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Best Averages in 2001: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best averages in 2001 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2001
130 entries
1
67.19
Damien Martyn
AUS
1.43 clear of Sachin Tendulkar
2
65.76
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1.43 off the lead
3
63.48
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.71 off the lead
● LEADS
Damien Martyn
AUS
67.19 · 1.43 ahead of Tendulkar
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
53.80
The mark at number ten — 120 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
130 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Damien Martyn
AUS
67.19
2
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
65.76
3
Jacques Kallis
SA
63.48
4
Mark Richardson
NZ
60.27
5
Matthew Hayden
AUS
58.69
6
Mark Waugh
AUS
57.34
7
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
56.90
8
Daryll Cullinan
SA
56.27
9
Justin Langer
AUS
54.80
10
Brian Lara
WI
53.80
11
Jonty Rhodes
SA
53.70
12
Steve Waugh
AUS
51.07
13
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
50.28
14
Andy Flower
ZIM
48.98
15
Nick Knight
ENG
48.82
16
Neil McKenzie
SA
47.96
17
Mark Butcher
ENG
47.93
18
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
47.53
19
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
47.26
20
VVS Laxman
IND
47.00
21
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
46.90
22
Graham Thorpe
ENG
46.60
23
Ricky Ponting
AUS
45.71
24
Shaun Pollock
SA
45.53
25
Rahul Dravid
IND
45.27
26
Gary Kirsten
SA
45.06
27
Nathan Astle
NZ
42.76
28
Marvan Atapattu
SL
42.24
29
Saeed Anwar
PAK
41.57
30
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
41.57
31
Craig McMillan
NZ
40.00
32
Michael Slater
AUS
39.85
33
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
39.17
34
Nasser Hussain
ENG
38.30
35
Habibul Bashar
BAN
38.05
36
Boeta Dippenaar
SA
37.47
37
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
37.44
38
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
37.21
39
Carl Hooper
WI
36.68
40
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
36.57
41
Craig Wishart
ZIM
36.50
42
Heath Streak
ZIM
36.13
43
Chris Gayle
WI
36.08
44
Stephen Fleming
NZ
35.88
45
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
34.59
46
Virender Sehwag
IND
33.70
47
Shiv Sunder Das
IND
33.56
48
Grant Flower
ZIM
33.55
49
Ridley Jacobs
WI
33.10
50
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
33.05
51
Younis Khan
PAK
32.90
52
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
32.80
53
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
32.33
54
Russel Arnold
SL
32.24
55
Javed Omar
BAN
31.68
56
Deep Dasgupta
IND
31.09
57
Stuart Carlisle
ZIM
30.49
58
Shahid Afridi
GER
30.33
59
Rashid Latif
PAK
30.30
60
Mark Boucher
SA
30.09
61
Avishka Gunawardene
SL
30.06
62
Sourav Ganguly
IND
29.93
63
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
29.76
64
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
29.60
65
Daren Ganga
WI
29.34
66
Lance Klusener
SA
29.32
67
Chris Harris
NZ
29.27
68
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
28.86
69
Matthew Bell
NZ
28.42
70
Alec Stewart
ENG
27.96
71
Lou Vincent
NZ
26.79
72
Michael Vaughan
ENG
26.77
73
Adam Parore
NZ
26.50
74
Guy Whittall
ZIM
25.77
75
Marlon Samuels
WI
25.73
76
Wavell Hinds
WI
25.42
77
Aravinda de Silva
SL
24.62
78
Yuvraj Singh
IND
23.80
79
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
23.68
80
Mike Atherton
ENG
23.58
81
Hemang Badani
IND
23.39
82
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
22.62
83
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
21.60
84
Al Sahariar
BAN
21.18
85
Nicky Boje
SA
21.07
86
Sameer Dighe
IND
20.71
87
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
20.18
88
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
19.77
89
Ricardo Powell
WI
19.27
90
Saleem Elahi
PAK
19.20
91
Jimmy Adams
WI
19.10
92
Craig White
ENG
19.06
93
Shane Warne
AUS
18.90
94
Aminul Islam
BAN
18.81
95
Wasim Akram
PAK
18.60
96
Naimur Rahman
BAN
18.21
97
Roger Twose
NZ
17.70
98
Chaminda Vaas
SL
17.64
99
Akram Khan
BAN
17.55
100
Brett Lee
AUS
17.27
101
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
17.00
102
Travis Friend
ZIM
16.72
103
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
16.60
104
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
16.36
105
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
15.45
106
Jacob Oram
NZ
15.27
107
Harbhajan Singh
IND
14.07
108
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
13.58
109
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
12.08
110
Gary Brent
ZIM
11.90
111
Darren Gough
ENG
11.88
112
Waqar Younis
PAK
11.73
113
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
11.22
114
Jason Gillespie
AUS
10.83
115
Zaheer Khan
IND
10.80
116
Khaled Mashud
BAN
10.33
117
Andy Caddick
ENG
9.63
118
Neil McGarrell
WI
9.60
119
Daniel Vettori
NZ
9.45
120
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
9.25
121
Nixon McLean
WI
9.23
122
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
8.79
123
Mervyn Dillon
WI
8.13
124
Ajit Agarkar
IND
8.10
125
Makhaya Ntini
SA
8.00
126
Allan Donald
SA
7.20
126
Ashley Giles
ENG
7.20
127
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
7.10
128
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
6.31
129
Javagal Srinath
IND
4.50
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