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Best Economy in 1998: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1998, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST
1998
135 entries
1
1.00
VVS Laxman
IND
level with Graeme Hick
1
1.00
Graeme Hick
ENG
1
1.00
Daryll Cullinan
SA
● LEADS
VVS Laxman
IND
1.00 · level with Hick
↑ IN THE CHASE
3
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.12
The mark at number ten — 125 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
135 entries, ranked
Table view
1
VVS Laxman
IND
1.00
1
Graeme Hick
ENG
1.00
1
Daryll Cullinan
SA
1.00
1
Clayton Lambert
WI
1.00
2
Jimmy Adams
WI
1.27
3
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
1.63
4
Dion Nash
NZ
1.76
5
Paul Reiffel
AUS
2.02
6
Jayantha Silva
SL
2.04
7
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.04
8
Phil Tufnell
ENG
2.06
9
Carl Hooper
WI
2.10
10
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
2.12
11
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
2.14
12
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
2.17
13
Hansie Cronje
SA
2.19
14
Arshad Khan
PAK
2.20
15
Anil Kumble
IND
2.24
16
Jacques Kallis
SA
2.24
17
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.25
18
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
2.29
19
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.29
20
Mark Butcher
ENG
2.30
21
Don Anurasiri
SL
2.30
22
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.31
23
Alan Mullally
ENG
2.31
24
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
2.33
25
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2.35
26
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
2.36
27
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.36
28
Paul Adams
SA
2.40
29
Adam Hollioake
ENG
2.40
30
Simon Doull
NZ
2.41
31
Steve Waugh
AUS
2.42
32
Shahid Afridi
PAK
2.45
33
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.45
34
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
2.46
35
Peter Such
ENG
2.46
36
Suresh Perera
SL
2.47
37
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2.49
38
Robert Croft
ENG
2.53
39
Steve Elworthy
SA
2.55
40
David Terbrugge
SA
2.55
41
Ricky Ponting
AUS
2.56
42
Shakil Ahmed
PAK
2.59
43
Pat Symcox
SA
2.60
44
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.60
45
Mark Priest
NZ
2.61
46
Craig McMillan
NZ
2.62
47
Wasim Akram
PAK
2.62
48
Brian McMillan
SA
2.62
49
Colin Miller
AUS
2.62
50
Kenny Benjamin
WI
2.63
51
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
2.64
52
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
2.64
53
Sourav Ganguly
IND
2.65
54
Darren Lehmann
AUS
2.65
55
Fanie de Villiers
SA
2.66
56
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2.66
57
Craig Evans
ZIM
2.67
58
Chris Harris
NZ
2.72
59
Andy Whittall
ZIM
2.72
60
Angus Fraser
ENG
2.74
61
Mark Ealham
ENG
2.76
62
Aamer Sohail
PAK
2.79
63
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
2.79
64
Damien Fleming
AUS
2.80
65
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2.81
66
Greg Blewett
AUS
2.82
67
Javagal Srinath
IND
2.84
68
Michael Bevan
AUS
2.85
69
Guy Whittall
ZIM
2.86
70
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
2.86
71
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
2.87
72
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
2.87
73
Makhaya Ntini
SA
2.87
74
Paul Wiseman
NZ
2.87
75
Heath Streak
ZIM
2.88
76
Paul Strang
ZIM
2.90
77
Allan Donald
SA
2.93
78
Lance Klusener
SA
2.93
79
Ajit Agarkar
IND
2.94
80
Henry Olonga
ZIM
2.94
81
Ashley Giles
ENG
2.94
82
Franklyn Rose
WI
2.95
83
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.96
84
Shane Warne
AUS
2.97
85
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2.97
86
Rajesh Chauhan
IND
2.98
87
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
2.99
88
Nixon McLean
WI
2.99
89
Grant Flower
ZIM
3.00
89
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
3.00
89
Saleem Malik
PAK
3.00
90
Rawl Lewis
WI
3.09
91
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
3.11
92
Andy Bichel
AUS
3.14
93
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.18
94
Robin Singh
IND
3.20
94
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.20
95
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.22
96
Dominic Cork
ENG
3.23
97
Darren Gough
ENG
3.23
98
Andy Caddick
ENG
3.23
99
Aaqib Javed
PAK
3.24
100
Ian Bishop
WI
3.26
101
Adam Dale
AUS
3.29
102
Neil Johnson
ZIM
3.30
103
Mohammad Hussain
PAK
3.30
104
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
3.31
105
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
3.33
106
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.34
107
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
3.37
108
Chris Cairns
NZ
3.38
109
Dean Headley
ENG
3.39
110
Gavin Robertson
AUS
3.45
111
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
3.50
112
Adam Huckle
ZIM
3.50
113
Malinga Bandara
SL
3.76
114
Saeed Anwar
PAK
3.80
115
Ian Salisbury
ENG
3.80
116
Mark Waugh
AUS
3.91
117
Matthew Elliott
AUS
4.00
117
Marvan Atapattu
SL
4.00
117
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4.00
118
Paul Wilson
AUS
4.17
119
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
4.24
120
Harvinder Singh
IND
4.26
121
Alex Tudor
ENG
4.29
122
Ben Hollioake
ENG
4.30
123
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
4.46
124
Matthew Nicholson
AUS
4.60
125
Jason Gillespie
AUS
5.00
126
Ali Naqvi
PAK
5.50
127
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
6.15
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