Records for Test Matches
Worst career bowling average
Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Balls | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
1985-1991 | 10 | 15 | 2328 | 388.0 | 87 | 1032 | 8 | 2/67 | 129.00 | 2.65 | 291.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1959-1971 | 39 | 51 | 2097 | - | 109 | 829 | 9 | 2/54 | 92.11 | 2.37 | 233.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1992-2000 | 15 | 25 | 2492 | 415.2 | 50 | 1539 | 20 | 4/163 | 76.95 | 3.70 | 124.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2009-2020 | 27 | 44 | 4223 | 703.5 | 73 | 2764 | 36 | 5/166 | 76.77 | 3.92 | 117.30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1992-2002 | 23 | 29 | 2560 | 426.4 | 106 | 1170 | 16 | 2/16 | 73.12 | 2.74 | 160.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1973-1976 | 11 | 15 | 2744 | - | 75 | 1224 | 18 | 5/148 | 68.00 | 2.67 | 152.44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1966-1974 | 43 | 40 | 2321 | - | 86 | 1001 | 15 | 2/33 | 66.73 | 2.58 | 154.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1964-1980 | 75 | 60 | 2873 | - | 87 | 1316 | 20 | 2/21 | 65.80 | 2.74 | 143.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2004-2011 | 22 | 35 | 2940 | 490.0 | 107 | 1631 | 25 | 4/52 | 65.24 | 3.32 | 117.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1982-2000 | 93 | 56 | 2373 | 395.3 | 114 | 1040 | 16 | 2/17 | 65.00 | 2.62 | 148.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1976-1987 | 60 | 51 | 2401 | 400.1 | 79 | 930 | 15 | 2/20 | 62.00 | 2.32 | 160.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2000-2001 | 11 | 19 | 2153 | 358.5 | 67 | 1113 | 18 | 3/32 | 61.83 | 3.10 | 119.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1992-2004 | 67 | 60 | 3378 | 563.0 | 122 | 1537 | 25 | 4/41 | 61.48 | 2.73 | 135.12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1974-1991 | 121 | 103 | 5170 | - | 203 | 1964 | 32 | 2/17 | 61.37 | 2.27 | 161.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1946-1953 | 30 | 43 | 2840 | - | 99 | 1220 | 20 | 4/29 | 61.00 | 2.57 | 142.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2006-2018 | 13 | 20 | 3015 | 502.3 | 69 | 1673 | 28 | 4/63 | 59.75 | 3.32 | 107.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2000-2016 | 71 | 69 | 4392 | 732.0 | 79 | 2445 | 41 | 4/13 | 59.63 | 3.34 | 107.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1969-1977 | 27 | 44 | 2265 | 377.3 | 82 | 1070 | 18 | 3/28 | 59.44 | 2.83 | 125.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2016-2024 | 54 | 81 | 3693 | 615.3 | 78 | 2020 | 34 | 3/25 | 59.41 | 3.28 | 108.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2002-2005 | 21 | 29 | 3370 | 561.4 | 93 | 2137 | 36 | 4/72 | 59.36 | 3.80 | 93.61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1996-1999 | 10 | 16 | 2023 | 337.1 | 62 | 1111 | 19 | 4/74 | 58.47 | 3.29 | 106.47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2001-2004 | 17 | 22 | 2970 | 495.0 | 103 | 1605 | 28 | 6/81 | 57.32 | 3.24 | 106.07 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2001-2003 | 10 | 12 | 2230 | 371.4 | 88 | 1027 | 18 | 4/136 | 57.05 | 2.76 | 123.88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
1991-2001 | 65 | 58 | 3057 | 509.3 | 128 | 1306 | 23 | 4/126 | 56.78 | 2.56 | 132.91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1937-1957 | 78 | 66 | 2710 | - | 71 | 1410 | 25 | 5/70 | 56.40 | 3.12 | 108.40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1959-1964 | 9 | 15 | 2162 | - | 133 | 733 | 13 | 3/36 | 56.38 | 2.03 | 166.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1969-1988 | 69 | 71 | 3676 | - | 101 | 1782 | 32 | 4/63 | 55.68 | 2.90 | 114.87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1989-2013 | 200 | 145 | 4240 | 706.4 | 83 | 2492 | 46 | 3/10 | 54.17 | 3.52 | 92.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2009-2024 | 109 | 84 | 3948 | 658.0 | 159 | 1784 | 33 | 4/44 | 54.06 | 2.71 | 119.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1964-1983 | 63 | 60 | 3584 | - | 124 | 1456 | 27 | 4/45 | 53.92 | 2.43 | 132.74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2001-2012 | 36 | 66 | 7499 | 1249.5 | 193 | 4483 | 85 | 5/36 | 52.74 | 3.58 | 88.22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
1996-2008 | 113 | 99 | 3117 | 519.3 | 110 | 1681 | 32 | 3/28 | 52.53 | 3.23 | 97.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2011-2024 | 89 | 68 | 2736 | 456.0 | 35 | 1520 | 29 | 6/29 | 52.41 | 3.33 | 94.34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1983-1988 | 10 | 16 | 2076 | 346.0 | 87 | 886 | 17 | 3/73 | 52.11 | 2.56 | 122.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2005-2015 | 38 | 60 | 5380 | 896.4 | 92 | 3731 | 72 | 6/27 | 51.81 | 4.16 | 74.72 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
1947-1949 | 9 | 17 | 2104 | - | 47 | 980 | 19 | 5/68 | 51.57 | 2.79 | 110.73 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
2017-2023 | 13 | 24 | 2461 | 410.1 | 67 | 1545 | 30 | 4/37 | 51.50 | 3.76 | 82.03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
