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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.
TEST
1985
96 entries
1
0.00
Gus Logie
WI
level with Sir Richie Richardson
1
0.00
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
2
0.67
John Wright
NZ
0.67 off the lead
● LEADS
Gus Logie
WI
0.00 · level with Richardson
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.00
The mark at number ten — 86 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
96 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Gus Logie
WI
0.00
1
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0.00
2
John Wright
NZ
0.67
3
Asoka de Silva
SL
1.41
4
Roger Harper
WI
1.44
5
Ashok Malhotra
IND
1.50
6
Ian Smith
SA
1.67
7
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1.89
8
Sanjeewa Weerasinghe
SL
1.89
9
Gopal Sharma
IND
1.94
10
David Hookes
AUS
2.00
11
Ray Bright
AUS
2.15
12
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2.17
13
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2.18
14
John Emburey
ENG
2.19
15
Joel Garner
WI
2.22
16
Ravi Shastri
IND
2.22
17
Imran Khan
BHR
2.25
18
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2.28
18
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
2.28
19
John Bracewell
NZ
2.30
20
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2.30
21
Javed Miandad
PAK
2.33
22
Bruce Reid
AUS
2.38
23
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
2.39
24
Clyde Butts
WI
2.40
25
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2.41
26
Larry Gomes
WI
2.44
27
Richard Ellison
ENG
2.45
28
Maninder Singh
IND
2.46
29
Wasim Akram
PAK
2.46
30
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2.46
31
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
2.47
32
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2.47
33
Graham Gooch
ENG
2.48
34
Bob Holland
AUS
2.53
35
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2.53
36
Greg Matthews
AUS
2.54
37
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
2.57
38
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2.60
39
Saliya Ahangama
SL
2.61
40
Paul Allott
ENG
2.63
41
Michael Holding
WI
2.66
42
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2.67
43
Martin Crowe
NZ
2.68
44
Abdul Qadir
PAK
2.69
45
Stephen Boock
NZ
2.70
46
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2.75
47
Kapil Dev
IND
2.78
48
Dave Gilbert
AUS
2.80
49
Les Taylor
ENG
2.81
50
Lance Cairns
NZ
2.86
51
Malcolm Marshall
WI
2.86
52
Geoff Lawson
AUS
2.97
53
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
2.97
54
Roger Binny
IND
2.97
55
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
2.99
56
Winston Davis
WI
2.99
57
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.00
58
Rashid Khan
AFG
3.03
59
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
3.03
60
Vaughan Brown
NZ
3.09
61
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
3.09
62
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
3.22
63
Merv Hughes
AUS
3.24
64
Steve Waugh
AUS
3.27
65
Allan Border
AUS
3.33
66
Neil Foster
ENG
3.35
67
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3.40
68
Craig McDermott
AUS
3.45
69
Ashantha de Mel
SL
3.46
70
Murray Bennett
AUS
3.47
71
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
3.50
72
Arnie Sidebottom
ENG
3.53
73
Kepler Wessels
AUS
3.57
74
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3.66
75
Martin Snedden
NZ
3.70
76
Pat Pocock
ENG
3.70
77
Chetan Sharma
IND
3.76
78
Mike Gatting
ENG
3.83
79
Norman Cowans
ENG
3.92
80
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
3.96
81
Saleem Malik
PAK
4.15
82
Jonathan Agnew
ENG
4.30
83
Wasim Raja
PAK
4.33
84
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4.40
85
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
4.66
86
Jeff Thomson
AUS
4.91
87
Gary Troup
NZ
5.00
88
Ken Rutherford
NZ
5.11
89
Kris Srikkanth
IND
5.50
90
Derek Stirling
NZ
5.82
91
Roshan Jurangpathy
SL
6.00
92
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
8.00
93
Greg Ritchie
AUS
10.00
93
Allan Lamb
ENG
10.00
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