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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
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
R Peel England 16.98 51.64   14 66 14.26 48.86   6 35 22.11 56.89   7.86 8.02
J Briggs England 17.75 45.19   27 106 14.68 38.13   6 12 44.83 107.50   30.15 69.37
A K Davidson Australia 20.53 62.30   34 139 19.91 61.14   10 47 22.38 65.70   2.48   4.56  
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
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
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  
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
S F Barnes England 16.43 41.66   16 94 21.32 53.50   11 95 11.60 29.94   -9.72 -23.56
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
K R Miller Australia 22.98 61.54   40 117 21.34 61.69   15 53 26.58 61.19   5.24 -0.50  
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 D McGrath Australia 21.64 51.95   106 481 21.43 51.46   18 82 22.89 54.84   1.46   3.38  
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
J C Laker England 21.25 62.32   32 139 21.76 60.01   14 54 19.94 68.26   -1.81   8.25
J H Wardle England 20.39 64.68   20 64 21.77 71.20   8 38 18.08 53.68   -3.69   -17.52
F S Trueman England 21.58 49.44   57 252 21.79 50.07   10 55 20.64 46.55   -1.15   -3.53  
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
M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 22.73 55.05   120 735 21.96 54.47   13 65 31.43 61.60   9.48 7.13
W A Johnston Australia 23.91 69.05   30 132 22.02 66.44   10 28 32.82 81.36   10.80 14.92
Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 24.71 70.75   26 125 22.12 62.52   8 14 47.79 144.21   25.67 81.69
R R Lindwall Australia 23.03 59.87   55 212 22.16 57.91   6 16 34.56 85.88   12.40 27.97
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
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  
Waqar Younis Pakistan 23.56 43.50   68 313 22.51 42.23   19 60 29.05 50.08   6.54 7.85
Imran Khan Pakistan 22.81 53.75   79 354 22.66 53.31   9 8 29.63 73.50   6.97 20.19
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  
D K Lillee Australia 23.92 52.02   59 321 22.94 49.69   11 34 33.21 74.00   10.27 24.31
H Verity England 24.38 77.59   29 107 23.07 70.17   11 37 28.14 99.05   5.06 28.89
Wasim Akram Pakistan 23.62 54.65   91 383 23.10 53.10   13 31 30.00 73.87   6.90 20.77
Mohammad Asif Pakistan 24.45 48.83   11 51 23.14 45.76   12 55 25.67 51.67   2.54   5.91
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  
R J Harris Australia 23.52 50.76   12 47 23.64 49.19   15 66 23.44 51.88   -0.20   2.69  
R M Hogg Australia 28.48 62.06   23 85 23.89 57.06   15 38 38.74 73.24   14.84 16.18
H Trumble Australia 21.79 57.44   24 91 23.91 62.21   8 50 17.92 48.76   -5.99 -13.45
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
M A Noble Australia 25.00 58.75   32 106 24.60 55.39   10 15 27.80 82.53   3.20   27.15
A V Bedser England 24.90 67.45   44 204 24.67 69.21   7 32 26.34 56.25   1.67   -12.96
Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 25.70 45.75   39 161 24.76 44.09   7 17 34.53 61.47   9.77 17.38
G G Arnold England 28.30 66.52   16 57 24.79 63.19   18 58 31.74 69.79   6.95 6.60
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
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
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  
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  
D L Underwood England 25.84 73.61   78 278 25.30 71.88   8 19 33.74 98.89   8.44 27.01
R Benaud Australia 27.03 77.05   54 219 25.42 72.56   9 29 39.21 110.93   13.79 38.37
J N Gillespie Australia 26.14 54.96   52 199 25.57 53.53   19 60 28.03 59.68   2.47   6.15
