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Best Average in 2006: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best average in 2006, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
2006
215 entries
1
11.25
Jason Gillespie
AUS
0.08 clear of Dave Langford-Smith
2
11.33
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
0.08 off the lead
3
13.40
Shaun Udal
ENG
2.15 off the lead
● LEADS
Jason Gillespie
AUS
11.25 · 0.08 better than Langford-Smith
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
17.38
The mark at number ten — 205 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 19 teams represented
Best Average — full list
215 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jason Gillespie
AUS
11.25
2
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
11.33
3
Shaun Udal
ENG
13.40
4
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
13.50
5
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
15.00
6
Abdur Rehman
PAK
15.33
7
Troy Taylor
CIS
15.67
8
Kyle Mills
NZ
16.83
9
Not on record
DEN
17.22
10
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
17.38
11
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
17.64
12
Craig Wright
SCO
18.40
13
Nathan Bracken
AUS
18.76
14
Peter Ongondo
KEN
18.92
15
Abdur Razzak
BAN
19.25
16
Shane Watson
AUS
19.95
17
Not on record
USA
20.00
18
John Davison
CAN
20.31
19
George O'Brien
BER
20.86
20
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
20.99
21
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
21.21
22
John Mooney
IRE
21.25
23
Henry Osinde
CAN
21.33
24
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
21.36
25
Makhaya Ntini
SA
21.50
26
Gary Brent
ZIM
21.70
27
Stuart MacGill
AUS
21.80
28
Justin Kemp
SA
21.83
29
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
22.57
30
Mark Jonkman
NED
22.60
31
Jeetan Patel
NZ
22.74
32
Mohammad Asif
PAK
22.78
33
Daan van Bunge
NED
23.00
34
Shane Bond
NZ
23.17
35
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
23.29
36
Tim de Leede
NED
23.54
37
Austin Codrington
CAN
23.57
38
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
23.64
39
Irving Romaine
BER
24.43
40
Not on record
CAN
24.67
41
Jon Lewis
ENG
24.91
42
Stuart Clark
AUS
25.05
43
Michael Yardy
ENG
25.20
44
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
25.31
45
Brad Hogg
AUS
25.46
46
Dwayne Leverock
BER
25.56
47
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
25.78
48
Jerome Taylor
WI
25.93
49
Shaun Pollock
SA
25.98
50
Not on record
ITL
26.00
51
Jacob Oram
NZ
26.23
52
Syed Rasel
BAN
26.85
53
Ramesh Powar
IND
27.16
54
Rajin Saleh
BAN
27.17
55
Glenn McGrath
AUS
27.64
56
Sreesanth
IND
27.67
57
Hasan Durham
BER
28.23
58
Jacques Kallis
SA
28.41
59
Kevin Sandher
CAN
28.42
60
Nathan Astle
NZ
28.44
61
Brett Lee
AUS
28.49
62
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
28.75
63
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
28.78
64
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
28.89
64
Michael Mason
NZ
28.89
65
Dougie Brown
ENG
29.00
66
Lasith Malinga
SL
29.07
67
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
29.12
68
Dwayne Smith
WI
29.22
69
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
29.23
70
Ajit Agarkar
IND
29.31
71
John Blain
SCO
29.38
72
Kevin Hurdle
BER
29.46
73
Steven Welsh
CAN
30.00
74
Dilhara Fernando
SL
30.09
75
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
30.10
76
Shane Warne
AUS
30.20
77
Andrew Hall
SA
30.33
78
Shahid Nazir
PAK
30.47
79
Darron Reekers
NED
30.57
80
Munaf Patel
IND
30.67
81
Stuart Broad
ENG
31.43
82
Not on record
DEN
31.50
83
Dinesh Mongia
IND
31.67
84
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
31.86
85
Steve Tikolo
KEN
32.00
86
Chris Martin
NZ
32.11
87
Corey Collymore
WI
32.26
88
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
32.29
89
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
32.58
90
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
32.60
91
Farveez Maharoof
SL
32.66
92
Malinga Bandara
SL
32.70
93
Robin Peterson
SA
32.89
94
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
32.90
95
Dale Steyn
SA
32.96
96
Janeiro Tucker
BER
33.00
96
Dave Mohammed
