Best Averages in 1997 for all time

Position	Best Averages	Player Name	Team Name
1	356 / 5	Kennedy Otieno	Kenya
2	2432 / 36	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
3	2449 / 37	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
4	630 / 10	Chris Harris	New Zealand
5	1159 / 22	Graham Thorpe	England
6	158 / 3	Robert Samuels	West Indies
7	572 / 11	Ricky Ponting	Australia
8	1030 / 20	Michael Bevan	Australia
9	1230 / 24	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
10	2186 / 43	Sourav Ganguly	India
11	1614 / 32	Brian Lara	West Indies
12	1375 / 28	Carl Hooper	West Indies
13	1935 / 40	Rahul Dravid	India
14	1257 / 26	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
15	1438 / 30	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
16	236 / 5	Matthew Hayden	Australia
17	870 / 19	Navjot Sidhu	India
18	1226 / 27	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
19	181 / 4	Ali Naqvi	Pakistan
20	1256 / 28	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
21	1149 / 26	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
22	44 / 1	Dougie Brown	England
23	1099 / 25	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
24	259 / 6	Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh
25	689 / 16	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
26	2011 / 47	Sachin Tendulkar	India
27	1540 / 36	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
28	811 / 19	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
29	1022 / 24	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
30	931 / 22	Matthew Elliott	Australia
31	802 / 19	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
32	418 / 10	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
33	1679 / 41	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
34	1461 / 36	Mark Waugh	Australia
35	1444 / 36	Steve Waugh	Australia
36	1146 / 29	Alec Stewart	England
37	1343 / 34	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
38	197 / 5	Lanka de Silva	Sri Lanka
39	775 / 20	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
40	1349 / 35	Greg Blewett	Australia
41	1348 / 35	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
42	837 / 22	Mike Atherton	England
43	1328 / 35	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
44	754 / 20	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
45	827 / 22	Lance Klusener	South Africa
46	935 / 25	Moin Khan	Pakistan
47	745 / 20	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
48	884 / 24	Bryan Young	New Zealand
49	1141 / 31	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
50	840 / 23	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
51	619 / 17	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
52	506 / 14	Paul Reiffel	Australia
53	72 / 2	Tony Suji	Kenya
54	286 / 8	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
55	212 / 6	VVS Laxman	India
56	490 / 14	John Crawley	England
57	1115 / 32	Ajay Jadeja	India
58	69 / 2	Alpesh Vadher	Kenya
59	446 / 13	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
60	611 / 18	Nasser Hussain	England
61	405 / 12	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
62	530 / 16	Blair Pocock	New Zealand
63	1033 / 32	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
64	516 / 16	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
65	161 / 5	Dominic Cork	England
66	32 / 1	Rudi Bryson	South Africa
67	220 / 7	Adam Hollioake	England
68	969 / 31	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
69	467 / 15	Brian McMillan	South Africa
70	93 / 3	Ben Hollioake	England
71	216 / 7	Phil Simmons	West Indies
72	706 / 23	Robin Singh	India
73	91 / 3	Vikram Rathour	India
74	121 / 4	Maurice Odumbe	Kenya
75	89 / 3	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
76	296 / 10	Pat Symcox	South Africa
77	324 / 11	Stuart Law	Australia
78	647 / 22	Matt Horne	New Zealand
79	350 / 12	David Richardson	South Africa
80	758 / 26	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
81	867 / 30	Shahid Afridi
82	86 / 3	Dulip Liyanage	Sri Lanka
83	170 / 6	Dipak Chudasama	Kenya
84	309 / 11	Junior Murray	West Indies
85	531 / 19	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan
86	195 / 7	Akram Khan	Bangladesh
87	55 / 2	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
88	548 / 20	Adam Bacher	South Africa
89	109 / 4	Graeme Hick	England
90	434 / 16	Roland Holder	West Indies
91	81 / 3	Courtney Browne	West Indies
92	241 / 9	Michael Di Venuto	Australia
93	133 / 5	Vinod Kambli	India
94	52 / 2	Mark Ramprakash	England
95	691 / 27	Ian Healy	Australia
96	383 / 15	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
97	51 / 2	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
98	815 / 32	Mark Taylor	Australia
99	127 / 5	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
99	254 / 10	Mark Butcher	England
100	152 / 6	Mark Ealham	England
100	76 / 3	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
101	429 / 17	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
102	126 / 5	Aminul Islam	Bangladesh
103	552 / 22	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
104	298 / 12	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
104	149 / 6	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
105	74 / 3	Craig White	England
106	49 / 2	Manzoor Akhtar	Pakistan
107	783 / 32	Adam Parore	New Zealand
108	48 / 2	Justin Langer	Australia
109	95 / 4	Hitesh Modi	Kenya
110	237 / 10	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
111	301 / 13	Nick Knight	England
112	46 / 2	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
112	161 / 7	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
113	68 / 3	Aasif Karim	Kenya
113	136 / 6	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
114	45 / 2	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
115	22 / 1	Graham Lloyd	England
115	22 / 1	Louis Koen	South Africa
116	458 / 21	Nayan Mongia	India
