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Best bowling average — SA20

Roelof van der Merwe leads the best bowling average in SA20 history with a bowling average of 9.55 from 20 wickets; Anrich Nortje is next with a bowling average of 14.45 from 38 wickets. The all-time top 28 below is computed from ball-by-ball data of every SA20 match in our dataset and refreshed daily.

Minimum 20 wickets.

Each point is a player; bowling average (vertical) vs economy (horizontal). Hover or tap a point for detail; the leader is highlighted.

#	Player	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	SR
1	Roelof van der Merwe	9	20	9.55	5.62	10.2
2	Anrich Nortje	22	38	14.45	6.59	13.16
3	Ottniel Baartman	33	61	15.15	8.32	10.92
4	Gerald Coetzee	13	23	16	8.66	11.09
5	Junior Dala	10	20	16.35	9.34	10.5
6	Daniel Worrall	14	21	17.76	6.91	15.43
7	Noor Ahmad	21	30	17.87	6.76	15.87
8	Wayne Parnell	16	24	18.42	9.14	12.08
9	Marco Jansen	45	60	19.53	7.23	16.2
10	Lizaad Williams	20	30	19.73	9.11	13
11	Hardus Viljoen	21	31	19.9	8.9	13.42
12	James Neesham	22	25	19.96	8.36	14.32
13	Corbin Bosch	18	26	20.35	9.47	12.88
14	Senuran Muthusamy	26	27	21.67	7.42	17.52
15	Richard Gleeson	21	28	22.04	8.63	15.32
16	Liam Dawson	22	22	22.55	7.35	18.41
17	Reece Topley	20	23	23.22	8.22	16.96
18	Kagiso Rabada	34	41	23.59	8.05	17.59
19	Adil Rashid	18	22	23.82	7.86	18.18
20	Dwaine Pretorius	19	21	24.1	9.95	14.52
21	Keshav Maharaj	41	39	25.59	7.08	21.69
22	George Linde	36	32	25.91	7.4	21
23	Eathan Bosch	33	34	26.76	8.58	18.71
24	Rashid Khan	27	27	27.52	7.21	22.89
25	Tabraiz Shamsi	23	21	28.24	7.8	21.71
26	Bjorn Fortuin	44	39	29.67	6.79	26.23
27	Lungi Ngidi	34	34	31.85	8.66	22.06
28	Nandre Burger	21	20	32.5	8.67	22.5

Coverage & definitionsCricsheet ball-by-ball · SA20 · data through 13 October 2026Show ▾

Source. Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet. New matches are loaded from Cricsheet twice a day (10:00 and 22:00 UTC), typically a day or two after a match is published there.

Internationals. T20 internationals are included only when both teams are ICC full members. Fixtures against Associate nations (e.g. Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal, USA) are not in the dataset, so international totals for players who faced them are lower than their full career figures.

Leagues. Leagues: IPL, BBL, PSL, CPL, SA20, MLC, ILT20, BPL, LPL, WBBL, WPL — full history of each. Domestic T20 competitions outside this list (e.g. the Blast, SMAT, Super Smash) are not included.

Exclusions. Super overs are excluded from every total. The dataset has no playing-XI record, so match appearances can't be counted. A match where a player neither batted nor bowled is not reflected anywhere in their figures.

Inns counts innings in which the player bowled. Matches where they did not bowl are not included.

Inns (bowling) — innings in which the player bowled at least one delivery. Matches where they did not bowl are not counted.
Batting average — runs divided by dismissals. Bowling average — runs conceded divided by wickets. Not-out innings add runs but no dismissal.
Economy — runs conceded per six legal balls bowled.
Batting strike rate — runs per 100 balls faced (wides excluded). Bowling strike rate — balls per wicket.

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