Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1987 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1987 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

102

Test

ODI

T20I

Total Runs

All time

59629

Test

28089

ODI

31540

Total Wickets

All time

1647

Test

587

ODI

1060

Total Sixes

All time

389

Test

120

ODI

269

Total Fours

All time

4187

Test

2061

ODI

2126

Total Fifties

All time

270

Test

ODI

171

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Javed MIANDAD 1834
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1493
Chris BROAD ENG		1467
Ramiz RAJA PAK		1357
Mike GATTING ENG		1350
Saleem MALIK PAK		1345
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1333
Dean JONES AUS		1203
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1113
Martin CROWE NZ		1075

Most Runs (Test)
Dilip VENGSARKAR 875
Martin CROWE NZ	751
Javed MIANDAD PAK	750
Mike GATTING ENG	669
Imran KHAN PAK	606
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	604
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	547
Saleem MALIK PAK	546
Ramiz RAJA PAK	520
Kris SRIKKANTH IND	515

Most Runs (ODI)
Javed MIANDAD 1084
Chris BROAD ENG		1047
Dean JONES AUS		937
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		890
Geoff MARSH AUS		883
Allan LAMB ENG		859
Graham GOOCH ENG		840
Ramiz RAJA PAK		837
Saleem MALIK PAK		799
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		735

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Chris BROAD 3149
Javed MIANDAD PAK		2563
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		2346
Mike GATTING ENG		2224
Saleem MALIK PAK		2215
Ramiz RAJA PAK		2194
Bill ATHEY ENG		2024
Martin CROWE NZ		1968
Geoff MARSH AUS		1940
Allan BORDER AUS		1911

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Martin CROWE 1547
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		1498
Mike GATTING ENG		1379
John WRIGHT NZ		1339
Imran KHAN PAK		1252
Saleem MALIK PAK		1250
Chris BROAD ENG		1246
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1213
Jeff CROWE NZ		1207
John EMBUREY ENG		1148

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Chris BROAD 1903
Javed MIANDAD PAK		1542
Geoff MARSH AUS		1419
Ramiz RAJA PAK		1311
Bill ATHEY ENG		1206
Dean JONES AUS		1199
Graham GOOCH ENG		1152
Allan LAMB ENG		1147
Desmond HAYNES WI		1072
Allan BORDER AUS		1025

Highest Score (All time)
Javed MIANDAD 260
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		213
Allan BORDER AUS		205
Dean JONES AUS		184
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		181
Tim ROBINSON ENG		166
Tim ROBINSON ENG		166
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		151
Mike GATTING ENG		150

Highest Score (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 260
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		213
Allan BORDER AUS		205
Dean JONES AUS		184
Tim ROBINSON ENG		166
Tim ROBINSON ENG		166
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		151
Mike GATTING ENG		150
David BOON AUS		143

Highest Score (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 181
Graham GOOCH ENG		142
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		133
Geoff MARSH AUS		126
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		123
Dean JONES AUS		121
Ramiz RAJA PAK		113
Bill ATHEY ENG		111
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		110

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Graeme LABROOY 200.00
Eddo BRANDES ZIM		140.00
Madan LAL IND		125.81
Michael HOLDING WI		100.00
Kapil DEV IND		95.65
Sidath WETTIMUNY SL		93.33
Raju KULKARNI IND		90.00
Babu MEMAN ZIM		86.36
Navjot SIDHU IND		85.98
Simon DAVIS AUS		85.71

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Roger HARPER 133.33
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		78.87
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		74.58
Kapil DEV IND		73.82
Wasim AKRAM PAK		65.36
Carl HOOPER WI		60.09
Imran KHAN BHR		58.70
Imran KHAN BHR		58.70
Gus LOGIE WI		58.25
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		56.80
Patrick PATTERSON WI		56.52

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Graeme LABROOY 200.00
Eddo BRANDES ZIM		140.00
Eddie HEMMINGS ENG		133.33
Madan LAL IND		125.81
Tim MAY AUS		123.08
Michael HOLDING WI		122.45
Wasim AKRAM PAK		113.64
Kapil DEV IND		113.13
Stephen BOOCK NZ		105.26
Mike VELETTA AUS		105.22

