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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.
TEST
1987
60 entries
1
34.40
Chetan Sharma
IND
2.35 clear of Tony Gray
2
36.75
Tony Gray
WI
2.35 off the lead
3
36.88
Roger Binny
IND
2.48 off the lead
● LEADS
Chetan Sharma
IND
34.40 · 2.35 better than Gray
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
49.20
The mark at number ten — 50 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
60 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Chetan Sharma
IND
34.40
2
Tony Gray
WI
36.75
3
Roger Binny
IND
36.88
4
Patrick Patterson
WI
37.27
5
Joel Garner
WI
38.50
6
Courtney Walsh
WI
40.22
7
Peter Taylor
AUS
41.25
8
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
41.57
9
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
47.38
10
Gladstone Small
ENG
49.20
11
Craig McDermott
AUS
50.88
12
Neil Foster
ENG
51.81
13
Merv Hughes
AUS
54.00
14
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
55.29
15
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
55.57
16
Stephen Boock
NZ
57.43
17
Imran Niazi
BHR
60.31
18
Bruce Reid
AUS
60.60
19
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
63.11
20
Abdul Qadir
PAK
63.78
21
Graham Dilley
ENG
64.44
22
Winston Davis
WI
66.00
23
Martin Snedden
NZ
72.50
24
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
73.18
25
Wasim Akram
PAK
73.58
26
Don Anurasiri
SL
74.40
27
Danny Morrison
NZ
76.25
28
Malcolm Marshall
WI
79.33
29
Kapil Dev
IND
79.83
30
Nick Cook
ENG
80.14
31
Mike Whitney
AUS
80.25
32
Maninder Singh
IND
83.86
33
Ravi Shastri
IND
85.90
34
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
88.00
35
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
89.50
36
Peter Sleep
AUS
90.00
36
Larry Gomes
WI
90.00
36
Winston Benjamin
WI
90.00
37
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
93.29
38
Shivlal Yadav
IND
94.75
39
Gopal Sharma
IND
94.83
40
Raju Kulkarni
IND
96.00
41
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
101.79
42
Phil Edmonds
ENG
113.00
43
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
120.00
44
Tim May
AUS
126.00
44
Martin Crowe
NZ
126.00
45
John Bracewell
NZ
127.55
46
John Emburey
ENG
131.57
47
Arshad Ayub
IND
136.80
48
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
137.57
49
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
150.00
50
Clyde Butts
WI
160.50
51
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
162.00
52
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
163.20
53
Steve Waugh
AUS
174.00
54
Sir Viv Richards
WI
182.00
55
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
186.00
55
David Capel
ENG
186.00
56
Evan Gray
NZ
426.00
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