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Best Economy in 2001: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 2001 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2001
176 entries
1
1.52
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
SL
0.46 clear of Courtney Walsh
2
1.98
Courtney Walsh
WI
0.46 off the lead
3
2.45
Ashley Giles
ENG
0.93 off the lead
● LEADS
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
SL
1.52 · 0.46 better than Walsh
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Hettiarachchi is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.58
The mark at number ten — 166 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
9 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
176 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
SL
1.52
2
Courtney Walsh
WI
1.98
3
Ashley Giles
ENG
2.45
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.49
5
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.50
6
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
2.51
7
Chris Drum
NZ
2.55
8
Enamul Haque
BAN
2.55
9
Sarandeep Singh
IND
2.57
10
Nilesh Kulkarni
IND
2.58
11
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2.68
12
Carl Hooper
WI
2.70
13
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
2.71
14
Robert Croft
ENG
2.84
15
Anil Kumble
IND
2.85
16
Ricky Ponting
AUS
2.86
17
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2.87
18
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.87
19
Lance Klusener
SA
2.87
20
Claude Henderson
SA
2.88
21
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.89
22
Mfuneko Ngam
SA
2.91
23
Ray Price
ZIM
2.96
24
Neil McGarrell
WI
2.97
25
Fazl-e-Akbar
PAK
2.97
26
Jimmy Ormond
ENG
2.98
27
Andy Bichel
AUS
3.00
27
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
3.00
27
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
3.00
28
Niroshan Bandaratilleke
SL
3.03
29
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.03
30
Nicky Boje
SA
3.03
31
Ruchira Perera
SL
3.08
32
Richard Dawson
ENG
3.10
33
Wavell Hinds
WI
3.11
34
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.11
35
Mohammad Sami
PAK
3.11
36
Paul Adams
SA
3.12
37
Allan Donald
SA
3.12
38
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.12
39
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.15
40
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3.18
41
Colin Miller
AUS
3.19
42
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
3.20
43
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.21
44
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
3.22
45
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3.23
46
Nantie Hayward
SA
3.28
47
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3.29
48
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
3.31
49
Craig White
ENG
3.33
50
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
3.33
51
Heath Streak
ZIM
3.34
52
Dulip Liyanage
SL
3.35
53
Cameron Cuffy
WI
3.38
54
Justin Kemp
SA
3.41
55
Pedro Collins
WI
3.42
56
Reon King
WI
3.43
57
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.43
58
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.44
59
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.44
60
Bryan Strang
ZIM
3.45
61
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
3.47
62
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
3.48
63
Younis Khan
PAK
3.48
64
Shane Warne
AUS
3.51
65
Gary Brent
ZIM
3.56
66
Shane Bond
NZ
3.56
67
Andre Nel
SA
3.57
68
Colin Stuart
WI
3.59
69
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3.60
70
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
3.62
71
Paul Wiseman
NZ
3.62
72
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.63
73
Dominic Cork
ENG
3.63
74
Dion Nash
NZ
3.65
75
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
3.65
76
Grant Bradburn
NZ
3.68
77
Mark Waugh
AUS
3.68
78
Naimur Rahman
BAN
3.69
79
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
3.71
80
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
3.71
81
Andy Caddick
ENG
3.75
82
Grant Flower
ZIM
3.77
83
Tinu Yohannan
IND
3.80
84
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
3.85
85
James Kirtley
ENG
3.86
86
Mark Butcher
ENG
3.90
87
Ashish Nehra
IND
3.91
88
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.91
89
Darren Gough
ENG
3.94
90
Chris Cairns
NZ
3.95
91
Corey Collymore
WI
3.96
92
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
3.97
93
Waqar Younis
PAK
3.97
94
Sourav Ganguly
IND
3.98
95
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4.02
96
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.02
97
Chris Harris
NZ
4.04
98
Russel Arnold
SL
4.08
99
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.08
100
Justin Ontong
SA
4.09
101
Brett Lee
AUS
4.09
102
Alan Mullally
ENG
4.14
103
Brian Murphy
ZIM
4.15
104
James Franklin
NZ
4.17
105
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.19
106
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.20
107
Aminul Islam
BAN
4.21
108
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.22
109
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4.23
110
Nixon McLean
WI
4.23
111
Debasis Mohanty
IND
4.23
112
Travis Friend
ZIM
4.24
113
Harvinder Singh
IND
4.25
114
Nathan Bracken
AUS
4.27
115
Charitha Buddhika
SL
4.27
116
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.28
117
Craig McMillan
NZ
4.29
118
Chris Martin
NZ
4.30
119
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.33
120
Jeremy Snape
ENG
4.34
121
Alex Tudor
ENG
4.35
122
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
4.35
123
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
4.35
124
Henry Olonga
ZIM
4.35
125
Roger Telemachus
SA
4.36
126
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.37
127
Ian Harvey
AUS
4.40
128
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.45
129
Phil Tufnell
ENG
4.46
130
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
4.46
131
Guy Whittall
ZIM
4.53
132
Kerry Jeremy
WI
4.54
133
Marlon Black
WI
4.55
134
Shahid Afridi
GER
4.58
135
Suresh Perera
SL
4.59
136
Upul Chandana
SL
4.64
137
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
4.65
138
Darrel Brown
WI
4.65
139
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.68
140
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
4.69
141
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
4.70
142
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
4.71
143
Mark Ealham
ENG
4.73
144
Chris Gayle
WI
4.76
145
Jimmy Adams
WI
4.78
146
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
4.78
147
Collins Obuya
KEN
4.79
148
Mohammad Akram
PAK
4.82
149
Jacob Oram
NZ
4.84
150
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
4.86
151
Scott Styris
NZ
4.86
152
Ben Hollioake
ENG
4.87
153
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.89
154
Laurie Williams
WI
4.91
155
Virender Sehwag
IND
4.99
156
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
5.02
157
Sean Ervine
ZIM
5.03
158
Paul Strang
ZIM
5.05
159
Andrew Symonds
AUS
5.09
160
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
5.11
161
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
5.12
162
David Mutendera
ZIM
5.13
163
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
5.20
164
Damien Martyn
AUS
5.43
165
Martin Suji
KEN
5.46
166
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
5.46
167
Peter Ongondo
KEN
5.52
168
Paul Collingwood
ENG
5.72
169
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
5.83
170
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.92
171
Michael Bevan
AUS
6.13
172
Gus Mackay
ZIM
6.23
173
Tony Suji
KEN
6.48
174
Prabath Nissanka
SL
6.58
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