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Greatest Test Bowlers - England                                             Back

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Last Updated: March 23, 2006

Rank Player Team Career Rating Mat I Balls Runs W Ave 5 10 SR Econ
                           
1 Sydney Barnes ENG 1901-14 848 27 50 7873 3106 189 16.43 24 7 41.7 2.37
2 Fred Trueman ENG 1952-65 718 67 127 15178 6625 307 21.58 17 3 49.4 2.62
3 George Lohmann ENG 1886-96 644 18 36 3821 1205 112 10.76 9 5 34.1 1.89
4 Jim Laker ENG 1948-59 634 46 86 12027 4101 193 21.25 9 3 62.3 2.05
5 Alec Bedser ENG 1946-55 614 57 92 15918 5876 236 24.90 15 5 67.4 2.21
6 Ian Botham ENG 1977-92 609 102 168 21815 10878 383 28.40 27 4 57.0 2.99
7 Derek Underwood ENG 1966-82 584 86 151 21862 7674 297 25.84 17 6 73.6 2.11
8 Bob Willis ENG 1971-84 553 90 165 17357 8190 325 25.20 16 0 53.4 2.83
9 Johny Briggs ENG 1884-99 550 33 49 5332 2095 118 17.75 9 4 45.2 2.36
10 Johnny Wardle ENG 1948-57 509 28 52 6597 2080 102 20.39 5 1 64.7 1.89
11 Brian Statham ENG 1951-65 498 70 129 16056 6261 252 24.85 9 1 63.7 2.34
12 Tony Lock ENG 1952-68 471 49 88 13147 4451 174 25.58 9 3 75.6 2.03
13 Angus Fraser ENG 1989-98 454 46 79 10876 4836 177 27.32 13 2 61.4 2.67
14 Hedley Verity ENG 1931-39 451 40 73 11173 3510 144 24.38 5 2 77.6 1.88
15 John Snow ENG 1965-76 443 49 82 12021 5387 202 26.67 8 1 59.5 2.69
16 Darren Gough ENG 1994-03 414 57 94 11671 6415 228 28.14 9 0 51.2 3.30
17 Andy Caddick ENG 1993-03 413 62 105 13558 6999 234 29.91 13 1 57.9 3.10
18 Maurice Tate ENG 1924-35 413 39 68 12523 4055 155 26.16 7 1 80.8 1.94
19 Matthew Hoggard ENG 2000- 361 51 96 10524 5765 197 29.26 6 1 53.4 3.29
20 Wilfred Rhodes ENG 1899-30 337 58 90 8231 3425 127 26.97 6 1 64.8 2.50
21 Steve Harmison ENG 2002- 323 41 77 8957 4615 159 29.03 6 0 56.3 3.09
22 Chris Old ENG 1972-81 307 46 81 8858 4020 143 28.11 4 0 61.9 2.72
23 Graham Dilley ENG 1979-89 303 41 65 8192 4107 138 29.76 6 0 59.4 3.01
24 Trevor Bailey ENG 1949-59 292 61 95 9712 3856 132 29.21 5 1 73.6 2.38
25 Geoff Arnold ENG 1967-75 289 34 61 7650 3254 115 28.30 6 0 66.5 2.55
26 Dominic Cork ENG 1995-02 283 37 62 7678 3906 131 29.82 5 0 58.6 3.05
27 Tony Greig ENG 1972-77 282 58 93 9802 4541 141 32.21 6 2 69.5 2.78
28 Andrew Flintoff ENG 1998- 267 59 104 10967 5473 174 31.45 2 0