Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1985 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1985 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Total Runs

All time

59288

Test

34554

ODI

24734

Total Wickets

All time

1457

Test

643

ODI

814

Total Sixes

All time

5100

Test

1680

ODI

3420

Total Fours

All time

77900

Test

44900

ODI

33000

Total Fifties

All time

248

Test

114

ODI

134

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

276

Test

135

ODI

141

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Allan BORDER 1929
Desmond HAYNES WI		1576
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1541
Javed MIANDAD PAK		1165
David GOWER ENG		1091
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1079
Martin CROWE NZ		1058
Wayne PHILLIPS AUS		1050
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		990
Mike GATTING ENG		971

Most Runs (Test)
Allan BORDER 1099
David GOWER ENG		860
Mike GATTING ENG		847
Martin CROWE NZ		820
Greg RITCHIE AUS		730
Tim ROBINSON NZ		697
Tim ROBINSON NZ		697
Wayne PHILLIPS AUS		558
Jeremy CONEY NZ		539
John WRIGHT NZ		516
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		503

Most Runs (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 1232
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1231
Allan BORDER AUS		830
Javed MIANDAD PAK		721
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		701
Ramiz RAJA PAK		620
Graeme WOOD AUS		603
Roy DIAS SL		587
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		575
Kepler WESSELS AUS		509

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Allan BORDER 3365
Desmond HAYNES WI		2373
Martin CROWE NZ		2282
Kepler WESSELS AUS		2071
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		2032
Greg RITCHIE AUS		2013
Wayne PHILLIPS AUS		1862
John WRIGHT NZ		1821
David GOWER ENG		1818
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1784

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Allan BORDER 2310
Martin CROWE NZ		1895
Greg RITCHIE AUS		1888
Mike GATTING ENG		1573
David GOWER ENG		1519
Tim ROBINSON NZ		1460
Tim ROBINSON NZ		1460
John WRIGHT NZ		1457
Jeremy CONEY NZ		1329
Wayne PHILLIPS AUS		1319
John REID NZ		1289

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 1688
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1329
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1142
Allan BORDER AUS		1055
Javed MIANDAD PAK		987
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		960
Kepler WESSELS AUS		942
Graeme WOOD AUS		923
Ramiz RAJA PAK		860
Roy DIAS SL		822

Highest Score (All time)
David GOWER 215
Mike GATTING ENG	207
Qasim UMAR PAK	206
Javed MIANDAD PAK	203
Graeme FOWLER ENG	201
Allan BORDER AUS	196
Martin CROWE NZ	188
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI	185
Tim ROBINSON NZ	175
Tim ROBINSON NZ	175

Highest Score (Test)
David GOWER 215
Mike GATTING ENG		207
Qasim UMAR PAK		206
Javed MIANDAD PAK		203
Graeme FOWLER ENG		201
Allan BORDER AUS		196
Martin CROWE NZ		188
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		185
Tim ROBINSON NZ		175
Tim ROBINSON NZ		175

Highest Score (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 145
Allan BORDER AUS		127
Graham GOOCH ENG		117
Graeme WOOD AUS		114
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		110
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		103
David GOWER ENG		102
Larry GOMES WI		101
Dean JONES AUS		99

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Martin SNEDDEN 127.27
Tahir NAQQASH PAK		103.17
Courtney WALSH WI		100.00
Roger HARPER WI		97.00
Kapil DEV IND		93.71
Chris COWDREY ENG		93.22
Clive LLOYD WI		88.67
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		88.44
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		86.38
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		86.24

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Courtney WALSH 92.31
Roger HARPER WI		91.67
Kapil DEV IND		88.06
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		86.51
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND		84.48
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		76.58
Norman COWANS ENG		70.45
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		68.13
Jeff THOMSON AUS		67.86
John EMBUREY ENG		62.50

