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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.
ODI
2001
127 entries
1
3.18
Shaun Pollock
SA
0.12 clear of Muttiah Muralitharan
2
3.30
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
0.12 off the lead
3
3.46
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
0.28 off the lead
● LEADS
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.18 · 0.12 better than Muralitharan
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.83
The mark at number ten — 117 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
8 of the top 50 · 10 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
127 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.18
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.30
3
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
3.46
4
Anil Kumble
IND
3.62
5
Claude Henderson
SA
3.65
6
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.66
7
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.66
8
Pedro Collins
WI
3.69
9
Cameron Cuffy
WI
3.71
10
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.83
11
James Kirtley
ENG
3.86
12
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.86
13
Carl Hooper
WI
3.95
14
Corey Collymore
WI
3.96
15
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3.96
16
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.00
17
Andre Nel
SA
4.03
18
Chris Harris
NZ
4.04
19
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
4.04
20
Justin Ontong
SA
4.09
21
Craig White
ENG
4.09
22
Makhaya Ntini
SA
4.10
23
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4.11
24
Glenn McGrath
AUS
4.11
25
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.16
26
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.22
27
Debasis Mohanty
IND
4.23
28
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.24
29
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
4.27
30
Nathan Bracken
AUS
4.27
31
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.28
32
Andy Caddick
ENG
4.29
33
Neil McGarrell
WI
4.31
34
Manjurul Islam
BAN
4.31
35
Bryan Strang
ZIM
4.31
36
Darren Gough
ENG
4.32
37
Jeremy Snape
ENG
4.34
38
Dion Nash
NZ
4.35
39
Roger Telemachus
SA
4.36
40
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4.38
41
Ian Harvey
AUS
4.40
42
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
4.41
43
Allan Donald
SA
4.41
44
Justin Kemp
SA
4.43
45
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.43
46
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.43
47
Ashish Nehra
IND
4.44
48
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4.44
49
Russel Arnold
SL
4.44
50
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.45
51
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.49
52
Alan Mullally
ENG
4.49
53
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.49
54
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.51
55
Lance Klusener
SA
4.52
56
Kerry Jeremy
WI
4.54
57
Heath Streak
ZIM
4.55
58
Harvinder Singh
IND
4.55
59
Robert Croft
ENG
4.56
60
Shahid Afridi
GER
4.58
61
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.61
62
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.63
63
Upul Chandana
SL
4.64
64
Darrel Brown
WI
4.65
65
Nicky Boje
SA
4.66
66
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4.69
67
Reetinder Sodhi
IND
4.70
68
Mark Ramprakash
ENG
4.70
69
Nixon McLean
WI
4.72
70
Reon King
WI
4.72
71
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.72
72
Mark Ealham
ENG
4.73
73
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
4.73
74
Brian Murphy
ZIM
4.74
75
Colin Stuart
WI
4.77
76
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
4.78
77
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
4.79
78
Collins Obuya
KEN
4.79
79
Charitha Buddhika
SL
4.82
80
Jacob Oram
NZ
4.84
81
Scott Styris
NZ
4.86
82
Ben Hollioake
ENG
4.87
83
Grant Bradburn
NZ
4.89
84
James Franklin
NZ
4.91
85
Laurie Williams
WI
4.91
86
Waqar Younis
PAK
4.93
87
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
4.94
88
Shane Warne
AUS
4.95
89
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.95
90
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.97
91
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.99
92
Chris Martin
NZ
5.00
93
Chris Gayle
WI
5.01
94
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
5.02
95
Sean Ervine
ZIM
5.03
96
Marlon Samuels
WI
5.05
97
Javagal Srinath
IND
5.07
98
Andrew Symonds
AUS
5.09
99
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
5.11
100
David Mutendera
ZIM
5.13
101
Dominic Cork
ENG
5.14
102
Marlon Black
WI
5.16
103
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.17
104
Virender Sehwag
IND
5.17
105
Dirk Viljoen
ZIM
5.20
106
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
5.35
107
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5.36
108
Craig McMillan
NZ
5.41
109
Martin Suji
KEN
5.46
110
Henry Olonga
ZIM
5.49
111
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.51
112
Peter Ongondo
KEN
5.52
113
Suresh Perera
SL
5.58
114
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
5.61
115
Travis Friend
ZIM
5.62
116
Paul Collingwood
ENG
5.72
117
Paul Strang
ZIM
5.76
118
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
5.83
119
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
5.89
120
Brett Lee
AUS
5.91
121
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.92
122
Naimur Rahman
BAN
6.04
123
Michael Bevan
AUS
6.13
124
Gus Mackay
ZIM
6.23
125
Damien Martyn
AUS
6.32
126
Tony Suji
KEN
6.48
127
Prabath Nissanka
SL
6.58
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