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

5605

Test

2380

ODI

3225

Total Fours

All time

80904

Test

51680

ODI

29224

Total Fifties

All time

210

Test

107

ODI

103

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

284

Test

153

ODI

131

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1607
Geoff MARSH AUS		1604
Allan BORDER AUS		1595
David BOON AUS		1569
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1270
David GOWER ENG		1196
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1133
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1074
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1069
Graham GOOCH ENG		1049

Most Runs (Test)
David GOWER 1059
Allan BORDER AUS		1000
Geoff MARSH AUS		880
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		802
David BOON AUS		801
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		793
Mike GATTING ENG		776
Graham GOOCH ENG		719
Dean JONES AUS		668
Desmond HAYNES WI		618

Most Runs (ODI)
Sunil GAVASKAR 805
David BOON AUS	768
Kris SRIKKANTH IND	748
Geoff MARSH AUS	724
Javed MIANDAD PAK	632
Martin CROWE NZ	622
Allan BORDER AUS	595
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI	539
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND	528
Kapil DEV IND	517

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Geoff MARSH 3823
Allan BORDER AUS		3128
David BOON AUS		3057
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		2938
Desmond HAYNES WI		2227
Greg RITCHIE AUS		2102
Graham GOOCH ENG		2042
David GOWER ENG		1989
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		1965
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1937

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Geoff MARSH 2548
Allan BORDER AUS		2320
David BOON AUS		1906
David GOWER ENG		1785
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		1629
Graham GOOCH ENG		1611
Mike GATTING ENG		1603
Desmond HAYNES WI		1464
Greg RITCHIE AUS		1452
Dean JONES AUS		1451

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1309
Geoff MARSH AUS		1275
David BOON AUS		1151
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1047
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		986
Javed MIANDAD PAK		909
Martin CROWE NZ		824
Allan BORDER AUS		808
Bruce EDGAR NZ		803
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		791

Highest Score (All time)
Dean JONES 210
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		199
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

Highest Score (Test)
Dean JONES 210
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		199
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

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		101.21
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		95.67
Raju KULKARNI IND		93.33
Manzoor ELAHI PAK		92.92
Zulqarnain PAK		92.31
Michael HOLDING WI		92.14
Guy DE ALWIS SL		89.47

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Kapil DEV 98.78
Michael HOLDING WI		94.66
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		94.05
Roy DIAS SL		84.75
Thelston PAYNE WI		83.33
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		71.56
Gary TROUP NZ		71.43
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		68.49
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		65.12
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		61.26

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
Gary ROBERTSON NZ		100.00

Most sixes (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 28
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		12
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		10
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		9
Roger HARPER WI		8

Most sixes (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 14
Ravi SHASTRI IND		10
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		8
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		6
Greg RITCHIE AUS		4

Most sixes (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 14
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		8
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		7
Greg RITCHIE AUS		6
Abdul QADIR PAK		5

Best Averages (All time)
Arjuna RANATUNGA 756 / 16

Best Averages (Test)
Kapil DEV 417 / 7

Best Averages (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 333 / 8

Most 50s (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 12
Desmond HAYNES WI		8
David GOWER ENG		7
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		6

Most 50s (Test)
David GOWER 6
Bill ATHEY ENG		4
Geoff MARSH AUS		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Sunil GAVASKAR 9
Martin CROWE NZ		5
Desmond HAYNES WI		4

Most 100s (All time)
Geoff MARSH 5
David BOON AUS		4
Chris BROAD ENG		3
David GOWER ENG		2

Most 100s (Test)
Allan BORDER 4
Chris BROAD ENG		3
Martin CROWE NZ		2

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

Most Not Outs (All time)
Steve WAUGH 9
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		8
Roger HARPER WI		7

Most Not Outs (Test)
Bruce REID 7
John EMBUREY ENG		6
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		5
Patrick PATTERSON WI		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 KHAN BHR		49
Imran KHAN BHR		49
Abdul QADIR PAK		47
Maninder SINGH IND		45
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		42

