Best Averages in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

The best averages in 1997 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS1997242 entries
1356 / 5Kennedy OtienoKEN3.64 clear of Aravinda de Silva
22432 / 36Aravinda de SilvaSL3.64 off the lead
32449 / 37Sanath JayasuriyaSL5.01 off the lead
● LEADS
Kennedy OtienoKEN
356 / 5 · 3.64 ahead of Silva
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2186 / 43
The mark at number ten — 232 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
8 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented

Best Averages — full list

242 entries, ranked
1Kennedy OtienoKEN356 / 5
2Aravinda de SilvaSL2432 / 36
3Sanath JayasuriyaSL2449 / 37
4Chris HarrisNZ630 / 10
5Graham ThorpeENG1159 / 22
6Robert SamuelsWI158 / 3
7Ricky PontingAUS572 / 11
8Michael BevanAUS1030 / 20
9Grant FlowerZIM1230 / 24
10Sourav GangulyIND2186 / 43
11Brian LaraWI1614 / 32
12Carl HooperWI1375 / 28
13Rahul DravidIND1935 / 40
14Hansie CronjeSA1257 / 26
15Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK1438 / 30
16Matthew HaydenAUS236 / 5
17Navjot SidhuIND870 / 19
18Shiv ChanderpaulWI1226 / 27
19Ali NaqviPAK181 / 4
20Daryll CullinanSA1256 / 28
21Gary KirstenSA1149 / 26
22Dougie BrownENG44 / 1
23Stuart WilliamsZIM1099 / 25
24Athar Ali KhanBAN259 / 6
25Aamer SohailPAK689 / 16
26Sachin TendulkarIND2011 / 47
27Ijaz AhmedPAK1540 / 36
28Guy WhittallZIM811 / 19
29Saeed AnwarPAK1022 / 24
30Matthew ElliottAUS931 / 22
31Shaun PollockSA802 / 19
32Azhar MahmoodPAK418 / 10
33Mohammad AzharuddinIND1679 / 41
34Mark WaughAUS1461 / 36
35Steve WaughAUS1444 / 36
36Alec StewartENG1146 / 29
37Arjuna RanatungaSL1343 / 34
38Lanka de SilvaSL197 / 5
39Saleem MalikPAK775 / 20
40Greg BlewettAUS1349 / 35
41Roshan MahanamaSL1348 / 35
42Mike AthertonENG837 / 22
43Marvan AtapattuSL1328 / 35
44Alistair CampbellZIM754 / 20
45Lance KlusenerSA827 / 22
46Moin KhanPAK935 / 25
47Jacques KallisSA745 / 20
48Bryan YoungNZ884 / 24
49Nathan AstleNZ1141 / 31
50Andy FlowerZIM840 / 23
51Jonty RhodesSA619 / 17
52Paul ReiffelAUS506 / 14
53Tony SujiKEN72 / 2
54Adam GilchristAUS286 / 8
55VVS LaxmanIND212 / 6
56John CrawleyENG490 / 14
57Ajay JadejaIND1115 / 32
58Alpesh VadherKEN69 / 2
59Craig McMillanNZ446 / 13
60Nasser HussainENG611 / 18
61Gavin RennieZIM405 / 12
62Blair PocockNZ530 / 16
63Stephen FlemingNZ1033 / 32
64Kumar DharmasenaSL516 / 16
65Dominic CorkENG161 / 5
66Rudi BrysonSA32 / 1
67Adam HollioakeENG220 / 7
68Chris CairnsNZ969 / 31
69Brian McMillanSA467 / 15
70Ben HollioakeENG93 / 3
71Phil SimmonsWI216 / 7
72Robin SinghIND706 / 23
73Vikram RathourIND91 / 3
74Maurice OdumbeKEN121 / 4
75Mahela JayawardeneSL89 / 3
76Pat SymcoxSA296 / 10
77Stuart LawAUS324 / 11
78Matt HorneNZ647 / 22
79David RichardsonSA350 / 12
80Sherwin CampbellWI758 / 26
81Shahid AfridiGER867 / 30
82Dulip LiyanageSL86 / 3
83Dipak ChudasamaKEN170 / 6
84Junior MurrayWI309 / 11
85Ramiz RajaPAK531 / 19
86Akram KhanBAN195 / 7
87Naimur RahmanBAN55 / 2
88Adam BacherSA548 / 20
89Graeme HickENG109 / 4
90Roland HolderWI434 / 16
91Courtney BrowneWI81 / 3
92Michael Di VenutoAUS241 / 9
93Vinod KambliIND133 / 5
94Mark RamprakashENG52 / 2
95Ian HealyAUS691 / 27
96Mohammad WasimPAK383 / 15
97Mohammad HussainPAK51 / 2
98Mark TaylorAUS815 / 32
99Michael KasprowiczAUS127 / 5
99Mark ButcherENG254 / 10
100Mark EalhamENG152 / 6
100Asif MujtabaPAK76 / 3
101Paul StrangZIM429 / 17
102Aminul IslamBAN126 / 5
103Hashan TillakaratneSL552 / 22
104Sir Curtly AmbroseWI298 / 12
104Russel ArnoldSL149 / 6
105Craig WhiteENG74 / 3
