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Best Averages in 1983: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1983, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1983
139 entries
1
494 / 6
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
10.33 clear of Graeme Fowler
2
360 / 5
Graeme Fowler
ENG
10.33 off the lead
3
283 / 4
Imran Niazi
BHR
11.58 off the lead
● LEADS
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
494 / 6 · 10.33 ahead of Fowler
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Abbas is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
318 / 6
The mark at number ten — 129 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
139 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
494 / 6
2
Graeme Fowler
ENG
360 / 5
3
Imran Niazi
BHR
283 / 4
3
Imran Khan
BHR
283 / 4
4
David Gower
ENG
1086 / 16
5
Sir Viv Richards
WI
730 / 11
6
Abdul Qadir
PAK
62 / 1
7
Gordon Greenidge
WI
749 / 13
8
Larry Gomes
WI
343 / 6
9
Graham Yallop
AUS
396 / 7
10
Martin Crowe
NZ
318 / 6
11
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
49 / 1
12
Duncan Fletcher
ZIM
191 / 4
13
Faoud Bacchus
WI
235 / 5
14
Allan Lamb
ENG
648 / 14
15
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
46 / 1
16
Graham Dilley
ENG
90 / 2
17
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
44 / 1
17
Dave Houghton
ZIM
176 / 4
18
Joel Garner
WI
42 / 1
18
Ghulam Parkar
IND
42 / 1
18
Rodney Hogg
AUS
42 / 1
19
Javed Miandad
PAK
293 / 7
20
Iain Butchart
ZIM
82 / 2
21
Kapil Dev
IND
527 / 13
22
Wasim Bari
PAK
81 / 2
23
John Dyson
AUS
317 / 8
24
Guy de Alwis
SL
198 / 5
25
Gary Troup
NZ
39 / 1
26
Jeff Dujon
WI
190 / 5
27
Glenn Turner
NZ
834 / 22
28
Martin Snedden
NZ
187 / 5
29
Desmond Haynes
WI
520 / 14
30
Jeremy Coney
NZ
509 / 14
31
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
145 / 4
32
Kevin Curran
ZIM
212 / 6
33
Vinothen John
SL
35 / 1
34
Trevor Chappell
AUS
139 / 4
35
David Hookes
AUS
641 / 19
36
Susil Fernando
SL
101 / 3
37
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
100 / 3
38
Sandeep Patil
IND
299 / 9
39
Kepler Wessels
AUS
429 / 13
40
Steve Smith
AUS
164 / 5
41
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
194 / 6
42
Trevor Jesty
ENG
127 / 4
43
Graeme Wood
AUS
379 / 12
44
Ashok Malhotra
IND
189 / 6
45
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
188 / 6
46
Derek Randall
ENG
342 / 11
47
Roger Woolley
AUS
31 / 1
48
Madan Lal
IND
153 / 5
49
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
182 / 6
50
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
468 / 16
51
Jeff Crowe
NZ
345 / 12
52
John Wright
NZ
598 / 21
53
Mohsin Khan
HK
256 / 9
53
Mohsin Khan
HK
256 / 9
54
Bruce Edgar
NZ
552 / 20
55
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
383 / 14
56
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
54 / 2
56
Saleem Malik
PAK
27 / 1
57
Yashpal Sharma
IND
349 / 13
58
Chris Tavaré
ENG
456 / 17
59
Ravi Shastri
IND
211 / 8
60
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
287 / 11
61
John Morrison
NZ
130 / 5
62
Greg Chappell
AUS
274 / 11
63
Kim Hughes
AUS
315 / 13
64
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
190 / 8
65
Robin Brown
ZIM
93 / 4
66
Clive Lloyd
WI
184 / 8
66
Yohan Goonasekera
SL
69 / 3
67
Roy Dias
SL
157 / 7
68
Kris Srikkanth
IND
310 / 14
69
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
22 / 1
70
Roger Binny
IND
173 / 8
71
Duleep Mendis
SL
194 / 9
72
Somachandra De Silva
SL
172 / 8
73
Rod Marsh
AUS
257 / 12
74
Allan Border
AUS
428 / 20
75
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
275 / 13
76
Bob Willis
ENG
21 / 1
77
Mike Gatting
ENG
83 / 4
78
John Bracewell
NZ
41 / 2
79
Geoff Howarth
NZ
428 / 21
80
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
61 / 3
81
Syed Kirmani
IND
92 / 5
82
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
293 / 16
83
Lance Cairns
NZ
335 / 19
84
Geoff Lawson
AUS
103 / 6
85
Andy Roberts
NZ
66 / 4
85
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
66 / 4
85
Gerald Peckover
ZIM
33 / 2
85
Grant Paterson
ZIM
99 / 6
86
Arun Lal
IND
16 / 1
87
Ian Gould
ENG
155 / 10
88
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
70 / 5
88
Kirti Azad
IND
56 / 4
89
Tom Hogan
AUS
55 / 4
90
Wasim Raja
PAK
41 / 3
91
Vic Marks
ENG
118 / 9
92
Ashantha de Mel
SL
130 / 10
93
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
12 / 1
93
Peter Rawson
ZIM
24 / 2
94
Andy Pycroft
ZIM
71 / 6
95
Warren Lees
NZ
110 / 10
95
Derek Pringle
ENG
11 / 1
96
Geoff Miller
ENG
64 / 6
97
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
53 / 5
98
Ken MacLeay
AUS
73 / 7
99
Peter Webb
NZ
30 / 3
99
Jack Heron
ZIM
50 / 5
100
Rashid Khan
AFG
9 / 1
100
Rashid Khan
AFG
9 / 1
101
Ali Shah
ZIM
26 / 3
102
John Traicos
SA
25 / 3
103
Ian Smith
NZ
8 / 1
103
Paul Allott
ENG
8 / 1
104
Malcolm Marshall
WI
47 / 6
105
Michael Holding
WI
38 / 5
105
Jeff Thomson
AUS
38 / 5
106
Bob Taylor
ENG
7 / 1
107
Robin Jackman
ENG
18 / 3
108
Norman Cowans
ENG
5 / 1
108
Athula Samarasekera
SL
5 / 1
108
Eldine Baptiste
WI
5 / 1
108
Qasim Umar
PAK
5 / 1
108
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
5 / 1
109
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
9 / 2
110
Dennis Lillee
AUS
8 / 2
111
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
3 / 1
111
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3 / 1
112
Geoff Cook
ENG
2 / 1
112
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2 / 1
112
Mithra Wettimuny
SL
2 / 1
113
John Maguire
AUS
3 / 2
114
Mike Whitney
AUS
1 / 1
114
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
1 / 1
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