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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
156 entries
1
19.14
Jason Gillespie
AUS
1.86 clear of Keith Arthurton
2
21.00
Keith Arthurton
WI
1.86 off the lead
3
21.83
Roger Telemachus
SA
2.69 off the lead
● LEADS
Jason Gillespie
AUS
19.14 · 1.86 better than Arthurton
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
32.77
The mark at number ten — 146 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
156 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jason Gillespie
AUS
19.14
2
Keith Arthurton
WI
21.00
3
Roger Telemachus
SA
21.83
4
Upul Chandana
SL
26.81
5
Ajit Agarkar
IND
30.28
6
Alex Tudor
ENG
30.40
7
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
31.88
8
Phil Simmons
WI
32.09
9
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
32.56
10
Harvinder Singh
IND
32.77
11
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
33.14
12
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
34.09
13
Brendon Julian
AUS
34.29
14
Henry Olonga
ZIM
35.05
15
Fanie de Villiers
SA
35.20
16
Allan Donald
SA
36.09
17
Javagal Srinath
IND
37.15
18
Matthew Nicholson
AUS
37.50
19
Steve Elworthy
SA
37.62
20
Grant Flower
ZIM
38.00
20
Derek Crookes
SA
38.00
21
Mervyn Dillon
WI
38.30
22
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
39.00
23
Sunil Joshi
IND
40.00
23
Enamul Haque
BAN
40.00
23
Mike Rindel
SA
40.00
24
Simon Doull
NZ
40.69
25
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
40.75
26
Waqar Younis
PAK
41.02
27
Steve Tikolo
KEN
41.33
28
Matthew Fleming
ENG
41.75
29
Saleem Malik
PAK
41.78
30
Darren Lehmann
AUS
42.00
30
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
42.00
31
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
42.60
32
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
43.21
33
Hansie Cronje
SA
43.54
34
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
43.63
35
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
43.75
36
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
43.93
37
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
44.00
38
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
44.18
39
Dougie Brown
ENG
45.00
40
Anil Kumble
IND
45.07
41
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
45.10
42
Dion Nash
NZ
45.46
43
Craig McMillan
NZ
45.60
44
Damien Fleming
AUS
46.00
45
Adam Hollioake
ENG
46.50
46
Franklyn Rose
WI
47.33
47
Darren Gough
ENG
47.80
48
Rahul Sanghvi
IND
49.80
49
Shaun Pollock
SA
49.97
50
Harbhajan Singh
IND
50.16
51
Glenn McGrath
AUS
50.27
52
Dean Headley
ENG
50.31
53
Ian Harvey
AUS
50.40
54
Angus Fraser
ENG
50.40
55
Chaminda Vaas
SL
51.38
56
Chris Cairns
NZ
51.70
57
David Terbrugge
SA
51.75
58
Paul Strang
ZIM
52.03
59
Heath Streak
ZIM
52.43
60
Stuart MacGill
AUS
52.91
61
Michael Bevan
AUS
53.00
62
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
53.53
63
Tom Moody
AUS
53.73
64
Wasim Akram
PAK
54.83
65
Andy Caddick
ENG
55.38
66
Aaqib Javed
PAK
55.58
67
Adam Dale
AUS
55.71
68
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
55.94
69
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
56.10
70
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
57.39
71
Paul Wilson
AUS
57.40
72
Craig Evans
ZIM
58.00
73
Mark Ealham
ENG
58.36
74
Steve Waugh
AUS
58.53
75
Lance Klusener
SA
59.29
76
Nicky Boje
SA
60.00
77
Jacques Kallis
SA
60.40
78
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
60.67
79
Shane Warne
AUS
61.12
80
Courtney Walsh
WI
61.18
81
Nikhil Chopra
IND
61.20
82
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
61.33
82
Jayantha Silva
SL
61.33
83
Ben Hollioake
ENG
61.50
84
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
61.81
85
Daniel Vettori
NZ
62.67
86
Sourav Ganguly
IND
63.40
87
Guy Whittall
ZIM
63.82
88
Martin Suji
KEN
64.00
89
Suresh Perera
SL
64.33
89
Gavin Robertson
AUS
64.33
90
Chris Harris
NZ
64.41
91
Aravinda de Silva
SL
64.43
92
Paul Wiseman
NZ
64.64
93
Nixon McLean
WI
64.71
94
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
65.00
94
Debasis Mohanty
IND
65.00
95
Shahid Afridi
GER
66.65
96
Dominic Cork
ENG
67.42
97
Makhaya Ntini
SA
67.67
98
Don Anurasiri
SL
69.00
98
Morshed Ali Khan
BAN
69.00
99
Alan Mullally
ENG
69.19
100
Paul Reiffel
AUS
69.33
101
Aamer Sohail
PAK
69.71
102
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
71.85
103
Ian Austin
ENG
75.00
104
Neil Johnson
ZIM
75.08
105
Arshad Khan
PAK
75.10
106
Pat Symcox
SA
75.35
107
Carl Hooper
WI
75.87
108
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
75.90
109
Colin Miller
AUS
77.14
110
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
77.68
111
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
79.35
112
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
80.00
113
Peter Such
ENG
80.40
114
Shakil Ahmed
PAK
81.25
115
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
81.45
116
Robin Singh
IND
82.30
117
Ashley Giles
ENG
82.50
118
Paul Adams
SA
82.74
119
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
83.00
120
Robert Croft
ENG
83.48
121
Aasif Karim
KEN
84.00
122
Mark Waugh
AUS
84.60
123
Nathan Astle
NZ
86.14
124
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
90.00
125
Mark Priest
NZ
91.67
126
Andy Whittall
ZIM
92.27
127
Rawl Lewis
WI
99.38
128
Ian Bishop
WI
100.00
129
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
104.33
130
Peter Martin
ENG
105.00
131
Brian McMillan
SA
105.43
132
Andy Bichel
AUS
108.00
133
Greg Blewett
AUS
111.00
134
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
113.14
135
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
114.00
136
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
115.00
137
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
120.00
137
Naimur Rahman
BAN
120.00
138
Kenny Benjamin
WI
126.00
139
Bryan Strang
ZIM
127.67
140
Adam Huckle
ZIM
128.20
141
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
136.00
142
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
162.00
143
John Rennie
ZIM
179.50
144
Phil Tufnell
ENG
182.43
145
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
210.00
146
Brad Young
AUS
234.00
147
Ian Salisbury
ENG
305.00
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