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Best Economy in 1999: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1999, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1999
226 entries
1
1.00
Gary Stead
NZ
0.75 clear of Nadeem Khan
2
1.75
Nadeem Khan
PAK
0.75 off the lead
3
1.80
Saeed Anwar
PAK
0.80 off the lead
● LEADS
Gary Stead
NZ
1.00 · 0.75 better than Khan
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Stead is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.48
The mark at number ten — 216 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
8 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
226 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Gary Stead
NZ
1.00
2
Nadeem Khan
PAK
1.75
3
Saeed Anwar
PAK
1.80
4
Brett Lee
AUS
2.11
5
VVS Laxman
IND
2.29
6
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
2.32
7
Andy Caddick
ENG
2.39
8
Colin Miller
AUS
2.42
9
Phil Tufnell
ENG
2.47
10
David Terbrugge
SA
2.48
11
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.49
12
Peter Ongondo
KEN
2.50
13
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
2.57
14
Harbhajan Singh
IND
2.59
15
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2.63
16
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.65
17
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
2.65
18
Ray Price
ZIM
2.75
19
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.81
20
Rangana Herath
SL
2.81
21
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.85
22
Darren Maddy
ENG
2.86
23
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.86
24
Paul Adams
SA
2.90
25
Corey Collymore
WI
2.91
26
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2.93
27
Simon Doull
NZ
2.97
28
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2.97
29
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.99
30
Nantie Hayward
SA
3.00
31
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3.00
32
Nasser Hussain
ENG
3.00
32
Ricky Ponting
AUS
3.00
33
Peter Such
ENG
3.01
34
Dion Nash
NZ
3.02
35
Ed Giddins
ENG
3.04
36
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3.06
37
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
3.06
38
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
3.09
39
Sunil Joshi
IND
3.10
40
Habibul Bashar
BAN
3.10
41
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
3.12
42
Allan Donald
SA
3.14
43
Anil Kumble
IND
3.15
44
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
3.19
45
Ottis Gibson
WI
3.22
46
Chris Adams
ENG
3.23
47
Adam Dale
AUS
3.26
48
Lance Klusener
SA
3.31
49
Russel Arnold
SL
3.31
50
Angus Fraser
ENG
3.34
51
Alan Mullally
ENG
3.34
52
Hansie Cronje
SA
3.35
53
Ashish Nehra
IND
3.36
54
Arshad Khan
PAK
3.37
55
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
3.38
56
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.38
57
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.41
58
Nathan Astle
NZ
3.42
59
Indika Gallage
SL
3.42
60
Pedro Collins
WI
3.43
61
Carl Hooper
WI
3.45
62
Ronnie Irani
ENG
3.45
63
Dean Headley
ENG
3.48
64
Shane Warne
AUS
3.49
65
Damien Fleming
AUS
3.49
66
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
3.51
67
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
3.53
68
Chris Cairns
NZ
3.53
69
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.56
70
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
3.56
71
Paul Wiseman
NZ
3.60
72
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
3.63
73
Steve Elworthy
SA
3.63
74
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.64
75
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.66
76
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3.66
77
Chris Harris
NZ
3.70
78
Franklyn Rose
WI
3.74
79
Geoff Allott
NZ
3.74
80
Grant Flower
ZIM
3.76
81
Mark Butcher
ENG
3.81
82
Alex Tait
NZ
3.82
83
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3.83
84
Jimmy Adams
WI
3.84
85
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
3.84
86
Heath Streak
ZIM
3.86
87
Mark Alleyne
ENG
3.87
88
Gary Brent
ZIM
3.88
89
Guy Whittall
ZIM
3.88
90
Daryll Cullinan
SA
3.89
91
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.89
92
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.91
93
Darren Gough
ENG
3.93
94
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
3.96
95
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
3.97
96
Alex Tudor
ENG
3.97
97
Reon King
WI
3.98
98
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
3.98
99
Gavin Larsen
NZ
3.99
100
Matt Horne
NZ
4.00
100
Michael Vaughan
