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Best Averages in 2008: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best averages during the 2008 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2008
385 entries
1
170 / 2
Fawad Alam
PAK
1.86 clear of Thilan Samaraweera
2
582 / 7
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
1.86 off the lead
3
1508 / 19
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
5.63 off the lead
● LEADS
Fawad Alam
PAK
170 / 2 · 1.86 ahead of Samaraweera
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best averages
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1073 / 18
The mark at number ten — 375 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 15 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
385 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Fawad Alam
PAK
170 / 2
2
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
582 / 7
3
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
1508 / 19
4
Shaun Pollock
SA
79 / 1
5
Frederik Andreas Klokker
DEN
223 / 3
6
Graeme Smith
SA
2152 / 32
7
Tim McIntosh
NZ
197 / 3
8
Ashwell Prince
SA
900 / 14
9
Chris Douglas
BER
122 / 2
10
Neil McKenzie
SA
1073 / 18
11
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
712 / 12
12
Mohammad Yousuf
PAK
592 / 10
13
Andrew Strauss
ENG
972 / 17
14
Malinda Warnapura
SL
512 / 9
15
Simon Katich
AUS
1021 / 18
16
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
793 / 14
17
Gautam Gambhir
IND
2262 / 40
18
Chris Gayle
WI
1235 / 22
19
Younis Khan
PAK
949 / 17
20
Virender Sehwag
IND
2355 / 43
21
Hashim Amla
SA
1529 / 28
22
Salman Butt
PAK
1020 / 19
23
Brad Hodge
AUS
104 / 2
24
Shaun Marsh
AUS
362 / 7
24
VVS Laxman
IND
1086 / 21
25
AB de Villiers
SA
1556 / 31
26
Stephen Fleming
NZ
398 / 8
27
Khurram Manzoor
PAK
149 / 3
28
Kyle Coetzer
SCO
99 / 2
29
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1523 / 31
30
Michael Hussey
AUS
1522 / 31
31
Matthew Bell
NZ
245 / 5
32
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
1761 / 36
33
Yusuf Pathan
IND
96 / 2
33
Muhammad Butt
BHR
48 / 1
33
Amjad Ali
UAE
96 / 2
34
Andrew Symonds
AUS
1097 / 23
35
Michael Clarke
AUS
1571 / 33
36
MS Dhoni
IND
1739 / 37
37
Owais Shah
ENG
656 / 14
38
Darron Reekers
NED
277 / 6
39
James Marshall
NZ
230 / 5
40
Suresh Raina
IND
680 / 15
41
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
311 / 7
42
Yuvraj Singh
IND
1149 / 26
43
Shoaib Malik
PAK
786 / 18
43
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
131 / 3
44
Sourav Ganguly
IND
783 / 18
45
Nasir Jamshed
PAK
343 / 8
46
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
1064 / 25
47
Jacob Oram
NZ
807 / 19
48
Jehan Mubarak
SL
209 / 5
49
Brendan Nash
WI
250 / 6
50
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
498 / 12
51
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
1312 / 32
52
Sean Williams
ZIM
204 / 5
53
Jesse Ryder
NZ
815 / 20
54
Ricky Ponting
AUS
1460 / 36
55
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
1376 / 34
56
Khurram Khan
UAE
80 / 2
57
Ross Taylor
NZ
1398 / 35
58
Navdeep Poonia
SCO
79 / 2
59
Jacques Kallis
SA
1222 / 31
60
Matthew Hayden
AUS
850 / 22
61
Xavier Marshall
WI
575 / 15
62
Brendon McCullum
NZ
1493 / 39
63
Peter Connell
IRE
38 / 1
64
Seren Waters
KEN
150 / 4
65
Ian Bell
ENG
1272 / 34
66
Luke Ronchi
NZ
112 / 3
67
Paul Collingwood
ENG
1114 / 30
68
Phil Jaques
AUS
371 / 10
69
Murali Vijay
IND
74 / 2
70
Matt Prior
ENG
256 / 7
71
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
640 / 18
72
Tatenda Taibu
ZIM
454 / 13
73
Alastair Cook
ENG
977 / 28
74
Ryan Watson
SCO