1929-1949 | 42 | 39 | 2525 | - | 26 | 1380 | 27 | 5/87 | 51.11 | 3.27 | 93.51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2013-2021 | 14 | 22 | 2025 | 337.3 | 39 | 1072 | 21 | 3/20 | 51.04 | 3.17 | 96.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1987-1990 | 15 | 23 | 2000 | 333.2 | 52 | 1064 | 21 | 3/88 | 50.66 | 3.19 | 95.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1951-1959 | 17 | 19 | 2650 | 441.4 | 82 | 1418 | 28 | 6/155 | 50.64 | 3.21 | 94.64 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
2000-2011 | 87 | 56 | 2022 | 337.0 | 33 | 1163 | 23 | 4/37 | 50.56 | 3.45 | 87.91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1994-1995 | 14 | 22 | 3086 | 514.2 | 127 | 1438 | 29 | 5/77 | 49.58 | 2.79 | 106.41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1992-2001 | 54 | 60 | 2853 | 475.3 | 96 | 1336 | 27 | 5/17 | 49.48 | 2.80 | 105.66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1987-2002 | 102 | 145 | 13794 | 2299.0 | 531 | 5635 | 114 | 5/26 | 49.42 | 2.45 | 121.00 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
1958-1962 | 12 | 17 | 2835 | 472.3 | 100 | 1330 | 27 | 6/202 | 49.25 | 2.81 | 105.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2018-2024 | 14 | 25 | 2340 | 390.0 | 60 | 1375 | 28 | 5/106 | 49.10 | 3.52 | 83.57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2014-2023 | 16 | 25 | 2693 | 448.5 | 99 | 1273 | 26 | 3/23 | 48.96 | 2.83 | 103.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2003-2005 | 10 | 20 | 2401 | 400.1 | 62 | 1367 | 28 | 4/87 | 48.82 | 3.41 | 85.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1911-1926 | 24 | 31 | 2926 | - | 56 | 1462 | 30 | 5/49 | 48.73 | 2.99 | 97.53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1983-1993 | 33 | 47 | 6271 | 1045.1 | 256 | 2942 | 61 | 5/103 | 48.22 | 2.81 | 102.80 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
2005-2017 | 15 | 23 | 2489 | 414.5 | 86 | 1392 | 29 | 4/92 | 48.00 | 3.35 | 85.82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2002-2009 | 37 | 66 | 7077 | 1179.3 | 219 | 4068 | 85 | 5/25 | 47.85 | 3.44 | 83.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1971-1977 | 12 | 23 | 3718 | - | 137 | 1621 | 34 | 5/59 | 47.67 | 2.61 | 109.35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1998-2005 | 25 | 45 | 5660 | 943.2 | 209 | 2903 | 61 | 5/82 | 47.59 | 3.07 | 92.78 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
2001-2015 | 35 | 43 | 2712 | 452.0 | 61 | 1519 | 32 | 4/33 | 47.46 | 3.36 | 84.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2006-2017 | 24 | 42 | 5833 | 972.1 | 202 | 3078 | 65 | 5/110 | 47.35 | 3.16 | 89.73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
2001-2013 | 104 | 91 | 3731 | 621.5 | 74 | 1894 | 40 | 5/104 | 47.35 | 3.04 | 93.27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1998-2006 | 26 | 46 | 4857 | 809.3 | 168 | 2745 | 58 | 6/41 | 47.32 | 3.39 | 83.74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019-2023 | 20 | 31 | 3317 | 552.5 | 104 | 1980 | 42 | 6/46 | 47.14 | 3.58 | 78.97 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
1960-1969 | 26 | 45 | 3870 | - | 115 | 1962 | 42 | 5/74 | 46.71 | 3.04 | 92.14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2014-2016 | 15 | 29 | 3669 | 611.3 | 100 | 2326 | 50 | 7/94 | 46.52 | 3.80 | 73.38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
1958-1969 | 55 | 54 | 5695 | - | 236 | 2417 | 52 | 5/88 | 46.48 | 2.54 | 109.51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
1975-1995 | 118 | 66 | 2655 | - | 122 | 1069 | 23 | 3/39 | 46.47 | 2.41 | 115.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1965-1973 | 32 | 49 | 4421 | - | 207 | 1853 | 40 | 3/3 | 46.32 | 2.51 | 110.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1952-1960 | 33 | 56 | 4976 | 829.2 | 256 | 1899 | 41 | 6/49 | 46.31 | 2.28 | 121.36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1990-1995 | 14 | 22 | 2985 | 497.3 | 113 | 1389 | 30 | 7/52 | 46.30 | 2.79 | 99.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
2016-2023 | 49 | 72 | 6793 | 1132.1 | 129 | 3910 | 85 | 8/60 | 46.00 | 3.45 | 79.91 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
2005-2017 | 19 | 27 | 4214 | 702.2 | 71 | 2604 | 57 | 5/125 | 45.68 | 3.70 | 73.92 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
1935-1939 | 15 | 23 | 4199 | - | 104 | 1827 | 40 | 5/58 | 45.67 | 2.61 | 104.97 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
2009-2021 | 50 | 66 | 3423 | 570.3 | 56 | 1958 | 43 | 5/51 | 45.53 | 3.43 | 79.60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1946-1958 | 26 | 26 | 2712 | 452.0 | 139 | 954 | 21 | 3/35 | 45.42 | 2.11 | 129.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2012-2024 | 140 | 145 | 5607 | 934.3 | 156 | 3068 | 68 | 5/8 | 45.11 | 3.28 | 82.45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
1979-1990 | 14 | 23 | 2982 | - | 132 | 1397 | 31 | 5/72 | 45.06 | 2.81 | 96.19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]
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