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

273

Test

ODI

177

Total Fours

All time

4058

Test

2375

ODI

1683

Total Fifties

All time

253

Test

116

ODI

137

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Allan BORDER 1929
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1702
Desmond HAYNES WI		1576
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1256
Javed MIANDAD PAK		1165
David GOWER ENG		1091
Martin CROWE NZ		1058
John REID NZ		1041
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
John REID NZ		768
Greg RITCHIE AUS		730
Tim ROBINSON ENG		697
Tim ROBINSON ENG		697
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		561
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		555
Jeremy CONEY NZ		539

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
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		2379
Desmond HAYNES WI		2373
John REID NZ		2310
Martin CROWE NZ		2282
Kepler WESSELS AUS		2071
Greg RITCHIE AUS		2013
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1973
John WRIGHT NZ		1821
David GOWER ENG		1818

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Allan BORDER 2310
Martin CROWE NZ		1895
Greg RITCHIE AUS		1888
John REID NZ		1862
Mike GATTING ENG		1573
David GOWER ENG		1519
Tim ROBINSON ENG		1460
Tim ROBINSON ENG		1460
John WRIGHT NZ		1457
Jeremy CONEY NZ		1329
David BOON AUS		1260

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 ENG	175
Tim ROBINSON ENG	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 ENG	175
Tim ROBINSON ENG	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
Imran KHAN POR		118.52
Imran KHAN POR		118.52
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 IAN BOTHAM ENG		88.33

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Courtney WALSH 92.31
Roger HARPER WI		91.67
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		89.18
Kapil DEV IND		88.06
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND		84.48
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		76.58
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		73.14
Norman COWANS ENG		70.45
Jeff THOMSON AUS		67.86
John EMBUREY ENG		62.50

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Martin SNEDDEN 127.27
Imran KHAN POR		118.52
Imran KHAN POR		118.52
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

Most sixes (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 29
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		15
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		12
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		10
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		9
Clive LLOYD WI		8
Jeff CROWE NZ		7
Desmond HAYNES WI		6

Most sixes (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 9
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		8
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		7
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		6
Allan BORDER AUS		5
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		4
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		3

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

Best Averages (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 809 / 15

Best Averages (Test)
Tim ROBINSON 697 / 11
Best Averages
Tim ROBINSON 697 / 11

Best Averages (ODI)
Gordon GREENIDGE 367 / 7

Most 50s (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 14
Desmond HAYNES WI		11
Allan BORDER AUS		8
Roy DIAS SL		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
Javed MIANDAD PAK		5
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		4

Most 100s (All time)
Allan BORDER 6
John REID NZ		5
David GOWER ENG		4
Graeme WOOD AUS		3
Martin CROWE NZ		2

Most 100s (Test)
John REID 5
Allan BORDER AUS		4
David GOWER ENG		3
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		2

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
Allan BORDER AUS		7
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		6

Most Not Outs (Test)
Ewen CHATFIELD 9
Mike GATTING ENG		5
Wasim AKRAM PAK		4
Chetan SHARMA IND		3
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		2

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Gus LOGIE 11
Javed MIANDAD PAK		6
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		5
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		4

Most Wickets (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 67
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		41
Joel GARNER WI		40
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		39
Ravi SHASTRI IND		36
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		35
Geoff LAWSON AUS		33
Winston DAVIS WI		30

Most Wickets (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 55
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		29
Kapil DEV IND		28
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		24
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		23
Wasim AKRAM PAK		20
Ravi SHASTRI IND		19
Saliya AHANGAMA SL		18

Most Wickets (ODI)
Joel GARNER 32
Michael HOLDING WI		24
Winston DAVIS WI		20
Tahir NAQQASH PAK		18
Ravi SHASTRI IND		17
Geoff LAWSON AUS		16
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		15
Roger HARPER WI		13
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		12

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 9/15
Kapil DEV IND		8/3
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		8/19
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		7/13
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		6/10
Imran NIAZI PAK		6/14
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		6/17
Richard ELLISON ENG		6/18
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		6/24
Bob HOLLAND AUS		6/27

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 9/15
Kapil DEV IND		8/3
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		8/24
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		7/40
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		6/10
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		6/17
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		6/24
Bob HOLLAND AUS		6/27
Ashantha DE MEL SL		6/28
Richard ELLISON ENG		6/35

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Imran NIAZI 6/14
Michael HOLDING WI		5/9
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		5/24
Joel GARNER WI		4/6
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/14
Madan LAL IND		4/15
Abdul QADIR PAK		4/17
Norman GIFFORD ENG		4/23
Geoff LAWSON AUS		4/24
Roger BINNY IND		4/25

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Azeem HAFEEZ 5/157
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		6/147
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND		3/145
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/143
Abdul QADIR PAK		5/142
Kapil DEV IND		8/131
Pat POCOCK ENG		1/130
Merv HUGHES AUS		1/123
Neil FOSTER ENG		6/123
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		6/122

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Azeem HAFEEZ 5/157
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		6/147
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND		2/145
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/143
Abdul QADIR PAK		5/142
Kapil DEV IND		8/131
Pat POCOCK ENG		1/130
Merv HUGHES AUS		1/123
Neil FOSTER ENG		6/123
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		6/122

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Ewen CHATFIELD 3/75
Eldine BAPTISTE WI		2/73
Lance CAIRNS NZ		3/69
Rod MCCURDY AUS		1/69
Ashantha DE MEL SL		2/67
Vinothen JOHN SL		3/64
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		2/64
Jeremy CONEY NZ		3/63
Mohsin KAMAL PAK		1/61
Kepler WESSELS AUS		2/61

