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Best Strike Rate in 1986: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best strike rate in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1986
81 entries
1
21.71
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
4.84 clear of Martin Snedden
2
26.55
Martin Snedden
NZ
4.84 off the lead
3
28.29
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
6.58 off the lead
● LEADS
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
21.71 · 4.84 better than Snedden
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Kuruppuarachchi is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
40.14
The mark at number ten — 71 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
81 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
21.71
2
Martin Snedden
NZ
26.55
3
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
28.29
4
Joel Garner
WI
31.69
5
Tony Gray
WI
31.80
6
Kaushik Amalean
SL
32.17
7
Malcolm Marshall
WI
35.38
8
Courtney Walsh
WI
37.28
9
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
38.40
10
Imran Niazi
BHR
40.14
11
Chetan Sharma
IND
41.04
12
Abdul Qadir
PAK
41.13
13
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
41.59
14
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
41.60
15
Keerthi Ranasinghe
SL
42.00
16
Patrick Patterson
WI
42.43
17
Wasim Akram
PAK
42.57
18
Roger Binny
IND
43.38
19
Winston Benjamin
WI
43.64
20
Michael Holding
WI
43.89
21
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
44.41
22
Stu Gillespie
NZ
46.29
23
Simon Davis
AUS
46.34
24
Zakir Khan
PAK
46.80
25
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
47.00
26
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
48.23
27
Madan Lal
IND
51.67
28
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
52.46
29
Bharat Arun
IND
52.50
30
John Lever
ENG
53.00
30
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
53.00
31
Graham Dilley
ENG
54.19
32
John Bracewell
NZ
54.89
33
Bruce Reid
AUS
55.42
34
Gladstone Small
ENG
55.45
35
Steve Waugh
AUS
55.50
36
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
57.00
36
Raju Kulkarni
IND
57.00
36
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
57.00
37
Dave Gilbert
AUS
57.13
38
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
59.25
39
Ashantha de Mel
SL
59.35
40
Clyde Butts
WI
60.00
41
Maninder Singh
IND
60.11
42
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
60.73
43
Martin Crowe
NZ
61.20
44
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
61.30
45
Kapil Dev
IND
62.60
46
Neil Foster
ENG
67.75
47
Shivlal Yadav
IND
69.04
48
Chris Matthews
AUS
70.17
49
Don Anurasiri
SL
70.29
50
Greg Matthews
AUS
70.31
51
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
75.00
52
Allan Border
AUS
76.00
53
Greg Thomas
ENG
78.55
54
Ravi Shastri
IND
79.02
55
Derek Pringle
ENG
80.07
56
Merv Hughes
AUS
81.38
57
Richard Ellison
ENG
82.25
58
Craig McDermott
AUS
84.14
59
Willie Watson
ENG
85.57
60
Roger Harper
WI
86.69
61
Graeme Labrooy
SL
87.00
61
Graham Gooch
ENG
87.00
62
Derek Stirling
NZ
88.00
63
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
94.44
64
Peter Sleep
AUS
96.00
65
John Emburey
ENG
97.00
66
Jeremy Coney
NZ
98.57
67
Phil Edmonds
ENG
99.03
68
Evan Gray
NZ
102.20
69
Sir Viv Richards
WI
105.00
70
Ray Bright
AUS
112.36
71
Bob Holland
AUS
126.00
71
Neal Radford
ENG
126.00
71
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
126.00
72
Gary Troup
NZ
154.00
73
Gary Robertson
NZ
252.00
74
Asoka de Silva
SL
294.00
75
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
324.00
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