Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1997 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1997 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

162

Test

ODI

118

T20I

Total Runs

All time

94722

Test

45697

ODI

49025

Total Wickets

All time

2632

Test

1004

ODI

1628

Total Sixes

All time

13003

Test

4343

ODI

8660

Total Fours

All time

163838

Test

92844

ODI

70994

Total Fifties

All time

459

Test

192

ODI

267

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

488

Test

227

ODI

261

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 2449
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		2432
Sourav GANGULY IND		2186
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		2011
Rahul DRAVID IND		1935
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1679
Brian LARA WI		1614
Ijaz AHMED PAK		1540
Mark WAUGH AUS		1461
Steve WAUGH AUS		1444

Most Runs (Test)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 1271
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		1220
Greg BLEWETT AUS		1067
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1000
Rahul DRAVID IND		984
Steve WAUGH AUS		973
Matthew ELLIOTT AUS		930
Brian LARA WI		859
Sourav GANGULY IND		848
Mark WAUGH AUS		785

Most Runs (ODI)
Sourav GANGULY 1338
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		1212
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		1178
Ijaz AHMED PAK		1107
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1104
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1011
Rahul DRAVID IND		951
Ajay JADEJA IND		937
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		891
Saeed ANWAR PAK		886

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Rahul DRAVID 4157
Sourav GANGULY IND		3730
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		3478
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		3159
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		2984
Greg BLEWETT AUS		2719
Steve WAUGH AUS		2716
Roshan MAHANAMA SL		2620
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		2558
Mark WAUGH AUS		2474

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Rahul DRAVID 2664
Greg BLEWETT AUS		2262
Steve WAUGH AUS		2098
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		2075
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1969
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		1947
Matthew ELLIOTT AUS		1897
Sourav GANGULY IND		1811
Mark TAYLOR AUS		1775
Navjot SIDHU IND		1660

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Sourav GANGULY 1919
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1550
Rahul DRAVID IND		1493
Ijaz AHMED PAK		1453
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		1403
Marvan ATAPATTU SL		1344
Ajay JADEJA IND		1319
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		1318
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1190
Grant FLOWER ZIM		1165

Highest Score (All time)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 340
Bryan YOUNG NZ	267
Roshan MAHANAMA SL	225
Greg BLEWETT AUS	214
Nasser HUSSAIN ENG	207
Guy WHITTALL ZIM	203
Navjot SIDHU IND	201
Matthew ELLIOTT AUS	199
Saeed ANWAR PAK	194
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK	177

Highest Score (Test)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 340
Bryan YOUNG NZ	267
Roshan MAHANAMA SL	225
Greg BLEWETT AUS	214
Nasser HUSSAIN ENG	207
Guy WHITTALL ZIM	203
Navjot SIDHU IND	201
Matthew ELLIOTT AUS	199
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK	177
Sourav GANGULY IND	173

Highest Score (ODI)
Saeed ANWAR 194
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		151
Kennedy OTIENO KEN		144
Ijaz AHMED PAK		139
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		134
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		131
Dipak CHUDASAMA KEN		122
Ajay JADEJA IND		119
Marvan ATAPATTU SL		118
Nathan ASTLE NZ		117

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Rudi BRYSON 128.00
Martin SUJI KEN		122.22
Rashid LATIF PAK		115.38
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		114.29
Peter MARTIN ENG		109.52
Mohammad HUSSAIN PAK		108.51
Laurie WILLIAMS WI		107.69
Shahid AFRIDI GER		106.91
Matthew FLEMING ENG		97.67
Aasif KARIM KEN		97.14

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Peter MARTIN 109.52
Mervyn DILLON WI		80.65
Lance KLUSENER SA		74.11
Devon MALCOLM ENG		70.59
Ramiz RAJA PAK		70.49
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		69.54
Patterson THOMPSON WI		66.67
Shane WARNE AUS		65.34
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		65.28

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Ben HOLLIOAKE 131.25
Rudi BRYSON SA		128.00
Martin SUJI KEN		122.22
Rashid LATIF PAK		115.38
Abdul RAZZAQ PAK		114.29
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		113.60
Mohammad HUSSAIN PAK		108.51
Laurie WILLIAMS WI		107.69
Shahid AFRIDI GER		106.91
Michael KASPROWICZ AUS		102.27

Most sixes (All time)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 39
Shahid AFRIDI GER		27
Ijaz AHMED PAK		24
Hansie CRONJE SA		21
Brian LARA WI		20
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		18
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		17

