Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Averages and Ratings
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
S F Barnes England 16.43 41.66   16 94 21.32 53.50   11 95 11.60 29.94   -9.72 -23.56
H Trumble Australia 21.79 57.44   24 91 23.91 62.21   8 50 17.92 48.76   -5.99 -13.45
J H Wardle England 20.39 64.68   20 64 21.77 71.20   8 38 18.08 53.68   -3.69   -17.52
B A Reid Australia 24.64 55.26   19 67 28.79 63.33   8 46 18.59 43.50   -10.20 -19.83
C V Grimmett Australia 24.22 67.19   27 147 26.67 68.41   10 69 18.99 64.58   -7.69 -3.84  
J Garner West Indies 20.98 50.85   47 210 21.38 52.15   11 49 19.24 45.24   -2.14   -6.91
J C Laker England 21.25 62.32   32 139 21.76 60.01   14 54 19.94 68.26   -1.81   8.25
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
F S Trueman England 21.58 49.44   57 252 21.79 50.07   10 55 20.64 46.55   -1.15   -3.53  
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  
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  
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  
M Morkel South Africa 27.67 53.39   71 242 29.33 56.36   15 67 21.67 42.66   -7.66 -13.71
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 Peel England 16.98 51.64   14 66 14.26 48.86   6 35 22.11 56.89   7.86 8.02
A K Davidson Australia 20.53 62.30   34 139 19.91 61.14   10 47 22.38 65.70   2.48   4.56  
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
G D McGrath Australia 21.64 51.95   106 481 21.43 51.46   18 82 22.89 54.84   1.46   3.38  
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
T E Bailey England 29.21 73.58   46 99 31.30 74.17   15 33 22.94 71.79   -8.36 -2.38  
R J Harris Australia 23.52 50.76   12 47 23.64 49.19   15 66 23.44 51.88   -0.20   2.69  
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
Mohammad Amir Pakistan 30.40 63.98   25 81 33.62 65.28   11 38 23.55 61.21   -10.06 -4.07  
M G Johnson Australia 28.41 51.12   51 205 30.93 55.31   22 108 23.61 43.18   -7.32 -12.13
M Iqbal Qasim Pakistan 28.11 76.13   41 137 29.15 78.73   9 34 23.91 65.68   -5.24 -13.05
S K Warne Australia 25.42 57.49   120 566 25.63 59.45   25 142 24.58 49.69   -1.04   -9.76
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
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  
P P Ojha India 30.27 67.55   13 55 35.89 75.51   11 58 24.93 60.00   -10.96 -15.51
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  
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
Mohammad Asif Pakistan 24.45 48.83   11 51 23.14 45.76   12 55 25.67 51.67   2.54   5.91
G Giffen Australia 27.10 62.05   23 60 28.10 63.17   8 43 25.70 60.49   -2.40   -2.68  
P R Reiffel Australia 26.96 61.57   21 63 27.68 61.41   14 41 25.85 61.80   -1.83   0.39  
S Ramadhin West Indies 28.98 88.22   35 129 29.68 90.92   8 29 25.86 76.21   -3.82   -14.72
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  
A V Bedser England 24.90 67.45   44 204 24.67 69.21   7 32 26.34 56.25   1.67   -12.96
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
K R Miller Australia 22.98 61.54   40 117 21.34 61.69   15 53 26.58 61.19   5.24 -0.50  
A N Connolly Australia 29.23 76.65   17 52 31.67 84.02   12 50 26.68 68.98   -4.99   -15.04
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  
M G Hughes Australia 28.38 57.95   37 144 28.85 58.48   16 68 27.40 56.82   -1.45   -1.66  
G R Dilley England 29.76 59.36   28 86 31.08 61.79   13 52 27.58 55.35   -3.50   -6.44
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 Lee Australia 30.82 53.33   58 225 31.94 53.61   18 85 27.86 52.56   -4.08   -1.05  
J N Gillespie Australia 26.14 54.96   52 199 25.57 53.53   19 60 28.03 59.68   2.47   6.15
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
