Top Cricket Stats and Records – 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

144

Test

ODI

105

T20I

Total Runs

All time

85212

Test

43736

ODI

41476

Total Wickets

All time

2386

Test

999

ODI

1387

Total Sixes

All time

9480

Test

3440

ODI

6040

Total Fours

All time

145440

Test

86520

ODI

58920

Total Fifties

All time

398

Test

185

ODI

213

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

424

Test

190

ODI

234

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
Dean JONES AUS		1203
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1190
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
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		604
Saleem MALIK PAK		546
Ramiz RAJA PAK		520
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		515
John WRIGHT NZ		487

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
Saleem MALIK PAK		1250
Chris BROAD ENG		1246
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1213
Jeff CROWE NZ		1207
John EMBUREY ENG		1148
Javed MIANDAD PAK		1021

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
Brendon KURUPPU SL		201
Dean JONES AUS		184
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		181
Tim ROBINSON NZ		166
Tim ROBINSON NZ		166
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		151
Andrew JONES NZ		150

Highest Score (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 260
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		213
Allan BORDER AUS		205
Brendon KURUPPU SL		201
Dean JONES AUS		184
Tim ROBINSON NZ		166
Tim ROBINSON NZ		166
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		151
Andrew JONES NZ		150

Highest Score (ODI)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 181
Dave HOUGHTON ZIM		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

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Graeme LABROOY 200.00
Eddo BRANDES ZIM		140.00
Madan LAL IND		125.81
Jack RUSSELL ENG		100.00
Kapil DEV IND		95.65
Sidath WETTIMUNY SL		93.33
Raju KULKARNI IND		90.00
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		88.15
Babu MEMAN ZIM		86.36

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Roger HARPER 133.33
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		78.87
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		78.74
Kapil DEV IND		73.82
Wasim AKRAM PAK		65.36
Ian SMITH NZ		64.93
Ian SMITH NZ		64.93
Carl HOOPER WI		60.09
Gus LOGIE WI		58.25
Patrick PATTERSON WI		56.52
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		54.88

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Graeme LABROOY 200.00
Eddo BRANDES ZIM		140.00
Eddie HEMMINGS ENG		133.33
Ian SMITH NZ		130.19
Ian SMITH NZ		130.19
Madan LAL IND		125.81
Tim MAY AUS		123.08
Michael HOLDING WI		122.45
Greg DYER AUS		116.28
Wasim AKRAM PAK		113.64
Kapil DEV IND		113.13

Most sixes (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 27
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		23
Dean JONES AUS		17
Imran KHAN BHR		14
Imran KHAN BHR		14
Abdul QADIR PAK		12
John EMBUREY ENG		10
Ravi SHASTRI IND		9

Most sixes (Test)
Gordon GREENIDGE 15
Abdul QADIR PAK		7
John EMBUREY ENG		5
Ijaz FAQIH PAK		4
Dipak PATEL NZ		3

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)
Martin CROWE 1075 / 21

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
Mike GATTING ENG		7

Most 50s (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 6
John EMBUREY ENG		5
Kapil DEV IND		4
Mike GATTING ENG		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Javed MIANDAD 10
David BOON AUS		8
Sunil GAVASKAR IND		7
Allan LAMB ENG		6
Dilip VENGSARKAR IND		5

Most 100s (All time)
Gordon GREENIDGE 4
Javed MIANDAD PAK		3
Graham GOOCH ENG		2

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

Most 100s (ODI)
Dean JONES 3
Javed MIANDAD PAK		2
Dave HOUGHTON ZIM		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Ewen CHATFIELD 10
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		9
Courtney WALSH WI		8
Jeff DUJON WI		7

Most Not Outs (Test)
Tauseef AHMED 6
Phil EDMONDS ENG		4
Saleem MALIK PAK		3

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

Most Wickets (All time)
Abdul QADIR 77
Imran KHAN BHR		64
Imran KHAN BHR		64
Wasim AKRAM PAK		62
Maninder SINGH IND		58
John EMBUREY ENG		57
Neil FOSTER ENG		52
Ravi SHASTRI IND		49
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		46
Kapil DEV IND		45

Most Wickets (Test)
Abdul QADIR 45
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	39
Courtney WALSH WI	32
Wasim AKRAM PAK	31
Maninder SINGH IND	28
Imran KHAN BHR	27
Imran KHAN BHR	27
Tauseef AHMED PAK	26
Kapil DEV IND	23
Iqbal QASIM PAK	22
Neil FOSTER ENG	21

Most Wickets (ODI)
John EMBUREY 43
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		39
Imran KHAN BHR		37
Imran KHAN BHR		37
Steve WAUGH AUS		34
Abdul QADIR PAK		32
Neil FOSTER ENG		31
Courtney WALSH WI		30

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Abdul QADIR 9/8
Neil FOSTER ENG		8/4
John EMBUREY ENG		7/3
Imran KHAN BHR		7/8
Imran KHAN BHR		7/8
Maninder SINGH IND		7/13
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		6/9
Patrick PATTERSON WI		6/15
Graham DILLEY ENG		6/16
Peter TAYLOR AUS		6/17
Roger BINNY IND		6/21