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Martin SNEDDEN 127.27
Courtney WALSH WI		116.67
Chris COWDREY ENG		110.87
Tahir NAQQASH PAK		109.32
Abdul QADIR PAK		106.90
Lance CAIRNS NZ		100.68
Kapil DEV IND		100.38
Roger HARPER WI		97.73
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		92.63
Allan LAMB ENG		91.82

Most sixes (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 26
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		15
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		10
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		9
Ranjan MADUGALLE SL		8
Jeff CROWE NZ		7
Gus LOGIE WI		6

Most sixes (Test)
Aravinda DE SILVA 6
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		5
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		4
Mike GATTING ENG		3

Most sixes (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 21
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		9
Ranjan MADUGALLE SL		8
Allan LAMB ENG		6
Allan BORDER AUS		5

Best Averages (All time)
John REID 775 / 14

Best Averages (Test)
John REID 502 / 8

Best Averages (ODI)
Chris COWDREY 51 / 1

Most 50s (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 14
Desmond HAYNES WI		11
Wayne PHILLIPS AUS		8
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		7

Most 50s (Test)
Desmond HAYNES 4
Bruce EDGAR NZ		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 12
Desmond HAYNES WI		7
Allan BORDER AUS		6
Roy DIAS SL		5
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		4

Most 100s (All time)
Allan BORDER 6
David GOWER ENG		4
Graeme WOOD AUS		3
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		2

Most 100s (Test)
Allan BORDER 4
John REID NZ		3
Martin CROWE NZ		2
Jeff CROWE NZ		1

Most 100s (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 3
Graham GOOCH ENG		2
Larry GOMES WI		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Ewen CHATFIELD 13
Gus LOGIE WI		12
Jeff DUJON WI		8
Simon O'DONNELL AUS		7
John BRACEWELL NZ		6

Most Not Outs (Test)
Ewen CHATFIELD 9
Mike GATTING ENG		5
Wasim AKRAM PAK		4
Allan BORDER AUS		3
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		2

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Gus LOGIE 11
Jeff DUJON WI		7
Javed MIANDAD PAK		6
Shaul KARNAIN SL		5

Most Wickets (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 79
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		64
Geoff LAWSON AUS		50
Kapil DEV IND		49
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		48
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		45
Michael HOLDING WI		44
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		43
Ravi SHASTRI IND		39

Most Wickets (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 64
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		36
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		31
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		29
Kapil DEV IND		28
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		27
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		26
Wasim AKRAM PAK		20
Ashantha DE MEL SL		19

Most Wickets (ODI)
Joel GARNER 35
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		28
Winston DAVIS WI		24
Geoff LAWSON AUS		23
Imran KHAN BHR		22
Imran KHAN BHR		22
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		21

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 9/15
Kapil DEV IND		8/3
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		8/17
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		8/19
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		7/9
Imran KHAN BHR		6/3
Imran KHAN BHR		6/3
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		6/10
Neil FOSTER ENG		6/17
Richard ELLISON ENG		6/18
Ashantha DE MEL SL		6/20

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 9/15
Kapil DEV IND		8/3
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		8/17
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		8/24
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		7/40
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		6/10
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		6/24
Richard ELLISON ENG		6/27
Bob HOLLAND AUS		6/27
Ashantha DE MEL SL		6/28

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Imran KHAN 6/3
Best Bowling Fig
Imran KHAN 6/3
Michael HOLDING WI		5/9
Wasim AKRAM PAK		5/15
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		5/23
Jeremy CONEY NZ		4/4
Geoff LAWSON AUS		4/5
Joel GARNER WI		4/6
Madan LAL IND		4/12
Abdul QADIR PAK		4/13
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/14

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Jeff THOMSON 2/166
Azeem HAFEEZ PAK		5/157
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		8/155
Phil EDMONDS ENG		4/155
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND		3/145
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/143
Abdul QADIR PAK		5/142
Geoff LAWSON AUS		5/135
Kapil DEV IND		8/131
Pat POCOCK ENG		1/130

