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Best Averages in 2005: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best averages in 2005 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2005
119 entries
1
101.17
Michael Hussey
AUS
34.24 clear of Inzamam-ul-Haq
2
66.93
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
34.24 off the lead
3
56.66
Ricky Ponting
AUS
44.51 off the lead
● LEADS
Michael Hussey
AUS
101.17 · 34.24 ahead of Inzamam-ul-Haq
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Hussey is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
47.45
The mark at number ten — 109 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
119 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Michael Hussey
AUS
101.17
2
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
66.93
3
Ricky Ponting
AUS
56.66
4
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
53.29
5
Graeme Smith
SA
50.88
6
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
50.44
7
Rahul Dravid
IND
49.49
8
Brian Lara
WI
48.38
9
Jacques Kallis
SA
47.72
10
MS Dhoni
IND
47.45
11
Lou Vincent
NZ
47.09
12
Boeta Dippenaar
SA
45.38
13
Matthew Hayden
AUS
44.48
14
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
44.23
15
Ashwell Prince
SA
44.13
16
Justin Langer
AUS
43.60
17
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
43.57
18
Ian Bell
ENG
43.00
19
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
42.91
20
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
41.92
21
Younis Khan
PAK
41.86
22
VVS Laxman
IND
41.31
23
Yuvraj Singh
IND
41.12
24
Damien Martyn
AUS
40.38
25
Virender Sehwag
IND
40.04
26
Mohammad Kaif
IND
39.44
27
Michael Clarke
AUS
38.84
28
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
38.65
29
Scott Styris
NZ
38.27
30
Justin Kemp
SA
37.35
31
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
37.27
32
AB de Villiers
SA
37.24
33
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
37.11
34
Denesh Ramdin
WI
36.91
35
Chris Gayle
WI
36.57
36
Tatenda Taibu
ZIM
35.92
37
Daniel Vettori
NZ
35.44
38
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
35.39
39
Marvan Atapattu
SL
35.37
40
Andrew Strauss
ENG
35.35
41
Nathan Astle
NZ
35.31
42
Michael Vaughan
ENG
35.20
43
Russel Arnold
SL
34.55
44
Andrew Symonds
AUS
34.54
45
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
34.24
46
Asim Kamal
PAK
33.92
47
Kamran Akmal
PAK
33.91
48
Wavell Hinds
WI
33.77
49
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
33.41
50
Yasir Hameed
PAK
33.33
51
Irfan Pathan
IND
33.32
52
Salman Butt
PAK
33.26
53
Shahid Afridi
GER
32.86
54
Paul Collingwood
ENG
32.57
55
Shoaib Malik
PAK
31.88
56
Dwayne Bravo
WI
31.79
57
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
31.71
58
Brendon McCullum
NZ
31.36
59
Simon Katich
AUS
31.13
60
Nicky Boje
SA
31.08
61
Gautam Gambhir
IND
31.00
62
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
30.91
63
Khaled Mashud
BAN
30.53
64
Stephen Fleming
NZ
30.17
65
Vikram Solanki
ENG
30.10
66
Habibul Bashar
BAN
29.71
67
Shahriar Nafees
BAN
29.64
68
Hamish Marshall
NZ
28.36
69
Chris Cairns
NZ
28.30
70
Mark Boucher
SA
28.24
71
Javed Omar
BAN
27.19
72
Nafees Iqbal
BAN
27.00
73
Upul Tharanga
SL
26.46
74
Brett Lee
AUS
25.67
75
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
24.72
76
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
24.52
77
Barney Rogers
ZIM
24.38
78
Ashley Giles
ENG
24.10
79
Craig McMillan
NZ
23.23
80
Jacques Rudolph
SA
23.21
81
Craig Cumming
NZ
23.10
82
Harbhajan Singh
IND
23.00
83
Geraint Jones
ENG
22.61
84
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
22.59
85
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
22.48
86
Brendan Taylor
ZIM
21.96
87
Heath Streak
ZIM
21.59
88
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
21.23
89
Shaun Pollock
SA
21.00
90
Shane Warne
AUS
20.90
91
Sourav Ganguly
IND
20.82
92
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
20.54
93
Devon Smith
WI
20.36
94
Chaminda Vaas
SL
20.00
95
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
19.81
96
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
17.84
97
Courtney Browne
WI
17.61
98
Farveez Maharoof
SL
17.50
99
James Franklin
NZ
16.58
100
Dwayne Smith
WI
16.43
101
James Marshall
NZ
16.33
102
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
15.65
103
Ajit Agarkar
IND
13.91
104
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
13.08
105
Jason Gillespie
AUS
11.63
106
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
11.44
107
Tushar Imran
BAN
11.18
108
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
11.00
109
Kyle Mills
NZ
10.80
110
Steve Harmison
ENG
10.72
111
Ian Bradshaw
WI
9.50
112
Makhaya Ntini
SA
8.69
113
Xavier Marshall
WI
8.21
114
Mohammad Sami
PAK
7.79
115
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
7.71
116
Glenn McGrath
AUS
6.86
117
Daren Powell
WI
5.61
118
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
4.50
119
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
2.64
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