Test Cricket - Bowling - Averages and Ratings
Worst Bowling Averages (minimum 500 Overs)  
  Player Country Career Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg   Best 5w 10w
1 G A Hick England 1991-2001 65 509.3 128 1306 23 56.78 4/126 0 0
2 J E Root* England 2012- 140 934.3 156 3068 68 45.12 5/8 1 0
3 P I Pocock England 1968-1985 25 1108.2 281 2976 67 44.42 6/79 3 0
4 R W Barber England 1960-1968 28 552.4 101 1806 42 43.00 4/132 0 0
5 E E Hemmings England 1982-1991 16 739.3 207 1825 43 42.44 6/58 1 0
6 A F Giles England 1998-2006 54 2030.0 397 5806 143 40.60 5/57 5 0
7 I J Jones England 1964-1968 15 548.0 98 1769 44 40.20 6/118 1 0
8 A U Rashid* England 2015-2019 19 636.0 50 2390 60 39.83 5/49 2 0
9 B L D'Oliveira England 1966-1972 44 912.0 318 1859 47 39.55 3/46 0 0
10 N G Cowans England 1982-1985 19 575.2 113 2003 51 39.27 6/77 2 0
11 D V P Wright England 1938-1951 34 1151.1 177 4224 108 39.11 7/105 6 1
12 L C Braund England 1901-1908 23 633.5 144 1810 47 38.51 8/81 3 0
13 J E Emburey England 1978-1995 64 2517.1 741 5646 147 38.41 7/78 6 0
14 W R Hammond England 1927-1947 85 1278.1 300 3138 83 37.81 5/36 2 0
15 P C R Tufnell England 1990-2001 42 1880.2 505 4560 121 37.69 7/47 5 2
16 C White England 1994-2002 30 659.5 119 2220 59 37.63 5/32 3 0
17 C C Lewis England 1990-1996 32 1142.0 220 3490 93 37.53 6/111 3 0
18 M M Ali* England 2014- 68 2101.4 293 7612 204 37.31 6/53 5 1
19 R D B Croft England 1996-2001 21 769.5 195 1825 49 37.24 5/95 1 0
20 D E Malcolm England 1989-1997 40 1413.2 252 4748 128 37.09 9/57 5 2
21 D R Pringle England 1982-1992 30 881.1 192 2518 70 35.97 5/95 3 0
22 S M Curran* England 2018- 24 515.1 96 1669 47 35.51 4/58 0 0
23 E R Dexter England 1958-1968 62 854.3 186 2306 66 34.94 4/10 0 0
24 M S Panesar England 2006-2013 50 2079.1 468 5797 167 34.71 6/37 12 2
25 M J Leach* England 2018- 36 1431.4 295 4335 126 34.40 5/66 5 1
26 P H Edmonds England 1975-1987 51 1938.2 613 4273 125 34.18 7/66 2 0
27 G C Small England 1986-1991 17 654.3 154 1871 55 34.02 5/48 2 0
28 F E Woolley England 1909-1934 64 1045.5 250 2815 83 33.92 7/76 4 1
29 P A J De Freitas England 1986-1995 44 1639.4 367 4700 140 33.57 7/70 4 0
30 P M Such England 1993-1999 11 520.4 135 1242 37 33.57 6/67 2 0
31 N A Foster England 1983-1993 29 1043.3 239 2891 88 32.85 8/107 5 1
32 A Flintoff England 1998-2009 79 2491.5 506 7410 226 32.79 5/58 3 0
33 T T Bresnan England 2009-2013 23 779.0 185 2357 72 32.74 5/48 1 0
34 N G B Cook England 1983-1989 15 695.4 220 1689 52 32.48 6/65 4 1
35 J C White England 1921-1931 15 800.1 253 1581 49 32.27 8/126 3 1
36 F J Titmus England 1955-1975 53 2302.0 763 4931 153 32.23 7/79 7 0
37 A W Greig England 1972-1977 58 1556.2 338 4541 141 32.21 8/86 6 2
38 B A Stokes* England 2013- 102 1916.5 344 6335 198 31.99 6/22 4 0
39 S J Harmison England 2002-2009 63 2229.1 431 7192 226 31.82 7/12 8 1
40 B R Knight England 1961-1969 29 857.5 204 2223 70 31.76 4/38 0 0
41 A D Mullally England 1996-2001 19 754.1 213 1812 58 31.24 5/105 1 0
42 M A Wood* England 2015- 34 1014.2 186 3374 108 31.24 6/37 4 0
43 R Illingworth England 1958-1973 61 1893.0 702 3807 122 31.20 6/29 3 0
44 N Gifford England 1964-1973 15 514.0 174 1026 33 31.09 5/55 1 0
45 F R Brown England 1931-1953 22 507.0 117 1398 45 31.07 5/49 1 0
46 D A Allen England 1960-1966 39 1816.3 685 3779 122 30.98 5/30 4 0
47 G Miller England 1976-1984 34 764.5 219 1859 60 30.98 5/44 1 0
48 M J Hoggard England 2000-2008 67 2318.1 492 7564 248 30.50 7/61 7 1
49 S T Finn England 2010-2016 36 1068.4 190 3800 125 30.40 6/79 5 0
50 W E Hollies England 1935-1950 13 592.2 176 1332 44 30.27 7/50 5 0
51 G H Hirst England 1897-1909 24 672.0 146 1770 59 30.00 5/48 3 0
52 G P Swann England 2008-2013 60 2558.1 493 7642 255 29.97 6/65 17 3
53 A R Caddick England 1993-2003 62 2259.4 500 6999 234 29.91 7/46 13 1
54 D G Cork England 1995-2002 37 1279.4 264 3906 131 29.82 7/43 5 0
55 G R Dilley England 1979-1989 41 1365.2 279 4107 138 29.76 6/38 6 0
56 G Geary England 1924-1934 14 635.0 181 1353 46 29.41 7/70 4 1
57 G O B Allen England 1930-1948 25 688.0 116 2379 81 29.37 7/80 5 1
58 T E Bailey England 1949-1959 61 1496.4 379 3856 132 29.21 7/34 5 1
59 C R Woakes* England 2013- 48 1428.1 322 4341 149 29.13 6/17 5 1
60 K Farnes England 1934-1939 15 574.6 103 1719 60 28.65 6/96 3 1

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