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Best Average in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best average in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
106 entries
1
7.00
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
8 clear of Javed Miandad
2
15.00
Javed Miandad
PAK
8 off the lead
3
15.14
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
8.14 off the lead
● LEADS
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
7.00 · 8 better than Miandad
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Rizwan-uz-Zaman is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21.79
The mark at number ten — 96 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Average — full list
106 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
7.00
2
Javed Miandad
PAK
15.00
3
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
15.14
4
Kris Srikkanth
IND
20.00
4
Patrick Patterson
WI
20.00
5
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
20.33
6
Courtney Walsh
WI
20.52
7
Joel Garner
WI
20.62
8
Dean Jones
AUS
21.00
9
Roger Binny
IND
21.44
10
Tony Gray
WI
21.79
11
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
22.07
12
Malcolm Marshall
WI
22.21
13
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
22.50
14
Craig McDermott
AUS
23.17
15
Imran Khan
BHR
23.41
16
Abdul Qadir
PAK
23.64
17
Nick Cook
ENG
23.67
18
Neil Foster
ENG
24.67
19
Graeme Labrooy
SL
24.71
20
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
24.83
21
Carl Hooper
WI
24.85
22
Graham Dilley
ENG
25.03
23
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
25.88
24
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
25.98
25
Merv Hughes
AUS
26.71
26
Greg Matthews
AUS
27.87
27
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
28.37
28
Steve Waugh
AUS
28.38
29
Ravi Shastri
IND
28.61
30
Peter Taylor
AUS
28.82
31
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
28.86
32
Allan Border
AUS
29.14
33
Greg Thomas
ENG
29.50
34
Maninder Singh
IND
29.74
35
Wasim Akram
PAK
30.16
36
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
30.75
37
Kevin Curran
ZIM
31.00
38
Shivlal Yadav
IND
31.12
39
Stephen Boock
NZ
31.75
40
Sir Viv Richards
WI
31.84
41
John Emburey
ENG
32.07
42
Chetan Sharma
IND
32.33
43
Michael Holding
WI
33.00
44
Larry Gomes
WI
34.00
45
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
34.10
46
Raju Kulkarni
IND
34.56
47
Gopal Sharma
IND
34.83
48
Bruce Reid
AUS
35.78
49
Ali Shah
ZIM
35.80
50
Mike Whitney
AUS
35.86
51
Kapil Dev
IND
35.98
52
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
36.00
53
John Traicos
SA
36.33
54
Winston Davis
WI
36.75
55
Roger Harper
WI
36.88
56
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
37.44
57
Mike Gatting
ENG
37.50
58
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
38.00
59
Peter Sleep
AUS
38.42
60
Willie Watson
ENG
38.57
61
Gladstone Small
ENG
39.70
62
Phil Edmonds
ENG
40.46
63
Don Anurasiri
SL
41.27
64
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
41.40
65
Simon Davis
AUS
42.86
66
Martin Snedden
NZ
43.69
67
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
44.79
68
Imran Niazi
PAK
45.00
69
David Capel
ENG
45.25
70
Peter Rawson
ZIM
47.00
71
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
47.79
72
Jeremy Coney
NZ
48.50
73
Winston Benjamin
WI
48.78
74
Shakeel Khan
PAK
50.00
75
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
50.83
76
Tim May
AUS
51.88
77
Danny Morrison
NZ
52.88
78
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
56.17
79
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
56.45
80
Martin Crowe
NZ
59.50
81
Ken MacLeay
AUS
60.00
82
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
63.88
83
John Bracewell
NZ
63.92
84
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
64.00
85
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
65.25
86
Clyde Butts
WI
65.75
87
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
70.00
88
Aravinda de Silva
SL
72.33
89
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
72.50
89
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
72.50
90
Andrew Zesers
AUS
74.00
90
Iain Butchart
ZIM
74.00
91
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
76.00
92
Arshad Ayub
IND
76.40
93
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
77.00
94
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
77.50
95
Dipak Patel
NZ
79.80
96
Madan Lal
IND
94.50
97
Bharat Arun
IND
100.00
98
Saleem Malik
PAK
106.00
99
Graham Gooch
ENG
129.00
100
Evan Gray
NZ
137.00
101
Derek Pringle
ENG
148.00
102
Vinothen John
SL
226.00
103
Ashantha de Mel
SL
308.00
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