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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.
ODI
2006
241 entries
1
7.67
Andre Botha
IRE
3.66 clear of Dave Langford-Smith
2
11.33
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
3.66 off the lead
3
11.50
Boyd Rankin
ENG
3.83 off the lead
● LEADS
Andre Botha
IRE
7.67 · 3.66 better than Langford-Smith
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Botha is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
15.50
The mark at number ten — 231 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Ireland
5 of the top 50 · 18 teams represented
Best Average — full list
241 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Andre Botha
IRE
7.67
2
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
11.33
3
Boyd Rankin
ENG
11.50
4
Not on record
DEN
11.80
5
Mark Cosgrove
AUS
13.00
6
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
13.50
7
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
15.00
8
Kyle Mills
NZ
15.25
9
Abdur Rehman
PAK
15.33
10
Andrew White
IRE
15.50
11
Troy Taylor
CIS
15.67
12
Delyone Borden
BER
16.00
13
Brijal Patel
KEN
17.00
13
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
17.00
14
Not on record
DEN
17.22
15
Shaun Pollock
SA
17.34
16
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
17.38
17
Not on record
USA
17.50
18
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
17.64
19
Abdur Razzak
BAN
17.96
20
Not on record
CAN
18.33
21
Craig Wright
SCO
18.40
22
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
18.67
23
Nathan Bracken
AUS
18.83
24
Peter Ongondo
KEN
18.92
25
Jon Lewis
ENG
19.00
26
Shane Watson
AUS
19.16
27
Paul Mooney
IRE
19.33
28
Makhaya Ntini
SA
19.71
29
Jehan Mubarak
SL
20.00
29
Jeetan Patel
NZ
20.00
29
Not on record
USA
20.00
30
John Davison
CAN
20.31
31
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
20.47
32
Chris Martin
NZ
20.67
33
George O'Brien
BER
20.86
34
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
21.00
34
Rajin Saleh
BAN
21.00
35
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
21.21
36
Dave Mohammed
WI
21.25
36
John Mooney
IRE
21.25
37
Henry Osinde
CAN
21.33
38
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
21.36
39
Justin Kemp
SA
21.83
40
Shane Bond
NZ
22.05
41
Gary Brent
ZIM
22.13
42
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
22.57
43
Mark Jonkman
NED
22.60
44
Daan van Bunge
NED
23.00
45
Farveez Maharoof
SL
23.06
46
Syed Rasel
BAN
23.22
47
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
23.29
48
Andre Nel
SA
23.41
49
Lasith Malinga
SL
23.53
50
Tim de Leede
NED
23.54
51
Austin Codrington
CAN
23.57
52
Jacques Kallis
SA
23.59
53
Brad Hogg
AUS
24.00
54
Irving Romaine
BER
24.43
55
Jerome Taylor
WI
24.51
56
Not on record
ITL
24.67
56
Not on record
CAN
24.67
57
Brett Lee
AUS
24.89
58
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
24.93
59
Not on record
USA
25.00
60
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
25.33
61
Irfan Pathan
IND
25.37
62
Dwayne Leverock
BER
25.56
63
Ian Bradshaw
WI
25.75
64
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
25.78
65
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
25.88
66
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
25.90
67
Glenn McGrath
AUS
25.93
68
Not on record
ITL
26.00
69
Ian Bell
ENG
26.33
70
Jacob Oram
NZ
26.50
70
Michael Yardy
ENG
26.50
71
Ramesh Powar
IND
27.16
72
Daren Powell
WI
27.67
73
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
28.03
74
Hasan Durham
BER
28.23
75
Kevin Sandher
CAN
28.42
76
Majid Haq
SCO
28.50
76
Andrew Hall
SA
28.50
77
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
28.75
78
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
28.78
79
Ajit Agarkar
IND
28.84
80
Dwayne Bravo
WI
28.88
81
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
28.89
82
Durand Soraine
CAN
29.00
82
Dougie Brown
ENG
29.00
82
Not on record
DEN
29.00
83
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
29.23
84
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
29.33
85
John Blain
SCO
29.38
86
Kevin Hurdle
BER
29.46
87
Steven Welsh
CAN
30.00
88
Chaminda Vaas
SL
30.03
89
Dwayne Smith
WI
30.04
90
Michael Mason
NZ
30.13
91
Steve Harmison
ENG
30.21
92
Roger Telemachus
SA
30.43
93
Mohammad Sami
PAK
30.50
94
Malinga Bandara
SL
30.57
95
Darron Reekers
NED
30.57
96
Rawl Lewis
WI
31.00
97
Not on record
DEN
31.50
98
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
31.64
99
Dinesh Mongia
IND
31.67
100
Yuvraj Singh
IND
31.71
101
Steve Tikolo
KEN
32.00
102
Sreesanth
