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.

Position	Best Strike Rate	Player Name	Team Name
1	9.00	Ricky Ponting	Australia
2	22.36	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
3	24.75	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
4	28.68	Allan Donald	South Africa
5	32.08	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
6	33.00	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
7	37.50	Chris Silverwood	England
8	37.80	Simon Doull	New Zealand
9	40.13	Paul Adams	South Africa
10	42.00	Mike Atherton	England
11	42.73	Paul Reiffel	Australia
12	43.11	Lance Klusener	South Africa
13	44.14	Sourav Ganguly	India
14	44.54	Glenn McGrath	Australia
15	45.13	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
16	45.18	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
17	46.50	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
18	46.80	Michael Bevan	Australia
19	48.00	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
20	49.07	Venkatesh Prasad	India
21	49.56	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
22	50.00	Roger Twose	New Zealand
23	50.10	Steve Waugh	Australia
24	50.79	Ian Bishop	West Indies
25	51.62	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
26	54.00	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
27	54.16	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
28	54.29	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
29	54.86	Darren Gough	England
30	57.00	Mike Watkinson	England
31	57.20	Andy Caddick	England
32	58.08	Ata-ur-Rehman	Pakistan
33	58.47	Javagal Srinath	India
34	60.00	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
35	62.40	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
36	62.55	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
37	63.00	Ronnie Irani	England
38	63.36	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
39	63.60	Aashish Kapoor	India
40	64.97	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
41	66.26	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
42	66.65	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
43	67.30	Dominic Cork	England
44	68.57	Mark Ealham	England
45	70.00	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
46	70.71	Phil Tufnell	England
47	72.00	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
47	72.00	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
48	72.65	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
49	73.68	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
50	75.20	Peter McIntyre	Australia
51	75.90	Chris Lewis	England
52	77.33	Brian McMillan	South Africa
53	78.00	Phil Simmons	West Indies
54	78.33	Kenny Benjamin	West Indies
55	78.45	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
56	78.81	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
57	80.00	David Johnson	India
58	80.54	Anil Kumble	India
59	80.58	Sunil Joshi	India
60	82.27	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
61	82.39	Alan Mullally	England
62	83.64	Robert Croft	England
63	85.00	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
64	85.88	Shane Warne	Australia
65	88.80	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
66	89.14	Chris Harris	New Zealand
67	93.00	Peter Martin	England
67	93.00	Greg Blewett	Australia
68	94.08	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
69	96.00	Craig White	England
70	99.00	Jason Gillespie	Australia
70	99.00	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
70	99.00	Simon Brown	England
71	102.00	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand
71	102.00	Angus Fraser	England
71	102.00	Brad Hogg	Australia
72	105.00	Mark Waugh	Australia
73	106.00	Robert Kennedy	New Zealand
74	107.00	Pat Symcox	South Africa
75	120.00	Narendra Hirwani	India
76	121.20	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
77	129.00	Paras Mhambrey	India
78	140.00	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
79	162.00	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
80	168.00	Rajindra Dhanraj	West Indies
81	174.00	Craig McDermott	Australia
82	183.60	Ian Salisbury	England
83	200.40	Graeme Hick	England
84	246.00	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
85	258.00	Venkatapathy Raju	India
86	267.60	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
87	276.00	Min Patel	England
88	288.00	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe