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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
87 entries
1
1.43
Jayantha Silva
SL
0.11 clear of Hansie Cronje
2
1.54
Hansie Cronje
SA
0.11 off the lead
3
1.77
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
0.34 off the lead
● LEADS
Jayantha Silva
SL
1.43 · 0.11 better than Cronje
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.07
The mark at number ten — 77 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
87 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jayantha Silva
SL
1.43
2
Hansie Cronje
SA
1.54
3
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
1.77
4
Peter Martin
ENG
1.77
5
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
1.85
6
Aashish Kapoor
IND
1.91
7
Steve Waugh
AUS
1.91
8
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.03
9
Gavin Larsen
NZ
2.06
10
Aamer Sohail
PAK
2.07
11
Robert Croft
ENG
2.17
12
Phil Tufnell
ENG
2.32
13
Allan Donald
SA
2.33
14
Brian McMillan
SA
2.35
15
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.36
16
Fanie de Villiers
SA
2.38
17
Mark Ealham
ENG
2.40
18
Alan Mullally
ENG
2.40
19
Anil Kumble
IND
2.41
20
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.41
21
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2.42
22
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2.42
23
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.47
24
Sunil Joshi
IND
2.50
25
Guy Whittall
ZIM
2.50
26
Paul Strang
ZIM
2.60
27
Carl Hooper
WI
2.61
28
Chris Harris
NZ
2.62
29
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
2.63
30
Shane Warne
AUS
2.65
31
Wasim Akram
PAK
2.65
32
Darren Gough
ENG
2.67
33
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2.68
34
Heath Streak
ZIM
2.70
35
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
2.70
36
Simon Doull
NZ
2.71
37
Justin Vaughan
NZ
2.73
38
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
2.77
39
Javagal Srinath
IND
2.80
40
Grant Flower
ZIM
2.81
41
Peter McIntyre
AUS
2.82
42
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2.84
43
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.85
44
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.85
45
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2.85
46
Paul Reiffel
AUS
2.85
47
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
2.87
48
Andy Caddick
ENG
2.88
49
Shahid Nazir
PAK
2.91
50
Andy Whittall
ZIM
2.92
51
Dipak Patel
NZ
2.93
52
Rajindra Dhanraj
WI
2.95
53
Graeme Hick
ENG
2.97
54
Sourav Ganguly
IND
2.99
55
Roger Twose
NZ
3.00
56
Lance Klusener
SA
3.01
57
Pat Symcox
SA
3.03
58
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
3.03
59
Chris Lewis
ENG
3.06
60
Kenny Benjamin
WI
3.07
61
Devon Malcolm
ENG
3.09
62
Michael Bevan
AUS
3.10
63
Dominic Cork
ENG
3.16
64
Geoff Allott
NZ
3.17
65
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
3.17
65
Mohammad Akram
PAK
3.17
66
Ian Bishop
WI
3.17
67
Jimmy Adams
WI
3.20
68
Paul Adams
SA
3.22
69
Narendra Hirwani
IND
3.23
70
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.24
71
Chris Cairns
NZ
3.26
72
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
3.38
73
Mark Waugh
AUS
3.40
74
Paras Mhambrey
IND
3.44
75
Craig McDermott
AUS
3.48
76
Ronnie Irani
ENG
3.52
77
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
3.53
78
Ata-ur-Rehman
PAK
3.55
79
David Johnson
IND
3.58
80
Robert Kennedy
NZ
3.58
81
Ian Salisbury
ENG
3.60
82
Henry Olonga
ZIM
3.72
83
Min Patel
ENG
3.91
84
Danny Morrison
NZ
4.04
85
Simon Brown
ENG
4.18
86
Patterson Thompson
WI
6.14
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