Bowling Best Career Bowling Average

Cricket Records in World Cup

Best averages

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SJ Benn (WI)	2011-2011	1	5.5	2	35	18	4	4/18	4.50	3.08	8.75	1	0	0
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	2003-2003	1	5.2	0	32	14	3	3/14	4.66	2.62	10.66	0	0	0
LL Tsotsobe (SA)	2011-2011	1	5.0	2	30	14	3	3/14	4.66	2.80	10.00	0	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2003-2007	2	16.1	6	97	36	7	6/25	5.14	2.22	13.85	0	1	0
A Codrington (CAN)	2003-2003	1	9.0	3	54	27	5	5/27	5.40	3.00	10.80	0	1	0
CD Collymore (WI)	2003-2007	2	7.0	1	42	11	2	2/11	5.50	1.57	21.00	0	0	0
PA van Meekeren (NED)	2023-2023	1	7.2	0	44	23	4	4/23	5.75	3.13	11.00	1	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1999-1999	1	10.0	0	60	25	4	4/25	6.25	2.50	15.00	1	0	0
GR Larsen (NZ)	1999-1999	1	10.0	0	60	19	3	3/19	6.33	1.90	20.00	0	0	0
S Mukuddem (BER)	2007-2007	1	5.0	1	30	19	3	3/19	6.33	3.80	10.00	0	0	0
KAJ Roach (WI)	2011-2011	1	6.0	0	36	19	3	3/19	6.33	3.16	12.00	0	0	0
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2019-2023	2	18.1	1	109	58	9	6/35	6.44	3.19	12.11	0	1	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1999-1999	1	10.0	1	60	35	5	5/35	7.00	3.50	12.00	0	1	0
DJG Sammy (WI)	2011-2011	1	7.0	0	42	21	3	3/21	7.00	3.00	14.00	0	0	0
JM Davison (CAN)	2003-2003	1	5.0	1	30	15	2	2/15	7.50	3.00	15.00	0	0	0
AJ Hall (SA)	2003-2003	1	6.0	2	36	15	2	2/15	7.50	2.50	18.00	0	0	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2019-2019	1	6.0	1	36	23	3	3/23	7.66	3.83	12.00	0	0	0
UT Yadav (IND)	2015-2015	1	9.0	1	54	31	4	4/31	7.75	3.44	13.50	1	0	0
RJ Peterson (SA)	2003-2011	2	13.0	3	78	33	4	4/12	8.25	2.53	19.50	1	0	0
TM Moody (AUS)	1999-1999	1	10.0	4	60	25	3	3/25	8.33	2.50	20.00	0	0	0
MS Panesar (ENG)	2007-2007	1	7.0	2	42	25	3	3/25	8.33	3.57	14.00	0	0	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2007-2011	2	5.0	0	30	17	2	2/17	8.50	3.40	15.00	0	0	0
A Nel (SA)	2007-2007	1	10.0	1	60	45	5	5/45	9.00	4.50	12.00	0	1	0
SI Mahmood (ENG)	2007-2007	1	8.2	0	50	27	3	3/27	9.00	3.24	16.66	0	0	0
Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG)	2023-2023	1	2.0	0	12	9	1	1/9	9.00	4.50	12.00	0	0	0
JAR Blain (SCOT)	1999-1999	1	10.0	1	60	37	4	4/37	9.25	3.70	15.00	1	0	0
MO Odumbe (KENYA)	2003-2003	1	10.0	0	60	38	4	4/38	9.50	3.80	15.00	1	0	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2003-2007	2	20.0	5	120	48	5	3/33	9.60	2.40	24.00	0	0	0
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2019	1	8.5	2	53	29	3	3/29	9.66	3.28	17.66	0	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2003-2007	2	19.0	4	114	40	4	3/25	10.00	2.10	28.50	0	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	1999-1999	1	8.4	0	52	30	3	3/30	10.00	3.46	17.33	0	0	0
