Best Averages in 1998 for Test

Position	Best Averages	Player Name	Team Name
1	647 / 8	Sachin Tendulkar	India
2	1034 / 14	Mark Waugh	Australia
3	135 / 2	Dion Nash	New Zealand
4	470 / 7	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
5	906 / 14	Steve Waugh	Australia
6	686 / 11	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe
7	1112 / 18	Mark Taylor	Australia
8	484 / 8	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
9	804 / 14	Murray Goodwin	Zimbabwe
10	682 / 12	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
11	620 / 11	Justin Langer	Australia
12	496 / 9	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
13	818 / 15	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
14	381 / 7	Navjot Sidhu	India
15	961 / 18	Mark Ramprakash	England
16	471 / 9	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
17	413 / 8	Rahul Dravid	India
18	309 / 6	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
19	555 / 11	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
20	1040 / 21	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
21	1222 / 26	Alec Stewart	England
22	515 / 11	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
23	684 / 15	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
24	586 / 13	Jonty Rhodes	South Africa
25	945 / 21	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
26	570 / 13	Ian Healy	Australia
27	262 / 6	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan
28	608 / 14	Brian Lara	West Indies
29	511 / 12	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
30	954 / 23	Nasser Hussain	England
31	165 / 4	Brian McMillan	South Africa
32	448 / 11	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan
33	719 / 18	Michael Slater	Australia
34	116 / 3	VVS Laxman	India
35	231 / 6	Clayton Lambert	West Indies
36	380 / 10	Matt Horne	New Zealand
37	113 / 3	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
38	488 / 13	Graham Thorpe	England
39	375 / 10	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
40	446 / 12	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
41	291 / 8	Graeme Hick	England
42	684 / 19	Mark Butcher	England
43	250 / 7	Philo Wallace	West Indies
44	785 / 22	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
45	499 / 14	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
46	320 / 9	Pat Symcox	South Africa
47	802 / 23	Mike Atherton	England
48	415 / 12	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
49	103 / 3	Damien Fleming	Australia
50	408 / 12	Carl Hooper	West Indies
51	406 / 12	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka
52	267 / 8	Sourav Ganguly	India
53	196 / 6	Darren Lehmann	Australia
54	32 / 1	Naved Ashraf	Pakistan
55	126 / 4	Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe
56	157 / 5	Robert Croft	England
57	62 / 2	Ian Bishop	West Indies
58	91 / 3	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
59	593 / 20	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
60	382 / 13	Ricky Ponting	Australia
61	176 / 6	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
62	234 / 8	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
63	58 / 2	Steve Elworthy	South Africa
64	169 / 6	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
64	338 / 12	Gavin Rennie	Zimbabwe
65	56 / 2	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
65	140 / 5	Gavin Robertson	Australia
65	252 / 9	John Crawley	England
66	139 / 5	Nayan Mongia	India
67	55 / 2	Roland Holder	West Indies
68	434 / 16	Moin Khan	Pakistan
69	54 / 2	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
70	242 / 9	Adam Parore	New Zealand
71	160 / 6	Lance Klusener	South Africa
72	133 / 5	Ridley Jacobs	West Indies
73	156 / 6	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
74	233 / 9	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
75	127 / 5	Stuart MacGill	Australia
76	298 / 12	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
77	98 / 4	David Williams	West Indies
78	96 / 4	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
79	71 / 3	Steve James	England
80	140 / 6	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
81	278 / 12	Adam Bacher	South Africa
82	369 / 16	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
83	359 / 16	Mark Boucher	South Africa
84	290 / 13	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
85	153 / 7	Anil Kumble	India
86	87 / 4	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
87	231 / 11	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
87	147 / 7	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
88	188 / 9	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
89	62 / 3	Junior Murray	West Indies
90	121 / 6	Shane Warne	Australia
91	161 / 8	HD Ackerman	South Africa
92	160 / 8	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
93	138 / 7	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
94	135 / 7	Bryan Young	New Zealand
95	19 / 1	Dinanath Ramnarine	West Indies
96	113 / 6	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
97	74 / 4	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
98	36 / 2	Rashid Latif	Pakistan
98	90 / 5	Jack Russell	England
99	104 / 6	Gerhardus Liebenberg	South Africa
100	85 / 5	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka
100	17 / 1	Ashley Giles	England
100	17 / 1	Andrew Flintoff	England
101	33 / 2	Daren Ganga	West Indies
102	145 / 9	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
103	64 / 4	Javagal Srinath	India
103	32 / 2	Ajay Jadeja	India
104	123 / 8	Greg Blewett	Australia
105	46 / 3	Chris Harris	New Zealand
106	61 / 4	Ali Naqvi	Pakistan
107	15 / 1	Simon Doull	New Zealand
107	15 / 1	Venkatesh Prasad	India
108	44 / 3	Matthew Elliott	Australia
109	116 / 8	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
110	71 / 5	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
111	14 / 1	Ben Hollioake	England
111	14 / 1	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
112	27 / 2	Robin Singh	India
113	93 / 7	Nixon McLean	West Indies
114	53 / 4	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
115	79 / 6	Sherwin Campbell	West Indies
116	65 / 5	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
116	26 / 2	Craig Spearman	New Zealand
117	152 / 12	Dominic Cork	England
118	25 / 2	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
119	37 / 3	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
119	148 / 12	Allan Donald	South Africa
120	12 / 1	Michael Bevan	Australia
121	47 / 4	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
122	23 / 2	Paul Reiffel	Australia
123	11 / 1	Jason Gillespie	Australia
123	22 / 2	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
123	22 / 2	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
124	32 / 3	Paul Wiseman	New Zealand
125	21 / 2	David Richardson	South Africa
125	42 / 4	Glenn McGrath	Australia
125	21 / 2	Harbhajan Singh	India
126	52 / 5	Niroshan Bandaratilleke	Sri Lanka
127	20 / 2	Alan Mullally	England
127	30 / 3	Mark Priest	New Zealand
127	30 / 3	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
128	29 / 3	Ian Salisbury	England
129	18 / 2	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
129	18 / 2	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
129	9 / 1	Floyd Reifer	West Indies
130	123 / 14	Angus Fraser	England
131	79 / 9	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
132	17 / 2	Colin Miller	Australia
133	98 / 12	Darren Gough	England
134	89 / 11	Dean Headley	England
135	16 / 2	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
135	16 / 2	Trevor Madondo	Zimbabwe
135	16 / 2	Shahid Afridi
136	15 / 2	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
137	7 / 1	Kenny Benjamin	West Indies
137	7 / 1	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
137	14 / 2	Adam Hollioake	England
137	14 / 2	Matthew Nicholson	Australia
137	7 / 1	Andy Bichel	Australia
138	19 / 3	Andy Caddick	England
139	24 / 4	Mark Ealham	England
139	12 / 2	Nick Knight	England
139	12 / 2	Warren Hegg	England
139	30 / 5	Paul Adams	South Africa
140	11 / 2	Phil Tufnell	England
141	5 / 1	Adam Dale	Australia
142	9 / 2	Ajit Agarkar	India
143	4 / 1	Matthew Bell	New Zealand
143	16 / 4	Henry Olonga	Zimbabwe
144	14 / 4	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
144	7 / 2	Venkatapathy Raju	India
145	3 / 1	Rajesh Chauhan	India
145	3 / 1	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
146	1 / 1	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
146	1 / 1	Shakil Ahmed	Pakistan