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1997 Calendar Year Test Best Bowling Averages



Based on all matches up to and including
Test # 1392: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 1st Test, 26/12/1997
    Name               O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR Team

MS Atapattu            6      0    16   1  16.00  1-9    -  -  36.0 SL
Wasim Akram          147.1   39   407  23  17.69  4-42   -  -  38.3 PAK
PCR Tufnell          179.4   69   335  18  18.61  7-66   1  1  59.8 ENG
SH Cook               37.2   10   142   7  20.28  5-39   1  -  32.0 AUS
JN Gillespie         195.2   57   619  30  20.63  7-37   2  -  39.0 AUS
MG Bevan             134.1   21   441  21  21.00  6-82   1  1  38.3 AUS
BN Schultz            52     12   149   7  21.28  4-52   -  -  44.5 RSA
GD McGrath           518.5  150  1347  63  21.38  8-38   4  -  49.4 AUS
AG Huckle            117.4   24   371  16  23.18  6-109  2  1  44.1 ZIM
WJ Cronje            103.3   35   255  11  23.18  2-6    -  -  56.4 RSA
MA Ealham             58.4   11   191   8  23.87  3-60   -  -  44.0 ENG
CEL Ambrose          270.5   66   697  29  24.03  5-37   3  -  56.0 WI
SK Warne             681.5  194  1661  68  24.42  6-48   2  -  60.1 AUS
D Gough              269.3   58   872  35  24.91  5-40   2  -  46.2 ENG
AA Donald            337.5   82   949  38  24.97  6-59   2  -  53.3 RSA
JH Kallis             77.2   22   175   7  25.00  3-29   -  -  66.2 RSA
AR Caddick           267.4   52   808  32  25.25  5-42   2  -  50.1 ENG
HT Davis             147.2   26   406  16  25.37  5-63   1  -  55.2 NZ
PR Reiffel           268.1   76   672  26  25.84  5-49   2  -  61.8 AUS
FA Rose              225.1   39   682  26  26.23  6-100  1  -  51.9 WI
MS Kasprowicz        205.2   45   616  23  26.78  7-36   1  -  53.5 AUS
AJ Hollioake          19      2    55   2  27.50  2-31   -  -  57.0 ENG
SB Doull             286.3   75   799  29  27.55  5-58   2  -  59.2 NZ
DW Headley           131.2   20   444  16  27.75  4-72   -  -  49.2 ENG
Saqlain Mushtaq      357.1   82   914  32  28.56  5-54   3  -  66.9 PAK
MV Dillon             83.4   15   259   9  28.77  5-111  1  -  55.7 WI
SM Pollock           246.2   53   663  23  28.82  5-37   1  -  64.2 RSA
Waqar Younis          98     18   319  11  29.00  3-99   -  -  53.4 PAK
SR Waugh              59.3   13   176   6  29.33  3-20   -  -  59.5 AUS
CL Cairns            239.2   63   711  24  29.62  5-50   1  -  59.8 NZ
BC Strang             79     36   150   5  30.00  3-29   -  -  94.8 ZIM
SB Joshi             120.1   28   331  11  30.09  3-57   -  -  65.5 IND
Azhar Mahmood        121.4   24   365  12  30.41  4-53   -  -  60.8 PAK
Mushtaq Ahmed        364.3   79  1099  36  30.52  5-35   2  1  60.7 PAK
CA Walsh             354     64   978  32  30.56  5-74   3  -  66.3 WI
IR Bishop            287.1   52   863  28  30.82  4-22   -  -  61.5 WI
PL Symcox            186.5   44   503  16  31.43  4-69   -  -  70.0 RSA
M Muralitharan       501    138  1266  40  31.65  6-98   3  -  75.1 SL
J Srinath            197.5   38   700  22  31.81  5-104  1  -  53.9 IND
RDB Croft            252     68   601  18  33.38  5-95   1  -  84.0 ENG
KR Pushpakumara      172.1   19   706  21  33.61  5-41   2  -  49.1 SL
AD Mullally           53     22   102   3  34.00  2-47   -  - 106.0 ENG
Shoaib Akhtar         22      4    68   2  34.00  2-47   -  -  66.0 PAK
DL Vettori           391.5   99  1027  30  34.23  5-84   1  -  78.3 NZ
DK Morrison           24.4    4   104   3  34.66  3-104  -  -  49.3 NZ
HDPK Dharmasena      239.3   64   601  17  35.35  5-57   1  -  84.5 SL
A Kuruvilla          294.1   60   892  25  35.68  5-68   1  -  70.6 IND
Ali Hussain Rizvi     18.3    1    72   2  36.00  2-72   -  -  55.5 PAK
SB O'Connor          158.4   28   534  14  38.14  3-73   -  -  68.0 NZ
DNT Zoysa             90.4   16   267   7  38.14  3-47   -  -  77.7 SL
PR Adams             186.2   36   575  15  38.33  3-45   -  -  74.5 RSA
C White               25      5    77   2  38.50  2-51   -  -  75.0 ENG
ST Jayasuriya        127     29   347   9  38.55  3-45   -  -  84.6 SL
SC Ganguly            68     13   237   6  39.50  2-36   -  -  68.0 IND
ME Waugh              64     17   161   4  40.25  2-28   -  -  96.0 AUS
WPUJC Vaas           303.3   61   868  21  41.33  4-60   -  -  86.7 SL
BC Hollioake          15      2    83   2  41.50  1-26   -  -  45.0 ENG
A Ranatunga           33.1   12    85   2  42.50  1-29   -  -  99.5 SL
PA Strang            127     39   298   7  42.57  3-110  -  - 108.8 ZIM
