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Best Averages in 2003: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best averages during the 2003 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2003
130 entries
1
79.64
Steve Waugh
AUS
7.97 clear of Gary Kirsten
2
71.67
Gary Kirsten
SA
7.97 off the lead
3
66.43
Ricky Ponting
AUS
13.21 off the lead
● LEADS
Steve Waugh
AUS
79.64 · 7.97 ahead of Kirsten
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Waugh is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
54.63
The mark at number ten — 120 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
130 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Steve Waugh
AUS
79.64
2
Gary Kirsten
SA
71.67
3
Ricky Ponting
AUS
66.43
4
Michael Bevan
AUS
65.33
5
Darren Lehmann
AUS
63.17
6
Rahul Dravid
IND
62.00
7
Brian Lara
WI
60.32
8
Mark Richardson
NZ
55.50
9
VVS Laxman
IND
55.13
10
Matthew Hayden
AUS
54.63
11
Imran Farhat
PAK
53.08
12
Damien Martyn
AUS
52.91
13
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
52.83
14
Jacques Kallis
SA
51.72
15
Yasir Hameed
PAK
51.28
16
Graeme Smith
SA
48.59
17
Sourav Ganguly
IND
47.88
18
Boeta Dippenaar
SA
46.90
19
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
46.48
20
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
46.27
21
Stephen Fleming
NZ
45.24
22
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
44.62
23
Mark Butcher
ENG
44.50
24
Graham Thorpe
ENG
44.30
25
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
44.20
26
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
43.39
27
Nathan Astle
NZ
43.20
28
Andrew Symonds
AUS
43.18
29
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
42.75
30
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
42.50
31
Justin Langer
AUS
41.20
32
Chris Gayle
WI
40.41
33
Jacques Rudolph
SA
40.28
34
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
40.27
35
Heath Streak
ZIM
39.30
36
Paul Collingwood
ENG
38.46
37
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
38.17
38
Virender Sehwag
IND
37.65
39
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
37.50
40
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
37.26
41
Wavell Hinds
WI
37.19
42
Marvan Atapattu
SL
36.93
43
Michael Vaughan
ENG
36.79
44
Craig McMillan
NZ
35.19
45
Neil McKenzie
SA
35.17
46
Shaun Pollock
SA
34.56
47
Scott Styris
NZ
34.48
48
Craig Wishart
ZIM
33.45
49
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
32.77
50
Mark Vermeulen
ZIM
32.63
51
Grant Flower
ZIM
32.56
52
Aakash Chopra
IND
32.40
53
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
32.38
54
Alec Stewart
ENG
32.00
55
Mark Boucher
SA
31.86
56
Yuvraj Singh
IND
31.25
57
Habibul Bashar
BAN
31.18
58
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
31.07
59
Nick Knight
ENG
30.82
60
Younis Khan
PAK
30.68
61
Aravinda de Silva
SL
30.00
62
Nasser Hussain
ENG
29.93
63
Daren Ganga
WI
29.29
64
Anthony McGrath
ENG
28.67
65
Rajin Saleh
BAN
28.61
66
Tatenda Taibu
ZIM
28.50
67
Chris Cairns
NZ
28.38
68
Shoaib Malik
PAK
28.28
69
Daniel Vettori
NZ
28.12
70
Andy Bichel
AUS
28.00
70
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
28.00
71
Andrew Hall
SA
27.64
72
Marlon Samuels
WI
26.44
73
Ridley Jacobs
WI
25.29
74
Travis Friend
ZIM
24.50
75
Hannan Sarkar
BAN
23.81
76
Jacob Oram
NZ
23.73
77
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
23.60
78
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
23.58
79
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
23.44
80
Ricardo Powell
WI
23.23
81
Vikram Solanki
ENG
23.08
82
Rashid Latif
PAK
23.05
83
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
23.00
84
Mohammad Kaif
IND
22.76
85
Sean Ervine
ZIM
22.00
86
Stuart Carlisle
ZIM
21.75
87
Steve Tikolo
KEN
21.67
88
Parthiv Patel
IND
21.60
89
Brad Hogg
AUS
21.58
90
Dinesh Mongia
IND
21.55
91
Ashley Giles
ENG
21.17
92
Chris Harris
NZ
21.07
93
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
20.91
94
Chris Read
ENG
20.90
95
Javed Omar
BAN
20.68
96
Devon Smith
WI
20.45
97
Lou Vincent
NZ
20.30
98
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
20.25
99
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
19.73
100
Brendon McCullum
NZ
19.29
101
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
18.86
102
Akram Khan
BAN
18.40
103
Alok Kapali
BAN
18.32
104
Chaminda Vaas
SL
17.40
105
Vasbert Drakes
WI
16.86
106
Khaled Mashud
BAN
16.54
107
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
16.08
108
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
16.08
109
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
15.20
110
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
15.08
111
Ray Price
ZIM
14.38
112
Brett Lee
AUS
14.13
113
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
14.00
114
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
13.64
115
Russel Arnold
SL
13.08
116
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
13.06
117
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
13.06
118
Tushar Imran
BAN
12.60
119
Chris Nevin
NZ
12.50
120
Robbie Hart
NZ
10.70
121
Ajit Agarkar
IND
10.67
122
Zaheer Khan
IND
10.38
123
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
10.28
124
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
10.25
125
Mervyn Dillon
WI
9.59
126
Harbhajan Singh
IND
9.27
127
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
8.53
128
Tapash Baisya
BAN
8.42
129
Corey Collymore
WI
5.90
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