Cricket: Leading first-class averages

Batting

Qualification: 6 Innings

M I NO Runs HS 100 50 Ave

SP James (Glam) 9 14 3 894 153 3 5 81.27

DS Lehmann (Yorks) 9 14 2 855 177 3 5 71.25

H Morris (Glam) 9 14 2 839 233* 3 2 69.91

ML Hayden (Hants) 9 16 3 907 235* 4 2 69.76

ET Smith (Camb Univ 8 12 2 683 190 1 5 68.30

MR Ramprakash (Middx) 10 14 2 780 145 3 5 65.00

SG Law (Essex) 8 13 1 758 157 2 5 63.16

JJB Lewis (Durham) 8 13 2 676 210* 2 2 61.45

PA Nixon (Leics) 10 14 7 427 96 0 4 61.00

TL Penney (Warks) 7 10 2 474 99 0 5 59.25

GD Lloyd (Lancs) 9 14 1 769 225 4 2 59.15

SR Waugh (Aus) 7 9 0 530 116 3 1 58.88

MTG Elliott (Aus) 7 11 0 624 127 3 3 56.72

RJ Blakey (Yorks) 10 13 6 377 92 0 3 53.85

JJ Whitaker (Leics) 9 13 2 576 133* 3 1 52.36

D Ripley (Northants) 8 10 4 311 79* 0 3 51.83

DL Hemp (Warks) 8 13 2 570 138 3 1 51.81

RJ Bailey (Northants) 9 14 2 611 117* 2 3 50.91

VJ Wells (Leics) 10 15 0 747 224 2 4 49.80

D Byas (Yorks) 11 17 2 744 128 3 3 49.60

* denotes not out

Bowling

Qualification: 10 Wickets

Overs M Runs W 5w 10w Best Ave

PR Reiffel (Aus) 86.0 31 188 14 0 0 3-12 13.42

AM Smith (Gloucs) 266.4 73 672 45 3 2 6-45 14.93

AA Donald (Warks) 142.2 38 331 21 1 1 6-55 15.76

NF Williams (Essex) 51.0 9 161 10 1 0 5-55 16.10

Azhar Mahmood (Pak A) 75.3 16 197 12 0 0 4-34 16.41

Waqar Younis (Glam) 173.1 34 579 34 2 0 8-17 17.02

PJ Newport (Worcs) 129.2 42 296 17 1 0 7-37 17.41

MC Ilott (Essex) 212.5 67 594 33 1 0 7-59 18.00

JP Hewitt (Middx) 261.5 66 710 39 2 0 6-14 18.20

GD Rose (Som) 239.4 75 623 34 1 0 5-53 18.32

JE Hindson (Notts) 76.4 24 186 10 0 0 4-28 18.60

KD James (Hants) 161.1 37 504 27 2 1 8-49 18.66

DR Brown (Warks) 197.3 53 582 31 1 0 5-106 18.77

PJ Martin (Lancs) 268.3 84 661 35 2 1 8-32 18.88

SK Warne (Aus) 252.1 59 667 35 3 0 7-103 19.05

SD Thomas (Glam) 190.3 35 611 32 2 0 5-24 19.09

BJ Phillips (Kent) 134.5 40 381 19 1 0 5-47 20.05

SL Watkin (Glam) 212.2 68 524 26 0 0 4-43 20.15

PCR Tufnell (Middx) 225.5 77 450 22 1 0 5-90 20.45

GD McGrath (Aus) 187.2 59 496 24 1 0 8-38 20.66

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