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Best Strike Rate in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best strike rate in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
94 entries
1
25.71
Graeme Labrooy
SL
3.65 clear of Patrick Patterson
2
29.36
Patrick Patterson
WI
3.65 off the lead
3
29.50
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
3.79 off the lead
● LEADS
Graeme Labrooy
SL
25.71 · 3.65 better than Patterson
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Labrooy is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
38.83
The mark at number ten — 84 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
94 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Graeme Labrooy
SL
25.71
2
Patrick Patterson
WI
29.36
3
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
29.50
4
Craig McDermott
AUS
37.86
5
Courtney Walsh
WI
38.31
6
Carl Hooper
WI
38.31
7
Tony Gray
WI
38.42
8
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
38.44
9
Roger Binny
IND
38.78
10
Chetan Sharma
IND
38.83
11
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
38.93
12
Kevin Curran
ZIM
39.00
13
Joel Garner
WI
40.14
14
Allan Border
AUS
41.14
15
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
41.57
16
Imran Niazi
BHR
42.85
17
Peter Taylor
AUS
43.41
18
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
43.50
18
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
43.50
19
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
44.50
20
Neil Foster
ENG
44.56
21
Willie Watson
ENG
45.43
22
Raju Kulkarni
IND
46.00
23
Steve Waugh
AUS
46.11
24
Graham Dilley
ENG
46.18
25
Greg Matthews
AUS
46.87
26
Malcolm Marshall
WI
47.83
27
Ali Shah
ZIM
48.00
28
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
48.44
29
Peter Rawson
ZIM
49.50
30
Abdul Qadir
PAK
50.27
31
Merv Hughes
AUS
54.00
32
Stephen Boock
NZ
54.83
33
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
57.71
34
Ravi Shastri
IND
57.92
35
John Traicos
SA
58.00
36
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
58.25
37
Wasim Akram
PAK
58.56
38
Bruce Reid
AUS
60.19
39
David Capel
ENG
61.50
40
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
61.80
41
Gladstone Small
ENG
61.83
42
Sir Viv Richards
WI
62.05
43
Roger Harper
WI
62.12
44
Maninder Singh
IND
62.83
45
John Emburey
ENG
62.86
46
Mike Whitney
AUS
63.00
47
Kapil Dev
IND
64.78
48
Martin Snedden
NZ
65.77
49
Winston Davis
WI
66.00
50
Nick Cook
ENG
66.33
51
Mike Gatting
ENG
67.50
52
Winston Benjamin
WI
68.11
53
Don Anurasiri
SL
69.27
54
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
69.33
55
Michael Holding
WI
69.86
56
Iain Butchart
ZIM
70.00
57
Gopal Sharma
IND
71.92
58
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
73.18
59
Shivlal Yadav
IND
74.29
60
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
75.00
61
Simon Davis
AUS
76.29
62
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
79.31
63
Danny Morrison
NZ
83.75
64
Jeremy Coney
NZ
84.00
64
Aravinda de Silva
SL
84.00
65
Ken MacLeay
AUS
85.50
66
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
87.00
67
Peter Sleep
AUS
90.00
68
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
90.06
69
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
91.13
70
Phil Edmonds
ENG
91.62
71
Larry Gomes
WI
93.00
72
Tim May
AUS
96.00
72
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
96.00
73
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
98.55
74
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
98.74
75
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
99.00
76
Dipak Patel
NZ
102.20
77
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
107.00
78
Martin Crowe
NZ
114.00
78
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
114.00
79
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
120.00
80
Madan Lal
IND
126.00
81
John Bracewell
NZ
126.85
82
Saleem Malik
PAK
144.00
82
Bharat Arun
IND
144.00
82
Derek Pringle
ENG
144.00
83
Arshad Ayub
IND
154.80
84
Graham Gooch
ENG
156.00
85
Clyde Butts
WI
160.50
86
Ashantha de Mel
SL
254.00
87
Vinothen John
SL
294.00
88
Evan Gray
NZ
426.00
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