Best Economy in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS197888 entries
11.00Derek RandallENGlevel with Mike Gatting
11.00Mike GattingENG
11.00Shafiq AhmedPAK
● LEADS
Derek RandallENG
1.00 · level with Gatting
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.14
The mark at number ten — 78 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
15 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

88 entries, ranked
1Derek RandallENG1.00
1Mike GattingENG1.00
1Shafiq AhmedPAK1.00
2David LloydENG1.50
2Aamer HameedPAK1.50
3Alvin KallicharranWI1.64
4John EmbureyENG1.77
5Bev CongdonNZ1.91
6Mike HendrickENG1.93
7Phil EdmondsENG1.99
8Graham RoopeENG2.00
8Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND2.00
8Wasim BariPAK2.00
9Stephen BoockNZ2.07
10Dayle HadleeNZ2.14
11Chris OldENG2.19
12Abdul QadirPAK2.25
13Geoff MillerENG2.26
14Barry WoodENG2.28
15Maurice FosterWI2.31
16Iqbal QasimPAK2.35
17Geoff DymockAUS2.38
18Rodney HoggAUS2.43
19Lance CairnsNZ2.47
20Majid KhanPAK2.50
21Geoff CopeENG2.52
22Raphick JumadeenWI2.53
23Vanburn HolderWI2.53
24Bob WillisENG2.54
25Larry GomesWI2.58
26Sarfraz NawazPAK2.59
27Jim HiggsAUS2.60
28Graham YallopAUS2.67
29Erapalli PrasannaIND2.68
30Bruce YardleyAUS2.69
31Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND2.70
32Ewen ChatfieldNZ2.76
33Alan HurstAUS2.77
34Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.78
35Allan BorderAUS2.80
36Gary CosierAUS2.81
37Graham GoochENG2.81
37Saleem AltafPAK2.81
38Imran KhanBHR2.84
39Richard CollingeNZ2.90
40John LeverENG2.95
41Wasim RajaPAK2.96
42Derick ParryWI2.97
43Sir Ian BothamENG2.98
44Sylvester ClarkeWI2.99
45Mohsin KhanHK3.00
45Haroon RasheedPAK3.00
46Bishan BediIND3.06
47Sew ShivnarineWI3.06
48Mudassar NazarPAK3.06
49Wayne ClarkAUS3.07
50Liaqat AliPAK3.12
51Mushtaq MohammadPAK3.13
52Sikander BakhtPAK3.17
53Joel GarnerWI3.20
54Karsan GhavriIND3.22
55Malcolm MarshallWI3.23
56Brendon BracewellNZ3.24
57Sam GannonAUS3.25
58Colin CroftWI3.29
59Surinder AmarnathIND3.33
60Javed MiandadPAK3.40
61Andy RobertsNZ3.50
62Norbert PhillipWI3.51
63Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND3.52
64Trevor LaughlinAUS3.66
65Kapil DevIND3.69
66Ian CallenAUS3.72
67Jeff ThomsonAUS3.82
68Mohinder AmarnathIND3.88
69Wayne DanielWI3.89
70Bob SimpsonAUS3.90
71Hasan JamilPAK3.97
72Sadiq MohammadPAK4.00
73Naeem AhmedPAK4.30
74Chetan ChauhanIND4.43
75Tony MannAUS5.05
76Asif IqbalPAK5.50
77Sunil GavaskarIND5.68
78Geoff HowarthNZ7.50
79Richard AustinWI9.00
80Sir Viv RichardsWI12.00
81Gundappa ViswanathIND17.50
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