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Best Average in 1977: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best average in 1977 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1977
58 entries
1
17.63
Mick Malone
AUS
0.51 clear of Gary Cosier
2
18.14
Gary Cosier
AUS
0.51 off the lead
3
18.29
Dennis Lillee
AUS
0.66 off the lead
● LEADS
Mick Malone
AUS
17.63 · 0.51 better than Cosier
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21.50
The mark at number ten — 48 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
15 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Average — full list
58 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Mick Malone
AUS
17.63
2
Gary Cosier
AUS
18.14
3
Dennis Lillee
AUS
18.29
4
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
18.71
5
Derek Underwood
ENG
19.51
6
Majid Khan
PAK
19.67
7
Colin Croft
WI
20.17
8
Bob Willis
ENG
20.51
9
Karsan Ghavri
IND
20.63
10
Wasim Raja
PAK
21.50
11
David Holford
WI
21.80
12
John Lever
ENG
21.92
13
Bishan Bedi
IND
22.17
14
Mike Hendrick
ENG
22.67
15
Lance Cairns
NZ
23.00
16
Madan Lal
IND
23.58
17
Wayne Clark
AUS
24.70
18
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
24.88
19
Maurice Foster
WI
25.00
20
Sikander Bakht
PAK
25.17
21
Joel Garner
WI
25.54
22
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
26.77
23
Jeff Thomson
AUS
26.85
24
Sam Gannon
AUS
26.91
25
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
27.06
26
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
27.86
27
Tony Greig
ENG
28.15
28
Len Pascoe
AUS
28.19
29
Imran Niazi
PAK
28.67
30
Greg Chappell
AUS
29.00
31
Chris Old
ENG
29.60
32
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
31.36
33
Inshan Ali
WI
31.80
34
Max Walker
AUS
31.87
35
Geoff Cope
ENG
32.00
36
Ray Bright
AUS
34.67
37
Geoff Miller
ENG
35.75
38
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
39.14
39
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
40.00
40
Alan Hurst
AUS
40.50
41
Asif Iqbal
PAK
41.00
42
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
41.37
43
Sir Andy Roberts
WI
41.58
44
Sir Viv Richards
WI
45.50
45
Liaqat Ali
PAK
46.50
46
Gary Gilmour
AUS
46.75
47
Intikhab Alam
PAK
48.00
48
Bob Simpson
AUS
48.67
49
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
52.67
50
Tony Mann
AUS
53.75
51
Saleem Altaf
PAK
55.78
52
Bernard Julien
WI
59.00
52
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
59.00
53
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
63.50
54
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
70.50
55
Hedley Howarth
NZ
73.50
56
Javed Miandad
PAK
79.00
57
Abdul Qadir
PAK
82.00
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