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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.
TEST
2003
112 entries
1
12.37
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
1.63 clear of Anthony McGrath
2
14.00
Anthony McGrath
ENG
1.63 off the lead
3
15.00
Rikki Clarke
ENG
2.63 off the lead
● LEADS
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
12.37 · 1.63 better than McGrath
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Akhtar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21.50
The mark at number ten — 102 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Average — full list
112 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
12.37
2
Anthony McGrath
ENG
14.00
3
Rikki Clarke
ENG
15.00
4
Richard Johnson
ENG
17.19
5
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
17.69
6
Simon Katich
AUS
20.09
7
Dilhara Fernando
SL
20.50
8
Martin Saggers
ENG
20.67
9
Shaun Pollock
SA
20.98
10
Andy Caddick
ENG
21.50
11
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
21.79
12
Corey Collymore
WI
22.50
13
Jason Gillespie
AUS
22.51
14
Alan Dawson
SA
23.40
15
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
24.00
16
Steve Harmison
ENG
24.26
17
Andre Nel
SA
24.46
18
Darren Lehmann
AUS
24.80
19
Mark Butcher
ENG
25.80
20
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
26.22
21
Jermaine Lawson
WI
26.43
22
Makhaya Ntini
SA
26.54
23
Ajit Agarkar
IND
27.19
24
Kabir Ali
ENG
27.20
25
Umar Gul
PAK
27.26
26
Yasir Chowdhury
BAN
27.50
27
Martin Bicknell
ENG
28.00
28
Chaminda Vaas
SL
28.48
29
Paul Adams
SA
29.19
30
Andrew Hall
SA
29.47
31
James Kirtley
ENG
29.53
32
Stuart MacGill
AUS
29.60
33
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
32.63
34
Andy Bichel
AUS
33.25
35
Nantie Hayward
SA
33.33
36
Wavell Hinds
WI
33.50
37
Ray Price
ZIM
33.93
38
Danish Kaneria
PAK
33.96
39
James Anderson
ENG
34.85
40
Brett Lee
AUS
35.05
41
Glenn McGrath
AUS
35.25
42
Jacob Oram
NZ
35.27
43
Fidel Edwards
WI
35.29
44
Nathan Bracken
AUS
36.33
45
Anil Kumble
IND
36.43
46
Prabath Nissanka
SL
36.60
47
Brad Williams
AUS
37.67
48
Heath Streak
ZIM
38.29
49
Jacques Kallis
SA
38.42
50
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
38.65
51
Ian Butler
NZ
38.70
52
Shane Bond
NZ
38.80
53
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
39.35
54
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
40.50
55
Shoaib Malik
PAK
42.00
56
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
42.79
57
Sean Ervine
ZIM
43.00
58
Ashley Giles
ENG
43.57
59
Robin Peterson
SA
44.71
60
Zaheer Khan
IND
45.78
61
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
46.20
62
Vasbert Drakes
WI
46.38
63
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
47.67
64
Brad Hogg
AUS
47.88
65
Paul Wiseman
NZ
47.91
66
Mervyn Dillon
WI
48.28
67
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
50.00
68
Omari Banks
WI
50.07
69
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
50.25
70
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
51.25
71
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
52.40
72
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
54.00
73
Graeme Smith
SA
54.50
74
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
54.67
75
Adam Sanford
WI
56.67
76
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
57.58
77
Dewald Pretorius
SA
59.60
78
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
60.00
79
Daniel Vettori
NZ
60.09
80
Rajin Saleh
BAN
61.00
80
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
61.00
81
Manjurul Islam
BAN
61.33
82
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
61.40
83
Gareth Batty
ENG
63.00
84
Mohammad Sami
PAK
64.13
85
Jacques Rudolph
SA
64.50
86
Chris Gayle
WI
65.00
87
Harbhajan Singh
IND
67.00
88
Nicky Boje
SA
67.50
89
Tapash Baisya
BAN
68.29
90
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
68.33
91
Upul Chandana
SL
74.00
92
Travis Friend
ZIM
75.00
93
Jerome Taylor
WI
75.33
94
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
79.67
95
Alok Kapali
BAN
86.75
96
Michael Vaughan
ENG
90.00
97
Ashish Nehra
IND
95.50
98
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
99.50
99
Virender Sehwag
IND
100.00
100
Steve Waugh
AUS
103.00
101
Scott Styris
NZ
104.50
102
Dinusha Fernando
SL
107.00
103
Richard Dawson
ENG
113.00
104
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
120.50
105
Waqar Younis
PAK
121.00
106
Charl Willoughby
SA
125.00
107
Irfan Pathan
IND
160.00
108
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
183.00
109
Darren Gough
ENG
215.00
110
Pedro Collins
WI
263.00
111
Marlon Samuels
WI
290.00
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