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Best Averages in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best averages in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
166 entries
1
105 / 1
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
2 clear of Aamer Malik
2
103 / 1
Aamer Malik
PAK
2 off the lead
3
270 / 4
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
37.50 off the lead
● LEADS
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
105 / 1 · 2 ahead of Malik
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1075 / 21
The mark at number ten — 156 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
166 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
105 / 1
2
Aamer Malik
PAK
103 / 1
3
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
270 / 4
4
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
1493 / 23
5
Javed Miandad
PAK
1834 / 29
6
Gordon Greenidge
WI
1050 / 17
7
Michael Holding
WI
60 / 1
8
Navjot Sidhu
IND
276 / 5
9
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
1035 / 20
10
Martin Crowe
NZ
1075 / 21
11
Graham Gooch
ENG
1065 / 21
12
Dean Jones
AUS
1203 / 24
13
David Boon
AUS
893 / 18
14
Sir Viv Richards
WI
1190 / 24
15
James Whitaker
ENG
48 / 1
16
Andrew Jones
NZ
455 / 10
17
Dave Houghton
ZIM
226 / 5
18
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
931 / 21
19
Allan Lamb
ENG
886 / 20
20
Saleem Malik
PAK
1345 / 31
21
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
389 / 9
21
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
389 / 9
22
Younis Ahmed
PAK
172 / 4
23
Phil Edmonds
ENG
85 / 2
24
Carl Hooper
WI
296 / 7
25
Imran Khan
BHR
952 / 23
26
Phil Simmons
WI
204 / 5
27
Qasim Umar
PAK
120 / 3
28
Thelston Payne
WI
78 / 2
29
John Wright
NZ
739 / 19
30
Chris Broad
ENG
1467 / 38
31
Mike Gatting
ENG
1350 / 35
32
Peter Sleep
AUS
230 / 6
33
Steve Waugh
AUS
801 / 21
34
Ramiz Raja
PAK
1357 / 36
35
Kevin Arnott
ZIM
112 / 3
36
Geoff Marsh
AUS
1043 / 28
37
Roger Binny
IND
74 / 2
37
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
74 / 2
38
Allan Border
AUS
1013 / 28
39
Kris Srikkanth
IND
1113 / 31
40
Arun Lal
IND
286 / 8
41
Gus Logie
WI
745 / 21
42
Andy Pycroft
ZIM
174 / 5
43
Desmond Haynes
WI
904 / 26
44
Kapil Dev
IND
797 / 23
45
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
588 / 17
46
Saleem Yousuf
PAK
512 / 15
47
Roshan Mahanama
SL
273 / 8
48
Bruce French
ENG
204 / 6
49
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
167 / 5
50
Kiran More
IND
298 / 9
51
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
388 / 12
52
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
773 / 24
53
Mike Veletta
AUS
225 / 7
54
Tim Robinson
NZ
572 / 18
55
Jeff Crowe
NZ
530 / 17
56
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
62 / 2
57
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
337 / 11
58
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
642 / 21
59
Roy Dias
SL
210 / 7
60
John Emburey
ENG
786 / 27
61
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
318 / 11
62
David Capel
ENG
316 / 11
63
Peter Rawson
ZIM
56 / 2
64
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
193 / 7
65
Ravi Shastri
IND
633 / 23
66
Chandrakant Pandit
IND
81 / 3
67
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
323 / 12
68
Bill Athey
ENG
933 / 35
69
