Top Ten Cricketers of 2004

Top 10 ODI Teams in 2004 - the teams are listed by their win percentage

72%. P 25. W 18. D 3. L 4 – New Zealand
71%. P 28. W 20. D 1. L 7 – Sri Lanka
70%. P 27. W 19. D 3. L 5 – Australia
54%. P 28. W 15. D 1. L 12 - Pakistan
50%. P 24. W 12. D 4. L 8. – England
47%. P 30. W 14. D 1. L 15 - India
46%. P 26. W 12. D 6. L 8 – West Indies
28%. P 18. W 5. D 1 L 12 — South Africa
11%. P 11. W 2. D 2. L 15 – Bangladesh
~6%. P 31. W 2. D 4. L 25 – Zimbabwe

Top 10 ODI Batsmen in 2004 - listed by average with a minimum of 10 appearances

59.31 avg - Kallis
57.55 avg - Flintoff
56.50 avg - Sarwan
56.06 avg - Sangakarra
50.19 avg - Symonds
44.42 avg - Fleming
44.00 avg - Astle
43.95 avg - Gilchrist
43.38 avg - Inzamam
42.67 avg - Razzaq

Top 10 ODI Bowlers in 2004 - by average with a minimum of 10 appearances

26 wkts @ 14.46 avg - Kasprowicz
22 wkts @ 19.05 avg - Streak
32 wkts @ 19.53 avg - Vaas
17 wkts @ 19.88 avg - Brad Williams
30 wkts @ 20.23 avg - Zoysa
22 wkts @ 20.27 avg - Shahid Afridi
16 wkts @ 21.31 avg - Flintoff
33 wkts @ 21.85 avg - Gillespie
14 wkts @ 21.86 avg - Giles
19 wkts @ 22.32 avg - Muralitharan

For me the most surprising was Afridi being at no.6. He has had a great year with the ball and averged almost 22 with the bat...not bad for a late order batsmen.

No Indian in the top 10-batsmen (unless my eyes are playing tricks). Kinda surprising for a team that considers batting as its core strength and has some mighty fyne batsmen.

NZ beat Aus in ODI win percent and England is below Pakistan. Razzaq in the top-10 batsmen.

Ah well, these lists, though accurate, just show that Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. :)

^ Razzaq had a great year with the bat in the ODI's...but its a different story in Test Matches.

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hmm guessing the top players according to the averages..I think few days down the road we would be chosing players according to strike rate also..

anway’s found these ratings and I think they are pretty much justified..
http://cricketratings.pwcglobal.com/cricket/cricket.htm