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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.
TEST
2003
193 entries
1
108 / 1
Travis Friend
ZIM
0.64 clear of Ricky Ponting
2
1503 / 14
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0.64 off the lead
3
631 / 6
Stephen Fleming
NZ
2.83 off the lead
● LEADS
Travis Friend
ZIM
108 / 1 · 0.64 ahead of Ponting
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1344 / 18
The mark at number ten — 183 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
9 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
193 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Travis Friend
ZIM
108 / 1
2
Ricky Ponting
AUS
1503 / 14
3
Stephen Fleming
NZ
631 / 6
4
Rahul Dravid
IND
803 / 8
5
Steve Waugh
AUS
876 / 10
6
Nathan Astle
NZ
172 / 2
7
VVS Laxman
IND
595 / 7
8
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
246 / 3
9
Matthew Hayden
AUS
1312 / 17
10
Brian Lara
WI
1344 / 18
11
Darren Lehmann
AUS
670 / 9
12
Daniel Vettori
NZ
371 / 5
13
Craig McMillan
NZ
290 / 4
14
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
359 / 5
15
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
558 / 8
16
Gary Kirsten
SA
889 / 13
17
Sourav Ganguly
IND
393 / 6
18
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
714 / 11
19
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
1156 / 18
20
Graeme Smith
SA
1198 / 19
21
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
526 / 9
22
Virender Sehwag
IND
522 / 9
23
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
752 / 13
24
Shaun Pollock
SA
452 / 8
25
Mark Richardson
NZ
555 / 10
26
Moin Khan
PAK
220 / 4
26
Martin Love
AUS
165 / 3
27
Yasir Hameed
PAK
589 / 11
28
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
1003 / 19
29
Boeta Dippenaar
SA
459 / 9
29
Andrew Hall
SA
153 / 3
30
Jacques Kallis
SA
698 / 14
31
Graham Thorpe
ENG
443 / 9
32
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
579 / 12
33
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
566 / 12
34
Mark Butcher
ENG
979 / 21
35
Jacques Rudolph
SA
507 / 11
36
Asim Kamal
PAK
138 / 3
37
Justin Langer
AUS
824 / 18
38
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
225 / 5
39
Habibul Bashar
BAN
801 / 18
40
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
88 / 2
41
Michael Vaughan
ENG
958 / 22
42
Shoaib Malik
PAK
87 / 2
43
John Crawley
ENG
43 / 1
44
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
214 / 5
45
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
469 / 11
46
Damien Martyn
AUS
339 / 8
47
Chris Read
ENG
125 / 3
48
Imran Farhat
PAK
289 / 7
49
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
412 / 10
50
Simon Katich
AUS
203 / 5
51
Anthony McGrath
ENG
201 / 5
52
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
676 / 17
53
Heath Streak
ZIM
317 / 8
54
Nasser Hussain
ENG
711 / 18
55
Scott Styris
NZ
354 / 9
56
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
348 / 9
56
Upul Chandana
SL
116 / 3
56
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
116 / 3
57
Alec Stewart
ENG
385 / 10
58
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
114 / 3
58
Mark Vermeulen
ZIM
380 / 10
59
Craig Wishart
ZIM
303 / 8
60
Parthiv Patel
IND
150 / 4
61
Omari Banks
WI
187 / 5
62
Marvan Atapattu
SL
296 / 8
63
Al Sahariar
BAN
36 / 1
64
Wavell Hinds
WI
466 / 13
65
Mark Boucher
SA
520 / 15
65
Rashid Latif
PAK
104 / 3
66
Monde Zondeki
SA
66 / 2
66
Adam Sanford
WI
33 / 1
67
Lou Vincent
NZ
196 / 6
68
Aakash Chopra
IND
324 / 10
69
Rikki Clarke
ENG
96 / 3
70
Devon Smith
WI
189 / 6
70
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
63 / 2
71
Jacob Oram
NZ
283 / 9
72
Robin Peterson
SA
125 / 4
73
Chris Gayle
WI
312 / 10
74
Daren Ganga
WI
498 / 16
75
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
31 / 1
76
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
121 / 4
77
Ed Smith
ENG
87 / 3
77
Hannan Sarkar
BAN
377 / 13
77
Jason Gillespie
AUS
145 / 5
78
Neil McKenzie
SA
373 / 13
79
Dinusha Fernando
SL