Most Wickets (Test)
Malcolm MARSHALL 43
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		35
Imran KHAN BHR		33
Imran KHAN BHR		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
Abdul QADIR PAK		24
Wasim AKRAM PAK		23
Roger BINNY IND		22

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
Chetan SHARMA IND		6/11
Imran KHAN BHR		6/11
Imran KHAN BHR		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 KHAN BHR		6/18
Imran KHAN BHR		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		16.78
Imran KHAN BHR		16.78
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		16.08
Clyde BUTTS WI		15.83
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 KHAN BHR		14.21
Imran KHAN BHR		14.21
Kosala KURUPPUARACHCHI SL		12.14

Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		17.58
Wasim AKRAM PAK		17.04
Courtney WALSH WI		16.40
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
John REID NZ		0.00
Larry GOMES WI		0.83
Allan LAMB ENG		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
Phil EDMONDS ENG		2.34

Best Economy (Test)
Dean JONES 0.00
John REID NZ		0.00
Larry GOMES WI		0.00
Asif MUJTABA PAK		0.67
Saleem MALIK PAK		1.00
Allan LAMB ENG		1.00
Don ANURASIRI SL		1.11
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1.52
Clyde BUTTS WI		1.58
Roger HARPER WI		1.66

Best Economy (ODI)
Golam FARUQ 2.45
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		2.70
Jahangir SHAH BAN		2.73
Asif MUJTABA PAK		2.80
Willie WATSON ENG		2.81
Samiur RAHMAN BAN		3.00
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		3.01
Wasim AKRAM PAK		3.07
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		3.11
Winston BENJAMIN WI		3.13

Joel GARNER WI		31.62
Bruce BLAIR NZ		30.00
Mohsin KAMAL PAK		28.29
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		26.40
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 KHAN BHR		40.33
Imran KHAN BHR		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

Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		26.19
Gazi ASHRAF BAN		24.00
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
John BRACEWELL NZ		553

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		95
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

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 3
Imran KHAN BHR		2
Imran KHAN BHR		2
Gladstone SMALL ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 3
Imran KHAN BHR		2
Imran KHAN BHR		2
Richard ELLISON ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Courtney WALSH 1

Series updates of 1986

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

The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies)

21 Feb-11 Apr 1986

5-0 (5)
West Indies

England in West Indies ODI Series

18 Feb-31 Mar 1986

3-1 (4)
West Indies

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

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

West Indies in Pakistan Test Series

24 Oct-20 Nov 1986

1-1 (3)
drawn

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

Australia in India ODI Series

07 Sep-07 Oct 1986

3-2 (6)
India

Sri Lanka in India Test Series

17 Dec-04 Jan 1987

2-0 (3)
India

Australia in India Test Series

18 Sep-15 Oct 1986

0-0 (3)
drawn

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

10 Apr-18 Apr 1986

-
Pakistan

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

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

Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series

23 Feb-22 Mar 1986

1-1 (3)
drawn

Trans-Tasman Trophy (Australia in New Zealand)

21 Feb-13 Mar 1986

1-0 (3)
New Zealand

Australia in New Zealand ODI Series

19 Mar-29 Mar 1986

2-2 (4)
drawn

ðŸ Explore Stats and Records by Year

Catch up on cricket Performances & Rankings from previous years.

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Ewen CHATFIELD 40
Kapil DEV IND		37
Simon DAVIS AUS		30
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		27
Wasim AKRAM PAK		22
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		18
Imran KHAN BHR		17
Imran KHAN BHR		17
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		14
Ravi SHASTRI IND		13
Roger BINNY IND		12

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

1607

1604

1595

1569

1270

1196

1133

1074

1069

1049

1059

1000

880

802

801

793

776

719

668

618

805

768

748

724

632

622

595

539

528

517

3823

3128

3057

2938

2227

2102

2042

1989

1965

1937

2548

2320

1906

1785

1629

1611

1603

1464

1452

1451

1309

1275

1151

1047

986

909

824

808

803

791

210

199

183

176

164

163

162

160

142

210

199

183

176

164

163

162

160

140

142