Most sixes (Test)
Carl HOOPER 13
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		9
Sourav GANGULY IND		8
Lance KLUSENER SA		7
Chris CAIRNS NZ		6

Most sixes (ODI)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 30
Shahid AFRIDI GER		27
Ijaz AHMED PAK		22
Robin SINGH IND		15
Hansie CRONJE SA		14
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		13
Ajay JADEJA IND		12

Best Averages (All time)
Sourav GANGULY 2186 / 43

Best Averages (Test)
Sachin TENDULKAR 1000 / 16

Best Averages (ODI)
Mark WAUGH 676 / 12

Most 50s (All time)
Rahul DRAVID 17
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		16
Sourav GANGULY IND		13
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		11
Hansie CRONJE SA		10

Most 50s (Test)
Rahul DRAVID 9
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		7
Greg BLEWETT AUS		6
Sherwin CAMPBELL WI		5
Shiv CHANDERPAUL WI		4

Most 50s (ODI)
Sourav GANGULY 10
Grant FLOWER ZIM		9
Rahul DRAVID IND		8
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		7

Most 100s (All time)
Aravinda DE SILVA 10
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		6
Brian LARA WI		5
Mark WAUGH AUS		4
Navjot SIDHU IND		3

Most 100s (Test)
Aravinda DE SILVA 7
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		4
Brian LARA WI		3

Most 100s (ODI)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 3
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		2
Rahul DRAVID IND		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Moin KHAN 13
Chris HARRIS NZ		11
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		10
Anil KUMBLE IND		9
Michael BEVAN AUS		8

Most Not Outs (Test)
Glenn MCGRATH 8
Sajeewa DE SILVA SL		5
Courtney WALSH WI		4

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Moin KHAN 12
Chris HARRIS NZ		10
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		7
Anil KUMBLE IND		6

Most Wickets (All time)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 101
Shane WARNE AUS	91
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL	76
Allan DONALD SA	73
Glenn MCGRATH AUS	71
Anil KUMBLE IND	61
Shaun POLLOCK SA	58
Darren GOUGH ENG	53
Chaminda VAAS SL	52
Courtney WALSH WI	51

Most Wickets (Test)
Shane WARNE 68
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		63
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		40
Allan DONALD SA		38
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		36
Darren GOUGH ENG		35
Courtney WALSH WI		32

Most Wickets (ODI)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 69
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		36
Sajeewa DE SILVA SL		35
Lance KLUSENER SA		34
Chaminda VAAS SL		31
Robin SINGH IND		27
Wasim AKRAM PAK		26

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Glenn MCGRATH 8/14
Michael KASPROWICZ AUS		7/9
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		7/19
Phil TUFNELL ENG		7/22
Shane WARNE AUS		6/2
Franklyn ROSE WI		6/4
Michael BEVAN AUS		6/8
Allan DONALD SA		6/13
Lance KLUSENER SA		6/13
Bryan STRANG ZIM		6/15

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Glenn MCGRATH 8/14
Michael KASPROWICZ AUS		7/9
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		7/19
Phil TUFNELL ENG		7/22
Shane WARNE AUS		6/2
Franklyn ROSE WI		6/4
Michael BEVAN AUS		6/8
Allan DONALD SA		6/14
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		6/28
Adam HUCKLE ZIM		6/32

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Bryan STRANG 6/20
Lance KLUSENER SA		6/24
Robin SINGH IND		5/2
Sourav GANGULY IND		5/10
Heath STREAK ZIM		5/12
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		5/13
Aaqib JAVED PAK		5/17
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		5/21
Aasif KARIM KEN		5/21
Eddo BRANDES ZIM		5/24

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Rajesh CHAUHAN 4/276
Anil KUMBLE IND		5/223
Nilesh KULKARNI IND		3/195
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		6/174
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		5/171
Daniel VETTORI NZ		5/165
Paul ADAMS SA		3/163
Darren GOUGH ENG		5/149
Adam HUCKLE ZIM		6/146
Chaminda VAAS SL		4/144

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Rajesh CHAUHAN 4/276
Anil KUMBLE IND		5/223
Nilesh KULKARNI IND		1/195
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		6/174
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		5/171
Daniel VETTORI NZ		5/165
Paul ADAMS SA		3/163
Darren GOUGH ENG		5/149
Adam HUCKLE ZIM		6/146
Chaminda VAAS SL		4/144

