Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1986 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1986 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

54374

Test

32083

ODI

22291

Total Wickets

All time

1569

Test

731

ODI

838

Total Sixes

All time

2708

Test

2551

ODI

157

Total Fours

All time

72312

Test

70872

ODI

1440

Total Fifties

All time

230

Test

130

ODI

100

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1988
David BOON AUS		1706
Geoff MARSH AUS		1658
Allan BORDER AUS		1608
David GOWER ENG		1372
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1283
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1277
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1255
Jeremy CONEY NZ		1216
Martin CROWE NZ		1176

Most Runs (Test)
David GOWER 1235
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		1183
Allan BORDER AUS		1013
David BOON AUS		938
Mike GATTING ENG		937
Geoff MARSH AUS		934
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		832
Jeremy CONEY NZ		806
Desmond HAYNES WI		756

Most Runs (ODI)
Sunil GAVASKAR 805
David BOON AUS	768
Kris SRIKKANTH IND	748
Geoff MARSH AUS	724
Martin CROWE NZ	622
Allan BORDER AUS	595
Javed MIANDAD PAK	565
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI	539
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND	528
Kapil DEV IND	517

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Geoff MARSH 3965
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		3768
David BOON AUS		3360
Allan BORDER AUS		3163
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		2681
Desmond HAYNES WI		2590
Greg RITCHIE AUS		2407
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		2353
David GOWER ENG		2250
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		2245

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Geoff MARSH 2690
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		2459
Allan BORDER AUS		2355
David BOON AUS		2209
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		2127
David GOWER ENG		2046
Mike GATTING ENG		1919
Desmond HAYNES WI		1827
Greg RITCHIE AUS		1757
Graham GOOCH ENG		1678

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1309
Geoff MARSH AUS		1275
David BOON AUS		1151
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1047
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		986
Martin CROWE NZ		824
Javed MIANDAD PAK		809
Allan BORDER AUS		808
Bruce EDGAR NZ		803
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		791

Highest Score (All time)
Dean JONES 210
Mike GATTING ENG		183
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		176
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		164
Kapil DEV IND		163
Chris BROAD ENG		162
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		160
Bill ATHEY ENG		142
Allan BORDER AUS		140

Highest Score (Test)
Dean JONES 210
Mike GATTING ENG		183
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		176
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		164
Kapil DEV IND		163
Chris BROAD ENG		162
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		160
Allan BORDER AUS		140
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		138

Highest Score (ODI)
Bill ATHEY 142
Graham GOOCH ENG		129
Geoff MARSH AUS		125
Javed MIANDAD PAK		116
David BOON AUS		111
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		109
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		102
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		95
Martin CROWE NZ		93

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Ashantha DE MEL 116.47
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		112.00
Greg DYER AUS		102.00
Kapil DEV IND		100.70
Zulqarnain PAK		100.00
Manzoor ELAHI PAK		99.43
Michael HOLDING WI		93.36
Raju KULKARNI IND		93.33
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		92.77
Guy DE ALWIS SL		89.47

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Kapil DEV 98.76
Michael HOLDING WI		94.66
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		90.52
Roy DIAS SL		84.75
Thelston PAYNE WI		83.33
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		76.06
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		71.58
Gary TROUP NZ		71.43
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		62.90
Chandrakant PANDIT IND		61.25

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Ashantha DE MEL 116.47
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		112.00
David SMITH ENG		111.11
Kapil DEV IND		103.19
Greg DYER AUS		102.00
Chetan SHARMA IND		101.83
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		100.90
Zulqarnain PAK		100.00

Most sixes (All time)
David GOWER 135
Allan BORDER AUS	112
David BOON AUS	104
Geoff MARSH AUS	98
Mike GATTING ENG	94
Sunil GAVASKAR IND	91
Graham GOOCH ENG	82
Dean JONES AUS	78
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI	73
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND	67

Most sixes (Test)
David GOWER 135
Allan BORDER AUS		111
David BOON AUS		101
Geoff MARSH AUS		96
Mike GATTING ENG		93
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		86
Graham GOOCH ENG		80
Dean JONES AUS		74
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		66
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		64

