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Best Strike Rate in 1998: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best strike rate in 1998, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1998
179 entries
1
19.03
Jason Gillespie
AUS
1.97 clear of Keith Arthurton
2
21.00
Keith Arthurton
WI
1.97 off the lead
3
21.70
Roger Telemachus
SA
2.67 off the lead
● LEADS
Jason Gillespie
AUS
19.03 · 1.97 better than Arthurton
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Gillespie is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
30.24
The mark at number ten — 169 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
179 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jason Gillespie
AUS
19.03
2
Keith Arthurton
WI
21.00
3
Roger Telemachus
SA
21.70
4
Carl Tuckett
WI
24.00
4
Stuart Williams
ZIM
24.00
5
Geoff Allott
NZ
25.50
6
Upul Chandana
SL
26.71
7
Alex Tait
NZ
27.00
8
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
30.00
8
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
30.00
8
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
30.00
9
Ajit Agarkar
IND
30.21
10
Alex Tudor
ENG
30.24
11
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
31.58
12
Phil Simmons
WI
31.91
13
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
32.00
14
Damien Martyn
AUS
32.40
15
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
32.42
16
Harvinder Singh
IND
32.77
17
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
32.91
18
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
33.91
19
Brendon Julian
AUS
34.29
20
Fanie de Villiers
SA
34.80
21
Henry Olonga
ZIM
35.05
22
Allan Donald
SA
35.97
23
Sanjay Raul
IND
36.00
23
Paras Mhambrey
IND
36.00
23
Joseph Angara
KEN
36.00
24
Javagal Srinath
IND
37.04
25
Matthew Nicholson
AUS
37.50
26
Steve Elworthy
SA
37.52
27
Derek Crookes
SA
37.68
28
Grant Flower
ZIM
37.92
29
Mervyn Dillon
WI
38.10
30
Daryll Cullinan
SA
39.00
30
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
39.00
31
Enamul Haque
BAN
40.00
31
Sunil Joshi
IND
40.00
31
Mike Rindel
SA
40.00
32
Simon Doull
NZ
40.61
33
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
40.65
34
Waqar Younis
PAK
40.90
35
Steve Tikolo
KEN
41.20
36
Saleem Malik
PAK
41.33
37
Matthew Fleming
ENG
41.55
38
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
42.00
38
Darren Lehmann
AUS
42.00
39
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
42.36
40
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
43.09
41
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
43.27
42
Hansie Cronje
SA
43.32
43
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
43.65
44
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
43.80
45
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
44.00
46
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
44.18
47
Anil Kumble
IND
44.89
48
Dougie Brown
ENG
45.00
49
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
45.10
50
Dion Nash
NZ
45.46
51
Craig McMillan
NZ
45.48
52
Adam Hollioake
ENG
45.90
53
Damien Fleming
AUS
45.91
54
Franklyn Rose
WI
47.33
55
Darren Gough
ENG
47.68
56
Rahul Sanghvi
IND
49.80
56
Shaun Pollock
SA
49.80
57
Harbhajan Singh
IND
50.16
58
Glenn McGrath
AUS
50.18
59
Dean Headley
ENG
50.28
60
Angus Fraser
ENG
50.33
61
Ian Harvey
AUS
50.40
62
Chaminda Vaas
SL
51.29
63
Chris Cairns
NZ
51.48
64
David Terbrugge
SA
51.75
65
Paul Strang
ZIM
51.91
66
Heath Streak
ZIM
52.31
67
Michael Bevan
AUS
52.87
68
Stuart MacGill
AUS
52.87
69
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
53.44
70
Tom Moody
AUS
53.52
71
Alan Dawson
SA
54.00
72
Wasim Akram
PAK
54.73
73
Aaqib Javed
PAK
55.35
74
Andy Caddick
ENG
55.38
75
Adam Dale
AUS
55.71
76
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
55.84
77
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
56.03
78
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
57.18
79
Paul Wilson
AUS
57.24
80
Craig Evans
ZIM
57.77
81
Mark Ealham
ENG
58.15
82
Steve Waugh
AUS
58.41
83
Lance Klusener
SA
59.22
84
Nicky Boje
SA
60.00
84
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
60.00
84
Neil McGarrell
WI
60.00
85
Jacques Kallis
SA
60.35
86
Graeme Hick
ENG
60.60
87
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
60.67
88
Jayantha Silva
SL
60.80
89
Courtney Walsh
WI
61.00
90
Shane Warne
AUS
61.08
91
Nikhil Chopra
IND
61.20
92
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
61.33
93
Ben Hollioake
ENG
61.50
94
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
61.69
95
Daniel Vettori
NZ
62.65
96
Sourav Ganguly
IND
63.24
97
Guy Whittall
ZIM
63.56
98
Martin Suji
KEN
64.00
99
Aravinda de Silva
SL
64.03
100
Suresh Perera
SL
64.20
101
Gavin Robertson
AUS
64.20
102
Chris Harris
NZ
64.28
103
Paul Wiseman
NZ
64.50
104
Nixon McLean
WI
64.71
105
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
64.80
106
Debasis Mohanty
IND
65.00
107
Shahid Afridi
PAK
66.39
108
Dominic Cork
ENG
67.25
109
Makhaya Ntini
SA
67.40
110
Don Anurasiri
SL
69.00
110
Morshed Ali Khan
BAN
69.00
111
Alan Mullally
ENG
69.11
112
Paul Reiffel
AUS
69.33
113
Aamer Sohail
PAK
69.60
114
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
71.82
115
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
72.00
116
Ian Austin
ENG
74.60
117
Neil Johnson
ZIM
74.65
118
Arshad Khan
PAK
75.06
119
Pat Symcox
SA
75.26
120
Carl Hooper
WI
75.78
121
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
75.83
122
Colin Miller
AUS
77.14
123
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
77.62
124
Ricky Ponting
AUS
78.00
125
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
79.35
126
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
80.00
127
Peter Such
ENG
80.40
128
Shakil Ahmed
PAK
80.55
129
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
81.38
130
Robin Singh
IND
82.26
131
Ashley Giles
ENG
82.50
132
Paul Adams
SA
82.72
133
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
82.80
134
Robert Croft
ENG
83.46
135
Aasif Karim
KEN
84.00
136
Mark Waugh
AUS
84.60
137
Gary Brent
ZIM
85.20
138
Nathan Astle
NZ
85.97
139
Jimmy Adams
WI
90.00
139
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
90.00
140
Mark Priest
NZ
91.00
141
Andy Whittall
ZIM
92.24
142
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
96.00
143
Rawl Lewis
WI
98.92
144
Ian Bishop
WI
100.00
145
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
102.60
146
Peter Martin
ENG
105.00
147
Brian McMillan
SA
105.43
148
Andy Bichel
AUS
108.00
149
Chris Lewis
ENG
110.40
150
Greg Blewett
AUS
111.00
151
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
113.14
152
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
114.00
153
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
114.60
154
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
120.00
154
Naimur Rahman
BAN
120.00
155
Kenny Benjamin
WI
126.00
156
Bryan Strang
ZIM
127.00
157
Adam Huckle
ZIM
127.80
158
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
134.40
159
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
162.00
160
John Rennie
ZIM
178.50
161
Phil Tufnell
ENG
182.14
162
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
210.00
163
Brad Young
AUS
234.00
164
Ian Salisbury
ENG
303.00
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