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Best Economy in 1997 for Test
Position
Best Economy
Player Name
Team Name
1
0.00
Matthew Elliott
Australia
1
0.00
Graham Thorpe
England
2
1.50
Hashan Tillakaratne
Sri Lanka
3
1.58
Justin Vaughan
New Zealand
4
1.63
Shaun Young
Australia
5
1.87
Phil Tufnell
England
6
1.90
Bryan Strang
Zimbabwe
7
1.92
Alan Mullally
England
8
2.00
Rahul Dravid
India
8
2.00
Daryll Cullinan
South Africa
9
2.20
Matt Horne
New Zealand
10
2.23
Grant Flower
Zimbabwe
11
2.24
Chris Harris
New Zealand
12
2.28
Jacques Kallis
South Africa
13
2.35
Paul Strang
Zimbabwe
14
2.37
Ruwan Kalpage
Sri Lanka
15
2.38
Russel Arnold
Sri Lanka
16
2.39
Robert Croft
England
17
2.39
Heath Streak
Zimbabwe
18
2.42
Asif Mujtaba
Pakistan
19
2.43
Carl Hooper
West Indies
20
2.44
Shane Warne
Australia
21
2.47
Nathan Astle
New Zealand
22
2.49
Hansie Cronje
South Africa
23
2.50
Brian McMillan
South Africa
24
2.51
Kumar Dharmasena
Sri Lanka
25
2.51
Paul Reiffel
Australia
26
2.52
Mark Waugh
Australia
27
2.53
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
28
2.56
Aravinda de Silva
Sri Lanka
29
2.56
Rajesh Chauhan
India
30
2.56
Shiv Chanderpaul
West Indies
31
2.56
Saqlain Mushtaq
Pakistan
32
2.56
Sir Curtly Ambrose
West Indies
33
2.57
Arjuna Ranatunga
Sri Lanka
34
2.60
Glenn McGrath
Australia
35
2.61
Dipak Patel
New Zealand
36
2.63
Daniel Vettori
New Zealand
37
2.67
Marvan Atapattu
Sri Lanka
38
2.68
Peter Martin
England
39
2.69
Shaun Pollock
South Africa
40
2.70
Pat Symcox
South Africa
41
2.71
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka
42
2.72
Anil Kumble
India
43
2.76
Heath Davis
New Zealand
44
2.77
Sunil Joshi
India
45
2.77
Courtney Walsh
West Indies
46
2.78
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
47
2.79
Nilesh Kulkarni
India
48
2.79
Simon Doull
New Zealand
49
2.81
Allan Donald
South Africa
50
2.82
Azhar Mahmood
Pakistan
51
2.87
Brett Schultz
South Africa
52
2.87
Chaminda Vaas
Sri Lanka
53
2.87
Craig McMillan
New Zealand
54
2.88
Jimmy Adams
West Indies
55
2.89
Adam Hollioake
England
56
2.95
Nuwan Zoysa
Sri Lanka
57
2.97
Steve Waugh
Australia
58
2.97
Chris Cairns
New Zealand
59
2.98
Greg Blewett
Australia
60
3.00
Guy Whittall
Zimbabwe
61
3.01
Ian Bishop
West Indies
62
3.01
Michael Kasprowicz
Australia
63
3.02
Mushtaq Ahmed
Pakistan
64
3.03
Andy Caddick
England
65
3.03
Abey Kuruvilla
India
66
3.04
Phil Simmons
West Indies
67
3.04
Jayantha Silva
Sri Lanka
68
3.04
Franklyn Rose
West Indies
69
3.05
Dominic Cork
England
70
3.06
Lance Klusener
South Africa
71
3.08
Craig White
England
72
3.09
Paul Adams
South Africa
73
3.09
Shoaib Akhtar
Pakistan
74
3.11
Venkatesh Prasad
India
75
3.11
Mervyn Dillon
West Indies
76
3.16
Adam Huckle
Zimbabwe
77
3.18
Jason Gillespie
Australia
78
3.18
Mahela Jayawardene
Sri Lanka
79
3.20
Arshad Khan
Pakistan
80
3.24
Darren Gough
England
81
3.26
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
82
3.26
Sajeewa de Silva
Sri Lanka
83
3.27
VVS Laxman
India
84
3.27
Mark Ealham
England
85
3.30
Devon Malcolm
England
86
3.31
Michael Bevan
Australia
87
3.35
Debasis Mohanty
India
88
3.36
John Rennie
Zimbabwe
89
3.36
Shayne O'Connor
New Zealand
90
3.39
Dean Headley
England
91
3.42
Geoff Allott
New Zealand
92
3.49
Sourav Ganguly
India
93
3.49
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Sri Lanka
94
3.52
Cameron Cuffy
West Indies
95
3.54
Javagal Srinath
India
96
3.60
Ijaz Ahmed
Pakistan
97
3.63
Sachin Tendulkar
India
98
3.67
Saleem Malik
Pakistan
99
3.70
Mohammad Zahid
Pakistan
100
3.73
Shahid Nazir
Pakistan
101
3.75
Dodda Ganesh
India
102
3.82
Simon Cook
Australia
103
3.83
Andy Bichel
Australia
104
3.87
Mike Smith
Scotland
105
3.88
Rawl Lewis
West Indies
106
3.88
Everton Matambanadzo
Zimbabwe
107
3.91
David Sewell
New Zealand
108
3.93
Ali Hussain Rizvi
Pakistan
109
4.00
Adam Bacher
South Africa
109
4.00
Mohammad Azharuddin
India
110
4.11
Ravindra Pushpakumara
Sri Lanka
111
4.20
Woorkeri Raman
India
112
4.26
Danny Morrison
New Zealand
113
5.00
Blair Pocock
New Zealand
113
5.00
Patterson Thompson
West Indies
114
5.33
Brian Lara
West Indies
115
5.53
Ben Hollioake
England
116
6.33
Stuart Williams
Zimbabwe
117
6.50
Alistair Campbell
Zimbabwe
118
7.00
Mark Butcher
England