Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1998 Performances & Rankings

Explore 1998 cricket statistics including top run scorers, wicket takers, best batting and bowling performances. Year-wise player & team rankings.

Total Matches

All time

158

Test

ODI

111

T20I

Total Runs

All time

99397

Test

50652

ODI

48745

Total Wickets

All time

2385

Test

827

ODI

1558

Total Sixes

All time

689

Test

206

ODI

483

Total Fours

All time

8388

Test

4726

ODI

3662

Total Fifties

All time

421

Test

187

ODI

234

T20I

Total Centuries

All time

116

Test

ODI

T20I

Most Runs (All time)
Sachin TENDULKAR 2541
Mark WAUGH AUS		1791
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1738
Steve WAUGH AUS		1734
Hansie CRONJE SA		1731
Saeed ANWAR PAK		1649
Jacques KALLIS SA		1597
Sourav GANGULY IND		1595
Ricky PONTING AUS		1548
Murray GOODWIN ZIM		1526

Most Runs (Test)
Alec STEWART 1213
Steve WAUGH AUS		1148
Mark TAYLOR AUS		1112
Hansie CRONJE SA		1040
Mark WAUGH AUS		1034
Mark RAMPRAKASH ENG		961
Nasser HUSSAIN ENG		954
Gary KIRSTEN SA		945
Saeed ANWAR PAK		818
Murray GOODWIN ZIM		804

Most Runs (ODI)
Sachin TENDULKAR 1894
Sourav GANGULY IND		1328
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1268
Ricky PONTING AUS		1166
Ajay JADEJA IND		1004
Michael BEVAN AUS		959
Grant FLOWER ZIM		928
Nathan ASTLE NZ		891
Saeed ANWAR PAK		831
Jacques KALLIS SA		812

Most Balls Faced (All time)
Mark WAUGH 3196
Steve WAUGH AUS		3172
Jacques KALLIS SA		3070
Gary KIRSTEN SA		3057
Hansie CRONJE SA		3024
Mark RAMPRAKASH ENG		2946
Nasser HUSSAIN ENG		2897
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		2712
Alec STEWART ENG		2700
Grant FLOWER ZIM		2599

Most Balls Faced (Test)
Mark RAMPRAKASH 2821
Nasser HUSSAIN ENG		2737
Alec STEWART ENG		2573
Mark TAYLOR AUS		2475
Steve WAUGH AUS		2469
Mike ATHERTON ENG		2354
Gary KIRSTEN SA		2318
Hansie CRONJE SA		2220
Mark WAUGH AUS		2198
Jacques KALLIS SA		1974

Most Balls Faced (ODI)
Sourav GANGULY 1903
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		1854
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		1656
Ricky PONTING AUS		1516
Ajay JADEJA IND		1392
Grant FLOWER ZIM		1317
Nathan ASTLE NZ		1279
Michael BEVAN AUS		1174
Alistair CAMPBELL ZIM		1168
Jacques KALLIS SA		1096

Highest Score (All time)
Mark TAYLOR 334
Marvan ATAPATTU SL	223
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL	213
Gary KIRSTEN SA	210
Mohammad WASIM PAK	192
Justin LANGER AUS	179
Sachin TENDULKAR IND	177
Stephen FLEMING NZ	174
Mahela JAYAWARDENE SL	167
Murray GOODWIN ZIM	166

Highest Score (Test)
Mark TAYLOR 334
Marvan ATAPATTU SL	223
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL	213
Gary KIRSTEN SA	210
Mohammad WASIM PAK	192
Justin LANGER AUS	179
Sachin TENDULKAR IND	177
Stephen FLEMING NZ	174
Mahela JAYAWARDENE SL	167
Murray GOODWIN ZIM	166

Highest Score (ODI)
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN 153
Ricky PONTING AUS		145
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		143
Saeed ANWAR PAK		140
Marvan ATAPATTU SL		132
Sourav GANGULY IND		124
Nick KNIGHT ENG		122
Clayton LAMBERT WI		119
Ajay JADEJA IND		116

Best Strike Rate (All time)
Shariful HAQUE 166.67
Brendon JULIAN AUS		131.82
Nicky BOJE SA		121.74
Mervyn DILLON WI		121.05
Tony SUJI KEN		120.00
Ali BROWN ENG		111.34
Matthew FLEMING ENG		103.19
Mohammad HUSSAIN PAK		101.68
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		101.38
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		100.00