DG Cork               98.5   21   300   7  42.85  3-96   -  -  84.7 ENG
CD McMillan           15      4    43   1  43.00  1-43   -  -  90.0 NZ
A Kumble             582.2  130  1582  36  43.94  5-104  2  -  97.0 IND
L Klusener           175.3   34   535  12  44.58  3-75   -  -  87.7 RSA
CL Hooper            265.4   72   645  14  46.07  5-26   1  - 113.8 WI
NJ Astle             186.5   54   461  10  46.10  2-26   -  - 112.1 NZ
HH Streak             59     10   141   3  47.00  2-52   -  - 118.0 ZIM
RK Chauhan           172     43   440   9  48.88  4-48   -  - 114.6 IND
KSC de Silva         195.3   34   636  13  48.92  5-85   1  -  90.2 SL
BKV Prasad           339.4   63  1054  21  50.19  5-82   1  -  97.0 IND
DE Malcolm            93     20   307   6  51.16  3-100  -  -  93.0 ENG
DN Patel             120     30   313   6  52.16  2-67   -  - 120.0 NZ
BM McMillan          128.1   25   319   6  53.16  2-32   -  - 128.1 RSA
GP Wickramasinghe     61.1   14   213   4  53.25  2-76   -  -  91.7 SL
JTC Vaughan           36     10    57   1  57.00  1-57   -  - 216.0 NZ
D Ganesh              76.5   15   287   5  57.40  2-28   -  -  92.2 IND
CE Cuffy              33      4   116   2  58.00  2-116  -  -  99.0 WI
DS Mohanty            70.4   10   239   4  59.75  4-78   -  - 106.0 IND
S Chanderpaul         75     14   192   3  64.00  1-2    -  - 150.0 WI
GI Allott            134.3   21   458   7  65.42  4-74   -  - 115.2 NZ
Shahid Nazir          55.5    9   207   3  69.00  2-32   -  - 111.6 PAK
GS Blewett            48.3   13   144   2  72.00  1-11   -  - 145.5 AUS
Asif Mujtaba          60     10   145   2  72.50  1-23   -  - 180.0 PAK
Mohammad Zahid        40      4   148   2  74.00  1-44   -  - 120.0 PAK
PV Simmons            25      5    76   1  76.00  1-58   -  - 150.0 WI
PIC Thompson          16      0    80   1  80.00  1-80   -  -  96.0 WI
KJ Silva             120     24   365   3 121.66  2-71   -  - 240.0 SL
CZ Harris             62     19   139   1 139.00  1-41   -  - 372.0 NZ
AJ Bichel             37.3    6   143   1 143.00  1-31   -  - 225.0 AUS
NM Kulkarni           70     12   195   1 195.00  1-195  -  - 420.0 IND
MTG Elliott            1      1     0   0    -     -     -  -    -  AUS
GP Thorpe              1      1     0   0    -     -     -  -    -  ENG
DJ Cullinan            1      0     2   0    -     -     -  -    -  RSA
HP Tillakaratne        2      1     3   0    -     -     -  -    -  SL
MA Azharuddin          1      0     4   0    -     -     -  -    -  IND
AM Bacher              1      0     4   0    -     -     -  -    -  RSA
R Dravid               3      0     6   0    -     -     -  -    -  IND
BA Pocock              2      0    10   0    -     -     -  -    -  NZ
ADR Campbell           2      0    13   0    -     -     -  -    -  ZIM
S Young                8      3    13   0    -     -     -  -    -  AUS
MA Butcher             2      0    14   0    -     -     -  -    -  ENG
BC Lara                3      0    16   0    -     -     -  -    -  WI
Ijaz Ahmed             5      0    18   0    -     -     -  -    -  PAK
SC Williams            3      0    19   0    -     -     -  -    -  WI
MJ Horne              10      7    22   0    -     -     -  -    -  NZ
JC Adams               8      0    23   0    -     -     -  -    -  WI
PA de Silva            9      2    23   0    -     -     -  -    -  SL
SR Tendulkar           8      3    29   0    -     -     -  -    -  IND
GW Flower             13      3    29   0    -     -     -  -    -  ZIM
RP Arnold             13      4    31   0    -     -     -  -    -  SL
Arshad Khan           10      3    32   0    -     -     -  -    -  PAK
Saleem Malik           9      2    33   0    -     -     -  -    -  PAK
DRM Jayawardene       11      2    35   0    -     -     -  -    -  SL
JA Rennie             11      2    37   0    -     -     -  -    -  ZIM
GJ Whittall           16      2    48   0    -     -     -  -    -  ZIM
VVS Laxman            15      3    49   0    -     -     -  -    -  IND
PJ Martin             19      5    51   0    -     -     -  -    -  ENG
WV Raman              15      1    63   0    -     -     -  -    -  IND
E Matambanadzo        17      4    66   0    -     -     -  -    -  ZIM
DG Sewell             23      4    89   0    -     -     -  -    -  NZ
AM Smith              23      2    89   0    -     -     -  -    -  ENG
RN Lewis              24      6    93   0    -     -     -  -    -  WI
RS Kalpage            43     14   102   0    -     -     -  -    -  SL



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