Most sixes (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 14
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		8
Manzoor ELAHI PAK		7
Greg RITCHIE AUS		6
Roger HARPER WI		5
Jeff DUJON WI		4

Best Averages (All time)
Jeremy CONEY 1216 / 23

Best Averages (Test)
Kapil DEV 637 / 10

Best Averages (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 333 / 8

Most 50s (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 11
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		9
Jeremy CONEY NZ		8
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		7

Most 50s (Test)
Jeremy CONEY 6
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		5
Dean JONES AUS		4

Most 50s (ODI)
Sunil GAVASKAR 9
Martin CROWE NZ		5
Greg RITCHIE AUS		4
Kapil DEV IND		3

Most 100s (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 6
Geoff MARSH AUS		5
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		4
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		3

Most 100s (Test)
Sunil GAVASKAR 6
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		4
Kapil DEV IND		3

Most 100s (ODI)
Geoff MARSH 2
David BOON AUS		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Bruce REID 13
Steve WAUGH AUS		11
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		10
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		9
Ravi SHASTRI IND		8
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		7

Most Not Outs (Test)
Bruce REID 11
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		8
Patrick PATTERSON WI		7
Phil EDMONDS ENG		6
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		5
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		4

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Roger HARPER 6
Chetan SHARMA IND		5
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4

Most Wickets (All time)
Malcolm MARSHALL 63
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		61
Bruce REID AUS		59
Chetan SHARMA IND		52
Imran NIAZI PAK		47
Maninder SINGH IND		45
Abdul QADIR PAK		44
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		42

Most Wickets (Test)
Malcolm MARSHALL 43
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		35
John EMBUREY ENG		33
Graham DILLEY ENG		32
Maninder SINGH IND		29
Bruce REID AUS		28
Joel GARNER WI		27
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		24

Most Wickets (ODI)
Kapil DEV 32
Bruce REID AUS		31
Simon DAVIS AUS		29
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		26
Wasim AKRAM PAK		23
Roger BINNY IND		22
Abdul QADIR PAK		21

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Maninder SINGH 7/8
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	7/14
John BRACEWELL NZ	6/3
Wasim AKRAM PAK	6/4
Abdul QADIR PAK	6/9
Tauseef AHMED PAK	6/10
Imran NIAZI PAK	6/11
Chetan SHARMA IND	6/11
Greg MATTHEWS AUS	5/0
Dave GILBERT AUS	5/1

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Maninder SINGH 7/9
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		7/47
Wasim AKRAM PAK		6/5
John BRACEWELL NZ		6/11
Chetan SHARMA IND		6/11
Abdul QADIR PAK		6/16
Imran NIAZI PAK		6/18
Tauseef AHMED PAK		6/27
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		5/0
Steve WAUGH AUS		5/4

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Dave GILBERT 5/1
Courtney WALSH WI		5/1
Bruce REID AUS		5/20
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		4/3
Wasim AKRAM PAK		4/4
Kapil DEV IND		4/7
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		4/7
Maninder SINGH IND		4/8
Abdul QADIR PAK		4/9
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		4/12

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Graeme LABROOY 2/164
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/161
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		5/158
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		5/147
Graham DILLEY ENG		5/146
Shivlal YADAV IND		5/142
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		3/139
Maninder SINGH IND		7/135
Dave GILBERT AUS		5/135
Merv HUGHES AUS		3/134

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Graeme LABROOY 1/164
Ravi SHASTRI IND		4/161
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		5/158
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		5/147
Graham DILLEY ENG		5/146
Shivlal YADAV IND		5/142
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		3/139
Maninder SINGH IND		7/135
Dave GILBERT AUS		2/135
Merv HUGHES AUS		3/134

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Roger BINNY 3/75
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		3/75
Kapil DEV IND		4/68
John BRACEWELL NZ		2/67
Derek PRINGLE ENG		1/63
Joel GARNER WI		3/62
Chetan SHARMA IND		3/61
Dave GILBERT AUS		5/61
Madan LAL IND		2/60
Ravi SHASTRI IND		2/60