Most sixes (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 30
Wasim AKRAM PAK		27
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		23
Dean JONES AUS		17
Abdul QADIR PAK		12
Navjot SIDHU IND		10
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		9

Most sixes (Test)
Gordon GREENIDGE 15
Abdul QADIR PAK		7
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		6
John EMBUREY ENG		5
Javed MIANDAD PAK		4

Most sixes (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 24
Dean JONES AUS		16
Wasim AKRAM PAK		12
Navjot SIDHU IND		10
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		8
Allan LAMB ENG		7

Best Averages (All time)
Sunil GAVASKAR 1035 / 20

Best Averages (Test)
Ranjan MADUGALLE 60 / 1

Best Averages (ODI)
Dilip VENGSARKAR 618 / 12

Most 50s (All time)
Javed MIANDAD 16
Chris BROAD ENG		12
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		10
Saleem MALIK PAK		9
Kapil DEV IND		8
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		7

Most 50s (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 6
John EMBUREY ENG		5
Steve WAUGH AUS		4
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Javed MIANDAD 10
David BOON AUS		8
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		7
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		6
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		5

Most 100s (All time)
Gordon GREENIDGE 4
Martin CROWE NZ		3
Graham GOOCH ENG		2

Most 100s (Test)
Dilip VENGSARKAR 4
Martin CROWE NZ		3
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		2
Desmond HAYNES WI		1

Most 100s (ODI)
Dean JONES 3
Javed MIANDAD PAK		2
Bill ATHEY ENG		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Ewen CHATFIELD 10
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		9
Courtney WALSH WI		8
Javed MIANDAD PAK		7

Most Not Outs (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 7
Tauseef AHMED PAK		6
Phil EDMONDS ENG		4
Imran KHAN PAK		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Phil DEFREITAS 9
Steve WAUGH AUS		8
John EMBUREY ENG		7
Courtney WALSH WI		6
Saleem YOUSUF PAK		5

Most Wickets (All time)
Abdul QADIR 58
Wasim AKRAM PAK		52
Courtney WALSH WI		44
Maninder SINGH IND		41
Graham DILLEY ENG		38
Neil FOSTER ENG		36
Ravi SHASTRI IND		32

Most Wickets (Test)
Abdul QADIR 43
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		39
Courtney WALSH WI		32
Wasim AKRAM PAK		30
Imran KHAN PAK		25
Tauseef AHMED PAK		23
Iqbal QASIM PAK		22
Neil FOSTER ENG		21
Maninder SINGH IND		20
Kapil DEV IND		18

Most Wickets (ODI)
John EMBUREY 24
Wasim AKRAM PAK		22
Maninder SINGH IND		21
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		20
Ravi SHASTRI IND		16
Abdul QADIR PAK		15
Gladstone SMALL ENG		13

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Abdul QADIR 9/8
Neil FOSTER ENG		8/4
John EMBUREY ENG		7/3
Imran KHAN PAK		7/8
Maninder SINGH IND		7/13
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		6/9
Graham DILLEY ENG		6/19
Roger BINNY IND		6/25
Peter TAYLOR AUS		6/29
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		6/48

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Abdul QADIR 9/8
Neil FOSTER ENG		8/4
John EMBUREY ENG		7/3
Imran KHAN PAK		7/8
Maninder SINGH IND		7/13
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		6/9
Roger BINNY IND		6/25
Graham DILLEY ENG		6/48
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		6/48
Peter TAYLOR AUS		6/76

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 5/5
Joel GARNER WI		5/17
Graeme LABROOY SL		5/57
Manoj PRABHAKAR IND		4/12
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		4/15
John EMBUREY ENG		4/17
Graham DILLEY ENG		4/19
Imran KHAN POR		4/20
Imran KHAN POR		4/20
Imran NIAZI PAK		4/27
Wasim AKRAM PAK		3/9

