Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1988 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1988 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Total Runs

All time

52131

Test

26669

ODI

25462

Total Wickets

All time

1426

Test

570

ODI

856

Total Sixes

All time

5120

Test

1400

ODI

3720

Total Fours

All time

79060

Test

45920

ODI

33140

Total Fifties

All time

215

Test

ODI

118

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

253

Test

112

ODI

141

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Gordon GREENIDGE 1420
Javed MIANDAD PAK		1301
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1297
Desmond HAYNES WI		1296
Gus LOGIE WI		1237
John WRIGHT NZ		1191
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1188
David BOON AUS		1108
Andrew JONES NZ		1024
Carl HOOPER WI		954

Most Runs (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 867
Gus LOGIE WI		738
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		704
Javed MIANDAD PAK		694
Jeff DUJON WI		656
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		638
Graham GOOCH ENG		570
Desmond HAYNES WI		550
David BOON AUS		526
Allan BORDER AUS		465

Most Runs (ODI)
Andrew JONES 806
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	782
Desmond HAYNES WI	746
John WRIGHT NZ	742
Kris SRIKKANTH IND	618
Javed MIANDAD PAK	607
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI	593
Dean JONES AUS	590
Mohinder AMARNATH IND	584
David BOON AUS	582

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Gordon GREENIDGE 2570
John WRIGHT NZ		2520
Desmond HAYNES WI		2495
Javed MIANDAD PAK		2350
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		2329
Geoff MARSH AUS		2244
David BOON AUS		2017
Gus LOGIE WI		1912
Andrew JONES NZ		1904
Jeff DUJON WI		1734

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 1549
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1474
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1473
Desmond HAYNES WI		1469
Jeff DUJON WI		1373
John WRIGHT NZ		1361
Graham GOOCH ENG		1311
Mark GREATBATCH NZ		1215
Gus LOGIE WI		1205

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Andrew JONES 1341
John WRIGHT NZ		1159
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1096
Desmond HAYNES WI		1026
Geoff MARSH AUS		933
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		887
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		856
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		850
David BOON AUS		824
Dean JONES AUS		812

Highest Score (All time)
Javed MIANDAD 211
David BOON AUS		184
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		146
Martin CROWE NZ		143
Desmond HAYNES WI		142
Chris BROAD ENG		139
Ijaz AHMED PAK		124
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		122
Navjot SIDHU IND		116

Highest Score (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 211
David BOON AUS		184
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		146
Martin CROWE NZ		143
Chris BROAD ENG		139
Ijaz AHMED PAK		122
Navjot SIDHU IND		116
Allan BORDER AUS		113

Highest Score (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 142
Ijaz AHMED PAK		124
David BOON AUS		122
Carl HOOPER WI		113
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		112
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		110
Gus LOGIE WI		109
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		108
Chris BROAD ENG		106
Moin-ul-Atiq PAK		105

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Chetan SHARMA 103.70
Stu GILLESPIE NZ		96.15
Kapil DEV IND		94.04
Mark WAUGH AUS		89.29
Kapila WIJEGUNAWARDENE SL		88.89
Jamie SIDDONS AUS		86.49
Guy DE ALWIS SL		85.14
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		85.13
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		83.54
Manzoor ELAHI PAK		83.50

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Kapil DEV 89.47
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		80.20
Ian SMITH NZ		72.35
Ian SMITH NZ		72.35
Chris MATTHEWS AUS		71.74
Phil NEWPORT ENG		68.42
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		64.07
Kaushik AMALEAN SL		63.64
Graham DILLEY ENG		62.41
Gus LOGIE WI		61.24
Saleem YOUSUF PAK		61.03

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Rob BAILEY 126.47
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		120.73
Ajay SHARMA IND		119.35
Ian HEALY AUS		112.50
Chetan SHARMA IND		103.70
Ian SMITH NZ		99.02
Ian SMITH NZ		99.02
Ijaz AHMED PAK		97.39
Kapil DEV IND		97.35
Stu GILLESPIE NZ		96.15
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		94.13

