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.
TEST198968 entries
116.56Mike WhitneyAUS0.09 clear of Malcolm Marshall
216.65Malcolm MarshallWI0.09 off the lead
317.60Asanka GurusinhaSL1.04 off the lead
● LEADS
Mike WhitneyAUS
16.56 · 0.09 better than Marshall
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
23.63
The mark at number ten — 58 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Average — full list

68 entries, ranked
1Mike WhitneyAUS16.56
2Malcolm MarshallWI16.65
3Asanka GurusinhaSL17.60
4Allan BorderAUS19.36
5Mudassar NazarPAK19.75
6Peter SleepAUS19.80
7Courtney WalshWI20.48
8Terry AldermanAUS21.34
9Ian BishopWI23.13
10Rumesh RatnayakeSL23.63
11Saleem JaffarPAK25.00
11Carl RackemannAUS25.00
12Kapil DevIND25.43
13Martin SneddenNZ27.00
14Vivek RazdanIND28.20
15Wasim AkramPAK30.61
16Geoff LawsonAUS30.75
17Merv HughesAUS31.58
18Sir Richard HadleeNZ33.80
19Manoj PrabhakarIND33.88
20Trevor HohnsAUS34.12
21Neil FosterENG35.08
22Imran KhanBHR35.10
23Angus FraserENG35.89
24Aravinda de SilvaSL36.67
25Naved AnjumPAK37.25
26Waqar YounisPAK39.50
27John EmbureyENG42.75
28Greg CampbellAUS44.50
29Chetan SharmaIND45.75
30Sir Curtly AmbroseWI45.82
31Abdul QadirPAK46.79
32Danny MorrisonNZ48.20
33Alan IgglesdenENG48.67
34Gladstone SmallENG49.50
35David CapelENG50.50
36Tim MayAUS51.00
37Graeme LabrooySL51.86
38Peter TaylorAUS52.00
39Tom MoodyAUS53.00
40Arshad AyubIND53.64
41Zakir KhanPAK54.50
42Nick CookENG56.40
43Narendra HirwaniIND57.33
44Margashayam VenkataramanaIND58.00
45Ravi ShastriIND58.22
46Derek PringleENG61.20
47Champaka RamanayakeSL63.00
48Graham DilleyENG63.60
49Salil AnkolaIND64.00
50Shahid MahboobPAK65.50
51Graham GoochENG72.00
51Phil DeFreitasENG72.00
52Sir Ian BothamENG80.33
53Sir Viv RichardsWI86.25
54Phil NewportENG87.50
55Dipak PatelNZ107.00
56Asoka de SilvaSL113.00
57Ewen ChatfieldNZ120.00
58Tauseef AhmedPAK129.00
59John BracewellNZ130.50
60Maninder SinghIND132.50
61Steve WaughAUS141.00
62Ravi RatnayekeSL142.00
63Paul JarvisENG145.00
64Patrick PattersonWI159.00
65Devon MalcolmENG166.00
66Stephen BoockNZ229.00
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