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Abdul QADIR 9/8
Neil FOSTER ENG		8/4
John EMBUREY ENG		7/3
Imran KHAN BHR		7/8
Imran KHAN BHR		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)
Patrick PATTERSON 6/15
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		5/5
Joel GARNER WI		5/10
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		5/13
Graeme LABROOY SL		5/48
Steve WAUGH AUS		4/7
Courtney WALSH WI		4/11
Manoj PRABHAKAR IND		4/12
Abdul QADIR PAK		4/13
Imran KHAN BHR		4/13
Imran KHAN BHR		4/13

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 3/217
Tauseef AHMED PAK		5/189
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

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Sir IAN BOTHAM 3/217
Tauseef AHMED PAK		5/189
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

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Ashantha DE MEL 1/97
Derek PRINGLE ENG		1/83
Abdul QADIR PAK		4/75
Maninder SINGH IND		3/70
Chetan SHARMA IND		3/70
Danny MORRISON NZ		0/69
Winston BENJAMIN WI		3/69
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		3/68
Graeme LABROOY SL		5/68
Kapil DEV IND		2/68

Most Dots (All time)
Maninder SINGH 0

Most Dots (Test)
Chetan SHARMA 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Chetan SHARMA 0

Dean JONES AUS		21.00
Joel GARNER WI		20.62
Courtney WALSH WI		20.52
Zahid AHMED PAK		20.33
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		20.00
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		15.14
Javed MIANDAD PAK		15.00
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		7.00

Peter TAYLOR AUS		19.25
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

Graham DILLEY ENG		18.00
Patrick PATTERSON WI		16.79
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		16.27
Shivlal YADAV IND		15.00
Dean JONES AUS		13.00
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		10.50
Nick COOK ENG		9.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		8.00
Javed MIANDAD PAK		5.00

Best Economy (All time)
Arun LAL 0.77
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		1.40
Evan GRAY NZ		1.93
Javed MIANDAD PAK		2.14
Nick COOK ENG		2.15
Larry GOMES WI		2.19
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		2.19
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		2.34
Iqbal QASIM PAK		2.37
Dean JONES AUS		2.43

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)
Javed MIANDAD 1.67
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		2.33
Michael HOLDING WI		2.98
Allan LAMB ENG		3.00
Nick COOK ENG		3.00
Joel GARNER WI		3.36
Simon DAVIS AUS		3.37
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		3.38
Graham DILLEY ENG		3.46
Greg MATTHEWS AUS		3.57

Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		37.78
Mansoor AKHTAR PAK		36.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		33.90
Greg THOMAS ENG		33.00
Zahid AHMED PAK		32.00
Rizwan-uz-Zaman PAK		30.00
Patrick PATTERSON WI		29.25
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		28.90
Graeme LABROOY SL		25.71

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

Mohinder AMARNATH IND		27.00
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		26.21
Graeme LABROOY SL		25.71
Shivlal YADAV IND		25.20
Patrick PATTERSON WI		24.35
Dean JONES AUS		19.80
Javed MIANDAD PAK		18.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		3.90

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Wasim AKRAM 1870
John EMBUREY ENG		1828
Abdul QADIR PAK		1820
Maninder SINGH IND		1725
Kapil DEV IND		1619
Imran KHAN BHR		1498
Imran KHAN BHR		1498
Tauseef AHMED PAK		1460
Ravi SHASTRI IND		1402
Neil FOSTER ENG		1283
Courtney WALSH WI		1272

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Abdul QADIR 1129
Wasim AKRAM PAK	979
Tauseef AHMED PAK	892
Maninder SINGH IND	871
Kapil DEV IND	816
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ	809
Imran KHAN BHR	757
Imran KHAN BHR	757
Iqbal QASIM PAK	635
Ravi SHASTRI IND	629
John EMBUREY ENG	613

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Maninder SINGH 126
Abdul QADIR PAK		122
John EMBUREY ENG		88
Tauseef AHMED PAK		87
Iqbal QASIM PAK		79
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		77
Kapil DEV IND		76
Ravi SHASTRI IND		75
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		74

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Phil DEFREITAS 38
Bruce REID AUS		20
Imran KHAN BHR		18
Imran KHAN BHR		18
Courtney WALSH WI		17
Graham DILLEY ENG		16
Joel GARNER WI		15
Sir IAN BOTHAM ENG		13

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Sir RICHARD HADLEE 5
Abdul QADIR PAK		4
Patrick PATTERSON WI		3
Graham DILLEY ENG		2

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)
Patrick PATTERSON 1

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Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
John EMBUREY 1215
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		989
Wasim AKRAM PAK		891
Steve WAUGH AUS		862
Maninder SINGH IND		854
Simon O'DONNELL AUS		851
Neil FOSTER ENG		840
Gladstone SMALL ENG		821
Kapil DEV IND		803
Ravi SHASTRI IND		773

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Maninder SINGH 139
Abdul QADIR PAK		129
John EMBUREY ENG		103
Tauseef AHMED PAK		96
Wasim AKRAM PAK		94
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		88
Kapil DEV IND		87
Ravi SHASTRI IND		80
Iqbal QASIM PAK		79
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		75

Top Cricket Stats and Records – 1987 Performances & Rankings

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1190

1113

1075

875

751

750

669

604

546

520

515

487

1084

1047

937

890

883

859

840

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799

735

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2563

2346

2224

2215

2194

2024

1968

1940

1911

1547

1498

1379

1339

1250

1246

1213

1207

1148

1021

1903

1542

1419

1311

1206

1199

1152

1147

1072

1025

260

213

205

201

184

181

166

166

151

150

260

213

205

201

184

166

166

151

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