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 FORMATS1996168 entries
17.50Hashan TillakaratneSL1.50 clear of Ricky Ponting
29.00Ricky PontingAUS1.50 off the lead
311.18Adam HollioakeENG3.68 off the lead
● LEADS
Hashan TillakaratneSL
7.50 · 1.50 better than Ponting
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Tillakaratne is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
24.60
The mark at number ten — 158 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Sri Lanka
8 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented

Best Strike Rate — full list

168 entries, ranked
1Hashan TillakaratneSL7.50
2Ricky PontingAUS9.00
3Adam HollioakeENG11.18
4Eric GoukaNED20.40
5Laurie WilliamsWI21.00
6Ottis GibsonWI22.00
7Tito OdumbeKEN22.50
8Allan DonaldSA23.95
9Everton MatambanadzoZIM24.00
9Stephen FlemingNZ24.00
10Abdul RazzaqPAK24.60
11Mohammad ZahidPAK25.64
12John RennieZIM26.57
13Rajab AliKEN27.12
14Robin SinghIND27.60
15Sajeewa de SilvaSL28.50
16Damien FlemingAUS29.40
17Matthew HartNZ30.00
18Azhar SaeedUAE31.00
19Jayantha SilvaSL32.08
20Patterson ThompsonWI33.00
20Shaukat DukanwalaUAE33.00
21Saqlain MushtaqPAK33.24
22Arjuna RanatungaSL33.60
23Shaun PollockSA33.66
24Jimmy AdamsWI34.14
25Chris SilverwoodENG35.00
26Paul AdamsSA35.08
27Waqar YounisPAK35.14
28Nicky BojeSA35.33
29Eric UpashanthaSL36.00
30Charlie LockZIM36.08
31Dion NashNZ36.55
32Danny MorrisonNZ36.84
33Roger HarperWI37.80
34Muttiah MuralitharanSL37.90
35Phil DeFreitasENG39.42
36Mike AthertonENG42.00
36Lameck OnyangoKEN42.00
37Venkatesh PrasadIND42.15
38Fanie de VilliersSA42.21
39Aravinda de SilvaSL42.38
40Paul ReiffelAUS42.59
41Richard SnellSA42.80
42Michael BevanAUS42.99
43Shane WarneAUS43.04
44Steven LubbersNED43.20
45Neil SmithENG43.30
46Manjula MunasingheSL43.80
47Glenn McGrathAUS43.90
48Lance KlusenerSA44.02
49Greg BlewettAUS44.04
50Derek CrookesSA44.07
51Ata-ur-RehmanPAK44.13
52Shahid NazirPAK44.15
53Wasim AkramPAK44.61
54Sir Curtly AmbroseWI45.15
55Maurice OdumbeKEN45.38
56Chaminda VaasSL45.39
57Venkatapathy RajuIND45.95
58Shane ThomsonNZ45.98
59Darren GoughENG46.00
59Upul ChandanaSL46.00
60Steve WaughAUS46.16
61Anil KumbleIND46.17
62Simon DoullNZ46.37
63Aaqib JavedPAK46.70
64Saleem MalikPAK47.32
65Peter MartinENG47.53
66Ruwan KalpageSL48.00
66Cameron CuffyWI48.00
66Craig EvansZIM48.00
67Mushtaq AhmedPAK48.39
68Chris HarrisNZ49.16
69Craig MatthewsSA49.16
70Craig WhiteENG49.60
71Gavin LarsenNZ50.45
72Shahid AfridiPAK50.51
73Dominic CorkENG51.00
73Craig McDermottAUS51.00
74Nathan AstleNZ51.47
75Sourav GangulyIND51.86
76Mark WaughAUS52.33
77Chris CairnsNZ53.33
78Floris JansenNED54.00
79Heath StreakZIM54.53
80Courtney WalshWI54.79
81Sanath JayasuriyaSL55.18
82Sultan ZarawaniUAE55.50
83Javagal SrinathIND56.04
84Nixon McLeanWI57.00
85Andy CaddickENG57.20
86Manoj PrabhakarIND58.00
87Brian McMillanSA58.13
88Ian BishopWI58.51
89Phil SimmonsWI60.00
89Mohammad HussainPAK60.00
89Tom MoodyAUS60.00
90Tony SujiKEN61.20
91Jacques KallisSA61.50
92Peter CantrellNED62.00
93Sunil JoshiIND63.31
94Pat SymcoxSA63.93
95Paul StrangZIM64.30
96Robert CroftENG64.65
97Stuart LawAUS65.00
98Darren LehmannAUS66.00
98Thomas OdoyoKEN66.00
99Justin VaughanNZ66.72
100Kumar DharmasenaSL67.75
101Richard IllingworthENG68.00
101Johanne SamarasekeraUAE68.00
102Chris LewisENG68.85
103Martin SujiKEN69.60
104Roland LefebvreNED70.00
105Ravindra PushpakumaraSL70.50
106Henry OlongaZIM70.58
107Phil TufnellENG70.71
108Mark EalhamENG73.71
109Aasif KarimKEN75.00
110Peter McIntyreAUS75.20
111Graeme HickENG75.40
112Dipak PatelNZ76.80
113Jason GillespieAUS78.00
113Steve TikoloKEN78.00
113Shahzad AltafUAE78.00
114Alan MullallyENG78.27
115Kenny BenjaminWI79.04
116David JohnsonIND80.00
117Guy WhittallZIM80.47
118Shiv ChanderpaulWI81.00
119Pramodya WickramasingheSL81.98
120Ronnie IraniENG83.00
121Mike WatkinsonENG84.00
121Graham ThorpeENG84.00
122Paul-Jan BakkerNED86.00
123Robert KennedyNZ86.18
124Mohammad AkramPAK87.00
124Paras MhambreyIND87.00
125Dermot ReeveENG88.20
125Pommie MbangwaZIM88.20
126Eddo BrandesZIM88.80
127Ajay JadejaIND89.20
128Prashant VaidyaIND90.00
128Roger TwoseNZ90.00
128Stephen PeallZIM90.00
129Bryan StrangZIM93.51
130Aashish KapoorIND94.50
131Hansie CronjeSA94.80
132Geoff AllottNZ99.00
132Simon BrownENG99.00
133Sachin TendulkarIND99.13
134Brad HoggAUS99.15
135Angus FraserENG102.00
136Arshad LaeeqUAE114.00
137Narendra HirwaniIND120.00
137Keith ArthurtonWI120.00
138Flavian AponsoNED120.60
139Andy WhittallZIM122.20
140Azhar MahmoodPAK126.00
141Saleem RazaUAE132.00
142Aamer SohailPAK141.75
143Shane LeeAUS162.00
144Grant FlowerZIM164.00
145Rajindra DhanrajWI168.00
146Ian SalisburyENG183.60
147Carl HooperWI204.00
148Min PatelENG276.00
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