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Best Economy in 1990: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 1990 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1990
92 entries
1
1.76
Gopal Sharma
IND
0.23 clear of Venkatapathy Raju
2
1.99
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
0.23 off the lead
3
2.14
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0.38 off the lead
● LEADS
Gopal Sharma
IND
1.76 · 0.23 better than Raju
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Sharma is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.69
The mark at number ten — 82 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
92 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Gopal Sharma
IND
1.76
2
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
1.99
3
Sir Viv Richards
WI
2.14
4
Woorkeri Raman
IND
2.28
5
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.40
6
Peter Sleep
AUS
2.41
7
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
2.56
8
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
2.63
9
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2.67
10
Bruce Reid
AUS
2.69
11
Wasim Akram
PAK
2.72
12
Martin Snedden
NZ
2.78
13
Narendra Hirwani
IND
2.79
14
Angus Fraser
ENG
2.80
15
John Bracewell
NZ
2.81
16
Merv Hughes
AUS
2.82
17
Malcolm Marshall
WI
2.83
18
Greg Matthews
AUS
2.89
19
Ian Bishop
WI
2.90
20
Terry Alderman
AUS
2.91
21
Saradindu Mukherjee
IND
2.95
22
Carl Hooper
WI
2.99
23
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.01
24
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3.04
25
Phil Tufnell
ENG
3.06
26
Willie Watson
ENG
3.07
27
Eldine Baptiste
WI
3.15
28
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3.18
29
Peter Taylor
AUS
3.19
30
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.19
31
Andrew Jones
NZ
3.24
32
Devon Malcolm
ENG
3.26
33
Gladstone Small
ENG
3.27
34
Kapil Dev
IND
3.33
35
Aaqib Javed
PAK
3.33
36
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
3.35
37
Imran Niazi
BHR
3.41
38
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
3.42
39
Greg Campbell
AUS
3.42
40
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3.46
41
Abdul Qadir
PAK
3.47
42
Chris Pringle
NZ
3.51
43
Dipak Patel
NZ
3.53
44
Anil Kumble
IND
3.58
45
Neil Williams
ENG
3.61
46
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3.61
47
Graham Gooch
ENG
3.62
48
Richard Petrie
NZ
3.63
49
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
3.64
50
Ravi Shastri
IND
3.66
51
Akram Raza
PAK
3.67
52
Ezra Moseley
WI
3.77
53
Masood Anwar
PAK
3.80
54
Nadeem Ghauri
PAK
3.85
55
Allan Border
AUS
3.85
56
Grant Bradburn
NZ
3.89
57
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
3.89
58
Gavin Larsen
NZ
3.92
59
Steve Waugh
AUS
3.92
60
David Capel
ENG
3.93
61
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4.03
62
Patrick Patterson
WI
4.05
63
Don Anurasiri
SL
4.05
64
Danny Morrison
NZ
4.06
65
Martin Crowe
NZ
4.08
66
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
4.09
67
Atul Wassan
IND
4.12
68
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
4.15
69
Chris Lewis
ENG
4.18
70
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4.31
71
Ken Rutherford
NZ
4.31
72
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.39
73
Mark Priest
NZ
4.45
74
Gholam Nousher
BAN
4.47
75
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
4.48
76
Shane Thomson
NZ
4.60
77
Arshad Ayub
IND
4.63
78
Mike Atherton
ENG
4.69
79
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
4.71
80
Ajay Sharma
IND
4.79
81
Asoka de Silva
SL
4.90
82
Chris Harris
NZ
4.90
83
Martin Bicknell
ENG
4.97
84
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5.00
84
Graeme Labrooy
SL
5.00
85
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.12
86
Jonathan Millmow
NZ
5.16
87
Azhar Hossain
BAN
5.19
88
Saeed Anwar
PAK
5.26
89
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
5.41
90
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
5.76
91
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
5.79
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