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Best Strike Rate in 2000: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best strike rate in 2000 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
TEST
2000
109 entries
1
20.40
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
3.60 clear of Irfan Fazil
2
24.00
Irfan Fazil
PAK
3.60 off the lead
2
24.00
Daryll Cullinan
SA
3.60 off the lead
● LEADS
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
20.40 · 3.60 better than Fazil
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Jayawardene is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
39.45
The mark at number ten — 99 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
109 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
20.40
2
Irfan Fazil
PAK
24.00
2
Daryll Cullinan
SA
24.00
3
Brett Lee
AUS
32.83
4
Dominic Cork
ENG
32.85
5
Jason Gillespie
AUS
34.67
6
Ed Giddins
ENG
36.00
7
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
36.82
8
Andy Bichel
AUS
37.11
9
Chris Silverwood
ENG
39.00
10
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
39.45
11
Hansie Cronje
SA
42.00
12
Allan Donald
SA
44.18
13
Colin Miller
AUS
44.26
14
Glenn McGrath
AUS
44.74
15
Guy Whittall
ZIM
45.00
16
Chris Martin
NZ
45.23
17
Darren Gough
ENG
46.31
18
Dilhara Fernando
SL
46.88
19
Graeme Hick
ENG
48.00
19
Greg Blewett
AUS
48.00
20
Mervyn Dillon
WI
48.15
21
Naimur Rahman
BAN
48.30
22
Waqar Younis
PAK
49.62
23
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
49.76
24
Craig White
ENG
49.96
25
Aamer Sohail
PAK
50.64
26
Reon King
WI
51.36
27
Nantie Hayward
SA
52.05
28
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
52.80
29
Courtney Walsh
WI
52.88
30
Chris Cairns
NZ
53.17
31
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
54.00
31
Daniel Vettori
NZ
54.00
32
Upul Chandana
SL
54.47
33
Shaun Pollock
SA
54.81
34
Makhaya Ntini
SA
54.90
35
Shahid Afridi
PAK
57.40
36
Andy Caddick
ENG
58.38
37
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
59.15
38
Stuart MacGill
AUS
59.33
39
Paul Strang
ZIM
59.58
40
Colin Stuart
WI
60.00
40
Ruchira Perera
SL
60.00
41
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
60.38
42
Shane Warne
AUS
61.52
43
Javagal Srinath
IND
61.77
44
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
62.67
45
Wasim Akram
PAK
62.91
46
Ashley Giles
ENG
64.24
47
Chris Gayle
WI
64.50
48
Franklyn Rose
WI
64.88
49
Heath Streak
ZIM
67.00
49
Marlon Black
WI
67.00
50
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
68.00
51
Sarandeep Singh
IND
71.00
52
Alan Mullally
ENG
72.00
53
Mohammad Akram
PAK
72.30
54
Nicky Boje
SA
73.77
55
Lance Klusener
SA
75.42
56
Anil Kumble
IND
75.80
57
Paul Wiseman
NZ
75.83
58
Arshad Khan
PAK
76.42
59
Zaheer Khan
IND
76.80
60
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
77.33
61
Nixon McLean
WI
78.13
62
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
79.13
63
Jacques Kallis
SA
79.80
64
Neil Johnson
ZIM
84.75
65
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
85.20
66
Sunil Joshi
IND
85.84
67
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
86.00
68
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
86.50
69
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
88.18
70
Paul Adams
SA
88.72
71
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
90.00
72
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
90.14
73
Henry Olonga
ZIM
94.96
74
Murali Kartik
IND
98.20
75
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
105.00
76
Craig McMillan
NZ
105.26
77
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
106.00
78
Chaminda Vaas
SL
107.05
79
Brian Murphy
ZIM
113.61
80
Marlon Samuels
WI
117.00
81
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
117.60
82
Ajit Agarkar
IND
120.00
83
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
124.80
84
Jimmy Adams
WI
126.00
85
Ranjan Das
BAN
132.00
86
Danish Kaneria
PAK
136.50
87
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
146.00
88
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
150.00
89
Robert Croft
ENG
152.00
90
Damien Fleming
AUS
156.00
91
Sourav Ganguly
IND
162.00
92
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
166.80
93
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
168.00
94
Nathan Astle
NZ
168.94
95
Brooke Walker
NZ
192.80
96
Dion Nash
NZ
205.80
97
Grant Flower
ZIM
214.80
98
Bryan Strang
ZIM
217.20
99
Aravinda de Silva
SL
231.00
100
Phil Tufnell
ENG
236.40
101
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
240.00
102
Russel Arnold
SL
276.60
103
Simon Doull
NZ
288.00
104
Ian Salisbury
ENG
414.00
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