Most sixes (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 17
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		16
Navjot SIDHU IND		12
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		10
Ijaz AHMED PAK		9
Desmond HAYNES WI		8

Most sixes (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 9
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		6
Carl HOOPER WI		4
Ravi SHASTRI IND		3
Shoaib MOHAMMAD PAK		2

Most sixes (ODI)
Gordon GREENIDGE 14
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		11
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		9
Desmond HAYNES WI		8
Ravi SHASTRI IND		7

Best Averages (All time)
Dean JONES 862 / 19

Best Averages (Test)
Navjot SIDHU 198 / 4

Best Averages (ODI)
Mike GATTING 306 / 6

Most 50s (All time)
Andrew JONES 11
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		8
Dean JONES AUS		7
Ramiz RAJA PAK		6

Most 50s (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 6
Gus LOGIE WI		5
Graham GOOCH ENG		4
Steve WAUGH AUS		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Andrew JONES 9
Dean JONES AUS		6
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		5
Mohinder AMARNATH IND		4

Most 100s (All time)
Javed MIANDAD 4
Desmond HAYNES WI		3
David BOON AUS		2
Geoff MARSH AUS		1

Most 100s (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 4
Chris BROAD ENG		2
Ijaz AHMED PAK		1

Most 100s (ODI)
Desmond HAYNES 3
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		2
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Ewen CHATFIELD 11
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		10
Courtney WALSH WI		9
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		8
Jeff DUJON WI		7
Arshad AYUB IND		6

Most Not Outs (Test)
Courtney WALSH 7
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		5
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		4
Graham DILLEY ENG		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Ewen CHATFIELD 7
Carl HOOPER WI		6
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		5
Ajay SHARMA IND		4

Most Wickets (All time)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 77
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		70
Narendra HIRWANI IND		51
Patrick PATTERSON WI		45
Winston BENJAMIN WI		43
Steve WAUGH AUS		42
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		41
Arshad AYUB IND		39

Most Wickets (Test)
Malcolm MARSHALL 60
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI	49
Narendra HIRWANI IND	36
Courtney WALSH WI	35
Graham DILLEY ENG	33
Abdul QADIR PAK	25
Winston BENJAMIN WI	24
Imran KHAN BHR	23
Imran KHAN BHR	23
Arshad AYUB IND	22
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS	21

Most Wickets (ODI)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 28
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		26
Patrick PATTERSON WI		24
Steve WAUGH AUS		23
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		22
Kapil DEV IND		21
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		20
Willie WATSON ENG		19

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Narendra HIRWANI 8/19
Merv HUGHES AUS		8/30
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		7/12
Imran KHAN BHR		7/33
Imran KHAN BHR		7/33
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		6/12
John BRACEWELL NZ		6/16
Graham DILLEY ENG		6/16
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		5/1
Patrick PATTERSON WI		5/5
Steve WAUGH AUS		5/8

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Narendra HIRWANI 8/43
Merv HUGHES AUS		8/52
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		7/12
Imran KHAN BHR		7/34
Imran KHAN BHR		7/34
John BRACEWELL NZ		6/16
Graham DILLEY ENG		6/16
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		6/39
Patrick PATTERSON WI		5/5
Steve WAUGH AUS		5/8
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		5/13

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Kris SRIKKANTH 5/2
Sanjeev SHARMA IND		5/13
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		5/17
Arshad AYUB IND		5/20
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		5/21
John EMBUREY ENG		4/9
Gladstone SMALL ENG		4/11
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		4/11
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		4/15
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		4/15

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Abdul QADIR 4/148
Merv HUGHES AUS		8/130
David CAPEL ENG		2/129
Evan GRAY NZ		2/128
Tim MAY AUS		4/126
Graeme LABROOY SL		4/119
Imran KHAN BHR		7/115
Imran KHAN BHR		7/115
Peter SLEEP AUS		2/114
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		2/110
Bruce REID AUS		4/109

