Test matches

1997 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Highest averages

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	RG Samuels	RG Samuels (WI)	1997-1997	1	2	1	111	76	111.00	266	41.72	-	1	-	18	0
🥈 2	GW Flower	GW Flower (ZIM)	1997-1997	2	4	-	387	151	96.75	729	53.08	2	1	-	42	3
🥉 3	GJ Whittall	GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1997-1997	2	4	1	285	203*	95.00	514	55.44	1	-	-	31	3
4	Saleem Malik	Saleem Malik (PAK)	1997-1997	2	3	-	237	155	79.00	411	57.66	1	1	-	33	0
5	PA de Silva	PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	11	19	3	1220	168	76.25	2075	58.79	7	2	2	149	6
6	Aamer Sohail	Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1997-1997	4	5	-	376	160	75.20	664	56.62	2	-	-	46	1
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1997-1997	8	10	2	547	177	68.37	1060	51.60	1	4	-	67	5
8	Azhar Mahmood	Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1997	6	8	4	272	128*	68.00	559	48.65	1	1	-	28	3
9	ST Jayasuriya	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	11	19	-	1271	340	66.89	1947	65.27	3	7	2	140	9
10	SR Tendulkar	SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	12	17	1	1000	169	62.50	1969	50.78	4	3	-	131	5
11	R Dravid	R Dravid (IND)	1997-1997	12	18	2	984	148	61.50	2664	36.93	1	9	-	112	2
12	SC Ganguly	SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-1997	11	15	-	848	173	56.53	1811	46.82	3	3	1	117	8
13	NS Sidhu	NS Sidhu (IND)	1997-1997	9	13	-	720	201	55.38	1660	43.37	3	1	1	88	7
14	GP Thorpe	GP Thorpe (ENG)	1997-1997	9	15	2	700	138	53.84	1335	52.43	3	3	-	94	0
15	PR Reiffel	PR Reiffel (AUS)	1997-1997	9	14	5	468	79*	52.00	775	60.38	-	4	1	51	0
16	RT Ponting	RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-1997	7	11	1	497	127	49.70	966	51.44	2	1	-	55	4
17	Ali Naqvi	Ali Naqvi (PAK)	1997-1997	3	5	1	181	115	45.25	402	45.02	1	-	-	26	0
18	A Jadeja	A Jadeja (IND)	1997-1997	3	4	-	178	96	44.50	474	37.55	-	2	-	16	2
18	BA Young	BA Young (NZ)	1997-1997	8	15	1	623	267*	44.50	1275	48.86	1	2	-	76	1
20	MTG Elliott	MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	13	21	-	930	199	44.28	1897	49.02	3	3	-	128	4
21	Ijaz Ahmed	Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1997-1997	8	10	-	433	151	43.30	1016	42.61	2	1	1	52	2
22	GS Blewett	GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	15	25	-	1067	214	42.68	2262	47.17	2	6	2	131	2
23	SR Waugh	SR Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	15	25	2	973	160	42.30	2098	46.37	3	5	2	114	0
24	RS Mahanama	RS Mahanama (SL)	1997-1997	9	15	-	634	225	42.26	1623	39.06	1	1	-	76	0
25	S Chanderpaul	S Chanderpaul (WI)	1997-1997	10	17	2	627	137*	41.80	1362	46.03	1	4	1	65	1
26	MA Atherton	MA Atherton (ENG)	1997-1997	9	16	2	582	118	41.57	1449	40.16	1	4	-	66	1
27	CL Hooper	CL Hooper (WI)	1997-1997	12	21	3	740	129	41.11	1187	62.34	2	3	2	87	13
28	BC Lara	BC Lara (WI)	1997-1997	12	21	-	859	132	40.90	1461	58.79	3	3	1	115	8
29	DG Cork	DG Cork (ENG)	1997-1997	3	4	1	121	59	40.33	404	29.95	-	1	-	13	1
30	GJ Rennie	GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1997-1997	2	4	-	161	57	40.25	421	38.24	-	2	-	14	0
31	L Klusener	L Klusener (SA)	1997-1997	7	12	3	355	102*	39.44	479	74.11	1	1	1	43	7
32	BM McMillan	BM McMillan (SA)	1997-1997	8	14	3	431	103*	39.18	995	43.31	1	3	-	42	0
