Test Cricket - Highest Bowling Averages

Worst Bowling Averages (minimum 500 Overs)

	Player	Country	Career	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w	10w
1	Rubel Hossain	Bangladesh	2009-2020	27	703.5	73	2764	36	76.78	5/166	1	0
2	G W Flower	Zimbabwe	1992-2004	67	563	122	1537	25	61.48	4/41	0	0
3	I V A Richards	West Indies	1974-1991	121	856	203	1964	32	61.38	2/17	0	0
4	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	2006-2018	13	502.3	69	1673	28	59.75	4/63	0	0
5	M N Samuels	West Indies	2000-2016	71	732	79	2445	41	59.63	4/13	0	0
6	Tapash Baisya	Bangladesh	2002-2005	21	562.4	93	2137	36	59.36	4/72	0	0
7	G A Hick	England	1991-2001	65	509.3	128	1306	23	56.78	4/126	0	0
8	M Amarnath	India	1969-1988	69	572.4	101	1782	32	55.69	4/63	0	0
9	A D Mathews*	Sri Lanka	2009-	119	666	161	1816	33	55.03	4/44	0	0
10	S R Tendulkar	India	1989-2013	200	706.4	83	2492	46	54.17	3/10	0	0
11	Majid Khan	Pakistan	1964-1983	63	556	124	1456	27	53.93	4/45	0	0
12	D de Silva*	Sri Lanka	2016-	65	691.3	84	2301	43	53.51	3/25	0	0
13	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	2001-2012	36	1249.5	193	4483	85	52.74	5/36	2	0
14	S C Ganguly	India	1996-2008	113	519.3	110	1681	32	52.53	3/28	0	0
15	Shahadat Hossain*	Bangladesh	2005-	40	896.4	92	3731	72	51.82	6/27	4	0
16	M N Hart	New Zealand	1994-1995	14	514.2	127	1438	29	49.59	5/77	1	0
17	C L Hooper	West Indies	1987-2002	102	2299	531	5635	114	49.43	5/26	4	0
18	Ebadat Hossain*	Bangladesh	2019-	21	566.5	104	2035	42	48.45	6/46	1	0
19	G R J Matthews	Australia	1983-1993	33	1045.1	257	2942	61	48.23	5/103	2	1
20	D B Powell	West Indies	2002-2009	37	1179.3	218	4068	85	47.86	5/25	1	0
21	I Ali	West Indies	1971-1977	12	610.4	137	1621	34	47.68	5/59	1	0
22	P J Wiseman	New Zealand	1998-2005	25	943.2	209	2903	61	47.59	5/82	2	0
23	J E Root*	England	2012-	158	1033.2	164	3465	73	47.47	5/8	1	0
24	J S Patel	New Zealand	2006-2017	24	972.1	202	3078	65	47.35	5/110	1	0
25	V Sehwag	India	2001-2013	104	621.5	78	1894	40	47.35	5/104	1	0
26	A B Agarkar	India	1998-2006	26	809.3	168	2745	58	47.33	6/41	1	0
27	R F Surti	India	1960-1969	26	605.4	115	1962	42	46.71	5/74	1	0
28	M D Craig	New Zealand	2014-2016	15	611.3	100	2326	50	46.52	7/94	1	1
29	C G Borde	India	1958-1969	55	949.1	236	2417	52	46.48	5/88	1	0
30	V Pollard	New Zealand	1965-1973	32	711.1	207	1853	40	46.33	3/3	0	0
31	G S Ramchand	India	1952-1960	33	829.2	256	1899	41	46.32	6/49	1	0
32	R L Chase*	West Indies	2016-	52	1150.1	131	3980	86	46.28	8/60	4	0
33	A G Cremer	Zimbabwe	2005-2017	19	702.2	71	2604	57	45.68	5/125	1	0
34	A B C Langton	South Africa	1935-1939	15	626.3	104	1827	40	45.68	5/58	1	0
35	Mahmudullah*	Bangladesh	2009-2021	50	570.3	56	1958	43	45.53	5/51	1	0
36	Sikandar Raza*	Zimbabwe	2013-	21	554.5	68	1779	40	44.48	7/113	2	0
37	P I Pocock	England	1968-1985	25	1108.2	281	2976	67	44.42	6/79	3	0
38	T M Dilshan	Sri Lanka	1999-2013	87	564.1	83	1711	39	43.87	4/10	0	0
39	P L Symcox	South Africa	1993-1998	20	593.3	137	1603	37	43.32	4/69	0	0
40	H B Cave	New Zealand	1949-1958	19	679	242	1467	34	43.15	4/21	0	0
41	I S Sodhi*	New Zealand	2013-	21	673.5	91	2500	58	43.10	6/86	1	0
42	R W Barber	England	1960-1968	28	552.4	101	1806	42	43.00	4/132	0	0
43	N Pradeep	Sri Lanka	2011-2017	28	846.1	130	3003	70	42.90	6/132	1	0
44	S J McCabe	Australia	1930-1938	39	610.2	127	1543	36	42.86	4/13	0	0
45	C H Gayle	West Indies	2000-2014	103	1184.5	227	3120	73	42.74	5/34	2	0
46	C P H Ramanayake	Sri Lanka	1988-1993	18	609	109	1880	44	42.73	5/82	1	0
47	N Boje	South Africa	2000-2006	43	1436.4	292	4265	100	42.65	5/62	3	0
48	N A M McLean	West Indies	1998-2001	19	549.5	85	1873	44	42.57	3/53	0	0
49	E E Hemmings	England	1982-1991	16	739.3	207	1825	43	42.44	6/58	1	0
50	A Nehra	India	1999-2004	17	574.3	122	1866	44	42.41	4/72	0	0

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