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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.
TEST
1996
109 entries
1
0.00
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0.50 clear of Jacques Kallis
2
0.50
Jacques Kallis
SA
0.50 off the lead
3
0.86
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0.86 off the lead
● LEADS
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0.00 · 0.50 better than Kallis
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ponting is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1.77
The mark at number ten — 99 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
109 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ricky Ponting
AUS
0.00
2
Jacques Kallis
SA
0.50
3
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0.86
4
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1.40
5
Jayantha Silva
SL
1.44
6
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
1.50
7
Hansie Cronje
SA
1.54
8
Graham Thorpe
ENG
1.57
9
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
1.77
10
Phil Simmons
WI
1.77
11
Peter Martin
ENG
1.77
12
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
1.85
13
Aashish Kapoor
IND
1.91
14
Steve Waugh
AUS
1.92
15
Angus Fraser
ENG
2.00
15
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2.00
16
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.04
17
Gavin Larsen
NZ
2.06
18
Aamer Sohail
PAK
2.07
19
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
2.10
20
Robert Croft
ENG
2.17
21
Phil Tufnell
ENG
2.33
22
Allan Donald
SA
2.33
23
Brian McMillan
SA
2.35
24
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.36
25
Fanie de Villiers
SA
2.38
26
Mark Ealham
ENG
2.40
27
Alan Mullally
ENG
2.40
28
Anil Kumble
IND
2.41
29
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.42
30
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2.42
31
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2.42
32
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.47
33
Sunil Joshi
IND
2.50
34
Guy Whittall
ZIM
2.51
35
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2.54
36
Craig White
ENG
2.56
37
Paul Strang
ZIM
2.61
38
Carl Hooper
WI
2.61
39
Chris Harris
NZ
2.62
40
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
2.63
41
Shane Warne
AUS
2.66
42
Wasim Akram
PAK
2.67
43
Darren Gough
ENG
2.67
44
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2.69
45
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
2.70
46
Heath Streak
ZIM
2.70
47
Simon Doull
NZ
2.71
48
Justin Vaughan
NZ
2.74
49
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
2.77
50
Grant Flower
ZIM
2.81
51
Javagal Srinath
IND
2.81
52
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.83
53
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2.84
54
Peter McIntyre
AUS
2.85
55
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.85
56
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.85
57
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2.85
58
Paul Reiffel
AUS
2.85
59
Mike Atherton
ENG
2.86
60
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
2.88
61
Andy Caddick
ENG
2.88
62
Greg Blewett
AUS
2.90
63
Andy Whittall
ZIM
2.93
64
Shahid Nazir
PAK
2.93
65
Dipak Patel
NZ
2.94
66
Rajindra Dhanraj
WI
2.95
67
Graeme Hick
ENG
2.99
68
Roger Twose
NZ
3.00
69
Sourav Ganguly
IND
3.01
70
Lance Klusener
SA
3.02
71
Pat Symcox
SA
3.03
72
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
3.04
73
Chris Lewis
ENG
3.06
74
Kenny Benjamin
WI
3.08
75
Devon Malcolm
ENG
3.09
76
Michael Bevan
AUS
3.10
77
Mike Watkinson
ENG
3.11
78
Dominic Cork
ENG
3.16
79
Geoff Allott
NZ
3.17
80
Mohammad Akram
PAK
3.17
80
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
3.17
81
Ian Bishop
WI
3.18
82
Narendra Hirwani
IND
3.23
83
Jimmy Adams
WI
3.23
84
Paul Adams
SA
3.23
85
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.24
86
Chris Cairns
NZ
3.27
87
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
3.38
88
Mark Waugh
AUS
3.40
89
Paras Mhambrey
IND
3.44
90
Craig McDermott
AUS
3.48
91
Saleem Malik
PAK
3.50
92
Ronnie Irani
ENG
3.52
93
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
3.53
94
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
3.57
95
David Johnson
IND
3.58
96
Robert Kennedy
NZ
3.58
97
Ian Salisbury
ENG
3.61
98
Henry Olonga
ZIM
3.73
99
Min Patel
ENG
3.91
100
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
4.00
101
Danny Morrison
NZ
4.05
102
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.06
103
Simon Brown
ENG
4.18
104
Craig Evans
ZIM
4.50
105
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
5.56
106
Patterson Thompson
WI
6.14
107
Shadab Kabir
PAK
9.00
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