CAREER LEADERBOARD

Women Test: Lowest bowling average

Minimum 20 wickets


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest bowling average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Betty Wilson	Australia	11.80	11	16	862	68
2	Mary Duggan	England	13.49	17	31	652	77
3	Peggy Antonio	Australia	13.90	6	12	128	31
4	Molly Hide	England	15.25	15	27	872	36
5	Myrtle Maclagan	England	15.58	14	25	1,007	60
6	Karen Brown	Australia	15.72	9	6	132	22
7	Julia Greenwood	England	16.13	6	4	16	29
8	Miriam Knee	Australia	16.28	8	14	319	35
9	Anne Sanders	England	16.62	11	15	150	32
9	Enid Bakewell	England	16.62	12	22	1,078	50
11	Lorna Ward	South Africa	17.29	7	11	52	27
12	Jhulan Goswami	India	17.36	12	15	291	44
13	Raelee Thompson	Australia	18.24	16	22	162	57
14	Debbie Wilson	Australia	18.33	11	9	171	48
15	Lyn Larsen	Australia	18.73	15	14	410	26
16	Neetu David	India	18.90	10	11	25	41
17	Isa Guha	England	18.93	8	10	113	29
18	Deepti Sharma	India	19.00	7	12	402	25
19	Jackie Lord	New Zealand	19.07	15	22	258	55
20	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	Australia	19.11	13	9	152	60
21	Ashleigh Gardner	Australia	19.32	8	12	326	31
22	Patricia Whittaker	West Indies	19.36	11	18	472	25
23	Helene Hegarty	England	19.76	7	5	46	21
24	Marie Cornish	Australia	20.12	9	8	90	25
24	Vivalyn Latty-Scott	West Indies	20.12	10	15	206	25
26	Karen Price	Australia	20.30	8	12	278	26
27	Norma Whiteman	Australia	20.54	7	10	151	22
28	Lisa Sthalekar	Australia	20.95	8	15	416	23
29	Sneh Rana	India	20.96	6	9	170	30
30	Katherine Sciver-Brunt	England	21.52	14	18	184	51
31	Ellyse Perry	Australia	21.82	15	24	1,006	39
32	Jenny Gunn	England	22.24	11	19	391	29
33	Anne Gordon	Australia	23.09	9	11	195	22
34	Pat Carrick	New Zealand	23.28	7	11	63	21
35	Peta Verco	Australia	23.42	13	20	765	21
36	Lauren Bell	England	24.33	6	10	22	21
37	Avril Starling	England	24.64	11	10	30	37
38	Jo Chamberlain	England	24.75	9	13	197	28
39	Gillian McConway	England	25.47	14	18	106	40
40	Lyn Fullston	Australia	25.53	12	14	285	41
41	Zoe Goss	Australia	25.55	12	16	280	20
42	Diana Edulji	India	25.77	20	30	404	63
43	Sharon Tredrea	Australia	26.13	10	14	346	30
44	Joc Burley	New Zealand	26.33	6	9	110	21
45	Jill Saulbrey	New Zealand	27.17	11	16	198	35
46	Shubhangi Kulkarni	India	27.45	19	32	700	60
47	Clare Connor	England	27.91	16	26	502	24
48	Sophie Ecclestone	England	28.66	10	16	257	48
49	Lucy Pearson	England	29.36	12	14	33	30
50	Carole Hodges	England	29.47	18	31	1,164	23
51	Kate Cross	England	30.72	8	13	58	25
52	Shashi Gupta	India	31.28	13	22	452	25
53	Shantha Rangaswamy	India	31.61	16	26	750	21
54	Laura Marsh	England	33.79	9	12	151	24
55	Clare Taylor	England	40.44	16	21	226	25

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

Betty Wilson leads this snapshot. Lowest bowling average: 11.80. Minimum 20 wickets. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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