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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
94 entries
1
15.14
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
4.86 clear of Patrick Patterson
2
20.00
Patrick Patterson
WI
4.86 off the lead
3
20.52
Courtney Walsh
WI
5.38 off the lead
● LEADS
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
15.14 · 4.86 better than Patterson
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Dodemaide is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
23.17
The mark at number ten — 84 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Average — full list
94 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
15.14
2
Patrick Patterson
WI
20.00
3
Courtney Walsh
WI
20.52
4
Joel Garner
WI
20.62
5
Roger Binny
IND
21.44
6
Tony Gray
WI
21.79
7
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
22.07
8
Malcolm Marshall
WI
22.21
9
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
22.50
10
Craig McDermott
AUS
23.17
11
Abdul Qadir
PAK
23.64
12
Nick Cook
ENG
23.67
13
Imran Niazi
BHR
24.06
14
Neil Foster
ENG
24.67
15
Graeme Labrooy
SL
24.71
16
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
24.83
17
Carl Hooper
WI
24.85
18
Graham Dilley
ENG
25.03
19
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
25.88
20
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
25.98
21
Merv Hughes
AUS
26.71
22
Greg Matthews
AUS
27.87
23
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
28.37
24
Steve Waugh
AUS
28.38
25
Ravi Shastri
IND
28.61
26
Peter Taylor
AUS
28.82
27
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
28.86
28
Allan Border
AUS
29.14
29
Maninder Singh
IND
29.74
30
Wasim Akram
PAK
30.16
31
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
30.75
32
Kevin Curran
ZIM
31.00
33
Shivlal Yadav
IND
31.12
34
Stephen Boock
NZ
31.75
35
Sir Viv Richards
WI
31.84
36
John Emburey
ENG
32.07
37
Chetan Sharma
IND
32.33
38
Michael Holding
WI
33.00
39
Larry Gomes
WI
34.00
40
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
34.10
41
Raju Kulkarni
IND
34.56
42
Gopal Sharma
IND
34.83
43
Bruce Reid
AUS
35.78
44
Ali Shah
ZIM
35.80
45
Mike Whitney
AUS
35.86
46
Kapil Dev
IND
35.98
47
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
36.00
48
John Traicos
SA
36.33
49
Winston Davis
WI
36.75
50
Roger Harper
WI
36.88
51
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
37.44
52
Mike Gatting
ENG
37.50
53
Peter Sleep
AUS
38.42
54
Willie Watson
ENG
38.57
55
Gladstone Small
ENG
39.70
56
Phil Edmonds
ENG
40.46
57
Don Anurasiri
SL
41.27
58
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
41.40
59
Simon Davis
AUS
42.86
60
Martin Snedden
NZ
43.69
61
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
44.79
62
David Capel
ENG
45.25
63
Peter Rawson
ZIM
47.00
64
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
47.79
65
Jeremy Coney
NZ
48.50
66
Winston Benjamin
WI
48.78
67
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
50.83
68
Tim May
AUS
51.88
69
Danny Morrison
NZ
52.88
70
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
56.17
71
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
56.45
72
Martin Crowe
NZ
59.50
73
Ken MacLeay
AUS
60.00
74
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
63.88
75
John Bracewell
NZ
63.92
76
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
64.00
77
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
65.25
78
Clyde Butts
WI
65.75
79
Aravinda de Silva
SL
72.33
80
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
72.50
80
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
72.50
81
Iain Butchart
ZIM
74.00
82
Arshad Ayub
IND
76.40
83
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
77.00
84
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
77.50
85
Dipak Patel
NZ
79.80
86
Madan Lal
IND
94.50
87
Bharat Arun
IND
100.00
88
Saleem Malik
PAK
106.00
89
Graham Gooch
ENG
129.00
90
Evan Gray
NZ
137.00
91
Derek Pringle
ENG
148.00
92
Vinothen John
SL
226.00
93
Ashantha de Mel
SL
308.00
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