Cricket: Leading First-Class Averages

------------------------------------------------------------------------ BATTING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Qualification: Six innings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ M I NO Runs HS 100s 50s Ave B C Lara (Warwicks) 9 15 2 1550 501* 7 1 119.23 G A Gooch (Essex) 11 19 2 1262 236 5 2 74.23 G Kirsten (SA) 6 9 2 516 201* 2 2 73.71 A J Moles (Warwicks) 4 8 1 459 203* 1 2 65.57 M W Gatting (Middx) 12 17 1 1000 225 3 4 62.50 K C Wessels (SA) 7 9 1 485 105 1 4 60.62 D J Bicknell (Surrey) 12 20 3 1009 235* 3 4 59.35 G P Thorpe (Surrey) 10 15 2 753 190 2 3 57.92 R G Twose (Warwicks) 11 19 2 983 277* 2 4 57.82 C L Hooper (Kent) 10 19 0 1090 183 3 6 57.36 A D Brown (Surrey) 11 15 1 790 172 2 4 56.42 A J Stewart (Surrey) 10 15 2 728 142 3 2 56.00 K M Curran (Northnts) 9 16 3 724 114 1 6 55.69 S J Rhodes (Worcs) 12 19 8 612 100* 1 2 55.63 P J Prichard (Essex) 7 11 2 488 119 3 2 54.22 M R Ramprakash (Middx) 11 16 1 796 135 2 5 53.06 J P Crawley (Lancs) 13 25 3 1163 281* 2 5 52.86 T J G O'Gorman (Derbys) 9 17 2 791 145 3 3 52.73 D M Ward (Surrey) 11 15 1 738 294* 1 4 52.71 * denotes not out ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOWLING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Qualification: 10 wickets ------------------------------------------------------------------------ O M Runs W Best 5w 10w Ave C E L Ambrose (Northnts) 277.1 80 625 40 7-48 3 1 15.62 C A Walsh (Gloucs) 366.3 89 1103 67 7-42 7 3 16.46 J E Benjamin (Surrey) 444.2 103 1213 67 6-27 5 1 18.10 P S De Villiers (SA) 128.0 28 413 20 5-118 1 - 20.65 S R Lampitt (Worcs) 338.2 82 913 43 5-33 2 - 21.23 D Gough (Yorks) 271.5 58 767 36 6-70 2 - 21.30 V J Wells (Leics) 188.5 53 651 30 5-50 1 - 21.70 M M Patel (Kent) 584.5 142 1524 70 8-96 5 2 21.77 M W Alleyne (Gloucs) 176.5 37 524 24 4-70 - - 21.83 C C Lewis (Notts) 193.2 40 575 26 5-55 1 - 22.11 C White (Yorks) 210.4 49 667 30 5-40 2 - 22.23 T A Munton (Warwicks) 448.2 111 1190 53 6-89 5 2 22.45 D J Millns (Leics) 318.1 71 1120 49 6-44 2 - 22.85 G R Larsen (NZ) 226.4 73 494 21 5-24 1 - 23.52 Wasim Akram (Lancs) 213.2 44 646 27 8-30 2 1 23.92 W K M Benjamin (Hants) 281.0 97 585 24 6-46 2 - 24.37 P A J DeFreitas (Derbys) 369.3 67 1197 49 6-39 3 - 24.42 S R Barwick (Glam) 278.0 112 490 20 5-44 1 - 24.50 G C Small (Warwicks) 211.4 43 592 24 5-46 1 - 24.66 A R K Pierson (Leics) 262.0 78 627 25 8-42 1 - 25.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------