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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.
TEST
2006
83 entries
1
11.25
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.15 clear of Shaun Udal
2
13.40
Shaun Udal
ENG
2.15 off the lead
3
16.90
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
5.65 off the lead
● LEADS
Jason Gillespie
AUS
11.25 · 2.15 better than Udal
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Gillespie is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
24.37
The mark at number ten — 73 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Average — full list
83 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jason Gillespie
AUS
11.25
2
Shaun Udal
ENG
13.40
3
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
16.90
4
Stuart Clark
AUS
17.76
5
Mohammad Asif
PAK
18.23
6
Kyle Mills
NZ
18.64
7
Makhaya Ntini
SA
21.60
8
Stuart MacGill
AUS
21.80
9
Dilhara Fernando
SL
24.00
10
Sreesanth
IND
24.37
11
Scott Styris
NZ
24.75
12
Nathan Astle
NZ
25.40
13
Virender Sehwag
IND
25.60
14
Jacob Oram
NZ
26.00
15
Shane Bond
NZ
26.17
16
Munaf Patel
IND
28.33
17
Daniel Vettori
NZ
28.57
18
Jerome Taylor
WI
28.68
19
Glenn McGrath
AUS
29.06
20
Corey Collymore
WI
29.27
21
James Franklin
NZ
29.97
22
Shane Warne
AUS
30.20
23
Shahid Nazir
PAK
30.47
24
Dale Steyn
SA
30.58
25
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
30.59
26
Brett Lee
AUS
32.38
27
Jacques Kallis
SA
32.73
28
Monty Panesar
ENG
33.15
29
Lasith Malinga
SL
33.27
30
Anil Kumble
IND
33.51
31
Chris Martin
NZ
33.54
32
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
33.79
33
Liam Plunkett
ENG
34.00
34
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
34.74
35
Umar Gul
PAK
34.83
36
Zaheer Khan
IND
35.17
37
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
36.05
38
Malinga Bandara
SL
36.86
39
Morne Morkel
SA
37.00
40
Andrew Hall
SA
37.45
41
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
37.50
42
Steve Harmison
ENG
38.06
43
RP Singh
IND
38.33
43
Dwayne Smith
WI
38.33
44
Jeetan Patel
NZ
39.00
45
Fidel Edwards
WI
39.10
46
Pedro Collins
WI
39.40
47
Shaun Pollock
SA
40.11
48
Jon Lewis
ENG
40.67
49
Andre Nel
SA
40.81
50
Danish Kaneria
PAK
41.08
51
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
41.71
52
Dave Mohammed
WI
42.40
53
Chris Gayle
WI
43.42
54
Daren Powell
WI
44.25
55
Chaminda Vaas
SL
45.25
56
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
47.38
57
James Anderson
ENG
47.75
58
Irfan Pathan
IND
49.67
59
Farveez Maharoof
SL
50.67
60
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
50.90
61
Harbhajan Singh
IND
52.79
62
Charl Langeveldt
SA
53.33
63
Dwayne Bravo
WI
54.64
64
Syed Rasel
BAN
54.67
65
Shahid Afridi
PAK
56.38
66
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
56.67
67
Andrew Symonds
AUS
59.00
68
Ian Bradshaw
WI
60.00
69
Ajit Agarkar
IND
61.00
70
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
63.25
71
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
66.25
72
Mohammad Sami
PAK
66.63
73
Nicky Boje
SA
70.17
74
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
71.00
75
Vikram Singh
IND
71.40
76
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
73.67
77
Ashley Giles
ENG
87.33
78
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
106.00
79
Sourav Ganguly
IND
113.00
80
Paul Collingwood
ENG
174.00
81
Shoaib Malik
PAK
190.00
82
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
201.00
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