Best and worst in big tournaments - Tables

10-Oct-2006

Best batting average in tournaments with 5+ teams (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	100
L Klusener (SAf)	1999-2004	21	16	468	57	78.00	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2002-2004	11	11	431	75	71.83	0
HH Gibbs (SAf)	1999-2004	20	20	1070	143	62.94	5
GM Turner (NZ)	1975-1983	14	14	612	171*	61.20	2
SC Ganguly (India)	1998-2004	37	35	1753	183	58.43	7
R Dravid (India)	1998-2004	38	33	1429	145	57.16	3
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	1990-2003	33	33	1518	113*	56.22	5
RG Twose (NZ)	1996-2000	18	18	696	92	53.53	0
ME Waugh (Aust)	1992-2000	26	26	1165	130	52.95	4
G Fowler (Eng)	1983-1985	10	10	412	81*	51.50	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1989	34	30	1234	181	51.41	3
SR Tendulkar (India)	1990-2004	62	60	2666	152	51.26	5
DR Martyn (Aust)	1998-2004	19	16	603	88*	50.25	0
GP Thorpe (Eng)	1996-2000	13	11	393	89	49.12	0
DC Boon (Aust)	1986-1994	28	27	1176	100	49.00	2
JH Kallis (SAf)	1996-2004	29	26	918	113*	48.31	1
Rameez Raja (Pak)	1985-1996	30	29	1113	119*	46.37	3
AJ Lamb (Eng)	1983-1992	28	26	1017	102	46.22	1
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2004	14	12	413	141	45.88	1
CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1983	15	15	591	106*	45.46	2

Best bowling average in tournaments with 5+ teams (qualification: 500 balls)
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5
CM Old (Eng)	1975-1979	9	243	16	4/8	15.18	0
JN Gillespie (Aust)	2000-2004	11	307	20	4/15	15.34	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2002-2003	10	389	23	6/23	16.91	1
RGD Willis (Eng)	1979-1983	11	315	18	4/11	17.50	0
Waqar Younis (Pak)	1989-2003	24	802	45	6/26	17.82	2
SK Warne (Aust)	1994-2002	23	787	44	4/29	17.88	0
MA Holding (WI)	1979-1985	15	418	23	4/33	18.17	0
RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1975-1985	17	517	28	5/25	18.46	1
RMH Binny (India)	1983-1987	14	517	28	4/29	18.46	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1998-2004	11	372	20	3/19	18.60	0
Maninder Singh (India)	1986-1987	10	358	19	3/21	18.84	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2004	12	457	24	5/36	19.04	1
J Garner (WI)	1979-1985	12	364	19	5/38	19.15	1
B Lee (Aust)	2000-2004	16	619	32	5/42	19.34	1
S Madan Lal (India)	1975-1986	19	647	33	4/20	19.60	0
A Flintoff (Eng)	1999-2004	16	362	18	3/11	20.11	0
M Dillon (WI)	1998-2004	17	649	32	5/29	20.28	1
Imran Khan (Pak)	1975-1992	46	1058	51	4/37	20.74	0
GI Allott (NZ)	1998-2000	14	572	27	4/37	21.18	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1983	16	552	26	3/32	21.23	0

Biggest difference in batting average in tournaments with 5+ teams (qualification: 10 innings, 100 runs)
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	Ave	100	Tourn	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
L Klusener (SAf)	1999-2004	171	3576	41.10	2	21	468	78.00	0	36.899
HH Gibbs (SAf)	1999-2004	186	6119	35.57	16	20	1070	62.94	5	27.361
RR Sarwan (WI)	2002-2004	108	3587	45.98	3	11	431	71.83	0	25.843
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2003	147	1865	23.31	0	16	311	44.42	0	21.118
G Fowler (Eng)	1983-1985	26	744	31.00	0	10	412	51.50	0	20.500
SC Ganguly (India)	1998-2004	279	10123	40.65	22	37	1753	58.43	7	17.783
R Dravid (India)	1998-2004	297	9576	39.73	12	38	1429	57.15	3	17.429
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2004	116	2503	28.77	3	14	413	45.88	1	17.118
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	1990-2003	247	8823	39.21	20	33	1518	56.22	5	17.012
RG Twose (NZ)	1996-2000	87	2717	38.81	1	18	696	53.53	0	14.728
Rameez Raja (Pak)	1985-1996	198	5841	32.09	9	30	1113	46.37	3	14.284
GM Turner (NZ)	1975-1983	41	1598	47.00	3	14	612	61.20	2	14.200
Abdul Qadir (Pak)	1983-1990	104	641	15.26	0	24	206	29.42	0	14.168
Saleem Yousuf (Pak)	1987-1990	86	768	17.86	0	12	256	32.00	0	14.140
DI Gower (Eng)	1979-1985	114	3170	30.77	7	15	492	44.72	1	13.947
SA Thomson (NZ)	1990-1996	56	964	22.95	0	10	257	36.71	0	13.764
ME Waugh (Aust)	1992-2000	244	8500	39.35	18	26	1165	52.95	4	13.604
PL Taylor (Aust)	1987-1992	83	437	19.86	0	15	164	32.79	0	12.939
BM McMillan (SAf)	1992-1996	78	841	23.36	1	20	250	35.71	0	12.354
Aamer Sohail (Pak)	1992-1998	156	4780	31.86	5	21	884	44.20	3	12.330

