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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
138 entries
1
21.00
Matthew Fleming
ENG
1.50 clear of Anthony Stuart
2
22.50
Anthony Stuart
AUS
1.50 off the lead
3
24.00
Manzoor Akhtar
PAK
3 off the lead
● LEADS
Matthew Fleming
ENG
21.00 · 1.50 better than Stuart
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
35.39
The mark at number ten — 128 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
7 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
138 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Matthew Fleming
ENG
21.00
2
Anthony Stuart
AUS
22.50
3
Manzoor Akhtar
PAK
24.00
4
Harvinder Singh
IND
24.89
5
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
30.21
6
Simon Cook
AUS
32.00
7
Aasif Karim
KEN
33.75
8
Aaqib Javed
PAK
34.83
9
Steve Tikolo
KEN
35.33
10
Gavin Larsen
NZ
35.39
11
Waqar Younis
PAK
37.14
12
Wasim Akram
PAK
37.80
13
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
39.89
14
Upul Chandana
SL
40.50
15
Darren Gough
ENG
41.23
16
Craig White
ENG
41.78
17
Craig McMillan
NZ
42.00
18
Jason Gillespie
AUS
42.54
19
Adam Hollioake
ENG
42.80
20
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
42.86
21
Martin Suji
KEN
43.20
22
Lance Klusener
SA
43.35
23
Bryan Strang
ZIM
44.00
24
Andy Caddick
ENG
44.15
25
Robin Singh
IND
44.15
26
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
44.20
27
Heath Streak
ZIM
44.25
28
Allan Donald
SA
44.29
29
Mark Ealham
ENG
44.35
30
Fanie de Villiers
SA
44.40
31
Brett Schultz
SA
44.57
32
Grant Flower
ZIM
44.67
33
Guy Whittall
ZIM
45.47
34
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
45.60
35
Tom Moody
AUS
45.67
36
Sourav Ganguly
IND
45.88
37
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
46.00
37
Craig Evans
ZIM
46.00
38
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
46.35
39
John Rennie
ZIM
47.00
40
Aravinda de Silva
SL
47.20
41
Shaun Pollock
SA
47.31
42
Heath Davis
NZ
47.41
43
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
47.60
44
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
47.63
45
Dougie Brown
ENG
48.00
45
Mohammad Akram
PAK
48.00
45
Noel David
IND
48.00
46
Debasis Mohanty
IND
48.22
47
Michael Bevan
AUS
48.24
48
Andy Bichel
AUS
48.28
49
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
48.30
50
Adam Dale
AUS
48.60
51
Dean Headley
ENG
48.67
52
Adam Huckle
ZIM
48.89
53
Danny Morrison
NZ
49.33
54
Saleem Malik
PAK
49.80
55
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
50.14
56
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
51.00
57
Glenn McGrath
AUS
51.11
58
Javagal Srinath
IND
51.54
59
Phil Tufnell
ENG
51.73
60
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
52.86
61
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
53.00
62
Franklyn Rose
WI
53.51
63
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
53.67
64
Chaminda Vaas
SL
53.79
65
Rudi Bryson
SA
54.00
66
Chris Cairns
NZ
54.21
67
Nathan Astle
NZ
55.29
68
Simon Doull
NZ
55.94
69
Alan Mullally
ENG
56.00
70
Shane Warne
AUS
56.13
71
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
57.09
72
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
57.50
73
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
57.92
74
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
58.00
75
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
58.33
76
Hansie Cronje
SA
58.33
77
Pat Symcox
SA
58.52
78
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
58.83
79
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
59.15
80
Ian Bishop
WI
59.33
81
Sunil Joshi
IND
60.00
82
Courtney Walsh
WI
60.24
83
Andy Whittall
ZIM
61.20
84
Sheikh Salahuddin
BAN
61.50
85
Cameron Cuffy
WI
63.00
86
Paul Strang
ZIM
63.03
87
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
63.50
88
Shahid Nazir
PAK
64.56
89
Mervyn Dillon
WI
65.33
90
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
66.00
90
Ben Hollioake
ENG
66.00
91
Ronnie Irani
ENG
68.00
92
Tony Suji
KEN
69.00
93
Patterson Thompson
WI
70.00
94
Paul Reiffel
AUS
70.43
95
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
72.13
96
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
72.33
96
Daniel Vettori
NZ
72.33
97
Jimmy Adams
WI
73.20
98
Mark Waugh
AUS
73.50
99
Jacques Kallis
SA
73.82
100
Arshad Khan
PAK
74.00
101
Steve Waugh
AUS
74.50
102
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
76.50
103
Robert Croft
ENG
76.80
104
Anil Kumble
IND
77.43
105
Paul Adams
SA
77.75
106
Geoff Allott
NZ
78.25
107
Dodda Ganesh
IND
81.83
108
Shahid Afridi
GER
82.35
109
Ian Harvey
AUS
82.50
110
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
84.00
111
Chris Harris
NZ
85.13
112
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
90.67
113
Carl Hooper
WI
91.59
114
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
91.75
115
Devon Malcolm
ENG
93.00
115
Greg Blewett
AUS
93.00
116
Aamer Sohail
PAK
93.75
117
Dominic Cork
ENG
95.13
118
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
97.53
119
Rawl Lewis
WI
105.25
120
Dipak Patel
NZ
107.33
121
Brian McMillan
SA
114.88
122
Dulip Liyanage
SL
117.00
123
Phil Simmons
WI
117.33
124
Salil Ankola
IND
120.00
125
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
132.50
126
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
160.00
127
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
166.00
128
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
180.00
129
Chris Silverwood
ENG
192.00
130
Justin Vaughan
NZ
216.00
130
Derek Crookes
SA
216.00
131
Jayantha Silva
SL
240.00
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