george lohmann has the best bowling average in test cricket.
george lohmann has the best bowling average in test cricket.
who has the best bowling average in test cricket?
george lohmann
section::::individual records.:bowling records.:best career average.









































a bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.









































nineteenth century english medium pacer george lohmann holds the record for the best career average in test cricket with 10.75. j. j. ferris, one of fourteen cricketers to play test cricket for more than one team, is second behind lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket. imran khan's bowling average of 22.81 is the best figures for pakistan.









































section::::individual records.:bowling records.:best career economy rate.
list of pakistan test cricket records
wasim akram, regarded as "one of the greatest left-arm bowlers in the history of world cricket", holds several test records. he holds the record for the most test wickets (414) as well as the record for the most five wickets per innings (25) for pakistan. akram also holds the record of highest individual score batting at number 8 (257 not out) in test cricket. this feat was achieved in 1996 playing against zimbabwe . abdul qadir's nine wickets for 56 runs, against england at gaddafi stadium in 1987, is the best bowling figures in an innings by a pakistani bowler. 14 wickets for 116 runs by imran khan against sri lanka in 1982 at the same ground is the best bowling performance in a test by a pakistani player. he also holds the record for best bowling average for pakistan with 22.81. younis khan took 139 catches from 118 matches as fielder, the most by a pakistani and twelfth-highest overall. wasim bari is pakistan's most successful wicket-keeper having taken 228 dismissals; he is eleventh in the list of most dismissals in test cricket.
list of pakistan test cricket records