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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.
TEST
1999
106 entries
1
1.75
Nadeem Khan
PAK
0.13 clear of Sanath Jayasuriya
2
1.88
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
0.13 off the lead
3
1.90
Sunil Joshi
IND
0.15 off the lead
● LEADS
Nadeem Khan
PAK
1.75 · 0.13 better than Jayasuriya
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.29
The mark at number ten — 96 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Sri Lanka
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
106 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Nadeem Khan
PAK
1.75
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
1.88
3
Sunil Joshi
IND
1.90
4
Hansie Cronje
SA
1.93
5
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.02
6
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
2.07
7
Brett Lee
AUS
2.11
8
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.21
9
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.26
10
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
2.29
11
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
2.32
12
Gary Brent
ZIM
2.35
13
Grant Flower
ZIM
2.36
14
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.36
15
Ricky Ponting
AUS
2.38
16
Colin Miller
AUS
2.38
17
Andy Caddick
ENG
2.39
18
Lance Klusener
SA
2.43
19
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
2.44
20
Russel Arnold
SL
2.44
21
Jimmy Adams
WI
2.45
22
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
2.47
23
Arshad Khan
PAK
2.47
24
Phil Tufnell
ENG
2.47
25
Dion Nash
NZ
2.47
26
Carl Hooper
WI
2.48
27
David Terbrugge
SA
2.48
28
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.51
29
Anil Kumble
IND
2.51
30
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.53
31
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.54
32
Simon Doull
NZ
2.55
33
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.57
34
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
2.57
35
Harbhajan Singh
IND
2.59
36
Bryan Strang
ZIM
2.59
37
Alan Mullally
ENG
2.61
38
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
2.61
39
Chris Harris
NZ
2.62
40
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
2.63
41
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
2.64
42
Corey Collymore
WI
2.66
43
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.68
44
Jacques Kallis
SA
2.69
45
Shane Warne
AUS
2.70
46
Paul Adams
SA
2.71
47
Heath Streak
ZIM
2.74
48
Allan Donald
SA
2.76
49
Damien Fleming
AUS
2.76
50
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
2.77
51
Rangana Herath
SL
2.81
52
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
2.81
53
Chris Cairns
NZ
2.86
54
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2.87
55
Ajit Agarkar
IND
2.88
56
Steve Elworthy
SA
2.89
57
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
2.90
58
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
2.92
59
Wasim Akram
PAK
2.94
60
Chris Silverwood
ENG
2.97
61
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
2.97
62
Nantie Hayward
SA
2.99
63
Peter Such
ENG
2.99
64
Andy Whittall
ZIM
3.00
65
Dean Headley
ENG
3.02
66
Ed Giddins
ENG
3.04
67
Guy Whittall
ZIM
3.05
68
Everton Matambanadzo
ZIM
3.06
69
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3.07
70
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.07
71
Indika Gallage
SL
3.08
72
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
3.10
73
Greg Blewett
AUS
3.11
74
Henry Olonga
ZIM
3.13
75
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
3.13
76
Eric Upashantha
SL
3.14
77
Darren Gough
ENG
3.14
78
Adam Dale
AUS
3.17
79
Ottis Gibson
WI
3.20
80
Pedro Collins
WI
3.20
81
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3.22
82
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.24
83
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3.24
84
Geoff Allott
NZ
3.25
85
Nehemiah Perry
WI
3.33
86
Ashish Nehra
IND
3.36
87
Reon King
WI
3.40
88
Nixon McLean
WI
3.47
89
Paul Wiseman
NZ
3.60
90
Sajeewa de Silva
SL
3.68
91
Franklyn Rose
WI
3.73
92
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.75
93
Mark Butcher
ENG
3.79
94
Sourav Ganguly
IND
3.82
95
Upul Chandana
SL
3.90
96
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3.96
97
Alex Tudor
ENG
3.97
98
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.05
99
Ruchira Perera
SL
4.20
100
Craig McMillan
NZ
4.21
101
Robin Singh
IND
4.40
102
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
4.41
103
Scott Muller
AUS
4.45
104
Ruwan Kalpage
SL
4.53
105
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
4.82
106
Mohammad Akram
PAK
4.96
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