-10.96
-15.51
No. of Records = 143
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