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One Day Internationals - 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
W J Cronje
South Africa
34.79
46.99
130
71
39.13
53.51
58
43
27.63
36.23
-11.50
-17.27
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
23.84
30.52
204
323
23.89
31.20
58
93
23.69
28.19
-0.20
-3.00
A B Agarkar
India
27.85
32.93
139
217
27.05
31.89
52
71
30.31
36.11
3.26
4.22
Mohammad Rafique
Bangladesh
37.91
51.31
73
66
42.12
55.03
52
59
33.20
47.15
-8.92
-7.88
N W Bracken
Australia
24.37
33.10
67
112
21.37
29.49
49
62
29.79
39.61
8.42
10.12
S M Pollock
South Africa
24.51
39.98
254
342
24.33
38.70
49
51
25.67
48.59
1.33
9.89
A Nehra
India
31.73
36.63
72
92
31.08
38.87
48
65
32.65
33.46
1.57
-5.41
Shahid Afridi
Pakistan
34.51
44.73
352
348
34.10
44.29
46
47
37.57
48.00
3.48
3.71
C L Hooper
West Indies
36.05
49.60
182
163
34.04
46.61
45
30
47.00
65.87
12.96
19.26
G D McGrath
Australia
22.02
34.04
205
315
22.05
34.16
45
66
21.89
33.50
-0.16
-0.66
T M Dilshan
Sri Lanka
45.08
55.47
287
80
46.79
58.90
43
26
39.81
44.92
-6.98
-13.98
P D Collingwood
England
38.68
46.72
154
84
38.95
46.52
43
27
37.85
47.33
-1.10
0.81
G B Hogg
Australia
26.85
35.67
81
98
29.27
38.76
42
58
22.76
30.45
-6.51
-8.31
J N Gillespie
Australia
25.43
36.23
55
85
24.82
34.91
42
57
26.33
38.19
1.51
3.29
J Srinath
India
28.09
37.89
187
252
28.66
38.79
42
63
25.78
34.29
-2.88
-4.50
W P U J C Vaas
Sri Lanka
27.54
39.44
281
354
27.40
38.96
41
46
28.61
43.13
1.21
4.17
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
23.53
36.23
316
440
23.81
36.88
40
62
21.52
31.63
-2.30
-5.25
S R Waugh
Australia
34.67
45.55
286
191
34.70
45.79
39
4
33.50
34.50
-1.20
-11.29
C L Cairns
New Zealand
32.81
40.64
177
161
33.16
41.75
38
40
31.40
36.15
-1.76
-5.60
Kapil Dev
India
27.45
44.28
189
226
26.25
42.15
36
27
37.48
62.04
11.23
19.88
C Pringle
New Zealand
23.87
32.17
29
44
24.55
33.55
35
59
23.37
31.15
-1.17
-2.39
B Lee
Australia
23.36
29.43
186
324
23.01
29.25
35
56
25.38
30.48
2.36
1.23
A G Cremer
Zimbabwe
30.23
39.33
61
74
31.32
39.59
35
45
28.42
38.89
-2.90
-0.71
A Nel
South Africa
27.69
35.86
45
58
29.59
37.66
34
48
25.40
33.69
-4.19
-3.97
Saeed Ajmal
Pakistan
22.73
32.61
79
125
22.70
33.09
34
59
22.80
31.59
0.10
-1.49
M V Dillon
West Indies
32.45
42.15
74
99
29.21
38.53
34
31
42.77
53.74
13.56
15.22
C Z Harris
New Zealand
37.50
52.55
216
192
36.43
50.65
34
11
56.18
85.73
19.75
35.08
P A de Silva
Sri Lanka
39.41
48.57
275
91
39.13
47.99
33
15
41.07
52.07
1.93
4.08
A A Donald
South Africa
21.79
31.47
131
217
21.43
31.58
33
55
23.20
31.07
1.77
-0.50
L Klusener
South Africa
29.95
38.21
138
165
28.43
36.38
33
27
39.26
49.41
10.83
13.03
R W Price
Zimbabwe
35.75
53.74
69
69
33.58
51.87
33
31
40.58
57.90
7.00
6.03
Mashrafe Mortaza
Bangladesh
32.94
40.45
187
238
31.18
39.12
33
32
46.00
50.38
14.82
11.26
L E Plunkett
England
29.70
30.64
57
88
30.53
31.69
32
47
28.15
28.68
-2.39
-3.01
M G Johnson
Australia
25.26
31.33
121
188
25.17
31.29
32
51
25.61
31.51
0.44
0.22
S C Ganguly
India
38.49
45.61
279
93
37.31
44.33
32
7
54.14
62.57
16.83
18.24
E J Chatfield
New Zealand
25.84
43.32
82
109
23.14
40.21
32
31
35.35
54.26
12.22
14.05
S P O'Donnell
Australia
28.72
40.28
56
63
32.33
44.37
