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Best Average in 1989: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best average in 1989, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1989
98 entries
1
16.00
Lalithamana Fernando
SL
0.56 clear of Mike Whitney
2
16.56
Mike Whitney
AUS
0.56 off the lead
3
19.80
Peter Sleep
AUS
3.80 off the lead
● LEADS
Lalithamana Fernando
SL
16.00 · 0.56 better than Whitney
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
23.65
The mark at number ten — 88 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
13 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Average — full list
98 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Lalithamana Fernando
SL
16.00
2
Mike Whitney
AUS
16.56
3
Peter Sleep
AUS
19.80
4
Raman Lamba
IND
20.00
5
Ian Bishop
WI
20.17
6
Terry Alderman
AUS
20.28
7
Allan Border
AUS
20.56
8
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
20.70
9
Wasim Akram
PAK
23.35
10
Malcolm Marshall
WI
23.65
11
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
24.56
12
Courtney Walsh
WI
26.00
13
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
26.83
14
Kapil Dev
IND
26.91
15
Dean Jones
AUS
27.00
15
Saleem Malik
PAK
27.00
16
Martin Snedden
NZ
27.22
17
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
27.60
18
Javed Miandad
PAK
28.00
19
Aamer Malik
PAK
28.33
20
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
28.36
21
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
28.48
22
Peter Taylor
AUS
29.31
23
Danny Morrison
NZ
29.53
24
Imran Khan
BHR
29.59
25
Merv Hughes
AUS
30.00
26
Waqar Younis
PAK
30.44
27
Neil Foster
ENG
30.61
28
Carl Rackemann
AUS
30.67
29
Vivek Razdan
IND
31.17
30
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
31.43
31
Geoff Lawson
AUS
31.51
32
Craig McDermott
AUS
32.60
33
Winston Benjamin
WI
32.75
34
Phil Simmons
WI
33.50
35
Trevor Hohns
AUS
34.12
36
John Emburey
ENG
34.36
37
Ajay Sharma
IND
34.67
38
Gary Robertson
NZ
35.00
39
Aaqib Javed
PAK
35.30
40
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
35.89
41
Salil Ankola
IND
36.20
42
Graham Gooch
ENG
37.17
43
Naved Anjum
PAK
37.25
44
Aravinda de Silva
SL
37.38
45
Sir Viv Richards
WI
37.38
46
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
37.92
47
Gladstone Small
ENG
38.27
48
Abdul Qadir
PAK
39.03
49
Greg Matthews
AUS
39.33
50
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
40.00
51
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
40.57
52
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
41.83
53
Robert Haynes
WI
42.00
54
Angus Fraser
ENG
42.08
55
Carl Hooper
WI
42.60
56
Sikander Bakht
PAK
43.00
57
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
43.25
58
Akram Raza
PAK
43.80
59
Tim May
AUS
45.00
60
Nick Cook
ENG
46.43
61
Graeme Labrooy
SL
47.56
62
Alan Igglesden
ENG
48.67
63
Eldine Baptiste
WI
49.00
64
Greg Campbell
AUS
51.00
65
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
51.29
66
Arshad Ayub
IND
51.36
67
Chetan Sharma
IND
52.27
68
David Capel
ENG
53.80
69
Zakir Khan
PAK
54.50
70
Margashayam Venkataramana
IND
58.00
71
Ravi Shastri
IND
58.29
72
Nilantha Ratnayake
SL
59.00
73
Tom Moody
AUS
59.50
74
Derek Pringle
ENG
61.00
75
Maninder Singh
IND
61.20
76
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
61.33
77
Narendra Hirwani
IND
61.57
78
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
62.29
79
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
63.00
80
Graham Dilley
ENG
63.60
81
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
65.50
82
Kris Srikkanth
IND
65.75
83
Asoka de Silva
SL
69.29
84
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
70.80
85
Steve Waugh
AUS
71.73
86
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
80.00
87
Phil Newport
ENG
87.50
88
Willie Watson
ENG
100.33
89
John Bracewell
NZ
130.50
90
Shahid Saeed
PAK
132.00
91
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
138.00
92
Paul Jarvis
ENG
145.00
93
Dipak Patel
NZ
149.00
94
Devon Malcolm
ENG
166.00
95
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
184.00
96
Patrick Patterson
WI
209.00
97
Stephen Boock
NZ
229.00
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