IND
32.08
103
Mohammad Asif
PAK
32.24
104
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
32.60
105
Shoaib Malik
PAK
32.73
106
Janeiro Tucker
BER
33.00
106
Nathan Astle
NZ
33.00
106
Ross Lyons
SCO
33.00
106
Glenn Rogers
SCO
33.00
107
Umar Gul
PAK
33.09
108
Dewald Nel
SCO
33.25
108
George Codrington
CAN
33.25
109
Chris Gayle
WI
33.45
110
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
33.71
111
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
33.75
112
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
34.00
113
Piet Rinke
ZIM
34.13
114
Munaf Patel
IND
34.40
115
Harbhajan Singh
IND
34.44
116
Dilhara Fernando
SL
34.81
117
Michael Clarke
AUS
35.88
118
James Anderson
ENG
36.00
118
Tony Suji
KEN
36.00
119
Billy Stelling
NED
36.73
120
Andrew Symonds
AUS
36.80
121
Stuart Broad
ENG
37.00
121
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
37.00
121
Not on record
ITL
37.00
122
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
37.09
123
RP Singh
IND
37.15
124
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
37.25
125
Kyle McCallan
IRE
37.50
126
Peter Borren
NED
37.63
127
Marlon Samuels
WI
38.31
128
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
38.41
129
Dhammika Prasad
SL
38.67
130
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
38.82
131
Gordon Goudie
SCO
39.00
132
Paul Collingwood
ENG
39.13
133
Not on record
ARG
39.25
134
Not on record
CIS
39.50
135
Corey Collymore
WI
39.56
136
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
39.81
137
Tushar Imran
BAN
40.00
137
Not on record
ITL
40.00
138
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
40.06
139
Shahid Afridi
PAK
40.14
140
Hasantha Fernando
SL
41.00
140
Ryan Watson
SCO
41.00
141
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
41.30
142
Daniel Vettori
NZ
41.67
143
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
41.71
144
Charl Langeveldt
SA
41.80
145
Ruchira Perera
SL
42.14
146
Not on record
CIS
42.25
147
Zaheer Khan
IND
42.44
148
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
42.58
149
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
42.63
150
Robin Peterson
SA
42.67
151
Not on record
DEN
43.00
152
Stuart Clark
AUS
43.13
153
Johan van der Wath
SA
44.20
154
Mohammad Kashif
NED
44.25
155
Not on record
CAN
45.00
156
Ian Blackwell
ENG
46.00
156
Fidel Edwards
WI
46.00
157
Umar Bhatti
CAN
47.20
158
Johan Botha
SA
47.60
159
Wavell Hinds
WI
48.00
160
James Franklin
NZ
48.20
161
Graeme Smith
SA
48.88
162
Zishan Shah
DEN
49.00
163
Anil Kumble
IND
49.50
164
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
50.50
164
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
50.50
165
Liam Plunkett
ENG
51.33
166
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
51.50
167
Stefan Kelly
BER
53.25
168
Abdool Samad
CAN
54.00
169
Mark Gillespie
NZ
55.00
170
Not on record
ARG
55.50
171
Alok Kapali
BAN
56.75
172
Virender Sehwag
IND
56.80
173
Pieter Seelaar
NED
57.00
174
Don Maxwell
CAN
58.00
175
Kabir Ali
ENG
58.20
176
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
58.91
177
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
59.00
178
Sean Williams
ZIM
59.50
179
Chris Cairns
NZ
61.00
179
Luuk van Troost
NED
61.00
179
Gregory Strydom
ZIM
61.00
180
Michael Hussey
AUS
63.00
181
Rikki Clarke
ENG
64.00
181
Murali Kartik
IND
64.00
182
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
65.00
182
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
65.00
183
Trent Johnston
IRE
65.50
184
Vikram Solanki
ENG
68.00
185
Scott Styris
NZ
68.33
186
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
69.00
187
Garnett Kruger
SA
69.50
188
Tino Best
WI
70.00
189
Not on record
CIS
71.00
190
Arshad Khan
PAK
72.00
190
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
72.00
191
Brett Dorey
AUS
73.00
192
Dan Cullen
AUS
73.50
193
James Hopes
AUS
77.00
194
Monde Zondeki
SA
77.50
195
Alfred Luseno
KEN
82.00
196
Tim Bresnan
ENG
84.50
197
Mick Lewis
AUS
86.00
197
Not on record
CIS
86.00
198
David Hemp
BER
87.00
199
Not on record
ARG
89.00
200
Josephat Ababu
KEN
90.00
200
Dale Steyn
SA
90.00
201
Keegan Meth
ZIM
96.00
201
Not on record
ARG
96.00
202
Not on record
USA
97.00
203
Malachi Jones
BER
99.00
204
Not on record
DEN
103.00
205
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
105.00
206
Not on record
ITL
116.00
207
Not on record
ITL
118.00
208
Ryan Steede
BER
131.00
209
Yasir Arafat
PAK
137.00
210
Farhad Reza
BAN
160.00
211
Not on record
DEN
164.00
212
Esteban Nino
ARG
170.00
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