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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.
TEST
2008
155 entries
1
909 / 7
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
21.36 clear of Jean-Paul Duminy
2
217 / 2
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
21.36 off the lead
3
582 / 7
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
46.71 off the lead
● LEADS
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
909 / 7 · 21.36 ahead of Duminy
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Chanderpaul is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
482 / 8
The mark at number ten — 145 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
155 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
909 / 7
2
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
217 / 2
3
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
582 / 7
4
Graeme Smith
SA
1656 / 22
5
Gautam Gambhir
IND
1134 / 16
6
Tim McIntosh
NZ
197 / 3
7
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
655 / 10
8
Ashwell Prince
SA
900 / 14
9
AB de Villiers
SA
1061 / 17
10
Malinda Warnapura
SL
482 / 8
11
Neil McKenzie
SA
1073 / 18
12
Chris Gayle
WI
535 / 9
13
Andrew Symonds
AUS
762 / 13
14
Virender Sehwag
IND
1462 / 25
15
Andrew Strauss
ENG
972 / 17
16
Simon Katich
AUS
1021 / 18
17
Michael Clarke
AUS
1063 / 19
18
Hashim Amla
SA
1161 / 21
19
Brendan Nash
WI
162 / 3
20
VVS Laxman
IND
1086 / 21
21
Yuvraj Singh
IND
256 / 5
22
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
1015 / 20
23
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
1063 / 21
24
Stephen Fleming
NZ
398 / 8
25
Jesse Ryder
NZ
444 / 9
26
Ricky Ponting
AUS
1182 / 24
27
Irfan Pathan
IND
147 / 3
27
Matthew Bell
NZ
245 / 5
28
Brad Hogg
AUS
96 / 2
29
Brad Hodge
AUS
94 / 2
30
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
606 / 13
31
Michael Hussey
AUS
900 / 20
32
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
358 / 8
33
Chamara Silva
SL
89 / 2
34
Matt Prior
ENG
88 / 2
35
Sourav Ganguly
IND
783 / 18
36
Daniel Flynn
NZ
471 / 11
37
Paul Collingwood
ENG
636 / 15
38
Jacob Oram
NZ
405 / 10
39
Ian Bell
ENG
676 / 17
40
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
434 / 11
41
Matthew Hayden
AUS
552 / 14
42
Chaminda Vaas
SL
235 / 6
43
Ross Taylor
NZ
818 / 21
44
Brad Haddin
AUS
698 / 18
45
Daniel Vettori
NZ
672 / 18
46
MS Dhoni
IND
633 / 17
47
Phil Jaques
AUS
371 / 10
47
Stuart Broad
ENG
371 / 10
48
Murali Vijay
IND
74 / 2
48
Dwayne Bravo
WI
407 / 11
49
Abdur Razzak
BAN
110 / 3
50
Brendon McCullum
NZ
764 / 21
51
Alastair Cook
ENG
758 / 21
52
Mark Boucher
SA
528 / 16
53
Xavier Marshall
WI
226 / 7
54
Rahul Dravid
IND
805 / 25
55
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
414 / 13
56
Jacques Kallis
SA
665 / 21
57
Jerome Taylor
WI
305 / 10
58
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
119 / 4
59
Ishant Sharma
IND
118 / 4
60
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
206 / 7
61
Cameron White
AUS
146 / 5
62
Tim Ambrose
ENG
371 / 13
63
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
197 / 7
64
Michael Vaughan
ENG
363 / 13
65
Jamie How
NZ
640 / 23
66
Tim Southee
NZ
108 / 4
66
Herschelle Gibbs
SA
27 / 1
67
Devon Smith
WI
161 / 6
68
Darren Sammy
WI
80 / 3
69
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
394 / 15
70
Marlon Samuels
WI
209 / 8
71
James Marshall
NZ
52 / 2
72
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
360 / 14
73
Mushfiqur Rahim
BAN
357 / 14
74
Shahriar Nafees
BAN
203 / 8
75
Junaid Siddique
BAN
377 / 15
76
Sreesanth
IND
50 / 2
76
Mark Gillespie
NZ
25 / 1
76
Johan Botha
SA
25 / 1
77
Aaron Redmond
NZ
299 / 12
78
Prasanna Jayawardene
SL
142 / 6
78
Jason Krejza
AUS
71 / 3
79
Ryan Hinds
WI
47 / 2
80
Harbhajan Singh
IND
410 / 18
81
James Anderson
ENG
131 / 6
82
Peter Fulton
NZ
87 / 4
83
Brett Lee
AUS
342 / 16
84
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
272 / 13
85
Paul Harris
SA
165 / 8
86
Shane Watson
AUS
176 / 9
87
Wasim Jaffer
IND
156 / 8
87
Dhammika Prasad
SL
39 / 2
87
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
78 / 4
88
Runako Morton
WI
154 / 8
89
Steve Harmison
ENG
57 / 3
90
Denesh Ramdin
WI
243 / 13
91
Adam Gilchrist
AUS
92 / 5
92
Mathew Sinclair
NZ
147 / 8
93
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
127 / 7
94
Dale Steyn
SA
163 / 9
95
Michael Vandort
SL
196 / 11
96
Anil Kumble
IND
231 / 13
97
Peter Siddle
AUS
52 / 3
98
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
238 / 14
98
RP Singh
IND
51 / 3
99
Zaheer Khan
IND
145 / 9
100
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
95 / 6
101
Craig Cumming
NZ
47 / 3
102
Stuart Clark
AUS
73 / 5
103
Amit Mishra
IND
42 / 3
103
Rangana Herath
SL
14 / 1
104
Kyle Mills
NZ
167 / 12
105
Brenton Parchment
WI
55 / 4
105
Sulieman Benn
WI
55 / 4
106
Gareth Hopkins
NZ
27 / 2
107
Rajin Saleh
BAN
26 / 2
108
Morne Morkel
SA
135 / 11
109
Habibul Bashar
BAN
73 / 6
110
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
24 / 2
110
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
96 / 8
110
Dinesh Karthik
IND
36 / 3
110
Fidel Edwards
WI
60 / 5
111
Imrul Kayes
BAN
71 / 6
112
Daren Powell
WI
118 / 10
113
Naeem Islam
BAN
44 / 4
114
Jeetan Patel
NZ
42 / 4
114
Darren Pattinson
ENG
21 / 2
115
Beau Casson
AUS
10 / 1
116
Daren Ganga
WI
39 / 4
117
Ajantha Mendis
SL
19 / 2
117
Chris Rogers
AUS
19 / 2
118
Grant Elliott
NZ
27 / 3
118
James Franklin
NZ
9 / 1
119
Thilan Thushara
SL
25 / 3
120
Makhaya Ntini
SA
31 / 4
121
Parthiv Patel
IND
14 / 2
122
Shaun Tait
AUS
12 / 2
122
Andre Nel
SA
12 / 2
122
Chris Martin
NZ
24 / 4
122
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
6 / 1
122
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
12 / 2
123
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
16 / 3
123
Monty Panesar
ENG
48 / 9
124
Iain O'Brien
NZ
37 / 9
125
Robin Peterson
SA
4 / 1
125
Piyush Chawla
IND
4 / 1
126
Graeme Swann
ENG
11 / 3
127
Sajedul Islam
BAN
14 / 4
128
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
6 / 2
129
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
5 / 2
130
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2 / 1
131
Rawl Lewis
WI
1 / 1
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