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Best Economy in 1983: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1983, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST
1983
93 entries
1
0.00
Ashok Malhotra
IND
level with Qasim Umar
1
0.00
Qasim Umar
PAK
2
0.33
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0.33 off the lead
● LEADS
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0.00 · level with Umar
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.07
The mark at number ten — 83 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
93 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0.00
1
Qasim Umar
PAK
0.00
2
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0.33
3
Sandeep Patil
IND
1.00
3
Kepler Wessels
AUS
1.00
4
Rod Marsh
AUS
1.50
5
Vic Marks
ENG
1.81
6
Jeremy Coney
NZ
1.85
7
Mike Gatting
ENG
1.86
8
Mohammad Nazir
PAK
2.00
9
Nick Cook
ENG
2.03
10
Raghuram Bhat
IND
2.07
11
Mohsin Khan
HK
2.08
12
Graham Dilley
ENG
2.08
13
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
2.18
14
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2.23
15
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2.27
16
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
2.33
17
Bob Willis
ENG
2.37
18
Greg Chappell
AUS
2.38
19
Somachandra De Silva
SL
2.38
20
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
2.40
20
Martin Snedden
NZ
2.40
21
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2.44
22
Allan Border
AUS
2.45
23
Maninder Singh
IND
2.48
24
Roger Harper
WI
2.48
25
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
2.49
26
David Hookes
AUS
2.50
27
Lance Cairns
NZ
2.52
28
Geoff Miller
ENG
2.52
29
Imran Khan
BHR
2.52
30
Wasim Raja
PAK
2.53
31
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2.54
32
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
2.54
33
Larry Gomes
WI
2.56
34
Chris Smith
ENG
2.58
35
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2.61
36
Ravi Shastri
IND
2.66
37
Evan Gray
NZ
2.67
38
Joel Garner
WI
2.67
39
Neil Foster
ENG
2.68
40
Martin Crowe
NZ
2.76
41
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
2.81
42
Malcolm Marshall
WI
2.83
43
Kirti Azad
IND
2.83
44
Andy Roberts
NZ
2.85
45
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
2.88
46
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2.89
47
Greg Matthews
AUS
2.89
48
Dennis Lillee
AUS
2.95
49
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2.95
50
Rodney Hogg
AUS
2.96
51
John Bracewell
NZ
2.96
52
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2.96
53
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2.99
54
Rashid Khan
AFG
3.00
55
Kapil Dev
IND
3.01
56
Jeff Thomson
AUS
3.02
57
Michael Holding
WI
3.03
58
Tom Hogan
AUS
3.05
59
Vinothen John
SL
3.16
60
Madan Lal
IND
3.20
61
Winston Davis
WI
3.20
62
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
3.28
63
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
3.29
64
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3.33
65
Saleem Malik
PAK
3.33
66
John Maguire
AUS
3.34
67
Abdul Qadir
PAK
3.39
68
Wayne Daniel
WI
3.40
69
Carl Rackemann
AUS
3.40
70
Bruce Yardley
AUS
3.45
71
Javed Miandad
PAK
3.45
72
Geoff Cook
ENG
3.50
73
Norman Cowans
ENG
3.53
74
Dilip Doshi
IND
3.61
75
Roger Binny
IND
3.67
76
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
3.67
77
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
3.79
78
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
3.79
79
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
3.80
80
Eldine Baptiste
WI
3.88
81
Majid Khan
PAK
4.00
82
Syed Kirmani
IND
4.19
83
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4.49
84
Sikander Bakht
PAK
4.86
85
Ashantha de Mel
SL
4.91
86
Roshan Guneratne
SL
4.94
87
Arun Lal
IND
5.45
88
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
5.75
89
Yashpal Sharma
IND
8.00
90
Navjot Sidhu
IND
9.00
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