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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.
ODI
1990
96 entries
1
6.86
Saleem Malik
PAK
5.78 clear of Waqar Younis
2
12.64
Waqar Younis
PAK
5.78 off the lead
3
14.00
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
7.14 off the lead
● LEADS
Saleem Malik
PAK
6.86 · 5.78 better than Younis
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Malik is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
20.60
The mark at number ten — 86 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Average — full list
96 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Saleem Malik
PAK
6.86
2
Waqar Younis
PAK
12.64
3
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
14.00
4
Ian Bishop
WI
15.21
5
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
15.57
6
Greg Campbell
AUS
18.47
7
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
19.60
8
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
20.00
9
Mark Waugh
AUS
20.20
10
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
20.60
11
Terry Alderman
AUS
21.00
12
Carl Rackemann
AUS
21.17
13
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
22.38
14
Sajjad Akbar
PAK
22.50
15
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
23.00
16
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
23.75
17
Martin Snedden
NZ
24.11
18
Kapil Dev
IND
24.47
19
Atul Wassan
IND
24.80
20
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
24.89
21
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
25.19
22
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
25.22
23
Peter Taylor
AUS
25.30
24
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
25.67
25
Chris Pringle
NZ
25.68
26
Wasim Akram
PAK
26.19
27
Don Anurasiri
SL
26.33
28
Gladstone Small
ENG
27.06
29
Narendra Hirwani
IND
27.50
29
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
27.50
30
Bruce Reid
AUS
28.00
30
Golam Faruq
BAN
28.00
31
Devon Malcolm
ENG
28.50
32
Courtney Walsh
WI
28.57
33
Graham Gooch
ENG
28.67
34
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
28.84
35
Robert Haynes
WI
29.00
36
Richard Petrie
NZ
29.44
37
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
29.50
38
Chris Lewis
ENG
29.93
39
Shaul Karnain
SL
30.50
40
Ravi Shastri
IND
31.00
40
Allan Border
AUS
31.00
41
Carl Hooper
WI
31.57
42
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
32.00
42
Danny Morrison
NZ
32.00
43
Martin Bicknell
ENG
32.33
44
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
32.40
45
Greg Matthews
AUS
34.80
46
Craig McDermott
AUS
35.00
47
Grant Bradburn
NZ
35.50
48
Shane Thomson
NZ
36.00
49
Akram Raza
PAK
36.80
50
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
37.00
51
Arshad Ayub
IND
38.33
51
Steve Waugh
AUS
38.33
52
Angus Fraser
ENG
38.64
53
Nilantha Ratnayake
SL
39.00
54
Ken Rutherford
NZ
40.00
55
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
40.83
56
Merv Hughes
AUS
41.50
57
Chris Harris
NZ
42.00
58
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
42.67
58
Ezra Moseley
WI
42.67
59
Aaqib Javed
PAK
42.70
60
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
43.40
61
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
45.75
62
Nadeem Ghauri
PAK
46.00
63
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
47.00
64
Graeme Labrooy
SL
48.71
64
Willie Watson
ENG
49.00
65
Willie Watson
ENG
49.00
66
Gholam Nousher
BAN
50.67
67
Aravinda de Silva
SL
52.50
68
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
53.50
69
Malcolm Marshall
WI
55.67
70
Anil Kumble
IND
57.60
71
Jonathan Millmow
NZ
58.00
72
Imran Khan
BHR
59.11
72
Saradindu Mukherjee
IND
59.00
73
Imran Niazi
BHR
59.11
74
Saeed Anwar
PAK
60.50
75
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
61.14
76
Phil Tufnell
ENG
64.33
77
David Capel
ENG
68.00
78
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
70.33
79
John Bracewell
NZ
70.50
80
Asoka de Silva
SL
83.25
81
Gavin Larsen
NZ
84.50
82
Zakir Khan
PAK
86.00
83
Martin Crowe
NZ
90.00
84
Ajay Sharma
IND
91.00
85
Dipak Patel
NZ
115.00
86
Azhar Hossain
BAN
135.00
87
Mark Priest
NZ
210.00
88
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
358.00
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