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Best Economy in 1982: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 1982 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1982
118 entries
1
0.00
Ashok Malhotra
IND
level with Allan Lamb
1
0.00
Allan Lamb
ENG
2
0.70
Charles Studd
ENG
0.70 off the lead
● LEADS
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0.00 · level with Lamb
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1.79
The mark at number ten — 108 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
16 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
118 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0.00
1
Allan Lamb
ENG
0.00
2
Charles Studd
ENG
0.70
3
David Gower
ENG
1.00
3
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
1.00
4
Billy Barnes
ENG
1.33
5
Joey Palmer
AUS
1.43
6
John Morrison
NZ
1.55
7
Billy Bates
ENG
1.55
8
Tom Garrett
AUS
1.66
9
Frederick Spofforth
AUS
1.75
10
Dick Barlow
ENG
1.79
11
George Giffen
AUS
1.90
12
John Wright
NZ
2.00
12
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
2.00
12
Mohsin Khan
HK
2.00
13
Allan Steel
ENG
2.02
14
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2.06
15
Derek Underwood
ENG
2.17
16
John Emburey
ENG
2.17
17
Mike Gatting
ENG
2.27
18
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
2.29
19
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
2.33
20
Imran Khan
BHR
2.34
21
Robin Jackman
ENG
2.35
22
Geoff Howarth
NZ
2.40
23
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2.47
24
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2.48
25
Joel Garner
WI
2.50
26
David Hookes
AUS
2.50
27
Lance Cairns
NZ
2.52
28
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2.55
29
Colin Croft
WI
2.56
30
Ravi Shastri
IND
2.59
31
Sylvester Clarke
WI
2.63
32
Geoff Miller
ENG
2.64
33
Ray Bright
AUS
2.65
34
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2.65
35
Abdul Qadir
PAK
2.70
36
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
2.76
37
Charles Leslie
ENG
2.82
38
Michael Holding
WI
2.82
39
Dilip Doshi
IND
2.85
40
Dennis Lillee
AUS
2.88
41
Derek Pringle
ENG
2.89
42
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2.89
43
Rodney Hogg
AUS
2.90
44
Maninder Singh
IND
2.91
45
Ajit de Silva
SL
2.93
46
Bruce Yardley
AUS
2.95
47
Terry Alderman
AUS
2.98
48
Bob Taylor
ENG
3.00
49
Larry Gomes
WI
3.05
50
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3.05
51
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3.08
52
Rakesh Shukla
IND
3.10
53
Bob Willis
ENG
3.11
54
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
3.13
55
Mick Malone
AUS
3.14
56
Andy Roberts
NZ
3.18
57
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
3.29
58
Graham Dilley
ENG
3.32
59
Keith Fletcher
ENG
3.33
60
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3.36
61
Walter Read
ENG
3.38
62
Paul Allott
ENG
3.40
63
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
3.41
64
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3.43
65
Allan Border
AUS
3.43
66
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3.45
67
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3.48
68
Jeff Thomson
AUS
3.48
69
Somachandra De Silva
SL
3.48
70
Chris Tavaré
ENG
3.50
71
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3.51
72
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3.52
73
Wasim Raja
PAK
3.54
74
Greg Chappell
AUS
3.57
75
Graham Gooch
ENG
3.58
76
Martin Crowe
NZ
3.65
77
Ian Greig
ENG
3.65
78
Madan Lal
IND
3.71
79
Len Pascoe
AUS
3.72
80
Martin Snedden
NZ
3.72
81
Kapil Dev
IND
3.73
82
Lalith Kaluperuma
SL
3.76
83
Barry Wood
ENG
3.78
84
Norman Cowans
ENG
3.86
85
Gary Troup
NZ
3.86
86
Suru Nayak
IND
3.92
87
Rashid Khan
AFG
3.97
88
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
4.00
88
Geoff Cook
ENG
4.00
89
Javed Miandad
PAK
4.17
90
Bandula Warnapura
SL
4.23
91
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
4.27
92
Ashantha de Mel
SL
4.34
93
Peter Sleep
AUS
4.39
94
Sandeep Patil
IND
4.43
94
Vic Marks
ENG
4.43
95
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4.45
96
Anura Ranasinghe
SL
4.52
97
Majid Khan
PAK
4.56
98
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
4.78
99
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
4.78
100
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
4.80
101
Roy Dias
SL
5.00
102
Ian Callen
AUS
5.13
103
Vinothen John
SL
5.26
104
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
5.43
105
Roger Binny
IND
5.48
106
John Lever
ENG
5.58
107
Yashpal Sharma
IND
5.83
108
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
5.87
109
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
6.11
110
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
7.20
111
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
7.86
112
Kim Hughes
AUS
60.00
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