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

18934

Test

18553

ODI

381

Total Wickets

All time

525

Test

510

ODI

Total Sixes

All time

Test

ODI

Total Fours

All time

1525

Test

1500

ODI

Total Fifties

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 1429
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1420
Javed MIANDAD PAK		1301
Desmond HAYNES WI		1296
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1276
Gus LOGIE WI		1237
John WRIGHT NZ		1191
David BOON AUS		1108
Andrew JONES NZ		1024
Carl HOOPER WI		954

Most Runs (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 1108
Gus LOGIE WI	738
Javed MIANDAD PAK	694
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI	683
Gordon GREENIDGE WI	638
Graham GOOCH ENG	570
Desmond HAYNES WI	550
David BOON AUS	526
Steve WAUGH AUS	501
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		2327
Geoff MARSH AUS		2244
David BOON AUS		2017
Gus LOGIE WI		1912
Andrew JONES NZ		1904
Carl HOOPER WI		1716

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Javed MIANDAD 1549
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1474
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		1471
Desmond HAYNES WI		1469
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		1368
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
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		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
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		85.13
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		83.62
Manzoor ELAHI PAK		83.50
Eldine BAPTISTE WI		80.95

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Kapil DEV 89.47
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		80.99
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
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		59.69

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Rob BAILEY 126.47
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		120.73
Ajay SHARMA IND		119.35
Chetan SHARMA IND		103.70
Ijaz AHMED PAK		97.39
Kapil DEV IND		97.35
Stu GILLESPIE NZ		96.15
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		94.13
Duleep MENDIS SL		93.10
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		90.43

Most sixes (All time)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 20
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		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 12
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		6
Carl HOOPER WI		4
Ravi SHASTRI IND		3
Javed MIANDAD 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)
Mohinder AMARNATH 588 / 13

Best Averages (Test)
Roger HARPER 147 / 3

Best Averages (ODI)
Mike GATTING 306 / 6

Most 50s (All time)
Andrew JONES 11
Sir VIV RICHARDS WI		10
Geoff MARSH AUS		8
Sir RICHIE RICHARDSON WI		7
Steve WAUGH AUS		6

Most 50s (Test)
Sir VIV RICHARDS 9
Geoff MARSH AUS		5
Shoaib MOHAMMAD PAK		4
Desmond HAYNES WI		3

Most 50s (ODI)
Andrew JONES 9
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		6
Roshan MAHANAMA 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
Gordon GREENIDGE WI		1

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

Most Not Outs (All time)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 13
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		11
Courtney WALSH WI		9
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		8
Carl HOOPER WI		6

Most Not Outs (Test)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 8
Courtney WALSH WI		7
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		4
Graham DILLEY ENG		3

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Ewen CHATFIELD 7
Carl HOOPER WI		6
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		5
Sir RICHARD HADLEE NZ		4

Most Wickets (All time)
Malcolm MARSHALL 70
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		67
Courtney WALSH WI		47
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		44
Steve WAUGH AUS		39
Winston BENJAMIN WI		38
Narendra HIRWANI IND		37
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		36

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 PAK	23
Arshad AYUB IND	22
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS	21

Most Wickets (ODI)
Martin SNEDDEN 26
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		25
Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		22
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		21
Steve WAUGH AUS		20
Peter TAYLOR AUS		19
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		18
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		16
John EMBUREY ENG		14

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Narendra HIRWANI 8/19
Merv HUGHES AUS		8/30
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		7/12
Imran KHAN PAK		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 PAK		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
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		5/17
Arshad AYUB IND		5/20
John EMBUREY ENG		4/9
Gladstone SMALL ENG		4/11
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		4/11
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		4/15
Steve WAUGH AUS		4/15
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		4/21
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		4/23

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 PAK		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 PAK		7/115
Peter SLEEP AUS		2/114
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		2/110
Bruce REID AUS		4/109

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Patrick PATTERSON 3/77
Sanjeev SHARMA IND		2/74
Tauseef AHMED PAK		2/72
Winston DAVIS WI		1/69
Graeme LABROOY SL		4/65
Abdul QADIR PAK		3/64
Chris KUGGELEIJN NZ		2/64
Graham DILLEY ENG		2/64
Neal RADFORD ENG		1/61
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		4/61

