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Best Average in 2018: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 2018 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ODI
2018
177 entries
1
11.83
Dale Steyn
SA
0.42 clear of Roelof van der Merwe
2
12.25
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
0.42 off the lead
3
12.75
Pavandeep Singh Jagjit Singh
MAL
0.92 off the lead
● LEADS
Dale Steyn
SA
11.83 · 0.42 better than Merwe
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best average
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
15.33
The mark at number ten — 167 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
5 of the top 50 · 18 teams represented
Best Average — full list
177 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Dale Steyn
SA
11.83
2
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
12.25
3
Pavandeep Singh Jagjit Singh
MAL
12.75
4
Syazrul Ezat Idrus
MAL
12.78
5
Frederick Klaassen
NED
13.33
6
Amjad Mahboob
SIN
14.33
7
Rashid Khan
AFG
14.49
8
Sandeep Lamichhane
NEP
14.61
9
Michael Rippon
NED
15.00
10
Not on record
MAL
15.33
11
Brad Wheal
SCO
16.00
12
Tim Murtagh
IRE
16.23
13
Bilal Khan
OMN
16.30
14
Pieter Seelaar
NED
16.46
15
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
16.64
16
Ehsan Khan
HK
16.75
17
Usman Khan
PAK
16.92
18
Norman Vanua
PNG
16.93
19
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
17.13
20
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
17.15
21
Charles Amini
PNG
17.45
22
Shaheen Afridi
PAK
17.58
23
Kuldeep Yadav
IND
17.78
24
Simi Singh
IRE
17.89
25
Selladore Vijaya Kumar
SIN
18.33
26
Dwaine Pretorius
SA
18.60
27
Lasith Malinga
SL
18.70
28
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
18.75
29
Sunzamul Islam
BAN
19.00
30
Boyd Rankin
ENG
19.16
31
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
AFG
19.66
32
Dipendra Airee
NEP
19.67
33
Thisara Perera
SL
20.72
34
Faheem Ashraf
PAK
20.81
35
Alei Nao
PNG
21.14
36
Junaid Khan
PAK
21.29
37
Stuart Whittingham
SCO
21.50
38
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
21.72
39
Aizaz Khan
HK
21.73
40
Kesrick Williams
WI
22.00
41
Rubel Hossain
BAN
22.09
42
Akila Dananjaya
SL
22.74
43
Lungi Ngidi
SA
23.04
44
Tanwir Afzal
HK
23.19
45
Sompal Kami
NEP
23.28
46
Rohan Mustafa
UAE
23.34
47
Mohammad Naveed
UAE
23.88
48
Khaleel Ahmed
IND
24.00
49
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
24.57
50
Shadab Khan
PAK
24.65
51
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
24.73
52
Lockie Ferguson
NZ
24.79
53
Ahmad Butt
OMN
24.80
54
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
25.50
55
Ajay Lalcheta
OMN
25.75
56
Kane Richardson
AUS
26.00
56
Yuzvendra Chahal
IND
26.00
57
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
26.14
58
Ahmed Raza
UAE
26.17
59
Barry McCarthy
IRE
26.19
60
Trent Boult
NZ
26.48
61
Richie Berrington
SCO
26.50
62
Chris Woakes
ENG
26.63
63
Tom Curran
ENG
26.65
64
Andile Phehlukwayo
SA
26.65
65
Muhammad Anwar A Rahman
MAL
26.80
66
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
26.81
67
Ish Sodhi
NZ
27.25
67
Lalit Rajbanshi
NEP
27.25
68
Alasdair Evans
SCO
27.45
69
Liam Plunkett
ENG
27.47
70
Adil Rashid
ENG
27.48
71
Aftab Alam
AFG
