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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
125 entries
1
0.77
Arun Lal
IND
0.63 clear of Rizwan-uz-Zaman
2
1.40
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
0.63 off the lead
3
1.93
Evan Gray
NZ
1.16 off the lead
● LEADS
Arun Lal
IND
0.77 · 0.63 better than Rizwan-uz-Zaman
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lal is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.43
The mark at number ten — 115 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
125 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Arun Lal
IND
0.77
2
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1.40
3
Evan Gray
NZ
1.93
4
Javed Miandad
PAK
2.14
5
Nick Cook
ENG
2.15
6
Larry Gomes
WI
2.19
7
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
2.19
8
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2.34
9
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
2.37
10
Dean Jones
AUS
2.43
11
Clyde Butts
WI
2.46
12
Shivlal Yadav
IND
2.52
13
Peter Sleep
AUS
2.56
14
Imran Niazi
PAK
2.61
15
Phil Edmonds
ENG
2.65
16
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2.72
17
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2.74
18
Malcolm Marshall
WI
2.79
19
Abdul Qadir
PAK
2.82
20
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
2.84
21
Michael Holding
WI
2.84
22
Maninder Singh
IND
2.84
23
Gopal Sharma
IND
2.91
24
Arshad Ayub
IND
2.96
25
Merv Hughes
AUS
2.97
26
Ravi Shastri
IND
2.97
27
Asoka de Silva
SL
2.98
28
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
3.00
28
Allan Lamb
ENG
3.00
29
John Bracewell
NZ
3.03
30
John Emburey
ENG
3.07
31
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3.08
32
Joel Garner
WI
3.08
33
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.10
34
Martin Crowe
NZ
3.13
35
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
3.20
36
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.23
37
Tim May
AUS
3.24
38
Graham Dilley
ENG
3.26
39
Roger Binny
IND
3.32
40
Neil Foster
ENG
3.33
41
Mike Gatting
ENG
3.33
42
Kapil Dev
IND
3.33
43
Winston Davis
WI
3.34
44
Simon Davis
AUS
3.37
45
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
3.39
46
Tony Gray
WI
3.41
47
Mike Whitney
AUS
3.42
48
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3.44
49
Imran Khan
BHR
3.44
50
Jeremy Coney
NZ
3.46
51
Stephen Boock
NZ
3.48
52
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3.51
53
Kris Srikkanth
IND
3.54
54
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
3.56
55
Roger Harper
WI
3.56
56
Greg Matthews
AUS
3.57
57
Don Anurasiri
SL
3.57
58
Bruce Reid
AUS
3.58
59
Craig McDermott
AUS
3.68
60
Steve Waugh
AUS
3.71
61
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
3.75
62
John Traicos
SA
3.76
63
Danny Morrison
NZ
3.80
64
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
3.80
65
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
3.81
66
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
3.82
67
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
3.83
68
Gladstone Small
ENG
3.85
69
Carl Hooper
WI
3.89
70
Peter Taylor
AUS
3.98
71
Martin Snedden
NZ
3.99
72
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4.02
73
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
4.05
74
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4.08
75
Patrick Patterson
WI
4.10
76
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
4.12
77
Eldine Baptiste
WI
4.13
78
Bharat Arun
IND
4.17
79
Ken MacLeay
AUS
4.21
80
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
4.21
81
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
4.24
82
Roy Dias
SL
4.25
82
Allan Border
AUS
4.25
83
Winston Benjamin
WI
4.30
84
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4.38
85
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
4.38
86
David Capel
ENG
4.41
87
Saleem Malik
PAK
4.42
88
Ali Shah
ZIM
4.48
89
Martyn Moxon
ENG
4.50
89
Madan Lal
IND
4.50
90
Raju Kulkarni
IND
4.51
91
Aamer Malik
PAK
4.60
92
Vinothen John
SL
4.61
93
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
4.67
94
Dipak Patel
NZ
4.69
95
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
4.72
96
Kevin Curran
ZIM
4.77
97
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
4.90
98
Andrew Zesers
AUS
4.93
99
Graham Gooch
ENG
4.96
100
Chris Broad
ENG
5.00
100
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
5.00
101
Chetan Sharma
IND
5.00
102
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
5.07
103
Willie Watson
ENG
5.09
104
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
5.16
105
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.17
106
Babu Meman
ZIM
5.23
107
Greg Thomas
ENG
5.36
108
Shakeel Khan
PAK
5.56
109
Peter Rawson
ZIM
5.70
110
Graeme Labrooy
SL
5.77
111
Younis Ahmed
PAK
6.00
111
Lalchand Rajput
IND
6.00
112
Derek Pringle
ENG
6.17
113
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
6.33
114
Iain Butchart
ZIM
6.34
115
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
6.91
116
Ashantha de Mel
SL
7.30
117
Tom Moody
AUS
7.50
118
Bill Athey
ENG
10.00
118
Ken Rutherford
NZ
10.00
119
David Boon
AUS
17.00
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