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Best Averages in 1985: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best averages in 1985 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
TEST
1985
118 entries
1
165 / 1
John Bracewell
NZ
59.13 clear of Mike Gatting
2
847 / 8
Mike Gatting
ENG
59.13 off the lead
3
272 / 3
Graeme Fowler
ENG
74.33 off the lead
● LEADS
John Bracewell
NZ
165 / 1 · 59.13 ahead of Gatting
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bracewell is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
502 / 8
The mark at number ten — 108 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
118 entries, ranked
Table view
1
John Bracewell
NZ
165 / 1
2
Mike Gatting
ENG
847 / 8
3
Graeme Fowler
ENG
272 / 3
4
David Gower
ENG
860 / 11
5
Desmond Haynes
WI
344 / 5
6
Allan Border
AUS
1099 / 17
7
Javed Miandad
PAK
444 / 7
8
Tim Robinson
NZ
697 / 11
9
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
378 / 6
10
John Reid
NZ
502 / 8
11
Sir Viv Richards
WI
310 / 5
12
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
489 / 8
13
Martin Crowe
NZ
820 / 15
14
Syed Kirmani
IND
163 / 3
15
Graham Gooch
ENG
487 / 9
16
Gordon Greenidge
WI
264 / 5
17
Ramiz Raja
PAK
52 / 1
18
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
415 / 8
19
Qasim Umar
PAK
466 / 9
20
Vaughan Brown
NZ
51 / 1
21
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
495 / 10
22
Joel Garner
WI
49 / 1
23
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
416 / 9
24
Kris Srikkanth
IND
503 / 11
25
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
354 / 8
26
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
395 / 9
27
Greg Ritchie
AUS
730 / 17
28
Aravinda de Silva
SL
418 / 10
28
Bruce Edgar
NZ
209 / 5
29
Gus Logie
WI
166 / 4
30
Greg Matthews
AUS
402 / 10
31
Roy Dias
SL
360 / 9
32
Andrew Hilditch
AUS
436 / 11
33
Larry Gomes
WI
158 / 4
34
Peter Willey
ENG
39 / 1
35
Jeremy Coney
NZ
539 / 14
36
Rashid Khan
AFG
37 / 1
37
Allan Lamb
ENG
331 / 9
38
Kapil Dev
IND
365 / 10
38
Duleep Mendis
SL
365 / 10
39
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
252 / 7
40
Saleem Malik
PAK
142 / 4
41
Lalchand Rajput
IND
105 / 3
42
Mohsin Khan
HK
276 / 8
42
Imran Khan
BHR
69 / 2
43
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
206 / 6
44
Kepler Wessels
AUS
441 / 13
45
David Hookes
AUS
135 / 4
46
John Emburey
ENG
130 / 4
47
John Wright
NZ
516 / 16
48
Saleem Yousuf
PAK
63 / 2
49
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
250 / 8
50
Jeff Dujon
WI
156 / 5
51
David Boon
AUS
466 / 15
52
Norman Cowans
ENG
31 / 1
53
Malcolm Marshall
WI
90 / 3
53
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
90 / 3
54
Wayne Phillips
AUS
558 / 19
55
Graeme Wood
AUS
260 / 9
56
Ravi Shastri
IND
344 / 12
57
Roger Binny
IND
57 / 2
58
Jeff Crowe
NZ
384 / 14
59
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
379 / 14
60
Ashok Malhotra
IND
27 / 1
61
Amal Silva
SL
215 / 8
62
Chetan Sharma
IND
133 / 5
63
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
227 / 9
64
Paul Downton
ENG
118 / 5
65
Abdul Qadir
PAK
93 / 4
66
Geoff Howarth
NZ
261 / 12
67
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
43 / 2
68
Ian Smith
NZ
255 / 12
69
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
40 / 2
70
Phil Edmonds
ENG
132 / 7
71
Geoff Marsh
AUS
56 / 3
72
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
111 / 6
73
Wasim Akram
PAK
18 / 1
73
Shivlal Yadav
IND
54 / 3
73
Ray Bright
AUS
54 / 3
74
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
88 / 5
75
Winston Davis
WI
16 / 1
76
Lance Cairns
NZ
76 / 5
77
Geoff Lawson
AUS
166 / 11
78
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
29 / 2
79
Anil Dalpat
PAK
65 / 5
80
Craig McDermott
AUS
167 / 13
81
Stephen Boock
NZ
76 / 6
82
Murray Bennett
AUS
23 / 2
83
Gopal Sharma
IND
11 / 1
83
Saliya Ahangama
SL
11 / 1
84
Ashantha de Mel
SL
65 / 6
85
Sadanand Viswanath
IND
31 / 3
85
Robbie Kerr
AUS
31 / 3
86
Dave Gilbert
AUS
40 / 4
87
Wasim Raja
PAK
29 / 3
88
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
19 / 2
88
Bob Holland
AUS
19 / 2
89
Dirk Wellham
AUS
18 / 2
89
Paul Allott
ENG
27 / 3
89
Steve Waugh
AUS
18 / 2
89
Clyde Butts
WI
9 / 1
90
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
37 / 5
91
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
28 / 4
91
Michael Holding
WI
21 / 3
92
Neil Foster
ENG
16 / 3
92
Bruce Reid
AUS
16 / 3
93
Derek Stirling
NZ
9 / 2
94
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
4 / 1
95
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
7 / 2
96
Ken Rutherford
NZ
12 / 4
96
Richard Ellison
ENG
3 / 1
96
Maninder Singh
IND
3 / 1
96
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe
SL
3 / 1
97
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
2 / 1
97
Gary Troup
NZ
2 / 1
98
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
1 / 1
98
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
1 / 1
98
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
1 / 1
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