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Best Average in 1990: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best average in 1990 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1990
90 entries
1
14.89
Waqar Younis
PAK
0.59 clear of Bruce Reid
2
15.48
Bruce Reid
AUS
0.59 off the lead
3
15.98
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
1.09 off the lead
● LEADS
Waqar Younis
PAK
14.89 · 0.59 better than Reid
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
20.60
The mark at number ten — 80 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Average — full list
90 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Waqar Younis
PAK
14.89
2
Bruce Reid
AUS
15.48
3
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
15.98
4
Ian Bishop
WI
18.31
5
Wasim Akram
PAK
18.70
6
Terry Alderman
AUS
19.25
7
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
19.60
8
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
19.77
9
Mark Waugh
AUS
20.20
10
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
20.60
11
Greg Campbell
AUS
22.92
12
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
23.33
13
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
23.55
14
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
23.75
15
Carl Rackemann
AUS
24.41
16
Courtney Walsh
WI
24.63
17
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
25.20
18
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
25.22
19
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
25.67
20
Angus Fraser
ENG
25.90
21
Chris Pringle
NZ
25.94
22
Don Anurasiri
SL
26.33
23
Merv Hughes
AUS
26.59
24
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
27.64
25
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
27.79
26
Richard Petrie
NZ
29.44
27
Peter Taylor
AUS
29.96
28
Allan Border
AUS
30.11
29
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
31.33
30
Gladstone Small
ENG
31.66
31
Devon Malcolm
ENG
32.27
32
Martin Bicknell
ENG
32.33
33
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
32.40
34
Danny Morrison
NZ
33.18
35
John Bracewell
NZ
33.50
36
Chris Lewis
ENG
33.89
37
Masood Anwar
PAK
34.00
38
Greg Matthews
AUS
34.33
39
Peter Sleep
AUS
35.00
40
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
35.12
41
Kapil Dev
IND
35.14
42
Steve Waugh
AUS
37.09
43
Willie Watson
ENG
37.53
44
Atul Wassan
IND
37.60
45
Arshad Ayub
IND
38.33
46
Martin Snedden
NZ
38.35
47
Aaqib Javed
PAK
38.45
48
Malcolm Marshall
WI
38.75
49
Akram Raza
PAK
39.00
50
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
40.42
51
Chris Harris
NZ
42.00
52
Grant Bradburn
NZ
42.17
53
Shane Thomson
NZ
42.25
54
Ezra Moseley
WI
43.08
55
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
43.40
56
Imran Niazi
BHR
44.29
57
Graham Gooch
ENG
45.25
58
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
45.71
59
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
46.56
60
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
49.80
61
Nadeem Ghauri
PAK
50.00
62
Gholam Nousher
BAN
50.67
63
Narendra Hirwani
IND
51.95
64
Carl Hooper
WI
52.38
65
Aravinda de Silva
SL
52.50
66
David Capel
ENG
53.33
67
Graeme Labrooy
SL
57.14
68
Anil Kumble
IND
57.25
69
Jonathan Millmow
NZ
58.00
70
Saradindu Mukherjee
IND
59.00
71
Saeed Anwar
PAK
60.50
72
Abdul Qadir
PAK
62.50
73
Gopal Sharma
IND
65.00
74
Ravi Shastri
IND
65.88
75
Martin Crowe
NZ
67.00
76
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
70.33
77
Neil Williams
ENG
74.00
78
Asoka de Silva
SL
83.25
79
Gavin Larsen
NZ
84.50
80
Patrick Patterson
WI
85.00
81
Ajay Sharma
IND
91.00
82
Andrew Jones
NZ
94.00
83
Phil Tufnell
ENG
97.00
84
Mark Priest
NZ
118.00
85
Ken Rutherford
NZ
125.00
86
Eldine Baptiste
WI
129.00
87
Azhar Hossain
BAN
135.00
88
Mike Atherton
ENG
211.00
89
Dipak Patel
NZ
254.00
90
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
362.00
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