31
45
23.67
34.56
-8.67
-9.81
S B Styris
New Zealand
35.32
44.63
157
122
34.49
43.55
31
15
42.07
53.40
7.57
9.85
Imran Khan
Pakistan
26.62
40.99
145
164
24.45
38.05
30
18
46.33
67.78
21.88
29.72
Aaqib Javed
Pakistan
31.43
44.02
134
146
31.76
45.71
29
36
30.11
37.19
-1.65
-8.51
D K Morrison
New Zealand
27.54
36.40
67
85
29.01
38.08
29
41
24.49
32.90
-4.52
-5.18
B K V Prasad
India
32.31
41.47
132
158
31.97
41.93
29
38
33.68
39.58
1.71
-2.35
S R Watson
Australia
31.80
38.49
161
156
28.98
36.35
29
12
68.42
66.33
39.44
29.99
Imran Tahir
South Africa
24.84
32.03
78
132
23.88
30.73
29
41
27.93
36.20
4.05
5.46
Abdul Razzaq
Pakistan
31.84
40.67
237
254
31.12
39.78
28
15
43.93
55.87
12.81
16.09
G P Swann
England
27.77
36.63
51
72
24.82
32.92
28
32
34.41
44.97
9.59
12.05
A Symonds
Australia
37.26
44.62
170
124
37.57
45.06
28
9
32.89
38.56
-4.68
-6.51
M M Prabhakar
India
28.88
40.51
102
129
26.80
39.19
28
28
38.46
46.57
11.67
7.38
D K Lillee
Australia
20.83
34.88
36
69
17.26
29.77
27
34
28.06
45.26
10.80
15.50
M A Holding
West Indies
21.37
38.54
75
107
21.81
38.97
27
35
20.00
37.23
-1.81
-1.74
D W Fleming
Australia
25.39
34.47
61
96
24.35
33.43
27
38
28.00
37.11
3.65
3.68
G R Larsen
New Zealand
35.40
56.35
94
88
35.18
57.05
27
25
36.16
53.92
0.98
-3.13
D Gough
England
26.42
36.04
132
195
26.12
36.48
27
40
27.90
33.93
1.78
-2.55
W B Rankin
Ireland
27.88
34.92
48
61
30.30
37.03
27
45
24.60
32.07
-5.70
-4.97
S L Malinga
Sri Lanka
28.88
32.36
199
298
28.40
32.20
27
40
32.45
33.50
4.05
1.30
K D Mills
New Zealand
27.02
34.29
144
212
26.03
33.22
26
28
34.50
42.39
8.47
9.17
Z Khan
India
29.44
35.80
175
241
29.80
36.32
25
41
27.27
32.76
-2.54
-3.57
Saqlain Mushtaq
Pakistan
21.79
30.45
144
257
20.89
29.33
25
31
29.19
39.77
8.30
10.45
J Garner
West Indies
18.85
36.51
73
109
18.95
37.39
25
37
18.54
33.89
-0.41
-3.50
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
24.13
41.57
151
204
23.14
39.47
25
21
33.76
62.00
10.62
22.53
W K M Benjamin
West Indies
30.79
44.42
60
69
32.39
46.91
25
31
27.23
38.87
-5.17
-8.04
I R Bishop
West Indies
26.50
36.71
60
97
22.98
32.86
24
21
42.76
54.52
19.78
21.67
R A Harper
West Indies
34.31
51.75
81
73
35.55
53.59
24
27
30.96
46.78
-4.58
-6.81
M D Marshall
West Indies
26.96
45.70
112
137
24.54
43.39
24
20
43.55
61.50
19.01
18.11
R J Shastri
India
36.05
51.26
126
115
35.24
50.37
24
14
42.64
58.64
7.40
8.28
C J McDermott
Australia
24.72
36.75
115
170
24.84
36.71
23
33
24.09
36.97
-0.75
0.26
D L Vettori
New Zealand
31.72
46.10
272
282
31.49
45.76
23
23
34.52
50.30
3.03
4.55
Shoaib Akhtar
Pakistan
24.98
31.43
140
220
23.50
30.16
23
27
37.04
41.78
13.54
11.61
Dawlat Zadran
Afghanistan
29.77
32.77
59
84
28.44
32.01
23
31
33.35
34.84
4.91
2.83
B A W Mendis
Sri Lanka
21.87
27.33
65
109
20.83
28.39
22
43
24.51
24.63
3.69
-3.77
M Ntini
South Africa
24.66
32.66
151
237
23.60
32.07
22
29
33.31
37.45
9.71
5.38
A Flintoff
England
24.38
33.28
119
131
25.60
35.19
22
38
20.21
26.68
-5.38
-8.51
C A Walsh
West Indies
30.48
47.67
183
202
30.71
47.78
22
25
28.56
46.80
-2.15
-0.98
H H Streak
Zimbabwe
29.83
39.62
167
206
30.52
40.53
22
33
25.48
33.88
-5.04
-6.66
Mudassar Nazar
Pakistan
30.92
43.74
100
93
28.67
40.14
22
18
42.56
62.33
13.89
22.19
I V A Richards