277 / 8
75
Eric Szwarczynski
NED
274 / 8
75
David Hussey
AUS
137 / 4
76
Najeeb Amar
HK
34 / 1
77
Brad Haddin
AUS
779 / 23
78
Cameron White
AUS
235 / 7
79
Patrick Browne
WI
134 / 4
80
Daniel Vettori
NZ
832 / 25
81
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
665 / 20
82
Qasim Sheikh
SCO
165 / 5
83
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
230 / 7
84
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
838 / 26
85
Rahul Dravid
IND
805 / 25
86
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
1249 / 39
87
Virat Kohli
IND
159 / 5
88
Mark Boucher
SA
724 / 23
89
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
94 / 3
90
Albie Morkel
SA
125 / 4
91
Angelo Mathews
SL
31 / 1
91
Mark Gillespie
NZ
31 / 1
92
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
493 / 16
93
Kamran Akmal
PAK
367 / 12
94
Gavin Hamilton
ENG
243 / 8
95
Shane Watson
AUS
455 / 15
96
Brad Hogg
AUS
181 / 6
97
Tom de Grooth
NED
241 / 8
98
Chaminda Vaas
SL
326 / 11
99
Marlon Samuels
WI
385 / 13
100
Edgar Schiferli
NED
59 / 2
101
Mahela Udawatte
SL
323 / 11
102
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
439 / 15
103
Phil Mustard
ENG
204 / 7
103
Alex Obanda
KEN
204 / 7
104
Shahriar Nafees
BAN
495 / 17
105
Colin Smith
SCO
232 / 8
106
Jamie How
NZ
1064 / 37
107
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
458 / 16
108
Abdool Samad
CAN
285 / 10
108
Daniel Flynn
NZ
627 / 22
109
Devon Smith
WI
283 / 10
110
Stuart Broad
ENG
505 / 18
111
Loots Bosman
SA
28 / 1
111
Ryan Haire
IRE
56 / 2
112
Michael Vaughan
ENG
363 / 13
113
Brendan Taylor
ZIM
139 / 5
114
Steve Tikolo
KEN
250 / 9
115
Jekon Edness
BER
166 / 6
116
Dwayne Bravo
WI
662 / 24
117
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
826 / 30
118
Gary Wilson
IRE
272 / 10
119
Jerome Taylor
WI
407 / 15
120
Dwayne Leverock
BER
27 / 1
120
Ravi Bopara
ENG
297 / 11
120
Rohit Sharma
IND
540 / 20
120
Pragyan Ojha
IND
27 / 1
121
Scott Styris
NZ
320 / 12
122
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
213 / 8
123
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
982 / 37
124
Bazid Khan
PAK
53 / 2
125
Chamara Silva
SL
370 / 14
126
Steven Outerbridge
BER
211 / 8
127
Leon Johnson
WI
79 / 3
128
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
497 / 19
129
Zain Abbas
HK
26 / 1
129
Grant Elliott
NZ
130 / 5
130
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
155 / 6
131
Alok Kapali
BAN
206 / 8
132
Ashish Bagai
CAN
205 / 8
133
Karun Jethi
CAN
128 / 5
134
Kyle McCallan
IRE
102 / 4
135
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
101 / 4
136
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
251 / 10
137
Irfan Ahmed
HK
25 / 1
138
Aaron Redmond
NZ
299 / 12
139
Irfan Pathan
IND
396 / 16
140
Naeem Islam
BAN
146 / 6
140
Paul Stirling
IRE
73 / 3
141
Andre Botha
IRE
316 / 13
142
Niall O'Brien
IRE
243 / 10
143
Junaid Siddique
BAN
581 / 24
144
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
410 / 17
145
Alviro Petersen
SA
24 / 1
145
Abdur Razzak
BAN
336 / 14
145
Johann Louw
SA
24 / 1
145
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
24 / 1
146
Shawn Findlay
WI
167 / 7
147
Tim Ambrose
ENG
381 / 16
148
Jason Krejza
AUS
71 / 3
148
Prasanna Jayawardene
SL
142 / 6
149
Ryan Hinds
WI
47 / 2
149
Arshad Ali
UAE
47 / 2
150
Mahmudullah
BAN
281 / 12
151
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
398 / 17
152
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
163 / 7
153
Samit Patel
ENG
116 / 5
154
Upul Tharanga
SL
138 / 6
155
Peter Borren
NED
114 / 5
156
Andrew White
IRE
204 / 9
157
Tabarak Dar
HK
45 / 2
158
Ishant Sharma
IND