56 / 2
80
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
276 / 10
81
Younis Khan
PAK
82 / 3
82
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
191 / 7
83
Gareth Batty
ENG
136 / 5
84
Ridley Jacobs
WI
298 / 11
85
Harbhajan Singh
IND
27 / 1
86
Paul Wiseman
NZ
79 / 3
87
Makhaya Ntini
SA
105 / 4
88
Romesh Kaluwitharana
SL
131 / 5
89
Vasbert Drakes
WI
286 / 11
90
Andy Bichel
AUS
233 / 9
91
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
177 / 7
92
Yuvraj Singh
IND
25 / 1
93
Chaminda Vaas
SL
199 / 8
94
Tatenda Taibu
ZIM
298 / 12
95
Rajin Saleh
BAN
246 / 10
96
Javed Omar
BAN
418 / 17
97
Mohammad Salim
BAN
49 / 2
97
Salman Butt
PAK
49 / 2
98
Stuart Carlisle
ZIM
261 / 11
99
Ashley Giles
ENG
317 / 14
100
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
113 / 5
101
James Anderson
ENG
45 / 2
102
Khaled Mashud
BAN
246 / 11
103
Paul Collingwood
ENG
89 / 4
104
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
153 / 7
105
Brad Williams
AUS
21 / 1
105
Corey Collymore
WI
42 / 2
106
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
207 / 10
107
Sean Ervine
ZIM
101 / 5
108
Brett Lee
AUS
141 / 7
109
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
80 / 4
109
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
20 / 1
110
Marlon Samuels
WI
98 / 5
111
Ray Price
ZIM
155 / 8
112
Mohammad Sami
PAK
38 / 2
112
Glenn McGrath
AUS
19 / 1
113
Matt Horne
NZ
74 / 4
114
Paul Adams
SA
92 / 5
115
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
127 / 7
116
Prabath Nissanka
SL
18 / 1
117
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
35 / 2
118
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
84 / 5
119
Farhan Adil
PAK
33 / 2
119
Brad Hogg
AUS
33 / 2
120
Darren Gough
ENG
49 / 3
121
Akram Khan
BAN
65 / 4
122
Steve Harmison
ENG
64 / 4
123
Robbie Hart
NZ
107 / 7
123
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
107 / 7
124
Alok Kapali
BAN
212 / 14
125
Fidel Edwards
WI
30 / 2
126
Mervyn Dillon
WI
119 / 8
127
Richard Johnson
ENG
59 / 4
128
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
201 / 14
129
Carlton Baugh
WI
85 / 6
130
Zaheer Khan
IND
28 / 2
131
Craig Evans
ZIM
27 / 2
132
Grant Flower
ZIM
53 / 4
133
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
13 / 1
134
Tapash Baisya
BAN
76 / 6
135
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
63 / 5
136
Thilan Thushara
SL
24 / 2
136
Vusi Sibanda
ZIM
36 / 3
137
Richard Jones
NZ
23 / 2
138
Chris Cairns
NZ
11 / 1
139
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
10 / 1
139
Saleem Elahi
PAK
10 / 1
139
Alan Dawson
SA
10 / 1
139
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
110 / 11
139
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
20 / 2
139
Jermaine Lawson
WI
20 / 2
140
Rob Key
ENG
39 / 4
141
Martin Bicknell
ENG
19 / 2
142
Waqar Younis
PAK
9 / 1
142
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
9 / 1
143
Dewald Pretorius
SA
17 / 2
144
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
33 / 4
145
Ajit Agarkar
IND
24 / 3
145
Danish Kaneria
PAK
8 / 1
145
Pedro Collins
WI
16 / 2
146
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
30 / 4
146
Andy Caddick
ENG
15 / 2
147
Jerome Taylor
WI
22 / 3
148
Nathan Bracken
AUS
7 / 1
148
Richard Dawson
ENG
14 / 2
148
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
21 / 3
149
Anil Kumble
IND
20 / 3
150
Enamul Haque
BAN
12 / 2
151
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
17 / 3
152
Ian Butler
NZ
11 / 2
152
David Bernard
WI
11 / 2
153
James Kirtley
ENG
32 / 6
154
Kabir Ali
ENG
10 / 2
154
Alamgir Kabir
BAN
5 / 1
155
Umar Gul
PAK
13 / 3
156
Kamran Akmal
PAK
4 / 1
156
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
4 / 1
156
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
4 / 1
157
Manjurul Islam
BAN
6 / 2
158
Stuart MacGill
AUS
10 / 5
158
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
2 / 1
159
Irfan Pathan
IND
1 / 1
159
Martin Saggers
ENG
1 / 1
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