RD King (WI)	1999-1999	1	10.0	1	60	30	3	3/30	10.00	3.00	20.00	0	0	0
NW Bracken (AUS)	2007-2007	1	4.0	0	24	20	2	2/20	10.00	5.00	12.00	0	0	0
Shapoor Zadran (AFG)	2015-2015	1	7.0	1	42	20	2	2/20	10.00	2.85	21.00	0	0	0
SL Malinga (SL)	2007-2015	2	15.0	0	90	62	6	3/27	10.33	4.13	15.00	0	0	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2007	2	19.3	1	117	62	6	3/30	10.33	3.17	19.50	0	0	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	2023-2023	1	8.1	1	49	31	3	3/31	10.33	3.79	16.33	0	0	0
RJW Topley (ENG)	2023-2023	1	10.0	1	60	43	4	4/43	10.75	4.30	15.00	1	0	0
GH Dockrell (IRE)	2011-2011	1	10.0	2	60	23	2	2/23	11.50	2.30	30.00	0	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	1999-2007	2	15.0	0	90	60	5	3/16	12.00	4.00	18.00	0	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1999-2003	2	10.0	1	60	36	3	3/19	12.00	3.60	20.00	0	0	0
Asim Butt (SCOT)	1999-1999	1	9.0	1	54	24	2	2/24	12.00	2.66	27.00	0	0	0
BFW de Leede (NED)	2023-2023	1	7.0	0	42	25	2	2/25	12.50	3.57	21.00	0	0	0
WK McCallan (IRE)	2007-2007	1	8.0	1	48	25	2	2/25	12.50	3.12	24.00	0	0	0
DBL Powell (WI)	2007-2007	1	10.0	0	60	38	3	3/38	12.66	3.80	20.00	0	0	0
NR Dyer (SCOT)	1999-1999	1	7.0	1	42	26	2	2/26	13.00	3.71	21.00	0	0	0
LS Livingstone (ENG)	2023-2023	1	3.0	0	18	13	1	1/13	13.00	4.33	18.00	0	0	0
GD Phillips (NZ)	2023-2023	1	2.0	0	12	13	1	1/13	13.00	6.50	12.00	0	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2003-2007	2	11.0	1	66	53	4	4/43	13.25	4.81	16.50	1	0	0
GD Elliott (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2.0	0	12	27	2	2/27	13.50	13.50	6.00	0	0	0
D Langford-Smith (IRE)	2007-2007	1	10.0	1	60	27	2	2/27	13.50	2.70	30.00	0	0	0
MA Suji (KENYA)	2003-2003	1	8.0	1	48	27	2	2/27	13.50	3.37	24.00	0	0	0
DJ Bravo (WI)	2007-2007	1	10.0	3	60	28	2	2/28	14.00	2.80	30.00	0	0	0
Mudassar Bukhari (NED)	2011-2011	1	6.0	2	36	14	1	1/14	14.00	2.33	36.00	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1999-1999	1	2.0	0	12	14	1	1/14	14.00	7.00	12.00	0	0	0
A Shahzad (ENG)	2011-2011	1	10.0	0	60	43	3	3/43	14.33	4.30	20.00	0	0	0
MM Patel (IND)	2007-2011	2	18.3	1	111	87	6	4/48	14.50	4.70	18.50	1	0	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2007-2015	2	11.0	0	66	47	3	2/35	15.66	4.27	22.00	0	0	0
AC Botha (IRE)	2007-2011	2	17.0	1	102	63	4	3/32	15.75	3.70	25.50	0	0	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2019-2023	2	20.0	2	120	96	6	4/55	16.00	4.80	20.00	1	0	0
Mirwais Ashraf (AFG)	2015-2015	1	9.0	3	54	32	2	2/32	16.00	3.55	27.00	0	0	0
TLW Cooper (NED)	2011-2011	1	7.2	2	44	33	2	2/33	16.50	4.50	22.00	0	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2003-2007	2	16.0	3	96	33	2	2/8	16.50	2.06	48.00	0	0	0
M Ntini (SA)	2003-2007	2	17.1	2	103	85	5	4/24	17.00	4.95	20.60	1	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2003-2007	2	3.1	0	19	17	1	1/17	17.00	5.36	19.00	0	0	0