134 / 6
159
Gary Brent
ZIM
44 / 2
159
Rawl Lewis
WI
44 / 2
160
Shoaib Khan
OMN
65 / 3
161
James Hopes
AUS
259 / 12
162
Luke Wright
ENG
234 / 11
163
Thilan Thushara
SL
276 / 13
164
Regis Chakabva
ZIM
42 / 2
164
Shahid Afridi
GER
315 / 15
165
Brett Lee
AUS
434 / 21
166
Paul Harris
SA
165 / 8
167
Mushfiqur Rahim
BAN
554 / 27
168
Jamie Atkinson
HK
41 / 2
169
Irving Romaine
BER
162 / 8
170
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
182 / 9
171
Alex Cusack
IRE
161 / 8
172
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
20 / 1
172
David Hemp
BER
20 / 1
172
Dolar Mahmud
BAN
20 / 1
172
Munaf Patel
IND
20 / 1
173
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
279 / 14
174
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
219 / 11
175
Chris Foggo
BER
119 / 6
176
S Badrinath
IND
39 / 2
176
Wasim Jaffer
IND
156 / 8
177
Trent Johnston
IRE
58 / 3
178
Tim Southee
NZ
154 / 8
179
Darren Sammy
WI
230 / 12
180
Ajantha Mendis
SL
76 / 4
180
Eion Katchay
CAN
38 / 2
180
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
76 / 4
180
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
38 / 2
180
Khalid Latif
PAK
19 / 1
181
Kyle Mills
NZ
374 / 20
182
Runako Morton
WI
260 / 14
183
Neil McCallum
SCO
74 / 4
184
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
147 / 8
185
Denesh Ramdin
WI
383 / 21
186
Dhiman Ghosh
BAN
127 / 7
187
Geoff Barnett
CAN
72 / 4
187
Robin Uthappa
IND
180 / 10
187
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
162 / 9
188
Michael Vandort
SL
196 / 11
189
Dale Steyn
SA
178 / 10
189
Justin Ontong
SA
89 / 5
190
Anil Kumble
IND
231 / 13
191
Peter Siddle
AUS
52 / 3
192
Ramesh David
CAN
121 / 7
193
David Obuya
KEN
69 / 4
194
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
532 / 31
195
Eoin Morgan
ENG
51 / 3
195
Harbhajan Singh
IND
493 / 29
195
Ragheb Aga
KEN
51 / 3
195
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
170 / 10
195
Thilina Kandamby
SL
51 / 3
195
Richie Berrington
SCO
85 / 5
196
Daan van Bunge
NED
101 / 6
197
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
234 / 14
198
Andrew Poynter
IRE
50 / 3
199
Rodney Trott
BER
83 / 5
200
Vernon Philander
SA
33 / 2
200
Nazimuddin
BAN
132 / 8
201
Reinhardt Strydom
IRE
131 / 8
202
William Porterfield
IRE
212 / 13
203
Stuart Clark
AUS
81 / 5
204
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
129 / 8
205
Collins Obuya
KEN
16 / 1
205
Maurits Jonkman
NED
16 / 1
205
Andre Fletcher
WI
64 / 4
205
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
128 / 8
205
Roy Lamsam
HK
16 / 1
206
Vusi Sibanda
ZIM
159 / 10
207
Steve Harmison
ENG
63 / 4
208
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
110 / 7
209
Craig Cumming
NZ
47 / 3
209
Dhammika Prasad
SL
47 / 3
210
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
124 / 8
211
Brenton Parchment
WI
137 / 9
212
Sulieman Benn
WI
91 / 6
212
Fidel Edwards
WI
91 / 6
213
James Anderson
ENG
151 / 10
214
Gary Kidd
IRE
15 / 1
215
Johan Botha
SA
104 / 7
216
Sreesanth
IND
59 / 4
216
Gareth Hopkins
NZ
59 / 4
216
Kieron Pollard
WI
59 / 4
217
John Davison
CAN
44 / 3
218
Saqib Ali
UAE
29 / 2
218
Gregor Maiden
SCO
29 / 2
219
Geert-Maarten Mol
NED
28 / 2
219
Indika Batuwitarachchi
UAE
14 / 1
219
Cephas Zhuwao
ZIM
28 / 2
219
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
154 / 11
219
Balaji Rao
CAN
42 / 3
219
Rangana Herath
SL
14 / 1
219
Amit Mishra
IND
42 / 3
220
Morris Ouma
KEN
149 / 11
221
Umar Bhatti
CAN
27 / 2
222
Peter Fulton
NZ
106 / 8
223
Sarfraz Ahmed
PAK
26 / 2
223
Rajin Saleh
BAN
26 / 2
223
Farveez Maharoof
SL
39 / 3
223
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
