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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.
ODI
2002
129 entries
1
12.00
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
6.14 clear of Kyle Mills
2
18.14
Kyle Mills
NZ
6.14 off the lead
3
18.23
Glenn McGrath
AUS
6.23 off the lead
● LEADS
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
12.00 · 6.14 better than Mills
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Muralitharan is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21.29
The mark at number ten — 119 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
7 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Average — full list
129 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
12.00
2
Kyle Mills
NZ
18.14
3
Glenn McGrath
AUS
18.23
4
Brett Lee
AUS
18.90
5
Michael Vaughan
ENG
19.00
6
Shane Bond
NZ
20.10
7
Vasbert Drakes
WI
20.13
8
Chris Gayle
WI
20.48
9
Dion Nash
NZ
20.67
10
Allan Donald
SA
21.29
11
Chris Cairns
NZ
21.52
12
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
21.95
13
Wasim Akram
PAK
22.00
14
Henry Olonga
ZIM
22.13
15
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
22.33
16
Jason Gillespie
AUS
22.69
17
Darren Lehmann
AUS
22.80
18
James Anderson
ENG
23.40
19
Shaun Pollock
SA
23.59
20
Hasantha Fernando
SL
23.60
21
Mervyn Dillon
WI
23.80
22
Pedro Collins
WI
23.91
23
Makhaya Ntini
SA
23.92
24
Zaheer Khan
IND
24.03
25
Tinu Yohannan
IND
24.40
26
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
24.86
27
Steve Elworthy
SA
25.00
27
Jermaine Lawson
WI
25.00
28
Scott Styris
NZ
25.56
29
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
25.83
30
Ian Blackwell
ENG
25.86
31
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
26.43
32
Dilhara Fernando
SL
26.47
33
Nicky Boje
SA
26.54
34
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
26.55
35
Darren Gough
ENG
26.63
36
Mohammad Sami
PAK
26.73
37
Ajit Agarkar
IND
26.87
38
Jacob Oram
NZ
27.38
38
Waqar Younis
PAK
27.38
39
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
27.80
40
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
28.00
41
Jacques Kallis
SA
28.33
42
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
28.74
43
Harbhajan Singh
IND
28.92
44
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
29.39
45
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
29.71
46
Talha Jubair
BAN
30.83
47
Chaminda Vaas
SL
31.03
48
Roger Telemachus
SA
31.33
49
Chamila Gamage
SL
31.50
49
Tareq Aziz
BAN
31.50
50
Prabath Nissanka
SL
31.56
51
Javagal Srinath
IND
31.85
52
Andre Adams
NZ
32.75
53
Shahid Afridi
GER
33.18
54
Brooke Walker
NZ
33.60
55
Alex Tudor
ENG
34.00
56
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
34.08
57
Shane Warne
AUS
34.12
58
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
34.33
59
Nathan Astle
NZ
34.40
60
Ashley Giles
ENG
34.86
61
Ronnie Irani
ENG
35.31
62
Lance Klusener
SA
35.67
63
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
35.71
64
Andy Bichel
AUS
35.94
65
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
36.18
66
Corey Collymore
WI
36.54
67
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
36.95
68
Charitha Buddhika
SL
37.00
69
Shane Watson
AUS
37.75
70
Craig White
ENG
37.78
71
Steve Tikolo
KEN
38.00
72
Justin Ontong
SA
38.25
73
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
38.89
74
Paul Collingwood
ENG
39.27
75
Jeremy Snape
ENG
39.33
76
Upul Chandana
SL
40.56
77
Ian Harvey
AUS
40.67
78
Tapash Baisya
BAN
40.70
79
Grant Flower
ZIM
42.00
80
Russel Arnold
SL
42.67
81
Martin Suji
KEN
43.00
82
Sourav Ganguly
IND
43.92
83
Yuvraj Singh
IND
44.00
84
Virender Sehwag
IND
45.08
85
Ashish Nehra
IND
45.43
86
Cameron Cuffy
WI
45.80
87
Carl Hooper
WI
45.86
88
Daniel Vettori
NZ
46.38
89
Anil Kumble
IND
47.11
90
Chris Harris
NZ
47.21
91
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
47.83
91
Ryan Hinds
WI
47.83
92
Joseph Angara
KEN
49.00
93
Shoaib Malik
PAK
49.50
94
Travis Friend
ZIM
50.13
95
Enamul Haque
BAN
51.00
96
Brian Murphy
ZIM
51.25
97
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
51.86
98
Andy Caddick
ENG
52.14
99
Sanjay Bangar
IND
52.60
100
Andrew Symonds
AUS
53.00
101
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
53.80
102
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
54.43
103
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
54.64
104
Ian Butler
NZ
54.67
105
Heath Streak
ZIM
56.67
106
Andrew Hall
SA
58.00
107
Murali Kartik
IND
59.00
108
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
60.33
109
James Franklin
NZ
63.67
110
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
66.00
111
Robin Peterson
SA
70.33
112
Naimur Rahman
BAN
72.00
113
Collins Obuya
KEN
73.00
114
Manjurul Islam
BAN
75.43
115
James Kirtley
ENG
81.50
116
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
90.25
117
Sean Ervine
ZIM
90.33
118
Gary Brent
ZIM
98.67
119
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
110.00
120
Marlon Samuels
WI
112.00
121
Sarandeep Singh
IND
114.00
122
Gareth Batty
ENG
120.00
123
Craig McMillan
NZ
136.00
124
Aravinda de Silva
SL
143.00
125
Alok Kapali
BAN
229.00
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