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Best Average in 2021: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 2021 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST
2021
99 entries
1
11.86
Axar Patel
IND
4.21 clear of Hasan Ali
2
16.07
Hasan Ali
PAK
4.21 off the lead
3
16.65
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
4.79 off the lead
● LEADS
Axar Patel
IND
11.86 · 4.21 better than Ali
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Patel is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
19.00
The mark at number ten — 89 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
7 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Average — full list
99 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Axar Patel
IND
11.86
2
Hasan Ali
PAK
16.07
3
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
16.65
4
Lungi Ngidi
SA
16.82
5
Shaheen Afridi
PAK
17.06
6
Kyle Jamieson
NZ
17.52
7
Veerasammy Permaul
WI
17.63
8
Perumapperuma Jayawickrama
SL
18.22
9
Pat Cummins
AUS
18.76
10
Kagiso Rabada
SA
19.00
11
Sajid Khan
PAK
19.72
12
Trent Boult
NZ
20.63
13
Ajaz Patel
NZ
20.67
14
Anrich Nortje
SA
20.76
15
Craig Overton
ENG
21.00
16
Oliver Robinson
ENG
21.16
17
Cameron Green
AUS
21.29
18
Jayden Seales
WI
21.31
19
Wanigamuni Mendis
SL
21.54
20
James Anderson
ENG
21.74
21
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
22.08
22
Blessing Muzarabani
ZIM
22.37
23
Mohammed Shami
IND
22.48
24
Jason Holder
WI
22.86
25
Shardul Thakur
IND
23.19
26
Tim Southee
NZ
23.45
27
Olly Stone
ENG
23.57
28
George Linde
SA
23.80
29
Kemar Roach
WI
23.89
30
Jhye Richardson
AUS
24.00
31
Marco Jansen
SA
24.80
32
Rashid Khan
AFG
25.00
33
Kyle Mayers
WI
25.15
34
Keshav Maharaj
SA
25.26
35
Suranga Lakmal
SL
26.18
36
Amir Hamza
AFG
26.30
37
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
26.53
38
Dominic Bess
ENG
26.59
39
Ryan Burl
ZIM
26.75
40
Lasith Embuldeniya
SL
27.22
41
Noman Ali
PAK
27.84
42
Neil Wagner
NZ
28.00
43
Kraigg Brathwaite
WI
28.33
44
Matt Henry
NZ
29.57
45
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
29.75
46
Mohammed Siraj
IND
29.97
47
Jomel Warrican
WI
30.11
48
Taskin Ahmed
BAN
30.23
49
Taijul Islam
BAN
30.50
49
Joe Root
ENG
30.50
49
Michael Neser
AUS
30.50
49
Jofra Archer
ENG
30.50
50
Umesh Yadav
IND
30.75
51
Wiaan Mulder
SA
31.13
52
Mohammad Abbas
PAK
31.75
53
Sayed Shirzad
AFG
32.33
54
Ishant Sharma
IND
32.71
55
Mitchell Starc
AUS
33.24
56
Jack Leach
ENG
34.00
57
Mark Wood
ENG
34.79
58
Victor Nyauchi
ZIM
35.78
59
Vishwa Fernando
SL
35.86
60
Nathan Lyon
AUS
36.00
61
Chris Woakes
ENG
36.60
62
Mehidy Hasan
BAN
36.72
63
Moeen Ali
ENG
37.50
64
Yasir Shah
PAK
37.75
65
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
38.80
66
Asitha Fernando
SL
39.00
67
Rahkeem Cornwall
WI
39.33
68
Stuart Broad
ENG
39.50
69
Thangarasu Natarajan
IND
39.67
70
Rachin Ravindra
NZ
40.33
71
Faheem Ashraf
PAK
40.50
72
Donald Tiripano
ZIM
41.00
73
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
42.13
74
Navdeep Saini
IND
43.00
75
Nayeem Hasan
BAN
44.50
76
Ben Stokes
ENG
44.67
77
Roston Chase
WI
46.75
78
Shannon Gabriel
WI
46.82
79
Alzarri Joseph
WI
48.38
80
Washington Sundar
IND
49.83
81
Sikandar Raza
ZIM
51.50
82
Dilruwan Perera
SL
53.60
83
Richard Ngarava
ZIM
56.20
84
Abu Jayed
BAN
56.50
85
Shahbaz Nadeem
IND
58.25
86
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
58.50
87
Sam Curran
ENG
58.67
88
Javed Ahmadi
AFG
60.00
89
Tabish Khan
PAK
68.00
90
Ebadot Hossain
BAN
72.20
91
Tendai Chisoro
ZIM
73.33
92
Sean Williams
ZIM
73.50
93
Lahiru Kumara
SL
88.00
94
Dhananjaya de Silva
SL
93.50
95
Mohammad Islam
BAN
99.00
96
Milton Shumba
ZIM
233.00
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