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Best Economy in 1985: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 1985 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1985
123 entries
1
0.00
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.33 clear of Sir Richie Richardson
2
0.33
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0.33 off the lead
3
1.41
Asoka de Silva
SL
1.41 off the lead
● LEADS
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.00 · 0.33 better than Richardson
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lloyd is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.15
The mark at number ten — 113 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
123 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.00
2
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0.33
3
Asoka de Silva
SL
1.41
4
Ashok Malhotra
IND
1.50
5
Ian Smith
SA
1.67
6
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe
SL
1.89
7
David Hookes
AUS
2.00
7
John Wright
NZ
2.00
8
Geoff Howarth
NZ
2.10
9
Gopal Sharma
IND
2.14
10
Ray Bright
AUS
2.15
11
John Emburey
ENG
2.19
12
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
2.28
13
Javed Miandad
PAK
2.33
14
Bruce Reid
AUS
2.38
15
Clyde Butts
WI
2.40
16
Maninder Singh
IND
2.46
17
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2.47
18
Norman Gifford
ENG
2.50
19
Ravi Shastri
IND
2.53
20
Joel Garner
WI
2.64
21
Bob Holland
AUS
2.66
22
Martin Crowe
NZ
2.68
23
Stephen Boock
NZ
2.70
24
Saliya Ahangama
SL
2.72
25
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2.73
26
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2.79
27
Greg Matthews
AUS
2.79
28
Dave Gilbert
AUS
2.80
29
Les Taylor
ENG
2.81
30
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2.84
31
Wasim Akram
PAK
2.97
32
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2.98
33
Kapil Dev
IND
2.99
34
Richard Ellison
ENG
3.03
35
Abdul Qadir
PAK
3.04
36
Paul Allott
ENG
3.04
37
Imran Khan
BHR
3.05
38
Graham Gooch
ENG
3.06
39
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
3.07
40
Vaughan Brown
NZ
3.09
41
John Bracewell
NZ
3.09
42
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
3.11
43
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3.13
44
Roger Harper
WI
3.18
45
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3.21
46
Merv Hughes
AUS
3.24
47
Michael Holding
WI
3.27
48
Steve Waugh
AUS
3.27
49
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
3.30
50
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
3.33
51
Madan Lal
IND
3.33
52
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3.36
53
Lance Cairns
NZ
3.42
54
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3.43
55
Pat Pocock
ENG
3.47
56
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
3.50
56
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
3.50
57
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
3.53
58
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3.57
59
Winston Davis
WI
3.60
60
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
3.65
61
Tony Gray
WI
3.73
62
Neil Foster
ENG
3.73
63
Wasim Raja
PAK
3.74
64
Peter Willey
ENG
3.77
65
Rashid Khan
AFG
3.80
66
Craig McDermott
AUS
3.82
67
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3.82
68
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
3.85
69
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
3.86
70
Murray Bennett
AUS
3.88
71
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
3.90
72
Zakir Khan
PAK
3.95
73
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
3.96
74
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
3.96
75
Chetan Sharma
IND
4.04
76
Larry Gomes
WI
4.04
77
Martin Snedden
NZ
4.07
78
Norman Cowans
ENG
4.12
79
Roger Binny
IND
4.12
80
Rob Bailey
ENG
4.17
81
Allan Border
AUS
4.19
82
Courtney Walsh
WI
4.21
83
Vic Marks
ENG
4.21
84
Gus Logie
WI
4.25
85
Ashantha de Mel
SL
4.28
86
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4.35
87
Rod McCurdy
AUS
4.41
88
Vinothen John
SL
4.41
89
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
4.50
90
Terry Alderman
AUS
4.56
91
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4.61
92
Eldine Baptiste
WI
4.72
93
Derek Pringle
ENG
4.76
94
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4.77
95
Ashok Patel
IND
4.80
95
Desmond Haynes
WI
4.80
96
Saleem Malik
PAK
4.80
97
Gary Troup
NZ
4.82
98
Ken Rutherford
NZ
4.84
99
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
4.85
100
Somachandra De Silva
SL
4.85
101
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
4.93
102
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
4.95
103
Jeff Thomson
AUS
4.96
104
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
4.98
105
Carl Rackemann
AUS
5.00
106
Granville De Silva
SL
5.25
107
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.29
108
Paul McEwan
NZ
5.40
109
David Boon
AUS
5.42
110
Kris Srikkanth
IND
5.50
111
Kepler Wessels
AUS
5.62
112
Mike Gatting
ENG
5.69
113
Derek Stirling
NZ
5.82
114
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
6.00
115
Yashpal Sharma
IND
7.00
116
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
7.40
117
Roy Dias
SL
7.67
118
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
8.00
119
Greg Ritchie
AUS
10.00
119
Allan Lamb
ENG
10.00
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