S K Warne Australia 25.42 57.49   120 566 25.63 59.45   25 142 24.58 49.69   -1.04   -9.76
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  
J A Snow England 26.67 59.51   42 176 26.19 60.03   7 26 29.92 55.96   3.74   -4.07  
K D Ghavri India 33.54 64.55   18 59 26.59 50.07   21 50 41.74 81.64   15.15 31.57
C V Grimmett Australia 24.22 67.19   27 147 26.67 68.41   10 69 18.99 64.58   -7.69 -3.84  
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  
H H Streak Zimbabwe 28.14 62.77   53 187 26.85 62.37   12 29 36.48 65.38   9.63 3.01  
D Gough England 28.40 51.62   53 218 27.08 50.15   5 11 54.55 80.82   27.47 30.67
Saeed Ajmal Pakistan 28.11 65.15   23 122 27.10 61.35   12 56 30.30 73.41   3.21   12.06
B S Bedi India 28.71 80.32   53 215 27.33 80.82   14 51 34.55 78.20   7.22 -2.62  
P R Reiffel Australia 26.96 61.57   21 63 27.68 61.41   14 41 25.85 61.80   -1.83   0.39  
M Ntini South Africa 28.83 53.42   80 323 27.75 51.68   21 67 34.00 61.81   6.25 10.12
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
C M Old England 28.11 61.94   41 129 27.86 60.12   5 14 30.43 78.79   2.57   18.67
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 Giffen Australia 27.10 62.05   23 60 28.10 63.17   8 43 25.70 60.49   -2.40   -2.68  
I T Botham England 28.40 56.96   97 376 28.28 56.60   5 7 35.00 76.29   6.72 19.69
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
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 G Cork England 29.82 58.61   31 118 28.50 56.12   6 13 41.77 81.23   13.27 25.11
B S Chandrasekhar India 29.75 65.96   45 194 28.69 65.33   13 48 34.02 68.52   5.33 3.19  
A R Caddick England 29.91 57.94   40 143 28.74 60.34   22 91 31.75 54.16   3.01   -6.18
A Kumble India 29.65 65.99   110 533 28.76 65.46   22 86 35.19 69.30   6.43 3.84  
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 A Reid Australia 24.64 55.26   19 67 28.79 63.33   8 46 18.59 43.50   -10.20 -19.83
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
G P Swann England 29.97 60.19   36 153 28.82 58.19   24 102 31.69 63.20   2.86   5.01
M G Hughes Australia 28.38 57.95   37 144 28.85 58.48   16 68 27.40 56.82   -1.45   -1.66  
Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 29.84 67.64   39 165 28.86 69.47   10 43 33.58 60.63   4.72   -8.84
R Illingworth England 31.20 96.59   50 109 28.99 92.44   11 13 49.77 131.38   20.78 38.94
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
S P Gupte India 29.55 75.73   31 134 29.13 73.30   5 15 33.33 97.47   4.21   24.17
D R Doshi India 30.72 81.77   18 62 29.15 87.56   15 52 32.60 74.87   3.45   -12.70
M Iqbal Qasim Pakistan 28.11 76.13   41 137 29.15 78.73   9 34 23.91 65.68   -5.24 -13.05
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  
M Morkel South Africa 27.67 53.39   71 242 29.33 56.36   15 67 21.67 42.66   -7.66 -13.71
S T Finn England 30.40 51.30   23 90 29.40 48.31   13 35 32.97 58.97   3.57   10.66
M J Hoggard England 30.50 56.08   49 191 29.42 53.21   18 57 34.12 65.70   4.70   12.49
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
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
Kapil Dev India 29.65 63.92   115 401 29.66 62.26   16 33 29.48 84.03   -0.18   21.77
S Ramadhin West Indies 28.98 88.22   35 129 29.68 90.92   8 29 25.86 76.21   -3.82   -14.72
A Nel South Africa 31.86 62.03   23 84 29.80 59.04   13 39 36.31 68.49   6.51 9.45
I W Johnson Australia 29.19 80.55   28 70 29.80 82.86   17 39 28.10 76.41   -1.70   -6.45
P M Siddle Australia 30.67 62.93   62 211 29.92 61.33   5 10 46.30 96.60   16.38 35.27
D A Allen England 30.98 92.60   26 80 30.41 90.46   13 42 32.05 96.67   1.64   6.20
I K Pathan India 32.26 58.84   24 89 30.44 55.30   5 11 47.00 87.45   16.56 32.15
