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Best Strike Rate in 1955: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best strike rate in 1955 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1955
63 entries
1
38.03
Frank Tyson
ENG
6.64 clear of Bob Appleyard
2
44.67
Bob Appleyard
ENG
6.64 off the lead
3
51.09
Brian Statham
ENG
13.06 off the lead
● LEADS
Frank Tyson
ENG
38.03 · 6.64 better than Appleyard
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Tyson is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
61.50
The mark at number ten — 53 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
63 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Frank Tyson
ENG
38.03
2
Bob Appleyard
ENG
44.67
3
Brian Statham
ENG
51.09
4
Ray Lindwall
AUS
51.39
5
Khan Mohammad
PAK
51.97
6
Jim Laker
ENG
52.00
7
Keith Miller
AUS
56.25
8
Peter Heine
SA
57.10
9
Zulfiqar Ahmed
PAK
57.21
10
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
61.50
11
Johnny Wardle
ENG
62.52
12
Richie Benaud
AUS
64.65
13
Ian Johnson
AUS
65.47
14
Sadashiv Patil
IND
69.00
15
Subhash Gupte
IND
71.48
16
Peter Loader
ENG
72.00
17
Hugh Tayfield
SA
72.35
18
Ron Archer
AUS
74.73
19
Trevor Goddard
SA
75.76
20
Eddie Fuller
SA
76.00
21
Alex Moir
NZ
76.90
22
Neil Adcock
SA
77.40
23
Johnny Hayes
NZ
78.31
24
Jasubhai Patel
IND
80.00
25
Tony Lock
ENG
80.31
26
Tom Dewdney
WI
80.40
27
Trevor Bailey
ENG
80.64
28
Fazal Mahmood
PAK
82.00
29
Mahmood Hussain
PAK
82.40
30
Bill Johnston
AUS
88.00
31
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
93.83
32
Abdul Kardar
IND
94.50
33
Matt Poore
NZ
96.00
34
John Reid
NZ
98.82
35
Denis Atkinson
WI
99.31
36
Gulabrai Ramchand
IND
104.40
37
Polly Umrigar
IND
105.00
37
Fred Trueman
ENG
105.00
38
Sir Clyde Walcott
WI
106.50
39
Vinoo Mankad
IND
111.45
40
Dattu Phadkar
IND
111.85
41
Tony MacGibbon
NZ
118.71
42
Vijay Manjrekar
IND
120.00
42
Bunny Butler
WI
120.00
43
Harry Cave
NZ
126.38
44
Ghulam Ahmed
IND
131.40
45
Gundibail Sunderam
IND
132.00
46
Bert Sutcliffe
NZ
135.00
47
Norman Marshall
WI
139.50
48
Shujauddin
PAK
146.57
49
Collie Smith
WI
161.60
50
Sonny Ramadhin
WI
166.80
51
Alf Valentine
WI
168.00
52
Miran Bakhsh
PAK
174.00
53
Ian Smith
SA
180.00
54
Fred Titmus
ENG
198.00
55
Jack Hill
AUS
210.00
55
Maqsood Ahmed
PAK
210.00
56
Frank King
WI
226.00
57
Frank Worrell
WI
230.00
58
Alan Davidson
AUS
276.00
59
Percy Mansell
SA
288.00
60
Jack Alabaster
NZ
343.50
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