The bowling average is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers in the sport of cricket. It is the ratio of runs conceded per wickets taken, meaning that the lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is performing. The bowling average is commonly used alongside the economy rate and the strike rate to judge the overall performance of a bowler. Where a bowler has taken only a small number of wickets, their average can be artificially low, and an increase in wickets taken can result in large changes in their bowling average. Due to this, qualification caveats are generally applied to determine career records for bowling averages. After applying these criteria, George Lohmann holds the record for the lowest average in Test cricket, having claimed 112 wickets at an average of 10.75.

A cricketer's bowling average is calculated by dividing the numbers of runs they have conceded by the number of wickets they have taken. The number of runs conceded by a bowler is determined as the total number of runs that the opposing side have scored while the bowler was bowling, excluding any byes, leg byes, or penalty runs. The bowler receives credit for any wickets taken during their bowling that are either bowled, caught, hit wicket, leg before wicket or stumped.

Answer this series of questions:

1. What concept is this article about?
2. Specfically what statistic?
3. Is it a ratio?
4. What's the first thing being compared in the ratio?
5. And the second?
6. Is it good to have a high average?
7. How many other stats are there to measure how good a bowler is?
8. What is one of them?
9. And the other?
10. How many types of runs are not included in the average?
11. Are leg byes one of them?
12. And the others?
13. Who has the record for the smallest average?
14. In which type of cricket?
15. How many wickets did he get?
16. And his average?
17. Can any player hold the record?
18. How many types of wickets are there?
19. Name one of them.
20. What's another?
1. the sport of cricket
2. The bowling average
3. yes
4. runs conceded
5. wickets taken
6. no
7. Two
8. the economy rate
9. the strike rate
10. Three
11. yes
12. any byes and penalty runs
13. George Lohmann
14. in Test cricket
15. 112
16. 10.75
17. unknown
18. 5 I believe
19. hit wicket
20. leg before wicket