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Best Strike Rate in 1972: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best strike rate during the 1972 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1972
50 entries
1
36.60
Bob Woolmer
ENG
1.70 clear of Bruce Taylor
2
38.30
Bruce Taylor
NZ
1.70 off the lead
3
40.32
Geoff Arnold
ENG
3.72 off the lead
● LEADS
Bob Woolmer
ENG
36.60 · 1.70 better than Taylor
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
51.83
The mark at number ten — 40 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
50 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Bob Woolmer
ENG
36.60
2
Bruce Taylor
NZ
38.30
3
Geoff Arnold
ENG
40.32
4
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
40.39
5
Max Walker
AUS
45.60
6
Chris Old
ENG
47.00
7
Dennis Lillee
AUS
47.23
8
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
50.00
9
John Snow
ENG
51.18
10
Derek Underwood
ENG
51.83
11
Bob Massie
AUS
52.53
12
Ashley Mallett
AUS
53.00
13
Graeme Watson
AUS
57.60
13
Asif Masood
PAK
57.60
14
Uton Dowe
WI
63.00
15
John Price
ENG
66.33
16
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
67.25
17
Bob Cottam
ENG
69.60
18
Saleem Altaf
PAK
72.00
19
Grayson Shillingford
WI
74.60
20
Ray Illingworth
ENG
75.43
21
Bishan Bedi
IND
76.00
22
Vanburn Holder
WI
76.50
23
Tony Greig
ENG
79.05
24
John Inverarity
AUS
91.50
25
Bev Congdon
NZ
92.31
26
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
93.43
27
Intikhab Alam
PAK
100.00
28
Inshan Ali
WI
105.00
29
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
108.00
30
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
108.60
31
Majid Khan
PAK
116.00
32
Pat Pocock
ENG
132.00
33
David Colley
AUS
132.50
34
David Holford
WI
134.25
35
Ian Chappell
AUS
138.00
36
Hedley Howarth
NZ
144.86
37
Greg Chappell
AUS
146.00
38
Syed Abid Ali
IND
150.00
39
John Gleeson
AUS
153.33
40
Bob Cunis
NZ
183.00
41
Tony Howard
WI
186.00
42
Norman Gifford
ENG
204.00
43
Clive Lloyd
WI
234.00
44
Lance Gibbs
WI
260.00
45
Peter Lever
ENG
270.00
46
Ross Morgan
NZ
288.00
47
Jack Alabaster
NZ
300.00
48
Maurice Foster
WI
318.00
49
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
384.00
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