Best Averages in 1997 for ODI

Position	Best Averages	Player Name	Team Name
1	477 / 6	Chris Harris	New Zealand
2	75 / 1	Ricky Ponting	Australia
3	356 / 5	Kennedy Otieno	Kenya
4	66 / 1	Ian Bishop	West Indies
5	63 / 1	Ben Hollioake	England
6	755 / 12	Brian Lara	West Indies
7	626 / 10	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
8	728 / 12	Michael Bevan	Australia
9	1178 / 20	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
10	676 / 12	Mark Waugh	Australia
11	1212 / 22	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
12	771 / 14	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
13	161 / 3	Lanka de Silva	Sri Lanka
14	635 / 12	Carl Hooper	West Indies
15	886 / 17	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
16	459 / 9	Graham Thorpe	England
17	815 / 16	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
18	810 / 17	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
19	1338 / 29	Sourav Ganguly	India
20	599 / 13	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
21	136 / 3	John Crawley	England
22	621 / 14	Alec Stewart	England
23	44 / 1	Dougie Brown	England
24	259 / 6	Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh
25	214 / 5	Phil Simmons	West Indies
26	593 / 14	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
27	169 / 4	Adam Hollioake	England
28	843 / 20	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
29	879 / 21	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
30	578 / 14	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
31	1107 / 27	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
32	1104 / 27	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
33	891 / 22	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
34	647 / 16	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
35	766 / 19	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
36	519 / 13	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
37	438 / 11	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
38	951 / 24	Rahul Dravid	India
39	649 / 17	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
40	72 / 2	Tony Suji	Kenya
40	252 / 7	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
41	286 / 8	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
42	643 / 18	Moin Khan	Pakistan
43	714 / 20	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
44	69 / 2	Alpesh Vadher	Kenya
45	272 / 8	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
45	34 / 1	Vikram Rathour	India
46	472 / 14	Lance Klusener	South Africa
47	937 / 28	Ajay Jadeja	India
48	526 / 16	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
49	1011 / 31	Sachin Tendulkar	India
50	226 / 7	Junior Murray	West Indies
51	32 / 1	Rudi Bryson	South Africa
52	255 / 8	Mike Atherton	England
53	538 / 17	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
54	471 / 15	Steve Waugh	Australia
55	706 / 23	Robin Singh	India
56	244 / 8	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
57	121 / 4	Maurice Odumbe	Kenya
58	296 / 10	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
59	118 / 4	Pat Symcox	South Africa
60	324 / 11	Stuart Law	Australia
61	29 / 1	Justin Langer	Australia
62	867 / 30	Shahid Afridi
63	86 / 3	Dulip Liyanage	Sri Lanka
64	313 / 11	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
65	170 / 6	Dipak Chudasama	Kenya
66	363 / 13	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
67	195 / 7	Akram Khan	Bangladesh
68	414 / 15	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
69	55 / 2	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
70	109 / 4	Graeme Hick	England
71	245 / 9	Nick Knight	England
72	27 / 1	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
73	241 / 9	Michael Di Venuto	Australia
74	133 / 5	Vinod Kambli	India
74	133 / 5	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
75	445 / 17	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan
76	261 / 10	Bryan Young	New Zealand
77	102 / 4	David Richardson	South Africa
77	51 / 2	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
78	126 / 5	Aminul Islam	Bangladesh
79	423 / 17	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
80	74 / 3	Craig White	England
81	147 / 6	Ian Healy	Australia
81	49 / 2	Manzoor Akhtar	Pakistan
81	49 / 2	Adrian Griffith	West Indies
82	146 / 6	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
83	95 / 4	Hitesh Modi	Kenya
84	237 / 10	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
85	71 / 3	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
86	282 / 12	Greg Blewett	Australia
86	47 / 2	Robert Samuels	West Indies
87	68 / 3	Aasif Karim	Kenya
88	113 / 5	Roland Holder	West Indies
89	67 / 3	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
90	267 / 12	Matt Horne	New Zealand
91	22 / 1	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
91	22 / 1	Graham Lloyd	England
91	22 / 1	Louis Koen	South Africa
92	218 / 10	Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe
93	43 / 2	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
94	150 / 7	Navjot Sidhu	India
95	171 / 8	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
96	64 / 3	Dirk Viljoen	Zimbabwe
97	149 / 7	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