33	M Azharuddin	M Azharuddin (IND)	1997-1997	12	16	1	575	126	38.33	1008	57.04	3	2	1	71	1
34	G Kirsten	G Kirsten (SA)	1997-1997	9	16	1	556	103	37.06	1515	36.69	2	3	3	68	0
35	HP Tillakaratne	HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	8	13	4	333	103	37.00	890	37.41	1	2	-	38	0
36	N Hussain	N Hussain (ENG)	1997-1997	9	15	-	548	207	36.53	1205	45.47	2	1	1	77	1
37	Moin Khan	Moin Khan (PAK)	1997-1997	8	9	1	292	98	36.50	515	56.69	-	3	1	32	7
38	SM Pollock	SM Pollock (SA)	1997-1997	8	14	4	364	82	36.40	752	48.40	-	2	2	42	2
39	AJ Stewart	AJ Stewart (ENG)	1997-1997	9	16	1	525	173	35.00	954	55.03	1	2	-	71	1
39	ADR Campbell	ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1997-1997	2	4	1	105	59*	35.00	214	49.06	-	1	-	14	0
39	MA Ealham	MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	4	6	3	105	53*	35.00	404	25.99	-	1	-	11	0
42	WJ Cronje	WJ Cronje (SA)	1997-1997	9	15	1	486	79*	34.71	935	51.97	-	4	2	52	7
43	MJ Horne	MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	6	11	-	380	133	34.54	835	45.50	1	1	1	36	4
44	CL Cairns	CL Cairns (NZ)	1997-1997	10	19	2	555	71*	32.64	1256	44.18	-	7	1	61	6
45	CM Spearman	CM Spearman (NZ)	1997-1997	2	4	-	130	47	32.50	278	46.76	-	-	-	20	0
46	JP Crawley	JP Crawley (ENG)	1997-1997	8	13	2	354	83	32.18	868	40.78	-	3	-	41	1
47	SP Fleming	SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-1997	10	19	-	610	129	32.10	1363	44.75	1	6	4	73	3
48	DJ Cullinan	DJ Cullinan (SA)	1997-1997	9	16	2	446	122*	31.85	860	51.86	1	2	3	59	2
49	ME Waugh	ME Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	15	25	-	785	116	31.40	1627	48.24	1	6	1	93	5
50	AC Parore	AC Parore (NZ)	1997-1997	10	19	2	533	63	31.35	1255	42.47	-	3	-	54	2
51	BA Pocock	BA Pocock (NZ)	1997-1997	9	17	-	530	85	31.17	1624	32.63	-	6	1	45	0
52	SL Campbell	SL Campbell (WI)	1997-1997	12	21	1	620	79	31.00	1616	38.36	-	5	1	68	1
53	CZ Harris	CZ Harris (NZ)	1997-1997	3	6	1	153	71	30.60	407	37.59	-	1	1	18	0
54	AM Bacher	AM Bacher (SA)	1997-1997	8	14	-	425	96	30.35	1123	37.84	-	3	1	49	2
55	VVS Laxman	VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-1997	6	9	2	212	64	30.28	603	35.15	-	2	1	20	0
56	MG Bevan	MG Bevan (AUS)	1997-1997	8	13	3	302	87*	30.20	734	41.14	-	2	2	39	0
57	MS Atapattu	MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	9	15	-	449	108	29.93	1061	42.31	1	1	1	64	0
58	PL Symcox	PL Symcox (SA)	1997-1997	5	6	-	178	81	29.66	295	60.33	-	2	-	24	3
58	DPMD Jayawardene	DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-1997	2	3	-	89	66	29.66	149	59.73	-	1	-	13	0
60	ML Hayden	ML Hayden (AUS)	1997-1997	5	8	-	236	125	29.50	525	44.95	1	-	3	28	1
61	A Ranatunga	A Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	11	19	1	528	86	29.33	1164	45.36	-	4	-	61	4
61	MA Taylor	MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	15	25	1	704	129	29.33	1775	39.66	2	3	1	74	1
61	HDPK Dharmasena	HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	6	12	3	264	40	29.33	731	36.11	-	-	-	24	2
64	RIC Holder	RIC Holder (WI)	1997-1997	8	13	2	321	91	29.18	796	40.32	-	2	-	34	1
65	NJ Astle	NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-1997	10	19	2	494	102*	29.05	1131	43.67	1	2	2	59	4
66	CD McMillan	CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-1997	3	6	-	174	54	29.00	285	61.05	-	2	1	19	3
