Mohammad Abbas

Bowler, Pakistan, 33 Tests, 2017-2026. Debut v West Indies, 2017

24.9Adjusted bowling average, 22nd of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 22.7. It could reasonably be anywhere from 22.4 to 29.9.

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

19RJ SidebottomEngland24.8 20MA StarcAustralia24.9 21MJ HenryNew Zealand24.9

22Mohammad AbbasPakistan24.9

23Saeed AjmalPakistan24.9 24TA BoultNew Zealand25.1 25JL PattinsonAustralia25.2

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2017	23	491	21.35	2.43
2018	38	523	13.76	2.27
2019	11	491	44.64	2.91
2020	10	313	31.30	2.02
2021	8	254	31.75	2.54
2024	7	133	19.00	3.28
2025	3	113	37.67	3.83
2026	31	653	21.06	2.88
Career	131	2971	22.68	2.58

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

Volume

Wickets

131

5 wkts

Quality

Average

22.68

Strike rate

52.8

Economy

2.58

Conditions

Away average

24.05

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

11.3

Value / inns

2.8

Volume

Runs

240

Average

8.57

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

26.5

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

9.29

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
England	13	99	9.90
Australia	5	41	10.25
South Africa	8	40	10.00
West Indies	9	30	6.00
Bangladesh	5	12	—
New Zealand	6	9	3.00
Sri Lanka	5	5	2.50
Ireland	1	4	—

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
West Indies	29	18.24	5/22	2
England	28	23.25	5/57	1
Australia	17	16.47	5/33	2
South Africa	15	31.80	6/54	1
Sri Lanka	14	25.93	4/55	0
Bangladesh	13	22.31	5/92	1
Ireland	9	12.22	5/66	1
New Zealand	6	45.17	2/13	0

Home & away

Home

1bat avg

23.56bowl avg

Away

9.29bat avg

24.05bowl avg

Neutral

5.33bat avg

17.56bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	15	55	5.50
2nd	16	64	8.00
3rd	11	67	11.17
4th	10	54	13.50

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v England21 & 423/122Edgbaston2026-09-09 v England2 & 139/130Lord's2026-08-27 v England2 & 61/78Headingley2026-08-19 v West Indies0 & 238/85Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad2026-07-25 v Bangladesh0 & 04/111Sylhet International Cricket Stadium2026-05-16 v Bangladesh6 & 56/127Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur2026-05-08 v South Africa0 & 03/113Newlands, Cape Town2025-01-03 v South Africa10 & 07/133SuperSport Park, Centurion2024-12-26 v West Indies03/86Sabina Park2021-08-20 v West Indies0 & 13/70Sabina Park2021-08-12

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 52
Not outs: 24
Runs: 240
Average: 8.57
Strike rate: 26.5
Highest: 42
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 7

Wickets: 131
Average: 22.68
Economy: 2.58
Strike rate: 52.8
Best: 6/54
5 wickets: 8
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 6915