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

94718

Test

45693

ODI

49025

Total Wickets

All time

2645

Test

1017

ODI

1628

Total Sixes

All time

652

Test

219

ODI

433

Total Fours

All time

8266

Test

4716

ODI

3550

Total Fifties

All time

464

Test

197

ODI

267

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

111

Test

ODI

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
Steve WAUGH AUS		1730
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1679
Brian LARA WI		1614
Ijaz AHMED PAK		1537
Mark WAUGH AUS		1461

Most Runs (Test)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 1271
Steve WAUGH AUS		1259
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		1220
Greg BLEWETT AUS		1067
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1000
Rahul DRAVID IND		984
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
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
Steve WAUGH AUS		3318
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		3159
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		2984
Greg BLEWETT AUS		2719
Roshan MAHANAMA SL		2620
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		2558
Mark WAUGH AUS		2474

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Steve WAUGH 2700
Rahul DRAVID IND		2664
Greg BLEWETT AUS		2262
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		1451
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
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
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		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
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		111.00
Peter MARTIN ENG		109.52
Mohammad HUSSAIN PAK		108.51
Laurie WILLIAMS WI		107.69
Matthew FLEMING ENG		97.67
Adam GILCHRIST AUS		97.21

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Peter MARTIN 109.52
Mervyn DILLON WI		80.65
Lance KLUSENER SA		74.11
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		73.65
Devon MALCOLM ENG		70.59
Ramiz RAJA PAK		70.49
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
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		111.00
Mohammad HUSSAIN PAK		108.51
Laurie WILLIAMS WI		107.69
Michael KASPROWICZ AUS		102.27

Most sixes (All time)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 39
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
Hansie CRONJE SA		7
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		6

Most sixes (ODI)
Sanath JAYASURIYA 30
Ijaz AHMED PAK		22
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		20
Robin SINGH IND		15
Saeed ANWAR PAK		14
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		13
Sourav GANGULY IND		12

Best Averages (All time)
Sourav GANGULY 2186 / 43

Best Averages (Test)
Sachin TENDULKAR 1000 / 16

Best Averages (ODI)
Aravinda DE SILVA 1212 / 22

Most 50s (All time)
Rahul DRAVID 17
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		16
Sourav GANGULY IND		13
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		11
Daryll CULLINAN SA		10

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

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

Most 100s (All time)
Aravinda DE SILVA 10
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		6
Brian LARA WI		5
Carl HOOPER WI		4
Navjot SIDHU IND		3

Most 100s (Test)
Aravinda DE SILVA 7
Steve WAUGH AUS		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
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		11
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		10
Anil KUMBLE IND		9
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		8

Most Not Outs (Test)
Glenn MCGRATH 8
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		5
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		4

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Moin KHAN 12
Chris HARRIS NZ		10
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		7
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		6

Most Wickets (All time)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 95
Shane WARNE AUS	83
Allan DONALD SA	73
Glenn MCGRATH AUS	71
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL	68
Anil KUMBLE IND	61
Shaun POLLOCK SA	58
Darren GOUGH ENG	53
Abey KURUVILLA IND	50
Courtney WALSH WI	48

Most Wickets (Test)
Glenn MCGRATH 63
Shane WARNE AUS		60
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		40
Allan DONALD SA		38
Anil KUMBLE IND		36
Darren GOUGH ENG		35
Courtney WALSH WI		32

Most Wickets (ODI)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 63
Shaun POLLOCK SA		35
Lance KLUSENER SA		34
Sajeewa DE SILVA SL		32
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		28
Robin SINGH IND		27
Chaminda VAAS SL		26
Abey KURUVILLA IND		25

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		6/20

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
Abey KURUVILLA IND		5/1

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Bryan STRANG 6/20
Lance KLUSENER SA		6/24
Robin SINGH IND		5/2
Sourav GANGULY IND		5/10
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		5/13
Aaqib JAVED PAK		5/17
Heath STREAK ZIM		5/18
Aasif KARIM KEN		5/21
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		5/22
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
Chaminda VAAS SL		4/144
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		5/144

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
Chaminda VAAS SL		4/144
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		5/144

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

Bryan STRANG ZIM		17.62
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
Alistair CAMPBELL ZIM		8.00
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
Phil TUFNELL ENG		18.61
Simon COOK AUS		18.00
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)
Hitesh MODI 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
Brian MCMILLAN SA		2.65

Best Economy (Test)
Graham THORPE 0.00
Hashan TILLAKARATNE SL		1.50
Justin VAUGHAN NZ		1.58
Shaun YOUNG AUS		1.63
Phil TUFNELL ENG		1.87
Alan MULLALLY ENG		1.92
Rahul DRAVID IND		2.00
Daryll CULLINAN SA		2.00
Chris HARRIS NZ		2.18
Matt HORNE NZ		2.20

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		3.28
Ijaz AHMED PAK		3.33
Brian MCMILLAN SA		3.44
Paul STRANG ZIM		3.56

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
Alistair CAMPBELL ZIM		12.00

Darren GOUGH ENG		46.17
Ben HOLLIOAKE ENG		45.00
Brett SCHULTZ SA		44.57
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		30.00

Anthony STUART AUS		22.50
Ottis GIBSON WI		21.60
Shiv CHANDERPAUL WI		21.30
Matthew FLEMING ENG		20.87
Paul WILSON AUS		20.00
Kabir KHAN PAK		19.95
Daryll CULLINAN SA		18.00
Phil TUFNELL ENG		15.00
Alistair CAMPBELL ZIM		12.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Anil KUMBLE 2516
Shane WARNE AUS		2177
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		2122
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		2069
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		2006
Allan DONALD SA		1788
Abey KURUVILLA IND		1782
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		1704
Shaun POLLOCK SA		1502
Courtney WALSH WI		1499

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Anil KUMBLE 1582
Shane WARNE AUS		1428
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		1347
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		1266
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		1099
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		1054
Courtney WALSH WI		978
Allan DONALD SA		949
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		914
Abey KURUVILLA IND		892

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Saqlain MUSHTAQ 1092
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		1015
Robin SINGH IND		956
Anil KUMBLE IND		934
Abey KURUVILLA IND		890
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		866
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		856
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		847
Shaun POLLOCK SA		839

Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Shane WARNE 188
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		160
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		148
Anil KUMBLE IND		145
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		98
Allan DONALD SA		97
Daniel VETTORI NZ		87
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		79
Robert CROFT ENG		78

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Shane WARNE 180
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		151
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		138
Anil KUMBLE IND		130
Daniel VETTORI NZ		86
Allan DONALD SA		82
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		79
Carl HOOPER WI		72
Simon DOULL NZ		71

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Abey KURUVILLA 18
Shaun POLLOCK SA		17
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		16
Anil KUMBLE IND		15
Courtney WALSH WI		14
Chris HARRIS NZ		13