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Best Average in 2001: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best average in 2001 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2001
171 entries
1
10.33
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
1.09 clear of Danish Kaneria
2
11.42
Danish Kaneria
PAK
1.09 off the lead
3
14.00
Chris Drum
NZ
3.67 off the lead
● LEADS
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
10.33 · 1.09 better than Kaneria
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ngam is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
20.50
The mark at number ten — 161 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
7 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Average — full list
171 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
10.33
2
Danish Kaneria
PAK
11.42
3
Chris Drum
NZ
14.00
4
Mark Butcher
ENG
16.40
5
Sarandeep Singh
IND
18.00
6
Wavell Hinds
WI
18.25
7
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
19.99
8
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
20.22
9
Justin Kemp
SA
20.43
10
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
SL
20.50
11
Corey Collymore
WI
20.73
12
Shaun Pollock
SA
21.62
13
Glenn McGrath
AUS
22.14
14
Courtney Walsh
WI
22.26
15
Chaminda Vaas
SL
22.53
16
Kyle Mills
NZ
22.80
17
Darrel Brown
WI
23.25
18
David Mutendera
ZIM
23.43
19
Waqar Younis
PAK
23.65
20
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
23.68
21
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
23.83
22
Jeremy Snape
ENG
23.86
23
Andy Bichel
AUS
24.00
24
Ian Harvey
AUS
24.79
25
Ruchira Perera
SL
25.00
26
Andre Nel
SA
25.56
27
Aravinda de Silva
SL
26.20
28
Allan Donald
SA
26.23
29
Roger Telemachus
SA
27.25
30
Shahid Afridi
GER
27.29
31
Harbhajan Singh
IND
27.31
32
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
27.38
33
Stuart MacGill
AUS
27.43
34
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
27.67
35
Chris Cairns
NZ
27.74
36
Alex Tudor
ENG
27.86
37
Darren Gough
ENG
27.88
38
Scott Styris
NZ
28.20
39
Ashish Nehra
IND
28.31
40
Jacques Kallis
SA
28.33
41
Javagal Srinath
IND
28.35
42
Heath Streak
ZIM
28.55
43
Colin Stuart
WI
28.60
44
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
28.78
45
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
28.85
46
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
28.87
47
Shane Warne
AUS
29.33
48
Anil Kumble
IND
30.00
49
Nathan Bracken
AUS
30.30
50
Cameron Cuffy
WI
30.62
51
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
30.63
52
Craig McMillan
NZ
30.69
53
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
31.25
54
Nicky Boje
SA
31.26
55
James Kirtley
ENG
31.33
55
Colin Miller
AUS
31.33
56
Shane Bond
NZ
31.36
57
Yuvraj Singh
IND
31.45
58
Reon King
WI
31.47
59
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
31.53
60
Mervyn Dillon
WI
31.58
61
Debasis Mohanty
IND
31.75
62
Neil McGarrell
WI
31.83
63
Robert Croft
ENG
31.85
64
James Franklin
NZ
32.14
65
Claude Henderson
SA
32.27
66
Jason Gillespie
AUS
32.27
67
Laurie Williams
WI
32.40
68
Charitha Buddhika
SL
32.82
69
Dilhara Fernando
SL
32.92
70
Marlon Samuels
WI
33.04
71
Andy Caddick
ENG
33.09
72
Andrew Symonds
AUS
33.53
73
Brett Lee
AUS
34.04
74
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
34.26
75
Wasim Akram
PAK
34.32
76
Nantie Hayward
SA
34.56
77
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
34.63
78
Mohammad Sami
PAK
34.73
79
Zaheer Khan
IND
34.98
80
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
35.00
80
Gary Brent
ZIM
35.00
81
Damien Fleming
AUS
35.12
82
Russel Arnold
SL
35.21
83
Chris Harris
NZ
35.70
84
Grant Flower
ZIM
35.76
85
Daniel Vettori
NZ
36.06
86
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
36.14
87
Kerry Jeremy
WI
36.33
88
Ajit Agarkar
IND
36.45
89
Harvinder Singh
IND
36.50
90
Pedro Collins
WI
36.73
91
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
36.92
92
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
37.28
93
Makhaya Ntini
SA
37.47
94
Shoaib Malik
PAK
37.56
95
Sean Ervine
ZIM
37.75
96
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
37.83
97
Alan Mullally
ENG
38.17
98
Lance Klusener
SA
38.48
99
Jacob Oram
NZ
39.18
100
Nixon McLean
WI
39.38
101
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
40.00
102
Bryan Strang
ZIM
40.17
103
Paul Adams
SA
40.33
104
Dominic Cork
ENG
41.58
105
Manjurul Islam
BAN
42.42
106
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
43.00
107
Chris Gayle
WI
43.40
108
Chris Martin
NZ
43.85
109
Enamul Haque
BAN
44.10
110
Travis Friend
ZIM
45.18
111
Sourav Ganguly
IND
45.31
112
Ashley Giles
ENG
45.43
113
Richard Dawson
ENG
46.50
114
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
46.92
115
Michael Bevan
AUS
47.67
116
Virender Sehwag
IND
47.91
117
Nathan Astle
NZ
48.20
118
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
48.92
119
Dion Nash
NZ
49.00
119
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
49.00
120
Upul Chandana
SL
49.50
121
Ricky Ponting
AUS
50.00
122
Ray Price
ZIM
50.25
123
Brian Murphy
ZIM
50.50
124
Mark Waugh
AUS
52.57
125
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
52.64
126
Tinu Yohannan
IND
53.25
127
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
53.75
128
Paul Strang
ZIM
54.75
129
Prabath Nissanka
SL
57.00
130
Henry Olonga
ZIM
58.22
131
Carl Hooper
WI
59.29
132
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
61.75
133
Martin Suji
KEN
62.20
134
Suresh Perera
SL
62.67
135
Justin Ontong
SA
64.00
136
Ben Hollioake
ENG
65.20
137
Dulip Liyanage
SL
67.00
137
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
67.00
138
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
67.67
139
Damien Martyn
AUS
72.00
140
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
74.00
141
Steve Tikolo
KEN
77.00
142
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
79.17
143
Craig White
ENG
79.75
144
Paul Collingwood
ENG
80.50
145
Guy Whittall
ZIM
82.25
146
Grant Bradburn
NZ
82.33
147
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
83.00
147
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
83.00
148
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
89.00
149
Jimmy Ormond
ENG
92.50
150
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
101.40
151
Tony Suji
KEN
102.00
152
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
104.50
153
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
110.00
154
Collins Obuya
KEN
111.33
155
Younis Khan
PAK
115.00
156
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
116.00
157
Naimur Rahman
BAN
117.00
158
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
121.00
159
Aminul Islam
BAN
122.00
160
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
132.50
161
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
137.00
162
Marlon Black
WI
149.00
163
Mark Ealham
ENG
153.00
163
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
153.00
164
Paul Wiseman
NZ
163.00
165
Phil Tufnell
ENG
174.00
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