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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
M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 23.08 35.23   329 505 22.74 35.08   21 29 29.00 37.86   6.26 2.79  
Wasim Akram Pakistan 23.53 36.23   316 440 23.81 36.88   40 62 21.52 31.63   -2.30   -5.25
W P U J C Vaas Sri Lanka 27.54 39.44   281 354 27.40 38.96   41 46 28.61 43.13   1.21   4.17  
Shahid Afridi Pakistan 34.51 44.73   352 348 34.10 44.29   46 47 37.57 48.00   3.48   3.71  
S M Pollock South Africa 24.51 39.98   254 342 24.33 38.70   49 51 25.67 48.59   1.33   9.89
B Lee Australia 23.36 29.43   186 324 23.01 29.25   35 56 25.38 30.48   2.36   1.23  
Waqar Younis Pakistan 23.84 30.52   204 323 23.89 31.20   58 93 23.69 28.19   -0.20   -3.00  
A Kumble India 30.90 43.01   260 323 30.73 42.96   11 14 34.64 44.21   3.91   1.25  
G D McGrath Australia 22.02 34.04   205 315 22.05 34.16   45 66 21.89 33.50   -0.16   -0.66  
S T Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 36.75 46.05   432 313 36.75 46.27   13 10 36.70 39.00   -0.05   -7.27
S L Malinga Sri Lanka 28.88 32.36   199 298 28.40 32.20   27 40 32.45 33.50   4.05   1.30  
D L Vettori New Zealand 31.72 46.10   272 282 31.49 45.76   23 23 34.52 50.30   3.03   4.55  
J H Kallis South Africa 31.79 39.38   321 270 31.70 39.39   7 3 40.67 38.00   8.97 -1.39  
Harbhajan Singh India 33.36 46.39   229 259 33.40 46.56   7 10 32.20 42.00   -1.20   -4.56  
Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 21.79 30.45   144 257 20.89 29.33   25 31 29.19 39.77   8.30 10.45
Abdul Razzaq Pakistan 31.84 40.67   237 254 31.12 39.78   28 15 43.93 55.87   12.81 16.09
J Srinath India 28.09 37.89   187 252 28.66 38.79   42 63 25.78 34.29   -2.88   -4.50  
Z Khan India 29.44 35.80   175 241 29.80 36.32   25 41 27.27 32.76   -2.54   -3.57  
Mashrafe Mortaza Bangladesh 32.94 40.45   187 238 31.18 39.12   33 32 46.00 50.38   14.82 11.26
M Ntini South Africa 24.66 32.66   151 237 23.60 32.07   22 29 33.31 37.45   9.71 5.38
Kapil Dev India 27.45 44.28   189 226 26.25 42.15   36 27 37.48 62.04   11.23 19.88
Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 24.98 31.43   140 220 23.50 30.16   23 27 37.04 41.78   13.54 11.61
A B Agarkar India 27.85 32.93   139 217 27.05 31.89   52 71 30.31 36.11   3.26   4.22  
A A Donald South Africa 21.79 31.47   131 217 21.43 31.58   33 55 23.20 31.07   1.77   -0.50  
K D Mills New Zealand 27.02 34.29   144 212 26.03 33.22   26 28 34.50 42.39   8.47 9.17
H H Streak Zimbabwe 29.83 39.62   167 206 30.52 40.53   22 33 25.48 33.88   -5.04 -6.66
C E L Ambrose West Indies 24.13 41.57   151 204 23.14 39.47   25 21 33.76 62.00   10.62 22.53
C A Walsh West Indies 30.48 47.67   183 202 30.71 47.78   22 25 28.56 46.80   -2.15   -0.98  
D Gough England 26.42 36.04   132 195 26.12 36.48   27 40 27.90 33.93   1.78   -2.55  
C Z Harris New Zealand 37.50 52.55   216 192 36.43 50.65   34 11 56.18 85.73   19.75 35.08
S R Waugh Australia 34.67 45.55   286 191 34.70 45.79   39 4 33.50 34.50   -1.20   -11.29
M G Johnson Australia 25.26 31.33   121 188 25.17 31.29   32 51 25.61 31.51   0.44   0.22  
Abdur Razzak Bangladesh 29.30 38.48   133 185 28.13 37.64   20 22 39.14 45.55   11.01 7.91
K M D N Kulasekara Sri Lanka 33.92 41.52   168 182 34.09 42.22   16 17 32.12 34.06   -1.98   -8.16
D W Steyn South Africa 25.95 31.92   116 180 26.63 32.34   9 16 18.38 27.19   -8.25 -5.15
M Morkel South Africa 25.32 30.64   106 180 24.36 29.63   11 8 47.00 53.25   22.64 23.62