Most Dots (All time)
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN 0

Most Dots (Test)
Chetan SHARMA 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Laxman SIVARAMAKRISHNAN 0

Imran KHAN BHR		16.50
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		16.08
Clyde BUTTS WI		15.83
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		15.44
Joel GARNER WI		15.11
Gazi ASHRAF BAN		14.50
Tony GRAY WI		14.03
Kosala KURUPPUARACHCHI SL		12.14
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		9.00
Larry GOMES WI		1.00

Tauseef AHMED PAK		18.36
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		17.40
Tony GRAY WI		16.21
Joel GARNER WI		16.15
Madan LAL IND		16.00
Clyde BUTTS WI		15.83
Peter WILLEY ENG		15.00
Imran NIAZI PAK		14.21
Kosala KURUPPUARACHCHI SL		12.14

Imran KHAN BHR		16.50
Courtney WALSH WI		16.40
Wasim AKRAM PAK		16.09
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		15.44
Gazi ASHRAF BAN		14.50
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		13.25
Tony GRAY WI		12.13
Joel GARNER WI		12.00
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		4.00
Larry GOMES WI		1.00

Best Economy (All time)
Dean JONES 0.00
Allan LAMB ENG		0.00
John REID NZ		0.00
Larry GOMES WI		0.83
Saleem MALIK PAK		1.00
Clyde BUTTS WI		1.58
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1.86
Asif MUJTABA PAK		2.00
Mike GATTING ENG		2.14
Gladstone SMALL ENG		2.19

Best Economy (Test)
Dean JONES 0.00
Allan LAMB ENG		0.00
John REID NZ		0.00
Larry GOMES WI		0.00
Asif MUJTABA PAK		0.67
Saleem MALIK PAK		1.00
David GOWER ENG		1.00
Don ANURASIRI SL		1.11
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1.52
Clyde BUTTS WI		1.58

Best Economy (ODI)
Imran KHAN 2.20
Best Economy
Imran KHAN 2.20
Golam FARUQ BAN		2.45
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		2.70
Jahangir SHAH BAN		2.73
Asif MUJTABA PAK		2.80
Willie WATSON ENG		2.81
Willie WATSON ENG		2.81
Samiur RAHMAN BAN		3.00
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		3.01
Wasim AKRAM PAK		3.07
Winston BENJAMIN WI		3.13

Joel GARNER WI		31.62
Bruce BLAIR NZ		30.00
Mohsin KAMAL PAK		28.29
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		26.67
Champaka RAMANAYAKE SL		24.00
Kosala KURUPPUARACHCHI SL		21.26
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		12.00
Larry GOMES WI		7.20

Patrick PATTERSON WI		40.45
Imran NIAZI PAK		40.33
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		39.53
Michael HOLDING WI		38.40
Kaushik AMALEAN SL		36.40
Joel GARNER WI		34.60
Asanka GURUSINHA SL		25.50
Peter WILLEY ENG		24.00
Kosala KURUPPUARACHCHI SL		21.26

Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		26.18
Gazi ASHRAF BAN		24.00
Zakir KHAN PAK		23.14
Joel GARNER WI		22.67
Tony GRAY WI		22.50
Mohsin KAMAL PAK		21.60
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		6.00
Larry GOMES WI		1.20

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Bruce REID 1839
Ravi SHASTRI IND		1705
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		1704
John EMBUREY ENG		1531
Kapil DEV IND		1466
Chetan SHARMA IND		1446
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		1234
Maninder SINGH IND		1225
Steve WAUGH AUS		1204
Phil EDMONDS ENG		1159

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
John EMBUREY 1253
Greg MATTHEWS AUS	1033
Phil EDMONDS ENG	1030
Bruce REID AUS	1026
Graham DILLEY ENG	874
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG	854
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	777
Ravi SHASTRI IND	762
Malcolm MARSHALL WI	748
Maninder SINGH IND	735

