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Best Economy in 1986: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1986, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1986
59 entries
1
2.81
Willie Watson
ENG
0.20 clear of Malcolm Marshall
2
3.01
Malcolm Marshall
WI
0.20 off the lead
3
3.06
Wasim Akram
PAK
0.25 off the lead
● LEADS
Willie Watson
ENG
2.81 · 0.20 better than Marshall
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.27
The mark at number ten — 49 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
8 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
59 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Willie Watson
ENG
2.81
2
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3.01
3
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.06
4
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
3.10
5
Winston Benjamin
WI
3.13
6
Michael Holding
WI
3.14
7
Joel Garner
WI
3.18
8
Tony Gray
WI
3.23
9
Don Anurasiri
SL
3.24
10
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3.27
11
Imran Niazi
BHR
3.35
12
Simon Davis
AUS
3.36
13
John Emburey
ENG
3.43
14
Kapil Dev
IND
3.49
15
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3.50
16
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.52
17
Maninder Singh
IND
3.58
18
Abdul Qadir
PAK
3.60
19
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3.60
20
Kaushik Amalean
SL
3.61
21
Ashantha de Mel
SL
3.65
22
Roger Harper
WI
3.69
23
Ravi Shastri
IND
3.80
24
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
3.85
25
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
3.86
26
Martin Snedden
NZ
3.99
27
Phil Edmonds
ENG
4.03
28
Martin Crowe
NZ
4.06
29
Craig McDermott
AUS
4.10
30
Patrick Patterson
WI
4.14
31
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
4.14
32
Bruce Reid
AUS
4.17
33
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4.18
34
Graeme Labrooy
SL
4.22
35
Neil Foster
ENG
4.29
36
John Bracewell
NZ
4.31
37
Raju Kulkarni
IND
4.32
38
Stu Gillespie
NZ
4.37
39
Roger Binny
IND
4.39
40
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
4.41
41
Evan Gray
NZ
4.43
42
Shivlal Yadav
IND
4.50
43
Greg Matthews
AUS
4.50
44
Madan Lal
IND
4.51
45
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
4.53
46
Derek Pringle
ENG
4.54
47
Graham Dilley
ENG
4.55
48
Keerthi Ranasinghe
SL
4.57
49
Steve Waugh
AUS
4.58
50
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
4.61
51
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
4.64
52
Richard Ellison
ENG
4.70
53
Dave Gilbert
AUS
4.84
54
Jeremy Coney
NZ
4.88
55
Zakir Khan
PAK
4.88
56
Chetan Sharma
IND
4.89
57
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
5.12
58
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
5.52
59
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5.55
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