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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.
ODI
1998
123 entries
1
21.00
Keith Arthurton
WI
0.11 clear of Saleem Malik
2
21.11
Saleem Malik
PAK
0.11 off the lead
3
21.83
Roger Telemachus
SA
0.83 off the lead
● LEADS
Keith Arthurton
WI
21.00 · 0.11 better than Malik
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
27.81
The mark at number ten — 113 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
8 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
123 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Keith Arthurton
WI
21.00
2
Saleem Malik
PAK
21.11
3
Roger Telemachus
SA
21.83
4
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
22.06
5
Allan Donald
SA
23.33
6
Steve Elworthy
SA
25.25
7
Harvinder Singh
IND
26.18
8
Upul Chandana
SL
26.81
9
Darren Gough
ENG
27.69
10
Ajit Agarkar
IND
27.81
11
Glenn McGrath
AUS
28.00
12
Javagal Srinath
IND
28.35
13
Jacques Kallis
SA
28.95
14
Mervyn Dillon
WI
29.22
15
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
29.74
16
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
29.94
17
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
31.04
18
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
31.84
19
Phil Simmons
WI
32.09
20
Damien Fleming
AUS
32.52
21
Henry Olonga
ZIM
33.00
22
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
33.14
23
Arshad Khan
PAK
33.80
24
Suresh Perera
SL
34.13
25
Brendon Julian
AUS
34.29
26
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
36.00
27
Craig McMillan
NZ
36.15
28
Grant Flower
ZIM
37.40
29
Derek Crookes
SA
38.00
30
Anil Kumble
IND
38.11
31
Harbhajan Singh
IND
38.33
32
Darren Lehmann
AUS
38.40
33
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
39.00
33
Wasim Akram
PAK
39.00
34
Aravinda de Silva
SL
39.43
35
Hansie Cronje
SA
39.56
36
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
39.62
37
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
39.93
38
Sunil Joshi
IND
40.00
38
Enamul Haque
BAN
40.00
38
Mike Rindel
SA
40.00
39
Paul Strang
ZIM
40.09
40
Nixon McLean
WI
40.50
40
Alan Mullally
ENG
40.50
41
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
40.67
42
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
40.75
43
Steve Tikolo
KEN
41.33
44
Adam Hollioake
ENG
41.50
44
Simon Doull
NZ
41.50
45
Matthew Fleming
ENG
41.75
46
Aamer Sohail
PAK
41.82
47
Aaqib Javed
PAK
41.92
48
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
42.00
49
Shaun Pollock
SA
42.75
50
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
43.20
51
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
43.63
52
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
43.75
53
Chaminda Vaas
SL
43.77
54
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
44.00
54
Paul Reiffel
AUS
44.00
55
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
44.09
56
Guy Whittall
ZIM
44.25
57
Dougie Brown
ENG
45.00
58
Heath Streak
ZIM
45.63
59
Michael Bevan
AUS
45.86
60
Mark Ealham
ENG
46.00
60
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
46.00
61
Steve Waugh
AUS
46.54
62
Dion Nash
NZ
46.80
62
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
46.80
63
Chris Cairns
NZ
46.95
64
Robert Croft
ENG
48.00
64
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
48.00
65
Lance Klusener
SA
48.71
66
Brian McMillan
SA
49.00
67
Waqar Younis
PAK
49.20
68
Rahul Sanghvi
IND
49.80
69
Paul Wilson
AUS
50.20
70
Ian Harvey
AUS
50.40
71
Rawl Lewis
WI
50.57
72
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
50.67
73
Shane Warne
AUS
52.76
74
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
53.53
75
Tom Moody
AUS
53.73
76
Angus Fraser
ENG
54.00
77
Pat Symcox
SA
54.35
78
Daniel Vettori
NZ
55.33
79
Craig Evans
ZIM
55.43
80
Adam Dale
AUS
55.50
81
Carl Hooper
WI
56.57
82
Gavin Robertson
AUS
56.63
83
Chris Harris
NZ
57.00
84
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
60.00
84
Courtney Walsh
WI
60.00
84
Nicky Boje
SA
60.00
85
Nikhil Chopra
IND
61.20
86
Mark Priest
NZ
61.25
87
Andy Bichel
AUS
61.50
88
Martin Suji
KEN
64.00
89
Debasis Mohanty
IND
65.00
89
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
65.00
90
Mark Waugh
AUS
67.20
91
Andy Whittall
ZIM
67.44
92
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
68.67
93
Morshed Ali Khan
BAN
69.00
94
Sourav Ganguly
IND
71.00
95
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
72.00
96
Shahid Afridi
GER
73.67
97
Ian Austin
ENG
75.00
98
Robin Singh
IND
76.30
99
Nathan Astle
NZ
76.50
100
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
77.33
101
Neil Johnson
ZIM
83.40
102
Aasif Karim
KEN
84.00
103
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
90.00
104
Peter Martin
ENG
105.00
105
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
106.80
106
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
114.00
107
Naimur Rahman
BAN
120.00
108
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
162.00
109
John Rennie
ZIM
179.50
110
Brad Young
AUS
234.00
111
Adam Huckle
ZIM
420.00
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