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Best Strike Rate in 1989: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best strike rate in 1989, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1989
88 entries
1
33.33
Mike Whitney
AUS
1.23 clear of Simon O'Donnell
2
34.56
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
1.23 off the lead
3
35.69
Ian Bishop
WI
2.36 off the lead
● LEADS
Mike Whitney
AUS
33.33 · 1.23 better than O'Donnell
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
45.00
The mark at number ten — 78 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
88 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Mike Whitney
AUS
33.33
2
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
34.56
3
Ian Bishop
WI
35.69
4
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
39.00
5
Allan Border
AUS
40.59
6
Craig McDermott
AUS
42.00
6
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
42.00
7
Wasim Akram
PAK
43.33
8
Aamer Malik
PAK
44.00
9
Terry Alderman
AUS
44.53
10
Ajay Sharma
IND
45.00
10
Waqar Younis
PAK
45.00
10
Winston Benjamin
WI
45.00
11
Robert Haynes
WI
46.00
12
Danny Morrison
NZ
46.07
13
Peter Taylor
AUS
47.75
14
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
48.28
15
Malcolm Marshall
WI
48.50
16
Salil Ankola
IND
48.60
17
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
48.75
18
Vivek Razdan
IND
50.00
19
Courtney Walsh
WI
50.96
20
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
51.11
21
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
51.33
22
Merv Hughes
AUS
54.45
23
Peter Sleep
AUS
55.20
23
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
55.20
24
Aaqib Javed
PAK
55.35
25
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
55.67
26
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
57.14
27
Kapil Dev
IND
57.37
28
Imran Niazi
BHR
58.12
29
Gary Robertson
NZ
58.50
29
Aravinda de Silva
SL
58.50
30
Martin Snedden
NZ
59.67
31
Gladstone Small
ENG
59.73
32
Sir Viv Richards
WI
60.31
33
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
64.75
34
Kris Srikkanth
IND
65.25
35
Geoff Lawson
AUS
65.61
36
Neil Foster
ENG
66.33
37
Abdul Qadir
PAK
66.43
38
Chetan Sharma
IND
67.13
39
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
67.33
40
Graeme Labrooy
SL
68.69
41
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
69.43
42
Akram Raza
PAK
69.60
43
Graham Gooch
ENG
71.17
44
David Capel
ENG
73.20
45
Eldine Baptiste
WI
73.50
46
Alan Igglesden
ENG
74.00
47
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
75.60
48
Carl Rackemann
AUS
75.67
49
Naved Anjum
PAK
76.50
50
Tim May
AUS
79.20
51
John Emburey
ENG
79.29
52
Greg Campbell
AUS
85.71
53
Zakir Khan
PAK
87.00
54
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
88.00
55
Trevor Hohns
AUS
89.88
56
Arshad Ayub
IND
91.40
57
Angus Fraser
ENG
91.77
58
Carl Hooper
WI
93.00
59
Nick Cook
ENG
97.57
60
Derek Pringle
ENG
98.13
61
Ravi Shastri
IND
98.71
62
Steve Waugh
AUS
101.64
63
Graham Dilley
ENG
102.00
63
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
102.00
64
Narendra Hirwani
IND
104.14
65
Maninder Singh
IND
114.00
66
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
124.29
67
Asoka de Silva
SL
125.14
68
Phil Newport
ENG
132.00
68
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
132.00
69
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
134.60
70
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
147.00
71
Tom Moody
AUS
162.00
72
Willie Watson
ENG
172.00
73
Shahid Saeed
PAK
204.00
74
Paul Jarvis
ENG
208.00
75
John Bracewell
NZ
231.00
76
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
234.00
77
Devon Malcolm
ENG
264.00
78
Patrick Patterson
WI
287.00
79
Dipak Patel
NZ
294.00
80
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
384.00
81
Stephen Boock
NZ
420.00
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