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Best Strike Rate in 2006: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best strike rate in 2006, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
2006
215 entries
1
16.00
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
3 clear of Ronald Ebanks
2
19.00
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
3 off the lead
4
21.00
Troy Taylor
CIS
5 off the lead
● LEADS
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
16.00 · 3 better than Ebanks
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Langford-Smith is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
25.67
The mark at number ten — 205 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
5 of the top 50 · 18 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
215 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
16.00
2
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
19.00
3
Not on record
USA
19.14
4
Troy Taylor
CIS
21.00
5
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
22.93
6
George O'Brien
BER
24.00
7
Not on record
DEN
24.56
8
Nathan Bracken
AUS
24.69
9
Shane Watson
AUS
24.90
10
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
25.67
11
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
26.14
12
John Mooney
IRE
26.25
13
Justin Kemp
SA
26.33
14
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
26.77
15
Craig Wright
SCO
27.60
16
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
27.86
17
Peter Ongondo
KEN
28.04
18
Henry Osinde
CAN
28.33
19
Not on record
ITL
29.00
19
Kyle Mills
NZ
29.00
20
Abdur Rehman
PAK
30.00
21
Irving Romaine
BER
30.14
22
Tim de Leede
NED
30.38
23
Shaun Udal
ENG
30.40
24
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
30.52
25
Michael Mason
NZ
30.67
26
Mark Jonkman
NED
31.20
27
Tony Suji
KEN
31.50
28
Gary Brent
ZIM
31.80
29
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
32.03
30
Jason Gillespie
AUS
32.25
31
Rajin Saleh
BAN
32.50
32
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
32.56
33
Darron Reekers
NED
32.57
34
Ross Lyons
SCO
32.60
35
Roger Telemachus
SA
33.00
35
Daan van Bunge
NED
33.00
35
Brad Hogg
AUS
33.00
36
Abdur Razzak
BAN
33.13
37
John Davison
CAN
33.23
38
John Blain
SCO
33.75
39
Stuart Broad
ENG
34.00
40
Makhaya Ntini
SA
34.07
41
Jeetan Patel
NZ
34.42
42
Hasan Durham
BER
34.46
43
Piet Rinke
ZIM
34.63
44
Ryan Watson
SCO
34.80
45
Shane Bond
NZ
34.86
46
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
35.00
47
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
35.28
48
Austin Codrington
CAN
35.43
49
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
35.57
50
Not on record
ARG
35.75
50
Not on record
DEN
35.75
51
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
36.00
52
Ramesh Powar
IND
36.21
53
Kevin Hurdle
BER
36.38
54
Peter Borren
NED
36.75
55
Ajit Agarkar
IND
36.91
56
Dougie Brown
ENG
37.50
56
Not on record
ITL
37.50
57
Billy Stelling
NED
37.64
58
Stuart MacGill
AUS
37.75
59
Jerome Taylor
WI
37.77
60
Dilhara Fernando
SL
37.88
61
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
38.14
62
Mohammad Asif
PAK
38.55
63
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
38.73
64
Mick Lewis
AUS
39.00
65
Sreesanth
IND
39.21
66
Dwayne Smith
WI
40.00
66
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
40.00
67
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
40.05
68
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
40.29
69
Janeiro Tucker
BER
40.67
70
Kevin Sandher
CAN
40.83
71
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
41.18
72
Robin Peterson
SA
41.67
73
Andrew Hall
SA
41.78
74
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
41.85
75
Syed Rasel
BAN
41.88
76
Dhammika Prasad
SL
42.00
77
Lasith Malinga
SL
42.48
78
Johan van der Wath
SA
42.91
79
Steven Welsh
CAN
43.20
80
Mohammad Kashif
NED
43.50
80
Dewald Nel
SCO
43.50
81
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
43.69
82
Dinesh Mongia
IND
44.00
83
Stuart Clark
AUS
44.21
84
Mark Gillespie
NZ
44.33
85
Brett Lee
AUS
44.38
86
Dwayne Leverock
BER
44.69
87
Jacques Kallis
SA
44.88
88
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
45.12
89
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
