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Best Average in 2008: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 2008 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ODI
2008
151 entries
1
8.89
Grant Elliott
NZ
1.24 clear of Ajantha Mendis
2
10.13
Ajantha Mendis
SL
1.24 off the lead
3
11.11
Pieter Seelaar
NED
2.22 off the lead
● LEADS
Grant Elliott
NZ
8.89 · 1.24 better than Mendis
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Elliott is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
18.16
The mark at number ten — 141 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented
Best Average — full list
151 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Grant Elliott
NZ
8.89
2
Ajantha Mendis
SL
10.13
3
Pieter Seelaar
NED
11.11
4
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
13.00
5
John Blain
SCO
13.50
6
Zahid Shah
UAE
16.33
7
Shane Watson
AUS
16.50
8
Not on record
DEN
17.75
9
Dewald Nel
SCO
18.00
10
Nathan Bracken
AUS
18.16
11
Not on record
ITL
18.17
12
Stuart Clark
AUS
18.18
13
Tamauri Tucker
BER
19.00
14
Stefan Kelly
BER
19.17
14
Jeetan Patel
NZ
19.17
15
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
19.25
16
Not on record
DEN
19.33
17
Zaheer Khan
IND
19.53
18
Umar Gul
PAK
19.79
19
Alex Cusack
IRE
20.09
20
Wahab Riaz
PAK
20.20
21
Charl Langeveldt
SA
20.25
22
Edgar Schiferli
NED
20.40
22
Not on record
DEN
20.40
23
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
20.71
24
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
20.88
25
Tim Southee
NZ
20.90
26
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
21.18
27
Andre Nel
SA
21.45
28
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
21.60
28
Not on record
ITL
21.60
29
Shaun Pollock
SA
21.83
30
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
22.09
31
Johan Botha
SA
22.32
32
Mark Gillespie
NZ
22.88
33
Albie Morkel
SA
23.25
34
Not on record
ITL
23.75
35
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
23.88
36
Michael Mason
NZ
24.00
36
Thilan Thushara
SL
24.00
37
Michael Clarke
AUS
24.30
38
Brett Lee
AUS
24.35
39
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
24.38
40
Andrew Symonds
AUS
24.80
41
Stuart Broad
ENG
25.03
42
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
25.20
43
Jerome Taylor
WI
25.64
44
Sreesanth
IND
25.78
45
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
26.00
46
Jacques Kallis
SA
26.14
47
Kyle Mills
NZ
26.30
48
Abdur Rauf
PAK
26.50
49
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
26.67
50
George O'Brien
BER
26.75
51
Andre Botha
IRE
26.93
52
James Hopes
AUS
27.36
53
Steve Tikolo
KEN
27.50
54
Paul Harris
SA
27.67
55
Sohail Khan
PAK
27.75
55
Not on record
ITL
27.75
56
Daniel Vettori
NZ
27.94
57
Jacob Oram
NZ
28.00
58
Praveen Kumar
IND
28.19
59
Munaf Patel
IND
28.21
60
Alok Kapali
BAN
28.33
60
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
28.33
61
Shahid Afridi
PAK
28.37
62
Harbhajan Singh
IND
28.67
63
Nikita Miller
WI
28.90
64
Samit Patel
ENG
29.00
65
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
29.13
66
Gordon Drummond
SCO
29.40
67
Brad Hogg
AUS
29.50
68
Rodney Trott
BER
29.57
69
Farveez Maharoof
SL
30.00
69
Eion Katchay
CAN
30.00
70
Graeme Swann
ENG
30.09
71
Ishant Sharma
IND
30.11
72
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
30.31
73
Lionel Baker
WI
30.40
74
Lasith Malinga
SL
30.67
75
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
31.25
76
Steve Harmison
ENG
31.67
76
Not on record
DEN
31.67
77
Paul Collingwood
ENG
31.75
78
Peter Ongondo
KEN
31.86
78
Kyle McCallan
IRE
31.86
79
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
32.33
80
Naeem Islam
BAN
32.43
81
Dave Mohammed
WI
32.50
82
Farhad Reza
BAN
32.69
83
Dwayne Bravo
WI
32.87
84
Brendan Nash
WI
33.00
84
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
33.00
85
Morne Morkel
SA
33.08
86
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
33.45
87
Dale Steyn
SA
33.57
88
Gary Kidd
IRE
33.80
89
Piyush Chawla
IND
33.91
90
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
34.14
91
RP Singh
IND
34.42
92
Pragyan Ojha
IND
34.60
93
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
34.75
94
Shoaib Malik
PAK
35.31
95
Dilhara Fernando
SL
36.14
96
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
36.29
97
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
36.89
98
Peter Connell
IRE
37.44
99
Najeeb Amar
HK
37.50
100
Fidel Edwards
WI
38.25
101
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
38.33
102
Ray Price
ZIM
38.78
103
Abdur Razzak
BAN
39.10
104
Virender Sehwag
IND
39.50
105
Daren Powell
WI
40.41
106
Chris Martin
NZ
40.80
107
Ryan Watson
SCO
42.50
108
Irfan Pathan
IND
42.90
109
Chris Gayle
WI
43.50
110
Marlon Samuels
WI
44.00
111
Dwayne Leverock
BER
44.33
111
Glenn Rogers
SCO
44.33
112
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
44.38
113
Yusuf Pathan
IND
46.00
114
Chaminda Vaas
SL
46.15
115
Yuvraj Singh
IND
46.90
116
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
47.25
117
Luke Wright
ENG
48.67
118
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
49.21
119
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
50.50
120
Syed Rasel
BAN
51.50
121
Trent Johnston
IRE
51.67
122
Scott Styris
NZ
53.20
123
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
55.00
124
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
59.50
125
Not on record
ITL
61.50
126
Darren Sammy
WI
63.43
127
Khurram Khan
UAE
66.50
128
Richie Berrington
SCO
67.00
129
Fawad Alam
PAK
69.00
130
Henry Osinde
CAN
74.00
130
Johann Louw
SA
74.00
131
James Anderson
ENG
74.70
132
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
84.00
133
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
96.00
134
Sulieman Benn
WI
99.50
135
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
100.00
136
Mahmudullah
BAN
100.67
137
Makhaya Ntini
SA
105.00
138
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
BHR
155.00
139
Gary Brent
ZIM
167.00
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