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Best Average in 2005: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best average in 2005 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2005
145 entries
1
13.71
Shane Bond
NZ
4.09 clear of Stuart Clark
2
17.80
Stuart Clark
AUS
4.09 off the lead
3
18.50
Jon Lewis
ENG
4.79 off the lead
● LEADS
Shane Bond
NZ
13.71 · 4.09 better than Clark
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bond is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
22.20
The mark at number ten — 135 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Average — full list
145 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shane Bond
NZ
13.71
2
Stuart Clark
AUS
17.80
3
Jon Lewis
ENG
18.50
4
Stuart MacGill
AUS
19.62
5
Glenn McGrath
AUS
20.34
6
Manzarul Islam
BAN
20.36
7
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
20.68
8
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
21.09
9
Shane Warne
AUS
21.85
10
Chris Tremlett
ENG
22.20
11
RP Singh
IND
22.82
12
Andre Nel
SA
22.91
13
Andrew Hall
SA
23.26
14
Brad Hogg
AUS
24.04
15
Makhaya Ntini
SA
24.18
16
Ashish Nehra
IND
24.41
17
Irfan Pathan
IND
24.82
18
Jeetan Patel
NZ
25.00
19
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
25.13
20
Simon Jones
ENG
25.43
21
Ajit Agarkar
IND
25.69
22
Albie Morkel
SA
26.00
23
Kabir Ali
ENG
26.07
24
Corey Collymore
WI
26.13
25
Brett Lee
AUS
26.34
26
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
26.67
27
Ian Bradshaw
WI
26.90
28
Chaminda Vaas
SL
26.93
29
Arshad Khan
PAK
27.46
30
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
27.48
31
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
27.50
31
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
27.50
32
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
28.17
33
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
28.25
34
Charl Langeveldt
SA
28.72
35
James Franklin
NZ
28.93
36
Monde Zondeki
SA
29.06
37
Darren Gough
ENG
29.12
38
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
29.32
39
Anil Kumble
IND
30.02
40
Daniel Vettori
NZ
30.22
41
Pedro Collins
WI
30.27
42
Rangana Herath
SL
30.36
43
Nathan Bracken
AUS
30.69
44
Zaheer Khan
IND
30.83
45
Deighton Butler
WI
31.33
46
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
31.60
47
Omari Banks
WI
31.63
48
Shahid Afridi
GER
31.70
49
Shaun Pollock
SA
32.42
50
AB de Villiers
SA
32.50
51
Farveez Maharoof
SL
32.60
52
Malinga Bandara
SL
32.89
53
Lasith Malinga
SL
32.92
54
Andre Adams
NZ
33.33
55
Danish Kaneria
PAK
33.48
56
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
33.82
57
Andrew Symonds
AUS
33.90
58
Steve Harmison
ENG
33.91
59
Jermaine Lawson
WI
34.00
60
Harbhajan Singh
IND
34.22
61
Kyle Mills
NZ
34.30
62
Shane Watson
AUS
35.00
63
Scott Styris
NZ
35.08
64
Syed Rasel
BAN
35.11
65
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
35.70
66
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
36.00
67
Paul Collingwood
ENG
36.37
68
James Anderson
ENG
36.44
69
Dilhara Lokuhettige
SL
36.83
70
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
37.06
71
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
37.33
72
Chris Martin
NZ
37.50
73
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
38.00
74
Jacob Oram
NZ
38.90
75
Heath Streak
ZIM
39.11
76
Darren Lehmann
AUS
39.20
77
Dilhara Fernando
SL
40.22
78
Jacques Kallis
SA
40.34
79
Ian Blackwell
ENG
40.50
80
Virender Sehwag
IND
40.53
81
Dale Steyn
SA
41.00
82
Nathan Astle
NZ
41.21
83
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
41.40
84
Narsingh Deonarine
WI
41.86
85
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
41.89
86
Shaun Tait
AUS
42.00
87
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
42.15
88
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
42.57
89
Shoaib Malik
PAK
42.93
90
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
43.27
91
Liam Plunkett
ENG
43.33
92
Chris Gayle
WI
43.91
93
Yuvraj Singh
IND
44.83
94
Chris Cairns
NZ
45.38
95
Fidel Edwards
WI
45.64
96
Wavell Hinds
WI
45.67
97
Mohammad Sami
PAK
45.71
98
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
45.77
99
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
45.90
100
Barney Rogers
ZIM
46.00
101
Jason Gillespie
AUS
46.75
102
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
47.33
103
Murali Kartik
IND
47.40
104
Jai Prakash Yadav
IND
48.33
105
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
48.39
106
Upul Chandana
SL
48.40
107
Sreesanth
IND
48.75
108
Mohammad Khalil
PAK
49.40
109
Dwayne Bravo
WI
49.67
110
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
49.78
111
Daren Powell
WI
50.45
112
Mohammad Asif
PAK
51.00
113
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
51.33
114
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
51.70
115
Reon King
WI
51.83
116
Nicky Boje
SA
51.92
117
Tino Best
WI
52.00
118
Dwayne Smith
WI
53.00
118
Michael Clarke
AUS
53.00
119
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
54.20
120
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
54.40
121
Mervyn Dillon
WI
55.67
122
Tapash Baisya
BAN
56.31
123
Rajin Saleh
BAN
56.50
124
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
57.00
125
Ashley Giles
ENG
57.24
126
Johan Botha
SA
61.50
127
Justin Kemp
SA
62.33
128
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
66.00
129
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
68.20
130
Craig McMillan
NZ
70.50
131
Shaun Udal
ENG
76.50
132
Waddington Mwayenga
ZIM
79.00
133
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
84.00
134
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
84.80
135
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
89.00
136
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
97.50
137
Iain O'Brien
NZ
98.50
138
Ryan Hinds
WI
123.00
139
Michael Vaughan
ENG
134.00
140
Paul Wiseman
NZ
146.00
141
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
152.50
142
Graeme Smith
SA
156.67
143
Marlon Samuels
WI
250.00
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