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Best Economy in 2000: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 2000 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2000
142 entries
1
1.77
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
0.32 clear of Murali Kartik
2
2.09
Murali Kartik
IND
0.32 off the lead
3
2.23
Dominic Cork
ENG
0.46 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
1.77 · 0.32 better than Kartik
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ambrose is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.60
The mark at number ten — 132 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
10 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
142 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
1.77
2
Murali Kartik
IND
2.09
3
Dominic Cork
ENG
2.23
4
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.27
5
Danish Kaneria
PAK
2.38
6
Phil Tufnell
ENG
2.45
7
Ashley Giles
ENG
2.51
8
Robert Croft
ENG
2.56
9
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.60
10
Colin Miller
AUS
2.60
11
Aravinda de Silva
SL
2.70
12
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
2.70
13
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.73
14
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
2.79
15
Ian Salisbury
ENG
2.80
16
Allan Donald
SA
2.80
17
Alan Mullally
ENG
2.84
18
Andy Bichel
AUS
2.85
19
Andy Caddick
ENG
2.88
20
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
2.89
21
Sarandeep Singh
IND
2.90
22
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.92
23
Craig McMillan
NZ
2.92
24
Paul Wiseman
NZ
2.94
25
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
2.94
26
Nicky Boje
SA
2.98
27
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.98
28
Chris Martin
NZ
3.00
29
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.03
30
Dion Nash
NZ
3.04
31
Arshad Khan
PAK
3.05
32
Nathan Astle
NZ
3.12
33
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.16
34
Jimmy Adams
WI
3.16
35
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3.16
36
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
3.18
37
Rangana Herath
SL
3.19
38
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.21
39
Reon King
WI
3.21
40
Bryan Strang
ZIM
3.22
41
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.23
42
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
3.24
43
Ranjan Das
BAN
3.27
44
Ravindra Pushpakumara
SL
3.29
45
Brian Murphy
ZIM
3.30
46
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3.34
47
Ed Giddins
ENG
3.35
48
Paul Strang
ZIM
3.36
49
Chris Gayle
WI
3.36
50
Darren Gough
ENG
3.37
51
Marlon Samuels
WI
3.38
52
Paul Adams
SA
3.38
53
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.38
54
Dilhara Fernando
SL
3.39
55
Simon Doull
NZ
3.40
56
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
3.42
57
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3.44
58
Heath Streak
ZIM
3.44
59
Brooke Walker
NZ
3.45
60
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3.48
61
Chris Silverwood
ENG
3.49
62
Craig White
ENG
3.49
63
Aamer Sohail
PAK
3.53
64
Grant Flower
ZIM
3.53
65
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.54
66
Neil Johnson
ZIM
3.55
67
Shane Warne
AUS
3.56
68
Sunil Joshi
IND
3.64
69
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
3.65
70
Franklyn Rose
WI
3.65
71
Ruchira Perera
SL
3.65
72
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.69
73
Anil Kumble
IND
3.69
74
Henry Williams
SA
3.69
75
Brett Lee
AUS
3.70
76
Lance Klusener
SA
3.71
77
Mark Ealham
ENG
3.74
78
Guy Whittall
ZIM
3.74
79
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
3.76
80
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.78
81
Russel Arnold
SL
3.79
82
Nixon McLean
WI
3.83
83
Marlon Black
WI
3.84
84
Naimur Rahman
BAN
3.86
85
John Rennie
ZIM
3.88
86
Colin Stuart
WI
3.93
87
Upul Chandana
SL
3.94
88
Shahid Afridi
GER
3.96
89
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
3.98
90
Damien Martyn
AUS
4.00
91
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.01
92
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.03
93
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.05
94
Chris Cairns
NZ
4.07
95
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
4.10
96
Nantie Hayward
SA
4.10
97
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.14
98
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4.14
99
Hansie Cronje
SA
4.16
100
Shane Lee
AUS
4.18
101
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
4.18
102
Nikhil Chopra
IND
4.23
103
Henry Olonga
ZIM
4.23
104
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.28
105
Andrew Hall
SA
4.31
106
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.32
107
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.36
108
Steve Waugh
AUS
4.40
109
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.42
110
Chris Harris
NZ
4.43
111
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
4.47
112
Steve Elworthy
SA
4.48
113
Mohammad Akram
PAK
4.55
114
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.56
115
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.58
116
Roger Telemachus
SA
4.60
117
Glen Sulzberger
NZ
4.64
118
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
4.66
119
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
4.73
120
Ian Harvey
AUS
4.73
121
Robin Singh
IND
4.76
122
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.79
123
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
4.81
124
Kabir Khan
PAK
4.82
125
Mark Alleyne
ENG
4.83
126
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
4.83
127
Pieter Strydom
SA
4.85
128
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.88
129
Enamul Haque
BAN
4.96
130
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.96
131
David Terbrugge
SA
5.00
132
Travis Friend
ZIM
5.03
133
Nehemiah Perry
WI
5.04
134
Graeme Hick
ENG
5.06
135
Scott Styris
NZ
5.08
136
Derek Crookes
SA
5.19
137
Shahid Nazir
PAK
5.30
138
Sridharan Sriram
IND
5.54
139
Geoff Allott
NZ
5.67
140
Debasis Mohanty
IND
6.04
141
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
6.41
142
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
6.52
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