Most Dots (All time)
Thirumalai SEKHAR 0

Most Dots (Test)
Chetan SHARMA 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Gopal SHARMA 0

Imran KHAN POR		17.20
Imran KHAN POR		17.20
Tauseef AHMED PAK		16.70
Madan LAL IND		16.22
Derek PRINGLE ENG		16.00
Thirumalai SEKHAR IND		14.60
Imran KHAN PAK		14.30
David HOOKES AUS		6.00
Norman GIFFORD ENG		5.75

Saliya AHANGAMA SL		19.33
Winston DAVIS WI		18.80
Steve WAUGH AUS		18.00
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		17.47
Tauseef AHMED PAK		17.33
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		16.35
Richard ELLISON ENG		12.15
Imran KHAN PAK		11.36
David HOOKES AUS		6.00

Derek PRINGLE ENG		16.00
Tauseef AHMED PAK		15.75
Larry GOMES WI		15.50
Thirumalai SEKHAR IND		14.60
Allan BORDER AUS		13.33
Ken RUTHERFORD NZ		12.00
Imran NIAZI PAK		11.43
Norman GIFFORD ENG		5.75
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		4.00

Best Economy (All time)
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON 0.00
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
Ray BRIGHT AUS		2.14
Gopal SHARMA IND		2.14
John EMBUREY ENG		2.27
Jalal-ud-Din PAK		2.28

Best Economy (Test)
Gus LOGIE 0.00
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		0.00
Asoka DE SILVA SL		1.41
Roger HARPER WI		1.44
Ashok MALHOTRA IND		1.50
Ian SMITH SA		1.67
Sanjeewa WEERASINGHE SL		1.89
Gopal SHARMA IND		1.94
David HOOKES AUS		2.00
John BRACEWELL NZ		2.03

Best Economy (ODI)
Pat POCOCK 2.00
Norman GIFFORD ENG		2.30
Tauseef AHMED PAK		2.63
Joel GARNER WI		2.97
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		3.16
Zakir KHAN PAK		3.25
Gopal SHARMA IND		3.27
Tony GRAY WI		3.29
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		3.36
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		3.38

Madan LAL IND		27.60
Allan BORDER AUS		24.20
Imran KHAN POR		24.00
Imran KHAN POR		24.00
Derek PRINGLE ENG		21.00
Ken RUTHERFORD NZ		20.40
David HOOKES AUS		18.00
Roy DIAS SL		16.00
Thirumalai SEKHAR IND		15.60
Norman GIFFORD ENG		15.00

Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		39.50
Winston DAVIS WI		37.74
Neil FOSTER ENG		37.29
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		35.66
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		34.40
Steve WAUGH AUS		33.00
Richard ELLISON ENG		30.69
Imran KHAN PAK		30.60
David HOOKES AUS		18.00

Imran KHAN POR		24.00
Derek PRINGLE ENG		21.00
Allan BORDER AUS		20.00
Imran NIAZI PAK		19.71
Larry GOMES WI		18.30
Ken RUTHERFORD NZ		18.00
Roy DIAS SL		16.00
Thirumalai SEKHAR IND		15.60
Norman GIFFORD ENG		15.00
Geoff HOWARTH NZ		6.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 1235
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		1158
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		1143
Kapil DEV IND		1124
Lance CAIRNS NZ		1069
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		1061
Ashantha DE MEL SL		1013
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		949
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND		816

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 961
Kapil DEV IND	823
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ	816
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS	737
Ravi SHASTRI IND	728
Lance CAIRNS NZ	682
Ashantha DE MEL SL	681
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL	641
Chetan SHARMA IND	557
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN IND	523

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Michael HOLDING 628
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		573
Joel GARNER WI		541
Winston DAVIS WI		483
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		420
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		406
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		399
Lance CAIRNS NZ		387
Vinothen JOHN SL		347

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 103
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		100
Ravi SHASTRI IND		99
Joel GARNER WI		76
Kapil DEV IND		73
Wasim AKRAM PAK		54
Lance CAIRNS NZ		51
Abdul QADIR PAK		48
Bob HOLLAND AUS		46

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Ewen CHATFIELD 94
Ravi SHASTRI IND		91
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		89
Kapil DEV IND		62
Wasim AKRAM PAK		52
Geoff LAWSON AUS		45
Lance CAIRNS NZ		44
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		43

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Joel GARNER 44
Michael HOLDING WI		18
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		15
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		14
Roger HARPER WI		13
Kapil DEV IND		11
Vinothen JOHN SL		9
Ravi SHASTRI IND		8

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 5
Ashantha DE MEL SL		2
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 5
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		2
Imran KHAN PAK		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Michael HOLDING 1

Series updates of 1985

Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series

18 Jan-09 Feb 1985

2-0 (3)
New Zealand

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

India in Sri Lanka Test Series

30 Aug-14 Sep 1985

1-0 (3)
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series

16 Oct-07 Nov 1985

2-0 (3)
Pakistan

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

Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Series

12 Jan-16 Feb 1985

3-0 (4)
New Zealand

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

22 Mar-29 Mar 1985

-
India

New Zealand in West Indies ODI Series

20 Mar-23 Apr 1985

5-0 (5)
West Indies

Texaco Trophy (Australia in England)

30 May-03 Jun 1985

2-1 (3)
Australia

India in Sri Lanka ODI Series

25 Aug-22 Sep 1985

1-1 (3)
drawn

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

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

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

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