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Best Bowling Averages (minimum 50 wickets)

	Player	Country	Career	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	4w
1	J Garner	West Indies	1977-1987	98	888.2	145	2752	146	18.85	5/31	5
2	B M Scholtz*	Namibia	2019-	62	546.5	65	1833	93	19.71	5/22	5
3	S Lamichhane*	Nepal	2018-	62	560.2	31	2513	127	19.79	6/11	11
4	L S Pascoe	Australia	1977-1982	29	261.2	21	1066	53	20.11	5/30	5
5	A M E Roberts	West Indies	1975-1983	56	519.1	76	1771	87	20.36	5/22	3
6	Rashid Khan*	Afghanistan	2015-	114	956.5	35	4060	199	20.40	7/18	11
7	D K Lillee	Australia	1972-1983	63	596.1	80	2145	103	20.83	5/34	6
8	S E Bond	New Zealand	2002-2010	82	715.5	87	3070	147	20.88	6/19	11
9	Bilal Khan*	Oman	2019-	49	418.2	30	2118	101	20.97	5/31	8
10	M A Holding	West Indies	1976-1987	102	912.1	99	3034	142	21.37	5/26	6
11	R J Hadlee	New Zealand	1973-1990	115	1019.4	185	3407	158	21.56	5/25	6
12	A A Donald	South Africa	1991-2003	164	1426.5	101	5926	272	21.79	6/23	13
13	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	1995-2003	169	1461.4	66	6275	288	21.79	5/20	17
14	B A W Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008-2015	87	692.2	34	3324	152	21.87	6/13	10
15	S N Netravalkar*	United States	2019-	63	539.1	63	2187	100	21.87	5/32	5
16	J J Smit*	Namibia	2019-	50	261.4	25	1120	51	21.96	5/26	4
17	G D McGrath	Australia	1993-2007	250	2161.4	279	8391	381	22.02	7/15	16
18	B J McMullen*	Scotland	2022-	35	259.5	29	1177	53	22.21	5/34	2
19	C G Rackemann	Australia	1983-1991	52	465.1	51	1833	82	22.35	5/16	4
20	Hamid Hassan	Afghanistan	2009-2019	38	289	24	1330	59	22.54	5/45	3
21	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	2008-2015	113	1000	50	4182	184	22.73	5/24	8
22	C B Sole*	Scotland	2016-	30	244.2	17	1216	53	22.94	4/27	3
23	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	1993-2011	350	3135.1	198	12326	534	23.08	7/30	25
24	T M Alderman	Australia	1981-1991	65	561.5	75	2056	89	23.10	5/17	3
25	G I Allott	New Zealand	1997-2000	31	254.4	17	1207	52	23.21	4/35	4
26	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan	1973-1984	45	395.4	49	1463	63	23.22	4/27	4
27	B Lee	Australia	2000-2012	221	1864.1	141	8877	380	23.36	5/22	23
28	M A Starc*	Australia	2010-	127	1085.2	55	5711	244	23.41	6/28	21
29	T Lungameni*	Namibia	2022-	34	266	22	1197	51	23.47	6/42	2
30	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1984-2003	356	3031	236	11812	502	23.53	5/15	23
31	J J Bumrah*	India	2016-	89	763.2	57	3509	149	23.55	6/19	8
32	S W Tait	Australia	2007-2011	35	281.2	11	1461	62	23.56	4/39	2
33	A Mishra	India	2003-2016	36	319.3	19	1511	64	23.61	6/48	4
34	R D King	West Indies	1998-2005	50	433.5	41	1807	76	23.78	4/25	2
35	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1989-2003	262	2116.2	143	9919	416	23.84	7/36	27
36	C Pringle	New Zealand	1990-1995	64	552.2	36	2459	103	23.87	5/45	3
37	D E Bollinger	Australia	2009-2011	39	323.4	28	1482	62	23.90	5/35	5
38	A R Cusack	Ireland	2007-2015	59	325.3	24	1510	63	23.97	5/20	2
39	Mohammed Siraj*	India	2019-	44	329.1	32	1706	71	24.03	6/21	3
40	Mohammed Shami*	India	2013-	108	887.4	52	4955	206	24.05	7/57	16
41	Wanindu Hasaranga*	Sri Lanka	2017-	66	507.5	25	2604	108	24.11	7/19	9
42	R N ten Doeschate	Netherlands	2006-2011	33	263.2	18	1327	55	24.13	4/31	3
43	C E L Ambrose	West Indies	1988-2000	176	1558.5	192	5429	225	24.13	5/17	10
44	M G Erasmus*	Namibia	2019-	61	282.5	13	1258	52	24.19	5/28	3
45	Shaheen Shah Afridi*	Pakistan	2018-	66	562	28	3181	131	24.28	6/35	11
46	N W Bracken	Australia	2001-2009	116	959.5	90	4240	174	24.37	5/47	7
47	C J McKay	Australia	2009-2014	59	494.1	38	2364	97	24.37	5/28	6
48	A Flintoff	England	1999-2009	141	937.2	67	4121	169	24.38	5/19	8
49	T A Boult*	New Zealand	2012-	114	1030	76	5146	211	24.39	7/34	16
50	S M Pollock	South Africa	1996-2008	303	2618.4	313	9631	393	24.51	6/35	17

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