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Women ODI: Lowest bowling average

Minimum 20 wickets


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest bowling average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Mamatha Maben	India	12.14	40	30	359	21
2	Ramani Perera	Sri Lanka	12.26	19	15	83	23
3	Gill Smith	England	12.53	31	6	13	41
4	Jackie Lord	New Zealand	12.72	15	13	101	25
5	Lyn Fullston	Australia	13.26	41	19	134	73
6	Charmaine Mason	Australia	13.85	46	16	66	83
7	Denise Martin	Australia	13.92	17	7	17	27
8	Rose Dovey	Sri Lanka	14.41	37	22	176	43
9	Suthershini Sivanantham	Sri Lanka	14.54	27	16	86	35
10	Carole Hodges	England	15.06	47	39	1,073	58
11	Sharon Tredrea	Australia	16.28	31	22	528	32
12	Laura Harper	England	16.30	25	18	197	33
13	Neetu David	India	16.34	97	30	74	141
14	Jo Chamberlain	England	16.42	39	29	422	49
15	Joanne Broadbent	Australia	16.47	60	43	993	38
16	Rachel Pullar	New Zealand	16.48	51	32	253	74
17	Karen Brown	Australia	16.71	43	23	230	52
18	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	Australia	16.79	109	58	651	180
19	Diana Edulji	India	16.84	34	30	211	46
20	Purnima Rau	India	16.88	33	27	516	50
21	Sophie Molineux	Australia	17.00	19	12	143	32
22	Sunette Loubser	South Africa	17.40	60	33	306	80
23	Terry McGregor	Australia	17.52	26	11	157	36
24	Shubhangi Kulkarni	India	17.60	27	26	347	38
25	Katrina Keenan	New Zealand	17.82	54	36	348	70
26	Anna Peterson	New Zealand	17.85	32	21	279	27
27	Rosalie Birch	England	18.04	37	24	301	46
28	Avril Starling	England	18.16	20	6	5	25
29	Julie Harris	New Zealand	18.42	45	24	99	61
30	Olivia Magno	Australia	18.47	44	25	258	51
31	Clare Nicholson	New Zealand	18.60	35	22	195	38
32	Karen Smithies	England	18.65	69	51	921	64
33	Raelee Thompson	Australia	18.66	23	13	207	24
34	Alana King	Australia	18.81	53	22	295	85
35	Karen Price	Australia	18.90	16	11	39	21
36	Pramila Bhatt	India	18.92	22	15	136	28
37	Linsey Smith	England	19.09	12	6	53	22
38	Dane van Niekerk	South Africa	19.14	110	86	2,273	138
39	Zoe Goss	Australia	19.15	65	47	1,099	64
40	Frances King	New Zealand	19.23	15	10	81	21
41	Sophie Ecclestone	England	19.37	84	56	426	141
42	Gouher Sultana	India	19.39	50	23	96	66
43	Leigh Kasperek	New Zealand	19.43	39	25	299	65
44	Haidee Tiffen	New Zealand	19.48	117	111	2,919	49
45	Jess Jonassen	Australia	19.60	93	49	610	141
46	Brigit Legg	New Zealand	19.70	18	13	79	20
47	Khadija Tul Kubra	Bangladesh	19.85	31	17	44	42
48	Shabnim Ismail	South Africa	19.95	127	62	472	191
49	J Nkomo	Zimbabwe	20.03	18	18	487	26
50	Sandra Braganza	India	20.24	20	11	44	25
51	Nicola Payne	New Zealand	20.35	65	64	1,178	20
52	Clare Shillington	Ireland	20.60	90	79	1,276	20
53	Anam Amin	Pakistan	20.70	34	20	33	48
54	Anisa Mohammed	West Indies	20.75	141	91	566	180
55	Rajeshwari Gayakwad	India	20.79	64	20	21	99
56	Karen Rolton	Australia	20.81	141	132	4,814	85
57	Kathryn Ramel	New Zealand	20.82	47	37	519	35
58	Deepa Marathe	India	20.83	59	26	96	60
59	Karen Gunn	New Zealand	21.00	45	34	461	53
60	Emily Drumm	New Zealand	21.02	101	94	2,844	37
61	Glynis Hullah	England	21.04	20	9	94	23
62	Verena Felicien	West Indies	21.07	36	28	436	41
63	Sangita Dabir	India	21.10	19	17	156	20
64	Enid Bakewell	England	21.12	23	17	500	25
65	Sarah Andrews	Australia	21.14	39	15	102	54
66	Alicia Smith	South Africa	21.18	37	30	557	50
67	Susan Bray	Ireland	21.22	34	18	29	35
68	Suwini de Alwis	Sri Lanka	21.65	49	47	604	58
69	Charlotte Edwards	England	21.74	191	180	5,992	54
70	Annabel Sutherland	Australia	21.77	52	36	1,062	63
71	Holly Colvin	England	21.80	72	27	180	98
72	Ekta Bisht	India	21.83	63	36	172	98
73	Shikha Pandey	India	21.92	55	34	512	75
74	Avril Fahey	Australia	21.94	40	6	28	37
75	Holly Ferling	Australia	22.00	22	6	9	24
76	Jhulan Goswami	India	22.04	204	121	1,228	255
77	Ghulam Fatima	Pakistan	22.07	15	8	11	27
78	Shelley Nitschke	Australia	22.14	80	69	2,047	98
78	Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	22.14	179	172	6,339	157
80	Arran Brindle	England	22.17	88	84	1,928	35
81	Sarah Coyte	Australia	22.27	30	18	286	44
82	Bronwyn Calver	Australia	22.37	34	21	534	29
83	Janet Tedstone	England	22.41	38	19	146	46
84	Ashleigh Gardner	Australia	22.43	93	67	1,699	124
85	Kristen Beams	Australia	22.45	30	9	34	42
86	Salma Khatun	Bangladesh	22.69	46	40	491	52
87	Sadia Yousuf	Pakistan	22.78	59	31	37	78
88	Catherine O'Neill	Ireland	22.84	41	31	438	45
89	Nahida Akter	Bangladesh	22.88	63	45	253	81
90	Lucy Pearson	England	22.97	62	32	71	68
91	Shandre Fritz	South Africa	23.00	59	51	959	22
92	Rasanjali Chandima Silva	Sri Lanka	23.08	22	20	256	23
93	Isa Guha	England	23.21	83	32	122	101
93	Preeti Dimri	India	23.21	23	5	23	28
95	Shanel Daley	West Indies	23.30	70	62	1,001	73
96	Sandamali Dolawatte	Sri Lanka	23.36	53	41	431	25
97	Ashlyn Kilowan	South Africa	23.57	32	16	124	33
98	Charlie Dean	England	23.68	59	36	560	89
99	Hayley Matthews	West Indies	23.72	108	105	3,566	142
100	Sarah Glenn	England	23.78	19	7	68	23

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Mamatha Maben leads this snapshot. Lowest bowling average: 12.14. Minimum 20 wickets. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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