Umar Gul Pakistan 29.35 33.88   124 173 28.71 33.42   6 6 47.83 47.00   19.13 13.58
C J McDermott Australia 24.72 36.75   115 170 24.84 36.71   23 33 24.09 36.97   -0.75   0.26  
C R D Fernando Sri Lanka 30.20 34.80   134 169 30.06 34.58   13 18 31.56 36.83   1.50   2.25  
N L T C Perera Sri Lanka 32.80 33.61   152 168 31.23 31.80   14 7 70.43 77.00   39.20 45.20
L Klusener South Africa 29.95 38.21   138 165 28.43 36.38   33 27 39.26 49.41   10.83 13.03
Imran Khan Pakistan 26.62 40.99   145 164 24.45 38.05   30 18 46.33 67.78   21.88 29.72
C L Hooper West Indies 36.05 49.60   182 163 34.04 46.61   45 30 47.00 65.87   12.96 19.26
C L Cairns New Zealand 32.81 40.64   177 161 33.16 41.75   38 40 31.40 36.15   -1.76   -5.60
B K V Prasad India 32.31 41.47   132 158 31.97 41.93   29 38 33.68 39.58   1.71   -2.35  
S R Watson Australia 31.80 38.49   161 156 28.98 36.35   29 12 68.42 66.33   39.44 29.99
S R Tendulkar India 44.48 52.30   442 154 44.27 52.08   21 0      
I K Pathan India 29.72 33.84   107 152 29.91 34.17   13 21 28.38 31.48   -1.53   -2.69  
Aaqib Javed Pakistan 31.43 44.02   134 146 31.76 45.71   29 36 30.11 37.19   -1.65   -8.51
R J Hadlee New Zealand 21.56 39.13   108 144 21.84 40.00   7 14 18.71 30.14   -3.13   -9.86
J D P Oram New Zealand 29.17 39.95   141 142 30.52 42.25   19 31 23.00 29.42   -7.52 -12.83
U D U Chandana Sri Lanka 31.91 40.68   133 138 31.13 40.07   14 13 40.15 47.15   9.02 7.09
M D Marshall West Indies 26.96 45.70   112 137 24.54 43.39   24 20 43.55 61.50   19.01 18.11
M F Maharoof Sri Lanka 28.07 34.37   104 133 26.80 33.31   5 2 112.00 105.00   85.20 71.69
Imran Tahir South Africa 24.84 32.03   78 132 23.88 30.73   29 41 27.93 36.20   4.05   5.46
A Flintoff England 24.38 33.28   119 131 25.60 35.19   22 38 20.21 26.68   -5.38 -8.51
M M Prabhakar India 28.88 40.51   102 129 26.80 39.19   28 28 38.46 46.57   11.67 7.38
H D P K Dharmasena Sri Lanka 36.22 50.79   123 127 35.01 48.57   18 11 50.18 76.45   15.17 27.89
Saeed Ajmal Pakistan 22.73 32.61   79 125 22.70 33.09   34 59 22.80 31.59   0.10   -1.49  
S E Bond New Zealand 20.88 29.22   67 125 19.33 27.57   15 22 29.73 38.59   10.40 11.02
A Symonds Australia 37.26 44.62   170 124 37.57 45.06   28 9 32.89 38.56   -4.68   -6.51
J E Taylor West Indies 29.53 33.91   79 123 26.92 32.07   11 5 93.80 79.20   66.88 47.13
S B Styris New Zealand 35.32 44.63   157 122 34.49 43.55   31 15 42.07 53.40   7.57 9.85
Rubel Hossain Bangladesh 34.32 36.26   96 122 32.94 35.15   8 7 58.29 55.71   25.34 20.57
I T Botham England 28.54 43.25   98 118 29.75 44.65   18 27 23.26 37.11   -6.49 -7.54
P Utseya Zimbabwe 46.91 64.44   148 116 47.67 66.18   16 17 41.71 52.59   -5.97 -13.59
R J Shastri India 36.05 51.26   126 115 35.24 50.37   24 14 42.64 58.64   7.40 8.28
N W Bracken Australia 24.37 33.10   67 112 21.37 29.49   49 62 29.79 39.61   8.42 10.12
Yuvraj Singh India 38.68 45.48   293 111 38.18 44.94   11 0      
B A W Mendis Sri Lanka 21.87 27.33   65 109 20.83 28.39   22 43 24.51 24.63   3.69   -3.77  
E J Chatfield New Zealand 25.84 43.32   82 109 23.14 40.21   32 31 35.35 54.26   12.22 14.05
J Garner West Indies 18.85 36.51   73 109 18.95 37.39   25 37 18.54 33.89   -0.41   -3.50  
I V A Richards West Indies 35.83 47.83   165 108 34.58 46.68   22 10 49.30 60.30   14.72 13.62
M A Holding West Indies 21.37 38.54   75 107 21.81 38.97   27 35 20.00 37.23   -1.81   -1.74  
P A J De Freitas England 32.83 49.67   92 104 32.00 49.55   11 11 40.64 50.82   8.64 1.27  