VC Drakes (WI)	2003-2003	1	4.0	1	24	17	1	1/17	17.00	4.25	24.00	0	0	0
M Zondeki (SA)	2003-2003	1	5.0	1	30	17	1	1/17	17.00	3.40	30.00	0	0	0
MJ Henry (NZ)	2019-2023	2	19.2	0	116	105	6	4/47	17.50	5.43	19.33	1	0	0
Haris Rauf (PAK)	2023-2023	1	8.0	0	48	36	2	2/36	18.00	4.50	24.00	0	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1999-1999	1	9.0	1	54	36	2	2/36	18.00	4.00	27.00	0	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1999-1999	1	10.0	2	60	18	1	1/18	18.00	1.80	60.00	0	0	0
Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG)	2023-2023	1	5.0	0	30	19	1	1/19	19.00	3.80	30.00	0	0	0
M Jansen (SA)	2023-2023	1	8.0	0	48	39	2	2/39	19.50	4.87	24.00	0	0	0
RA Jadeja (IND)	2015-2023	2	18.0	0	108	80	4	2/38	20.00	4.44	27.00	0	0	0
DT Johnston (IRE)	2007-2011	2	15.4	0	94	80	4	2/40	20.00	5.10	23.50	0	0	0
G Coetzee (SA)	2023-2023	1	10.0	0	60	62	3	3/62	20.66	6.20	20.00	0	0	0
D Joseph (CAN)	2003-2003	1	8.0	1	48	42	2	2/42	21.00	5.25	24.00	0	0	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2011-2011	1	10.0	1	60	42	2	2/42	21.00	4.20	30.00	0	0	0
CJ Anderson (NZ)	2015-2015	1	10.0	0	60	43	2	2/43	21.50	4.30	30.00	0	0	0
M Theekshana (SL)	2023-2023	1	9.0	0	54	44	2	2/44	22.00	4.88	27.00	0	0	0
LH Ferguson (NZ)	2019-2023	2	20.0	0	120	89	4	3/49	22.25	4.45	30.00	0	0	0
HH Pandya (IND)	2019-2023	2	10.3	0	63	68	3	3/60	22.66	6.47	21.00	0	0	0
D Madushanka (SL)	2023-2023	1	10.0	1	60	69	3	3/69	23.00	6.90	20.00	0	0	0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG)	2019-2023	2	17.0	0	102	69	3	3/39	23.00	4.05	34.00	0	0	0
J Botha (SA)	2011-2011	1	7.0	1	42	23	1	1/23	23.00	3.28	42.00	0	0	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2015-2023	2	12.5	1	77	71	3	2/35	23.66	5.53	25.66	0	0	0
TA Boult (NZ)	2015-2023	3	30.0	3	180	145	6	2/44	24.16	4.83	30.00	0	0	0
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2015-2015	1	8.0	0	48	49	2	2/49	24.50	6.12	24.00	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2003-2019	4	10.5	0	65	50	2	2/28	25.00	4.61	32.50	0	0	0
CN Ackermann (NED)	2023-2023	1	7.0	1	42	25	1	1/25	25.00	3.57	42.00	0	0	0
JF Mooney (IRE)	2011-2011	1	7.0	0	42	25	1	1/25	25.00	3.57	42.00	0	0	0
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2019	2	15.0	0	90	77	3	2/57	25.66	5.13	30.00	0	0	0
AL Phehlukwayo (SA)	2019-2019	1	10.0	1	60	52	2	2/52	26.00	5.20	30.00	0	0	0
A Dutt (NED)	2023-2023	1	10.0	3	60	26	1	1/26	26.00	2.60	60.00	0	0	0
MF Maharoof (SL)	2007-2007	1	7.0	1	42	26	1	1/26	26.00	3.71	42.00	0	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1999-1999	1	5.0	0	30	26	1	1/26	26.00	5.20	30.00	0	0	0
Z Khan (IND)	2007-2011	2	19.0	2	114	81	3	2/40	27.00	4.26	38.00	0	0	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2019-2023	2	18.0	0	108	81	3	2/52	27.00	4.50	36.00	0	0	0