117	152 / 7	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
118	151 / 7	David Williams	West Indies
119	171 / 8	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
120	64 / 3	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
121	106 / 5	Steve Tikolo	Kenya
122	84 / 4	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
122	42 / 2	Matthew Fleming	England
123	502 / 24	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
124	187 / 9	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
125	82 / 4	Zahoor Elahi	Pakistan
125	41 / 2	Alan Mullally	England
125	82 / 4	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
125	287 / 14	Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe
126	285 / 14	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
127	121 / 6	Jason Gillespie	Australia
128	60 / 3	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
129	39 / 2	Derek Crookes	South Africa
129	39 / 2	Phil Tufnell	England
130	97 / 5	Sunil Joshi	India
131	110 / 6	Andy Caddick	England
132	127 / 7	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
133	36 / 2	Mohammad Ramzan	Pakistan
134	287 / 16	Saba Karim	India
135	53 / 3	Mafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
136	105 / 6	Andy Waller	Zimbabwe
136	70 / 4	Ali Brown	England
137	367 / 21	Anil Kumble	India
138	52 / 3	Akhtar Sarfraz	Pakistan
139	205 / 12	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
140	146 / 9	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
141	274 / 17	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
142	479 / 30	Shane Warne	Australia
143	63 / 4	Adrian Griffith	West Indies
144	220 / 14	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
145	47 / 3	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
145	47 / 3	Sajid Ali	Pakistan
146	46 / 3	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
146	46 / 3	Dean Headley	England
147	208 / 14	Ian Bishop	West Indies
148	103 / 7	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand
149	57 / 4	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
150	14 / 1	Laurie Williams	West Indies
151	166 / 12	Simon Doull	New Zealand
152	69 / 5	Roger Twose	New Zealand
153	192 / 14	Robert Croft	England
154	137 / 10	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
155	82 / 6	Andy Bichel	Australia
156	27 / 2	Mujahid Jamshed	Pakistan
157	40 / 3	Shahriar Hossain	Bangladesh
157	40 / 3	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
158	53 / 4	Philo Wallace	West Indies
159	143 / 11	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
160	25 / 2	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
161	61 / 5	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
162	158 / 13	Javagal Srinath	India
163	12 / 1	Devon Malcolm	England
163	24 / 2	Sheikh Salahuddin	Bangladesh
164	23 / 2	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
164	23 / 2	Peter Martin	England
164	92 / 8	Lee Germon	New Zealand
165	11 / 1	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
165	11 / 1	Shafiuddin Ahmed	Bangladesh
166	151 / 14	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
167	53 / 5	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
168	42 / 4	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
168	21 / 2	Woorkeri Raman	India
169	10 / 1	Darren Lehmann	Australia
169	10 / 1	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
169	30 / 3	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
170	89 / 9	Rajesh Chauhan	India
171	58 / 6	Venkatesh Prasad	India
172	173 / 18	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
173	28 / 3	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
174	18 / 2	Michael Slater	Australia
174	18 / 2	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
174	9 / 1	Sanjeeva Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
175	67 / 8	Darren Gough	England
176	92 / 11	Abey Kuruvilla	India
177	33 / 4	Heath Davis	New Zealand
178	65 / 8	Glenn McGrath	Australia
179	40 / 5	Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh
179	16 / 2	Chris Silverwood	England
179	8 / 1	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
179	80 / 10	Allan Donald	South Africa
179	8 / 1	Andrew Penn	New Zealand
180	15 / 2	Rashid Latif	Pakistan
181	44 / 6	Minhajul Abedin	Bangladesh
182	29 / 4	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
183	36 / 5	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
184	7 / 1	Saiful Islam	Bangladesh
184	28 / 4	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
184	28 / 4	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
184	7 / 1	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
185	27 / 4	Paul Adams	South Africa
186	20 / 3	Salil Ankola	India
187	32 / 5	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
188	12 / 2	Enamul Haque	Bangladesh
188	6 / 1	Mark Boucher	South Africa
189	29 / 5	Dodda Ganesh	India
190	23 / 4	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
191	11 / 2	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
192	10 / 2	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
192	10 / 2	Mohammad Sheikh	Bangladesh
193	9 / 2	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
193	9 / 2	Ronnie Irani	England
194	22 / 5	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
195	13 / 3	Stuart Carlisle	Zimbabwe
196	4 / 1	Tom Moody	Australia
197	7 / 2	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
198	3 / 1	Ottis Gibson	West Indies
199	8 / 3	Ian Harvey	Australia
200	5 / 2	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
201	2 / 1	Jack Russell	England
201	4 / 2	Jahangir Alam	Bangladesh
202	3 / 2	Brett Schultz	South Africa
203	1 / 1	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
203	1 / 1	Anthony Stuart	Australia
203	1 / 1	Harvinder Singh	India
203	1 / 1	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
203	1 / 1	Nixon McLean	West Indies