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Best Average in 2000: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best average in 2000 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2000
141 entries
1
12.25
Dominic Cork
ENG
4.49 clear of Jason Gillespie
2
16.74
Jason Gillespie
AUS
4.49 off the lead
3
17.20
Glenn McGrath
AUS
4.95 off the lead
● LEADS
Dominic Cork
ENG
12.25 · 4.49 better than Gillespie
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Cork is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
19.66
The mark at number ten — 131 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
10 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Average — full list
141 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Dominic Cork
ENG
12.25
2
Jason Gillespie
AUS
16.74
3
Glenn McGrath
AUS
17.20
4
Andy Bichel
AUS
17.71
5
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
18.95
6
Allan Donald
SA
19.21
7
Henry Williams
SA
19.22
8
Colin Miller
AUS
19.27
9
Brett Lee
AUS
19.62
10
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
19.66
11
Ed Giddins
ENG
20.13
12
Courtney Walsh
WI
20.35
13
Shaun Pollock
SA
20.76
14
Reon King
WI
21.04
15
Kabir Khan
PAK
21.20
16
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
21.38
17
Alan Mullally
ENG
21.59
18
Shane Lee
AUS
21.65
19
Craig White
ENG
22.28
20
Chris Silverwood
ENG
22.67
21
Chris Martin
NZ
22.69
22
Andrew Symonds
AUS
23.06
23
Daniel Vettori
NZ
23.82
24
Makhaya Ntini
SA
24.15
25
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
24.67
26
Darren Gough
ENG
24.78
27
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
25.40
28
Graeme Hick
ENG
25.80
29
David Terbrugge
SA
26.25
30
Andy Caddick
ENG
26.37
31
Ashley Giles
ENG
26.40
32
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
26.44
33
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
26.47
34
Dilhara Fernando
SL
26.63
35
Andrew Hall
SA
27.00
36
Wasim Akram
PAK
27.16
37
Waqar Younis
PAK
27.32
38
Stuart MacGill
AUS
27.60
39
Shahid Afridi
GER
28.19
40
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
28.81
41
Paul Wiseman
NZ
30.00
42
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
30.09
43
Gary Brent
ZIM
30.21
44
Paul Strang
ZIM
30.27
45
Franklyn Rose
WI
30.54
46
Jacques Kallis
SA
30.65
47
Javagal Srinath
IND
30.69
48
Arshad Khan
PAK
30.73
49
Chris Gayle
WI
30.85
50
Nicky Boje
SA
30.89
51
Heath Streak
ZIM
31.23
52
Zaheer Khan
IND
31.35
53
Lance Klusener
SA
31.42
54
Chris Cairns
NZ
31.48
55
Sourav Ganguly
IND
31.64
55
Hansie Cronje
SA
31.64
56
Mark Alleyne
ENG
31.71
57
Shane Warne
AUS
32.09
58
Anil Kumble
IND
32.21
59
Steve Elworthy
SA
32.33
60
Mark Ealham
ENG
32.35
61
Nantie Hayward
SA
33.07
62
Upul Chandana
SL
33.35
63
Travis Friend
ZIM
33.82
64
Glen Sulzberger
NZ
34.00
65
Sarandeep Singh
IND
34.33
65
Murali Kartik
IND
34.33
66
Roger Telemachus
SA
34.35
67
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
34.52
68
Damien Martyn
AUS
34.67
69
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
34.92
70
Damien Fleming
AUS
35.07
71
Shahid Nazir
PAK
35.33
72
Aamer Sohail
PAK
35.50
73
Chaminda Vaas
SL
36.38
74
Ruchira Perera
SL
36.50
75
Neil Johnson
ZIM
36.63
76
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
37.32
77
Dion Nash
NZ
37.60
78
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
37.90
79
Chris Harris
NZ
38.00
80
Sunil Joshi
IND
38.09
81
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
38.23
82
Jimmy Adams
WI
38.50
83
Sridharan Sriram
IND
38.80
84
Debasis Mohanty
IND
39.25
85
Colin Stuart
WI
39.33
86
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
39.60
87
Ajit Agarkar
IND
39.64
88
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
39.88
89
Mervyn Dillon
WI
40.54
90
Henry Olonga
ZIM
41.45
91
Guy Whittall
ZIM
41.45
92
Paul Adams
SA
41.73
93
Craig McMillan
NZ
41.80
94
Marlon Black
WI
42.83
95
Naimur Rahman
BAN
43.29
96
Geoff Allott
NZ
44.11
97
Nixon McLean
WI
44.79
98
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
45.38
99
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
46.80
100
Grant Flower
ZIM
47.25
101
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
47.67
102
Derek Crookes
SA
48.00
103
Scott Styris
NZ
48.06
104
Ian Harvey
AUS
48.57
105
Nathan Astle
NZ
48.86
106
Brian Murphy
ZIM
49.50
107
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
50.60
108
Mohammad Akram
PAK
50.63
109
Robert Croft
ENG
51.75
110
Danish Kaneria
PAK
54.25
111
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
55.00
112
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
58.00
113
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
59.00
114
Enamul Haque
BAN
62.00
115
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
62.33
116
Nehemiah Perry
WI
63.00
117
Shoaib Malik
PAK
63.33
118
Mark Waugh
AUS
67.00
119
Simon Doull
NZ
68.00
120
Aravinda de Silva
SL
70.00
121
Ranjan Das
BAN
72.00
122
Nikhil Chopra
IND
73.33
123
John Rennie
ZIM
74.00
124
Robin Singh
IND
75.83
125
Marlon Samuels
WI
76.00
126
Bryan Strang
ZIM
76.79
127
Brooke Walker
NZ
83.20
128
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
86.00
128
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
86.00
129
Steve Waugh
AUS
88.00
130
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
94.50
131
Phil Tufnell
ENG
97.00
132
Russel Arnold
SL
102.25
133
Yuvraj Singh
IND
107.00
134
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
108.25
135
Pieter Strydom
SA
116.50
136
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
119.00
137
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
163.00
138
Ian Salisbury
ENG
193.00
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