Most Dots (All time)
Woorkeri RAMAN 0

Most Dots (Test)
Sanjeev SHARMA 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Woorkeri RAMAN 0

Margashayam VENKATARAMANA IND		18.00
Tony GRAY WI		17.80
Narendra HIRWANI IND		17.78
Graham GOOCH ENG		16.67
Phil SIMMONS WI		15.00
Iqbal QASIM PAK		14.83
Imran NIAZI PAK		12.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		9.75
Aamer MALIK PAK		6.00

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

Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		18.28
Margashayam VENKATARAMANA IND		18.00
Tony GRAY WI		17.80
Evan GRAY NZ		16.67
Phil SIMMONS WI		15.00
Gladstone SMALL ENG		13.33
Imran NIAZI PAK		12.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		9.31

Best Economy (All time)
Martyn MOXON 1.50
Aamer MALIK PAK		1.50
Iqbal QASIM PAK		1.72
Arshad AYUB IND		2.04
Stephen BOOCK NZ		2.04
John CHILDS ENG		2.13
Eddie HEMMINGS ENG		2.24
Terry ALDERMAN AUS		2.34
Tauseef AHMED PAK		2.41
Mike GATTING ENG		2.65

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)
Terry ALDERMAN 2.91
Ranjith MADURASINGHE SL		2.92
Gladstone SMALL ENG		2.93
Derek PRINGLE ENG		2.93
Sanath KALUPERUMA SL		3.00
Graham GOOCH ENG		3.13
Phil SIMMONS WI		3.33
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		3.41
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		3.44
Simon DAVIS AUS		3.44

Graham GOOCH ENG		32.00
Margashayam VENKATARAMANA IND		30.00
Phil SIMMONS WI		27.00
Aamer MALIK PAK		24.00
Imran NIAZI PAK		16.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		15.07

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

Craig MCDERMOTT AUS		27.46
Gladstone SMALL ENG		27.33
Phil SIMMONS WI		27.00
John EMBUREY ENG		26.87
Azhar HOSSAIN BAN		24.00
Evan GRAY NZ		22.00
Imran NIAZI PAK		16.00
Kris SRIKKANTH IND		13.57

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Courtney WALSH 1639
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		1466
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		1340
Steve WAUGH AUS		1211
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		1136
Abdul QADIR PAK		1105
Patrick PATTERSON WI		1077
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		1009
Winston BENJAMIN WI		951
John EMBUREY ENG		942

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 677
Martin SNEDDEN NZ		630
Courtney WALSH WI		560
Graeme LABROOY SL		538
Peter TAYLOR AUS		515
Winston BENJAMIN WI		507
Steve WAUGH AUS		493
Ravi RATNAYEKE SL		478
John BRACEWELL NZ		461
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		458

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE 118
Ewen CHATFIELD NZ		101
Courtney WALSH WI		96
Arshad AYUB IND		94
Malcolm MARSHALL WI		90
Tony DODEMAIDE AUS		73
Tauseef AHMED PAK		64
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		60

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		18
Courtney WALSH WI		14
Phil DEFREITAS ENG		11
Maninder SINGH IND		10
Champaka RAMANAYAKE SL		9

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Malcolm MARSHALL 4
Merv HUGHES AUS		3
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		2
Derek PRINGLE ENG		1

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

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

Series updates of 1988

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

England in New Zealand Test Series

12 Feb-03 Mar 1988

0-0 (3)
drawn

Pakistan in West Indies Test Series

02 Apr-22 Apr 1988

1-1 (3)
drawn

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

New Zealand in India Test Series

12 Nov-02 Dec 1988

2-1 (3)
India

The Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies in Australia)

18 Nov-03 Feb 1989

3-1 (5)
West Indies

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

England in New Zealand ODI Series

09 Mar-19 Mar 1988

2-2 (4)
drawn

Pakistan in West Indies ODI Series

12 Mar-30 Mar 1988

5-0 (5)
West Indies

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

25 Mar-01 Apr 1988

-
India

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

Australia in Pakistan ODI Series

30 Sep-14 Oct 1988

1-0 (1)
Pakistan

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

16 Oct-22 Oct 1988

-
West Indies

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

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

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