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Ravi SHASTRI 943
Kapil DEV IND		834
Bruce REID AUS		813
Chetan SHARMA IND		812
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		763
Roger BINNY IND		696
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		671
Simon DAVIS AUS		668
Steve WAUGH AUS		641
Dave GILBERT AUS		552

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
John EMBUREY 173
Phil EDMONDS ENG		135
Ravi SHASTRI IND		116
Kapil DEV IND		111
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		105
Maninder SINGH IND		102
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		91
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		82
John BRACEWELL NZ		79

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
John EMBUREY 162
Phil EDMONDS ENG		132
Ravi SHASTRI IND		103
Maninder SINGH IND		93
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		78
Kapil DEV IND		74
John BRACEWELL NZ		70
Bruce REID AUS		66

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Kapil DEV 37
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		36
Simon DAVIS AUS		30
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		27
Wasim AKRAM PAK		20
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		18
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		14
Ravi SHASTRI IND		13
Bruce REID AUS		12

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 3
Imran NIAZI PAK		2
Wasim AKRAM PAK		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 3
John EMBUREY ENG		2
Gladstone SMALL ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Courtney WALSH 1

Series updates of 1986

Trans-Tasman Trophy (Australia in New Zealand)

21 Feb-13 Mar 1986

1-0 (3)
New Zealand

Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series

23 Feb-22 Mar 1986

1-1 (3)
drawn

The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies)

21 Feb-11 Apr 1986

5-0 (5)
West Indies

India in England Test Series

05 Jun-03 Jul 1986

2-0 (3)
India

New Zealand in England Test Series

24 Jul-21 Aug 1986

1-0 (3)
New Zealand

Australia in India Test Series

18 Sep-15 Oct 1986

0-0 (3)
drawn

West Indies in Pakistan Test Series

24 Oct-20 Nov 1986

1-1 (3)
drawn

Sri Lanka in India Test Series

17 Dec-04 Jan 1987

2-0 (3)
India

The Ashes (England in Australia)

14 Nov-10 Jan 1987

2-1 (5)
England

Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI Series

02 Mar-11 Mar 1986

2-0 (3)
Pakistan

Australia in New Zealand ODI Series

19 Mar-29 Mar 1986

2-2 (4)
drawn

England in West Indies ODI Series

18 Feb-31 Mar 1986

3-1 (4)
West Indies

John Player Gold Leaf Trophy (Asia Cup) (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)

30 Mar-02 Apr 1986

-
Sri Lanka

John Player Triangular Tournament (New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)

05 Apr-05 Apr 1986

-
Pakistan

Austral-Asia Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)

10 Apr-18 Apr 1986

-
Pakistan

Texaco Trophy (India in England)

24 May-26 May 1986

1-1 (2)
India

Texaco Trophy (New Zealand in England)

16 Jul-18 Jul 1986

1-1 (2)
New Zealand

Australia in India ODI Series

07 Sep-07 Oct 1986

3-2 (6)
India

West Indies in Pakistan ODI Series

17 Oct-18 Nov 1986

4-1 (5)
West Indies

Champions Trophy (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)

27 Nov-05 Dec 1986

-
West Indies

Sri Lanka in India ODI Series

24 Dec-17 Jan 1987

4-1 (5)
India

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand in Australia)

09 Jan-09 Feb 1986

-
Australia

Benson & Hedges Challenge (Australia, England, Pakistan, West Indies in Australia)

30 Dec-07 Jan 1987

-
England

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Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1986 Performances & Rankings

1988

1706

1658

1608

1372

1283

1277

1255

1216

1176

1235

1183

1013

938

937

934

832

806

756

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768

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622

595

565

539

528

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3360

3163

2681

2590

2407

2353

2250

2245

2690

2459

2355

2209

2127

2046

1919

1827

1757

1678

1309

1275

1151

1047

986

824

809

808

803

791

210

183

176

164

163

162

160

142

140

210

183

176

164

163

162

160

140

138

142

129