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Best Strike Rate in 2005: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best strike rate in 2005 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
TEST
2005
98 entries
1
21.69
Shane Bond
NZ
15.48 clear of Shabbir Ahmed
2
37.17
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
15.48 off the lead
3
38.52
Simon Jones
ENG
16.83 off the lead
● LEADS
Shane Bond
NZ
21.69 · 15.48 better than Ahmed
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bond is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
43.44
The mark at number ten — 88 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
98 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shane Bond
NZ
21.69
2
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
37.17
3
Simon Jones
ENG
38.52
4
Stuart MacGill
AUS
38.81
5
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
39.40
6
Syed Rasel
BAN
40.83
7
Monde Zondeki
SA
41.44
8
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
42.29
9
Jermaine Lawson
WI
42.75
10
Irfan Pathan
IND
43.44
11
James Franklin
NZ
43.70
12
Shane Warne
AUS
45.17
13
Chaminda Vaas
SL
45.50
14
Corey Collymore
WI
46.96
15
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
46.97
16
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
47.18
17
Andre Nel
SA
47.61
18
Makhaya Ntini
SA
48.28
19
Dilhara Fernando
SL
48.60
20
Lasith Malinga
SL
49.31
21
Glenn McGrath
AUS
50.71
22
Brett Lee
AUS
50.94
23
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
51.29
24
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
51.83
25
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
52.00
26
Shahid Afridi
GER
55.44
27
Harbhajan Singh
IND
55.87
28
Zaheer Khan
IND
57.00
28
Nathan Bracken
AUS
57.00
28
Tinashe Panyangara
ZIM
57.00
29
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
57.44
30
Shaun Tait
AUS
57.60
31
Rangana Herath
SL
57.73
32
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
58.00
33
Danish Kaneria
PAK
58.43
34
Heath Streak
ZIM
58.57
35
Charl Langeveldt
SA
59.31
36
Andrew Symonds
AUS
60.00
37
Anil Kumble
IND
60.39
38
Fidel Edwards
WI
60.57
39
Malinga Bandara
SL
61.33
40
Steve Harmison
ENG
61.72
41
Tino Best
WI
63.30
42
Daniel Vettori
NZ
64.95
43
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
65.38
44
Nathan Astle
NZ
65.50
45
Omari Banks
WI
66.00
46
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
66.47
47
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
66.92
48
Chris Martin
NZ
67.26
49
Dwayne Smith
WI
70.50
50
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
72.00
51
Shaun Pollock
SA
72.78
52
Chris Gayle
WI
73.78
53
Pedro Collins
WI
75.00
54
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
75.17
55
Jacques Kallis
SA
75.20
56
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
78.00
57
Mohammad Sami
PAK
80.12
58
Dwayne Bravo
WI
80.50
59
Daren Powell
WI
81.59
60
AB de Villiers
SA
84.00
61
Liam Plunkett
ENG
85.00
62
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
87.60
63
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
89.50
64
Shoaib Malik
PAK
90.00
64
Dale Steyn
SA
90.00
65
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
90.14
66
Shane Watson
AUS
93.00
67
Ashley Giles
ENG
98.89
68
Tapash Baisya
BAN
100.00
69
James Anderson
ENG
102.00
70
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
103.75
71
Reon King
WI
106.33
72
Jason Gillespie
AUS
109.82
73
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
110.00
74
Ajit Agarkar
IND
118.00
75
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
118.83
76
Farveez Maharoof
SL
122.00
77
Arshad Khan
PAK
126.00
77
Waddington Mwayenga
ZIM
126.00
78
Iain O'Brien
NZ
129.00
79
Nicky Boje
SA
129.29
80
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
138.00
81
Shaun Udal
ENG
148.00
82
Wavell Hinds
WI
156.00
83
Kyle Mills
NZ
162.00
84
Narsingh Deonarine
WI
170.50
85
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
185.50
86
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
192.00
87
Graeme Smith
SA
194.00
88
Upul Chandana
SL
204.00
89
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
216.00
90
Andrew Hall
SA
224.00
91
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
228.00
92
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
252.00
93
Paul Wiseman
NZ
301.50
94
Ryan Hinds
WI
348.00
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