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Best Bowling Averages - minimum wickets  
  Player Country Career Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg   Best 5w 10w
1 M J Procter South Africa 1967-1970 7 252.2 80 616 41 15.02 6/73 1 0
2 S J Snooke South Africa 1906-1923 26 270.0 62 702 35 20.06 8/70 1 1
3 B N Schultz South Africa 1992-1997 9 288.5 82 749 37 20.24 5/48 2 0
4 N A T Adcock South Africa 1953-1962 26 917.3 218 2195 104 21.11 6/43 5 0
5 K Rabada* South Africa 2015- 62 1902.4 378 6419 291 22.06 7/112 14 4
6 A E Hall South Africa 1923-1931 7 393.3 107 886 40 22.15 7/63 3 1
7 A A Donald South Africa 1992-2002 72 2586.3 661 7344 330 22.25 8/71 20 3
8 V D Philander South Africa 2011-2020 64 1898.3 507 5000 224 22.32 6/21 13 2
9 L Ngidi* South Africa 2018- 18 391.5 94 1222 54 22.63 6/39 3 0
10 K J Abbott South Africa 2013-2017 11 346.5 95 886 39 22.72 7/29 3 0
11 A E E Vogler South Africa 1906-1911 15 460.4 96 1455 64 22.73 7/94 5 1
12 M Jansen* South Africa 2021- 13 330.0 59 1117 49 22.80 5/35 1 0
13 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 93 3101.2 660 10077 439 22.95 7/51 26 5
14 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008 108 4058.5 1211 9733 421 23.12 7/87 16 1
15 P M Pollock South Africa 1961-1970 28 1034.0 270 2806 116 24.19 6/38 9 1
16 P S De Villiers South Africa 1993-1998 18 800.5 221 2061 85 24.25 6/23 5 2
17 D Olivier* South Africa 2017- 16 382.0 64 1432 59 24.27 6/37 3 1
18 P S Heine South Africa 1955-1962 14 545.0 106 1455 58 25.09 6/58 4 0
19 R O Schwarz South Africa 1906-1912 20 439.5 66 1417 55 25.76 6/47 2 0
20 H J Tayfield South Africa 1949-1960 37 1851.0 602 4405 170 25.91 9/113 14 2
21 T L Goddard South Africa 1955-1970 41 1767.4 706 3226 123 26.23 6/53 5 0
22 G A Faulkner South Africa 1906-1924 25 704.3 124 2180 82 26.59 7/84 4 0
23 A Nortje* South Africa 2019- 19 509.4 81 1870 70 26.71 6/56 4 0
24 S R Harmer* South Africa 2015- 10 350.5 68 1075 39 27.56 4/61 0 0
25 M Morkel South Africa 2006-2018 86 2749.4 605 8550 309 27.67 6/23 8 0
26 M Ntini South Africa 1998-2009 101 3472.2 759 11242 390 28.83 7/37 18 4
27 C R Matthews South Africa 1992-1995 18 663.2 231 1502 52 28.88 5/42 2 0
28 C B Llewellyn South Africa 1896-1912 15 393.4 55 1421 48 29.60 6/92 4 1
29 M Hayward South Africa 1999-2004 16 470.1 90 1609 54 29.80 5/56 1 0
30 W J Cronje South Africa 1992-2000 68 633.2 243 1288 43 29.95 3/14 0 0

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