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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
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
Fazal Mahmood Pakistan 24.71 70.75   26 125 22.12 62.52   8 14 47.79 144.21   25.67 81.69
J Briggs England 17.75 45.19   27 106 14.68 38.13   6 12 44.83 107.50   30.15 69.37
N Boje South Africa 42.65 86.20   24 69 30.78 66.88   19 31 69.06 129.19   38.28 62.31
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
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 Illingworth England 31.20 96.59   50 109 28.99 92.44   11 13 49.77 131.38   20.78 38.94
R Benaud Australia 27.03 77.05   54 219 25.42 72.56   9 29 39.21 110.93   13.79 38.37
S Venkataraghavan India 36.12 95.37   50 145 34.10 92.70   7 11 62.73 130.45   28.63 37.75
P M Siddle Australia 30.67 62.93   62 211 29.92 61.33   5 10 46.30 96.60   16.38 35.27
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
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 Gough England 28.40 51.62   53 218 27.08 50.15   5 11 54.55 80.82   27.47 30.67
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
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 Verity England 24.38 77.59   29 107 23.07 70.17   11 37 28.14 99.05   5.06 28.89
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 R Lindwall Australia 23.03 59.87   55 212 22.16 57.91   6 16 34.56 85.88   12.40 27.97
M A Noble Australia 25.00 58.75   32 106 24.60 55.39   10 15 27.80 82.53   3.20   27.15
D L Underwood England 25.84 73.61   78 278 25.30 71.88   8 19 33.74 98.89   8.44 27.01
D G Cork England 29.82 58.61   31 118 28.50 56.12   6 13 41.77 81.23   13.27 25.11
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
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
Abdul Qadir Pakistan 32.81 72.57   57 216 31.50 70.53   10 20 46.95 94.55   15.45 24.02
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
Kapil Dev India 29.65 63.92   115 401 29.66 62.26   16 33 29.48 84.03   -0.18   21.77
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
Wasim Akram Pakistan 23.62 54.65   91 383 23.10 53.10   13 31 30.00 73.87   6.90 20.77
G D McKenzie Australia 29.79 71.87   47 207 28.40 68.60   13 39 37.15 89.26   8.75 20.66
Imran Khan Pakistan 22.81 53.75   79 354 22.66 53.31   9 8 29.63 73.50   6.97 20.19
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
A F Giles England 40.60 85.17   40 116 36.81 81.37   14 27 56.89 101.52   20.08 20.15
I T Botham England 28.40 56.96   97 376 28.28 56.60   5 7 35.00 76.29   6.72 19.69
C M Old England 28.11 61.94   41 129 27.86 60.12   5 14 30.43 78.79   2.57   18.67
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 Flintoff England 32.79 66.15   67 197 32.02 63.77   12 29 38.00 82.38   5.98 18.61
S J Harmison England 31.82 59.18   54 205 30.82 57.50   9 21 41.57 75.57   10.75 18.07
Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 25.70 45.75   39 161 24.76 44.09   7 17 34.53 61.47   9.77 17.38
R M Hogg Australia 28.48 62.06   23 85 23.89 57.06   15 38 38.74 73.24   14.84 16.18
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
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
Mohammad Rafique Bangladesh 40.76 87.44   23 75 36.84 83.65   10 25 52.52 98.80   15.68 15.15
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
W A Johnston Australia 23.91 69.05   30 132 22.02 66.44   10 28 32.82 81.36   10.80 14.92
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
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
M J Hoggard England 30.50 56.08   49 191 29.42 53.21   18 57 34.12 65.70   4.70   12.49
Saeed Ajmal Pakistan 28.11 65.15   23 122 27.10 61.35   12 56 30.30 73.41   3.21   12.06
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
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
M S Panesar England 34.71 74.70   39 126 34.37 71.76   11 41 35.76 83.73   1.38   11.97
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
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 E Malcolm England 37.09 66.25   33 113 36.16 65.01   7 15 44.13 75.60   7.97 10.59
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
M Ntini South Africa 28.83 53.42   80 323 27.75 51.68   21 67 34.00 61.81   6.25 10.12
A Nel South Africa 31.86 62.03   23 84 29.80 59.04   13 39 36.31 68.49   6.51 9.45
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 D Marshall West Indies 20.95 46.77   66 326 20.55 45.60   15 50 23.54 54.34   2.99   8.74
J C Laker England 21.25 62.32   32 139 21.76 60.01   14 54 19.94 68.26   -1.81   8.25
R Peel England 16.98 51.64   14 66 14.26 48.86   6 35 22.11 56.89   7.86 8.02
Waqar Younis Pakistan 23.56 43.50   68 313 22.51 42.23   19 60 29.05 50.08   6.54 7.85
A W Greig England 32.21 69.52   41 113 30.89 67.96   17 28 37.50 75.79   6.61 7.82
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
M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 22.73 55.05   120 735 21.96 54.47   13 65 31.43 61.60   9.48 7.13
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
G G Arnold England 28.30 66.52   16 57 24.79 63.19   18 58 31.74 69.79   6.95 6.60
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
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 N Gillespie Australia 26.14 54.96   52 199 25.57 53.53   19 60 28.03 59.68   2.47   6.15
Mohammad Asif Pakistan 24.45 48.83   11 51 23.14 45.76   12 55 25.67 51.67   2.54   5.91
Umar Gul Pakistan 34.07 58.89   34 125 33.93 57.62   13 38 34.53 63.08   0.60   5.46