98	106 / 5	Steve Tikolo	Kenya
99	84 / 4	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
99	42 / 2	Matthew Fleming	England
100	82 / 4	Zahoor Elahi	Pakistan
100	82 / 4	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
101	20 / 1	Alan Mullally	England
101	40 / 2	Dominic Cork	England
101	40 / 2	Philo Wallace	West Indies
102	138 / 7	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
103	39 / 2	Derek Crookes	South Africa
104	57 / 3	Jason Gillespie	Australia
105	130 / 7	Nayan Mongia	India
106	128 / 7	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
107	219 / 12	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
108	54 / 3	Simon Doull	New Zealand
109	287 / 16	Saba Karim	India
110	53 / 3	Mafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
111	123 / 7	Adam Bacher	South Africa
112	105 / 6	Andy Waller	Zimbabwe
112	70 / 4	Ali Brown	England
113	52 / 3	Akhtar Sarfraz	Pakistan
114	86 / 5	Robert Croft	England
115	17 / 1	Courtney Browne	West Indies
116	250 / 15	Adam Parore	New Zealand
117	32 / 2	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
118	63 / 4	Nasser Hussain	England
119	47 / 3	Mark Ealham	England
119	47 / 3	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
119	47 / 3	Sajid Ali	Pakistan
120	165 / 11	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
120	60 / 4	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
121	103 / 7	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand
122	42 / 3	Andy Bichel	Australia
122	14 / 1	Laurie Williams	West Indies
123	27 / 2	Mujahid Jamshed	Pakistan
124	40 / 3	Shahriar Hossain	Bangladesh
125	13 / 1	Heath Davis	New Zealand
125	182 / 14	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
125	26 / 2	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
126	38 / 3	Roger Twose	New Zealand
126	38 / 3	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
127	124 / 10	Anil Kumble	India
128	111 / 9	Mark Taylor	Australia
129	61 / 5	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
130	24 / 2	Sheikh Salahuddin	Bangladesh
131	59 / 5	Rajesh Chauhan	India
132	23 / 2	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
133	11 / 1	Shafiuddin Ahmed	Bangladesh
133	44 / 4	Lee Germon	New Zealand
133	11 / 1	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
134	119 / 11	Shane Warne	Australia
135	97 / 9	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
136	146 / 14	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
137	10 / 1	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
137	10 / 1	Darren Lehmann	Australia
137	30 / 3	Darren Gough	England
137	30 / 3	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
138	56 / 6	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
138	28 / 3	David Williams	West Indies
139	65 / 7	Javagal Srinath	India
140	18 / 2	Michael Slater	Australia
140	36 / 4	Brian McMillan	South Africa
140	9 / 1	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
141	25 / 3	Venkatesh Prasad	India
142	40 / 5	Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh
142	16 / 2	Chris Silverwood	England
142	8 / 1	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
142	8 / 1	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
142	8 / 1	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
142	8 / 1	Andrew Penn	New Zealand
143	23 / 3	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
144	38 / 5	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
145	15 / 2	Rashid Latif	Pakistan
146	44 / 6	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
146	44 / 6	Minhajul Abedin	Bangladesh
147	29 / 4	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
148	21 / 3	Allan Donald	South Africa
148	28 / 4	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
148	7 / 1	Saiful Islam	Bangladesh
148	21 / 3	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
149	20 / 3	Salil Ankola	India
150	13 / 2	Sunil Joshi	India
151	38 / 6	Paul Reiffel	Australia
152	12 / 2	Enamul Haque	Bangladesh
152	6 / 1	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
153	23 / 4	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
154	5 / 1	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
154	10 / 2	Mohammad Sheikh	Bangladesh
155	9 / 2	Ronnie Irani	England
156	26 / 6	Abey Kuruvilla	India
156	13 / 3	Stuart Carlisle	Zimbabwe
157	4 / 1	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
157	4 / 1	Tom Moody	Australia
157	4 / 1	Dodda Ganesh	India
157	4 / 1	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
158	7 / 2	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
159	6 / 2	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
159	3 / 1	Ottis Gibson	West Indies
160	8 / 3	Ian Harvey	Australia
161	2 / 1	Jack Russell	England
161	2 / 1	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
161	4 / 2	Jahangir Alam	Bangladesh
162	1 / 1	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
162	1 / 1	Nixon McLean	West Indies
162	1 / 1	Anthony Stuart	Australia
162	1 / 1	Harvinder Singh	India
162	1 / 1	Matthew Elliott	Australia
162	2 / 2	Glenn McGrath	Australia
162	1 / 1	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan