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Most Fours in 1997: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most fours in 1997 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
TEST
1997
173 entries
1
149
Aravinda de Silva
SL
9 clear of Sanath Jayasuriya
2
140
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
9 off the lead
3
131
Greg Blewett
AUS
18 off the lead
● LEADS
Aravinda de Silva
SL
149 · 9 ahead of Jayasuriya
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most fours
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
93
The mark at number ten — 163 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most Fours — full list
173 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Aravinda de Silva
SL
149
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
140
3
Greg Blewett
AUS
131
3
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
131
4
Matthew Elliott
AUS
128
5
Sourav Ganguly
IND
117
6
Brian Lara
WI
115
7
Steve Waugh
AUS
114
8
Rahul Dravid
IND
112
9
Graham Thorpe
ENG
94
10
Mark Waugh
AUS
93
11
Navjot Sidhu
IND
88
12
Carl Hooper
WI
87
13
Nasser Hussain
ENG
77
14
Roshan Mahanama
SL
76
14
Bryan Young
NZ
76
15
Mark Taylor
AUS
74
16
Stephen Fleming
NZ
73
17
Alec Stewart
ENG
71
17
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
71
18
Sherwin Campbell
WI
68
18
Gary Kirsten
SA
68
19
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
67
20
Mike Atherton
ENG
66
20
Ian Healy
AUS
66
21
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
65
22
Marvan Atapattu
SL
64
23
Stuart Williams
WI
63
24
Chris Cairns
NZ
61
24
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
61
25
Nathan Astle
NZ
59
25
Daryll Cullinan
SA
59
26
Ricky Ponting
AUS
55
27
Adam Parore
NZ
54
28
Hansie Cronje
SA
52
28
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
52
29
Paul Reiffel
AUS
51
30
Adam Bacher
SA
49
31
Aamer Sohail
PAK
46
32
Blair Pocock
NZ
45
33
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
44
34
Lance Klusener
SA
43
35
Shaun Pollock
SA
42
35
Grant Flower
ZIM
42
35
Brian McMillan
SA
42
36
John Crawley
ENG
41
37
Michael Bevan
AUS
39
38
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
38
38
Shane Warne
AUS
38
39
Matt Horne
NZ
36
40
Roland Holder
WI
34
41
Saleem Malik
PAK
33
42
Mark Butcher
ENG
32
42
Moin Khan
PAK
32
43
Nayan Mongia
IND
31
43
Guy Whittall
ZIM
31
44
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
28
44
Matthew Hayden
AUS
28
45
David Richardson
SA
27
46
Ali Naqvi
PAK
26
46
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
26
47
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
24
47
Pat Symcox
SA
24
48
Daniel Vettori
NZ
22
49
Anil Kumble
IND
21
50
Craig Spearman
NZ
20
50
VVS Laxman
IND
20
51
Craig McMillan
NZ
19
51
Saeed Anwar
PAK
19
51
Jacques Kallis
SA
19
52
Robert Samuels
WI
18
52
Chris Harris
NZ
18
52
Chaminda Vaas
SL
18
53
Ajay Jadeja
IND
16
54
Simon Doull
NZ
15
54
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
15
55
Andrew Hudson
SA
14
55
Robert Croft
ENG
14
55
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
14
55
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
14
56
Ian Bishop
WI
13
56
Dominic Cork
ENG
13
56
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
13
57
Russel Arnold
SL
12
57
David Williams
WI
12
58
Junior Murray
WI
11
58
Waqar Younis
PAK
11
58
Mark Ealham
ENG
11
59
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
10
59
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
10
59
Mohammad Wasim
PAK
10
59
Allan Donald
SA
10
60
Dipak Patel
NZ
9
60
Javagal Srinath
IND
9
60
Ramiz Raja
PAK
9
60
Courtney Browne
WI
9
60
Andy Caddick
ENG
9
60
Dave Houghton
ZIM
9
61
Andy Flower
ZIM
8
61
Franklyn Rose
WI
8
61
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
8
62
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
7
62
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
7
62
Paul Strang
ZIM
7
63
Adam Hollioake
ENG
6
63
Darren Gough
ENG
6
63
Sunil Joshi
IND
6
63
Floyd Reifer
WI
6
63
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
6
63
Nick Knight
ENG
6
63
Jonty Rhodes
SA
6
63
Jason Gillespie
AUS
6
63
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
6
63
Vikram Rathour
IND
6
64
Dean Headley
ENG
5
64
Ben Hollioake
ENG
5
64
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
5
65
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
4
65
Mohammad Ramzan
PAK
4
65
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4
65
Phil Tufnell
ENG
4
65
Andy Bichel
AUS
4
65
Lee Germon
NZ
4
66
Roger Twose
NZ
3
66
Lanka de Silva
SL
3
66
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3
66
Devon Malcolm
ENG
3
66
Courtney Walsh
WI
3
66
Adrian Griffith
WI
3
66
Jimmy Adams
WI
3
66
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3
66
Paul Adams
SA
3
67
John Rennie
ZIM
2
67
Heath Streak
ZIM
2
67
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2
67
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
2
67
Woorkeri Raman
IND
2
67
Wasim Akram
PAK
2
67
Saleem Elahi
PAK
2
67
Patterson Thompson
WI
2
67
Alan Mullally
ENG
2
67
Justin Langer
AUS
2
67
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
2
68
Geoff Allott
NZ
1
68
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
1
68
Heath Davis
NZ
1
68
Dodda Ganesh
IND
1
68
Shaun Young
AUS
1
68
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
1
68
Peter Martin
ENG
1
68
Rawl Lewis
WI
1
68
Mike Smith
SCO
1
68
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
1
68
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
1
68
Mark Boucher
SA
1
69
Adam Huckle
ZIM
0
69
Arshad Khan
PAK
0
69
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
0
69
Philo Wallace
WI
0
69
Craig White
ENG
0
69
Cameron Cuffy
WI
0
69
Phil Simmons
WI
0
69
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
0
69
Sanjeeva Ranatunga
SL
0
69
Simon Cook
AUS
0
69
Abey Kuruvilla
IND
0
69
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
0
69
Debasis Mohanty
IND
0
69
Justin Vaughan
NZ
0
69
Danny Morrison
NZ
0
69
Jayantha Silva
SL
0
69
David Sewell
NZ
0
69
Brett Schultz
SA
0
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