Best Economy in 1996: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats

Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1996, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS1996194 entries
10.00Ricky PontingAUS1.44 clear of Jayantha Silva
21.44Jayantha SilvaSL1.44 off the lead
32.00Angus FraserENG2 off the lead
● LEADS
Ricky PontingAUS
0.00 · 1.44 better than Silva
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ponting is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.63
The mark at number ten — 184 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

194 entries, ranked
1Ricky PontingAUS0.00
2Jayantha SilvaSL1.44
3Angus FraserENG2.00
4Mohammad HussainPAK2.10
5Phil TufnellENG2.33
6Mark EalhamENG2.50
7Alan MullallyENG2.58
8Robert CroftENG2.59
9Michael KasprowiczAUS2.63
10Gavin LarsenNZ2.63
11Sir Curtly AmbroseWI2.73
12Asif MujtabaPAK2.75
13Chris SilverwoodENG2.80
14Peter McIntyreAUS2.85
15Shahzad AltafUAE2.85
16Mike AthertonENG2.86
17Andy CaddickENG2.88
18Rajindra DhanrajWI2.95
19Carl HooperWI2.96
20Devon MalcolmENG3.09
21Graham ThorpeENG3.11
22Anil KumbleIND3.14
23Shane WarneAUS3.15
24Geoff AllottNZ3.17
25Heath StreakZIM3.17
26Paul StrangZIM3.18
27Bryan StrangZIM3.18
28Chris LewisENG3.22
29Narendra HirwaniIND3.23
30Mushtaq AhmedPAK3.23
31Courtney WalshWI3.26
32Chaminda VaasSL3.26
33Justin VaughanNZ3.28
34Aashish KapoorIND3.29
35Glenn McGrathAUS3.30
36Matthew HartNZ3.30
37Fanie de VilliersSA3.31
38Kenny BenjaminWI3.35
39Sunil JoshiIND3.35
40Muttiah MuralitharanSL3.35
41Tom MoodyAUS3.37
42Andy WhittallZIM3.40
43Brian McMillanSA3.40
44Greg BlewettAUS3.41
45Wasim AkramPAK3.46
46Chris HarrisNZ3.49
47Grant FlowerZIM3.50
48Allan DonaldSA3.50
49Shaun PollockSA3.51
50Peter MartinENG3.51
51Sourav GangulyIND3.54
52Paul AdamsSA3.55
53David JohnsonIND3.58
54Dipak PatelNZ3.58
55Hansie CronjeSA3.59
56Dominic CorkENG3.60
57Javagal SrinathIND3.60
58Simon DoullNZ3.60
59Ian SalisburyENG3.61
60Eddo BrandesZIM3.61
61Darren GoughENG3.63
62Pat SymcoxSA3.64
63Mohammad ZahidPAK3.64
64Mike WatkinsonENG3.64
65Guy WhittallZIM3.65
66Ian BishopWI3.67
67Shahid NazirPAK3.70
68Venkatesh PrasadIND3.71
69Lance KlusenerSA3.71
70Paul ReiffelAUS3.75
71Gary KirstenSA3.75
72Roland LefebvreNED3.77
73Asanka GurusinhaSL3.80
74Steve WaughAUS3.80
75Chris CairnsNZ3.82
76Craig WhiteENG3.83
77Nixon McLeanWI3.84
78Aasif KarimKEN3.85
79Cameron CuffyWI3.88
80Craig MatthewsSA3.88
81Min PatelENG3.91
82Henry OlongaZIM3.92
83Saqlain MushtaqPAK3.92
84Phil SimmonsWI3.94
85Roger HarperWI3.95
86Shane LeeAUS3.96
87Craig McDermottAUS3.98
88Nathan AstleNZ3.99
89Jacques KallisSA4.00