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Abdul QADIR 4/148
Merv HUGHES AUS		8/130
David CAPEL ENG		2/129
Evan GRAY NZ		2/128
Tim MAY AUS		4/126
Graeme LABROOY SL		4/119
Imran KHAN BHR		7/115
Imran KHAN BHR		7/115
Peter SLEEP AUS		2/114
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		2/110
Bruce REID AUS		4/109

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Patrick PATTERSON 4/78
Imran KHAN BHR		3/76
Imran KHAN BHR		3/76
Sanjeev SHARMA IND		5/74
Tauseef AHMED PAK		2/72
Winston DAVIS WI		1/69
Graeme LABROOY SL		4/65
Winston BENJAMIN WI		3/65
Abdul QADIR PAK		3/64
Chris KUGGELEIJN NZ		2/64
Graham DILLEY ENG		2/64

Most Dots (All time)
Woorkeri RAMAN 0

Most Dots (Test)
Sanjeev SHARMA 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Woorkeri RAMAN 0

Malcolm MARSHALL WI		19.14
Narendra HIRWANI IND		18.16
Margashayam VENKATARAMANA IND		18.00
Tony GRAY WI		17.80
Graham GOOCH ENG		16.67
Kapila WIJEGUNAWARDENE SL		16.50
Aamer MALIK PAK		16.00
Iqbal QASIM PAK		12.73
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		12.63

Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		16.78
Arshad AYUB IND		16.68
Sanjeev SHARMA IND		16.67
Iqbal QASIM PAK		14.83
Narendra HIRWANI IND		14.61
Saleem MALIK PAK		13.00
Roger HARPER WI		12.60
Shoaib MOHAMMAD PAK		9.67
Aamer MALIK PAK		6.00

Tony GRAY WI		17.80
Evan GRAY NZ		16.67
Kapila WIJEGUNAWARDENE SL		16.50
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		15.21
Gladstone SMALL ENG		13.33
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		12.26
Iqbal QASIM PAK		4.33

Best Economy (All time)
Martyn MOXON 1.50
Iqbal QASIM PAK		1.70
Andrew JONES NZ		2.00
Stephen BOOCK NZ		2.04
John CHILDS ENG		2.13
Eddie HEMMINGS ENG		2.24
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		2.34
Arshad AYUB IND		2.36
Tauseef AHMED PAK		2.44
Aamer MALIK PAK		2.67

Best Economy (Test)
Martyn MOXON 1.50
Ken RUTHERFORD NZ		1.50
Aamer MALIK PAK		1.50
Arshad AYUB IND		1.54
Tauseef AHMED PAK		1.66
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		1.70
Iqbal QASIM PAK		1.72
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		1.75
Saleem MALIK PAK		1.86
Allan BORDER AUS		1.87

Best Economy (ODI)
Iqbal QASIM 1.44
Andrew JONES NZ		2.00
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		2.91
Gladstone SMALL ENG		2.93
Derek PRINGLE ENG		2.93
Sanath KALUPERUMA SL		3.00
Graham GOOCH ENG		3.13
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		3.31
Kapil DEV IND		3.34
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		3.44

Azhar HOSSAIN BAN		35.00
Narendra HIRWANI IND		33.82
Imran KHAN BHR		33.79
Imran KHAN BHR		33.79
Graham GOOCH ENG		32.00
Phil SIMMONS WI		30.00
Kapila WIJEGUNAWARDENE SL		24.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		18.73

Phil NEWPORT ENG		40.54
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		39.50
Roger HARPER WI		34.80
Imran KHAN BHR		33.68
Imran KHAN BHR		33.68
Narendra HIRWANI IND		33.58
Kaushik AMALEAN SL		33.30
Winston DAVIS WI		28.92
Shoaib MOHAMMAD PAK		24.00

Merv HUGHES AUS		28.00
John EMBUREY ENG		27.88
Gladstone SMALL ENG		27.33
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		25.39
Kapila WIJEGUNAWARDENE SL		24.00
Evan GRAY NZ		22.00
Iqbal QASIM PAK		18.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		17.46