Best Strike Rate (Test)
Mervyn DILLON 138.46
Steve ELWORTHY SA		81.69
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		75.41
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		72.73
Neil JOHNSON ZIM		72.41
Franklyn ROSE WI		71.43
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		68.87
Craig MCMILLAN NZ		67.22
Pat SYMCOX SA		67.09
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		63.14

Best Strike Rate (ODI)
Nixon MCLEAN 175.00
Shariful HAQUE BAN		166.67
Brendon JULIAN AUS		131.82
Paul ADAMS SA		125.00
Nicky BOJE SA		121.74
Tony SUJI KEN		120.00
Mohammad HUSSAIN PAK		115.73
Ali BROWN ENG		111.34
Paul REIFFEL AUS		106.25
Shane WARNE AUS		104.69

Most sixes (All time)
Sachin TENDULKAR 51
Hansie CRONJE SA		31
Nathan ASTLE NZ		21
Craig MCMILLAN NZ		20
Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK		16
Sourav GANGULY IND		15
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		14

Most sixes (Test)
Hansie CRONJE 16
Craig MCMILLAN NZ		13
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		11
Navjot SIDHU IND		9
Michael SLATER AUS		8
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		7
Jonty RHODES SA		6

Most sixes (ODI)
Sachin TENDULKAR 40
Nathan ASTLE NZ		18
Hansie CRONJE SA		15
Shahid AFRIDI PAK		14
Sourav GANGULY IND		13
Ijaz AHMED PAK		11
Saeed ANWAR PAK		10

Best Averages (All time)
Derek CROOKES 53 / 1

Best Averages (Test)
Justin LANGER 620 / 11

Best Averages (ODI)
Brian LARA 386 / 7

Most 50s (All time)
Hansie CRONJE 15
Arjuna RANATUNGA SL		11
Murray GOODWIN ZIM		10
Ricky PONTING AUS		9
Mark WAUGH AUS		8

Most 50s (Test)
Hansie CRONJE 9
Mark RAMPRAKASH ENG		7
Murray GOODWIN ZIM		6
Gary KIRSTEN SA		5
Jacques KALLIS SA		4

Most 50s (ODI)
Michael BEVAN 8
Saeed ANWAR PAK		7
Hansie CRONJE SA		6

Most 100s (All time)
Sachin TENDULKAR 10
Ijaz AHMED PAK		5
Mohammad AZHARUDDIN IND		4
Michael SLATER AUS		3

Most 100s (Test)
Steve WAUGH 4
Saeed ANWAR PAK		3
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		2

Most 100s (ODI)
Sachin TENDULKAR 7
Sourav GANGULY IND		4
Ijaz AHMED PAK		3
Stephen FLEMING NZ		2
Nathan ASTLE NZ		1

Most Not Outs (All time)
Ajay JADEJA 13
Heath STREAK ZIM		12
Paul STRANG ZIM		9
Andy WHITTALL ZIM		8
Mark WAUGH AUS		7

Most Not Outs (Test)
Courtney WALSH 8
Mark WAUGH AUS		6
Gary KIRSTEN SA		5
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		4

Most Not Outs (ODI)
Ajay JADEJA 13
Heath STREAK ZIM		10
Michael BEVAN AUS		8
Paul STRANG ZIM		7
Chris HARRIS NZ		6

Most Wickets (All time)
Allan DONALD 99
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL	97
Shaun POLLOCK SA	86
Anil KUMBLE IND	73
Angus FRASER ENG	62
Ajit AGARKAR IND	60
Heath STREAK ZIM	56
Javagal SRINATH IND	52
Darren GOUGH ENG	49
Waqar YOUNIS PAK	47

Most Wickets (Test)
Allan DONALD 72
Shaun POLLOCK SA		69
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		65
Angus FRASER ENG		58
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		42
Courtney WALSH WI		38
Waqar YOUNIS PAK		37
Anil KUMBLE IND		36
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		35

Most Wickets (ODI)
Ajit AGARKAR 58
Anil KUMBLE IND		37
Javagal SRINATH IND		35
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		32
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		30
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		29
Allan DONALD SA		27
Heath STREAK ZIM		24
Sachin TENDULKAR IND		23

