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Best Averages in 2012: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best averages during the 2012 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2012
146 entries
1
98.70
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
21.08 clear of Michael Clarke
2
77.62
Michael Clarke
AUS
21.08 off the lead
3
62.90
Hashim Amla
SA
35.80 off the lead
● LEADS
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
98.70 · 21.08 ahead of Clarke
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Chanderpaul is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
50.63
The mark at number ten — 136 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
8 of the top 50 · 14 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
146 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
98.70
2
Michael Clarke
AUS
77.62
3
Hashim Amla
SA
62.90
4
AB de Villiers
SA
56.48
5
Jacques Kallis
SA
55.64
6
Virat Kohli
IND
53.32
7
MS Dhoni
IND
51.63
8
Ross Taylor
NZ
51.17
9
Marlon Samuels
WI
50.70
10
Azhar Ali
PAK
50.63
11
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
49.86
12
Not on record
NAM
48.00
13
Alastair Cook
ENG
47.80
14
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
45.56
15
Michael Hussey
AUS
44.67
16
Alviro Petersen
SA
43.75
17
Graeme Smith
SA
43.07
18
Kumar Sangakkara
SL
42.96
19
Chris Gayle
WI
42.96
20
Nasir Jamshed
PAK
42.65
21
Faf du Plessis
SA
42.22
22
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
41.50
23
Ian Bell
ENG
40.70
24
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
40.69
25
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
40.55
26
Nasir Hossain
BAN
40.44
27
Jacques Rudolph
SA
39.55
28
Calum MacLeod
SCO
39.45
29
Jonathan Trott
ENG
39.31
30
Mahmudullah
BAN
38.93
31
Matt Prior
ENG
38.85
32
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
38.68
33
Michael Swart
NED
37.92
34
Angelo Mathews
SL
37.00
35
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
36.98
36
Suresh Raina
IND
36.68
37
David Warner
AUS
36.33
38
Martin Guptill
NZ
35.98
39
George Bailey
AUS
35.78
40
Brendon McCullum
NZ
34.79
41
Gautam Gambhir
IND
34.19
42
Asad Shafiq
PAK
33.86
43
Ed Cowan
AUS
33.67
44
Shane Watson
AUS
33.21
45
Andrew Strauss
ENG
33.19
46
Gary Wilson
IRE
33.07
47
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
33.06
48
Mohammad Shahzad
AFG
33.00
49
Ed Joyce
ENG
32.93
50
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
32.59
51
Ricky Ponting
AUS
32.53
52
Tom Cooper
NED
31.91
53
Paul Stirling
IRE
31.89
54
Dinesh Chandimal
SL
31.55
55
Kieran Powell
WI
31.41
56
Eoin Morgan
ENG
31.32
57
Kieron Pollard
WI
31.17
58
Karim Sadiq
AFG
31.13
59
Stephan Myburgh
NED
31.10
60
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
30.64
61
Dwayne Bravo
WI
30.29
62
David Hussey
AUS
30.26
63
Alex Obanda
KEN
30.00
64
Denesh Ramdin
WI
29.92
65
Darren Bravo
WI
29.54
66
Younis Khan
PAK
29.25
67
Richie Berrington
SCO
29.23
68
Upul Tharanga
SL
29.12
69
Ruvindu Gunasekera
CAN
28.75
70
Kane Williamson
NZ
28.74
71
Darren Sammy
WI
28.32
72
Collins Obuya
KEN
28.29
73
Shoaib Malik
PAK
27.90
74
Ravi Bopara
ENG
27.53
75
Umar Akmal
PAK
27.35
76
Mushfiqur Rahim
BAN
27.00
77
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
26.88
78
Andre Russell
WI
26.73
79
Kyle Coetzer
SCO
26.58
80
Peter Forrest
AUS
26.29
81
Jonny Bairstow
ENG
26.21
82
Matthew Wade
AUS
26.14
83
Virender Sehwag
IND
25.90
84
Prasanna Jayawardene
SL
25.50
85
James Franklin
NZ
25.10
86
Yuvraj Singh
IND
25.07
87
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
24.60
88
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
24.54
89
Daniel Flynn
NZ
24.12
90
Lahiru Thirimanne
SL
24.10
91
Dwayne Smith
WI
23.50
92
Graeme Swann
ENG
23.42
93
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
23.31
94
Rob Nicol
NZ
23.29
95
Craig Williams
NAM
23.18
96
Craig Kieswetter
ENG
22.53
97
Johnson Charles
WI
22.39
98
Preston Mommsen
SCO
22.20
99
Duncan Allan
KEN
21.64
100
Richard Levi
SA
21.45
101
Samit Patel
ENG
21.44
102
Kruger van Wyk
NZ
21.31
103
Adnan Akmal
PAK
21.30
104
Thisara Perera
SL
21.00
105
Not on record
NAM
20.33
106
Adrian Barath
WI
20.15
107
Dave Nourse
SA
20.00
108
Rakep Patel
KEN
19.92
109
Jacob Oram
NZ
19.91
110
Aubrey Faulkner
SA
19.40
110
Herbie Taylor
SA
19.40
111
Nitish Kumar
CAN
18.60
112
Daniel Christian
AUS
18.43
113
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
18.42
114
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
18.10
115
Hiral Patel
CAN
18.00
116
Tom Latham
NZ
17.60
117
William Porterfield
IRE
16.95
118
Wesley Barresi
NED
16.75
119
Morne Morkel
SA
16.60
120
Tim Southee
NZ
16.56
121
Stuart Broad
ENG
16.50
122
Nawroz Mangal
AFG
16.08
123
Rohit Sharma
IND
15.78
124
Carlton Baugh
WI
15.50
125
Kamran Akmal
PAK
15.00
126
Gulbadin Naib
AFG
14.92
127
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
14.60
128
Shahid Afridi
PAK
14.27
129
Doug Bracewell
NZ
14.22
130
Andrew Ellis
NZ
13.73
131
Kemar Roach
WI
13.45
132
Nathan McCullum
NZ
13.44
133
Tim Bresnan
ENG
13.36
134
Dean Brownlie
NZ
11.82
135
Abdur Rehman
PAK
11.00
136
Umar Gul
PAK
10.63
137
Sunil Narine
WI
9.63
138
Rangana Herath
SL
8.20
139
James Anderson
ENG
7.47
140
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
6.90
141
Clint McKay
AUS
6.71
142
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
6.45
143
Zaheer Khan
IND
6.33
144
Lasith Malinga
SL
6.17
145
Dale Steyn
SA
5.86
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