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
53 / 2
70
David Gower
ENG
686 / 26
71
Clyde Butts
WI
26 / 1
72
Abdul Qadir
PAK
359 / 14
73
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
25 / 1
73
Duleep Mendis
SL
275 / 11
73
Andy Waller
ZIM
125 / 5
74
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
199 / 8
75
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
530 / 22
76
Willie Watson
NZ
24 / 1
76
Peter Taylor
AUS
96 / 4
77
Jeff Dujon
WI
449 / 19
78
Aravinda de Silva
SL
184 / 8
79
Dirk Wellham
AUS
275 / 12
80
Larry Gomes
WI
227 / 10
81
Evan Gray
NZ
68 / 3
82
Ervin McSweeney
NZ
22 / 1
83
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
241 / 11
84
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
284 / 13
85
Chetan Sharma
IND
87 / 4
86
Dipak Patel
NZ
389 / 18
87
John Bracewell
NZ
278 / 13
88
Ken Rutherford
NZ
248 / 12
89
Greg Dyer
AUS
143 / 7
90
Raman Lamba
IND
245 / 12
91
Ali Shah
ZIM
80 / 4
92
Iain Butchart
ZIM
98 / 5
93
Madan Lal
IND
39 / 2
94
Wasim Akram
PAK
446 / 23
95
Babu Meman
ZIM
19 / 1
96
Kevin Curran
ZIM
75 / 4
97
Ian Smith
NZ
206 / 11
98
Martin Snedden
NZ
185 / 10
99
Jack Richards
ENG
221 / 12
100
Jeremy Coney
NZ
157 / 9
101
Ken MacLeay
AUS
51 / 3
102
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
101 / 6
103
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
117 / 7
103
Arshad Ayub
IND
117 / 7
104
Neil Foster
ENG
217 / 13
105
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
273 / 17
106
Guy de Alwis
SL
16 / 1
107
Phil Horne
NZ
109 / 7
108
Malcolm Marshall
WI
135 / 9
108
Tim May
AUS
30 / 2
109
Tim Zoehrer
AUS
117 / 8
110
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
29 / 2
111
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
158 / 11
112
Eldine Baptiste
WI
14 / 1
113
Winston Benjamin
WI
82 / 6
114
Greg Ritchie
AUS
108 / 8
115
Craig McDermott
AUS
124 / 10
116
Winston Davis
WI
37 / 3
117
Graeme Labrooy
SL
12 / 1
117
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
24 / 2
117
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
24 / 2
117
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
12 / 1
117
Simon Davis
AUS
12 / 1
117
Graham Dilley
ENG
36 / 3
118
Courtney Walsh
WI
83 / 7
119
Greg Matthews
AUS
71 / 6
120
Maninder Singh
IND
35 / 3
121
Martyn Moxon
ENG
23 / 2
121
Carlisle Best
WI
23 / 2
122
Roger Harper
WI
135 / 12
123
Rob Bailey
ENG
11 / 1
123
Tony Gray
WI
44 / 4
124
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
32 / 3
125
Neil Fairbrother
ENG
84 / 8
125
Shivlal Yadav
IND
21 / 2
126
Raju Kulkarni
IND
20 / 2
126
Gladstone Small
ENG
40 / 4
126
Derek Pringle
ENG
20 / 2
126
Asoka de Silva
SL
20 / 2
126
John Traicos
SA
10 / 1
127
Stephen Boock
NZ
27 / 3
128
Merv Hughes
AUS
26 / 3
129
Mike Whitney
AUS
8 / 1
129
Lalchand Rajput
IND
8 / 1
129
Grant Paterson
ZIM
24 / 3
130
Ashraf Ali
PAK
23 / 3
131
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
15 / 2
131
Bharat Arun
IND
15 / 2
132
Joel Garner
WI
51 / 7
133
Tim Robinson
ENG
7 / 1
134
Nick Cook
ENG
33 / 5
135
Glenn Bishop
AUS
13 / 2
136
Paul Downton
ENG
19 / 3
136
Bruce Reid
AUS
38 / 6
136
Ashantha de Mel
SL
19 / 3
137
Robin Brown
ZIM
17 / 3
138
Tom Moody
AUS
10 / 2
139
Gopal Sharma
IND
4 / 1
140
Sadanand Viswanath
IND
17 / 5
141
Danny Morrison
NZ
2 / 1
142
Don Anurasiri
SL
1 / 1
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