Test Cricket - Bowling - Averages and Ratings
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  Player Country Career Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg   Best 5w 10w
1 G A Lohmann England 1886-1896 18 801 364 1205 112 10.76 9/28 9 5
2 S F Barnes England 1901-1914 27 1312.1 356 3106 189 16.43 9/103 24 7
3 C T B Turner Australia 1887-1895 17 1057.2 457 1670 101 16.53 7/43 11 2
4 R Peel England 1884-1896 20 1073.3 444 1715 101 16.98 7/31 5 1
5 J Briggs England 1884-1899 33 1052.3 385 2094 118 17.75 8/11 9 4
6 C Blythe England 1901-1910 19 757.4 231 1863 100 18.63 8/59 9 4
7 J J Bumrah* India 2018- 45 1438.2 345 3977 205 19.40 6/27 13 0
8 J H Wardle England 1948-1957 28 1029.1 403 2080 102 20.39 7/36 5 1
9 A K Davidson Australia 1953-1963 44 1662.3 431 3819 186 20.53 7/93 14 2
10 M D Marshall West Indies 1978-1991 81 2930.4 613 7876 376 20.95 7/22 22 4
11 J Garner West Indies 1977-1987 58 2194.5 575 5433 259 20.98 6/56 7 0
12 C E L Ambrose West Indies 1988-2000 98 3683.5 1001 8502 405 20.99 8/45 22 3
13 N A T Adcock South Africa 1953-1962 26 917.3 218 2195 104 21.11 6/43 5 0
14 J C Laker England 1948-1959 46 1913.3 674 4101 193 21.25 10/53 9 3
15 F S Trueman England 1952-1965 67 2447.4 522 6625 307 21.58 8/31 17 3
16 G D McGrath Australia 1993-2007 124 4874.4 1470 12186 563 21.64 8/24 29 3
17 H Trumble Australia 1890-1904 32 1431.2 452 3072 141 21.79 8/65 9 3
18 K Rabada* South Africa 2015- 70 2149.4 427 7196 327 22.01 7/112 16 4
19 A A Donald South Africa 1992-2002 72 2586.3 661 7344 330 22.25 8/71 20 3
20 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990 86 3460.4 809 9611 431 22.30 9/52 36 9
21 V D Philander South Africa 2011-2020 64 1898.3 507 5000 224 22.32 6/21 13 2
22 P J Cummins* Australia 2011- 67 2269.2 497 6597 294 22.44 6/23 13 2
23 W J O'Reilly Australia 1932-1946 27 1588 585 3254 144 22.60 7/54 11 3
24 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 1992-2010 133 7339.5 1792 18180 800 22.73 9/51 67 22
25 Imran Khan Pakistan 1971-1992 88 3106 727 8258 362 22.81 8/58 23 6
26 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 93 3101.2 660 10077 439 22.95 7/51 26 5
27 K R Miller Australia 1946-1956 55 1496.1 337 3906 170 22.98 7/60 7 1
28 R R Lindwall Australia 1946-1960 61 1970.2 419 5251 228 23.03 7/38 12 0
29 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008 108 4058.5 1211 9733 421 23.12 7/87 16 1
30 Mohammad Abbas* Pakistan 2017- 27 925.4 272 2318 100 23.18 6/54 5 1
31 C E H Croft West Indies 1977-1982 27 1027.3 211 2913 125 23.30 8/29 3 0
32 R J Harris Australia 2010-2015 27 956 258 2658 113 23.52 7/117 5 0
33 Waqar Younis Pakistan 1989-2003 87 2704 516 8788 373 23.56 7/76 22 5
34 Wasim Akram Pakistan 1985-2002 104 3771.1 871 9779 414 23.62 7/119 25 5
35 M A Holding West Indies 1975-1987 60 2066.4 459 5898 249 23.69 8/92 13 2
36 R Ashwin India 2011-2024 106 4536 907 12839 537 23.91 7/59 37 8
37 W A Johnston Australia 1947-1955 40 1515 372 3826 160 23.91 6/44 7 0
38 D K Lillee Australia 1971-1984 70 2834.1 652 8493 355 23.92 7/83 23 7
39 R A Jadeja* India 2012- 80 3070.5 728 7781 323 24.09 7/42 15 3
40 P M Pollock South Africa 1961-1970 28 1034 270 2806 116 24.19 6/38 9 1
41 C V Grimmett Australia 1925-1936 37 2408.3 736 5231 216 24.22 7/40 21 7
42 I R Bishop West Indies 1989-1998 43 1411.1 288 3911 161 24.29 6/40 6 0
43 H Verity England 1931-1939 40 1692.3 604 3510 144 24.38 8/43 5 2
44 C A Walsh West Indies 1984-2001 132 5003.1 1144 12684 519 24.44 7/37 22 3
45 Mohammad Asif Pakistan 2005-2010 23 862.4 196 2592 106 24.45 6/41 7 1
46 J R Hazlewood* Australia 2014- 72 2469.3 635 6857 279 24.58 6/67 12 0
47 B A Reid Australia 1985-1992 27 1040.4 244 2784 113 24.64 7/51 5 2
48 Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 1952-1962 34 1639 563 3434 139 24.71 7/42 13 4
49 J B Statham England 1951-1965 70 2495.2 595 6261 252 24.85 7/39 9 1
50 A V Bedser England 1946-1955 51 2424.4 574 5876 236 24.90 7/44 15 5

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