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Best Strike Rate in 2001: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best strike rate in 2001 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2001
171 entries
1
17.50
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.83 clear of Mfuneko Ngam
2
21.33
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
3.83 off the lead
3
24.17
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
6.67 off the lead
● LEADS
Danish Kaneria
PAK
17.50 · 3.83 better than Ngam
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Kaneria is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
33.83
The mark at number ten — 161 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
171 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Danish Kaneria
PAK
17.50
2
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
21.33
3
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
24.17
4
Mark Butcher
ENG
25.20
5
David Mutendera
ZIM
27.43
6
Darrel Brown
WI
30.00
7
Corey Collymore
WI
31.41
8
Kyle Mills
NZ
32.00
9
Chris Drum
NZ
33.00
9
Jeremy Snape
ENG
33.00
10
Ian Harvey
AUS
33.83
11
Scott Styris
NZ
34.80
12
Wavell Hinds
WI
35.25
13
Waqar Younis
PAK
35.70
14
Shahid Afridi
GER
35.76
15
Justin Kemp
SA
35.96
16
Aravinda de Silva
SL
37.20
17
Roger Telemachus
SA
37.50
18
Alex Tudor
ENG
38.43
19
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
39.13
20
Andrew Symonds
AUS
39.53
21
Laurie Williams
WI
39.60
22
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
41.00
23
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
41.20
24
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
42.00
24
Sarandeep Singh
IND
42.00
25
Chris Cairns
NZ
42.09
26
Marlon Samuels
WI
42.38
27
Darren Gough
ENG
42.50
28
Nathan Bracken
AUS
42.60
29
Craig McMillan
NZ
42.92
30
Andre Nel
SA
43.00
31
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
43.13
32
Chaminda Vaas
SL
43.29
33
Ashish Nehra
IND
43.46
34
Dilhara Fernando
SL
44.36
35
Yuvraj Singh
IND
44.73
36
Debasis Mohanty
IND
45.00
36
Sean Ervine
ZIM
45.00
37
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
45.08
38
Charitha Buddhika
SL
46.09
39
Shoaib Malik
PAK
46.11
40
James Franklin
NZ
46.24
41
Glenn McGrath
AUS
46.32
42
Michael Bevan
AUS
46.67
43
Javagal Srinath
IND
46.92
44
Colin Stuart
WI
47.76
45
Andy Bichel
AUS
48.00
45
Kerry Jeremy
WI
48.00
46
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
48.08
47
Jacob Oram
NZ
48.55
48
Ruchira Perera
SL
48.67
48
James Kirtley
ENG
48.67
49
Damien Fleming
AUS
48.71
50
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
49.50
51
Brett Lee
AUS
49.91
52
Shane Warne
AUS
50.09
53
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
50.36
54
Allan Donald
SA
50.50
55
Heath Streak
ZIM
51.23
56
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
51.38
57
Zaheer Khan
IND
51.39
58
Harvinder Singh
IND
51.50
59
Russel Arnold
SL
51.74
60
Shaun Pollock
SA
51.87
61
Prabath Nissanka
SL
52.00
62
Ajit Agarkar
IND
52.18
63
Shane Bond
NZ
52.79
64
Andy Caddick
ENG
52.93
65
Chris Harris
NZ
53.05
66
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
53.28
67
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
54.00
68
Harbhajan Singh
IND
54.12
69
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
54.15
70
Cameron Cuffy
WI
54.38
71
Jacques Kallis
SA
54.58
72
Chris Gayle
WI
54.70
73
Reon King
WI
55.07
74
Alan Mullally
ENG
55.25
75
Nixon McLean
WI
55.86
76
Grant Flower
ZIM
56.86
77
Stuart MacGill
AUS
57.43
78
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
57.47
79
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
57.57
80
Virender Sehwag
IND
57.64
81
Gary Brent
ZIM
58.95
82
Colin Miller
AUS
59.00
83
Mervyn Dillon
WI
59.61
84
Jason Gillespie
AUS
59.90
85
Chris Martin
NZ
61.20
86
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
61.25
87
Nicky Boje
SA
61.81
88
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
62.29
89
Daniel Vettori
NZ
63.00
90
Anil Kumble
IND
63.13
91
Nantie Hayward
SA
63.19
92
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
63.88
93
Travis Friend
ZIM
63.94
94
Upul Chandana
SL
64.00
95
Wasim Akram
PAK
64.21
96
Neil McGarrell
WI
64.38
97
Pedro Collins
WI
64.47
98
Paul Strang
ZIM
65.00
99
Makhaya Ntini
SA
65.29
100
Mohammad Sami
PAK
66.91
101
Claude Henderson
SA
67.23
102
Robert Croft
ENG
67.38
103
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
67.46
104
Courtney Walsh
WI
67.48
105
Sourav Ganguly
IND
68.23
106
Martin Suji
KEN
68.40
107
Dominic Cork
ENG
68.67
108
Bryan Strang
ZIM
69.78
109
Manjurul Islam
BAN
70.74
110
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
72.27
111
Brian Murphy
ZIM
73.00
112
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
73.09
113
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
76.25
114
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
76.33
115
Paul Adams
SA
77.67
116
Steve Tikolo
KEN
78.00
117
Damien Martyn
AUS
79.50
118
Henry Olonga
ZIM
80.22
119
Lance Klusener
SA
80.32
120
Ben Hollioake
ENG
80.40
121
Dion Nash
NZ
80.50
122
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
SL
81.00
123
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
81.97
124
Suresh Perera
SL
82.00
125
Tinu Yohannan
IND
84.00
126
Paul Collingwood
ENG
84.50
127
Mark Waugh
AUS
85.71
128
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
86.00
129
Richard Dawson
ENG
90.00
130
Justin Ontong
SA
94.00
131
Tony Suji
KEN
94.50
132
Nathan Astle
NZ
100.20
133
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
100.83
134
Ray Price
ZIM
101.88
135
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
102.00
136
Enamul Haque
BAN
103.80
137
Ricky Ponting
AUS
105.00
138
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
106.00
139
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
106.50
140
Guy Whittall
ZIM
109.00
141
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
111.00
142
Ashley Giles
ENG
111.29
143
Dulip Liyanage
SL
120.00
144
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
122.00
145
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
129.60
146
Carl Hooper
WI
131.81
147
Grant Bradburn
NZ
134.33
148
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
138.00
149
Collins Obuya
KEN
139.33
150
Craig White
ENG
143.88
151
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
144.00
152
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
168.00
153
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
171.00
154
Aminul Islam
BAN
174.00
155
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
183.00
156
Jimmy Ormond
ENG
186.00
156
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
186.00
157
Naimur Rahman
BAN
190.40
158
Mark Ealham
ENG
194.00
159
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
195.00
160
Marlon Black
WI
196.33
161
Younis Khan
PAK
198.00
162
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
210.00
163
Phil Tufnell
ENG
234.00
164
Paul Wiseman
NZ
270.00
165
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
318.00
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