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Best Average in 2002: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 2002 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2002
164 entries
1
15.55
David Terbrugge
SA
0.20 clear of Muttiah Muralitharan
2
15.75
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
0.20 off the lead
3
18.14
Kyle Mills
NZ
2.59 off the lead
● LEADS
David Terbrugge
SA
15.55 · 0.20 better than Muralitharan
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
20.86
The mark at number ten — 154 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Average — full list
164 entries, ranked
Table view
1
David Terbrugge
SA
15.55
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
15.75
3
Kyle Mills
NZ
18.14
4
Vasbert Drakes
WI
18.18
5
Glenn McGrath
AUS
18.18
6
Shane Bond
NZ
18.80
7
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
19.40
8
Jacob Oram
NZ
20.25
9
Dion Nash
NZ
20.67
10
Sujeewa de Silva
SL
20.86
11
Chris Cairns
NZ
21.58
12
Wasim Akram
PAK
22.11
13
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
22.33
14
Jermaine Lawson
WI
23.30
15
Chris Gayle
WI
23.30
16
James Anderson
ENG
23.40
17
Darren Lehmann
AUS
23.53
18
Shane Warne
AUS
23.62
19
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
24.09
20
Makhaya Ntini
SA
24.13
21
Shaun Pollock
SA
24.16
22
Jason Gillespie
AUS
24.25
23
Allan Donald
SA
24.70
24
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
24.86
25
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
24.98
26
Hasantha Fernando
SL
25.11
27
Harbhajan Singh
IND
25.40
28
Ian Blackwell
ENG
25.86
29
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
25.95
30
Scott Styris
NZ
26.17
31
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
26.33
32
Mervyn Dillon
WI
26.38
33
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
26.43
34
Nantie Hayward
SA
26.50
35
Waqar Younis
PAK
26.61
36
Darren Gough
ENG
26.63
37
Zaheer Khan
IND
26.88
38
Brett Lee
AUS
27.38
39
Tinu Yohannan
IND
27.50
40
Jacques Kallis
SA
27.73
41
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
28.00
42
Andre Adams
NZ
28.59
43
Danish Kaneria
PAK
28.69
44
Michael Vaughan
ENG
29.30
45
Nicky Boje
SA
29.34
46
Dilhara Fernando
SL
29.40
47
Pedro Collins
WI
29.53
48
Marlon Black
WI
29.67
49
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
29.71
50
Andy Bichel
AUS
29.79
51
Daren Powell
WI
29.85
52
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
30.18
53
Stuart MacGill
AUS
31.00
54
Roger Telemachus
SA
31.33
55
Tareq Aziz
BAN
31.50
56
Chamila Gamage
SL
31.55
57
Prabath Nissanka
SL
31.56
58
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
32.13
59
Simon Jones
ENG
32.20
60
Mohammad Sami
PAK
32.26
61
Paul Adams
SA
32.60
62
Anil Kumble
IND
33.10
63
Ajit Agarkar
IND
33.26
64
Nathan Astle
NZ
33.30
65
Cameron Cuffy
WI
34.21
66
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
34.33
67
Shahid Afridi
GER
34.47
68
Andy Caddick
ENG
35.14
69
Ronnie Irani
ENG
35.31
70
Ray Price
ZIM
35.44
71
Chris Drum
NZ
35.50
72
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
35.54
73
Ruchira Perera
SL
35.60
74
Lance Klusener
SA
35.67
75
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
35.78
76
Chaminda Vaas
SL
35.91
77
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
36.18
78
Javagal Srinath
IND
36.40
79
Andrew Hall
SA
36.50
80
Corey Collymore
WI
36.54
81
Henry Olonga
ZIM
36.61
82
Steve Elworthy
SA
36.78
83
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
37.00
84
Craig White
ENG
37.50
85
Shane Watson
AUS
37.75
86
Brooke Walker
NZ
37.86
87
Steve Tikolo
KEN
38.00
88
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
38.37
89
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
38.56
90
Steve Harmison
ENG
39.07
91
Alex Tudor
ENG
39.12
92
Ian Butler
NZ
39.15
93
Paul Collingwood
ENG
39.27
94
Jeremy Snape
ENG
39.33
95
Ashley Giles
ENG
39.43
96
Upul Chandana
SL
39.50
97
Adam Sanford
WI
39.70
98
Charitha Buddhika
SL
40.19
99
Ian Harvey
AUS
40.67
100
Justin Ontong
SA
40.75
101
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
40.90
102
Martin Suji
KEN
43.00
103
Talha Jubair
BAN
43.05
104
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
43.08
105
Ashish Nehra
IND
43.22
106
Yuvraj Singh
IND
44.00
107
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
44.50
108
Russel Arnold
SL
44.67
109
Grant Flower
ZIM
45.00
110
Carl Hooper
WI
46.74
111
Virender Sehwag
IND
47.07
112
Daniel Vettori
NZ
47.13
113
Tapash Baisya
BAN
47.67
114
Dominic Cork
ENG
48.71
115
Heath Streak
ZIM
48.94
116
Joseph Angara
KEN
49.00
117
Sanjay Bangar
IND
49.08
118
Damien Martyn
AUS
51.00
119
Brian Murphy
ZIM
51.25
120
Mark Waugh
AUS
52.25
121
Andrew Symonds
AUS
53.00
122
Chris Harris
NZ
53.15
123
Travis Friend
ZIM
53.43
124
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
53.80
125
Enamul Haque
BAN
54.62
126
Sourav Ganguly
IND
54.85
127
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
58.67
128
Murali Kartik
IND
59.00
129
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
59.92
130
Andre Nel
SA
60.50
131
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
62.00
132
Shoaib Malik
PAK
63.25
133
James Franklin
NZ
63.67
134
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
65.22
135
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
66.00
136
Marlon Samuels
WI
66.50
137
Manjurul Islam
BAN
66.94
138
Gareth Breese
WI
67.50
139
Ryan Hinds
WI
67.67
140
Chris Martin
NZ
68.67
141
Robin Peterson
SA
70.33
142
Richard Dawson
ENG
71.25
143
Craig McMillan
NZ
71.50
144
Collins Obuya
KEN
73.00
145
Claude Henderson
SA
73.67
146
Fahim Muntasir
BAN
76.40
147
Mark Butcher
ENG
80.50
148
James Kirtley
ENG
81.50
149
Aravinda de Silva
SL
82.67
150
Naimur Rahman
BAN
87.33
151
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
90.25
152
Sean Ervine
ZIM
90.33
153
Sarandeep Singh
IND
97.00
154
Gary Brent
ZIM
98.67
155
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
110.00
156
Steve Waugh
AUS
111.00
157
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
113.00
158
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
118.00
159
Gareth Batty
ENG
120.00
160
Dewald Pretorius
SA
132.00
161
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
134.00
162
Alok Kapali
BAN
185.33
163
Guy Whittall
ZIM
189.00
164
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
249.00
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