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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.
TEST
2005
98 entries
1
9.23
Shane Bond
NZ
7.02 clear of Tinashe Panyangara
2
16.25
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
7.02 off the lead
3
18.52
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
9.29 off the lead
● LEADS
Shane Bond
NZ
9.23 · 7.02 better than Panyangara
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bond is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
22.29
The mark at number ten — 88 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
6 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Average — full list
98 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shane Bond
NZ
9.23
2
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
16.25
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
18.52
4
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
18.56
5
Stuart MacGill
AUS
19.62
6
Chaminda Vaas
SL
19.63
7
Andre Nel
SA
20.72
8
Glenn McGrath
AUS
21.81
9
Shane Warne
AUS
22.02
10
Simon Jones
ENG
22.29
11
Corey Collymore
WI
22.87
12
Andrew Symonds
AUS
23.50
13
Irfan Pathan
IND
24.38
14
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
24.41
15
Makhaya Ntini
SA
24.85
16
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
25.00
17
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
25.22
18
Nathan Bracken
AUS
25.67
19
Monde Zondeki
SA
25.81
20
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
26.10
21
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
26.44
22
Harbhajan Singh
IND
27.67
23
James Franklin
NZ
28.37
24
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
28.65
25
Shahid Afridi
GER
29.33
26
Anil Kumble
IND
29.34
27
Jermaine Lawson
WI
29.58
28
Dilhara Fernando
SL
30.00
29
Rangana Herath
SL
30.36
30
Nathan Astle
NZ
30.40
31
Shaun Pollock
SA
30.43
32
Lasith Malinga
SL
31.23
33
Pedro Collins
WI
31.33
34
Danish Kaneria
PAK
32.00
35
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
32.29
36
Brett Lee
AUS
32.37
37
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
32.46
38
AB de Villiers
SA
32.50
39
Chris Gayle
WI
32.56
40
Syed Rasel
BAN
32.67
41
Malinga Bandara
SL
32.89
42
Daniel Vettori
NZ
32.95
43
Charl Langeveldt
SA
33.31
44
Zaheer Khan
IND
34.70
45
Steve Harmison
ENG
34.87
46
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
35.25
47
Heath Streak
ZIM
36.21
48
Omari Banks
WI
37.60
49
Dwayne Smith
WI
38.00
50
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
38.27
51
Jacques Kallis
SA
39.35
52
Chris Martin
NZ
40.00
53
Fidel Edwards
WI
40.64
54
Shaun Tait
AUS
42.00
55
Dwayne Bravo
WI
43.33
56
Mohammad Sami
PAK
45.00
57
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
45.77
58
Tino Best
WI
47.10
59
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
47.33
60
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
47.42
61
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
48.00
62
Daren Powell
WI
48.07
63
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
49.43
64
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
49.80
65
Ajit Agarkar
IND
50.00
66
Shoaib Malik
PAK
53.25
67
Arshad Khan
PAK
54.00
68
Reon King
WI
56.78
69
Ashley Giles
ENG
56.95
70
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
57.00
71
Farveez Maharoof
SL
57.67
72
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
58.50
72
Wavell Hinds
WI
58.50
73
Tapash Baisya
BAN
60.80
74
Dale Steyn
SA
61.00
75
Shane Watson
AUS
61.50
76
Liam Plunkett
ENG
62.50
77
Jason Gillespie
AUS
64.18
78
Nicky Boje
SA
66.57
79
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
67.00
80
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
69.50
81
Kyle Mills
NZ
71.50
82
James Anderson
ENG
74.50
83
Narsingh Deonarine
WI
75.50
84
Waddington Mwayenga
ZIM
79.00
85
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
89.00
86
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
91.00
87
Shaun Udal
ENG
92.33
88
Iain O'Brien
NZ
98.50
89
Graeme Smith
SA
115.00
90
Upul Chandana
SL
116.00
91
Andrew Hall
SA
120.00
92
Ryan Hinds
WI
123.00
93
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
125.00
94
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
141.00
95
Paul Wiseman
NZ
146.00
96
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
150.00
97
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
159.00
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