Bowling Average — Test

Men's cricket. Runs conceded per wicket, lowest first. · min. 6 wickets Ranked from ball-by-ball data. See the women's list →


1	Codi Yusuf	10.67	6	2.78	23.00
2	Darren Sammy	12.25	8	2.53	29.00
3	Andile Phehlukwayo	13.36	11	3.53	22.73
4	Jacob Duffy	13.38	16	2.32	34.63
5	Tim Murtagh	13.75	12	2.43	34.00
6	Shane Edward Bond	14.14	22	3.27	25.95
7	Mohammad Asif	15.40	30	3.12	29.63
8	Asif Afridi	15.67	6	2.44	38.50
9	Michael Neser	16.45	22	2.98	33.18
10	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	16.47	30	2.60	37.93
11	Simon Harmer	17.23	43	2.71	38.21
12	Jhye Richardson	17.30	10	2.50	41.50
13	Toby Roland-Jones	17.63	16	3.51	30.13
14	Praveen Jayawickrama	17.72	18	3.13	34.00
15	Hasan Murad	17.83	6	3.15	34.00
16	Kyle Mayers	18.70	23	2.32	48.26
17	Zakary Foulkes	19.00	11	3.07	37.09
18	Gerald Coetzee	19.10	10	3.98	28.80
19	Muttiah Muralitharan	19.32	143	2.71	42.74
20	Jasprit Bumrah	19.37	183	2.79	41.67
21	Axar Patel	19.59	41	2.63	44.71
22	Scott Boland	20.34	62	2.97	41.10
23	Kuldeep Yadav	20.42	62	3.42	35.87
24	Marco Jansen	20.51	82	3.29	37.38
25	Kyle Jamieson	20.65	78	2.81	44.17
26	Stuart Clark	20.76	55	2.61	47.73
27	Olly Stone	20.88	17	3.79	33.06
28	Gus Atkinson	20.98	65	3.61	34.92
29	Neil Brand	21.38	8	4.38	29.25
30	Corbin Bosch	21.55	11	3.91	33.09
31	Pat Cummins	21.57	257	2.90	44.64
32	Ollie Robinson	21.70	71	2.84	45.85
33	Newman Nyamhuri	21.86	7	4.19	31.29
34	James Franklin	21.89	27	3.57	36.78
35	Nandre Burger	22.00	7	4.16	31.71
36	Glenn McGrath	22.12	43	2.46	54.02
37	George Linde	22.33	9	3.20	41.89
38	Veerasammy Permaul	22.50	10	3.13	43.10
39	Mohammad Abbas	22.93	96	2.48	55.53
40	Jomel Warrican	23.20	54	2.89	48.17
41	Matt Henry	23.42	113	3.06	45.96
42	Kagiso Rabada	23.47	228	3.33	42.32
43	Lungi Ngidi	23.52	48	3.13	45.08
44	Ravichandran Ashwin	23.53	291	2.82	50.04
45	Simon Jones	23.55	11	4.10	34.45
46	Kyle Jarvis	23.88	8	2.85	50.25
47	Haris Sohail	23.92	12	2.87	50.00
48	Jayden Seales	23.95	81	3.25	44.28
49	Stuart Thompson	24.00	7	3.37	42.71
50	Beau Webster	24.10	10	3.34	43.30
51	Morné Morkel	24.21	67	3.14	46.25
52	Monde Zondeki	24.29	7	4.15	35.14
53	Shamar Joseph	24.36	45	3.97	36.80
54	Barry McCarthy	24.50	6	3.03	48.50
55	James Anderson	24.55	253	2.60	56.54
56	Lutho Sipamla	24.56	9	3.41	43.22
57	Nayeem Hasan	24.69	26	2.98	49.65
58	Senuran Muthusamy	24.74	19	3.69	40.26
59	Ravindra Jadeja	24.75	217	2.63	56.43
60	Josh Hazlewood	24.78	165	2.69	55.19
61	Vernon Philander	24.95	62	2.48	60.37
62	Duanne Olivier	25.15	47	3.85	39.19
63	Mohammed Shami	25.37	147	3.08	49.41
64	Matthew Kuhnemann	25.38	16	3.00	50.69
65	Dane Paterson	25.41	22	3.09	49.32
66	Todd Murphy	25.43	21	3.04	50.24
67	Kemar Roach	25.49	130	2.98	51.30
68	Sean Williams	25.54	13	2.79	55.00
69	Mukesh Kumar	25.57	7	3.78	40.57
70	HMRKB Herath	25.57	58	3.03	50.64
71	Nauman Ali	25.60	70	3.26	47.13
72	Shoaib Akhtar	25.60	15	3.78	40.67
73	Anrich Nortje	25.66	56	3.72	41.41
74	Virender Sehwag	25.71	14	2.66	57.93
75	Bilal Asif	25.75	16	2.16	71.50
76	Chris Morris	25.75	8	4.81	32.13
77	Mohammed Siraj	25.92	111	3.46	45.01
78	Ishant Sharma	26.05	93	2.83	55.28
79	Jacob Oram	26.20	10	2.26	69.60
80	Kyle Mills	26.25	12	2.84	55.50
81	Blessing Muzarabani	26.31	42	3.29	47.95
82	Mitchell Starc	26.45	254	3.42	46.35
83	Trent Boult	26.81	138	3.08	52.19
84	Shane Warne	26.84	67	3.11	51.85
85	Shardul Thakur	26.85	26	3.68	43.77
86	Gudakesh Motie	27.03	35	3.26	49.71
87	Neil Wagner	27.10	144	3.02	53.80
88	Makhaya Ntini	27.16	73	3.52	46.32
89	Ryan Sidebottom	27.23	47	2.67	61.11
90	Josh Tongue	27.25	53	4.04	40.45
91	Stuart Broad	27.27	233	2.95	55.43
92	Kasun Rajitha	27.33	27	3.31	49.48
93	Justin Greaves	27.40	25	3.26	50.40
94	James Pattinson	27.45	11	2.65	62.18
95	Brett Lee	27.49	86	3.30	49.97
96	Monank Patel	27.75	20	3.02	55.20
97	Matthew Hoggard	28.27	84	3.22	52.76
98	Mark Wood	28.35	85	3.35	50.74
99	Andrew Flintoff	28.35	69	3.10	54.93
100	Stuart MacGill	28.53	17	3.01	56.88

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