106Manzoor AkhtarPAK49 / 2
107Adam ParoreNZ783 / 32
108Justin LangerAUS48 / 2
109Hitesh ModiKEN95 / 4
110Craig EvansZIM237 / 10
111Nick KnightENG301 / 13
112Nuwan ZoysaSL46 / 2
112Jimmy AdamsWI161 / 7
113Aasif KarimKEN68 / 3
113Craig SpearmanNZ136 / 6
114Pramodya WickramasingheSL45 / 2
115Graham LloydENG22 / 1
115Louis KoenSA22 / 1
116Nayan MongiaIND458 / 21
117Dipak PatelNZ152 / 7
118David WilliamsWI151 / 7
119Craig WishartZIM171 / 8
120Dirk ViljoenZIM64 / 3
121Steve TikoloKEN106 / 5
122Thomas OdoyoKEN84 / 4
122Matthew FlemingENG42 / 2
123Romesh KaluwitharanaSL502 / 24
124Herschelle GibbsSA187 / 9
125Zahoor ElahiPAK82 / 4
125Alan MullallyENG41 / 2
125Habibul BasharBAN82 / 4
125Dave HoughtonZIM287 / 14
126Daniel VettoriNZ285 / 14
127Jason GillespieAUS121 / 6
128John RennieZIM60 / 3
129Derek CrookesSA39 / 2
129Phil TufnellENG39 / 2
130Sunil JoshiIND97 / 5
131Andy CaddickENG110 / 6
132Mushtaq AhmedPAK127 / 7
133Mohammad RamzanPAK36 / 2
134Saba KarimIND287 / 16
135Mafizur RahmanBAN53 / 3
136Andy WallerZIM105 / 6
136Ali BrownENG70 / 4
137Anil KumbleIND367 / 21
138Akhtar SarfrazPAK52 / 3
139Chaminda VaasSL205 / 12
140Heath StreakZIM146 / 9
141Saqlain MushtaqPAK274 / 17
142Shane WarneAUS479 / 30
143Adrian GriffithWI63 / 4
144Andrew HudsonSA220 / 14
145Hasan RazaPAK47 / 3
145Sajid AliPAK47 / 3
146Sajeewa de SilvaSL46 / 3
146Dean HeadleyENG46 / 3
147Ian BishopWI208 / 14
148Gavin LarsenNZ103 / 7
149Floyd ReiferWI57 / 4
150Laurie WilliamsWI14 / 1
151Simon DoullNZ166 / 12
152Roger TwoseNZ69 / 5
153Robert CroftENG192 / 14
154Waqar YounisPAK137 / 10
155Andy BichelAUS82 / 6
156Mujahid JamshedPAK27 / 2
157Shahriar HossainBAN40 / 3
157Saleem ElahiPAK40 / 3
158Philo WallaceWI53 / 4
159Muttiah MuralitharanSL143 / 11
160Mervyn DillonWI25 / 2
161Hasibul HossainBAN61 / 5
162Javagal SrinathIND158 / 13
163Devon MalcolmENG12 / 1
163Sheikh SalahuddinBAN24 / 2
164Andy WhittallZIM23 / 2
164Peter MartinENG23 / 2
164Lee GermonNZ92 / 8
165Nilesh KulkarniIND11 / 1
165Shafiuddin AhmedBAN11 / 1
166Franklyn RoseWI151 / 14
167Courtney WalshWI53 / 5
168Rawl LewisWI42 / 4
168Woorkeri RamanIND21 / 2
169Darren LehmannAUS10 / 1
169Arshad KhanPAK10 / 1
169Eddo BrandesZIM30 / 3
170Rajesh ChauhanIND89 / 9
171Venkatesh PrasadIND58 / 6
172Wasim AkramPAK173 / 18
173Shahid NazirPAK28 / 3
174Michael SlaterAUS18 / 2
174Patterson ThompsonWI18 / 2
174Sanjeeva RanatungaSL9 / 1
175Darren GoughENG67 / 8
176Abey KuruvillaIND92 / 11
177Heath DavisNZ33 / 4
178Glenn McGrathAUS65 / 8
179Khaled MashudBAN40 / 5
179Chris SilverwoodENG16 / 2
179Abdul RazzaqPAK8 / 1
179Allan DonaldSA80 / 10
179Andrew PennNZ8 / 1
180Rashid LatifPAK15 / 2
181Minhajul AbedinBAN44 / 6
182Upul ChandanaSL29 / 4
183Bryan StrangZIM36 / 5
184Saiful IslamBAN7 / 1
184Ruwan KalpageSL28 / 4
184Aaqib JavedPAK28 / 4
184Mohammad ZahidPAK7 / 1
185Paul AdamsSA27 / 4
186Salil AnkolaIND20 / 3
187Shayne O'ConnorNZ32 / 5
188Enamul HaqueBAN12 / 2
188Mark BoucherSA6 / 1
189Dodda GaneshIND29 / 5
190Mohammad RafiqueBAN23 / 4
191Ravindra PushpakumaraSL11 / 2
192Everton MatambanadzoZIM10 / 2
192Mohammad SheikhBAN10 / 2
193Cameron CuffyWI9 / 2
193Ronnie IraniENG9 / 2
194Geoff AllottNZ22 / 5
195Stuart CarlisleZIM13 / 3
196Tom MoodyAUS4 / 1
197Fanie de VilliersSA7 / 2
198Ottis GibsonWI3 / 1
199Ian HarveyAUS8 / 3
200Justin VaughanNZ5 / 2
201Jack RussellENG2 / 1
201Jahangir AlamBAN4 / 2
202Brett SchultzSA3 / 2
203Shoaib AkhtarPAK1 / 1
203Anthony StuartAUS1 / 1
203Harvinder SinghIND1 / 1
203Adam HuckleZIM1 / 1
203Nixon McLeanWI1 / 1
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