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  
I W Johnson Australia 29.19 80.55   28 70 29.80 82.86   17 39 28.10 76.41   -1.70   -6.45
H Verity England 24.38 77.59   29 107 23.07 70.17   11 37 28.14 99.05   5.06 28.89
C J McDermott Australia 28.63 57.00   54 217 28.76 56.93   17 74 28.24 57.19   -0.52   0.26  
B Yardley Australia 31.63 70.71   16 44 37.77 95.61   17 82 28.34 57.34   -9.43 -38.27
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  
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
Waqar Younis Pakistan 23.56 43.50   68 313 22.51 42.23   19 60 29.05 50.08   6.54 7.85
Kapil Dev India 29.65 63.92   115 401 29.66 62.26   16 33 29.48 84.03   -0.18   21.77
N S Yadav India 35.10 81.96   23 60 38.93 84.30   12 42 29.62 78.62   -9.31 -5.68
Imran Khan Pakistan 22.81 53.75   79 354 22.66 53.31   9 8 29.63 73.50   6.97 20.19
J A Snow England 26.67 59.51   42 176 26.19 60.03   7 26 29.92 55.96   3.74   -4.07  
Wasim Akram Pakistan 23.62 54.65   91 383 23.10 53.10   13 31 30.00 73.87   6.90 20.77
Saeed Ajmal Pakistan 28.11 65.15   23 122 27.10 61.35   12 56 30.30 73.41   3.21   12.06
C M Old England 28.11 61.94   41 129 27.86 60.12   5 14 30.43 78.79   2.57   18.67
J Srinath India 30.49 64.00   46 168 30.48 63.48   21 68 30.51 65.29   0.03   1.82  
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
G F Lawson Australia 30.56 61.77   37 145 30.48 60.03   9 35 30.89 68.94   0.40   8.91
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 H Kallis South Africa 32.65 69.29   149 271 32.75 69.01   17 21 31.43 72.81   -1.32   3.79  
M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 22.73 55.05   120 735 21.96 54.47   13 65 31.43 61.60   9.48 7.13
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
G P Swann England 29.97 60.19   36 153 28.82 58.19   24 102 31.69 63.20   2.86   5.01
G G Arnold England 28.30 66.52   16 57 24.79 63.19   18 58 31.74 69.79   6.95 6.60
A R Caddick England 29.91 57.94   40 143 28.74 60.34   22 91 31.75 54.16   3.01   -6.18
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
D A Allen England 30.98 92.60   26 80 30.41 90.46   13 42 32.05 96.67   1.64   6.20
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  
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
D R Doshi India 30.72 81.77   18 62 29.15 87.56   15 52 32.60 74.87   3.45   -12.70
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
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  
W A Johnston Australia 23.91 69.05   30 132 22.02 66.44   10 28 32.82 81.36   10.80 14.92
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
S T Finn England 30.40 51.30   23 90 29.40 48.31   13 35 32.97 58.97   3.57   10.66
D K Lillee Australia 23.92 52.02   59 321 22.94 49.69   11 34 33.21 74.00   10.27 24.31
S P Gupte India 29.55 75.73   31 134 29.13 73.30   5 15 33.33 97.47   4.21   24.17
Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 29.84 67.64   39 165 28.86 69.47   10 43 33.58 60.63   4.72   -8.84
D L Underwood England 25.84 73.61   78 278 25.30 71.88   8 19 33.74 98.89   8.44 27.01
Sarfraz Nawaz Pakistan 32.76 78.81   42 133 32.40 77.89   13 44 33.84 81.61   1.44   3.73  
R J Shastri India 40.97 104.31   73 143 41.36 105.62   7 8 34.00 81.00   -7.36 -24.62
M Ntini South Africa 28.83 53.42   80 323 27.75 51.68   21 67 34.00 61.81   6.25 10.12
B S Chandrasekhar India 29.75 65.96   45 194 28.69 65.33   13 48 34.02 68.52   5.33 3.19  
M J Hoggard England 30.50 56.08   49 191 29.42 53.21   18 57 34.12 65.70   4.70   12.49
Umar Gul Pakistan 34.07 58.89   34 125 33.93 57.62   13 38 34.53 63.08   0.60   5.46
Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 25.70 45.75   39 161 24.76 44.09   7 17 34.53 61.47   9.77 17.38