90Manjula MunasingheSL4.04
91Waqar YounisPAK4.06
92Venkatapathy RajuIND4.08
93Jason GillespieAUS4.08
94Jimmy AdamsWI4.09
95Ravindra PushpakumaraSL4.10
96Kumar DharmasenaSL4.10
97Craig EvansZIM4.13
98Ottis GibsonWI4.13
99Shiv ChanderpaulWI4.15
100Graeme HickENG4.16
101Woorkeri RamanIND4.17
102Simon BrownENG4.18
103Robert KennedyNZ4.20
104Michael BevanAUS4.20
105Richard SnellSA4.21
106Sajeewa de SilvaSL4.23
107Paras MhambreyIND4.24
108Shahid AfridiPAK4.25
109Mohammad AkramPAK4.28
110Roger TwoseNZ4.29
111Abdul RazzaqPAK4.31
112Brad HoggAUS4.34
113Pommie MbangwaZIM4.35
114Pramodya WickramasingheSL4.36
115Maurice OdumbeKEN4.38
116Neil SmithENG4.39
117Richard IllingworthENG4.40
118Alistair CampbellZIM4.40
119Nicky BojeSA4.42
120Danny MorrisonNZ4.42
121Dion NashNZ4.43
122Phil DeFreitasENG4.44
123Mark WaughAUS4.46
124Upul ChandanaSL4.48
125Aamer SohailPAK4.49
126Aravinda de SilvaSL4.51
127Charlie LockZIM4.55
128Ronnie IraniENG4.55
129Dermot ReeveENG4.56
130Adam HollioakeENG4.56
131Johanne SamarasekeraUAE4.62
132Shaukat DukanwalaUAE4.64
133Sanath JayasuriyaSL4.66
134Ata-ur-RehmanPAK4.68
135John RennieZIM4.71
136Rajab AliKEN4.71
137Shane ThomsonNZ4.71
138Stuart LawAUS4.74
139Laurie WilliamsWI4.86
140Damien FlemingAUS4.88
141Derek CrookesSA4.89
142Saleem RazaUAE4.91
143Dean HeadleyENG4.94
144Robin SinghIND4.96
145Stephen PeallZIM4.97
146Saleem MalikPAK4.99
147Daryll CullinanSA5.00
147Darren LehmannAUS5.00
147Paul-Jan BakkerNED5.00
148Everton MatambanadzoZIM5.04
149Azhar SaeedUAE5.06
150Sachin TendulkarIND5.07
151Aaqib JavedPAK5.09
152Thomas OdoyoKEN5.11
153Eric UpashanthaSL5.17
154Martin SujiKEN5.19
155Steven LubbersNED5.19
156Tony SujiKEN5.29
157Keith ArthurtonWI5.30
158Peter CantrellNED5.48
159Ajay JadejaIND5.49
160Mohammad AzharuddinIND5.50
161Manoj PrabhakarIND5.52
162Ruwan KalpageSL5.56
163Salil AnkolaIND5.60
164Sultan ZarawaniUAE5.65
165Ijaz AhmedPAK5.74
166Stephen FlemingNZ5.75
167Gary BrentZIM5.80
168Arjuna RanatungaSL5.82
169Azhar MahmoodPAK5.83
170Saeed AnwarPAK6.00
171Tito OdumbeKEN6.09
172Patterson ThompsonWI6.14
173Arshad LaeeqUAE6.16
174Flavian AponsoNED6.39
175Prashant VaidyaIND6.47
176Tim de LeedeNED6.63
177David TikoloKEN6.88
178Floris JansenNED6.89
179Mark DekkerZIM7.00
179Mark RamprakashENG7.00
180Mazhar HussainUAE7.50
181Steve TikoloKEN7.85
182Saeed-al-SaffarUAE8.33
183Ali ShahZIM9.00
183Shadab KabirPAK9.00
184Inzamam-ul-HaqPAK10.00
184Navjot SidhuIND10.00
185Hashan TillakaratneSL10.40
186Lameck OnyangoKEN10.86
187Sanjay ManjrekarIND13.33
188Eric GoukaNED15.00
189Craig SpearmanNZ20.00
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