G P Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka 39.64 52.48   126 103 39.31 52.95   8 6 45.33 44.33   6.02 -8.62
D N T Zoysa Sri Lanka 29.75 39.44   88 103 29.18 39.49   7 5 41.40 38.40   12.22 -1.09  
Wahab Riaz Pakistan 34.31 36.06   79 102 34.34 36.23   12 18 34.11 35.11   -0.23   -1.11  
E Chigumbura Zimbabwe 42.32 42.96   202 101 42.32 42.96   11 0      
M V Dillon West Indies 32.45 42.15   74 99 29.21 38.53   34 31 42.77 53.74   13.56 15.22
G B Hogg Australia 26.85 35.67   81 98 29.27 38.76   42 58 22.76 30.45   -6.51 -8.31
I R Bishop West Indies 26.50 36.71   60 97 22.98 32.86   24 21 42.76 54.52   19.78 21.67
D W Fleming Australia 25.39 34.47   61 96 24.35 33.43   27 38 28.00 37.11   3.65   3.68  
M C Snedden New Zealand 28.39 39.69   76 95 29.03 39.24   17 19 25.21 41.95   -3.82   2.71  
Naved-ul-Hasan Pakistan 29.28 31.51   62 95 27.68 30.04   12 15 39.40 40.80   11.72 10.76
Mudassar Nazar Pakistan 30.92 43.74   100 93 28.67 40.14   22 18 42.56 62.33   13.89 22.19
S C Ganguly India 38.49 45.61   279 93 37.31 44.33   32 7 54.14 62.57   16.83 18.24
A Nehra India 31.73 36.63   72 92 31.08 38.87   48 65 32.65 33.46   1.57   -5.41
D R Tuffey New Zealand 32.13 39.39   80 91 31.98 40.37   14 19 32.84 34.68   0.86   -5.69
P A de Silva Sri Lanka 39.41 48.57   275 91 39.13 47.99   33 15 41.07 52.07   1.93   4.08  
P R Reiffel Australia 29.21 44.64   75 90 28.07 43.31   17 16 35.63 52.13   7.56 8.81
G R Larsen New Zealand 35.40 56.35   94 88 35.18 57.05   27 25 36.16 53.92   0.98   -3.13  
L E Plunkett England 29.70 30.64   57 88 30.53 31.69   32 47 28.15 28.68   -2.39   -3.01  
T T Bresnan England 34.98 38.72   69 88 35.22 39.08   16 21 34.00 37.24   -1.22   -1.84  
Junaid Khan Pakistan 29.24 32.74   58 86 28.94 32.12   18 24 30.29 34.96   1.35   2.84  
S T Finn England 29.37 34.80   57 86 28.10 33.95   12 16 36.19 39.38   8.08 5.42
J N Gillespie Australia 25.43 36.23   55 85 24.82 34.91   42 57 26.33 38.19   1.51   3.29  
D K Morrison New Zealand 27.54 36.40   67 85 29.01 38.08   29 41 24.49 32.90   -4.52   -5.18
Dawlat Zadran Afghanistan 29.77 32.77   59 84 28.44 32.01   23 31 33.35 34.84   4.91   2.83  
P D Collingwood England 38.68 46.72   154 84 38.95 46.52   43 27 37.85 47.33   -1.10   0.81  
C K Langeveldt South Africa 29.62 34.89   59 82 28.46 34.28   13 18 34.89 37.67   6.43 3.39  
T M Dilshan Sri Lanka 45.08 55.47   287 80 46.79 58.90   43 26 39.81 44.92   -6.98 -13.98
A G Cremer Zimbabwe 30.23 39.33   61 74 31.32 39.59   35 45 28.42 38.89   -2.90   -0.71  
R A Harper West Indies 34.31 51.75   81 73 35.55 53.59   24 27 30.96 46.78   -4.58   -6.81
G P Swann England 27.77 36.63   51 72 24.82 32.92   28 32 34.41 44.97   9.59 12.05
W J Cronje South Africa 34.79 46.99   130 71 39.13 53.51   58 43 27.63 36.23   -11.50 -17.27
W K M Benjamin West Indies 30.79 44.42   60 69 32.39 46.91   25 31 27.23 38.87   -5.17 -8.04
D K Lillee Australia 20.83 34.88   36 69 17.26 29.77   27 34 28.06 45.26   10.80 15.50
R W Price Zimbabwe 35.75 53.74   69 69 33.58 51.87   33 31 40.58 57.90   7.00 6.03
Mohammad Rafique Bangladesh 37.91 51.31   73 66 42.12 55.03   52 59 33.20 47.15   -8.92 -7.88
S P O'Donnell Australia 28.72 40.28   56 63 32.33 44.37   31 45 23.67 34.56   -8.67 -9.81
W B Rankin Ireland 27.88 34.92   48 61 30.30 37.03   27 45 24.60 32.07   -5.70 -4.97  
A Nel South Africa 27.69 35.86   45 58 29.59 37.66   34 48 25.40 33.69   -4.19   -3.97  
C Pringle New Zealand 23.87 32.17   29 44 24.55 33.55   35 59 23.37 31.15   -1.17   -2.39  
No. of Records = 114  

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