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Best Strike Rate in 1996: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best strike rate in 1996, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1996
144 entries
1
21.65
Ottis Gibson
WI
1.18 clear of Tito Odumbe
2
22.83
Tito Odumbe
KEN
1.18 off the lead
3
24.00
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
2.35 off the lead
● LEADS
Ottis Gibson
WI
21.65 · 1.18 better than Odumbe
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
29.60
The mark at number ten — 134 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
8 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
144 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ottis Gibson
WI
21.65
2
Tito Odumbe
KEN
22.83
3
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
24.00
4
Allan Donald
SA
24.01
5
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
25.64
6
John Rennie
ZIM
26.57
7
Rajab Ali
KEN
27.20
8
Robin Singh
IND
27.60
9
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
28.50
10
Damien Fleming
AUS
29.60
11
Azhar Saeed
UAE
31.00
12
Jayantha Silva
SL
32.23
13
Patterson Thompson
WI
33.00
13
Shaukat Dukanwala
UAE
33.00
14
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
33.34
15
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
33.60
16
Shaun Pollock
SA
33.79
17
Jimmy Adams
WI
34.24
18
Chris Silverwood
ENG
35.00
19
Paul Adams
SA
35.13
20
Waqar Younis
PAK
35.16
21
Nicky Boje
SA
35.33
22
Charlie Lock
ZIM
36.13
23
Dion Nash
NZ
36.55
24
Danny Morrison
NZ
36.96
25
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
37.96
26
Roger Harper
WI
39.00
27
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
39.70
28
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
42.20
29
Fanie de Villiers
SA
42.34
30
Aravinda de Silva
SL
42.38
31
Paul Reiffel
AUS
42.60
32
Michael Bevan
AUS
43.07
33
Shane Warne
AUS
43.18
34
Steven Lubbers
NED
43.20
35
Richard Snell
SA
43.33
36
Neil Smith
ENG
43.50
37
Manjula Munasinghe
SL
44.00
38
Glenn McGrath
AUS
44.08
39
Derek Crookes
SA
44.11
40
Lance Klusener
SA
44.13
41
Shahid Nazir
PAK
44.32
42
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
44.45
43
Greg Blewett
AUS
44.60
44
Wasim Akram
PAK
44.82
45
Chaminda Vaas
SL
45.45
46
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
45.46
47
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
45.63
48
Upul Chandana
SL
46.00
48
Darren Gough
ENG
46.00
49
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
46.05
50
Shane Thomson
NZ
46.13
51
Steve Waugh
AUS
46.19
52
Anil Kumble
IND
46.24
53
Simon Doull
NZ
46.43
54
Aaqib Javed
PAK
46.83
55
Peter Martin
ENG
47.57
56
Saleem Malik
PAK
47.67
57
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
48.40
58
Chris Harris
NZ
49.16
59
Craig Matthews
SA
49.24
60
Craig White
ENG
49.78
61
Gavin Larsen
NZ
50.52
62
Shahid Afridi
PAK
50.69
63
Craig McDermott
AUS
51.00
64
Dominic Cork
ENG
51.08
65
Nathan Astle
NZ
51.56
66
Sourav Ganguly
IND
52.14
67
Mark Waugh
AUS
52.33
68
Courtney Walsh
WI
53.53
69
Chris Cairns
NZ
53.59
70
Heath Streak
ZIM
54.54
71
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
55.22
72
Sultan Zarawani
UAE
55.50
73
Javagal Srinath
IND
56.18
74
Ian Bishop
WI
56.59
75
Andy Caddick
ENG
57.33
76
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
58.00
77
Brian McMillan
SA
58.13
78
Phil Simmons
WI
60.00
78
Tom Moody
AUS
60.00
79
Jacques Kallis
SA
61.50
80
Peter Cantrell
NED
62.00
81
Sunil Joshi
IND
63.44
82
Pat Symcox
SA
63.93
83
Paul Strang
ZIM
64.48
84
Robert Croft
ENG
64.75
85
Stuart Law
AUS
65.00
86
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
66.00
87
Justin Vaughan
NZ
66.93
88
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
67.75
89
Richard Illingworth
ENG
68.00
89
Johanne Samarasekera
UAE
68.00
90
Chris Lewis
ENG
68.95
91
Roland Lefebvre
NED
70.00
91
Martin Suji
KEN
70.00
92
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
70.50
93
Henry Olonga
ZIM
70.73
94
Phil Tufnell
ENG
71.00
95
Mark Ealham
ENG
73.71
96
Aasif Karim
KEN
75.00
97
Graeme Hick
ENG
75.67
98
Peter McIntyre
AUS
76.00
99
Dipak Patel
NZ
76.91
100
Jason Gillespie
AUS
78.00
101
Alan Mullally
ENG
78.31
102
Kenny Benjamin
WI
79.36
103
David Johnson
IND
80.00
104
Guy Whittall
ZIM
80.63
105
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
81.00
106
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
82.09
107
Ronnie Irani
ENG
83.67
108
Graham Thorpe
ENG
84.00
108
Mike Watkinson
ENG
84.00
109
Paul-Jan Bakker
NED
86.00
110
Robert Kennedy
NZ
86.18
111
Mohammad Akram
PAK
87.00
111
Paras Mhambrey
IND
87.00
112
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
88.80
113
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
89.00
113
Dermot Reeve
ENG
89.00
114
Ajay Jadeja
IND
89.33
115
Roger Twose
NZ
90.00
115
Stephen Peall
ZIM
90.00
116
Bryan Strang
ZIM
94.00
117
Aashish Kapoor
IND
94.50
118
Hansie Cronje
SA
94.80
119
Geoff Allott
NZ
99.00
119
Simon Brown
ENG
99.00
120
Brad Hogg
AUS
99.25
121
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
99.44
122
Narendra Hirwani
IND
120.00
122
Keith Arthurton
WI
120.00
123
Flavian Aponso
NED
121.00
124
Andy Whittall
ZIM
122.33
125
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
126.00
126
Saleem Raza
UAE
132.00
127
Aamer Sohail
PAK
141.75
128
Shane Lee
AUS
162.00
129
Grant Flower
ZIM
164.00
130
Rajindra Dhanraj
WI
168.00
131
Ian Salisbury
ENG
184.00
132
Carl Hooper
WI
204.00
133
Min Patel
ENG
276.00
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