Best Bowling Fig (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 9/23
Angus FRASER ENG		8/10
Shaun POLLOCK SA		7/9
Franklyn ROSE WI		7/14
Simon DOULL NZ		7/15
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		6/3
Dominic CORK ENG		6/3
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		6/8
Anil KUMBLE IND		6/11
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		6/12

Best Bowling Fig (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 9/23
Angus FRASER ENG		8/10
Shaun POLLOCK SA		7/9
Franklyn ROSE WI		7/14
Simon DOULL NZ		7/15
Dominic CORK ENG		6/3
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		6/3
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		6/8
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		6/12
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		6/13

Best Bowling Fig (ODI)
Sachin TENDULKAR 5/4
Jacques KALLIS SA		5/8
Chris CAIRNS NZ		5/10
Javagal SRINATH IND		5/20
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		5/23
Lance KLUSENER SA		5/25
Aravinda DE SILVA SL		4/10
Allan DONALD SA		4/12
Steve WAUGH AUS		4/14
Dion NASH NZ		4/14

Worst Bowling Fig (All time)
Stuart MACGILL 5/169
Gavin ROBERTSON AUS		4/163
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		9/155
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		6/153
Shane WARNE AUS		6/147
Arshad KHAN PAK		3/141
Darren GOUGH ENG		6/135
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		6/131
Dominic CORK ENG		6/128
Michael KASPROWICZ AUS		5/125

Worst Bowling Fig (Test)
Stuart MACGILL 5/169
Gavin ROBERTSON AUS		4/163
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		9/155
Mushtaq AHMED PAK		6/153
Shane WARNE AUS		6/147
Arshad KHAN PAK		3/141
Darren GOUGH ENG		6/135
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		6/131
Dominic CORK ENG		6/128
Michael KASPROWICZ AUS		5/125

Worst Bowling Fig (ODI)
Waqar YOUNIS 2/86
Brendon JULIAN AUS		3/75
Harvinder SINGH IND		3/74
Pommie MBANGWA ZIM		2/72
Michael KASPROWICZ AUS		3/71
Arshad KHAN PAK		3/70
Steve ELWORTHY SA		3/70
Guy WHITTALL ZIM		2/70
Kumar DHARMASENA SL		3/69
Dean HEADLEY ENG		2/68

Most Dots (All time)
Michael KASPROWICZ 37
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		35
Damien FLEMING AUS		33
Anil KUMBLE IND		28
Hrishikesh KANITKAR IND		22
Tom MOODY AUS		20
Ajit AGARKAR IND		19
Steve WAUGH AUS		13

Most Dots (Test)
Harbhajan SINGH 0

Most Dots (ODI)
Michael KASPROWICZ 37
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		35
Damien FLEMING AUS		33
Anil KUMBLE IND		28
Hrishikesh KANITKAR IND		22
Tom MOODY AUS		20
Ajit AGARKAR IND		19
Steve WAUGH AUS		13

Allan DONALD SA		18.90
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		17.47
Fazl-e-Akbar PAK		17.00
Dinanath RAMNARINE WI		16.44
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		15.86
Fanie DE VILLIERS SA		15.40
Khaled MAHMUD BAN		15.00
Keith ARTHURTON WI		14.67
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		14.50

Hansie CRONJE SA		16.88
Dinanath RAMNARINE WI		16.44
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		16.38
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		15.86
Fanie DE VILLIERS SA		15.40
Simon DOULL NZ		14.47
Dirk VILJOEN ZIM		14.00
Dion NASH NZ		13.10
Fazl-e-Akbar PAK		10.67

Glenn MCGRATH AUS		21.17
Darren GOUGH ENG		21.08
Athar ALI KHAN BAN		20.67
Carl TUCKETT WI		20.50
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		15.93
Allan DONALD SA		15.41
Khaled MAHMUD BAN		15.00
Keith ARTHURTON WI		14.67
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		14.50

Best Economy (All time)
Jimmy ADAMS 1.27
Dinanath RAMNARINE WI		1.63
Jayantha SILVA SL		2.04
Phil TUFNELL ENG		2.06
Venkatapathy RAJU IND		2.29
Mark BUTCHER ENG		2.30
Don ANURASIRI SL		2.30
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		2.39
Peter SUCH ENG		2.46
Alan MULLALLY ENG		2.46