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Jeff THOMSON 2/166
Azeem HAFEEZ PAK		5/157
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		8/155
Phil EDMONDS ENG		4/155
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND		2/145
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/143
Abdul QADIR PAK		5/142
Geoff LAWSON AUS		5/135
Kapil DEV IND		8/131
Pat POCOCK ENG		1/130

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Ewen CHATFIELD 3/75
Eldine BAPTISTE WI		2/73
Lance CAIRNS NZ		3/69
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		3/69
Rod MCCURDY AUS		3/69
Ashantha DE MEL SL		2/67
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		3/64
Vinothen JOHN SL		3/64
Jeremy CONEY NZ		4/63
Somachandra DE SILVA SL		1/62

Most Dots (All time)
Maninder SINGH 0

Most Dots (Test)
Chetan SHARMA 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Manoj PRABHAKAR 0

Derek PRINGLE ENG		20.25
Imran KHAN BHR		19.44
Imran KHAN BHR		19.44
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		18.52
Steve WAUGH AUS		18.00
Richard ELLISON ENG		16.58
Madan LAL IND		15.80
Norman GIFFORD ENG		12.50
David HOOKES AUS		6.00
Clive LLOYD WI		0.00

Saliya AHANGAMA SL		19.33
Winston DAVIS WI		18.80
Steve WAUGH AUS		18.00
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		17.44
Tauseef AHMED PAK		17.33
Imran KHAN BHR		15.94
Imran KHAN BHR		15.94
Richard ELLISON ENG		10.88
David HOOKES AUS		6.00

Derek PRINGLE ENG		20.25
Tahir NAQQASH PAK		19.95
Kapil DEV IND		19.29
Joel GARNER WI		18.09
Madan LAL IND		15.80
Norman GIFFORD ENG		12.50
Ken RUTHERFORD NZ		12.00
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		4.00
Clive LLOYD WI		0.00

Best Economy (All time)
Clive LLOYD 0.00
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		0.33
Asoka DE SILVA SL		1.41
Ashok MALHOTRA IND		1.50
Ian SMITH SA		1.67
Sanjeewa WEERASINGHE SL		1.89
David HOOKES AUS		2.00
John WRIGHT NZ		2.00
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		2.10
Gopal SHARMA IND		2.14

Best Economy (Test)
Gus LOGIE 0.00
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		0.00
John WRIGHT NZ		0.67
Asoka DE SILVA SL		1.41
Roger HARPER WI		1.44
Ashok MALHOTRA IND		1.50
Ian SMITH SA		1.67
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		1.89
Sanjeewa WEERASINGHE SL		1.89
Gopal SHARMA IND		1.94

Best Economy (ODI)
Clive LLOYD 0.00
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1.00
Pat POCOCK ENG		2.00
Norman GIFFORD ENG		2.50
Joel GARNER WI		2.90
Gopal SHARMA IND		3.27
Madan LAL IND		3.33
Ravi SHASTRI IND		3.35
Tauseef AHMED PAK		3.44
Michael HOLDING WI		3.48

Richard ELLISON ENG		32.88
Tahir NAQQASH PAK		32.02
Norman GIFFORD ENG		30.00
Madan LAL IND		28.44
Thirumalai SEKHAR IND		26.40
Derek PRINGLE ENG		25.50
Roy DIAS SL		18.00
Clive LLOYD WI		0.60

Mohsin KAMAL PAK		43.50
Imran KHAN BHR		42.49
Imran KHAN BHR		42.49
Derek STIRLING NZ		42.30
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		40.24
Winston DAVIS WI		37.74
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		37.71
Steve WAUGH AUS		33.00
Richard ELLISON ENG		26.65
David HOOKES AUS		18.00

Allan BORDER AUS		28.40
Tahir NAQQASH PAK		27.44
Thirumalai SEKHAR IND		26.40
Derek PRINGLE ENG		25.50
Chris COWDREY ENG		25.20
Roy DIAS SL		18.00
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		6.00
Clive LLOYD WI		0.60