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Abey KURUVILLA 4/80
Sheikh SALAHUDDIN BAN		2/80
Nilesh KULKARNI IND		3/73
Aaqib JAVED PAK		5/73
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		5/72
Chaminda VAAS SL		4/71
Mohammad RAFIQUE BAN		2/71
Adam DALE AUS		3/70
Hasibul HOSSAIN BAN		2/68
Mervyn DILLON WI		2/68

Most Dots (All time)
Venkatesh PRASAD 0

Most Dots (Test)
Sourav GANGULY 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Sourav GANGULY 0

Pommie MBANGWA ZIM		19.50
Laurie WILLIAMS WI		18.67
Kabir KHAN PAK		18.00
Matthew FLEMING ENG		16.67
Phil TUFNELL ENG		16.23
Anthony STUART AUS		13.63
Daryll CULLINAN SA		13.33
Paul WILSON AUS		13.00
Mujahid JAMSHED PAK		6.00

Hansie CRONJE SA		23.18
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		21.38
Brett SCHULTZ SA		21.29
Michael BEVAN AUS		21.00
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		20.63
Simon COOK AUS		20.29
Phil TUFNELL ENG		18.61
Wasim AKRAM PAK		17.74
Marvan ATAPATTU SL		16.00

Matthew FLEMING ENG		16.67
Cameron CUFFY WI		16.50
Andy CADDICK ENG		15.56
Anthony STUART AUS		13.63
Paul WILSON AUS		13.00
Daryll CULLINAN SA		12.67
Alistair CAMPBELL ZIM		8.00
Mujahid JAMSHED PAK		6.00
Phil TUFNELL ENG		5.50

Best Economy (All time)
Matthew ELLIOTT 0.00
Hitesh MODI KEN		0.00
Mujahid JAMSHED PAK		1.50
Hashan TILLAKARATNE SL		1.50
Justin VAUGHAN NZ		1.58
Shaun YOUNG AUS		1.63
Phil TUFNELL ENG		1.88
Matt HORNE NZ		2.20
Rahul DRAVID IND		2.40
Asif MUJTABA PAK		2.42

Best Economy (Test)
Matthew ELLIOTT 0.00
Graham THORPE ENG		0.00
Hashan TILLAKARATNE SL		1.50
Justin VAUGHAN NZ		1.58
Shaun YOUNG AUS		1.63
Phil TUFNELL ENG		1.87
Bryan STRANG ZIM		1.90
Alan MULLALLY ENG		1.92
Rahul DRAVID IND		2.00
Daryll CULLINAN SA		2.00

Best Economy (ODI)
Hitesh MODI 0.00
Mujahid JAMSHED PAK		1.50
Phil TUFNELL ENG		2.20
Pommie MBANGWA ZIM		2.73
Andrew HUDSON SA		3.00
Rahul DRAVID IND		3.00
Chris HARRIS NZ		3.24
Brian MCMILLAN SA		3.44
Ijaz AHMED PAK		3.52
Paul STRANG ZIM		3.55

Anthony STUART AUS		22.50
Ottis GIBSON WI		21.60
Matthew FLEMING ENG		20.87
Paul WILSON AUS		20.00
Kabir KHAN PAK		19.95
Laurie WILLIAMS WI		16.00

Ben HOLLIOAKE ENG		45.00
Brett SCHULTZ SA		44.57
Adam HUCKLE ZIM		44.02
Mark EALHAM ENG		43.80
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		38.96
Wasim AKRAM PAK		38.27
Michael BEVAN AUS		38.09
Marvan ATAPATTU SL		36.00
Simon COOK AUS		31.89

Shiv CHANDERPAUL WI		22.05
Ottis GIBSON WI		21.60
Matthew FLEMING ENG		20.87
Paul WILSON AUS		20.00
Kabir KHAN PAK		19.95
Daryll CULLINAN SA		18.00
Laurie WILLIAMS WI		16.00
Phil TUFNELL ENG		15.00
Alistair CAMPBELL ZIM		12.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Anil KUMBLE 2516
Shane WARNE AUS		2410
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		2307
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		2207
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		2069
Allan DONALD SA		1788
Abey KURUVILLA IND		1782
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		1704
Courtney WALSH WI		1610
Chaminda VAAS SL		1582

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Shane WARNE 1661
Anil KUMBLE IND		1582
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		1347
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		1266
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		1099
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		1054
Daniel VETTORI NZ		1027
Courtney WALSH WI		978
Allan DONALD SA		949
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		914

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 1293
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		1130
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		1130
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		1041
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		1015
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		981
Robin SINGH IND		956
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		954
Anil KUMBLE IND		934
Abey KURUVILLA IND		890
Sajeewa DE SILVA SL		873