Aftab Alam (AFG)	2015-2015	1	9.0	0	54	55	2	2/55	27.50	6.11	27.00	0	0	0
MA Starc (AUS)	2019-2019	1	10.0	0	60	55	2	2/55	27.50	5.50	30.00	0	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	1999-2003	2	14.1	0	85	56	2	1/13	28.00	3.95	42.50	0	0	0
Gulbadin Naib (AFG)	2019-2019	1	10.0	1	60	56	2	2/56	28.00	5.60	30.00	0	0	0
LB Williams (SA)	2023-2023	1	8.4	1	52	56	2	2/56	28.00	6.46	26.00	0	0	0
PW Borren (NED)	2011-2011	1	5.0	0	30	28	1	1/28	28.00	5.60	30.00	0	0	0
SW Tait (AUS)	2007-2007	1	4.0	0	24	28	1	1/28	28.00	7.00	24.00	0	0	0
NM Coulter-Nile (AUS)	2019-2019	1	10.0	0	60	58	2	2/58	29.00	5.80	30.00	0	0	0
CJ Jordan (ENG)	2015-2015	1	10.0	0	60	59	2	2/59	29.50	5.90	30.00	0	0	0
Shadab Khan (PAK)	2019-2019	1	9.0	0	54	59	2	2/59	29.50	6.55	27.00	0	0	0
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2023-2023	1	10.0	0	60	60	2	2/60	30.00	6.00	30.00	0	0	0
HR Bryan (WI)	1999-1999	1	9.2	0	56	30	1	1/30	30.00	3.21	56.00	0	0	0
LV van Beek (NED)	2023-2023	1	9.0	1	54	30	1	1/30	30.00	3.33	54.00	0	0	0
SA Abbott (AUS)	2023-2023	1	10.0	0	60	61	2	2/61	30.50	6.10	30.00	0	0	0
Hamid Hassan (AFG)	2015-2015	1	10.0	0	60	61	2	2/61	30.50	6.10	30.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2019-2019	1	7.0	0	42	31	1	1/31	31.00	4.42	42.00	0	0	0
Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG)	2023-2023	1	5.4	0	34	31	1	1/31	31.00	5.47	34.00	0	0	0
KA Maharaj (SA)	2023-2023	1	10.0	0	60	32	1	1/32	32.00	3.20	60.00	0	0	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2007-2015	3	27.0	1	162	129	4	2/30	32.25	4.77	40.50	0	0	0
MP Stoinis (AUS)	2019-2023	2	13.0	0	78	99	3	2/54	33.00	7.61	26.00	0	0	0
NLTC Perera (SL)	2015-2015	1	6.2	0	38	33	1	1/33	33.00	5.21	38.00	0	0	0
Wahab Riaz (PAK)	2019-2019	1	7.0	0	42	33	1	1/33	33.00	4.71	42.00	0	0	0
A Zampa (AUS)	2019-2023	2	19.0	0	114	100	3	2/32	33.33	5.26	38.00	0	0	0
JH Davey (SCOT)	2015-2015	1	10.0	0	60	68	2	2/68	34.00	6.80	30.00	0	0	0
S Thuraisingam (CAN)	2003-2003	1	6.0	0	36	34	1	1/34	34.00	5.66	36.00	0	0	0
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2015-2019	2	17.0	1	102	105	3	2/37	35.00	6.17	34.00	0	0	0
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2011-2011	1	10.0	1	60	35	1	1/35	35.00	3.50	60.00	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1999-1999	1	10.0	0	60	35	1	1/35	35.00	3.50	60.00	0	0	0
MJ Santner (NZ)	2019-2023	2	20.0	2	120	72	2	1/31	36.00	3.60	60.00	0	0	0
LE Plunkett (ENG)	2019-2019	1	8.0	0	48	36	1	1/36	36.00	4.50	48.00	0	0	0
MM Sharma (IND)	2015-2015	1	7.0	0	42	36	1	1/36	36.00	5.14	42.00	0	0	0
CH Morris (SA)	2019-2019	1	10.0	0	60	73	2	2/73	36.50	7.30	30.00	0	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2007-2007	1	8.0	0	48	38	1	1/38	38.00	4.75	48.00	0	0	0
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2019-2019	1	8.0	0	48	39	1	1/39	39.00	4.87	48.00	0	0	0
CO Obuya (KENYA)	2003-2003	1	9.0	0	54	40	1	1/40	40.00	4.44	54.00	0	0	0
AD Russell (WI)	2019-2019	1	6.0	0	36	42	1	1/42	42.00	7.00	36.00	0	0	0
MM Ali (ENG)	2015-2015	1	9.0	0	54	44	1	1/44	44.00	4.88	54.00	0	0	0
Iftikhar Ahmed (PAK)	2023-2023	1	10.0	0	60	44	1	1/44	44.00	4.40	60.00	0	0	0
JE Brinkley (SCOT)	1999-1999	1	10.0	0	60	45	1	1/45	45.00	4.50	60.00	0	0	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	1999-1999	1	10.0	0	60	45	1	1/45	45.00	4.50	60.00	0	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2003-2011	3	11.0	0	66	46	1	1/27	46.00	4.18	66.00	0	0	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1999-1999	1	10.0	0	60	46	1	1/46	46.00	4.60	60.00	0	0	0
SM Curran (ENG)	2023-2023	1	7.2	0	44	47	1	1/47	47.00	6.40	44.00	0	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2003-2003	1	7.0	0	42	47	1	1/47	47.00	6.71	42.00	0	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2023-2023	1	10.0	0	60	47	1	1/47	47.00	4.70	60.00	0	0	0
YK Pathan (IND)	2011-2011	1	8.0	0	48	49	1	1/49	49.00	6.12	48.00	0	0	0
K Rabada (SA)	2019-2023	2	20.0	1	120	99	2	2/42	49.50	4.95	60.00	0	0	0
AR Adams (NZ)	2003-2003	1	10.0	0	60	50	1	1/50	50.00	5.00	60.00	0	0	0
YS Chahal (IND)	2019-2019	1	10.0	0	60	50	1	1/50	50.00	5.00	60.00	0	0	0
B Kumar (IND)	2019-2019	1	9.0	0	54	51	1	1/51	51.00	5.66	54.00	0	0	0
WB Rankin (IRE)	2007-2011	2	17.0	0	102	104	2	2/42	52.00	6.11	51.00	0	0	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2015-2015	1	10.0	0	60	52	1	1/52	52.00	5.20	60.00	0	0	0
O Thomas (WI)	2019-2019	1	6.0	0	36	52	1	1/52	52.00	8.66	36.00	0	0	0
AU Rashid (ENG)	2019-2023	2	20.0	0	120	106	2	1/42	53.00	5.30	60.00	0	0	0
SN Thakur (IND)	2023-2023	1	9.0	0	54	59	1	1/59	59.00	6.55	54.00	0	0	0
Mohammad Nabi (AFG)	2015-2023	3	25.0	1	150	120	2	1/44	60.00	4.80	75.00	0	0	0
Dawlat Zadran (AFG)	2019-2019	1	9.0	0	54	64	1	1/64	64.00	7.11	54.00	0	0	0
Usama Mir (PAK)	2023-2023	1	10.0	0	60	66	1	1/66	66.00	6.60	60.00	0	0	0
AC Evans (SCOT)	2015-2015	1	10.0	1	60	67	1	1/67	67.00	6.70	60.00	0	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2007-2011	2	20.0	1	120	71	1	1/41	71.00	3.55	120.00	0	0	0
I Wardlaw (SCOT)	2015-2015	1	9.1	0	55	75	1	1/75	75.00	8.18	55.00	0	0	0
CR Woakes (ENG)	2015-2023	3	26.0	0	156	180	2	2/49	90.00	6.92	78.00	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2003-2015	3	30.0	0	180	95	1	1/42	95.00	3.16	180.00	0	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Ahmedabad, ICC Cricket World Cup final, Nov 19, 2023 [ODI # 4705]

Australia v South Africa at Eden Gardens, ICC Cricket World Cup 2nd semi final, Nov 16, 2023 [ODI # 4704]

India v New Zealand at Wankhede, ICC Cricket World Cup 1st semi final, Nov 15, 2023 [ODI # 4703]