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skully
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Warney's worst ever Test bowling average during his career was 335.00 after his first 3 Tests. However this only puts him 6th on the list of players with the highest bowling averages during their Test career.

Who's no. 1?
 
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Hedonistic Hippo
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Some West Indian spinner. Can't remember his name.
 
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Rawl Lewis. That's the ticket.
 
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JGK
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Khaled Mahmud?
 
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skully
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Some West Indian spinner. Can't remember his name.
You are probably thinking of RN Lewis, but his career worst (and final) average of 388.00 only puts him 4th on the list. He holds the record for the worst final average in Test cricket. There are 3 guys who had a worse average than this before improving.
 
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skully
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Khaled Mahmud?
Mahmud is 3rd on the list with a worst average of 406.00.
 
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JGK
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Dipak Patel?
 
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skully
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Dipak Patel?
He's 5th on the list just ahead of Warney, with a worst average of 349.00 after 11 Tests
 
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Someone who is Santa?
 
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skully
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The man at the top of this list is a player from the subcontinent in the 60s. 2nd on list is a Windian pre WW2
 
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Mahmud's average reached an apex of 480.00, immediately before he caught and bowled Kaneria in the 1st match of the series against Pakistan.
 
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skully
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Mahmud's average reached an apex of 480.00, immediately before he caught and bowled Kaneria in the 1st match of the series against Pakistan.
You are possibly correct OP but I took the averages at the end of each Test. His average prior to that innings v Pakistan stood at 406.00. Test averages are not updated during innings. He took 1-74 and 0-8 in the next Test to drop his average to 244.00.
 
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Test averages are not updated during innings.



They are in the "Live Averages" page on cricinfo... and in my brane.
 
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JGK
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Skully - have to admit I can't answer this without cheating.
 
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skully
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Skully - have to admit I can't answer this without cheating.
Cheat away JGK.
 
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skully
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Test averages are not updated during innings.



They are in the "Live Averages" page on cricinfo... and in my brane.
Meh, my trivia, my rules. Wink
 
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skully
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Warney's worst ever Test bowling average during his career was 335.00 after his first 3 Tests. However this only puts him 6th on the list of players with the highest bowling averages during their Test career at the end of completed Test matches.

Who's no. 1?
Fixed for OP's sake.
 
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JGK
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Skully - have to admit I can't answer this without cheating.
Cheat away JGK.


Surti.
 
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JGK
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Interstingly, of all bowlers who have taken over 200 test wickets, only 3 never averged more than 30 during their career (again, taking the end of the test as the measuring point).

ANyone want to hazard a guess at the 3 (2 Poms and an Aussie).

Even more amazingly, Brett Lee is 5th on that list with a highest average of 33.20!
 
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skully
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Skully - have to admit I can't answer this without cheating.
Cheat away JGK.


Surti.
That's him. Full list (worst average, no. of wickets and no. of Tests completed):

  Ave    W   M 
457.00   1   7   SR Surti (Ind) 
417.00   1   7   FR Martin (WI) 
406.00   1   7   Khaled Mahmud (BD) 
388.00   1   4   RN Lewis (WI) 
349.00   1  11   DN Patel (NZ) 
335.00   1   3   SK Warne (Aus) 
305.00   1   3   Maninder Singh (Ind)

Honourable mention for Paul Collingwood, currently on 265.00
 
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Hedonistic Hippo
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Trueman? Lillee?
 
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skully
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Interstingly, of all bowlers who have taken over 200 test wickets, only 3 never averged more than 30 during their career (again, taking the end of the test as the measuring point).

ANyone want to hazard a guess at the 3 (2 Poms and an Aussie).

Even more amazingly, Brett Lee is 5th on that list with a highest average of 33.20!
I'll have a punt at Statham, Bedser and Grimmett.
 
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Trueman? Lillee?



Tha't two of them. DKL averaged 26 after his second test. Trueman's worst average was 29.67 after his first test.
 
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Willis?
 
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Interstingly, of all bowlers who have taken over 200 test wickets, only 3 never averged more than 30 during their career (again, taking the end of the test as the measuring point).

ANyone want to hazard a guess at the 3 (2 Poms and an Aussie).

Even more amazingly, Brett Lee is 5th on that list with a highest average of 33.20!
I'll have a punt at Statham, Bedser and Grimmett.




Grum 4th, Alec 12th, Statham well down.
 
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