27.64
72
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
27.65
73
Kagiso Rabada
SA
27.65
74
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
27.83
75
Sikandar Raza
ZIM
27.88
76
Kedar Jadhav
IND
28.17
77
Not on record
MAL
28.20
78
Basant Regmi
NEP
28.27
79
Shardul Thakur
IND
28.80
80
Timm van der Gugten
NED
29.43
81
Imran Tahir
SA
29.47
82
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
29.57
83
Mehidy Hasan
BAN
29.72
84
Mohammad Nadeem
OMN
30.00
85
Tendai Chisoro
ZIM
30.43
86
Paul van Meekeren
NED
30.50
87
Thomas Sole
SCO
30.71
88
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
31.00
89
Mohammad Saifuddin
BAN
32.00
90
Colin Munro
NZ
32.33
91
Ehsan Nawaz
HK
32.67
91
Andrew Tye
AUS
32.67
92
Assad Vala
PNG
32.75
93
Pat Cummins
AUS
33.25
94
Carlos Brathwaite
WI
33.57
95
Kyle Jarvis
ZIM
33.63
96
Jason Holder
WI
33.64
97
Nizakat Khan
HK
34.00
97
Hasan Ali
PAK
34.00
97
Oshane Thomas
WI
34.00
98
David Willey
ENG
34.15
99
Andy McBrine
IRE
34.27
100
Moeen Ali
ENG
34.48
101
Billy Stanlake
AUS
34.50
102
Lahiru Kumara
SL
35.00
103
Rumman Raees
PAK
35.25
104
Kemar Roach
WI
35.44
105
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
35.50
106
Amir Hayat
UAE
35.82
107
Dhananjaya de Silva
SL
36.17
108
Marcus Stoinis
AUS
36.77
109
Wiaan Mulder
SA
37.17
110
Chris Sole
SCO
37.20
111
Mitchell Starc
AUS
37.36
112
Marlon Samuels
WI
38.50
113
Jhye Richardson
AUS
38.71
114
Paras Khadka
NEP
39.00
115
Imran Haider
UAE
39.27
116
Brian Vitori
ZIM
39.40
117
Mark Watt
SCO
39.92
118
Manpreet Singh
SIN
40.67
119
Blessing Muzarabani
ZIM
40.72
120
Suranga Lakmal
SL
41.09
121
Shaiman Anwar
UAE
41.20
122
Peter Chase
IRE
41.57
123
Nikita Miller
WI
41.67
124
Zahoor Khan
UAE
41.71
125
Sharafuddin Ashraf
AFG
42.00
126
Brandon Mavuta
ZIM
44.00
128
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
44.70
129
Nazmul Islam
BAN
44.80
130
Sagar Pun
NEP
45.00
130
Gulbadin Naib
AFG
45.00
131
Anantha Krishna
SIN
45.25
132
Keemo Paul
WI
45.27
133
Mitchell Santner
NZ
45.38
134
Tabraiz Shamsi
SA
46.00
134
Shane Snater
NED
46.00
135
Mohammed Shami
IND
46.67
136
Ashley Nurse
WI
47.23
137
Tim Southee
NZ
47.64
138
Karan KC
NEP
48.00
139
Mahmudullah
BAN
48.40
140
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
48.82
141
Michael Leask
SCO
49.33
142
Qadeer Ahmed
UAE
49.75
143
Lakshan Sandakan
SL
49.80
144
Roston Chase
WI
50.50
145
Sean Williams
ZIM
50.75
146
Colin de Grandhomme
NZ
57.50
147
Mark Wood
ENG
57.92
148
Ashton Agar
AUS
58.00
149
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
58.20
150
Mahuru Dai
PNG
59.00
151
Wellington Masakadza
ZIM
59.67
151
Syed Aziz Syed Mubarak
MAL
59.67
152
Rovman Powell
WI
62.00
153
George Dockrell
IRE
63.60
154
Umesh Yadav
IND
68.75
155
Ben Stokes
ENG
72.20
156
Donald Tiripano
ZIM
73.00
156
Kaleemullah
OMN
73.00
157
Devendra Bishoo
WI
74.50
158
Chad Soper
PNG
75.50
159
Liam Roche
ZIM
78.50
160
Hardik Pandya
IND
79.20
161
Shoaib Malik
PAK
90.00
162
Mohammad Amir
PAK
100.67
163
Morne Morkel
SA
103.00
164
Chris Morris
SA
115.50
165
Not on record
PAK
116.00
166
Joe Root
ENG
140.00
167
Adam Zampa
AUS
152.00
168
Vivian Kingma
NED
163.00
169
Not on record
SIN
185.00
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