Biggest difference in batting average in tournaments with 5+ teams (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	Ave	100	Tourn	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	227	5761	35.34	7	30	463	20.13	0	-15.209
MG Bevan (Aust)	1994-2003	232	6912	53.58	6	34	684	40.23	0	-13.344
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2004	212	6890	35.69	16	31	676	24.14	3	-11.557
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	1992-2004	367	11549	39.82	10	46	1007	28.77	1	-11.048
JN Rhodes (SAf)	1992-2003	245	5935	35.11	2	36	640	24.61	0	-10.504
M Amarnath (India)	1975-1989	85	1924	30.53	2	24	362	20.11	0	-10.428
ADR Campbell (Zimb)	1992-2003	188	5185	30.50	7	27	482	20.08	1	-10.416
M Prabhakar (India)	1987-1996	130	1858	24.12	2	33	250	13.88	0	-10.241
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2004	222	5952	32.34	8	28	467	22.23	0	-10.111
GW Flower (Zimb)	1993-2003	219	6536	33.69	6	28	567	23.62	0	-10.064
SV Manjrekar (India)	1989-1996	74	1994	33.23	1	13	306	23.53	0	-9.691
AR Border (Aust)	1979-1992	273	6524	30.62	3	37	704	21.33	0	-9.296
HS Modi (Kenya)	1996-2004	63	1109	23.59	0	21	218	14.53	0	-9.066
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2004	111	2806	29.22	5	13	265	20.38	0	-8.845
Abdul Razzaq (Pak)	1999-2004	217	4297	30.69	2	26	459	21.85	0	-8.832
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	1998-2004	230	4860	23.25	4	17	217	14.46	0	-8.783
PV Simmons (WI)	1987-1999	143	3675	28.93	5	27	493	20.54	1	-8.398
DS Lehmann (Aust)	1998-2004	117	3078	38.96	4	26	460	30.66	0	-8.293
SM Pollock (SAf)	1996-2004	261	2821	25.18	0	28	243	17.35	0	-7.832
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	1987-2000	250	6564	32.33	10	43	814	24.66	0	-7.663

Biggest difference in bowling average in tournaments with 5+ teams (qualification: 500 balls)
Player	Span	Mat	Wkts	Ave	5	Tourn	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
MO Odumbe (Kenya)	1996-2003	61	39	46.33	0	22	21	31.33	0	-14.996
Azhar Mahmood (Pak)	1998-2003	139	122	38.86	3	14	21	24.04	0	-14.812
PL Symcox (SAf)	1993-1998	80	72	38.36	0	11	14	23.85	0	-14.502
CO Obuya (Kenya)	2002-2003	37	25	47.28	1	11	15	33.86	1	-13.413
JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1985	88	54	37.75	0	14	16	25.00	0	-12.759
RP Snell (SAf)	1992-1993	42	44	35.77	1	13	19	23.10	0	-12.664
Maninder Singh (India)	1986-1987	59	66	31.30	0	10	19	18.84	0	-12.457
M Dillon (WI)	1998-2004	108	130	32.44	3	17	32	20.28	1	-12.168
ALF de Mel (SL)	1983-1987	57	59	37.91	2	12	22	26.54	2	-11.374
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1998-2004	94	108	29.75	1	11	20	18.60	0	-11.149
RMH Binny (India)	1983-1987	72	77	29.35	0	14	28	18.46	0	-10.885
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2004	83	94	29.91	2	12	24	19.04	1	-10.868
C Sharma (India)	1985-1989	65	67	34.86	0	12	18	24.55	0	-10.314
M Amarnath (India)	1975-1989	85	46	42.84	0	24	20	32.54	0	-10.300
JN Gillespie (Aust)	2000-2004	97	142	25.42	3	11	20	15.34	0	-10.080
AJ Traicos (Zimb)	1983-1992	27	19	51.94	0	20	16	42.06	0	-9.887
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)	1989-1996	144	161	33.29	1	24	37	23.56	0	-9.732
S Madan Lal (India)	1975-1986	67	73	29.27	0	19	33	19.60	0	-9.663
Khaled Mahmud (Bang)	1999-2004	77	67	42.76	0	16	17	33.58	0	-9.171
SR Tendulkar (India)	1990-2004	367	142	43.61	2	62	35	34.85	0	-8.762

