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Best Average in 2003: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 2003 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2003
181 entries
1
16.75
Wasim Akram
PAK
0.06 clear of Muttiah Muralitharan
2
16.81
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
0.06 off the lead
3
17.90
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
1.15 off the lead
● LEADS
Wasim Akram
PAK
16.75 · 0.06 better than Muralitharan
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
20.00
The mark at number ten — 171 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 13 teams represented
Best Average — full list
181 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Wasim Akram
PAK
16.75
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
16.81
3
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
17.90
4
John Davison
CAN
18.70
5
Javagal Srinath
IND
19.00
6
Richard Johnson
ENG
19.04
7
Nathan Bracken
AUS
19.46
8
Andre Adams
NZ
19.68
9
Craig White
ENG
19.89
10
Ian Harvey
AUS
20.00
11
Simon Katich
AUS
20.09
12
Adeel Raja
NED
20.50
13
Jason Gillespie
AUS
21.02
14
Steve Tikolo
KEN
21.33
15
Austin Codrington
CAN
21.50
16
Shane Bond
NZ
21.54
17
Andy Caddick
ENG
22.19
18
Darren Lehmann
AUS
22.20
19
Shaun Pollock
SA
22.78
20
Makhaya Ntini
SA
22.90
21
Aasif Karim
KEN
23.00
21
Tim de Leede
NED
23.00
22
Glenn McGrath
AUS
23.03
23
Ajit Agarkar
IND
23.17
24
Nathan Astle
NZ
23.50
25
Andre Nel
SA
23.65
26
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
24.00
27
Jermaine Lawson
WI
24.13
28
Chaminda Vaas
SL
24.14
29
Michael Clarke
AUS
24.75
30
Ricardo Powell
WI
25.40
31
Rikki Clarke
ENG
25.45
32
Mark Butcher
ENG
25.80
33
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
26.32
34
Mohammad Sami
PAK
26.71
35
Brett Lee
AUS
26.88
36
Zaheer Khan
IND
27.00
36
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
27.00
37
Kabir Ali
ENG
27.20
38
Fidel Edwards
WI
27.28
39
Umar Gul
PAK
27.29
40
James Anderson
ENG
27.31
41
Lance Klusener
SA
27.40
42
Yasir Ali
BAN
27.50
43
Collins Obuya
KEN
27.72
44
Brian Murphy
ZIM
27.80
45
Alan Dawson
SA
27.88
46
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
27.98
47
Martin Bicknell
ENG
28.00
48
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
28.08
49
Corey Collymore
WI
28.21
50
James Kirtley
ENG
28.29
51
Wavell Hinds
WI
28.35
52
Steve Harmison
ENG
28.56
53
Shane Warne
AUS
28.67
54
Andrew Hall
SA
28.68
55
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
28.93
56
Brad Williams
AUS
29.04
57
Andy Bichel
AUS
29.34
58
Yuvraj Singh
IND
29.50
59
Stuart MacGill
AUS
29.60
60
Matthew Walker
NZ
29.75
61
Shane Watson
AUS
29.83
62
Aavishkar Salvi
IND
30.00
63
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
30.17
64
Guy Whittall
ZIM
30.25
65
Anthony McGrath
ENG
30.33
66
Prabath Nissanka
SL
30.72
67
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
30.73
68
Paul Adams
SA
30.75
68
Tama Canning
NZ
30.75
69
Dinesh Mongia
IND
30.80
70
Sourav Ganguly
IND
30.86
71
Heath Streak
ZIM
31.02
72
Dilhara Fernando
SL
31.56
73
Jacob Oram
NZ
31.63
74
Scott Styris
NZ
31.76
75
Chris Gayle
WI
32.12
76
Anil Kumble
IND
32.35
77
Sarandeep Singh
IND
33.00
78
Nantie Hayward
SA
33.33
79
Aravinda de Silva
SL
33.79
80
Davis Joseph
CAN
34.00
81
Vasbert Drakes
WI
34.13
82
Brad Hogg
AUS
34.39
83
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
34.58
84
Roland Lefebvre
NED
35.25
85
Darren Gough
ENG
35.27
86
Danish Kaneria
PAK
35.29
87
Kyle Mills
NZ
36.08
88
Paul Collingwood
ENG
36.33
89
Ian Blackwell
ENG
36.71
90
Virender Sehwag
IND
36.82
91
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
36.86
92
Rajin Saleh
BAN
37.00
93
Waqar Younis
PAK
37.25
93
Rudi van Vuuren
NAM
37.25
94
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
37.42
95
Harbhajan Singh
IND
37.50
96
Ray Price
ZIM
37.77
97
Sean Ervine
ZIM
37.85
98
Martin Suji
KEN
38.00
99
Murali Kartik
IND
38.25
100
Ian Butler
NZ
38.70
101
Shoaib Malik
PAK
38.86
102
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
38.87
103
Daniel Vettori
NZ
39.25
104
Tony Suji
KEN
39.80
105
Dinusha Fernando
SL
40.00
106
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
40.18
107
Ashish Nehra
IND
40.23
108
Jacques Kallis
SA
40.55
109
Ronnie Irani
ENG
40.57
110
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
40.78
111
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
40.79
112
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
41.27
113
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
41.75
114
Junaid Zia
PAK
42.33
115
Ashley Giles
ENG
42.70
116
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
43.20
117
Andrew Symonds
AUS
43.79
118
Omari Banks
WI
45.83
119
Paul Wiseman
NZ
46.17
120
Mervyn Dillon
WI
46.31
121
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
46.83
122
Upul Chandana
SL
47.20
123
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
47.33
124
Shahid Afridi
PAK
48.00
125
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
48.44
126
Robin Peterson
SA
49.09
127
Louis Burger
NAM
49.50
128
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
50.25
129
Monde Zondeki
SA
50.50
130
Alok Kapali
BAN
51.50
131
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
51.80
132
Peter Ongondo
KEN
52.00
133
Tapash Baisya
BAN
52.95
134
Jerome Taylor
WI
53.00
135
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
54.00
136
Chris Harris
NZ
54.14
137
Carl Hooper
WI
55.33
138
Ryan Hurley
WI
55.50
139
Adam Sanford
WI
56.67
140
Russel Arnold
SL
57.00
141
Manjurul Islam
BAN
57.50
142
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
57.80
143
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
58.00
144
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
58.14
145
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
58.50
146
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
59.13
147
Dewald Pretorius
SA
59.60
148
Gareth Batty
ENG
59.89
149
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
60.77
150
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
61.50
151
Nicky Boje
SA
65.20
152
Edgar Schiferli
NED
65.25
153
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
69.33
154
Chris Cairns
NZ
69.83
155
Marlon Samuels
WI
71.67
156
Grant Flower
ZIM
76.00
157
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
76.60
158
Jacques Rudolph
SA
77.50
159
Michael Vaughan
ENG
78.00
160
Graeme Smith
SA
81.00
161
Travis Friend
ZIM
84.50
162
Bjorn Kotze
NAM
92.00
163
Steve Waugh
AUS
103.00
164
Gary Brent
ZIM
105.00
165
Richard Dawson
ENG
113.00
166
Burton van Rooi
NAM
119.00
167
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
120.50
168
Deon Kotze
NAM
128.00
169
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
132.00
170
Allan Donald
SA
133.00
171
Damien Martyn
AUS
135.00
172
Pedro Collins
WI
138.00
173
Irfan Pathan
IND
160.00
174
Charitha Buddhika
SL
173.00
175
Michael Mason
NZ
179.00
176
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
183.00
177
Charl Willoughby
SA
234.00
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