J Srinath India 30.49 64.00   46 168 30.48 63.48   21 68 30.51 65.29   0.03   1.82  
G F Lawson Australia 30.56 61.77   37 145 30.48 60.03   9 35 30.89 68.94   0.40   8.91
N Boje South Africa 42.65 86.20   24 69 30.78 66.88   19 31 69.06 129.19   38.28 62.31
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
S J Harmison England 31.82 59.18   54 205 30.82 57.50   9 21 41.57 75.57   10.75 18.07
A W Greig England 32.21 69.52   41 113 30.89 67.96   17 28 37.50 75.79   6.61 7.82
M G Johnson Australia 28.41 51.12   51 205 30.93 55.31   22 108 23.61 43.18   -7.32 -12.13
G R Dilley England 29.76 59.36   28 86 31.08 61.79   13 52 27.58 55.35   -3.50   -6.44
T E Bailey England 29.21 73.58   46 99 31.30 74.17   15 33 22.94 71.79   -8.36 -2.38  
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
Abdul Qadir Pakistan 32.81 72.57   57 216 31.50 70.53   10 20 46.95 94.55   15.45 24.02
A N Connolly Australia 29.23 76.65   17 52 31.67 84.02   12 50 26.68 68.98   -4.99   -15.04
Z Khan India 32.95 60.40   83 288 31.78 58.05   9 23 47.57 89.83   15.78 31.77
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  
B Lee Australia 30.82 53.33   58 225 31.94 53.61   18 85 27.86 52.56   -4.08   -1.05  
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 Flintoff England 32.79 66.15   67 197 32.02 63.77   12 29 38.00 82.38   5.98 18.61
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  
T M Alderman Australia 27.15 59.89   24 86 32.16 68.07   17 84 22.02 51.51   -10.14 -16.56
Sarfraz Nawaz Pakistan 32.76 78.81   42 133 32.40 77.89   13 44 33.84 81.61   1.44   3.73  
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 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
P H Edmonds England 34.18 96.22   31 83 33.18 95.64   20 42 36.17 97.38   2.99   1.74  
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
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
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
D Kaneria Pakistan 34.80 67.80   51 220 33.90 68.15   10 41 39.61 65.93   5.71 -2.23  
Umar Gul Pakistan 34.07 58.89   34 125 33.93 57.62   13 38 34.53 63.08   0.60   5.46
S Venkataraghavan India 36.12 95.37   50 145 34.10 92.70   7 11 62.73 130.45   28.63 37.75
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  
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  
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
M S Panesar England 34.71 74.70   39 126 34.37 71.76   11 41 35.76 83.73   1.38   11.97
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 S Martin New Zealand 33.64 60.20   59 190 34.78 61.67   12 43 28.60 53.70   -6.18 -7.97
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
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  
P P Ojha India 30.27 67.55   13 55 35.89 75.51   11 58 24.93 60.00   -10.96 -15.51
D E Malcolm England 37.09 66.25   33 113 36.16 65.01   7 15 44.13 75.60   7.97 10.59
D Bishoo West Indies 36.86 68.36   21 78 36.53 67.77   15 40 37.53 69.53   1.00   1.76  
A F Giles England 40.60 85.17   40 116 36.81 81.37   14 27 56.89 101.52   20.08 20.15
Mohammad Rafique Bangladesh 40.76 87.44   23 75 36.84 83.65   10 25 52.52 98.80   15.68 15.15
Abdul Razzaq Pakistan 36.94 70.08   30 59 37.14 76.71   16 41 36.66 60.54   -0.48   -16.18
B Yardley Australia 31.63 70.71   16 44 37.77 95.61   17 82 28.34 57.34   -9.43 -38.27
N S Yadav India 35.10 81.96   23 60 38.93 84.30   12 42 29.62 78.62   -9.31 -5.68
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 J Shastri India 40.97 104.31   73 143 41.36 105.62   7 8 34.00 81.00   -7.36 -24.62
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
No. of Records = 143  

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