Biggest difference in bowling average in tournaments with 5+ teams (qualification: 500 balls)
Player	Span	Mat	Wkts	Ave	5	Tourn	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1983-1990	53	33	57.09	0	13	3	163.66	0	106.576
ARC Fraser (Eng)	1989-1999	42	47	30.04	0	9	5	67.00	0	36.960
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1990-1994	62	68	30.13	0	13	7	64.57	0	34.441
VB John (SL)	1983-1987	45	34	48.67	0	13	7	77.85	0	29.177
GW Flower (Zimb)	1993-2003	219	104	40.25	0	28	6	65.16	0	24.906
DK Morrison (NZ)	1987-1996	96	126	27.53	2	15	10	52.00	0	24.460
BA Reid (Aust)	1986-1992	61	63	34.96	1	15	10	56.29	0	21.329
DL Vettori (NZ)	1998-2004	173	167	33.58	1	13	8	54.75	0	21.170
AB Agarkar (India)	1998-2004	169	258	27.06	2	13	12	46.66	0	19.606
RS Kalpage (SL)	1992-1994	86	73	40.75	0	14	9	58.33	0	17.583
DR Pringle (Eng)	1987-1992	44	44	38.11	0	13	8	55.12	0	17.015
UDU Chandana (SL)	1994-2004	146	151	31.72	1	18	11	48.00	0	16.280
MC Snedden (NZ)	1983-1990	93	114	28.39	0	17	14	43.50	0	15.109
A Ranatunga (SL)	1983-1999	269	79	47.55	0	48	13	62.61	0	15.055
AY Karim (Kenya)	1996-2003	34	27	41.25	1	15	8	54.87	0	13.615
DK Lillee (Aust)	1975-1983	63	103	20.82	1	9	12	33.33	1	12.503
HH Streak (Zimb)	1993-2003	189	239	29.82	1	30	28	41.10	0	11.277
EA Brandes (Zimb)	1987-1999	59	70	32.37	2	17	16	43.56	0	11.192
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-2004	215	201	32.80	1	32	19	43.89	0	11.084
Mohammad Rafique (Bang)	1999-2004	101	96	39.83	1	17	11	48.72	0	8.897

All tournaments with 5+ teams
Series	Winner	Teams
Prudential World Cup, 1975	West Indies	8
Prudential World Cup, 1979	West Indies	8
Prudential World Cup, 1983	India	8
Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket, 1984/85	India	7
Austral-Asia Cup, 1985/86	Pakistan	5
Reliance World Cup, 1987/88	Australia	8
MRF World Series (Nehru Cup), 1989/90	Pakistan	6
Austral-Asia Cup, 1989/90	Pakistan	6
Benson & Hedges World Cup, 1991/92	Pakistan	9
C.A.B. Jubilee Tournament (Hero Cup), 1993/94	India	5
Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup, 1993/94	Pakistan	6
Wills World Cup, 1995/96	Sri Lanka	12
Wills International Cup, 1998/99	South Africa	9
ICC World Cup, 1999	Australia	12
ICC KnockOut, 2000/01	New Zealand	11
ICC Champions Trophy, 2002/03	-	12
ICC World Cup, 2002/03	Australia	14
Asia Cup, 2004	Sri Lanka	6
ICC Champions Trophy, 2004	West Indies	12