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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.
ODI
1989
62 entries
1
18.23
Terry Alderman
AUS
0.46 clear of Ian Bishop
2
18.69
Ian Bishop
WI
0.46 off the lead
3
19.00
Wasim Akram
PAK
0.77 off the lead
● LEADS
Terry Alderman
AUS
18.23 · 0.46 better than Bishop
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
23.41
The mark at number ten — 52 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Average — full list
62 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Terry Alderman
AUS
18.23
2
Ian Bishop
WI
18.69
3
Wasim Akram
PAK
19.00
4
Carl Hooper
WI
19.20
5
Danny Morrison
NZ
20.20
6
Allan Border
AUS
21.38
7
Neil Foster
ENG
21.67
8
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
22.55
9
John Emburey
ENG
23.17
10
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
23.41
11
Peter Taylor
AUS
24.08
12
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
24.56
13
Imran Niazi
BHR
25.79
14
Waqar Younis
PAK
25.92
15
Merv Hughes
AUS
26.00
16
Martin Snedden
NZ
27.40
17
Aaqib Javed
PAK
28.35
18
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
29.13
19
Sir Viv Richards
WI
29.56
20
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
29.57
21
Kapil Dev
IND
29.69
22
Graham Gooch
ENG
30.20
23
Winston Benjamin
WI
31.06
24
Courtney Walsh
WI
31.29
25
Gladstone Small
ENG
31.86
26
Akram Raza
PAK
32.20
27
Craig McDermott
AUS
32.60
28
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
32.73
29
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
33.67
30
Abdul Qadir
PAK
33.86
31
Geoff Lawson
AUS
34.22
32
Ajay Sharma
IND
34.67
33
Gary Robertson
NZ
35.00
34
Malcolm Marshall
WI
36.64
35
Aravinda de Silva
SL
37.80
36
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
37.92
37
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
40.57
38
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
40.71
39
Tim May
AUS
41.00
40
Carl Rackemann
AUS
42.00
40
Robert Haynes
WI
42.00
41
Graeme Labrooy
SL
44.22
42
Arshad Ayub
IND
48.45
43
Eldine Baptiste
WI
49.00
44
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
51.17
45
Asoka de Silva
SL
51.80
46
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
53.00
47
David Capel
ENG
56.00
47
Angus Fraser
ENG
56.00
48
Steve Waugh
AUS
56.33
49
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
56.50
50
Kris Srikkanth
IND
57.25
51
Ravi Shastri
IND
58.38
52
Chetan Sharma
IND
59.71
53
Derek Pringle
ENG
60.67
54
Willie Watson
ENG
61.00
55
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
61.33
56
Narendra Hirwani
IND
87.00
57
Greg Campbell
AUS
90.00
58
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
121.00
59
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
134.00
60
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
184.00
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