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Best Averages in 1989: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best averages in 1989, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1989
154 entries
1
501 / 5
Andrew Jones
NZ
13.20 clear of Peter Taylor
2
87 / 1
Peter Taylor
AUS
13.20 off the lead
3
549 / 7
Martin Crowe
NZ
21.77 off the lead
● LEADS
Andrew Jones
NZ
501 / 5 · 13.20 ahead of Taylor
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Jones is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1267 / 21
The mark at number ten — 144 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
154 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Andrew Jones
NZ
501 / 5
2
Peter Taylor
AUS
87 / 1
3
Martin Crowe
NZ
549 / 7
4
Mark Greatbatch
NZ
362 / 5
5
Ian Smith
NZ
208 / 3
6
Steve Waugh
AUS
1242 / 19
7
Dean Jones
AUS
1815 / 28
8
Robin Smith
ENG
856 / 14
9
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1334 / 22
10
Mark Taylor
AUS
1267 / 21
11
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
783 / 13
12
Allan Lamb
ENG
478 / 8
13
Desmond Haynes
WI
1603 / 27
14
Aravinda de Silva
SL
755 / 13
15
Imran Khan
BHR
1195 / 21
16
Saleem Malik
PAK
1339 / 24
17
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
1610 / 29
18
Martin Snedden
NZ
53 / 1
19
Javed Miandad
PAK
1155 / 23
20
Allan Border
AUS
1351 / 27
21
Wayne Larkins
ENG
239 / 5
22
David Boon
AUS
1284 / 28
23
Jack Russell
ENG
349 / 8
24
Geoff Marsh
AUS
1290 / 30
25
Aamer Malik
PAK
786 / 19
26
Gus Logie
WI
530 / 13
27
Akram Raza
PAK
40 / 1
28
Gordon Greenidge
WI
818 / 21
29
Navjot Sidhu
IND
852 / 22
30
Ramiz Raja
PAK
790 / 21
31
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
74 / 2
32
David Gower
ENG
508 / 14
33
Jeff Crowe
NZ
217 / 6
34
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
215 / 6
35
Sir Viv Richards
WI
779 / 22
36
John Emburey
ENG
141 / 4
36
Graham Gooch
ENG
564 / 16
37
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
311 / 9
38
Craig McDermott
AUS
34 / 1
38
Ian Bishop
WI
102 / 3
39
Chetan Sharma
IND
266 / 8
40
Tom Moody
AUS
260 / 8
41
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
258 / 8
42
Gladstone Small
ENG
63 / 2
43
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
250 / 8
44
Carlisle Best
WI
121 / 4
45
Alec Stewart
ENG
120 / 4
46
Raman Lamba
IND
266 / 9
47
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
707 / 24
48
Derek Pringle
ENG
88 / 3
49
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
321 / 11
50
Asoka de Silva
SL
116 / 4
50
Dammika Ranatunga
SL
87 / 3
51
Kim Barnett
ENG
141 / 5
52
Keith Arthurton
WI
281 / 10
53
Merv Hughes
AUS
365 / 13
54
Sohail Fazal
PAK
56 / 2
55
Trevor Hohns
AUS
136 / 5
56
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
160 / 6
57
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
53 / 2
58
Carl Rackemann
AUS
26 / 1
59
Saeed Anwar
PAK
100 / 4
60
Carl Hooper
WI
147 / 6
61
Mike Atherton
ENG
73 / 3
62
Bert Vance
NZ
217 / 9
63
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
417 / 18
64
Abdul Qadir
PAK
185 / 8
65
Nadeem Abbasi
PAK
46 / 2
66
Ravi Shastri
IND
505 / 22
67
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
183 / 8
68
Nick Cook
ENG
45 / 2
69
Roshan Mahanama
SL
267 / 12
70
Phil Newport
ENG
44 / 2
71
Malcolm Marshall
WI
263 / 12
72
Kiran More
IND
350 / 16
73
Kris Srikkanth
IND
501 / 23
74
Athula Samarasekera
SL
196 / 9
75
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
239 / 11
76
Jeff Dujon
WI
433 / 20
77
Kapil Dev
IND
488 / 23
78
Graham Dilley
ENG
42 / 2
79
Chris Broad
ENG
82 / 4
80
John Wright
NZ
203 / 10
81
Mark Waugh
AUS
81 / 4
82
Mike Gatting
ENG
80 / 4
83
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
99 / 5
84
Graeme Wood
AUS
79 / 4
85
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
39 / 2
86
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
309 / 16
87
Ian Healy
AUS
295 / 16
88
Neil Foster
ENG
73 / 4
89
Martyn Moxon
ENG
18 / 1
89
John Stephenson
ENG
36 / 2
90
Geoff Lawson
AUS
143 / 8
91
Tim Curtis
ENG
71 / 4
92
Ajay Sharma
IND
195 / 11
93
Brendon Kuruppu
SL
121 / 7
94
Mike Veletta
AUS
17 / 1
95
Wasim Akram
PAK
203 / 12
96
Shahid Saeed
PAK
118 / 7
97
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
33 / 2
98
Woorkeri Raman
IND
32 / 2
99
Terry Alderman
AUS
47 / 3
100
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
31 / 2
101
Phil Simmons
WI
139 / 9
102
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
61 / 4
103
John Bracewell
NZ
15 / 1
104
Chris Cairns
NZ
29 / 2
105
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
84 / 6
105
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
14 / 1
106
Duleep Mendis
SL
27 / 2
107
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
40 / 3
107
Arun Lal
IND
120 / 9
108
Salil Ankola
IND
13 / 1
108
Robin Singh
IND
13 / 1
108
David Capel
ENG
91 / 7
108
Tim May
AUS
26 / 2
109
Vivek Razdan
IND
25 / 2
109
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
150 / 12
109
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
25 / 2
110
Arshad Ayub
IND
123 / 10
111
Naved Anjum
PAK
12 / 1
111
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
12 / 1
111
Tim Robinson
NZ
12 / 1
112
Paul Jarvis
ENG
33 / 3
113
Roger Harper
WI
51 / 5
114
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
20 / 2
115
Courtney Walsh
WI
88 / 9
116
Angus Fraser
ENG
47 / 5
117
Steve Rhodes
ENG
9 / 1
118
Robert Haynes
WI
26 / 3
119
Lalithamana Fernando
SL
8 / 1
119
Stephen Boock
NZ
8 / 1
119
Willie Watson
NZ
8 / 1
120
Saleem Yousuf
PAK
72 / 10
121
Graeme Labrooy
SL
57 / 8
122
Devon Malcolm
ENG
14 / 2
123
Waqar Younis
PAK
13 / 2
123
Maninder Singh
IND
13 / 2
124
Greg Campbell
AUS
6 / 1
125
Winston Benjamin
WI
40 / 7
126
Moin-ul-Atiq
PAK
10 / 2
127
Dipak Patel
NZ
9 / 2
127
Greg Matthews
AUS
9 / 2
128
Gary Robertson
NZ
4 / 1
129
Danny Morrison
NZ
6 / 2
129
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
3 / 1
129
Narendra Hirwani
IND
3 / 1
130
Mike Whitney
AUS
2 / 1
130
Chris Tavaré
ENG
2 / 1
130
Gamini Wickremasinghe
SL
2 / 1
130
Zulqarnain
PAK
2 / 1
130
Nasser Hussain
ENG
2 / 1
131
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
1 / 1
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