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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.
ODI
2000
109 entries
1
2.35
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
0.74 clear of Alan Mullally
2
3.09
Alan Mullally
ENG
0.74 off the lead
3
3.23
Andy Caddick
ENG
0.88 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.35 · 0.74 better than Mullally
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Ambrose is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.80
The mark at number ten — 99 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
109 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.35
2
Alan Mullally
ENG
3.09
3
Andy Caddick
ENG
3.23
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.40
5
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3.50
6
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
3.58
7
Henry Williams
SA
3.69
8
Mark Ealham
ENG
3.74
9
Reon King
WI
3.76
10
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3.80
11
John Rennie
ZIM
3.88
12
Bryan Strang
ZIM
3.90
13
Darren Gough
ENG
3.91
14
Shane Warne
AUS
3.94
15
Chris Gayle
WI
3.94
16
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.98
17
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
4.07
18
Arshad Khan
PAK
4.09
19
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.13
20
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.15
21
Shane Lee
AUS
4.18
22
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
4.18
23
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.18
24
Jason Gillespie
AUS
4.21
24
Ashley Giles
ENG
4.21
25
Nicky Boje
SA
4.27
26
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.28
27
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4.29
28
Allan Donald
SA
4.30
29
Andrew Hall
SA
4.31
30
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.32
31
Craig White
ENG
4.34
32
Makhaya Ntini
SA
4.34
33
Brett Lee
AUS
4.35
34
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.35
35
Russel Arnold
SL
4.39
36
Jimmy Adams
WI
4.40
37
Franklyn Rose
WI
4.41
38
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.43
39
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
4.43
40
Chris Harris
NZ
4.43
41
Lance Klusener
SA
4.44
42
Steve Elworthy
SA
4.48
43
Anil Kumble
IND
4.50
44
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
4.53
45
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.53
46
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.54
47
Waqar Younis
PAK
4.55
48
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.56
49
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4.57
50
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.58
51
Shahid Afridi
GER
4.59
52
Roger Telemachus
SA
4.60
53
Glen Sulzberger
NZ
4.64
54
Upul Chandana
SL
4.64
55
Heath Streak
ZIM
4.65
56
Neil Johnson
ZIM
4.69
57
Paul Wiseman
NZ
4.69
58
Sunil Joshi
IND
4.72
59
Ian Harvey
AUS
4.73
60
Brooke Walker
NZ
4.75
61
Robin Singh
IND
4.76
62
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.78
63
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.79
64
Nixon McLean
WI
4.80
65
Mohammad Akram
PAK
4.81
66
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.81
67
Kabir Khan
PAK
4.82
68
Mark Alleyne
ENG
4.83
69
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
4.83
70
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
4.86
71
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.90
72
Pieter Strydom
SA
4.90
73
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.91
74
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
4.93
75
Dion Nash
NZ
4.94
76
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.94
77
Enamul Haque
BAN
4.96
78
Naimur Rahman
BAN
4.97
79
David Terbrugge
SA
5.00
80
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.02
81
Graeme Hick
ENG
5.02
82
Travis Friend
ZIM
5.03
83
Nehemiah Perry
WI
5.04
84
Nantie Hayward
SA
5.07
85
Nikhil Chopra
IND
5.07
86
Scott Styris
NZ
5.08
87
Chris Cairns
NZ
5.10
88
Paul Strang
ZIM
5.11
89
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
5.12
90
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
5.14
91
Nathan Astle
NZ
5.15
92
Mark Waugh
AUS
5.16
93
Derek Crookes
SA
5.19
94
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
5.26
95
Hansie Cronje
SA
5.27
96
Shahid Nazir
PAK
5.30
97
Sourav Ganguly
IND
5.48
98
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
5.50
99
Sridharan Sriram
IND
5.54
100
Henry Olonga
ZIM
5.55
101
Brian Murphy
ZIM
5.56
102
Javagal Srinath
IND
5.57
103
Geoff Allott
NZ
5.67
104
Shayne O'Connor
NZ
5.69
105
Courtney Walsh
WI
5.77
106
Debasis Mohanty
IND
6.04
107
Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran
IND
6.41
108
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
6.52
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