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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.
ODI
1996
122 entries
1
3.02
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
0.23 clear of Gavin Larsen
2
3.25
Gavin Larsen
NZ
0.23 off the lead
3
3.37
Tom Moody
AUS
0.35 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
3.02 · 0.23 better than Larsen
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.85
The mark at number ten — 112 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
9 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
122 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
3.02
2
Gavin Larsen
NZ
3.25
3
Tom Moody
AUS
3.37
4
Carl Hooper
WI
3.63
5
Fanie de Villiers
SA
3.70
6
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.73
7
Greg Blewett
AUS
3.75
8
Roland Lefebvre
NED
3.77
9
Shane Warne
AUS
3.84
10
Aasif Karim
KEN
3.85
11
Craig Matthews
SA
3.87
12
Roger Harper
WI
3.90
13
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.90
14
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.94
15
Pat Symcox
SA
3.96
16
Shane Lee
AUS
3.96
17
Darren Gough
ENG
3.99
18
Manjula Munasinghe
SL
4.02
19
Brian McMillan
SA
4.03
20
Heath Streak
ZIM
4.05
21
Anil Kumble
IND
4.06
22
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4.09
23
Chris Harris
NZ
4.10
24
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.13
25
Richard Snell
SA
4.15
26
Craig White
ENG
4.16
27
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.20
28
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
4.20
29
Sunil Joshi
IND
4.21
30
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
4.23
31
Craig McDermott
AUS
4.23
32
Paul Adams
SA
4.24
33
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.24
34
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4.25
35
Glenn McGrath
AUS
4.26
36
Allan Donald
SA
4.28
37
Aashish Kapoor
IND
4.29
38
Alan Mullally
ENG
4.31
39
Ottis Gibson
WI
4.32
40
Dipak Patel
NZ
4.32
41
Robert Croft
ENG
4.33
42
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4.36
43
Phil Simmons
WI
4.36
44
Neil Smith
ENG
4.37
45
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.38
46
Chris Cairns
NZ
4.38
47
Chris Lewis
ENG
4.38
48
Paul Reiffel
AUS
4.39
49
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.39
50
Richard Illingworth
ENG
4.40
51
Peter Martin
ENG
4.40
52
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
4.41
53
Nicky Boje
SA
4.42
54
Dion Nash
NZ
4.43
55
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.43
56
Kenny Benjamin
WI
4.45
57
Javagal Srinath
IND
4.45
58
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.47
59
Upul Chandana
SL
4.48
60
Dermot Reeve
ENG
4.52
61
Charlie Lock
ZIM
4.55
62
Dominic Cork
ENG
4.55
63
Ian Bishop
WI
4.59
64
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
4.59
65
Johanne Samarasekera
UAE
4.62
66
Shaukat Dukanwala
UAE
4.64
67
Jimmy Adams
WI
4.64
68
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
4.66
69
Hansie Cronje
SA
4.66
70
Andy Whittall
ZIM
4.67
71
Rajab Ali
KEN
4.70
72
Shane Thomson
NZ
4.70
73
Waqar Younis
PAK
4.70
74
Danny Morrison
NZ
4.71
75
John Rennie
ZIM
4.71
76
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4.73
77
Stuart Law
AUS
4.74
78
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
4.74
79
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.77
80
Justin Vaughan
NZ
4.77
81
Bryan Strang
ZIM
4.81
82
Simon Doull
NZ
4.83
83
Paul Strang
ZIM
4.84
84
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.84
85
Shahid Nazir
PAK
4.88
86
Michael Bevan
AUS
4.88
87
Derek Crookes
SA
4.88
88
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.90
89
Saleem Raza
UAE
4.91
90
Aamer Sohail
PAK
4.91
91
Robin Singh
IND
4.96
92
Stephen Peall
ZIM
4.97
93
Jason Gillespie
AUS
4.98
94
Paul-Jan Bakker
NED
5.00
95
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
5.03
96
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
5.06
97
Azhar Saeed
UAE
5.06
98
Aaqib Javed
PAK
5.07
99
Graeme Hick
ENG
5.10
100
Steve Waugh
AUS
5.10
101
Saleem Malik
PAK
5.11
102
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
5.11
103
Martin Suji
KEN
5.16
104
Steven Lubbers
NED
5.19
105
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
5.26
106
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
5.27
107
Keith Arthurton
WI
5.30
108
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.31
109
Robert Kennedy
NZ
5.44
110
Peter Cantrell
NED
5.48
111
Ajay Jadeja
IND
5.49
112
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
5.52
113
Ronnie Irani
ENG
5.52
114
Sultan Zarawani
UAE
5.65
115
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
5.82
116
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
5.83
117
Roger Twose
NZ
5.90
118
Tito Odumbe
KEN
6.00
119
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
6.27
120
Flavian Aponso
NED
6.37
121
Lance Klusener
SA
6.42
122
Tim de Leede
NED
6.63
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