ENG
4.00
100
Stuart Law
AUS
4.00
100
John Rennie
ZIM
4.00
100
Asim Butt
SCO
4.00
101
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4.03
102
Shahid Nazir
PAK
4.03
103
Nehemiah Perry
WI
4.03
104
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.04
105
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.09
106
Josephat Ababu
KEN
4.10
107
Nikhil Chopra
IND
4.11
108
Greg Blewett
AUS
4.11
109
Henry Olonga
ZIM
4.12
110
Alan Dawson
SA
4.16
111
Damien Martyn
AUS
4.17
112
James Brinkley
SCO
4.18
113
Tom Moody
AUS
4.18
114
Mark Ealham
ENG
4.19
115
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.21
116
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.23
117
Adam Huckle
ZIM
4.23
118
Scott Muller
AUS
4.23
119
Gavin Hamilton
ENG
4.24
120
Eric Upashantha
SL
4.26
121
Hendy Bryan
WI
4.31
122
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
4.32
123
Phil Simmons
WI
4.33
124
Andy Whittall
ZIM
4.36
125
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
4.36
126
Aamer Sohail
PAK
4.36
127
Ian Austin
ENG
4.37
128
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.38
129
Robert Croft
ENG
4.38
130
Paul Strang
ZIM
4.39
131
Upul Chandana
SL
4.40
132
Paul Reiffel
AUS
4.40
133
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
4.41
134
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
4.42
135
Martin Suji
KEN
4.48
136
Nixon McLean
WI
4.48
137
Mohammad Akram
PAK
4.49
138
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
4.50
138
Nick Dyer
SCO
4.50
139
Chris Gayle
WI
4.51
140
Sherwin Campbell
WI
4.53
141
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4.54
142
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.55
143
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
4.58
144
Gyanendra Pandey
IND
4.62
145
Debasis Mohanty
IND
4.62
146
Naimur Rahman
BAN
4.65
147
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
4.71
148
Steve Waugh
AUS
4.71
148
Tony Suji
KEN
4.71
149
Neil Johnson
ZIM
4.72
150
Michael Bevan
AUS
4.74
151
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4.77
152
Adam Hollioake
ENG
4.79
153
Enamul Haque
BAN
4.80
154
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
4.80
155
Scott Styris
NZ
4.86
156
Ruchira Perera
SL
4.86
157
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
4.87
158
Robin Singh
IND
4.91
159
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
4.93
160
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
4.93
161
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
4.94
162
Pat Symcox
SA
4.94
163
Laxmi Shukla
IND
4.95
164
Craig McMillan
NZ
5.00
165
Sourav Ganguly
IND
5.01
166
Shane Lee
AUS
5.03
167
Manjurul Islam
BAN
5.06
168
Nicky Boje
SA
5.07
169
Graeme Hick
ENG
5.07
170
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
5.08
171
Aasif Karim
KEN
5.11
172
Ajay Jadeja
IND
5.11
173
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
5.13
174
David Mutendera
ZIM
5.15
175
Rahul Dravid
IND
5.17
176
Vince Wells
ENG
5.19
177
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
5.22
178
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.24
179
Brendon Julian
AUS
5.27
180
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
5.29
181
Keith Arthurton
WI
5.32
182
Andrew Symonds
AUS
5.33
183
Darren Lehmann
AUS
5.34
184
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
5.35
185
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
5.40
186
Andrew Hall
SA
5.43
187
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
5.45
188
Roger Twose
NZ
5.49
189
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
5.50
190
Keith Semple
WI
5.50
191
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
5.57
192
Rawl Lewis
WI
5.64
193
John Blain
SCO
5.66
194
Brian Lara
WI
5.71
195
Suresh Perera
SL
5.81
196
Derek Crookes
SA
5.85
197
Aminul Islam
BAN
5.97
198
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
6.14
199
Ricardo Powell
WI
6.20
200
Ian Stanger
SCO
6.22
201
Ben Hollioake
ENG
6.25
202
Victor Mpitsang
SA
6.30
203
Carl Bulfin
NZ
6.41
204
Dale Benkenstein
SA
6.50
205
Hemantha Boteju
SL
6.65
206
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
6.67
207
Wajahatullah Wasti
PAK
6.76
208
Joseph Angara
KEN
6.79
209
Neil McGarrell
WI
6.88
209
Henry Williams
SA
6.88
210
Wavell Hinds
WI
7.00
211
Craig Evans
ZIM
7.09
212
Ashley Giles
ENG
7.10
213
Chris Drum
NZ
7.25
214
Ahmed Kamal
BAN
7.80
215
Mike Rindel
SA
7.83
216
Ravi Shah
KEN
8.14
217
Saleem Malik
PAK
8.50
218
Virender Sehwag
IND
11.67
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