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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.
ODI
1997
120 entries
1
21.00
Matthew Fleming
ENG
1.25 clear of Shiv Chanderpaul
2
22.25
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1.25 off the lead
3
22.50
Anthony Stuart
AUS
1.50 off the lead
● LEADS
Matthew Fleming
ENG
21.00 · 1.25 better than Chanderpaul
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
27.68
The mark at number ten — 110 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
8 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
120 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Matthew Fleming
ENG
21.00
2
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
22.25
3
Anthony Stuart
AUS
22.50
4
Andy Caddick
ENG
22.67
5
Manzoor Akhtar
PAK
24.00
6
Bryan Strang
ZIM
24.46
7
Harvinder Singh
IND
24.89
8
Geoff Allott
NZ
26.40
9
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
27.33
10
Lance Klusener
SA
27.68
11
Nathan Astle
NZ
28.24
12
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
30.06
13
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
30.21
14
Waqar Younis
PAK
30.23
15
Alan Mullally
ENG
31.00
16
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
31.09
17
Debasis Mohanty
IND
31.29
18
Chaminda Vaas
SL
31.48
19
Darren Gough
ENG
31.56
20
Craig White
ENG
32.29
21
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
32.40
22
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
33.60
23
Heath Streak
ZIM
33.71
24
Aasif Karim
KEN
33.75
25
Allan Donald
SA
34.46
26
Aaqib Javed
PAK
34.83
27
Steve Tikolo
KEN
35.33
28
Gavin Larsen
NZ
35.39
29
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
35.57
30
Grant Flower
ZIM
36.00
30
Heath Davis
NZ
36.00
31
Shaun Pollock
SA
36.17
32
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
36.68
33
Wasim Akram
PAK
37.27
34
Andy Bichel
AUS
37.88
35
Sourav Ganguly
IND
38.89
36
Adam Hollioake
ENG
39.25
37
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
39.64
38
Simon Doull
NZ
39.83
39
Guy Whittall
ZIM
40.42
40
Upul Chandana
SL
40.50
41
Chris Cairns
NZ
40.70
42
Shahid Nazir
PAK
41.00
43
John Rennie
ZIM
41.50
44
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
42.86
45
Daniel Vettori
NZ
43.17
46
Martin Suji
KEN
43.20
47
Aravinda de Silva
SL
43.60
48
Robin Singh
IND
44.15
49
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
44.20
50
Shane Warne
AUS
44.22
51
Saleem Malik
PAK
44.40
51
Fanie de Villiers
SA
44.40
52
Mark Ealham
ENG
44.67
53
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
45.24
54
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
45.60
55
Tom Moody
AUS
45.67
56
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
45.86
57
Craig Evans
ZIM
46.00
57
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
46.00
58
Dean Headley
ENG
46.80
59
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
47.60
60
Pat Symcox
SA
47.65
61
Dougie Brown
ENG
48.00
61
Mohammad Akram
PAK
48.00
61
Noel David
IND
48.00
61
Javagal Srinath
IND
48.00
62
Adam Dale
AUS
48.60
63
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
48.67
64
Paul Strang
ZIM
49.09
65
Anil Kumble
IND
49.16
66
Sunil Joshi
IND
49.83
67
Courtney Walsh
WI
49.89
68
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
50.71
69
Mark Waugh
AUS
51.00
69
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
51.00
70
Ian Bishop
WI
51.63
71
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
53.40
72
Arshad Khan
PAK
54.00
72
Rudi Bryson
SA
54.00
73
Jason Gillespie
AUS
54.11
74
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
55.93
75
Franklyn Rose
WI
58.00
75
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
58.00
76
Hansie Cronje
SA
59.92
77
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
60.00
78
Andy Whittall
ZIM
61.20
79
Sheikh Salahuddin
BAN
61.50
80
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
62.27
81
Jimmy Adams
WI
63.60
82
Glenn McGrath
AUS
64.50
83
Chris Harris
NZ
64.64
84
Robert Croft
ENG
66.00
85
Greg Blewett
AUS
66.75
86
Carl Hooper
WI
67.62
87
Ronnie Irani
ENG
68.00
88
Tony Suji
KEN
69.00
89
Rawl Lewis
WI
69.25
90
Michael Bevan
AUS
74.25
91
Brian McMillan
SA
75.00
92
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
76.50
93
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
78.25
94
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
80.00
95
Dipak Patel
NZ
82.00
96
Shahid Afridi
GER
82.35
97
Ian Harvey
AUS
82.50
98
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
82.67
99
Jacques Kallis
SA
87.00
99
Adam Huckle
ZIM
87.00
100
Aamer Sohail
PAK
93.75
101
Mervyn Dillon
WI
94.00
102
Phil Simmons
WI
101.00
103
Dulip Liyanage
SL
117.00
104
Salil Ankola
IND
120.00
105
Paul Adams
SA
126.00
106
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
130.00
107
Dominic Cork
ENG
168.00
108
Paul Reiffel
AUS
181.50
109
Chris Silverwood
ENG
192.00
110
Derek Crookes
SA
216.00
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