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Craig MCDERMOTT 2074
Geoff LAWSON AUS		1667
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		1504
Ashantha DE MEL SL		1496
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		1463
Simon O'DONNELL AUS		1320
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		1264
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		1248
Kapil DEV IND		1228
Phil EDMONDS ENG		1180

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Craig MCDERMOTT 1313
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	1116
Geoff LAWSON AUS	1040
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ	859
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	855
Bob HOLLAND AUS	835
Kapil DEV IND	823
Phil EDMONDS ENG	813
Ashantha DE MEL SL	787
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL	734

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Simon O'DONNELL 816
Michael HOLDING WI		813
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		770
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		762
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		761
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		714
Ashantha DE MEL SL		709
Vinothen JOHN SL		665
Winston DAVIS WI		650
Joel GARNER WI		633

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 122
Ravi SHASTRI IND		107
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		106
Phil EDMONDS ENG		95
Bob HOLLAND AUS		94
Joel GARNER WI		90
Geoff LAWSON AUS		84
John EMBUREY ENG		75
Stephen BOOCK NZ		63

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 104
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		97
Bob HOLLAND AUS		92
Ravi SHASTRI IND		91
Phil EDMONDS ENG		89
John EMBUREY ENG		75
Geoff LAWSON AUS		65
Stephen BOOCK NZ		63
Kapil DEV IND		62
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		54

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Joel GARNER 53
Michael HOLDING WI		22
Geoff LAWSON AUS		19
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		18
Winston DAVIS WI		16
Roger HARPER WI		14
Imran KHAN BHR		13
Imran KHAN BHR		13

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 6
Wasim AKRAM PAK		3
Richard ELLISON ENG		2
Kapil DEV IND		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 6
Ashantha DE MEL SL		2
Kapil DEV IND		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Imran KHAN 1
Five Wicket haul
Imran KHAN 1

Series updates of 1985

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Australia)

06 Jan-12 Feb 1985

-
West Indies

Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket (in Australia)

17 Feb-10 Mar 1985

-
India

New Zealand in West Indies ODI Series

20 Mar-23 Apr 1985

5-0 (5)
West Indies

New Zealand in West Indies Test Series

29 Mar-04 May 1985

2-0 (4)
West Indies

The Ashes (Australia in England)

13 Jun-29 Aug 1985

3-1 (6)
England

Texaco Trophy (Australia in England)

30 May-03 Jun 1985

2-1 (3)
Australia

Sri Lanka in Pakistan ODI Series

13 Oct-03 Nov 1985

4-0 (4)
Pakistan

Rothmans Sharjah Cup (India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)

15 Nov-22 Nov 1985

-
West Indies

West Indies in Pakistan ODI Series

27 Nov-06 Dec 1985

3-2 (5)
West Indies

Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series

16 Oct-07 Nov 1985

2-0 (3)
Pakistan

Rothmans Four-Nations Cup (Australia, England, India, Pakistan in United Arab Emirates)

22 Mar-29 Mar 1985

-
India

Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand in Australia)

08 Nov-30 Nov 1985

2-1 (3)
New Zealand

India in Australia Test Series

13 Dec-02 Jan 1986

0-0 (3)
drawn

India in Sri Lanka Test Series

30 Aug-14 Sep 1985

1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka

India in Sri Lanka ODI Series

25 Aug-22 Sep 1985

1-1 (3)
drawn

Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series

18 Jan-09 Feb 1985

2-0 (3)
New Zealand

Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Series

12 Jan-16 Feb 1985

3-0 (4)
New Zealand

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Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1985 Performances & Rankings

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1576

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1165

1091

1079

1058

1050

990

971

1099

860

847

820

730

697

697

558

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516

503

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1231

830

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603

587

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509

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2282

2071

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1862

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1784

2310

1895

1888

1573

1519

1460

1460

1457

1329

1319

1289

1688

1329

1142

1055

987

960

942

923

860

822

215

207

206

203

201

196

188

185

175

175

215

207

206

203

201

196

188