West Indies
35.83
47.83
165
108
34.58
46.68
22
10
49.30
60.30
14.72
13.62
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
23.08
35.23
329
505
22.74
35.08
21
29
29.00
37.86
6.26
2.79
S R Tendulkar
India
44.48
52.30
442
154
44.27
52.08
21
0
Abdur Razzak
Bangladesh
29.30
38.48
133
185
28.13
37.64
20
22
39.14
45.55
11.01
7.91
J D P Oram
New Zealand
29.17
39.95
141
142
30.52
42.25
19
31
23.00
29.42
-7.52
-12.83
Junaid Khan
Pakistan
29.24
32.74
58
86
28.94
32.12
18
24
30.29
34.96
1.35
2.84
H D P K Dharmasena
Sri Lanka
36.22
50.79
123
127
35.01
48.57
18
11
50.18
76.45
15.17
27.89
I T Botham
England
28.54
43.25
98
118
29.75
44.65
18
27
23.26
37.11
-6.49
-7.54
M C Snedden
New Zealand
28.39
39.69
76
95
29.03
39.24
17
19
25.21
41.95
-3.82
2.71
P R Reiffel
Australia
29.21
44.64
75
90
28.07
43.31
17
16
35.63
52.13
7.56
8.81
P Utseya
Zimbabwe
46.91
64.44
148
116
47.67
66.18
16
17
41.71
52.59
-5.97
-13.59
K M D N Kulasekara
Sri Lanka
33.92
41.52
168
182
34.09
42.22
16
17
32.12
34.06
-1.98
-8.16
T T Bresnan
England
34.98
38.72
69
88
35.22
39.08
16
21
34.00
37.24
-1.22
-1.84
S E Bond
New Zealand
20.88
29.22
67
125
19.33
27.57
15
22
29.73
38.59
10.40
11.02
N L T C Perera
Sri Lanka
32.80
33.61
152
168
31.23
31.80
14
7
70.43
77.00
39.20
45.20
U D U Chandana
Sri Lanka
31.91
40.68
133
138
31.13
40.07
14
13
40.15
47.15
9.02
7.09
D R Tuffey
New Zealand
32.13
39.39
80
91
31.98
40.37
14
19
32.84
34.68
0.86
-5.69
C R D Fernando
Sri Lanka
30.20
34.80
134
169
30.06
34.58
13
18
31.56
36.83
1.50
2.25
S T Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka
36.75
46.05
432
313
36.75
46.27
13
10
36.70
39.00
-0.05
-7.27
C K Langeveldt
South Africa
29.62
34.89
59
82
28.46
34.28
13
18
34.89
37.67
6.43
3.39
I K Pathan
India
29.72
33.84
107
152
29.91
34.17
13
21
28.38
31.48
-1.53
-2.69
Naved-ul-Hasan
Pakistan
29.28
31.51
62
95
27.68
30.04
12
15
39.40
40.80
11.72
10.76
Wahab Riaz
Pakistan
34.31
36.06
79
102
34.34
36.23
12
18
34.11
35.11
-0.23
-1.11
S T Finn
England
29.37
34.80
57
86
28.10
33.95
12
16
36.19
39.38
8.08
5.42
M Morkel
South Africa
25.32
30.64
106
180
24.36
29.63
11
8
47.00
53.25
22.64
23.62
J E Taylor
West Indies
29.53
33.91
79
123
26.92
32.07
11
5
93.80
79.20
66.88
47.13
E Chigumbura
Zimbabwe
42.32
42.96
202
101
42.32
42.96
11
0
Yuvraj Singh
India
38.68
45.48
293
111
38.18
44.94
11
0
A Kumble
India
30.90
43.01
260
323
30.73
42.96
11
14
34.64
44.21
3.91
1.25
P A J De Freitas
England
32.83
49.67
92
104
32.00
49.55
11
11
40.64
50.82
8.64
1.27
D W Steyn
South Africa
25.95
31.92
116
180
26.63
32.34
9
16
18.38
27.19
-8.25
-5.15
G P Wickramasinghe
Sri Lanka
39.64
52.48
126
103
39.31
52.95
8
6
45.33
44.33
6.02
-8.62
J H Kallis
South Africa
31.79
39.38
321
270
31.70
39.39
7
3
40.67
38.00
8.97
-1.39
Harbhajan Singh
India
33.36
46.39
229
259
33.40
46.56
7
10
32.20
42.00
-1.20
-4.56
D N T Zoysa
Sri Lanka
29.75
39.44
88
103
29.18
39.49
7
5
41.40
38.40
12.22
-1.09
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
21.56
39.13
108
144
21.84
40.00
7
14
18.71
30.14
-3.13
-9.86
Umar Gul
Pakistan
29.35
33.88
124
173
28.71
33.42
6
6
47.83
47.00
19.13
13.58
M F Maharoof
Sri Lanka
28.07
34.37
104
133
26.80
33.31
5
2
112.00
105.00
85.20
71.69
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