Test Cricket - Lowest Bowling Averages

Best Bowling Averages - minimum wickets

	Player	Country	Career	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w	10w
1	G A Lohmann	England	1886-1896	18	801	364	1205	112	10.76	9/28	9	5
2	S F Barnes	England	1901-1914	27	1312.1	356	3106	189	16.43	9/103	24	7
3	C T B Turner	Australia	1887-1895	17	1057.2	457	1670	101	16.53	7/43	11	2
4	R Peel	England	1884-1896	20	1073.3	444	1715	101	16.98	7/31	5	1
5	J Briggs	England	1884-1899	33	1052.3	385	2094	118	17.75	8/11	9	4
6	C Blythe	England	1901-1910	19	757.4	231	1863	100	18.63	8/59	9	4
7	J J Bumrah*	India	2018-	48	1558	366	4341	219	19.82	6/27	15	0
8	J H Wardle	England	1948-1957	28	1029.1	403	2080	102	20.39	7/36	5	1
9	A K Davidson	Australia	1953-1963	44	1662.3	431	3819	186	20.53	7/93	14	2
10	M D Marshall	West Indies	1978-1991	81	2930.4	613	7876	376	20.95	7/22	22	4
11	J Garner	West Indies	1977-1987	58	2194.5	575	5433	259	20.98	6/56	7	0
12	C E L Ambrose	West Indies	1988-2000	98	3683.5	1001	8502	405	20.99	8/45	22	3
13	N A T Adcock	South Africa	1953-1962	26	917.3	218	2195	104	21.11	6/43	5	0
14	J C Laker	England	1948-1959	46	1913.3	674	4101	193	21.25	10/53	9	3
15	F S Trueman	England	1952-1965	67	2447.4	522	6625	307	21.58	8/31	17	3
16	G D McGrath	Australia	1993-2007	124	4874.4	1470	12186	563	21.64	8/24	29	3
17	K Rabada*	South Africa	2015-	71	2183.2	433	7306	336	21.74	7/112	17	4
18	H Trumble	Australia	1890-1904	32	1431.2	452	3072	141	21.79	8/65	9	3
19	P J Cummins*	Australia	2011-	71	2364.3	515	6829	309	22.10	6/23	14	2
20	A A Donald	South Africa	1992-2002	72	2586.3	661	7344	330	22.25	8/71	20	3
21	R J Hadlee	New Zealand	1973-1990	86	3460.4	809	9611	431	22.30	9/52	36	9
22	V D Philander	South Africa	2011-2020	64	1898.3	507	5000	224	22.32	6/21	13	2
23	W J O'Reilly	Australia	1932-1946	27	1588	585	3254	144	22.60	7/54	11	3
24	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	1992-2010	133	7339.5	1792	18180	800	22.73	9/51	67	22
25	Imran Khan	Pakistan	1971-1992	88	3106	727	8258	362	22.81	8/58	23	6
26	D W Steyn	South Africa	2004-2019	93	3101.2	660	10077	439	22.95	7/51	26	5
27	K R Miller	Australia	1946-1956	55	1496.1	337	3906	170	22.98	7/60	7	1
28	R R Lindwall	Australia	1946-1960	61	1970.2	419	5251	228	23.03	7/38	12	0
29	S M Pollock	South Africa	1995-2008	108	4058.5	1211	9733	421	23.12	7/87	16	1
30	Mohammad Abbas*	Pakistan	2017-	27	925.4	272	2318	100	23.18	6/54	5	1
31	C E H Croft	West Indies	1977-1982	27	1027.3	211	2913	125	23.30	8/29	3	0
32	R J Harris	Australia	2010-2015	27	956	258	2658	113	23.52	7/117	5	0
33	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1989-2003	87	2704	516	8788	373	23.56	7/76	22	5
34	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1985-2002	104	3771.1	871	9779	414	23.62	7/119	25	5
35	M A Holding	West Indies	1975-1987	60	2066.4	459	5898	249	23.69	8/92	13	2
36	R Ashwin*	India	2011-	106	4536	907	12839	537	23.91	7/59	37	8
37	W A Johnston	Australia	1947-1955	40	1515	372	3826	160	23.91	6/44	7	0
38	D K Lillee	Australia	1971-1984	70	2834.1	652	8493	355	23.92	7/83	23	7
39	P M Pollock	South Africa	1961-1970	28	1034	270	2806	116	24.19	6/38	9	1
40	J R Hazlewood*	Australia	2014-	76	2570.3	658	7144	295	24.22	6/67	13	0
41	C V Grimmett	Australia	1925-1936	37	2408.3	736	5231	216	24.22	7/40	21	7
42	I R Bishop	West Indies	1989-1998	43	1411.1	288	3911	161	24.29	6/40	6	0
43	H Verity	England	1931-1939	40	1692.3	604	3510	144	24.38	8/43	5	2
44	C A Walsh	West Indies	1984-2001	132	5003.1	1144	12684	519	24.44	7/37	22	3
45	Mohammad Asif	Pakistan	2005-2010	23	862.4	196	2592	106	24.45	6/41	7	1
46	B A Reid	Australia	1985-1992	27	1040.4	244	2784	113	24.64	7/51	5	2
47	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan	1952-1962	34	1639	563	3434	139	24.71	7/42	13	4
48	J B Statham	England	1951-1965	70	2495.2	595	6261	252	24.85	7/39	9	1
49	A V Bedser	England	1946-1955	51	2424.4	574	5876	236	24.90	7/44	15	5
50	M A Noble	Australia	1898-1909	42	1213.2	361	3025	121	25.00	7/17	9	2

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