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Best Economy in 2002: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 2002 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2002
167 entries
1
2.22
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
0.37 clear of Ray Price
2
2.59
Ray Price
ZIM
0.37 off the lead
3
2.71
Glenn McGrath
AUS
0.49 off the lead
● LEADS
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.22 · 0.37 better than Price
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Muralitharan is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.07
The mark at number ten — 157 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
11 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
167 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.22
2
Ray Price
ZIM
2.59
3
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.71
4
Marlon Black
WI
2.80
5
Daren Powell
WI
2.80
6
Cameron Cuffy
WI
2.83
7
Stuart MacGill
AUS
2.91
8
Sujeewa de Silva
SL
3.04
9
Brighton Watambwa
ZIM
3.06
10
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.07
11
Claude Henderson
SA
3.08
12
Nathan Astle
NZ
3.14
13
Carl Hooper
WI
3.15
14
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.17
15
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.18
16
Anil Kumble
IND
3.20
17
Shane Warne
AUS
3.20
18
Ashley Giles
ENG
3.21
19
Pedro Collins
WI
3.23
20
Jermaine Lawson
WI
3.26
21
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
3.26
22
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.28
23
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3.28
24
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3.33
25
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
3.34
26
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.35
27
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
3.36
28
Hasantha Fernando
SL
3.37
29
Adam Sanford
WI
3.39
30
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
3.42
31
Michael Vaughan
ENG
3.42
32
Sanjay Bangar
IND
3.44
33
Heath Streak
ZIM
3.46
34
Ruchira Perera
SL
3.47
35
Marlon Samuels
WI
3.48
36
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.50
37
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3.51
38
Andy Caddick
ENG
3.53
39
Martin Suji
KEN
3.53
40
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
3.55
41
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
3.55
42
Ashish Nehra
IND
3.56
43
Enamul Haque
BAN
3.57
44
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.58
45
Simon Jones
ENG
3.58
46
Fahim Muntasir
BAN
3.60
47
Andrew Hall
SA
3.61
48
Mark Waugh
AUS
3.61
49
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.62
50
Dominic Cork
ENG
3.63
51
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.64
52
David Terbrugge
SA
3.66
53
Dinanath Ramnarine
WI
3.67
53
Tinu Yohannan
IND
3.67
54
Grant Flower
ZIM
3.67
55
Guy Whittall
ZIM
3.71
56
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.74
57
Mark Butcher
ENG
3.74
58
Chris Martin
NZ
3.75
59
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.76
60
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.76
61
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3.78
62
Chris Drum
NZ
3.79
63
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3.80
64
Steve Elworthy
SA
3.83
65
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3.84
66
Chris Gayle
WI
3.90
67
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.91
68
Alex Tudor
ENG
3.91
69
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
3.93
70
Naimur Rahman
BAN
3.93
71
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
3.94
72
Andre Nel
SA
3.95
73
Steve Waugh
AUS
3.96
74
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
3.97
75
Mohammad Sami
PAK
3.97
76
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.01
77
Andy Bichel
AUS
4.02
78
Chamila Gamage
SL
4.03
79
Charitha Buddhika
SL
4.04
80
Vasbert Drakes
WI
4.05
81
Jacob Oram
NZ
4.06
82
Richard Dawson
ENG
4.07
83
Darren Lehmann
AUS
4.08
84
Shane Bond
NZ
4.08
85
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
4.08
86
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
4.09
87
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
4.09
88
Shahid Afridi
GER
4.13
89
Brett Lee
AUS
4.15
90
Nicky Boje
SA
4.16
90
Upul Chandana
SL
4.16
91
Justin Ontong
SA
4.18
92
Chris Harris
NZ
4.23
93
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.23
94
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.25
95
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4.25
96
Travis Friend
ZIM
4.27
97
Gareth Breese
WI
4.31
98
Chris Cairns
NZ
4.32
99
Waqar Younis
PAK
4.33
100
Craig White
ENG
4.34
101
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
4.36
102
Brian Murphy
ZIM
4.36
103
Allan Donald
SA
4.40
104
Sarandeep Singh
IND
4.41
105
Tareq Aziz
BAN
4.42
106
Dion Nash
NZ
4.43
107
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.44
108
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.45
109
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4.50
110
Shane Watson
AUS
4.54
111
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.54
112
Andre Adams
NZ
4.56
113
Nantie Hayward
SA
4.58
114
Ronnie Irani
ENG
4.59
115
Corey Collymore
WI
4.60
116
Tony Suji
KEN
4.60
117
Talha Jubair
BAN
4.61
118
Ryan Hinds
WI
4.62
119
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
4.62
120
Lance Klusener
SA
4.64
121
Tapash Baisya
BAN
4.67
122
Robin Peterson
SA
4.69
123
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.71
124
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.71
125
Paul Adams
SA
4.71
126
Ian Butler
NZ
4.72
127
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
4.74
128
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.75
129
Jeremy Snape
ENG
4.75
130
Henry Olonga
ZIM
4.76
131
Craig McMillan
NZ
4.77
132
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.81
133
Alok Kapali
BAN
4.81
134
Scott Styris
NZ
4.85
135
James Anderson
ENG
4.88
136
Russel Arnold
SL
4.93
137
Damien Martyn
AUS
4.94
138
Murali Kartik
IND
5.02
139
Virender Sehwag
IND
5.08
140
Darren Gough
ENG
5.09
141
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
5.14
142
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
5.15
142
Habibul Bashar
BAN
5.15
143
Ian Blackwell
ENG
5.17
144
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
5.23
145
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
5.24
146
Dewald Pretorius
SA
5.28
147
Ian Harvey
AUS
5.30
148
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
5.51
149
James Franklin
NZ
5.62
150
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.63
151
Joseph Angara
KEN
5.65
152
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
5.66
153
Prabath Nissanka
SL
5.68
154
Brooke Walker
NZ
5.91
155
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
5.97
156
Roger Telemachus
SA
5.97
157
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
5.98
158
Gareth Batty
ENG
6.00
159
Paul Collingwood
ENG
6.17
160
James Kirtley
ENG
6.27
161
Collins Obuya
KEN
6.42
162
Yuvraj Singh
IND
6.44
163
Gary Brent
ZIM
6.58
164
Sean Ervine
ZIM
6.66
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