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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.
TEST
1979
62 entries
1
1.15
Greg Chappell
AUS
0.67 clear of Mike Hendrick
2
1.82
Mike Hendrick
ENG
0.67 off the lead
3
1.97
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
0.82 off the lead
● LEADS
Greg Chappell
AUS
1.15 · 0.67 better than Hendrick
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Chappell is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.12
The mark at number ten — 52 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
62 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Greg Chappell
AUS
1.15
2
Mike Hendrick
ENG
1.82
3
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
1.97
4
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2.01
5
Dilip Doshi
IND
2.04
6
Geoff Miller
ENG
2.08
7
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2.10
8
Allan Border
AUS
2.10
9
Graham Gooch
ENG
2.10
10
John Emburey
ENG
2.12
11
Derek Underwood
ENG
2.13
12
Phil Carlson
AUS
2.15
13
Peter Willey
ENG
2.19
14
Joel Garner
WI
2.22
15
Asif Iqbal
PAK
2.23
16
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2.28
17
Ray Bright
AUS
2.31
18
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2.32
19
Collis King
WI
2.33
20
Bishan Bedi
IND
2.41
21
Dhiraj Parsana
IND
2.50
22
Majid Khan
PAK
2.54
23
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2.64
24
Vanburn Holder
WI
2.66
25
Geoff Dymock
AUS
2.67
26
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2.69
27
Graham Dilley
ENG
2.69
28
Wayne Clark
AUS
2.71
29
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2.75
30
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
2.78
31
Imran Niazi
BHR
2.80
32
Bruce Yardley
AUS
2.84
33
Kapil Dev
IND
2.87
34
Abdul Qadir
PAK
2.88
35
John Lever
ENG
2.90
36
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
2.90
37
Stephen Boock
NZ
2.90
38
Jim Higgs
AUS
2.90
39
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2.92
40
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
2.92
41
Dennis Lillee
AUS
2.96
42
Gary Troup
NZ
2.98
43
Michael Holding
WI
2.99
44
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
3.00
44
Derick Parry
WI
3.00
44
Bob Willis
ENG
3.00
44
Rodney Hogg
AUS
3.00
45
Sylvester Clarke
WI
3.01
46
Karsan Ghavri
IND
3.03
47
Lance Cairns
NZ
3.08
48
Bobjee Narasimha Rao
IND
3.08
49
Colin Croft
WI
3.10
50
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3.13
51
Alan Hurst
AUS
3.15
52
Wasim Raja
PAK
3.19
53
Norbert Phillip
WI
3.25
54
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
3.26
55
Jeff Thomson
AUS
3.27
56
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3.51
57
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3.62
58
Roger Binny
IND
3.69
59
Peter Sleep
AUS
3.90
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