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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
T M Alderman Australia 27.15 59.89   24 86 32.16 68.07   17 84 22.02 51.51   -10.14 -16.56
R Benaud Australia 27.03 77.05   54 219 25.42 72.56   9 29 39.21 110.93   13.79 38.37
A N Connolly Australia 29.23 76.65   17 52 31.67 84.02   12 50 26.68 68.98   -4.99   -15.04
A K Davidson Australia 20.53 62.30   34 139 19.91 61.14   10 47 22.38 65.70   2.48   4.56  
G Giffen Australia 27.10 62.05   23 60 28.10 63.17   8 43 25.70 60.49   -2.40   -2.68  
C V Grimmett Australia 24.22 67.19   27 147 26.67 68.41   10 69 18.99 64.58   -7.69 -3.84  
R M Hogg Australia 28.48 62.06   23 85 23.89 57.06   15 38 38.74 73.24   14.84 16.18
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
W A Johnston Australia 23.91 69.05   30 132 22.02 66.44   10 28 32.82 81.36   10.80 14.92
G F Lawson Australia 30.56 61.77   37 145 30.48 60.03   9 35 30.89 68.94   0.40   8.91
D K Lillee Australia 23.92 52.02   59 321 22.94 49.69   11 34 33.21 74.00   10.27 24.31
R R Lindwall Australia 23.03 59.87   55 212 22.16 57.91   6 16 34.56 85.88   12.40 27.97
C J McDermott Australia 28.63 57.00   54 217 28.76 56.93   17 74 28.24 57.19   -0.52   0.26  
G D McGrath Australia 21.64 51.95   106 481 21.43 51.46   18 82 22.89 54.84   1.46   3.38  
G D McKenzie Australia 29.79 71.87   47 207 28.40 68.60   13 39 37.15 89.26   8.75 20.66
K R Miller Australia 22.98 61.54   40 117 21.34 61.69   15 53 26.58 61.19   5.24 -0.50  
M A Noble Australia 25.00 58.75   32 106 24.60 55.39   10 15 27.80 82.53   3.20   27.15
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 R Reiffel Australia 26.96 61.57   21 63 27.68 61.41   14 41 25.85 61.80   -1.83   0.39  
H Trumble Australia 21.79 57.44   24 91 23.91 62.21   8 50 17.92 48.76   -5.99 -13.45
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
S K Warne Australia 25.42 57.49   120 566 25.63 59.45   25 142 24.58 49.69   -1.04   -9.76
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
B Yardley Australia 31.63 70.71   16 44 37.77 95.61   17 82 28.34 57.34   -9.43 -38.27
M S Kasprowicz Australia 32.88 63.19   20 59 34.59 67.54   18 54 31.02 58.43   -3.57   -9.12
J N Gillespie Australia 26.14 54.96   52 199 25.57 53.53   19 60 28.03 59.68   2.47   6.15
B Lee Australia 30.82 53.33   58 225 31.94 53.61   18 85 27.86 52.56   -4.08   -1.05  
M G Johnson Australia 28.41 51.12   51 205 30.93 55.31   22 108 23.61 43.18   -7.32 -12.13
P M Siddle Australia 30.67 62.93   62 211 29.92 61.33   5 10 46.30 96.60   16.38 35.27
R J Harris Australia 23.52 50.76   12 47 23.64 49.19   15 66 23.44 51.88   -0.20   2.69  
Mohammad Rafique Bangladesh 40.76 87.44   23 75 36.84 83.65   10 25 52.52 98.80   15.68 15.15
J H Wardle England 20.39 64.68   20 64 21.77 71.20   8 38 18.08 53.68   -3.69   -17.52
M J Hoggard England 30.50 56.08   49 191 29.42 53.21   18 57 34.12 65.70   4.70   12.49
G P Swann England 29.97 60.19   36 153 28.82 58.19   24 102 31.69 63.20   2.86   5.01
S J Harmison England 31.82 59.18   54 205 30.82 57.50   9 21 41.57 75.57   10.75 18.07
S T Finn England 30.40 51.30   23 90 29.40 48.31   13 35 32.97 58.97   3.57   10.66
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 Gough England 28.40 51.62   53 218 27.08 50.15   5 11 54.55 80.82   27.47 30.67
A F Giles England 40.60 85.17   40 116 36.81 81.37   14 27 56.89 101.52   20.08 20.15
A Flintoff England 32.79 66.15   67 197 32.02 63.77   12 29 38.00 82.38   5.98 18.61
D G Cork England 29.82 58.61   31 118 28.50 56.12   6 13 41.77 81.23   13.27 25.11
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 V P Wright England 39.11 75.32   25 84 39.17 77.11   9 24 38.92 69.08   -0.25   -8.02
