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Best Economy in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
95 entries
1
1.93
Evan Gray
NZ
0.21 clear of Nick Cook
2
2.14
Nick Cook
ENG
0.21 off the lead
3
2.19
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
0.26 off the lead
● LEADS
Evan Gray
NZ
1.93 · 0.21 better than Cook
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Gray is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.65
The mark at number ten — 85 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
95 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Evan Gray
NZ
1.93
2
Nick Cook
ENG
2.14
3
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
2.19
4
Larry Gomes
WI
2.19
5
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2.32
6
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2.37
7
Clyde Butts
WI
2.46
8
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2.51
9
Peter Sleep
AUS
2.56
10
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2.65
11
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2.72
12
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2.73
13
Malcolm Marshall
WI
2.79
14
Abdul Qadir
PAK
2.82
15
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2.83
16
Michael Holding
WI
2.83
17
Maninder Singh
IND
2.84
18
Gopal Sharma
IND
2.91
19
Arshad Ayub
IND
2.96
20
Ravi Shastri
IND
2.96
21
Merv Hughes
AUS
2.97
22
Asoka de Silva
SL
2.98
23
John Bracewell
NZ
3.02
24
John Emburey
ENG
3.06
25
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3.08
26
Joel Garner
WI
3.08
27
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.09
28
Martin Crowe
NZ
3.13
29
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
3.20
30
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.21
31
Tim May
AUS
3.24
32
Graham Dilley
ENG
3.25
33
Roger Binny
IND
3.32
34
Neil Foster
ENG
3.32
35
Kapil Dev
IND
3.33
36
Mike Gatting
ENG
3.33
37
Winston Davis
WI
3.34
38
Imran Niazi
BHR
3.37
39
Simon Davis
AUS
3.37
40
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3.39
41
Tony Gray
WI
3.40
42
Mike Whitney
AUS
3.41
43
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3.44
44
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3.46
45
Stephen Boock
NZ
3.47
46
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3.50
47
Roger Harper
WI
3.56
48
Bruce Reid
AUS
3.57
49
Greg Matthews
AUS
3.57
50
Don Anurasiri
SL
3.57
51
Craig McDermott
AUS
3.67
52
Steve Waugh
AUS
3.69
53
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
3.74
54
John Traicos
SA
3.76
55
Danny Morrison
NZ
3.79
56
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
3.82
57
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3.82
58
Gladstone Small
ENG
3.85
59
Carl Hooper
WI
3.89
60
Peter Taylor
AUS
3.98
61
Martin Snedden
NZ
3.99
62
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4.02
63
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
4.04
64
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4.08
65
Patrick Patterson
WI
4.09
66
Bharat Arun
IND
4.17
67
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
4.21
68
Ken MacLeay
AUS
4.21
69
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
4.24
70
Allan Border
AUS
4.25
71
Winston Benjamin
WI
4.30
72
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
4.35
73
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4.37
74
David Capel
ENG
4.41
75
Saleem Malik
PAK
4.42
76
Ali Shah
ZIM
4.48
77
Madan Lal
IND
4.50
78
Raju Kulkarni
IND
4.51
79
Vinothen John
SL
4.61
80
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
4.67
81
Dipak Patel
NZ
4.68
82
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
4.70
83
Kevin Curran
ZIM
4.77
84
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
4.86
85
Graham Gooch
ENG
4.96
86
Chetan Sharma
IND
5.00
87
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
5.00
88
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
5.05
89
Willie Watson
ENG
5.09
90
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.17
91
Peter Rawson
ZIM
5.70
92
Graeme Labrooy
SL
5.77
93
Derek Pringle
ENG
6.17
94
Iain Butchart
ZIM
6.34
95
Ashantha de Mel
SL
7.28
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