Best Strike Rate in 1985: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The best strike rate in 1985 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS198587 entries
126.40Thirumalai SekharIND2.20 clear of Madan Lal
228.60Madan LalIND2.20 off the lead
330.00Norman GiffordENG3.60 off the lead
● LEADS
Thirumalai SekharIND
26.40 · 2.20 better than Lal
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
40.08
The mark at number ten — 77 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

87 entries, ranked
1Thirumalai SekharIND26.40
2Madan LalIND28.60
3Norman GiffordENG30.00
4Tahir NaqqashPAK32.24
5Richard EllisonENG32.96
6Tony GrayWI33.00
7Imran NiaziBHR38.36
8Roger BinnyIND39.13
9Kepler WesselsAUS39.83
10Sir Richard HadleeNZ40.08
11Winston DavisWI41.21
12Shoaib MohammadPAK42.00
13Rod McCurdyAUS42.92
14Michael HoldingWI43.05
15Tauseef AhmedPAK45.40
16Saliya AhangamaSL45.50
17Neil FosterENG45.71
18Rodney HoggAUS46.53
19Joel GarnerWI47.24
20Sir Ian BothamENG48.11
21Wasim AkramPAK48.46
22Rumesh RatnayakeSL49.02
23Mohsin KamalPAK49.36
24Brendon BracewellNZ49.50
25Malcolm MarshallWI49.56
26Kapil DevIND50.37
27Roger HarperWI50.53
28Mudassar NazarPAK50.86
29Shaul KarnainSL50.88
30Craig McDermottAUS50.95
31Allan BorderAUS51.00
32Gary TroupNZ51.43
33Vic MarksENG52.00
34Norman CowansENG54.90
35Chetan SharmaIND55.30
36Ravi RatnayekeSL56.50
37Bruce ReidAUS59.60
38Peter WilleyENG60.00
39Jeremy ConeyNZ62.44
40Geoff LawsonAUS62.50
41Eldine BaptisteWI64.50
42Ewen ChatfieldNZ64.60
43Sir Viv RichardsWI66.32
44Terry AldermanAUS67.50
45Ashantha de MelSL67.84
46Courtney WalshWI68.40
47Ravi ShastriIND69.08
48Vinothen JohnSL69.92
49Mohinder AmarnathIND70.29
49Iqbal QasimPAK70.29
50Chris CowdreyENG70.40
51Azeem HafeezPAK71.59
52Abdul QadirPAK71.95
53Simon O'DonnellAUS73.32
54Somachandra De SilvaSL75.00
55Larry GomesWI78.33
56John EmbureyENG78.53
57Wasim RajaPAK80.33
58Martin CroweNZ82.00
59Lance CairnsNZ82.80
60Graham GoochENG84.50
61John BracewellNZ86.08
62Maninder SinghIND86.50
63Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND87.33
64Jonathan AgnewENG88.00
65Roger WijesuriyaSL88.25
66Dave GilbertAUS92.45
67Les TaylorENG95.25
68Phil EdmondsENG95.92
69Greg MatthewsAUS100.00
70Bob HollandAUS100.29
71Shivlal YadavIND101.71
72Arjuna RanatungaSL105.57
73Murray BennettAUS108.00
74Martin SneddenNZ112.00
75Jeff ThomsonAUS112.50
76Stephen BoockNZ115.00
77Ashok PatelIND120.00
78Paul AllottENG120.86
79Gopal SharmaIND121.20
80Ray BrightAUS133.83
81Rashid KhanAFG147.00
82Saleem MalikPAK152.00
83Pat PocockENG222.00
84Merv HughesAUS228.00
85Jalal-ud-DinPAK234.00
86Vaughan BrownNZ342.00
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