Best Economy in 1979: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1979, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS197973 entries
11.97EhteshamuddinPAK0.07 clear of Dilip Doshi
22.04Dilip DoshiIND0.07 off the lead
32.10Alvin KallicharranWI0.13 off the lead
● LEADS
EhteshamuddinPAK
1.97 · 0.07 better than Doshi
↑ IN THE CHASE
4
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.50
The mark at number ten — 63 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

73 entries, ranked
1EhteshamuddinPAK1.97
2Dilip DoshiIND2.04
3Alvin KallicharranWI2.10
4John EmbureyENG2.12
5Geoff MillerENG2.13
6Phil EdmondsENG2.18
7Mike HendrickENG2.19
8Iqbal QasimPAK2.28
9Srinivas VenkataraghavanIND2.38
10Dhiraj ParsanaIND2.50
11Majid KhanPAK2.52
12Phil CarlsonAUS2.52
13Bishan BediIND2.60
14Jeremy ConeyNZ2.63
15Shivlal YadavIND2.64
16Vanburn HolderWI2.66
17Geoff DymockAUS2.69
18Stanley De SilvaSL2.70
19Wayne ClarkAUS2.71
20Chris OldENG2.78
21Asif IqbalPAK2.79
22Allan BorderAUS2.81
23Imran NiaziBHR2.81
24Bruce YardleyAUS2.84
25Joel GarnerWI2.87
26Abdul QadirPAK2.88
27Mudassar NazarPAK2.89
28Stephen BoockNZ2.90
29Jim HiggsAUS2.90
30Ray BrightAUS2.91
31Bhagwath ChandrasekharIND2.92
32Kapil DevIND2.94
33Sir Ian BothamENG2.96
34Graham DilleyENG2.96
35Greg ChappellAUS2.96
36Peter WilleyENG2.98
37Bob WillisENG2.99
38Raphick JumadeenWI3.00
39Sylvester ClarkeWI3.01
40Sarfraz NawazPAK3.04
41Karsan GhavriIND3.05
42Sikander BakhtPAK3.06
43Gary TroupNZ3.07
44Brian McKechnieNZ3.08
45Bobjee Narasimha RaoIND3.08
46Geoff BoycottENG3.09
47Michael HoldingWI3.13
48Colin CroftWI3.16
49Rodney HoggAUS3.19
50Mohinder AmarnathIND3.19
51Derek UnderwoodENG3.19
52Wasim RajaPAK3.19
53Sir Andy RobertsNZ3.21
54Alan HurstAUS3.21
55Len PascoeAUS3.22
56Norbert PhillipWI3.25
57Sir Richard HadleeNZ3.26
58Lance CairnsNZ3.26
59Mushtaq MohammadPAK3.26
60Dennis LilleeAUS3.32
61John LeverENG3.33
62Derick ParryWI3.34
63Somachandra De SilvaSL3.55
64Collis KingWI3.61
65Malcolm MarshallWI3.62
66Roger BinnyIND3.69
67Graham GoochENG3.79
68Gary CosierAUS3.90
69Peter SleepAUS3.90
70Jeff ThomsonAUS3.93
71Sir Viv RichardsWI4.63
72Trevor LaughlinAUS4.68
73Graham YallopAUS4.92
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