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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
176 entries
1
2.70
Chris Silverwood
ENG
0.15 clear of Shahzad Altaf
2
2.85
Shahzad Altaf
UAE
0.15 off the lead
3
3.03
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
0.33 off the lead
● LEADS
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2.70 · 0.15 better than Altaf
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.75
The mark at number ten — 166 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
9 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
176 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2.70
2
Shahzad Altaf
UAE
2.85
3
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
3.03
4
Gavin Larsen
NZ
3.26
5
Matthew Hart
NZ
3.30
6
Tom Moody
AUS
3.37
7
Carl Hooper
WI
3.63
8
Fanie de Villiers
SA
3.72
9
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.74
10
Gary Kirsten
SA
3.75
11
Roland Lefebvre
NED
3.77
12
Greg Blewett
AUS
3.77
13
Mark Ealham
ENG
3.83
14
Nixon McLean
WI
3.84
15
Aasif Karim
KEN
3.85
16
Shane Warne
AUS
3.86
17
Cameron Cuffy
WI
3.88
18
Craig Matthews
SA
3.88
19
Craig Evans
ZIM
3.90
20
Roger Harper
WI
3.90
21
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.91
22
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.95
23
Pat Symcox
SA
3.96
24
Shane Lee
AUS
3.96
25
Darren Gough
ENG
3.99
26
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
4.00
27
Brian McMillan
SA
4.03
28
Manjula Munasinghe
SL
4.04
29
Heath Streak
ZIM
4.05
30
Anil Kumble
IND
4.07
31
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4.10
32
Chris Harris
NZ
4.10
33
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.14
34
Woorkeri Raman
IND
4.17
35
Craig White
ENG
4.18
36
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
4.20
37
Richard Snell
SA
4.21
38
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.21
39
Sunil Joshi
IND
4.22
40
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
4.23
41
Craig McDermott
AUS
4.23
42
Paul Adams
SA
4.24
43
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4.25
44
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.25
45
Aashish Kapoor
IND
4.29
46
Glenn McGrath
AUS
4.29
47
Allan Donald
SA
4.30
48
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.31
49
Alan Mullally
ENG
4.31
50
Dipak Patel
NZ
4.32
51
Robert Croft
ENG
4.33
52
Phil Simmons
WI
4.36
53
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.38
54
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4.38
55
Ottis Gibson
WI
4.39
56
Neil Smith
ENG
4.39
57
Paul Reiffel
AUS
4.39
58
Chris Lewis
ENG
4.39
59
Richard Illingworth
ENG
4.40
60
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.41
61
Peter Martin
ENG
4.41
62
Nicky Boje
SA
4.42
63
Chris Cairns
NZ
4.42
64
Dion Nash
NZ
4.43
65
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.44
66
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
4.44
67
Javagal Srinath
IND
4.45
68
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.47
69
Upul Chandana
SL
4.48
70
Kenny Benjamin
WI
4.49
71
Charlie Lock
ZIM
4.55
72
Dermot Reeve
ENG
4.56
73
Dominic Cork
ENG
4.56
74
Adam Hollioake
ENG
4.56
75
Ian Bishop
WI
4.59
76
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
4.59
77
Johanne Samarasekera
UAE
4.62
78
Shaukat Dukanwala
UAE
4.64
79
Graham Thorpe
ENG
4.64
80
Jimmy Adams
WI
4.64
81
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
4.66
82
Hansie Cronje
SA
4.66
83
Andy Whittall
ZIM
4.67
84
Waqar Younis
PAK
4.71
85
John Rennie
ZIM
4.71
86
Rajab Ali
KEN
4.71
87
Shane Thomson
NZ
4.71
88
Danny Morrison
NZ
4.73
89
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4.73
90
Stuart Law
AUS
4.74
91
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
4.75
92
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.77
93
Justin Vaughan
NZ
4.77
94
Mike Watkinson
ENG
4.78
95
Simon Doull
NZ
4.85
96
Laurie Williams
WI
4.86
97
Bryan Strang
ZIM
4.87
98
Paul Strang
ZIM
4.87
99
Shahid Nazir
PAK
4.88
100
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.88
101
Derek Crookes
SA
4.89
102
Michael Bevan
AUS
4.89
103
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.90
104
Saleem Raza
UAE
4.91
105
Aamer Sohail
PAK
4.91
106
Dean Headley
ENG
4.94
107
Robin Singh
IND
4.96
108
Stephen Peall
ZIM
4.97
109
Jason Gillespie
AUS
4.98
110
Darren Lehmann
AUS
5.00
110
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
5.00
110
Daryll Cullinan
SA
5.00
110
Paul-Jan Bakker
NED
5.00
111
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
5.04
112
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
5.06
113
Azhar Saeed
UAE
5.06
114
Aaqib Javed
PAK
5.09
115
Graeme Hick
ENG
5.10
116
Steve Waugh
AUS
5.10
117
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
5.11
118
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
5.13
119
Saleem Malik
PAK
5.16
120
Eric Upashantha
SL
5.17
121
Martin Suji
KEN
5.19
122
Steven Lubbers
NED
5.19
123
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
5.26
124
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
5.28
125
Tony Suji
KEN
5.29
126
Keith Arthurton
WI
5.30
127
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.32
128
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
5.40
129
Robert Kennedy
NZ
5.44
130
Peter Cantrell
NED
5.48
131
Ajay Jadeja
IND
5.49
132
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
5.50
133
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
5.52
134
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
5.56
135
Salil Ankola
IND
5.60
136
Ronnie Irani
ENG
5.61
137
Sultan Zarawani
UAE
5.65
138
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
5.74
139
Stephen Fleming
NZ
5.75
140
Gary Brent
ZIM
5.80
141
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
5.82
142
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
5.83
143
Roger Twose
NZ
5.90
144
Saeed Anwar
PAK
6.00
145
Tito Odumbe
KEN
6.09
146
Arshad Laeeq
UAE
6.16
147
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
6.20
148
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
6.34
149
Flavian Aponso
NED
6.39
150
Lance Klusener
SA
6.42
151
Prashant Vaidya
IND
6.47
152
Paras Mhambrey
IND
6.53
153
Sourav Ganguly
IND
6.56
154
Tim de Leede
NED
6.63
155
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
6.83
156
David Tikolo
KEN
6.88
157
Floris Jansen
NED
6.89
158
Mohammad Akram
PAK
6.94
159
Mark Dekker
ZIM
7.00
159
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
7.00
160
Mazhar Hussain
UAE
7.50
161
Henry Olonga
ZIM
7.83
162
Steve Tikolo
KEN
7.85
163
Saeed-al-Saffar
UAE
8.33
164
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
8.70
165
Ali Shah
ZIM
9.00
166
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
10.00
166
Navjot Sidhu
IND
10.00
167
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
10.40
168
Lameck Onyango
KEN
10.86
169
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
13.33
170
Eric Gouka
NED
15.00
171
Craig Spearman
NZ
20.00
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