Best Economy in 1988: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1988, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS198889 entries
11.69Iqbal QasimPAK0.35 clear of Stephen Boock
22.04Stephen BoockNZ0.35 off the lead
32.13John ChildsENG0.44 off the lead
● LEADS
Iqbal QasimPAK
1.69 · 0.35 better than Boock
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Qasim is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.73
The mark at number ten — 79 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

89 entries, ranked
1Iqbal QasimPAK1.69
2Stephen BoockNZ2.04
3John ChildsENG2.13
4Eddie HemmingsENG2.24
5Terry AldermanAUS2.34
6Arshad AyubIND2.36
7Tauseef AhmedPAK2.43
8Allan BorderAUS2.70
9Malcolm MarshallWI2.73
10Phil DeFreitasENG2.73
11Clyde ButtsWI2.76
12Derek PringleENG2.78
13Graham DilleyENG2.79
14Sir Curtly AmbroseWI2.79
15John EmbureyENG2.79
16Ewen ChatfieldNZ2.83
17Bruce ReidAUS2.83
18Tony DodemaideAUS2.85
19Mike GattingENG2.88
20Neil FosterENG2.90
21Peter SleepAUS2.96
22Tim MayAUS2.98
23Paul JarvisENG2.98
24David CapelENG2.99
25Kapil DevIND3.02
26Geoff LawsonAUS3.03
27Sir Richard HadleeNZ3.05
28David LawrenceENG3.08
29Courtney WalshWI3.10
30Narendra HirwaniIND3.22
31Mudassar NazarPAK3.22
32Chris MatthewsAUS3.22
33Merv HughesAUS3.28
34Abdul QadirPAK3.29
35Gladstone SmallENG3.30
36Neal RadfordENG3.35
37Wasim AkramPAK3.35
38Steve WaughAUS3.39
39Ranjith MadurasingheSL3.42
40Craig McDermottAUS3.43
41Simon DavisAUS3.44
42Phil NewportENG3.45
43Winston BenjaminWI3.47
44Ravi RatnayekeSL3.50
45Evan GrayNZ3.50
46Martin SneddenNZ3.57
47Roger HarperWI3.64
48Ravi ShastriIND3.68
49John BracewellNZ3.69
50Shoaib MohammadPAK3.72
51Ijaz FaqihPAK3.74
52Maninder SinghIND3.76
53Peter TaylorAUS3.78
54Saleem JaffarPAK3.78
55Ian BishopWI3.82
56Asoka de SilvaSL3.83
57Champaka RamanayakeSL3.85
58Graeme LabrooySL3.89
59Sir Viv RichardsWI3.89
60Mohinder AmarnathIND3.95
61Mike WhitneyAUS4.03
62Kris SrikkanthIND4.03
63Imran NiaziBHR4.05
64Carl HooperWI4.09
65Danny MorrisonNZ4.12
66Kapila WijegunawardeneSL4.13
67Patrick PattersonWI4.14
68Athula SamarasekeraSL4.16
69Ajay SharmaIND4.23
70Willie WatsonENG4.25
71Arjuna RanatungaSL4.29
72Chris KuggeleijnNZ4.30
73Sanjeev SharmaIND4.34
74Naved AnjumPAK4.45
75Tony GrayWI4.45
76Manzoor ElahiPAK4.49
76Chetan SharmaIND4.49
77Don AnurasiriSL4.49
78Woorkeri RamanIND4.52
79Rashid PatelIND4.54
80Ken RutherfordNZ4.61
81Kaushik AmaleanSL4.70
82Dipak PatelNZ4.79
83Winston DavisWI4.87
84Aravinda de SilvaSL4.91
85Stu GillespieNZ4.99
86Eldine BaptisteWI5.02
87Haafiz ShahidPAK5.29
88Aaqib JavedPAK5.46
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