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1980s: Leading Test Bowling Averages




1980s Calendar Decade: Best Test Bowling Averages
 (1980-1989 inclusive)

Qualification: 50 wickets

    Name      Cou   M Balls     R   W   Avge  Best  5w 10w   Econ

Imran Khan    PAK  54 12040  4896 256  19.12  8-58  18   5   2.43
R.J.Hadlee    NZ   53 13856  5574 289  19.28  9-52  28   7   2.41
M.D.Marshall  WI   63 14399  6434 323  19.91  7-22  22   4   2.68
J.Garner      WI   49 10887  4331 210  20.62  6-56   7   -   2.38
M.A.Holding   WI   45  9272  4302 184  23.38  6-21   9   1   2.78
D.K.Lillee    AUS  35  8957  4117 171  24.07  7-83  11   3   2.75
C.A.Walsh     WI   34  6617  2958 122  24.24  6-62   4   1   2.68
C.E.H.Croft   WI   18  3996  1793  73  24.56  6-74   2   -   2.69
Iqbal Qasim   PAK  32  8810  3274 131  24.99  7-49   7   1   2.22
L.S.Pascoe    AUS  11  2577  1305  51  25.58  5-59   1   -   3.03
R.G.D.Willis  ENG  39  7441  3679 143  25.72  8-43   5   -   2.96
A.M.E.Roberts WI   18  3796  1653  62  26.66  5-39   2   -   2.61
C.E.L.Ambrose WI   17  3695  1641  60  27.35  5-72   1   -   2.66
T.M.Alderman  AUS  33  8374  3810 136  28.01  6-128 11   1   2.72
Wasim Akram   PAK  29  6203  2649  94  28.18  6-91   5   1   2.56
B.Yardley     AUS  19  5378  2549  89  28.64  7-98   6   1   2.84
N.Kapil Dev   IND  80 16895  8036 272  29.54  9-83  16   2   2.85
Tauseef Ahmed PAK  28  6974  2573  87  29.57  6-45   3   -   2.21
B.A.Reid      AUS  18  4051  1836  62  29.61  4-53   -   -   2.71
G.R.Dilley    ENG  40  7976  4010 135  29.70  6-38   6   -   3.01
B.P.Patterson WI   17  2846  1759  59  29.81  5-24   3   -   3.70
B.L.Cairns    NZ   29  7332  3025 101  29.95  7-74   5   1   2.47

 Contributed by travis (travis@cse.unsw.edu.au)


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