G P Swann England 29.97 60.19   36 153 28.82 58.19   24 102 31.69 63.20   2.86   5.01
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 Kumble India 29.65 65.99   110 533 28.76 65.46   22 86 35.19 69.30   6.43 3.84  
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  
Sarfraz Nawaz Pakistan 32.76 78.81   42 133 32.40 77.89   13 44 33.84 81.61   1.44   3.73  
G D McGrath Australia 21.64 51.95   106 481 21.43 51.46   18 82 22.89 54.84   1.46   3.38  
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  
B S Chandrasekhar India 29.75 65.96   45 194 28.69 65.33   13 48 34.02 68.52   5.33 3.19  
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  
H H Streak Zimbabwe 28.14 62.77   53 187 26.85 62.37   12 29 36.48 65.38   9.63 3.01  
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  
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 A Holding West Indies 23.69 50.92   52 224 23.20 50.67   8 25 28.08 53.20   4.88   2.53  
J Srinath India 30.49 64.00   46 168 30.48 63.48   21 68 30.51 65.29   0.03   1.82  
D Bishoo West Indies 36.86 68.36   21 78 36.53 67.77   15 40 37.53 69.53   1.00   1.76  
P H Edmonds England 34.18 96.22   31 83 33.18 95.64   20 42 36.17 97.38   2.99   1.74  
P R Reiffel Australia 26.96 61.57   21 63 27.68 61.41   14 41 25.85 61.80   -1.83   0.39  
C J McDermott Australia 28.63 57.00   54 217 28.76 56.93   17 74 28.24 57.19   -0.52   0.26  
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  
K R Miller Australia 22.98 61.54   40 117 21.34 61.69   15 53 26.58 61.19   5.24 -0.50  
B Lee Australia 30.82 53.33   58 225 31.94 53.61   18 85 27.86 52.56   -4.08   -1.05  
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  
M G Hughes Australia 28.38 57.95   37 144 28.85 58.48   16 68 27.40 56.82   -1.45   -1.66  
D Kaneria Pakistan 34.80 67.80   51 220 33.90 68.15   10 41 39.61 65.93   5.71 -2.23  
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 G D Willis England 25.20 53.41   72 257 25.25 53.92   18 68 25.00 51.46   -0.25   -2.47  
B S Bedi India 28.71 80.32   53 215 27.33 80.82   14 51 34.55 78.20   7.22 -2.62  
G Giffen Australia 27.10 62.05   23 60 28.10 63.17   8 43 25.70 60.49   -2.40   -2.68  
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  
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  
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  
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  
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  
F S Trueman England 21.58 49.44   57 252 21.79 50.07   10 55 20.64 46.55   -1.15   -3.53  
C V Grimmett Australia 24.22 67.19   27 147 26.67 68.41   10 69 18.99 64.58   -7.69 -3.84  
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  
J A Snow England 26.67 59.51   42 176 26.19 60.03   7 26 29.92 55.96   3.74   -4.07  
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  
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  
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
N S Yadav India 35.10 81.96   23 60 38.93 84.30   12 42 29.62 78.62   -9.31 -5.68
A R Caddick England 29.91 57.94   40 143 28.74 60.34   22 91 31.75 54.16   3.01   -6.18
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 W Johnson Australia 29.19 80.55   28 70 29.80 82.86   17 39 28.10 76.41   -1.70   -6.45
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 S Martin New Zealand 33.64 60.20   59 190 34.78 61.67   12 43 28.60 53.70   -6.18 -7.97
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
Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 29.84 67.64   39 165 28.86 69.47   10 43 33.58 60.63   4.72   -8.84
M S Kasprowicz Australia 32.88 63.19   20 59 34.59 67.54   18 54 31.02 58.43   -3.57   -9.12
S K Warne Australia 25.42 57.49   120 566 25.63 59.45   25 142 24.58 49.69   -1.04   -9.76
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
M G Johnson Australia 28.41 51.12   51 205 30.93 55.31   22 108 23.61 43.18   -7.32 -12.13
D R Doshi India 30.72 81.77   18 62 29.15 87.56   15 52 32.60 74.87   3.45   -12.70
A V Bedser England 24.90 67.45   44 204 24.67 69.21   7 32 26.34 56.25   1.67   -12.96
M Iqbal Qasim Pakistan 28.11 76.13   41 137 29.15 78.73   9 34 23.91 65.68   -5.24 -13.05
H Trumble Australia 21.79 57.44   24 91 23.91 62.21   8 50 17.92 48.76   -5.99 -13.45
M Morkel South Africa 27.67 53.39   71 242 29.33 56.36   15 67 21.67 42.66   -7.66 -13.71
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 N Connolly Australia 29.23 76.65   17 52 31.67 84.02   12 50 26.68 68.98   -4.99   -15.04
P P Ojha India 30.27 67.55   13 55 35.89 75.51   11 58 24.93 60.00   -10.96 -15.51
Abdul Razzaq Pakistan 36.94 70.08   30 59 37.14 76.71   16 41 36.66 60.54   -0.48   -16.18
T M Alderman Australia 27.15 59.89   24 86 32.16 68.07   17 84 22.02 51.51   -10.14 -16.56
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
J H Wardle England 20.39 64.68   20 64 21.77 71.20   8 38 18.08 53.68   -3.69   -17.52
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
B A Reid Australia 24.64 55.26   19 67 28.79 63.33   8 46 18.59 43.50   -10.20 -19.83
S F Barnes England 16.43 41.66   16 94 21.32 53.50   11 95 11.60 29.94   -9.72 -23.56
R J Shastri India 40.97 104.31   73 143 41.36 105.62   7 8 34.00 81.00   -7.36 -24.62
B Yardley Australia 31.63 70.71   16 44 37.77 95.61   17 82 28.34 57.34   -9.43 -38.27
No. of Records = 143  

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