45.14
90
Dale Steyn
SA
45.52
91
Malinga Bandara
SL
45.87
92
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
46.15
93
Michael Yardy
ENG
46.80
93
Charl Langeveldt
SA
46.80
94
RP Singh
IND
46.95
95
Farveez Maharoof
SL
47.28
96
Kabir Ali
ENG
47.60
97
Irfan Pathan
IND
47.75
98
Jon Lewis
ENG
48.00
98
Wavell Hinds
WI
48.00
98
Morne Morkel
SA
48.00
98
George Codrington
CAN
48.00
98
Abdool Samad
CAN
48.00
98
Not on record
CIS
48.00
98
Not on record
CAN
48.00
99
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
48.17
100
Dave Mohammed
WI
48.44
101
Steve Tikolo
KEN
49.18
102
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
49.20
103
Zaheer Khan
IND
49.41
104
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
49.80
105
James Franklin
NZ
49.93
106
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
50.29
107
Zishan Shah
DEN
50.33
108
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
50.82
109
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
51.00
110
Andrew Symonds
AUS
51.31
111
Ruchira Perera
SL
51.43
112
Scott Styris
NZ
51.44
113
Chaminda Vaas
SL
51.98
114
Monde Zondeki
SA
52.00
114
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
52.00
115
Munaf Patel
IND
52.10
116
Stefan Kelly
BER
52.25
117
Yuvraj Singh
IND
52.29
118
Shaun Pollock
SA
52.31
119
James Anderson
ENG
53.00
120
Jacob Oram
NZ
53.08
121
Dwayne Bravo
WI
53.58
122
Johan Botha
SA
53.63
123
Umar Gul
PAK
53.79
124
Ian Bradshaw
WI
53.84
125
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
53.92
126
Paul Collingwood
ENG
54.00
127
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
55.25
128
Andre Nel
SA
55.66
129
Michael Clarke
AUS
55.88
130
Not on record
ITL
56.00
131
Shahid Nazir
PAK
56.12
132
Liam Plunkett
ENG
56.33
133
Steve Harmison
ENG
56.79
134
Chris Martin
NZ
56.96
135
Nathan Astle
NZ
57.22
136
Shane Warne
AUS
58.12
137
Glenn McGrath
AUS
58.76
138
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
59.48
139
James Hopes
AUS
60.00
140
Fidel Edwards
WI
60.17
141
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
60.30
142
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
60.45
143
Shoaib Malik
PAK
60.50
144
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
60.59
145
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
61.50
146
Marlon Samuels
WI
61.94
147
Chris Gayle
WI
62.00
148
Pieter Seelaar
NED
63.00
148
Kyle McCallan
IRE
63.00
149
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
63.39
150
Virender Sehwag
IND
63.93
151
Daniel Vettori
NZ
64.55
152
Andre Adams
NZ
65.50
153
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
66.29
154
Mohammad Sami
PAK
67.00
155
Anil Kumble
IND
67.12
156
Luuk van Troost
NED
68.00
157
Harbhajan Singh
IND
68.16
158
Shahid Afridi
PAK
69.14
159
Pedro Collins
WI
69.90
160
Alok Kapali
BAN
70.25
161
Monty Panesar
ENG
70.70
162
Daren Powell
WI
70.91
163
Corey Collymore
WI
71.26
164
Sean Williams
ZIM
72.00
164
Umar Bhatti
CAN
72.00
165
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
73.83
166
Chris Cairns
NZ
75.00
167
Graeme Smith
SA
78.00
168
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
78.50
169
Tim Bresnan
ENG
81.00
169
Brett Dorey
AUS
81.00
169
Garnett Kruger
SA
81.00
170
Danish Kaneria
PAK
81.63
171
Not on record
CIS
87.00
171
Malachi Jones
BER
87.00
171
Trent Johnston
IRE
87.00
171
Alfred Luseno
KEN
87.00
172
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
87.22
173
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
87.88
174
Not on record
CIS
90.00
175
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
92.25
176
Ian Blackwell
ENG
93.60
177
Not on record
ARG
96.00
177
Josephat Ababu
KEN
96.00
178
Dan Cullen
AUS
99.00
179
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
108.40
180
Rawl Lewis
WI
120.00
180
Michael Hussey
AUS
120.00
181
Vikram Singh
IND
123.80
182
Nicky Boje
SA
127.67
183
Yasir Arafat
PAK
132.00
183
Ryan Steede
BER
132.00
183
Not on record
DEN
132.00
184
Esteban Nino
ARG
138.00
185
Ashley Giles
ENG
164.00
186
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
165.00
187
Sourav Ganguly
IND
168.00
188
Farhad Reza
BAN
186.00
188
Not on record
DEN
186.00
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