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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.
TEST
1997
89 entries
1
31.89
Simon Cook
AUS
4.11 clear of Marvan Atapattu
2
36.00
Marvan Atapattu
SL
4.11 off the lead
3
38.09
Michael Bevan
AUS
6.20 off the lead
● LEADS
Simon Cook
AUS
31.89 · 4.11 better than Atapattu
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Cook is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
46.17
The mark at number ten — 79 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
89 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Simon Cook
AUS
31.89
2
Marvan Atapattu
SL
36.00
3
Michael Bevan
AUS
38.09
4
Wasim Akram
PAK
38.27
5
Jason Gillespie
AUS
38.96
6
Mark Ealham
ENG
43.80
7
Adam Huckle
ZIM
44.02
8
Brett Schultz
SA
44.57
9
Ben Hollioake
ENG
45.00
10
Darren Gough
ENG
46.17
11
Danny Morrison
NZ
48.80
12
Dean Headley
ENG
49.05
13
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
49.06
14
Glenn McGrath
AUS
49.27
15
Andy Caddick
ENG
50.06
16
Franklyn Rose
WI
51.95
17
Allan Donald
SA
53.29
18
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
53.32
19
Waqar Younis
PAK
53.45
20
Javagal Srinath
IND
53.86
21
Ali Hussain Rizvi
PAK
54.90
22
Heath Davis
NZ
55.20
23
Mervyn Dillon
WI
55.60
24
Hansie Cronje
SA
55.91
25
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
56.17
26
Adam Hollioake
ENG
57.00
27
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
59.00
28
Simon Doull
NZ
59.15
29
Steve Waugh
AUS
59.30
30
Chris Cairns
NZ
59.80
30
Phil Tufnell
ENG
59.80
31
Shane Warne
AUS
60.03
32
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
60.65
33
Ian Bishop
WI
61.35
34
Paul Reiffel
AUS
61.87
35
Shaun Pollock
SA
64.23
36
Sunil Joshi
IND
65.29
37
Jacques Kallis
SA
65.83
38
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
66.00
39
Courtney Walsh
WI
66.30
40
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
66.88
41
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
67.89
42
Sourav Ganguly
IND
68.00
43
Pat Symcox
SA
69.94
44
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
70.58
45
Paul Adams
SA
74.48
46
Craig White
ENG
75.00
47
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
75.09
48
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
77.49
49
Daniel Vettori
NZ
78.10
50
Robert Croft
ENG
83.87
51
Dominic Cork
ENG
84.43
52
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
84.67
53
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
85.33
54
Chaminda Vaas
SL
86.54
55
Lance Klusener
SA
87.45
56
Craig McMillan
NZ
90.00
57
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
90.14
58
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
91.65
59
Dodda Ganesh
IND
91.80
60
Devon Malcolm
ENG
93.00
61
Bryan Strang
ZIM
94.80
62
Patterson Thompson
WI
96.00
62
Mark Waugh
AUS
96.00
63
Anil Kumble
IND
96.97
64
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
96.97
65
Cameron Cuffy
WI
99.00
66
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
99.30
67
Alan Mullally
ENG
106.00
68
Debasis Mohanty
IND
107.10
69
Paul Strang
ZIM
108.86
70
Shahid Nazir
PAK
111.00
71
Nathan Astle
NZ
111.90
72
Carl Hooper
WI
113.74
73
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
114.67
74
Geoff Allott
NZ
114.77
75
Heath Streak
ZIM
118.00
76
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
120.00
76
Dipak Patel
NZ
120.00
77
Brian McMillan
SA
127.70
78
Greg Blewett
AUS
144.90
79
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
150.00
79
Phil Simmons
WI
150.00
80
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
180.00
81
Justin Vaughan
NZ
216.00
82
Andy Bichel
AUS
223.80
83
Jayantha Silva
SL
240.00
84
Chris Harris
NZ
372.00
85
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
420.00
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