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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.
ODI
2001
122 entries
1
18.88
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.92 clear of Matthew Hoggard
2
22.80
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.92 off the lead
3
24.39
Waqar Younis
PAK
5.51 off the lead
● LEADS
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
18.88 · 3.92 better than Hoggard
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Akhtar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
30.00
The mark at number ten — 112 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
122 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
18.88
2
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
22.80
3
Waqar Younis
PAK
24.39
4
David Mutendera
ZIM
27.43
5
Aravinda de Silva
SL
27.60
6
Justin Kemp
SA
28.80
7
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
29.00
8
Dilhara Fernando
SL
29.63
9
Charitha Buddhika
SL
29.75
10
Darrel Brown
WI
30.00
10
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
30.00
11
Brett Lee
AUS
30.38
12
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
30.50
13
Craig McMillan
NZ
30.71
14
Claude Henderson
SA
31.00
15
Corey Collymore
WI
31.41
16
Shane Warne
AUS
31.47
17
Kyle Mills
NZ
32.00
18
Colin Stuart
WI
32.25
19
Jeremy Snape
ENG
33.00
20
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
33.05
21
Chaminda Vaas
SL
33.19
22
Zaheer Khan
IND
33.75
23
Ian Harvey
AUS
33.83
24
Glenn McGrath
AUS
33.97
25
Scott Styris
NZ
34.80
26
Javagal Srinath
IND
35.06
27
Allan Donald
SA
35.10
28
Marlon Samuels
WI
35.24
29
Dion Nash
NZ
35.50
30
Shahid Afridi
GER
35.76
30
Ajit Agarkar
IND
35.76
31
Andre Nel
SA
35.90
32
Manjurul Islam
BAN
36.00
33
Heath Streak
ZIM
36.07
34
Roger Telemachus
SA
37.50
35
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
38.70
36
Jason Gillespie
AUS
39.00
37
Gary Brent
ZIM
39.41
38
Andrew Symonds
AUS
39.53
39
Laurie Williams
WI
39.60
40
Makhaya Ntini
SA
39.89
41
Sourav Ganguly
IND
40.20
42
Ashish Nehra
IND
40.46
43
Damien Fleming
AUS
40.50
44
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
40.80
45
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
41.00
46
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
41.20
47
Wasim Akram
PAK
41.71
48
Shaun Pollock
SA
41.74
49
Jacques Kallis
SA
41.80
50
Dominic Cork
ENG
41.83
51
Andy Caddick
ENG
42.00
52
Nathan Bracken
AUS
42.60
53
Harvinder Singh
IND
43.50
53
Paul Strang
ZIM
43.50
54
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
44.10
55
Darren Gough
ENG
44.18
56
Yuvraj Singh
IND
44.73
57
Grant Flower
ZIM
44.90
58
Sean Ervine
ZIM
45.00
58
Debasis Mohanty
IND
45.00
59
James Franklin
NZ
45.86
60
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
45.90
61
Cameron Cuffy
WI
46.00
62
Reon King
WI
46.29
63
Nixon McLean
WI
46.46
64
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
46.63
65
Michael Bevan
AUS
46.67
66
Mervyn Dillon
WI
47.00
66
Russel Arnold
SL
47.00
67
Pedro Collins
WI
47.17
68
Harbhajan Singh
IND
47.31
69
Chris Gayle
WI
47.80
70
Suresh Perera
SL
48.00
70
Kerry Jeremy
WI
48.00
70
Alan Mullally
ENG
48.00
71
Lance Klusener
SA
48.33
72
Jacob Oram
NZ
48.55
73
James Kirtley
ENG
48.67
74
Nicky Boje
SA
49.14
75
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
49.46
76
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
51.60
77
Prabath Nissanka
SL
52.00
78
Virender Sehwag
IND
52.18
79
Nathan Astle
NZ
52.50
80
Chris Harris
NZ
53.05
81
Shoaib Malik
PAK
54.00
81
Brian Murphy
ZIM
54.00
82
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
54.15
83
Neil McGarrell
WI
54.58
84
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
54.86
85
Travis Friend
ZIM
55.76
86
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
57.55
87
Mohammad Sami
PAK
58.00
88
Anil Kumble
IND
58.29
89
Bryan Strang
ZIM
59.17
90
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
61.30
91
Daniel Vettori
NZ
63.93
92
Robert Croft
ENG
64.00
92
Upul Chandana
SL
64.00
93
Chris Martin
NZ
64.80
94
Martin Suji
KEN
68.40
95
Carl Hooper
WI
70.31
96
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
70.50
97
Guy Whittall
ZIM
71.75
98
Grant Bradburn
NZ
75.50
99
Damien Martyn
AUS
76.00
100
Steve Tikolo
KEN
78.00
101
Ben Hollioake
ENG
80.40
102
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
84.00
103
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
84.43
104
Paul Collingwood
ENG
84.50
105
Justin Ontong
SA
94.00
106
Tony Suji
KEN
94.50
107
Henry Olonga
ZIM
102.00
108
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
106.00
109
Craig White
ENG
132.00
110
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
138.00
111
Collins Obuya
KEN
139.33
112
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
150.00
113
Mark Ealham
ENG
194.00
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