WI
33.00
96
Ross Lyons
SCO
33.00
97
Andre Nel
SA
33.03
98
Ian Bradshaw
WI
33.09
99
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
33.10
100
Monty Panesar
ENG
33.15
101
Dewald Nel
SCO
33.25
101
George Codrington
CAN
33.25
102
Daniel Vettori
NZ
33.33
103
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
33.46
104
James Franklin
NZ
33.67
105
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
33.71
106
Chaminda Vaas
SL
33.71
106
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
33.71
107
Anil Kumble
IND
34.05
108
Piet Rinke
ZIM
34.13
109
Irfan Pathan
IND
34.19
110
Umar Gul
PAK
34.43
111
Roger Telemachus
SA
35.13
112
Chris Gayle
WI
35.19
113
Dwayne Bravo
WI
35.24
114
Zaheer Khan
IND
35.52
115
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
35.98
116
Virender Sehwag
IND
36.00
116
Tony Suji
KEN
36.00
117
Steve Harmison
ENG
36.34
118
Billy Stelling
NED
36.73
119
Not on record
ITL
37.00
119
Morne Morkel
SA
37.00
120
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
37.25
121
Scott Styris
NZ
37.44
122
Kyle McCallan
IRE
37.50
123
Peter Borren
NED
37.63
124
RP Singh
IND
37.64
125
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
38.36
126
Andrew Symonds
AUS
38.38
127
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
38.41
128
Yuvraj Singh
IND
38.43
129
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
38.47
130
Dhammika Prasad
SL
38.67
131
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
38.78
132
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
38.83
133
Not on record
ARG
39.25
134
Pedro Collins
WI
39.40
135
Not on record
CIS
39.50
136
Daren Powell
WI
39.73
137
Charl Langeveldt
SA
39.87
138
Not on record
ITL
40.00
139
Paul Collingwood
ENG
40.62
140
Liam Plunkett
ENG
40.63
141
James Anderson
ENG
40.70
142
Mark Gillespie
NZ
41.00
142
Ryan Watson
SCO
41.00
143
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
41.71
143
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
41.71
144
Harbhajan Singh
IND
41.91
145
Danish Kaneria
PAK
41.95
146
Not on record
CIS
42.25
147
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
42.63
148
Fidel Edwards
WI
43.13
149
Marlon Samuels
WI
43.19
150
Michael Clarke
AUS
43.38
151
Mick Lewis
AUS
43.86
152
Mohammad Kashif
NED
44.25
153
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
44.45
154
Johan van der Wath
SA
45.45
155
Shoaib Malik
PAK
45.83
156
Umar Bhatti
CAN
47.20
157
Shahid Afridi
PAK
47.32
158
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
47.38
159
Ruchira Perera
SL
47.64
160
Johan Botha
SA
48.00
160
Wavell Hinds
WI
48.00
161
Sean Williams
ZIM
49.00
161
Zishan Shah
DEN
49.00
162
Mohammad Sami
PAK
51.14
163
James Hopes
AUS
51.40
164
Stefan Kelly
BER
53.25
165
Abdool Samad
CAN
54.00
166
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
54.25
167
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
54.80
168
Pieter Seelaar
NED
57.00
169
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
57.33
170
Kabir Ali
ENG
58.20
171
Alok Kapali
BAN
59.75
172
Ian Blackwell
ENG
60.20
173
Luuk van Troost
NED
61.00
174
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
61.75
175
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
62.40
176
Graeme Smith
SA
63.75
177
Monde Zondeki
SA
65.33
178
Trent Johnston
IRE
65.50
179
Rawl Lewis
WI
66.00
180
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
66.50
181
Andre Adams
NZ
67.00
181
Dan Cullen
AUS
67.00
182
Nicky Boje
SA
70.17
183
Not on record
CIS
71.00
184
Chris Cairns
NZ
73.00
184
Brett Dorey
AUS
73.00
185
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
73.75
186
Alfred Luseno
KEN
82.00
187
Garnett Kruger
SA
84.00
188
Michael Hussey
AUS
86.00
189
Ashley Giles
ENG
87.33
190
Josephat Ababu
KEN
90.00
191
Vikram Singh
IND
92.40
192
Tim Bresnan
ENG
94.50
193
Not on record
ARG
96.00
194
Malachi Jones
BER
99.00
195
Not on record
DEN
103.00
196
Sourav Ganguly
IND
113.00
197
Ryan Steede
BER
131.00
198
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
135.00
199
Yasir Arafat
PAK
137.00
200
Farhad Reza
BAN
160.00
201
Not on record
DEN
164.00
202
Esteban Nino
ARG
170.00
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