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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.
ODI
1987
108 entries
1
1.67
Javed Miandad
PAK
0.66 clear of Mohinder Amarnath
2
2.33
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
0.66 off the lead
3
2.98
Michael Holding
WI
1.31 off the lead
● LEADS
Javed Miandad
PAK
1.67 · 0.66 better than Amarnath
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Miandad is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.57
The mark at number ten — 98 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
108 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Javed Miandad
PAK
1.67
2
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2.33
3
Michael Holding
WI
2.98
4
Allan Lamb
ENG
3.00
4
Nick Cook
ENG
3.00
5
Joel Garner
WI
3.36
6
Simon Davis
AUS
3.37
7
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3.38
8
Graham Dilley
ENG
3.46
9
Greg Matthews
AUS
3.57
10
Shivlal Yadav
IND
3.57
11
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3.59
12
Tony Gray
WI
3.65
13
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.70
14
Roger Harper
WI
3.74
15
John Traicos
SA
3.76
16
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
3.79
17
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
3.81
18
Dean Jones
AUS
3.94
19
Maninder Singh
IND
3.95
20
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.97
21
Sir Viv Richards
WI
3.98
22
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
4.02
23
Neil Foster
ENG
4.11
24
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
4.12
25
Eldine Baptiste
WI
4.13
26
Imran Khan
BHR
4.13
27
Arshad Ayub
IND
4.13
28
Patrick Patterson
WI
4.14
29
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
4.14
30
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
4.15
31
Ravi Shastri
IND
4.15
32
Abdul Qadir
PAK
4.15
33
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
4.17
34
Martin Crowe
NZ
4.18
35
Gladstone Small
ENG
4.19
36
John Emburey
ENG
4.20
37
Ken MacLeay
AUS
4.21
38
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
4.24
39
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
4.24
40
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
4.30
41
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4.38
42
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
4.38
43
Steve Waugh
AUS
4.39
44
Bruce Reid
AUS
4.41
45
Kapil Dev
IND
4.47
46
Ali Shah
ZIM
4.48
47
Carl Hooper
WI
4.49
48
Madan Lal
IND
4.50
49
Peter Taylor
AUS
4.61
50
Vinothen John
SL
4.61
51
Asoka de Silva
SL
4.67
51
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
4.67
52
David Capel
ENG
4.69
53
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
4.70
54
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
4.73
55
Gopal Sharma
IND
4.73
56
Stephen Boock
NZ
4.74
57
Kevin Curran
ZIM
4.77
58
Jeremy Coney
NZ
4.79
59
Winston Benjamin
WI
4.80
60
Tim May
AUS
4.84
61
Don Anurasiri
SL
4.86
62
Craig McDermott
AUS
4.92
63
Andrew Zesers
AUS
4.93
64
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
5.00
64
Larry Gomes
WI
5.00
65
Martin Snedden
NZ
5.09
66
Willie Watson
ENG
5.09
67
Allan Border
AUS
5.11
68
Phil Edmonds
ENG
5.14
69
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
5.16
70
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.17
71
Graham Gooch
ENG
5.21
72
Babu Meman
ZIM
5.23
73
Saleem Malik
PAK
5.25
74
Chetan Sharma
IND
5.31
75
Raju Kulkarni
IND
5.35
76
Greg Thomas
ENG
5.36
77
Mike Gatting
ENG
5.40
78
Dipak Patel
NZ
5.48
79
Shakeel Khan
PAK
5.56
80
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
5.60
81
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
5.63
82
Peter Rawson
ZIM
5.70
83
Mike Whitney
AUS
5.70
84
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
5.76
85
Graeme Labrooy
SL
5.77
86
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
5.82
87
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
5.95
88
Chris Broad
ENG
6.00
88
Lalchand Rajput
IND
6.00
89
John Bracewell
NZ
6.02
90
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
6.05
91
Derek Pringle
ENG
6.17
92
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
6.33
93
Iain Butchart
ZIM
6.34
94
Bharat Arun
IND
6.67
95
Danny Morrison
NZ
6.90
96
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
6.91
97
Ashantha de Mel
SL
7.30
98
Roger Binny
IND
7.44
99
Tom Moody
AUS
7.50
100
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
9.83
101
Ken Rutherford
NZ
10.00
101
Bill Athey
ENG
10.00
102
Kris Srikkanth
IND
12.31
103
David Boon
AUS
17.00
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