Best Economy (Test)
VVS LAXMAN 1.00
Graeme HICK ENG		1.00
Daryll CULLINAN SA		1.00
Clayton LAMBERT WI		1.00
Jimmy ADAMS WI		1.27
Dinanath RAMNARINE WI		1.63
Dion NASH NZ		1.85
Nathan ASTLE NZ		1.95
Paul REIFFEL AUS		2.02
Jayantha SILVA SL		2.04

Best Economy (ODI)
Angus FRASER 3.14
Alan MULLALLY ENG		3.33
Ruwan KALPAGE SL		3.40
Reon KING WI		3.40
Nikhil CHOPRA IND		3.63
Paras MHAMBREY IND		3.67
Morshed ALI KHAN BAN		3.70
Martin SUJI KEN		3.78
Khaled MAHMUD BAN		3.83
Shahid AFRIDI GER		3.94
Shahid AFRIDI GER		3.94

Alex TAIT NZ		27.00
Upul CHANDANA SL		26.71
Geoff ALLOTT NZ		25.50
Carl TUCKETT WI		24.00
Khaled MAHMUD BAN		23.49
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		21.70
Keith ARTHURTON WI		21.00
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		19.03

Waqar YOUNIS PAK		38.66
Simon DOULL NZ		38.08
Matthew NICHOLSON AUS		37.50
Henry OLONGA ZIM		35.60
Fanie DE VILLIERS SA		34.80
Alex TUDOR ENG		30.24
Fazl-e-Akbar PAK		26.00
Dirk VILJOEN ZIM		19.80
Jason GILLESPIE AUS		19.03

Geoff ALLOTT NZ		25.50
Steve ELWORTHY SA		25.15
Carl TUCKETT WI		24.00
Khaled MAHMUD BAN		23.49
Allan DONALD SA		23.24
Roger TELEMACHUS SA		21.70
Saqlain MUSHTAQ PAK		21.46
Keith ARTHURTON WI		21.00

Most Runs Conceed (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 1962
Shaun POLLOCK SA		1954
Allan DONALD SA		1871
Heath STREAK ZIM		1768
Anil KUMBLE IND		1628
Ajit AGARKAR IND		1478
Angus FRASER ENG		1440
Shane WARNE AUS		1430
Darren GOUGH ENG		1339
Azhar MAHMOOD PAK		1305

Most Runs Conceed (Test)
Allan DONALD 1455
Shaun POLLOCK SA		1411
Angus FRASER ENG		1327
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		1232
Darren GOUGH ENG		1065
Dean HEADLEY ENG		936
Stuart MACGILL AUS		917
Courtney WALSH WI		894
Dominic CORK ENG		869
Heath STREAK ZIM		854

Most Runs Conceed (ODI)
Ajit AGARKAR 1378
Anil KUMBLE IND		930
Heath STREAK ZIM		914
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		892
Sanath JAYASURIYA SL		806
Andy WHITTALL ZIM		781
Javagal SRINATH IND		775
Chris HARRIS NZ		733
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		730

Most Maiden Overs (Test)
Shaun POLLOCK 165
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		155
Allan DONALD SA		118
Angus FRASER ENG		116
Jacques KALLIS SA		99
Courtney WALSH WI		90
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		87
Pommie MBANGWA ZIM		84
Anil KUMBLE IND		81

Most Maiden Overs (ODI)
Anil KUMBLE 16
Ajit AGARKAR IND		13
Venkatesh PRASAD IND		11
Shaun POLLOCK SA		10
Damien FLEMING AUS		9
Andy WHITTALL ZIM		8
Simon DOULL NZ		7

Five Wicket haul (All time)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 9
Shaun POLLOCK SA		6
Angus FRASER ENG		5
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		3
Darren GOUGH ENG		2

Five Wicket haul (Test)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 7
Shaun POLLOCK SA		6
Angus FRASER ENG		5
Sir CURTLY AMBROSE WI		3
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		2

Five Wicket haul (ODI)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN 2
Lance KLUSENER SA		1

Series updates of 1998

Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series

07 Jan-14 Jan 1998

2-0 (2)
Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe in New Zealand Test Series

19 Feb-26 Feb 1998

2-0 (2)
New Zealand

Pakistan in South Africa Test Series

14 Feb-06 Mar 1998

1-1 (3)
drawn

The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies)