67	Ramiz Raja	Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1997-1997	2	3	-	86	50	28.66	122	70.49	-	1	1	9	0
68	V Rathour	V Rathour (IND)	1997-1997	1	2	-	57	44	28.50	180	31.66	-	-	-	6	0
69	JH Kallis	JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1997	5	8	-	226	101	28.25	731	30.91	1	1	1	19	0
70	SB Joshi	SB Joshi (IND)	1997-1997	4	4	1	84	43	28.00	222	37.83	-	-	-	6	1
71	SC Williams	SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	10	18	-	473	128	26.27	855	55.32	1	1	3	63	4
72	MR Ramprakash	MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	-	52	48	26.00	118	44.06	-	-	-	6	0
73	RS Kaluwitharana	RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1997-1997	8	14	1	337	103	25.92	557	60.50	1	1	-	44	2
74	MA Butcher	MA Butcher (ENG)	1997-1997	5	10	-	254	87	25.40	624	40.70	-	2	-	32	0
75	Asif Mujtaba	Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1997-1997	2	3	-	76	49	25.33	349	21.77	-	-	-	10	0
76	DJ Richardson	DJ Richardson (SA)	1997-1997	8	13	3	248	72*	24.80	592	41.89	-	1	2	27	2
77	IA Healy	IA Healy (AUS)	1997-1997	15	24	2	544	85	24.72	1008	53.96	-	3	1	66	1
78	D Williams	D Williams (WI)	1997-1997	3	6	1	123	48	24.60	331	37.16	-	-	1	12	0
79	NR Mongia	NR Mongia (IND)	1997-1997	12	16	2	328	78	23.42	1036	31.66	-	3	-	31	1
80	CEL Ambrose	CEL Ambrose (WI)	1997-1997	10	14	4	231	37	23.10	480	48.12	-	-	1	26	5
81	RP Arnold	RP Arnold (SL)	1997-1997	3	6	-	138	50	23.00	445	31.01	-	1	1	12	1
82	AD Mullally	AD Mullally (ENG)	1997-1997	1	1	-	21	21	21.00	40	52.50	-	-	-	2	0
83	JR Murray	JR Murray (WI)	1997-1997	3	5	1	83	34	20.75	142	58.45	-	-	-	11	0
84	AC Hudson	AC Hudson (SA)	1997-1997	3	6	-	123	55	20.50	302	40.72	-	1	1	14	1
85	A Kumble	A Kumble (IND)	1997-1997	12	15	3	243	78	20.25	670	36.26	-	1	1	21	0
86	Mushtaq Ahmed	Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1997-1997	8	8	3	95	59	19.00	212	44.81	-	1	-	7	4
86	JL Langer	JL Langer (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	-	19	19	19.00	43	44.18	-	-	-	2	0
86	JA Rennie	JA Rennie (ZIM)	1997-1997	1	2	-	38	22	19.00	92	41.30	-	-	-	2	0
86	HH Gibbs	HH Gibbs (SA)	1997-1997	1	2	-	38	31	19.00	87	43.67	-	-	-	5	0
90	Waqar Younis	Waqar Younis (PAK)	1997-1997	4	5	-	93	45	18.60	152	61.18	-	-	1	11	3
91	A Flower	A Flower (ZIM)	1997-1997	2	4	-	74	39	18.50	152	48.68	-	-	-	8	0
92	SKL de Silva	SKL de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	3	4	2	36	20*	18.00	153	23.52	-	-	1	3	0
92	Mohammad Ramzan	Mohammad Ramzan (PAK)	1997-1997	1	2	-	36	29	18.00	141	25.53	-	-	-	4	0
94	DL Vettori	DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1997	9	16	4	214	90	17.83	583	36.70	-	1	1	22	0
95	Mohammad Wasim	Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1997-1997	5	6	1	87	28	17.40	308	28.24	-	-	-	10	0
96	DL Houghton	DL Houghton (ZIM)	1997-1997	2	4	-	69	32	17.25	176	39.20	-	-	-	9	0
97	Saeed Anwar	Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1997-1997	6	8	-	136	65	17.00	284	47.88	-	1	1	19	0
98	PA Strang	PA Strang (ZIM)	1997-1997	2	4	-	66	42	16.50	144	45.83	-	-	-	7	0
99	WPUJC Vaas	WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1997-1997	9	13	3	162	57	16.20	499	32.46	-	1	-	18	1
100	PIC Thompson	PIC Thompson (WI)	1997-1997	1	2	1	16	10*	16.00	24	66.66	-	-	-	2	1

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