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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.
ODI
2001
122 entries
1
13.90
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.75 clear of Shoaib Akhtar
2
17.65
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.75 off the lead
3
18.20
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4.30 off the lead
● LEADS
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
13.90 · 3.75 better than Akhtar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Hoggard is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
22.14
The mark at number ten — 112 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Average — full list
122 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
13.90
2
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
17.65
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
18.20
4
Claude Henderson
SA
18.86
5
Waqar Younis
PAK
20.02
6
Corey Collymore
WI
20.73
7
Justin Kemp
SA
21.27
8
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
21.29
9
Shaun Pollock
SA
22.11
10
Chaminda Vaas
SL
22.14
11
Kyle Mills
NZ
22.80
12
Darrel Brown
WI
23.25
13
Glenn McGrath
AUS
23.28
14
David Mutendera
ZIM
23.43
15
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
23.50
16
Aravinda de Silva
SL
23.80
17
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
23.83
18
Jeremy Snape
ENG
23.86
19
Charitha Buddhika
SL
23.88
20
Andre Nel
SA
24.10
21
Ian Harvey
AUS
24.79
22
Wasim Akram
PAK
25.43
23
Colin Stuart
WI
25.63
24
Dion Nash
NZ
25.75
24
Jason Gillespie
AUS
25.75
25
Allan Donald
SA
25.80
26
Manjurul Islam
BAN
25.83
27
Shane Warne
AUS
25.97
28
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
26.03
29
Dilhara Fernando
SL
26.48
30
Roger Telemachus
SA
27.25
31
Makhaya Ntini
SA
27.26
32
Shahid Afridi
GER
27.29
33
Heath Streak
ZIM
27.33
34
Craig McMillan
NZ
27.71
35
Zaheer Khan
IND
28.04
36
Scott Styris
NZ
28.20
37
Cameron Cuffy
WI
28.45
38
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
28.95
39
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
29.00
39
Pedro Collins
WI
29.00
40
Gary Brent
ZIM
29.12
41
Javagal Srinath
IND
29.63
42
Ajit Agarkar
IND
29.65
43
Marlon Samuels
WI
29.68
44
Sourav Ganguly
IND
29.80
45
Ashish Nehra
IND
29.92
46
Brett Lee
AUS
29.94
47
Andy Caddick
ENG
30.00
48
Nathan Bracken
AUS
30.30
49
Harbhajan Singh
IND
30.46
50
Damien Fleming
AUS
31.13
51
Jacques Kallis
SA
31.25
52
James Kirtley
ENG
31.33
53
Yuvraj Singh
IND
31.45
54
Debasis Mohanty
IND
31.75
55
Darren Gough
ENG
31.82
56
Laurie Williams
WI
32.40
57
Harvinder Singh
IND
33.00
58
Andrew Symonds
AUS
33.53
59
Grant Flower
ZIM
33.75
60
Mervyn Dillon
WI
34.33
61
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
34.50
62
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
34.80
62
Russel Arnold
SL
34.80
63
Anil Kumble
IND
35.14
64
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
35.45
65
Chris Harris
NZ
35.70
66
Dominic Cork
ENG
35.83
67
Alan Mullally
ENG
35.90
68
Kerry Jeremy
WI
36.33
69
Nathan Astle
NZ
36.38
70
Lance Klusener
SA
36.42
71
Reon King
WI
36.43
72
Nixon McLean
WI
36.54
72
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
36.54
73
James Franklin
NZ
37.50
74
Sean Ervine
ZIM
37.75
75
Nicky Boje
SA
38.14
76
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
39.00
77
Neil McGarrell
WI
39.17
78
Jacob Oram
NZ
39.18
79
Chris Gayle
WI
39.90
80
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
40.00
81
Paul Strang
ZIM
41.75
82
Bryan Strang
ZIM
42.50
83
Brian Murphy
ZIM
42.64
84
Daniel Vettori
NZ
43.79
85
Shoaib Malik
PAK
44.57
86
Suresh Perera
SL
44.67
87
Virender Sehwag
IND
45.00
88
Mohammad Sami
PAK
45.67
89
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
46.00
90
Carl Hooper
WI
46.31
91
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
46.92
92
Michael Bevan
AUS
47.67
93
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
48.50
94
Robert Croft
ENG
48.67
95
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
48.90
96
Upul Chandana
SL
49.50
97
Travis Friend
ZIM
52.24
98
Chris Martin
NZ
54.00
99
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
56.45
100
Prabath Nissanka
SL
57.00
101
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
58.00
102
Grant Bradburn
NZ
61.50
103
Martin Suji
KEN
62.20
104
Justin Ontong
SA
64.00
105
Ben Hollioake
ENG
65.20
106
Guy Whittall
ZIM
65.88
107
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
70.57
108
Steve Tikolo
KEN
77.00
109
Damien Martyn
AUS
80.00
110
Paul Collingwood
ENG
80.50
111
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
83.00
112
Craig White
ENG
90.00
113
Henry Olonga
ZIM
93.33
114
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
101.00
115
Tony Suji
KEN
102.00
116
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
110.00
117
Collins Obuya
KEN
111.33
118
Mark Ealham
ENG
153.00
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