29 Jan-20 Mar 1998

3-1 (6)
West Indies

Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series

14 Mar-21 Mar 1998

1-0 (2)
Pakistan

Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India)

06 Mar-25 Mar 1998

2-1 (3)
India

Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series

19 Mar-27 Mar 1998

2-0 (2)
South Africa

New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series

27 May-10 Jun 1998

2-1 (3)
Sri Lanka

South Africa in England Test Series

04 Jun-06 Aug 1998

2-1 (5)
England

Sri Lanka in England Test Match

27 Aug-27 Aug 1998

1-0 (1)
Sri Lanka

India in Zimbabwe Test Match

07 Oct-07 Oct 1998

1-0 (1)
Zimbabwe

Australia in Pakistan Test Series

01 Oct-22 Oct 1998

1-0 (3)
Australia

Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series

27 Nov-17 Dec 1998

1-0 (3)
Zimbabwe

The Ashes (England in Australia)

20 Nov-02 Jan 1999

3-1 (5)
Australia

India in New Zealand Test Series

18 Dec-02 Jan 1999

1-0 (2)
New Zealand

West Indies in South Africa Test Series

26 Nov-15 Jan 1999

5-0 (5)
South Africa

Silver Jubilee Independence Cup (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan in Bangladesh)

10 Jan-18 Jan 1998

-
India

Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka ODI Series

22 Jan-26 Jan 1998

3-0 (3)
Sri Lanka

Australia in New Zealand ODI Series

08 Feb-14 Feb 1998

2-2 (4)
drawn

Zimbabwe in New Zealand ODI Series

04 Feb-08 Mar 1998

4-1 (5)
New Zealand

Pakistan in Zimbabwe ODI Series

28 Mar-29 Mar 1998

2-0 (2)
Pakistan

England in West Indies ODI Series

29 Mar-08 Apr 1998

4-1 (5)
West Indies

Pepsi Triangular Series (Australia, India, Zimbabwe in India)

01 Apr-14 Apr 1998

-
Australia

Standard Bank International One-Day Series (Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka in South Africa)

03 Apr-23 Apr 1998

-
South Africa

Coca-Cola Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand in United Arab Emirates)

17 Apr-24 Apr 1998

-
India

Texaco Trophy (South Africa in England)

21 May-24 May 1998

2-1 (3)
South Africa

Coca-Cola Triangular Series (Bangladesh, India, Kenya in India)

14 May-31 May 1998

-
India

Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka)

19 Jun-07 Jul 1998

-
India

Emirates Triangular Tournament (England, South Africa, Sri Lanka in England)

14 Aug-20 Aug 1998

-
Sri Lanka

India in Zimbabwe ODI Series

26 Sep-30 Sep 1998

2-1 (3)
India

Wills International Cup (in Bangladesh)

24 Oct-01 Nov 1998

-
South Africa

Australia in Pakistan ODI Series

06 Nov-10 Nov 1998

3-0 (3)
Australia

Coca-Cola Champions Trophy (India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe in United Arab Emirates)

06 Nov-13 Nov 1998

-
India

Zimbabwe in Pakistan ODI Series

20 Nov-24 Nov 1998

2-1 (3)
Pakistan

Sahara 'Friendship' Cup (India, Pakistan in Canada)

12 Sep-20 Sep 1998

4-1 (5)
Pakistan

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Most Maiden Overs (All time)
Shaun POLLOCK 175
Muttiah MURALITHARAN SL		160
Allan DONALD SA		123
Angus FRASER ENG		122
Jacques KALLIS SA		101
Anil KUMBLE IND		97
Courtney WALSH WI		91
Glenn MCGRATH AUS		89
Pommie MBANGWA ZIM		87
Heath STREAK ZIM		82

Top Cricket Stats and Records â€“ 1998 Performances & Rankings

2541

1791

1738

1734

1731

1649

1597

1595

1548

1526

1213

1148

1112

1040

1034

961

954

945

818

804

1894

1328

1268

1166

1004

959

928

891

831

812

3196

3172

3070

3057

3024

2946

2897

2712

2700

2599

2821

2737

2573

2475

2469

2354

2318

2220

2198

1974

1903

1854

1656

1516

1392

1317

1279

1174

1168

1096

334

223

213

210

192

179

177

174

167

166

334

223

213

210

192

179

177

174

167