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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.
TEST
1996
94 entries
1
9.00
Ricky Ponting
AUS
13.36 clear of Mohammad Zahid
2
22.36
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
13.36 off the lead
3
24.75
Shaun Pollock
SA
15.75 off the lead
● LEADS
Ricky Ponting
AUS
9.00 · 13.36 better than Zahid
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ponting is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
42.00
The mark at number ten — 84 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
94 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ricky Ponting
AUS
9.00
2
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
22.36
3
Shaun Pollock
SA
24.75
4
Allan Donald
SA
28.68
5
Jayantha Silva
SL
32.08
6
Patterson Thompson
WI
33.00
7
Chris Silverwood
ENG
37.50
8
Simon Doull
NZ
37.80
9
Paul Adams
SA
40.13
10
Mike Atherton
ENG
42.00
11
Paul Reiffel
AUS
42.73
12
Lance Klusener
SA
43.11
13
Sourav Ganguly
IND
44.14
14
Glenn McGrath
AUS
44.54
15
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
45.13
16
Shahid Nazir
PAK
45.18
17
Jimmy Adams
WI
46.50
18
Michael Bevan
AUS
46.80
19
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
48.00
20
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
49.07
21
Waqar Younis
PAK
49.56
22
Roger Twose
NZ
50.00
23
Steve Waugh
AUS
50.10
24
Ian Bishop
WI
50.79
25
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
51.62
26
Nathan Astle
NZ
54.00
27
Wasim Akram
PAK
54.16
28
Heath Streak
ZIM
54.29
29
Darren Gough
ENG
54.86
30
Mike Watkinson
ENG
57.00
31
Andy Caddick
ENG
57.20
32
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
58.08
33
Javagal Srinath
IND
58.47
34
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
60.00
35
Courtney Walsh
WI
62.40
36
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
62.55
37
Ronnie Irani
ENG
63.00
38
Chris Cairns
NZ
63.36
39
Aashish Kapoor
IND
63.60
40
Dipak Patel
NZ
64.97
41
Danny Morrison
NZ
66.26
42
Chaminda Vaas
SL
66.65
43
Dominic Cork
ENG
67.30
44
Mark Ealham
ENG
68.57
45
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
70.00
46
Phil Tufnell
ENG
70.71
47
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
72.00
47
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
72.00
48
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
72.65
49
Justin Vaughan
NZ
73.68
50
Peter McIntyre
AUS
75.20
51
Chris Lewis
ENG
75.90
52
Brian McMillan
SA
77.33
53
Phil Simmons
WI
78.00
54
Kenny Benjamin
WI
78.33
55
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
78.45
56
Paul Strang
ZIM
78.81
57
David Johnson
IND
80.00
58
Anil Kumble
IND
80.54
59
Sunil Joshi
IND
80.58
60
Henry Olonga
ZIM
82.27
61
Alan Mullally
ENG
82.39
62
Robert Croft
ENG
83.64
63
Guy Whittall
ZIM
85.00
64
Shane Warne
AUS
85.88
65
Fanie de Villiers
SA
88.80
66
Chris Harris
NZ
89.14
67
Peter Martin
ENG
93.00
67
Greg Blewett
AUS
93.00
68
Bryan Strang
ZIM
94.08
69
Craig White
ENG
96.00
70
Jason Gillespie
AUS
99.00
70
Geoff Allott
NZ
99.00
70
Simon Brown
ENG
99.00
71
Gavin Larsen
NZ
102.00
71
Angus Fraser
ENG
102.00
71
Brad Hogg
AUS
102.00
72
Mark Waugh
AUS
105.00
73
Robert Kennedy
NZ
106.00
74
Pat Symcox
SA
107.00
75
Narendra Hirwani
IND
120.00
76
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
121.20
77
Paras Mhambrey
IND
129.00
78
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
140.00
79
Hansie Cronje
SA
162.00
80
Rajindra Dhanraj
WI
168.00
81
Craig McDermott
AUS
174.00
82
Ian Salisbury
ENG
183.60
83
Graeme Hick
ENG
200.40
84
Mohammad Akram
PAK
246.00
85
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
258.00
86
Andy Whittall
ZIM
267.60
87
Min Patel
ENG
276.00
88
Grant Flower
ZIM
288.00
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