Bowling records (Men's Tests)
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Player figures come from full scorecards, which we hold for 2,634 of the 2,671 matches in this selection (from 1877). Earlier matches have results and team totals only.
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alby RobertsNZ | 1937 | 5 | 4 | 76.3 | 19 | 209 | 7 | 4/101 | 6/174 | 29.86 | 2.73 | 65.57 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny MoloneyNZ | 1937 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0/9 | 0/9 | - | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack CowieNZ | 1937-1949 | 9 | 13 | 338 | 65 | 969 | 45 | 6/40 | 10/140 | 21.53 | 2.87 | 45.07 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Leonard HuttonENG | 1937-1955 | 79 | 14 | 260b | 4 | 232 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 77.33 | 5.35 | 86.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim ParksENG | 1937 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 2/26 | 3/36 | 12.00 | 1.71 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur WellardENG | 1937-1938 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 9 | 237 | 7 | 4/81 | 4/111 | 33.86 | 3.12 | 65.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman GallichanNZ | 1937 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 113 | 3 | 3/99 | 3/113 | 37.67 | 2.57 | 88.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin MatthewsENG | 1937 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 65 | 2 | 1/13 | 2/65 | 32.50 | 2.17 | 90.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis ComptonENG | 1937-1957 | 78 | 66 | 2720b | 71 | 1410 | 25 | 5/70 | 5/77 | 56.40 | 3.11 | 108.80 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill EdrichENG | 1938-1954 | 39 | 51 | 3278b | 81 | 1693 | 41 | 4/68 | 8/172 | 41.29 | 3.10 | 79.95 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug WrightENG | 1938-1951 | 34 | 59 | 8135b | 177 | 4224 | 108 | 7/105 | 10/175 | 39.11 | 3.12 | 75.32 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Reg SinfieldENG | 1938 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 16 | 123 | 2 | 1/51 | 2/123 | 61.50 | 1.95 | 189.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mervyn WaiteAUS | 1938 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 23 | 190 | 1 | 1/150 | 1/150 | 190.00 | 2.07 | 552.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid BarnesAUS | 1938-1948 | 13 | 9 | 604b | 11 | 218 | 4 | 2/25 | 2/25 | 54.50 | 2.17 | 151.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay HassettAUS | 1938-1953 | 43 | 6 | 111b | 2 | 78 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | - | 4.22 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman GordonSA | 1938-1939 | 5 | 8 | 245.6 | 28 | 807 | 20 | 5/103 | 7/162 | 40.35 | 2.46 | 98.30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Len WilkinsonENG | 1938-1939 | 3 | 5 | 71.5 | 9 | 271 | 7 | 2/12 | 4/115 | 38.71 | 2.84 | 81.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald BondSA | 1938 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0/16 | 0/16 | - | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reg PerksENG | 1939 | 2 | 3 | 103.5 | 17 | 355 | 11 | 5/100 | 6/199 | 32.27 | 2.57 | 75.36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bertie ClarkeWI | 1939 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 261 | 6 | 3/59 | 3/59 | 43.50 | 3.43 | 76.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill CopsonENG | 1939-1947 | 3 | 6 | 762b | 31 | 297 | 15 | 5/85 | 9/152 | 19.80 | 2.34 | 50.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John CameronWI | 1939 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 88 | 3 | 3/66 | 3/66 | 29.33 | 2.28 | 77.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foffie WilliamsWI | 1939-1948 | 4 | 7 | 796b | 46 | 241 | 9 | 3/51 | 4/95 | 26.78 | 1.82 | 88.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrell JohnsonWI | 1939 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 129 | 3 | 2/53 | 3/129 | 43.00 | 3.23 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith MillerAUS | 1946-1956 | 55 | 95 | 10587b | 337 | 3906 | 170 | 7/60 | 10/152 | 22.98 | 2.21 | 62.28 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Ernie ToshackAUS | 1946-1948 | 12 | 23 | 3234b | 155 | 989 | 47 | 6/29 | 11/31 | 21.04 | 1.83 | 68.81 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Colin McCoolAUS | 1946-1950 | 14 | 20 | 2504b | 44 | 958 | 36 | 5/41 | 8/182 | 26.61 | 2.30 | 69.56 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ray LindwallAUS | 1946-1960 | 61 | 113 | 13676b | 419 | 5251 | 228 | 7/38 | 9/70 | 23.03 | 2.30 | 59.98 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| Len ButterfieldNZ | 1946 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0/24 | 0/24 | - | 1.85 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don McRaeNZ | 1946 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0/44 | 0/44 | - | 3.14 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ces BurkeNZ | 1946 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2/30 | 2/30 | 15.00 | 2.73 | 33.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack IkinENG | 1946-1948 | 18 | 11 | 572b | 12 | 354 | 3 | 1/38 | 1/43 | 118.00 | 3.71 | 190.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec BedserENG | 1946-1955 | 51 | 92 | 16034b | 574 | 5876 | 236 | 7/44 | 14/99 | 24.90 | 2.20 | 67.94 | 11 | 15 | 5 |
| Vijay HazareIND | 1946-1953 | 30 | 43 | 2840b | 99 | 1220 | 20 | 4/29 | 4/29 | 61.00 | 2.58 | 142.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinoo MankadIND | 1946-1959 | 44 | 70 | 14686b | 777 | 5236 | 162 | 8/52 | 13/131 | 32.32 | 2.14 | 90.65 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| Gul MohammadIND | 1946-1952 | 9 | 4 | 77b | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2/21 | 2/21 | 12.00 | 1.87 | 38.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadu ShindeIND | 1946-1952 | 7 | 10 | 252.3 | 59 | 717 | 12 | 6/91 | 8/253 | 59.75 | 2.84 | 126.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank SmailesENG | 1946 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 3/44 | 3/62 | 20.67 | 3.10 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ranga SohoniIND | 1946-1951 | 4 | 5 | 532b | 20 | 202 | 2 | 1/16 | 2/88 | 101.00 | 2.28 | 266.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick PollardENG | 1946-1948 | 4 | 7 | 183.4 | 63 | 378 | 15 | 5/24 | 7/87 | 25.20 | 2.06 | 73.47 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chandu SarwateIND | 1946-1951 | 9 | 10 | 658b | 5 | 374 | 3 | 1/16 | 1/16 | 124.67 | 3.41 | 219.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter SmithENG | 1946-1947 | 4 | 5 | 538b | 5 | 319 | 3 | 2/172 | 2/172 | 106.33 | 3.56 | 179.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman YardleyENG | 1946-1950 | 20 | 20 | 1696b | 41 | 707 | 21 | 3/67 | 5/117 | 33.67 | 2.50 | 80.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George TribeAUS | 1946-1947 | 3 | 6 | 95 | 9 | 330 | 2 | 2/48 | 2/67 | 165.00 | 2.61 | 380.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred FreerAUS | 1946 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 2/49 | 3/74 | 24.67 | 2.77 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian JohnsonAUS | 1946-1956 | 45 | 74 | 8874b | 330 | 3182 | 109 | 7/44 | 8/86 | 29.19 | 2.15 | 81.41 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce DoolandAUS | 1947-1948 | 3 | 5 | 110 | 9 | 419 | 9 | 4/69 | 5/153 | 46.56 | 2.86 | 97.78 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy ScottNZ | 1947 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 1/74 | 1/74 | 74.00 | 3.22 | 138.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom BurttNZ | 1947-1953 | 10 | 14 | 432.1 | 119 | 1170 | 33 | 6/162 | 7/106 | 35.45 | 2.71 | 78.58 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Colin SneddenNZ | 1947 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 0/46 | 0/46 | - | 2.88 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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