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Shane WARNE 194
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		151
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		138
Anil KUMBLE IND		130
Daniel VETTORI NZ		99
Allan DONALD SA		82
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		79
Paul REIFFEL AUS		76
Simon DOULL NZ		75

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Abey KURUVILLA 18
Courtney WALSH WI		17
Chaminda VAAS SL		16
Anil KUMBLE IND		15
Chris HARRIS NZ		14
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		13

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 5
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		4
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		3
Allan DONALD SA		2

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Glenn MCGRATH 4
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		3
Shane WARNE AUS		2

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Lance KLUSENER 3
Eddo BRANDES ZIM		2
Robin SINGH IND		1

Series updates of 1997

Sahara 'Friendship' Cup (India, Pakistan in Canada)

13 Sep-21 Sep 1997

4-1 (5)
India

President's Cup (Bangladesh, Kenya, Zimbabwe in Kenya)

10 Oct-19 Oct 1997

-
Zimbabwe

Carlton & United Series (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa in Australia)

04 Dec-27 Jan 1998

-
Australia

India in West Indies ODI Series

26 Apr-03 May 1997

3-1 (4)
West Indies

Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Match

06 Jun-06 Jun 1997

1-0 (1)
West Indies

India in West Indies Test Series

06 Mar-17 Apr 1997

1-0 (5)
West Indies

Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series

13 Jun-20 Jun 1997

1-0 (2)
West Indies

The Ashes (Australia in England)

05 Jun-21 Aug 1997

3-2 (6)
Australia

Texaco Trophy (Australia in England)

22 May-25 May 1997

3-0 (3)
England

Akai-Singer Champions Trophy (England, India, Pakistan, West Indies in United Arab Emirates)

11 Dec-19 Dec 1997

-
England

India in Pakistan ODI Series

28 Sep-02 Oct 1997

2-1 (3)
Pakistan

West Indies in Pakistan Test Series

17 Nov-06 Dec 1997

3-0 (3)
Pakistan

South Africa in Pakistan Test Series

06 Oct-24 Oct 1997

1-0 (3)
South Africa

Sri Lanka in India ODI Series

22 Dec-28 Dec 1997

1-1 (3)
drawn

Sri Lanka in India Test Series

19 Nov-03 Dec 1997

0-0 (3)
drawn

Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand in Australia)

07 Nov-27 Nov 1997

2-0 (3)
Australia

South Africa in Australia Test Series

26 Dec-30 Jan 1998

1-0 (3)
Australia

India in Sri Lanka Test Series

02 Aug-09 Aug 1997

0-0 (2)
drawn

Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series

19 Apr-26 Apr 1997

0-0 (2)
drawn

Wills Quadrangular Tournament (Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Pakistan)

01 Nov-08 Nov 1997

-
South Africa

Pepsi Asia Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)

14 Jul-26 Jul 1997

-
Sri Lanka

India in Sri Lanka ODI Series

17 Aug-24 Aug 1997

3-0 (3)
Sri Lanka

Singer-Akai Cup (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates)

03 Apr-11 Apr 1997

-
Sri Lanka

Pepsi Independence Cup (India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in India)

09 May-27 May 1997

-
Sri Lanka

England in New Zealand Test Series

24 Jan-14 Feb 1997

2-0 (3)
England

Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series

07 Mar-14 Mar 1997

2-0 (2)
New Zealand

England in New Zealand ODI Series

20 Feb-04 Mar 1997

2-2 (5)
drawn

Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series

22 Mar-27 Mar 1997

1-1 (2)
drawn

Standard Bank International One-Day Series (India, South Africa, Zimbabwe in South Africa)

23 Jan-13 Feb 1997

-
South Africa

Australia in South Africa Test Series

28 Feb-21 Mar 1997

2-1 (3)
Australia

Australia in South Africa ODI Series

29 Mar-13 Apr 1997

4-3 (7)
Australia

New Zealand in Zimbabwe ODI Series

01 Oct-05 Oct 1997

1-1 (3)
drawn

New Zealand in Zimbabwe Test Series

18 Sep-25 Sep 1997

0-0 (2)
drawn

India in Zimbabwe ODI Series

15 Feb-17 Feb 1997

1-0 (1)
Zimbabwe

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Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Shane WARNE 202
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		160
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		150
Anil KUMBLE IND		145
Daniel VETTORI NZ		101
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		99
Allan DONALD SA		97
Paul REIFFEL AUS		83
Courtney WALSH WI		81
Carl HOOPER WI		79

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1997 Performances & Rankings

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