F S Trueman England 21.58 49.44   57 252 21.79 50.07   10 55 20.64 46.55   -1.15   -3.53  
H Verity England 24.38 77.59   29 107 23.07 70.17   11 37 28.14 99.05   5.06 28.89
D L Underwood England 25.84 73.61   78 278 25.30 71.88   8 19 33.74 98.89   8.44 27.01
J A Snow England 26.67 59.51   42 176 26.19 60.03   7 26 29.92 55.96   3.74   -4.07  
C M Old England 28.11 61.94   41 129 27.86 60.12   5 14 30.43 78.79   2.57   18.67
R Peel England 16.98 51.64   14 66 14.26 48.86   6 35 22.11 56.89   7.86 8.02
J C Laker England 21.25 62.32   32 139 21.76 60.01   14 54 19.94 68.26   -1.81   8.25
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 Illingworth England 31.20 96.59   50 109 28.99 92.44   11 13 49.77 131.38   20.78 38.94
A W Greig England 32.21 69.52   41 113 30.89 67.96   17 28 37.50 75.79   6.61 7.82
A V Bedser England 24.90 67.45   44 204 24.67 69.21   7 32 26.34 56.25   1.67   -12.96
P H Edmonds England 34.18 96.22   31 83 33.18 95.64   20 42 36.17 97.38   2.99   1.74  
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
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
G R Dilley England 29.76 59.36   28 86 31.08 61.79   13 52 27.58 55.35   -3.50   -6.44
I T Botham England 28.40 56.96   97 376 28.28 56.60   5 7 35.00 76.29   6.72 19.69
J Briggs England 17.75 45.19   27 106 14.68 38.13   6 12 44.83 107.50   30.15 69.37
A R Caddick England 29.91 57.94   40 143 28.74 60.34   22 91 31.75 54.16   3.01   -6.18
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 G Arnold England 28.30 66.52   16 57 24.79 63.19   18 58 31.74 69.79   6.95 6.60
T E Bailey England 29.21 73.58   46 99 31.30 74.17   15 33 22.94 71.79   -8.36 -2.38  
S F Barnes England 16.43 41.66   16 94 21.32 53.50   11 95 11.60 29.94   -9.72 -23.56
B S Bedi India 28.71 80.32   53 215 27.33 80.82   14 51 34.55 78.20   7.22 -2.62  
Kapil Dev India 29.65 63.92   115 401 29.66 62.26   16 33 29.48 84.03   -0.18   21.77
B S Chandrasekhar India 29.75 65.96   45 194 28.69 65.33   13 48 34.02 68.52   5.33 3.19  
D R Doshi India 30.72 81.77   18 62 29.15 87.56   15 52 32.60 74.87   3.45   -12.70
K D Ghavri India 33.54 64.55   18 59 26.59 50.07   21 50 41.74 81.64   15.15 31.57
S P Gupte India 29.55 75.73   31 134 29.13 73.30   5 15 33.33 97.47   4.21   24.17
A Kumble India 29.65 65.99   110 533 28.76 65.46   22 86 35.19 69.30   6.43 3.84  
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
R J Shastri India 40.97 104.31   73 143 41.36 105.62   7 8 34.00 81.00   -7.36 -24.62
J Srinath India 30.49 64.00   46 168 30.48 63.48   21 68 30.51 65.29   0.03   1.82  
S Venkataraghavan India 36.12 95.37   50 145 34.10 92.70   7 11 62.73 130.45   28.63 37.75
N S Yadav India 35.10 81.96   23 60 38.93 84.30   12 42 29.62 78.62   -9.31 -5.68
I K Pathan India 32.26 58.84   24 89 30.44 55.30   5 11 47.00 87.45   16.56 32.15
I Sharma India 32.41 61.61   96 292 32.68 61.68   9 19 28.11 60.53   -4.58   -1.15  
P P Ojha India 30.27 67.55   13 55 35.89 75.51   11 58 24.93 60.00   -10.96 -15.51
Z Khan India 32.95 60.40   83 288 31.78 58.05   9 23 47.57 89.83   15.78 31.77
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
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  
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
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
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  
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
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
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  
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
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  
Wasim Akram Pakistan 23.62 54.65   91 383 23.10 53.10   13 31 30.00 73.87   6.90 20.77
Imran Khan Pakistan 22.81 53.75   79 354 22.66 53.31   9 8 29.63 73.50   6.97 20.19
Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 24.71 70.75   26 125 22.12 62.52   8 14 47.79 144.21   25.67 81.69
Sarfraz Nawaz Pakistan 32.76 78.81   42 133 32.40 77.89   13 44 33.84 81.61   1.44   3.73  
Abdul Qadir Pakistan 32.81 72.57   57 216 31.50 70.53   10 20 46.95 94.55   15.45 24.02
M Iqbal Qasim Pakistan 28.11 76.13   41 137 29.15 78.73   9 34 23.91 65.68   -5.24 -13.05
Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 29.84 67.64   39 165 28.86 69.47   10 43 33.58 60.63   4.72   -8.84
Waqar Younis Pakistan 23.56 43.50   68 313 22.51 42.23   19 60 29.05 50.08   6.54 7.85
Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 25.70 45.75   39 161 24.76 44.09   7 17 34.53 61.47   9.77 17.38
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
Abdul Razzaq Pakistan 36.94 70.08   30 59 37.14 76.71   16 41 36.66 60.54   -0.48   -16.18
Saeed Ajmal Pakistan 28.11 65.15   23 122 27.10 61.35   12 56 30.30 73.41   3.21   12.06
Mohammad Asif Pakistan 24.45 48.83   11 51 23.14 45.76   12 55 25.67 51.67   2.54   5.91
Yasir Shah Pakistan 31.38 58.42   39 213 30.53 57.33   9 31 37.26 65.94   6.73 8.61
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
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
M Morkel South Africa 27.67 53.39   71 242 29.33 56.36   15 67 21.67 42.66   -7.66 -13.71
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
A Nel South Africa 31.86 62.03   23 84 29.80 59.04   13 39 36.31 68.49   6.51 9.45
N Boje South Africa 42.65 86.20   24 69 30.78 66.88   19 31 69.06 129.19   38.28 62.31
M Ntini South Africa 28.83 53.42   80 323 27.75 51.68   21 67 34.00 61.81   6.25 10.12
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  
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  
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  
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
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  
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 Muralitharan Sri Lanka 22.73 55.05   120 735 21.96 54.47   13 65 31.43 61.60   9.48 7.13
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  
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
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  
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
R A S Lakmal Sri Lanka 36.44 72.77   61 151 37.42 73.50   9 20 29.05 67.20   -8.37 -6.30
D Bishoo West Indies 36.86 68.36   21 78 36.53 67.77   15 40 37.53 69.53   1.00   1.76  
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  
F H Edwards West Indies 37.87 58.22   43 122 39.43 59.54   12 43 33.44 54.49   -5.99 -5.05
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
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  
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  
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
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
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
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 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  
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
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
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  
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
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
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
J Garner West Indies 20.98 50.85   47 210 21.38 52.15   11 49 19.24 45.24   -2.14   -6.91
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
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
H H Streak Zimbabwe 28.14 62.77   53 187 26.85 62.37   12 29 36.48 65.38   9.63 3.01  
No. of Records = 147  

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