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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.
ODI
1999
195 entries
1
1.80
Saeed Anwar
PAK
0.70 clear of Peter Ongondo
2
2.50
Peter Ongondo
KEN
0.70 off the lead
3
3.06
Courtney Walsh
WI
1.26 off the lead
● LEADS
Saeed Anwar
PAK
1.80 · 0.70 better than Ongondo
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Anwar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.41
The mark at number ten — 185 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
10 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
195 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Saeed Anwar
PAK
1.80
2
Peter Ongondo
KEN
2.50
3
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.06
4
Habibul Bashar
BAN
3.10
5
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
3.12
6
Adam Dale
AUS
3.28
7
Corey Collymore
WI
3.29
8
Angus Fraser
ENG
3.34
9
Mohammad Akram
PAK
3.38
10
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.41
11
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
3.56
12
Bryan Strang
ZIM
3.60
13
Arshad Khan
PAK
3.66
14
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3.69
15
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3.72
16
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
3.77
17
Alex Tait
NZ
3.82
18
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.82
19
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3.83
20
Mark Alleyne
ENG
3.87
21
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
3.87
22
Allan Donald
SA
3.88
23
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
3.90
24
Ricky Ponting
AUS
3.91
25
Steve Elworthy
SA
3.93
26
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.96
27
Alan Mullally
ENG
3.96
28
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
3.99
29
Gavin Larsen
NZ
3.99
30
Stuart Law
AUS
4.00
30
Daryll Cullinan
SA
4.00
30
John Rennie
ZIM
4.00
30
Asim Butt
SCO
4.00
31
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4.03
32
Glenn McGrath
AUS
4.09
33
Josephat Ababu
KEN
4.10
34
Alan Dawson
SA
4.16
35
Damien Martyn
AUS
4.17
36
James Brinkley
SCO
4.18
37
Tom Moody
AUS
4.18
38
Mark Ealham
ENG
4.19
39
Sunil Joshi
IND
4.20
40
Geoff Allott
NZ
4.20
41
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.21
42
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.21
43
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.21
44
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.22
45
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
4.22
46
Reon King
WI
4.23
47
Adam Huckle
ZIM
4.23
48
Nikhil Chopra
IND
4.23
49
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
4.24
50
Gavin Hamilton
ENG
4.26
51
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.29
52
Heath Streak
ZIM
4.30
53
Hendy Bryan
WI
4.31
54
Phil Simmons
WI
4.33
55
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
4.36
56
Aamer Sohail
PAK
4.36
57
Ian Austin
ENG
4.37
58
Robert Croft
ENG
4.38
59
Paul Strang
ZIM
4.39
60
Shane Warne
AUS
4.39
61
Paul Reiffel
AUS
4.40
62
Lance Klusener
SA
4.43
63
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4.43
64
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
4.47
65
Dion Nash
NZ
4.48
66
Martin Suji
KEN
4.48
67
Waqar Younis
PAK
4.48
68
Shahid Nazir
PAK
4.50
68
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
4.50
68
Indika Gallage
SL
4.50
68
Nick Dyer
SCO
4.50
69
Chris Gayle
WI
4.51
70
Darren Gough
ENG
4.51
71
Upul Chandana
SL
4.54
72
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4.54
73
Anil Kumble
IND
4.58
74
Javagal Srinath
IND
4.59
75
Simon Doull
NZ
4.61
76
Gyanendra Pandey
IND
4.62
77
Debasis Mohanty
IND
4.62
78
Naimur Rahman
BAN
4.65
79
Andy Whittall
ZIM
4.66
80
Chris Harris
NZ
4.68
81
Neil Johnson
ZIM
4.68
82
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
4.71
83
Tony Suji
KEN
4.71
84
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.72
85
Russel Arnold
SL
4.72
86
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.74
87
Michael Bevan
AUS
4.74
88
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
4.74
89
Guy Whittall
ZIM
4.75
90
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4.77
91
Adam Hollioake
ENG
4.79
92
Enamul Haque
BAN
4.80
93
Sherwin Campbell
WI
4.83
94
Hansie Cronje
SA
4.83
95
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.83
96
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.83
97
Graeme Hick
ENG
4.85
98
Scott Styris
NZ
4.86
99
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
4.87
100
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.92
101
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
4.92
102
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
4.93
103
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
4.94
104
Pat Symcox
SA
4.94
105
Laxmi Shukla
IND
4.95
106
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4.95
107
Steve Waugh
AUS
4.95
108
Nehemiah Perry
WI
4.96
109
Chris Cairns
NZ
4.98
110
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
5.00
111
Robin Singh
IND
5.00
112
Shane Lee
AUS
5.03
113
Jimmy Adams
WI
5.05
114
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
5.08
114
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
5.06
115
Manjurul Islam
BAN
5.06
116
Nicky Boje
SA
5.07
117
Niamur Rashid
BAN
5.08
118
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
5.08
119
Aasif Karim
KEN
5.11
120
Carl Hooper
WI
5.11
121
Ajay Jadeja
IND
5.11
122
David Mutendera
ZIM
5.15
123
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
5.19
124
Dean Headley
ENG
5.19
124
Vince Wells
ENG
5.19
125
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
5.22
126
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.24
127
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
5.25
128
Brendon Julian
AUS
5.27
129
Eric Upashantha
SL
5.27
130
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
5.29
131
Nixon McLean
WI
5.30
132
Keith Arthurton
WI
5.32
133
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
5.33
134
Andrew Symonds
AUS
5.33
135
Darren Lehmann
AUS
5.34
136
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
5.35
137
Sourav Ganguly
IND
5.37
138
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
5.40
139
Andrew Hall
SA
5.43
140
Paul Adams
SA
5.43
141
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
5.45
142
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
IND
5.45
143
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
5.50
144
Keith Semple
WI
5.50
145
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
5.51
146
Gary Brent
ZIM
5.56
147
Murray Goodwin
ZIM
5.60
148
Rawl Lewis
WI
5.64
149
John Blain
SCO
5.66
150
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
5.67
151
Brian Lara
WI
5.71
152
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
5.74
153
Ajit Agarkar
IND
5.79
154
Pedro Collins
WI
5.80
155
Henry Olonga
ZIM
5.81
156
Aminul Islam
BAN
5.97
156
Suresh Perera
SL
5.81
157
Derek Crookes
SA
5.85
158
Aminul Islam
BAN
5.86
159
Rahul Dravid
IND
6.20
160
Ian Stanger
SCO
6.22
161
Ben Hollioake
ENG
6.25
162
Ruchira Perera
SL
6.30
162
Wavell Hinds
WI
6.30
162
Victor Mpitsang
SA
6.30
163
Sadagoppan Ramesh
IND
6.33
164
Carl Bulfin
NZ
6.41
165
Greg Blewett
AUS
6.46
166
Dale Benkenstein
SA
6.50
167
Aminul Islam
BAN
6.60
168
Hemantha Boteju
SL
6.65
169
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
6.67
170
Joseph Angara
KEN
6.79
171
Henry Williams
SA
6.88
171
Neil McGarrell
WI
6.88
172
Craig Evans
ZIM
7.09
173
Ashley Giles
ENG
7.10
174
Chris Drum
NZ
7.25
175
Ricardo Powell
WI
7.55
176
Ahmed Kamal
BAN
7.80
177
Mike Rindel
SA
7.83
178
Wajahatullah Wasti
PAK
7.84
179
Ravi Shah
KEN
8.14
180
Craig McMillan
NZ
8.35
181
Saleem Malik
PAK
8.50
182
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
10.30
183
Virender Sehwag
IND
11.67
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