Records Bowling average

a. n. hornby 1 of 3 players have bowling average of 0 in test cricket.

due varying restrictions placed on records different statisticians, record lowest career bowling average can different publication publication. in test cricket, george lohmann listed having superior average each of wisden cricketers almanack, espncricinfo , cricketarchive. though 3 use different restrictions, lohmann s average of 10.75 considered best. if no qualification criteria applied @ all, 3 players—wilf barber, a. n. hornby , bruce murray—would tie best average, having claimed 1 wicket in test matches, without conceding runs, averaging zero.

in 1 day internationals, varying criteria set espncricinfo , cricketarchive result in different players being listed holding record. espncricinfo has stricter restriction, requiring 1,000 deliveries: measure, joel garner record-holder, having claimed wickets @ average of 18.84. cricketarchive s more relaxed requirement of 400 deliveries, john snow leads way, average of 16.57. record again split 2 websites twenty20 international cricket; in situation espncricinfo has lower boundary, requiring 30 balls have been bowled. george o brien s average of 8.20 holds record using criteria, stricter 200 deliveries required cricketarchive results in andre botha being listed superior, averaging 8.76. variations continue in women s international cricket; espncricinfo list betty wilson having best test average 11.80, while cricketarchive accept mary spear s average of 5.78. in women s 1 day international cricket, caroline barrs tops cricketarchive list average of 9.52, espncricinfo s stricter guidelines, record instead held gill smith s 12.53.

domestically, records first-class cricket dominated players nineteenth century, make sixteen of top twenty espncricinfo s criteria of 5,000 deliveries. william lillywhite, active 1825 1853 has lowest average, claiming 1,576 wickets @ average of 1.54. leading players twentieth century stephen draai , vincent barnes averages of under twelve, both of whom claimed majority of wickets in south african howa bowl tournament during apartheid era.