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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 FORMATS
1985
100 entries
1
0.60
Clive Lloyd
WI
17.40 clear of Roy Dias
2
18.00
Roy Dias
SL
17.40 off the lead
2
18.00
David Hookes
AUS
17.40 off the lead
● LEADS
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.60 · 17.40 better than Dias
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lloyd is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
37.20
The mark at number ten — 90 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
100 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.60
2
Roy Dias
SL
18.00
2
David Hookes
AUS
18.00
3
Derek Pringle
ENG
25.50
4
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
26.40
5
Madan Lal
IND
28.44
6
Norman Gifford
ENG
30.00
7
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
32.02
8
Richard Ellison
ENG
32.88
9
Steve Waugh
AUS
33.00
9
Tony Gray
WI
33.00
10
Ken Rutherford
NZ
37.20
11
Zakir Khan
PAK
38.00
12
Imran Khan
BHR
38.28
13
Roger Binny
IND
39.00
14
Kepler Wessels
AUS
39.50
15
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
39.87
16
Winston Davis
WI
41.03
17
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
42.00
17
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
42.00
18
Derek Stirling
NZ
42.30
19
Rod McCurdy
AUS
42.55
20
Michael Holding
WI
43.01
21
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
45.32
22
Saliya Ahangama
SL
45.43
23
Neil Foster
ENG
45.71
24
Rodney Hogg
AUS
46.48
25
Joel Garner
WI
47.17
26
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
48.07
27
Wasim Akram
PAK
48.21
28
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
48.86
29
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
48.90
30
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
49.25
31
Malcolm Marshall
WI
49.47
32
Kapil Dev
IND
50.25
33
Roger Harper
WI
50.53
34
Allan Border
AUS
50.60
35
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
50.71
36
Craig McDermott
AUS
50.90
37
Gary Troup
NZ
51.43
38
Vic Marks
ENG
51.84
39
Norman Cowans
ENG
54.78
40
Chetan Sharma
IND
55.26
41
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
56.10
42
Bruce Reid
AUS
59.52
43
Carl Rackemann
AUS
60.00
43
Geoff Howarth
NZ
60.00
43
Peter Willey
ENG
60.00
43
Paul McEwan
NZ
60.00
44
Jeremy Coney
NZ
62.40
45
Geoff Lawson
AUS
62.41
46
Eldine Baptiste
WI
64.50
47
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
64.60
48
Sir Viv Richards
WI
66.32
49
Terry Alderman
AUS
67.50
50
Ashantha de Mel
SL
67.72
51
Courtney Walsh
WI
68.40
52
Ravi Shastri
IND
69.02
53
Vinothen John
SL
69.65
54
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
70.08
55
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
70.29
55
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
70.29
56
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
71.47
57
Abdul Qadir
PAK
71.54
58
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
73.22
59
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
73.80
60
Somachandra De Silva
SL
75.00
61
Larry Gomes
WI
78.20
62
John Emburey
ENG
78.44
63
Wasim Raja
PAK
80.20
64
Martin Crowe
NZ
82.00
65
Lance Cairns
NZ
82.61
66
Graham Gooch
ENG
84.30
67
John Bracewell
NZ
85.85
68
Maninder Singh
IND
86.30
69
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
87.33
70
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
88.00
71
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
88.05
72
Dave Gilbert
AUS
92.35
73
Les Taylor
ENG
94.95
74
Phil Edmonds
ENG
95.77
75
Greg Matthews
AUS
100.00
76
Bob Holland
AUS
100.29
77
Shivlal Yadav
IND
101.14
78
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
105.51
79
Murray Bennett
AUS
108.00
80
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
110.40
81
Martin Snedden
NZ
112.00
82
Jeff Thomson
AUS
112.50
83
Stephen Boock
NZ
114.82
84
Ashok Patel
IND
120.00
85
Paul Allott
ENG
120.86
86
Gopal Sharma
IND
121.20
87
Ray Bright
AUS
133.50
88
Rashid Khan
AFG
147.00
89
Saleem Malik
PAK
151.20
90
Pat Pocock
ENG
222.00
91
Merv Hughes
AUS
228.00
92
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
234.00
93
Vaughan Brown
NZ
342.00
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