B S Bedi India 28.71 80.32   53 215 27.33 80.82   14 51 34.55 78.20   7.22 -2.62  
R R Lindwall Australia 23.03 59.87   55 212 22.16 57.91   6 16 34.56 85.88   12.40 27.97
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
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
I T Botham England 28.40 56.96   97 376 28.28 56.60   5 7 35.00 76.29   6.72 19.69
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
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
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
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  
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  
M S Panesar England 34.71 74.70   39 126 34.37 71.76   11 41 35.76 83.73   1.38   11.97
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  
P H Edmonds England 34.18 96.22   31 83 33.18 95.64   20 42 36.17 97.38   2.99   1.74  
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
A Nel South Africa 31.86 62.03   23 84 29.80 59.04   13 39 36.31 68.49   6.51 9.45
H H Streak Zimbabwe 28.14 62.77   53 187 26.85 62.37   12 29 36.48 65.38   9.63 3.01  
Abdul Razzaq Pakistan 36.94 70.08   30 59 37.14 76.71   16 41 36.66 60.54   -0.48   -16.18
G D McKenzie Australia 29.79 71.87   47 207 28.40 68.60   13 39 37.15 89.26   8.75 20.66
A W Greig England 32.21 69.52   41 113 30.89 67.96   17 28 37.50 75.79   6.61 7.82
D Bishoo West Indies 36.86 68.36   21 78 36.53 67.77   15 40 37.53 69.53   1.00   1.76  
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
A Flintoff England 32.79 66.15   67 197 32.02 63.77   12 29 38.00 82.38   5.98 18.61
R M Hogg Australia 28.48 62.06   23 85 23.89 57.06   15 38 38.74 73.24   14.84 16.18
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
R Benaud Australia 27.03 77.05   54 219 25.42 72.56   9 29 39.21 110.93   13.79 38.37
D Kaneria Pakistan 34.80 67.80   51 220 33.90 68.15   10 41 39.61 65.93   5.71 -2.23  
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  
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
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
S J Harmison England 31.82 59.18   54 205 30.82 57.50   9 21 41.57 75.57   10.75 18.07
K D Ghavri India 33.54 64.55   18 59 26.59 50.07   21 50 41.74 81.64   15.15 31.57
D G Cork England 29.82 58.61   31 118 28.50 56.12   6 13 41.77 81.23   13.27 25.11
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
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
D E Malcolm England 37.09 66.25   33 113 36.16 65.01   7 15 44.13 75.60   7.97 10.59
J Briggs England 17.75 45.19   27 106 14.68 38.13   6 12 44.83 107.50   30.15 69.37
P M Siddle Australia 30.67 62.93   62 211 29.92 61.33   5 10 46.30 96.60   16.38 35.27
Abdul Qadir Pakistan 32.81 72.57   57 216 31.50 70.53   10 20 46.95 94.55   15.45 24.02
I K Pathan India 32.26 58.84   24 89 30.44 55.30   5 11 47.00 87.45   16.56 32.15
Z Khan India 32.95 60.40   83 288 31.78 58.05   9 23 47.57 89.83   15.78 31.77
Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 24.71 70.75   26 125 22.12 62.52   8 14 47.79 144.21   25.67 81.69
R Illingworth England 31.20 96.59   50 109 28.99 92.44   11 13 49.77 131.38   20.78 38.94
Mohammad Rafique Bangladesh 40.76 87.44   23 75 36.84 83.65   10 25 52.52 98.80   15.68 15.15
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
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
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
S Venkataraghavan India 36.12 95.37   50 145 34.10 92.70   7 11 62.73 130.45   28.63 37.75
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 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
No. of Records = 144  

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