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 3/217
Graham DILLEY ENG		6/154
Iqbal QASIM PAK		5/149
Arshad AYUB IND		4/146
John EMBUREY ENG		7/143
Courtney WALSH WI		5/136
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		5/135
Maninder SINGH IND		7/135
Tim MAY AUS		3/134
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		3/133

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 3/217
Graham DILLEY ENG		6/154
Iqbal QASIM PAK		5/149
Arshad AYUB IND		4/146
John EMBUREY ENG		7/143
Courtney WALSH WI		5/136
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		5/135
Maninder SINGH IND		7/135
Tim MAY AUS		3/134
Mudassar NAZAR PAK		2/133

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Ashantha DE MEL 1/97
Derek PRINGLE ENG		0/83
Chetan SHARMA IND		3/70
Danny MORRISON NZ		0/69
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		3/68
Graeme LABROOY SL		5/68
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		3/67
Bruce REID AUS		2/65
John EMBUREY ENG		4/65
Rumesh RATNAYAKE SL		2/64

Most Dots (All time)
Maninder SINGH 0

Most Dots (Test)
Chetan SHARMA 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Manoj PRABHAKAR 0

Tony GRAY WI		20.87
Graeme LABROOY SL		20.83
Joel GARNER WI		20.60
Kevin CURRAN ZIM		20.00
Roger BINNY IND		19.11
Imran KHAN BHR		19.00
Imran KHAN BHR		19.00
Imran KHAN POR		15.18
Imran KHAN POR		15.18
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		15.14
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		7.00

Shoaib MOHAMMAD PAK		19.00
Courtney WALSH WI		18.84
Tony GRAY WI		18.75
Gladstone SMALL ENG		18.40
Joel GARNER WI		17.08
Roger BINNY IND		15.75
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		15.14
Manzoor ELAHI PAK		8.00
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		7.00

Imran KHAN BHR		19.00
Imran KHAN BHR		19.00
Imran NIAZI PAK		18.92
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		16.15
Graham DILLEY ENG		15.75
Imran KHAN POR		15.18
Imran KHAN POR		15.18
Raju KULKARNI IND		14.00
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		10.50
Shivlal YADAV IND		9.00

Best Economy (All time)
Arun LAL 0.77
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		1.40
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1.60
Evan GRAY NZ		1.93
Nick COOK ENG		2.09
Larry GOMES WI		2.10
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		2.19
Dean JONES AUS		2.27
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		2.34
Gopal SHARMA IND		2.36

Best Economy (Test)
Arun LAL 0.77
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1.00
Roger HARPER WI		1.08
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		1.40
Mike GATTING ENG		1.68
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		1.78
Asanka GURUSINHA SL		1.89
Saleem MALIK PAK		1.92
Allan BORDER AUS		1.92
Evan GRAY NZ		1.93

Best Economy (ODI)
Shivlal YADAV 2.00
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		2.33
Madan LAL IND		2.88
Michael HOLDING WI		2.92
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		3.38
Joel GARNER WI		3.41
Manoj PRABHAKAR IND		3.47
Tony GRAY WI		3.47
John TRAICOS SA		3.63
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		3.68

Willie WATSON ENG		37.00
Imran NIAZI PAK		36.72
Chetan SHARMA IND		36.07
Patrick PATTERSON WI		35.91
Greg THOMAS ENG		33.00
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		30.00
Kevin CURRAN ZIM		27.00
Imran KHAN POR		24.55
Imran KHAN POR		24.55
Graeme LABROOY SL		20.00
Imran KHAN BHR		18.00
Imran KHAN BHR		18.00

Peter TAYLOR AUS		41.25
Courtney WALSH WI		40.03
Joel GARNER WI		38.50
Patrick PATTERSON WI		37.08
Roger BINNY IND		36.83
Tony GRAY WI		36.75
Chetan SHARMA IND		34.32
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		30.00
Manzoor ELAHI PAK		18.00

