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 FORMATS198590 entries
11.41Asoka de SilvaSL0.73 clear of Gopal Sharma
22.14Gopal SharmaIND0.73 off the lead
32.14Ray BrightAUS0.73 off the lead
● LEADS
Asoka de SilvaSL
1.41 · 0.73 better than Sharma
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Silva is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.50
The mark at number ten — 80 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

90 entries, ranked
1Asoka de SilvaSL1.41
2Gopal SharmaIND2.14
3Ray BrightAUS2.14
4John EmbureyENG2.19
5Jalal-ud-DinPAK2.28
6Bruce ReidAUS2.38
7Clyde ButtsWI2.40
8Maninder SinghIND2.45
9Shivlal YadavIND2.46
10Norman GiffordENG2.50
11Ravi ShastriIND2.53
12Joel GarnerWI2.64
13Bob HollandAUS2.66
14Martin CroweNZ2.68
15Stephen BoockNZ2.69
16Saliya AhangamaSL2.72
17Ewen ChatfieldNZ2.73
18Sir Richard HadleeNZ2.77
19Greg MatthewsAUS2.79
20Dave GilbertAUS2.80
21Les TaylorENG2.80
22Phil EdmondsENG2.84
23Wasim AkramPAK2.95
24Tauseef AhmedPAK2.98
25Kapil DevIND2.99
26Richard EllisonENG3.02
27Abdul QadirPAK3.02
28Imran NiaziBHR3.04
29Paul AllottENG3.04
30Graham GoochENG3.05
31Iqbal QasimPAK3.07
32John BracewellNZ3.08
33Vaughan BrownNZ3.09
34Mohinder AmarnathIND3.11
35Jeremy ConeyNZ3.13
36Roger HarperWI3.18
37Geoff LawsonAUS3.20
38Merv HughesAUS3.24
39Michael HoldingWI3.27
40Laxman SivaramakrishnanIND3.30
41Madan LalIND3.31
42Azeem HafeezPAK3.32
43Malcolm MarshallWI3.36
44Lance CairnsNZ3.41
45Sir Ian BothamENG3.42
46Pat PocockENG3.47
47Shoaib MohammadPAK3.50
48Mudassar NazarPAK3.56
49Winston DavisWI3.59
50Roger WijesuriyaSL3.64
51Tony GrayWI3.73
52Neil FosterENG3.73
53Wasim RajaPAK3.73
54Peter WilleyENG3.77
55Rashid KhanAFG3.80
56Craig McDermottAUS3.82
57Sir Viv RichardsWI3.82
58Rumesh RatnayakeSL3.84
59Simon O'DonnellAUS3.86
60Tahir NaqqashPAK3.87
61Murray BennettAUS3.88
62Brendon BracewellNZ3.91
63Arjuna RanatungaSL3.95
64Larry GomesWI4.03
65Chetan SharmaIND4.04
66Martin SneddenNZ4.07
67Roger BinnyIND4.11
68Norman CowansENG4.11
69Allan BorderAUS4.16
70Vic MarksENG4.20
71Courtney WalshWI4.21
72Ashantha de MelSL4.27
73Rodney HoggAUS4.35
74Rod McCurdyAUS4.37
75Vinothen JohnSL4.39
76Terry AldermanAUS4.56
77Mohsin KamalPAK4.60
78Eldine BaptisteWI4.72
79Saleem MalikPAK4.78
80Ashok PatelIND4.80
81Ravi RatnayekeSL4.81
82Gary TroupNZ4.82
83Somachandra De SilvaSL4.85
84Chris CowdreyENG4.91
85Thirumalai SekharIND4.95
86Jeff ThomsonAUS4.96
87Jonathan AgnewENG4.98
88Shaul KarnainSL5.22
89Granville De SilvaSL5.22
90Kepler WesselsAUS5.57
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