39 / 3
223
Mohammad Tauqir
UAE
26 / 2
224
Zaheer Khan
IND
164 / 13
225
Nikita Miller
WI
25 / 2
225
Lionel Cann
BER
25 / 2
225
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
25 / 2
226
Morne Morkel
SA
147 / 12
227
Habibul Bashar
BAN
73 / 6
228
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
24 / 2
228
Craig Wright
SCO
12 / 1
229
RP Singh
IND
59 / 5
230
Gordon Drummond
SCO
23 / 2
230
Zeeshan Ali
HK
46 / 4
231
Oliver Pitcher
BER
34 / 3
232
Daren Powell
WI
157 / 14
233
Dinesh Karthik
IND
44 / 4
234
Imrul Kayes
BAN
98 / 9
235
Darren Pattinson
ENG
21 / 2
235
Ryan Steede
BER
21 / 2
235
Fraser Watts
SCO
21 / 2
236
James Franklin
NZ
31 / 3
236
Umar Gul
PAK
31 / 3
237
Jeetan Patel
NZ
51 / 5
238
Beau Casson
AUS
10 / 1
238
Amjad Javed
UAE
10 / 1
239
Daren Ganga
WI
39 / 4
239
Carlton Baugh
WI
39 / 4
240
Farhad Reza
BAN
97 / 10
241
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
58 / 6
242
Timycen Maruma
ZIM
48 / 5
242
Mohammad Iqbal
CAN
48 / 5
243
Oronde Bascome
BER
67 / 7
244
Sami Faridi
CAN
19 / 2
244
Chris Rogers
AUS
19 / 2
244
Jeevantha Kulatunga
SL
19 / 2
245
Graeme Swann
ENG
92 / 10
246
Munir Dar
HK
18 / 2
246
William Perkins
WI
9 / 1
246
Rizwan Tariq Mahmood
DEN
9 / 1
246
Ehtsham Ul Haq
NOR
27 / 3
246
John Blain
SCO
36 / 4
247
Andre Nel
SA
35 / 4
248
Ian Billcliff
CAN
26 / 3
249
Nathan Bracken
AUS
17 / 2
249
Zeeshan Siddiqui
OMN
17 / 2
250
Jeroen Smits
NED
33 / 4
251
Ashif Mulla
CAN
49 / 6
252
Trevin Bastiampillai
CAN
8 / 1
252
Skhawat Ali
HK
8 / 1
252
George O'Brien
BER
32 / 4
252
Peter Ongondo
KEN
24 / 3
253
Chris Martin
NZ
31 / 4
254
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
68 / 9
255
Qaiser Ali
CAN
22 / 3
255
Zubin Surkari
CAN
22 / 3
256
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
29 / 4
257
Vikrant Shetty
UAE
7 / 1
257
Shadeep Silva
UAE
7 / 1
257
Abzal Dean
CAN
7 / 1
257
Dilhara Fernando
SL
14 / 2
257
Parthiv Patel
IND
14 / 2
257
Praveen Kumar
IND
35 / 5
258
Makhaya Ntini
SA
33 / 5
259
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
32 / 5
260
Lasith Malinga
SL
19 / 3
261
James Celestine
BER
31 / 5
262
Piyush Chawla
IND
12 / 2
262
Shaun Tait
AUS
12 / 2
262
Rakep Patel
KEN
18 / 3
263
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
16 / 3
263
Monty Panesar
ENG
48 / 9
264
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
15 / 3
264
Rajesh Bhudia
KEN
5 / 1
264
Tony Suji
KEN
15 / 3
264
Naumanullah
PAK
5 / 1
264
Mansoor Amjad
PAK
5 / 1
264
Dewald Nel
SCO
10 / 2
264
Nizel Fernandes
UAE
5 / 1
265
Dilruwan Perera
SL
14 / 3
266
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
9 / 2
267
Iain O'Brien
NZ
37 / 9
268
Wahab Riaz
PAK
4 / 1
268
Syed Rasel
BAN
8 / 2
268
Ruvindu Gunasekera
CAN
4 / 1
268
Hussain Butt
HK
8 / 2
268
Ray Price
ZIM
28 / 7
268
Robin Peterson
SA
4 / 1
268
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
NOR
4 / 1
268
Phil Eaglestone
IRE
4 / 1
269
Sajedul Islam
BAN
14 / 4
270
Chris Tremlett
ENG
3 / 1
270
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
6 / 2
270
Courtney Kruger
HK
3 / 1
270
Lameck Onyango
KEN
3 / 1
271
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
5 / 2
272
Michael Mason
NZ
2 / 1
272
Manoj Tiwary
IND
2 / 1
272
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2 / 1
272
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
2 / 1
272
Henry Osinde
CAN
4 / 2
272
Lionel Baker
WI
2 / 1
272
Greg Thompson
IRE
2 / 1
272
Majid Haq
SCO
2 / 1
273
Ravi Rampaul
WI
3 / 2
274
Tamauri Tucker
BER
1 / 1
274
Boyd Rankin
ENG
1 / 1
274
Alawi Shukri
UAE
1 / 1
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