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