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Best Average in 1985: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best average in 1985 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1985
100 entries
1
0.00
Clive Lloyd
WI
6 clear of David Hookes
2
6.00
David Hookes
AUS
6 off the lead
3
12.50
Norman Gifford
ENG
12.50 off the lead
● LEADS
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.00 · 6 better than Hookes
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lloyd is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
20.50
The mark at number ten — 90 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Average — full list
100 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.00
2
David Hookes
AUS
6.00
3
Norman Gifford
ENG
12.50
4
Madan Lal
IND
15.80
5
Richard Ellison
ENG
16.58
6
Steve Waugh
AUS
18.00
7
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
18.52
8
Imran Khan
BHR
19.44
9
Derek Pringle
ENG
20.25
10
Tony Gray
WI
20.50
11
Saliya Ahangama
SL
20.61
12
Joel Garner
WI
20.78
13
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
20.80
14
Geoff Howarth
NZ
21.00
15
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
21.80
16
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
22.53
17
Roy Dias
SL
23.00
18
Michael Holding
WI
23.43
19
Bruce Reid
AUS
23.60
20
Wasim Akram
PAK
23.86
21
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
24.50
22
Winston Davis
WI
24.65
23
Zakir Khan
PAK
25.00
24
Kapil Dev
IND
25.06
25
Roger Harper
WI
26.79
26
Roger Binny
IND
26.80
27
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
27.46
28
Malcolm Marshall
WI
27.73
29
Neil Foster
ENG
28.43
30
John Emburey
ENG
28.63
31
Ravi Shastri
IND
29.08
32
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
29.40
33
Ken Rutherford
NZ
30.00
34
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
30.14
35
Rod McCurdy
AUS
31.25
36
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
31.33
37
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
31.50
38
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
32.25
39
Craig McDermott
AUS
32.41
40
Jeremy Coney
NZ
32.56
41
Geoff Lawson
AUS
33.34
42
Rodney Hogg
AUS
33.73
43
Allan Border
AUS
35.33
43
Maninder Singh
IND
35.33
44
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
36.00
45
Abdul Qadir
PAK
36.23
46
Vic Marks
ENG
36.40
47
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
36.43
48
Martin Crowe
NZ
36.67
49
Kepler Wessels
AUS
37.00
50
Chetan Sharma
IND
37.20
51
Norman Cowans
ENG
37.60
52
Peter Willey
ENG
37.67
53
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
37.82
54
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
39.65
55
Derek Stirling
NZ
41.00
56
Gary Troup
NZ
41.29
57
Shivlal Yadav
IND
41.71
58
Sir Viv Richards
WI
42.26
59
Graham Gooch
ENG
43.00
60
Dave Gilbert
AUS
43.09
61
Gopal Sharma
IND
43.20
62
John Bracewell
NZ
44.25
63
Bob Holland
AUS
44.48
64
Les Taylor
ENG
44.50
65
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
45.31
66
Phil Edmonds
ENG
45.38
67
Greg Matthews
AUS
46.50
68
Lance Cairns
NZ
47.04
69
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
47.14
70
Ray Bright
AUS
47.83
71
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
48.00
71
Courtney Walsh
WI
48.00
72
Ashantha de Mel
SL
48.26
73
Carl Rackemann
AUS
50.00
73
Wasim Raja
PAK
50.00
74
Eldine Baptiste
WI
50.75
75
Vinothen John
SL
51.15
76
Terry Alderman
AUS
51.25
77
Stephen Boock
NZ
51.64
78
Larry Gomes
WI
52.67
79
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
53.50
80
Paul McEwan
NZ
54.00
81
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
57.60
82
Somachandra De Silva
SL
60.67
83
Paul Allott
ENG
61.29
84
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
65.00
85
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
69.57
86
Murray Bennett
AUS
69.80
87
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
73.00
88
Martin Snedden
NZ
76.00
89
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
89.00
90
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
91.00
91
Jeff Thomson
AUS
93.00
91
Rashid Khan
AFG
93.00
92
Ashok Patel
IND
96.00
93
Saleem Malik
PAK
121.00
94
Merv Hughes
AUS
123.00
95
Pat Pocock
ENG
128.50
96
Vaughan Brown
NZ
176.00
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