Best Averages in 1997 for Test

Position	Best Averages	Player Name	Team Name
1	111 / 1	Robert Samuels	West Indies
2	387 / 4	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
3	285 / 3	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
4	1220 / 14	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
5	237 / 3	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
6	376 / 5	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
7	1271 / 17	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
8	547 / 8	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
9	272 / 4	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
10	1000 / 16	Sachin Tendulkar	India
11	984 / 16	Rahul Dravid	India
12	848 / 14	Sourav Ganguly	India
13	720 / 12	Navjot Sidhu	India
14	468 / 8	Paul Reiffel	Australia
15	700 / 13	Graham Thorpe	England
16	497 / 10	Ricky Ponting	Australia
17	433 / 9	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
18	236 / 5	Matthew Hayden	Australia
19	1067 / 23	Greg Blewett	Australia
20	973 / 21	Steve Waugh	Australia
20	556 / 12	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
21	740 / 16	Carl Hooper	West Indies
22	364 / 8	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
23	181 / 4	Ali Naqvi	Pakistan
24	627 / 14	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
25	178 / 4	Ajay Jadeja	India
25	623 / 14	Bryan Young	New Zealand
26	355 / 8	Lance Klusener	South Africa
27	930 / 21	Matthew Elliott	Australia
28	86 / 2	Ramiz Raja	Pakistan
29	859 / 20	Brian Lara	West Indies
30	634 / 15	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
31	292 / 7	Moin Khan	Pakistan
32	582 / 14	Mike Atherton	England
33	575 / 14	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
34	610 / 15	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
35	446 / 11	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
36	486 / 12	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
37	121 / 3	Dominic Cork	England
38	161 / 4	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
39	431 / 11	Brian McMillan	South Africa
40	548 / 14	Nasser Hussain	England
41	153 / 4	Chris Harris	New Zealand
42	380 / 10	Matt Horne	New Zealand
43	302 / 8	Michael Bevan	Australia
44	212 / 6	VVS Laxman	India
45	525 / 15	Alec Stewart	England
45	105 / 3	Mark Ealham	England
45	105 / 3	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
46	174 / 5	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
47	555 / 16	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
48	333 / 10	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
49	530 / 16	Blair Pocock	New Zealand
50	494 / 15	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
51	785 / 24	Mark Waugh	Australia
52	425 / 13	Adam Bacher	South Africa
53	620 / 19	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
54	130 / 4	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
55	226 / 7	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
56	354 / 11	John Crawley	England
57	449 / 14	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
58	64 / 2	Courtney Browne	West Indies
59	473 / 15	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
60	533 / 17	Adam Parore	New Zealand
61	248 / 8	David Richardson	South Africa
62	123 / 4	David Williams	West Indies
63	92 / 3	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
63	92 / 3	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
64	704 / 23	Mark Taylor	Australia
65	178 / 6	Pat Symcox	South Africa
65	89 / 3	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
66	528 / 18	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
66	264 / 9	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
67	321 / 11	Roland Holder	West Indies
68	57 / 2	Vikram Rathour	India
69	84 / 3	Sunil Joshi	India
70	138 / 5	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
71	52 / 2	Mark Ramprakash	England
72	337 / 13	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
73	544 / 21	Ian Healy	Australia
74	231 / 9	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
75	254 / 10	Mark Butcher	England
76	76 / 3	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
77	123 / 5	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
78	328 / 14	Nayan Mongia	India
79	93 / 4	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
80	45 / 2	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
81	243 / 11	Anil Kumble	India
82	43 / 2	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
83	64 / 3	Jason Gillespie	Australia
84	21 / 1	Alan Mullally	England
85	83 / 4	Junior Murray	West Indies
86	39 / 2	Phil Tufnell	England
87	214 / 11	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
88	136 / 7	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
89	95 / 5	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
89	38 / 2	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
89	19 / 1	Justin Langer	Australia
89	38 / 2	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
90	360 / 19	Shane Warne	Australia
91	74 / 4	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
92	36 / 2	Lanka de Silva	Sri Lanka
92	36 / 2	Mohammad Ramzan	Pakistan
93	105 / 6	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
94	87 / 5	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
95	69 / 4	Dave Houghton	Zimbabwe
96	51 / 3	Adam Hollioake	England
97	66 / 4	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
98	82 / 5	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
99	98 / 6	Andy Caddick	England
100	162 / 10	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
101	16 / 1	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
101	48 / 3	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
102	31 / 2	Roger Twose	New Zealand
102	93 / 6	Javagal Srinath	India
103	30 / 2	Ben Hollioake	England
104	56 / 4	Nick Knight	England
104	28 / 2	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
104	14 / 1	Saleem Elahi	Pakistan
105	41 / 3	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
106	40 / 3	Andy Bichel	Australia
107	66 / 5	Abey Kuruvilla	India
108	39 / 3	Dean Headley	England
109	25 / 2	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
110	112 / 9	Simon Doull	New Zealand
111	48 / 4	Lee Germon	New Zealand
111	12 / 1	Devon Malcolm	England
111	48 / 4	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
112	95 / 8	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
113	106 / 9	Robert Croft	England
114	23 / 2	Peter Martin	England
115	33 / 3	Venkatesh Prasad	India
116	142 / 13	Ian Bishop	West Indies
117	21 / 2	Woorkeri Raman	India
117	63 / 6	Glenn McGrath	Australia
118	20 / 2	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
119	19 / 2	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
120	9 / 1	Sanjeeva Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
120	18 / 2	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
121	59 / 7	Allan Donald	South Africa
122	30 / 4	Rajesh Chauhan	India
122	15 / 2	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
123	37 / 5	Darren Gough	England
124	14 / 2	Adrian Griffith	West Indies
125	27 / 4	Paul Adams	South Africa
125	27 / 4	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
126	20 / 3	Heath Davis	New Zealand
127	13 / 2	Philo Wallace	West Indies
128	25 / 4	Dodda Ganesh	India
129	24 / 4	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
129	6 / 1	Mark Boucher	South Africa
130	5 / 1	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
130	5 / 1	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
131	9 / 2	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
131	18 / 4	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
132	4 / 1	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
132	4 / 1	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
132	4 / 1	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
133	5 / 2	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
134	3 / 2	Brett Schultz	South Africa
135	1 / 1	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
135	2 / 2	Phil Simmons	West Indies