Imran NIAZI PAK		26.45
Graham DILLEY ENG		25.59
Eddie HEMMINGS ENG		24.86
Imran KHAN POR		24.55
Imran KHAN POR		24.55
Graeme LABROOY SL		20.00
Imran KHAN BHR		18.00
Imran KHAN BHR		18.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Wasim AKRAM 1502
Abdul QADIR PAK		1435
John EMBUREY ENG		1348
Maninder SINGH IND		1218
Kapil DEV IND		1156
Ravi SHASTRI IND		1045
Tauseef AHMED PAK		983
Courtney WALSH WI		957
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		956
Graham DILLEY ENG		920

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Abdul QADIR 999
Wasim AKRAM PAK	901
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	809
Maninder SINGH IND	741
Tauseef AHMED PAK	703
Kapil DEV IND	675
Imran KHAN PAK	654
Iqbal QASIM PAK	635
John EMBUREY ENG	613
Graham DILLEY ENG	605

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Abdul QADIR 118
Maninder SINGH IND		105
John EMBUREY ENG		88
Tauseef AHMED PAK		81
Iqbal QASIM PAK		79
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		77
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		74
Kapil DEV IND		68
Wasim AKRAM PAK		66

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Phil DEFREITAS 21
Wasim AKRAM PAK		14
Joel GARNER WI		12
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		11
Graham DILLEY ENG		10
Bruce REID AUS		8

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 5
Abdul QADIR PAK		4
Courtney WALSH WI		3
Graham DILLEY ENG		2
Neil FOSTER ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 5
Abdul QADIR PAK		4
Courtney WALSH WI		3
Graham DILLEY ENG		2
Gladstone SMALL ENG		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Joel GARNER 1

Series updates of 1987

West Indies in New Zealand Test Series

20 Feb-12 Mar 1987

1-1 (3)
drawn

Pakistan in India Test Series

03 Feb-13 Mar 1987

1-0 (5)
Pakistan

New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series

16 Apr-05 May 1987

0-0 (1)
drawn

Pakistan in England Test Series

04 Jun-06 Aug 1987

1-0 (5)
Pakistan

England in Pakistan Test Series

25 Nov-16 Dec 1987

1-0 (3)
Pakistan

Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand in Australia)

04 Dec-26 Dec 1987

1-0 (3)
Australia

West Indies in India Test Series

25 Nov-11 Jan 1988

1-1 (4)
drawn

Pakistan in India ODI Series

27 Jan-26 Mar 1987

5-1 (6)
Pakistan

West Indies in New Zealand ODI Series

18 Mar-28 Mar 1987

3-0 (3)
West Indies

Sharjah Cup (Australia, England, India, Pakistan in United Arab Emirates)

02 Apr-10 Apr 1987

-
England

Texaco Trophy (Pakistan in England)

21 May-25 May 1987

2-1 (3)
England

Reliance World Cup (in India/Pakistan)

08 Oct-08 Nov 1987

-
Australia

England in Pakistan ODI Series

18 Nov-22 Nov 1987

3-0 (3)
England

West Indies in India ODI Series

08 Dec-25 Jan 1988

6-1 (7)
West Indies

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia)

17 Jan-11 Feb 1987

-
England

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Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
John EMBUREY 735
Wasim AKRAM PAK		601
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		579
Saleem JAFFAR PAK		516
Gladstone SMALL ENG		512
Ravi SHASTRI IND		491
Kapil DEV IND		481
Maninder SINGH IND		477
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		464
Abdul QADIR PAK		436

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Abdul QADIR 122
Maninder SINGH IND		113
John EMBUREY ENG		95
Tauseef AHMED PAK		89
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		88
Wasim AKRAM PAK		80
Iqbal QASIM PAK		79
Kapil DEV IND		76
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		75
Ravi SHASTRI IND		69

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1987 Performances & Rankings

1834

1493

1467

1357

1350

1345

1333

1203

1113

1075

875

751

750

669

606

604

547

546

520

515

1084

1047

937

890

883

859

840

837

799

735

3149

2563

2346

2224

2215

2194

2024

1968

1940

1911

1547

1498

1379

1339

1252

1250

1246

1213

1207

1148

1903

1542

1419

1311

1206

1199

1152

1147

1072

1025

260

213

205

184

181

166

166

151

150

260

213

205

184

166

166

151

150

143

181