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Best Strike Rate in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best strike rate in 1997 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1997
159 entries
1
16.00
Laurie Williams
WI
3.95 clear of Kabir Khan
2
19.95
Kabir Khan
PAK
3.95 off the lead
3
20.00
Daryll Cullinan
SA
4 off the lead
● LEADS
Laurie Williams
WI
16.00 · 3.95 better than Khan
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Williams is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
30.00
The mark at number ten — 149 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Zimbabwe
8 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
159 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Laurie Williams
WI
16.00
2
Kabir Khan
PAK
19.95
3
Daryll Cullinan
SA
20.00
3
Paul Wilson
AUS
20.00
4
Matthew Fleming
ENG
20.87
5
Ottis Gibson
WI
21.60
6
Anthony Stuart
AUS
22.50
7
Brendon Julian
AUS
24.00
7
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
24.00
7
Aminul Islam
BAN
24.00
7
Mujahid Jamshed
PAK
24.00
7
Manzoor Akhtar
PAK
24.00
8
Harvinder Singh
IND
24.80
9
Enamul Haque
BAN
27.00
10
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
30.00
11
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
30.03
12
Simon Cook
AUS
31.89
13
Aasif Karim
KEN
33.75
14
Aaqib Javed
PAK
34.70
15
Steve Tikolo
KEN
35.20
16
Gavin Larsen
NZ
35.22
17
Stuart Law
AUS
36.60
18
Waqar Younis
PAK
37.07
19
Wasim Akram
PAK
37.71
20
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
39.78
21
Upul Chandana
SL
40.50
22
Darren Gough
ENG
41.13
23
Craig White
ENG
41.60
24
Craig McMillan
NZ
42.00
25
Jason Gillespie
AUS
42.45
26
Adam Hollioake
ENG
42.72
27
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
42.86
28
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
42.90
29
Martin Suji
KEN
43.20
30
Lance Klusener
SA
43.23
31
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
43.80
32
Bryan Strang
ZIM
44.00
32
Robin Singh
IND
44.00
33
Andy Caddick
ENG
44.05
34
Heath Streak
ZIM
44.15
35
Allan Donald
SA
44.19
36
Mark Ealham
ENG
44.26
37
Fanie de Villiers
SA
44.40
38
Grant Flower
ZIM
44.40
39
Brett Schultz
SA
44.57
40
Tom Moody
AUS
45.00
41
Guy Whittall
ZIM
45.47
42
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
45.60
43
Sourav Ganguly
IND
45.77
44
Craig Evans
ZIM
46.00
44
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
46.00
45
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
46.21
46
John Rennie
ZIM
47.00
47
Aravinda de Silva
SL
47.20
47
Heath Davis
NZ
47.20
48
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
47.28
49
Shaun Pollock
SA
47.30
50
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
47.59
51
Mohammad Akram
PAK
48.00
51
Noel David
IND
48.00
51
Dougie Brown
ENG
48.00
52
Michael Bevan
AUS
48.06
53
Debasis Mohanty
IND
48.13
54
Andy Bichel
AUS
48.17
55
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
48.18
56
Dean Headley
ENG
48.51
57
Adam Dale
AUS
48.60
58
Adam Huckle
ZIM
48.80
59
Danny Morrison
NZ
48.80
60
Saleem Malik
PAK
49.80
61
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
49.97
62
Glenn McGrath
AUS
50.98
63
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
51.00
64
Javagal Srinath
IND
51.42
65
Phil Tufnell
ENG
51.65
66
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
52.75
67
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
52.76
68
Franklyn Rose
WI
53.50
69
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
53.60
70
Chaminda Vaas
SL
53.69
71
Rudi Bryson
SA
54.00
72
Chris Cairns
NZ
54.12
73
Ali Hussain Rizvi
PAK
54.90
74
Nathan Astle
NZ
55.16
75
Simon Doull
NZ
55.78
76
Alan Mullally
ENG
56.00
77
Shane Warne
AUS
56.02
78
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
56.95
79
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
57.30
80
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
57.74
81
Hansie Cronje
SA
58.00
81
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
58.00
82
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
58.27
83
Pat Symcox
SA
58.45
84
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
58.70
85
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
59.07
86
Ian Bishop
WI
59.13
87
Sunil Joshi
IND
59.72
88
Courtney Walsh
WI
60.09
89
Andy Whittall
ZIM
61.20
90
Sheikh Salahuddin
BAN
61.50
91
Cameron Cuffy
WI
63.00
92
Paul Strang
ZIM
63.02
93
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
63.50
94
Shahid Nazir
PAK
64.33
95
Mervyn Dillon
WI
65.20
96
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
66.00
96
Ben Hollioake
ENG
66.00
96
Rajab Ali
KEN
66.00
97
Ronnie Irani
ENG
68.00
98
Tony Suji
KEN
69.00
99
Patterson Thompson
WI
70.00
100
Paul Reiffel
AUS
70.37
101
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
71.89
102
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
72.00
103
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
72.20
104
Daniel Vettori
NZ
72.27
105
Mark Waugh
AUS
73.20
105
Jimmy Adams
WI
73.20
106
Jacques Kallis
SA
73.53
107
Arshad Khan
PAK
74.00
108
Steve Waugh
AUS
74.30
109
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
76.50
110
Robert Croft
ENG
76.72
111
Anil Kumble
IND
77.34
112
Paul Adams
SA
77.70
113
Geoff Allott
NZ
77.95
114
Dodda Ganesh
IND
81.50
115
Ian Harvey
AUS
81.90
116
Shahid Afridi
PAK
82.16
117
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
84.00
117
Marvan Atapattu
SL
84.00
118
Chris Harris
NZ
85.00
119
Nixon McLean
WI
90.00
120
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
90.40
121
Carl Hooper
WI
91.49
122
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
91.65
123
Greg Blewett
AUS
92.60
124
Devon Malcolm
ENG
93.00
125
Aamer Sohail
PAK
93.45
126
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
94.20
127
Dominic Cork
ENG
94.88
128
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
97.48
129
Andrew Penn
NZ
97.80
130
Rawl Lewis
WI
105.15
131
Dipak Patel
NZ
107.33
132
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
114.00
133
Brian McMillan
SA
114.53
134
Saiful Islam
BAN
115.80
135
Phil Simmons
WI
116.80
136
Dulip Liyanage
SL
117.00
137
Salil Ankola
IND
120.00
138
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
132.30
139
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
166.00
140
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
180.00
141
Chris Silverwood
ENG
192.00
142
Justin Vaughan
NZ
216.00
142
Derek Crookes
SA
216.00
143
Jayantha Silva
SL
240.00
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