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.

Position	Best Strike Rate	Player Name	Team Name
1	31.89	Simon Cook	Australia
2	36.00	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
3	38.09	Michael Bevan	Australia
4	38.27	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
5	38.96	Jason Gillespie	Australia
6	43.80	Mark Ealham	England
7	44.02	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
8	44.57	Brett Schultz	South Africa
9	45.00	Ben Hollioake	England
10	46.17	Darren Gough	England
11	48.80	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
12	49.05	Dean Headley	England
13	49.06	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
14	49.27	Glenn McGrath	Australia
15	50.06	Andy Caddick	England
16	51.95	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
17	53.29	Allan Donald	South Africa
18	53.32	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
19	53.45	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
20	53.86	Javagal Srinath	India
21	54.90	Ali Hussain Rizvi	Pakistan
22	55.20	Heath Davis	New Zealand
23	55.60	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
24	55.91	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
25	56.17	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
26	57.00	Adam Hollioake	England
27	59.00	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
28	59.15	Simon Doull	New Zealand
29	59.30	Steve Waugh	Australia
30	59.80	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
30	59.80	Phil Tufnell	England
31	60.03	Shane Warne	Australia
32	60.65	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
33	61.35	Ian Bishop	West Indies
34	61.87	Paul Reiffel	Australia
35	64.23	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
36	65.29	Sunil Joshi	India
37	65.83	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
38	66.00	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
39	66.30	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
40	66.88	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
41	67.89	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
42	68.00	Sourav Ganguly	India
43	69.94	Pat Symcox	South Africa
44	70.58	Abey Kuruvilla	India
45	74.48	Paul Adams	South Africa
46	75.00	Craig White	England
47	75.09	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
48	77.49	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
49	78.10	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
50	83.87	Robert Croft	England
51	84.43	Dominic Cork	England
52	84.67	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
53	85.33	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
54	86.54	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
55	87.45	Lance Klusener	South Africa
56	90.00	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
57	90.14	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
58	91.65	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
59	91.80	Dodda Ganesh	India
60	93.00	Devon Malcolm	England
61	94.80	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
62	96.00	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
62	96.00	Mark Waugh	Australia
63	96.97	Anil Kumble	India
64	96.97	Venkatesh Prasad	India
65	99.00	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
66	99.30	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
67	106.00	Alan Mullally	England
68	107.10	Debasis Mohanty	India
69	108.86	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
70	111.00	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
71	111.90	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
72	113.74	Carl Hooper	West Indies
73	114.67	Rajesh Chauhan	India
74	114.77	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
75	118.00	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
76	120.00	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
76	120.00	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
77	127.70	Brian McMillan	South Africa
78	144.90	Greg Blewett	Australia
79	150.00	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
79	150.00	Phil Simmons	West Indies
80	180.00	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
81	216.00	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
82	223.80	Andy Bichel	Australia
83	240.00	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
84	372.00	Chris Harris	New Zealand
85	420.00	Nilesh Kulkarni	India