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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.
ODI
1985
97 entries
1
0.00
Clive Lloyd
WI
1 clear of Sir Richie Richardson
2
1.00
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
1 off the lead
3
2.00
Pat Pocock
ENG
2 off the lead
● LEADS
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.00 · 1 better than Richardson
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lloyd is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.48
The mark at number ten — 87 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
97 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Clive Lloyd
WI
0.00
2
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
1.00
3
Pat Pocock
ENG
2.00
4
Norman Gifford
ENG
2.50
5
Joel Garner
WI
2.90
6
Gopal Sharma
IND
3.27
7
Madan Lal
IND
3.33
8
Ravi Shastri
IND
3.35
9
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3.44
10
Michael Holding
WI
3.48
11
Greg Matthews
AUS
3.53
12
Kapil Dev
IND
3.54
13
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
3.60
14
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3.62
15
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
3.64
16
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3.66
17
Roger Harper
WI
3.69
18
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3.69
19
Wasim Raja
PAK
3.69
20
Tony Gray
WI
3.73
21
Peter Willey
ENG
3.77
22
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
3.79
23
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3.79
24
Imran Khan
BHR
3.79
24
Imran Niazi
BHR
3.79
25
Richard Ellison
ENG
3.80
26
Abdul Qadir
PAK
3.83
27
Winston Davis
WI
3.83
28
Phil Edmonds
ENG
3.90
29
Zakir Khan
PAK
3.95
30
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
3.97
31
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.97
32
Ken Rutherford
NZ
4.00
32
Geoff Howarth
NZ
4.00
33
Murray Bennett
AUS
4.10
34
Rob Bailey
ENG
4.17
35
Sir Viv Richards
WI
4.18
36
Vic Marks
ENG
4.21
37
Rodney Hogg
AUS
4.35
38
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
4.36
39
Norman Cowans
ENG
4.37
40
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4.40
41
Rod McCurdy
AUS
4.41
42
Vinothen John
SL
4.41
43
Jeremy Coney
NZ
4.49
44
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
4.50
44
Martin Snedden
NZ
4.50
45
Courtney Walsh
WI
4.55
46
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
4.55
47
Terry Alderman
AUS
4.56
48
Neil Foster
ENG
4.56
49
Graham Gooch
ENG
4.67
50
Craig McDermott
AUS
4.68
51
John Bracewell
NZ
4.69
52
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
4.69
53
Paul Allott
ENG
4.71
53
Bob Holland
AUS
4.71
54
Eldine Baptiste
WI
4.72
55
Gary Troup
NZ
4.73
56
Derek Pringle
ENG
4.76
57
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4.77
58
Ashok Patel
IND
4.80
58
Desmond Haynes
WI
4.80
59
Somachandra De Silva
SL
4.85
60
Allan Border
AUS
4.86
61
Roger Binny
IND
4.89
62
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
4.95
63
Carl Rackemann
AUS
5.00
63
Lance Cairns
NZ
5.00
64
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
5.02
65
Jeff Thomson
AUS
5.11
66
Saleem Malik
PAK
5.12
67
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
5.12
68
Chetan Sharma
IND
5.17
69
Rashid Khan
AFG
5.24
69
Rashid Khan
AFG
5.24
70
Shaul Karnain
SL
5.24
71
Granville De Silva
SL
5.25
72
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
5.35
73
Paul McEwan
NZ
5.40
74
Larry Gomes
WI
5.40
75
David Boon
AUS
5.42
76
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
5.43
77
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
5.60
78
Gus Logie
WI
5.67
79
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
5.71
80
Ashantha de Mel
SL
5.78
81
John Wright
NZ
6.00
82
Kepler Wessels
AUS
6.06
83
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
6.25
84
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
6.55
85
Mike Gatting
ENG
6.80
86
Yashpal Sharma
IND
7.00
87
Rajinder Singh Ghai
IND
7.40
88
Aravinda de Silva
SL
7.50
89
Saliya Ahangama
SL
7.67
89
Roy Dias
SL
7.67
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