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Courtney WALSH 1784
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		1563
Abdul QADIR PAK		1341
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		1340
Steve WAUGH AUS		1282
Patrick PATTERSON WI		1271
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		1208
Winston BENJAMIN WI		1114
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		1057
John EMBUREY ENG		989

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 1137
Courtney WALSH WI	1079
Malcolm MARSHALL WI	1072
Abdul QADIR PAK	858
Steve WAUGH AUS	718
Graham DILLEY ENG	715
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS	697
Patrick PATTERSON WI	696
John EMBUREY ENG	657
Tim MAY AUS	591

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Ewen CHATFIELD 749
Courtney WALSH WI		705
Winston BENJAMIN WI		670
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		630
Patrick PATTERSON WI		575
Graeme LABROOY SL		568
Steve WAUGH AUS		564
Peter TAYLOR AUS		563
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		560
Sanjeev SHARMA IND		536

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 119
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		101
Courtney WALSH WI		99
Arshad AYUB IND		96
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		90
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		74
Tauseef AHMED PAK		66
Graham DILLEY ENG		64
Abdul QADIR PAK		62

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 100
Arshad AYUB IND		90
John EMBUREY ENG		87
Courtney WALSH WI		82
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		76
Graham DILLEY ENG		64
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		63
Abdul QADIR PAK		58

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Ewen CHATFIELD 25
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		19
Kapil DEV IND		18
Courtney WALSH WI		17
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		13
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		11
Maninder SINGH IND		10

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Malcolm MARSHALL 4
Graham DILLEY ENG		3
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		2
John BRACEWELL NZ		1

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Malcolm MARSHALL 4
Graham DILLEY ENG		3
Imran KHAN BHR		2
Imran KHAN BHR		2
John BRACEWELL NZ		1

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Kris SRIKKANTH 2
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		1

Series updates of 1988

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Australia)

02 Jan-24 Jan 1988

-
Australia

Benson & Hedges World Series (Australia, Pakistan, West Indies in Australia)

10 Dec-18 Jan 1989

-
West Indies

Pakistan in West Indies Test Series

02 Apr-22 Apr 1988

1-1 (3)
drawn

Pakistan in West Indies ODI Series

12 Mar-30 Mar 1988

5-0 (5)
West Indies

Texaco Trophy (West Indies in England)

19 May-23 May 1988

3-0 (3)
England

Texaco Trophy (Sri Lanka in England)

04 Sep-04 Sep 1988

1-0 (1)
England

The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England)

02 Jun-04 Aug 1988

4-0 (5)
West Indies

Sri Lanka in England Test Match

25 Aug-25 Aug 1988

1-0 (1)
England

Australia in Pakistan Test Series

15 Sep-07 Oct 1988

1-0 (3)
Pakistan

Australia in Pakistan ODI Series

30 Sep-14 Oct 1988

1-0 (1)
Pakistan

Wills Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh)

27 Oct-04 Nov 1988

-
India

New Zealand in India ODI Series

10 Dec-19 Dec 1988

4-0 (4)
India

Sharjah Cup (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in United Arab Emirates)

25 Mar-01 Apr 1988

-
India

Champions Trophy (India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)

16 Oct-22 Oct 1988

-
West Indies

New Zealand in India Test Series

12 Nov-02 Dec 1988

2-1 (3)
India

Indian Board Benevolent Fund Match (West Indies in India)

07 Jan-07 Jan 1988

1-0 (1)
West Indies

Australian Bicentennial Match (England in Australia)

04 Feb-04 Feb 1988

1-0 (1)
Australia

Bicentenary Test (England in Australia)

29 Jan-29 Jan 1988

-
drawn

Sri Lanka in Australia Test Match

12 Feb-12 Feb 1988

1-0 (1)
Australia

The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia)

18 Nov-03 Feb 1989

3-1 (5)
West Indies

England in New Zealand Test Series

12 Feb-03 Mar 1988

0-0 (3)
drawn

England in New Zealand ODI Series

09 Mar-19 Mar 1988

2-2 (4)
drawn

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887

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