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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.
ODI
2002
197 entries
1
0.00
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
2.79 clear of Muttiah Muralitharan
2
2.79
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.79 off the lead
3
2.93
Dale Benkenstein
SA
2.93 off the lead
● LEADS
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
0.00 · 2.79 better than Muralitharan
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Jaarsveld is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.93
The mark at number ten — 187 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
10 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
197 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
0.00
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.79
3
Dale Benkenstein
SA
2.93
4
Brad Williams
AUS
3.10
5
Daren Powell
WI
3.40
6
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3.52
7
Martin Suji
KEN
3.53
8
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.62
9
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.84
10
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
3.93
11
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3.97
12
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
4.00
12
Fahim Muntasir
BAN
4.00
13
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.04
14
Justin Ontong
SA
4.14
15
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.18
16
Hemang Badani
IND
4.20
16
Alan Dawson
SA
4.20
17
Darren Lehmann
AUS
4.21
18
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.21
19
Hasantha Fernando
SL
4.21
20
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
4.22
21
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.23
22
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.29
23
Makhaya Ntini
SA
4.29
24
Shane Warne
AUS
4.29
25
Jason Gillespie
AUS
4.29
26
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.29
27
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.30
28
Andy Bichel
AUS
4.31
29
Steve Harmison
ENG
4.33
30
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.35
31
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
4.36
32
Brian Murphy
ZIM
4.36
33
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
4.41
34
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.42
35
Dion Nash
NZ
4.43
36
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4.43
37
Tareq Aziz
BAN
4.45
38
Carl Hooper
WI
4.46
39
Chris Cairns
NZ
4.46
40
Andrew Hall
SA
4.46
41
Steve Elworthy
SA
4.46
42
Allan Donald
SA
4.47
43
Upul Chandana
SL
4.49
44
Pedro Collins
WI
4.49
45
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
4.50
46
Harbhajan Singh
IND
4.50
47
Nicky Boje
SA
4.51
48
Chris Harris
NZ
4.52
49
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.54
50
Shane Watson
AUS
4.55
51
Ronnie Irani
ENG
4.59
52
Tony Suji
KEN
4.60
53
Corey Collymore
WI
4.60
54
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.60
55
Cameron Cuffy
WI
4.63
56
Ray Price
ZIM
4.64
57
Lance Klusener
SA
4.66
58
Michael Vaughan
ENG
4.67
59
Shane Bond
NZ
4.68
60
Brett Lee
AUS
4.69
61
Robin Peterson
SA
4.69
62
Vasbert Drakes
WI
4.71
63
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.71
64
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.73
65
Naimur Rahman
BAN
4.74
66
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4.74
67
Chris Gayle
WI
4.74
68
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
4.74
69
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.76
70
Jeremy Snape
ENG
4.78
71
Craig White
ENG
4.79
72
Manjurul Islam
BAN
4.80
73
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.82
74
Graeme Smith
SA
4.85
75
Ashish Nehra
IND
4.87
76
James Anderson
ENG
4.88
77
Anil Kumble
IND
4.91
78
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
4.92
79
Andre Adams
NZ
4.93
80
Javagal Srinath
IND
4.95
81
Sarandeep Singh
IND
4.96
82
Chamila Gamage
SL
4.97
83
Kennedy Otieno
KEN
5.00
83
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
5.00
84
Murali Kartik
IND
5.02
85
Mervyn Dillon
WI
5.02
86
Ashley Giles
ENG
5.03
87
Waqar Younis
PAK
5.04
88
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
5.06
89
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
5.06
90
Marlon Samuels
WI
5.07
91
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5.08
92
Mohammad Sami
PAK
5.11
93
Darren Gough
ENG
5.11
94
Jacob Oram
NZ
5.11
95
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
5.15
96
Ian Blackwell
ENG
5.17
97
Andy Caddick
ENG
5.19
98
Luuk van Troost
NED
5.20
99
Justin Kemp
SA
5.21
100
Monde Zondeki
SA
5.21
100
Roland Lefebvre
NED
5.21
101
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
5.25
102
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
5.26
103
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5.28
104
Charitha Buddhika
SL
5.29
105
Scott Styris
NZ
5.29
106
Ajit Agarkar
IND
5.30
107
Sourav Ganguly
IND
5.30
108
Ian Harvey
AUS
5.30
109
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
5.35
110
Mahendra Nagamootoo
WI
5.37
111
Sanjay Bangar
IND
5.37
112
Mohammad Sharif
BAN
5.39
113
Virender Sehwag
IND
5.40
114
Jermaine Lawson
WI
5.43
115
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
5.46
116
Heath Streak
ZIM
5.48
117
Nathan Astle
NZ
5.51
118
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
5.53
119
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.53
120
Travis Friend
ZIM
5.56
121
Ryan Hinds
WI
5.57
122
Brooke Walker
NZ
5.60
122
Ben Hollioake
ENG
5.60
122
Tim de Leede
NED
5.60
123
James Franklin
NZ
5.62
124
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
5.63
125
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.63
126
Tapash Baisya
BAN
5.65
127
Joseph Angara
KEN
5.65
128
Russel Arnold
SL
5.66
129
Nuwan Zoysa
SL
5.66
130
Prabath Nissanka
SL
5.68
131
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
5.70
132
Henry Olonga
ZIM
5.71
133
Richard Sims
ZIM
5.74
134
Alistair Campbell
ZIM
5.75
135
Jehan Mubarak
SL
5.80
136
Damien Martyn
AUS
5.82
137
Ian Butler
NZ
5.83
138
Steve Waugh
AUS
5.90
139
Ehsanul Haque
BAN
5.94
140
Roger Telemachus
SA
5.97
141
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
5.98
142
Edgar Schiferli
NED
6.00
142
Gareth Batty
ENG
6.00
142
Jai Prakash Yadav
IND
6.00
142
Paul Adams
SA
6.00
143
Tinu Yohannan
IND
6.10
144
Dominic Cork
ENG
6.17
145
Paul Collingwood
ENG
6.17
146
Craig McMillan
NZ
6.18
147
Charl Langeveldt
SA
6.20
147
Darrel Brown
WI
6.20
148
Alok Kapali
BAN
6.26
149
James Kirtley
ENG
6.27
150
Naved Latif
PAK
6.38
151
Yuvraj Singh
IND
6.44
152
Alex Tudor
ENG
6.45
153
Collins Obuya
KEN
6.45
154
Matthew Hart
NZ
6.50
155
Gary Brent
ZIM
6.58
156
Adeel Raja
NED
6.64
157
Enamul Haque
BAN
6.65
158
Sean Ervine
ZIM
6.71
159
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
6.74
160
Michael Bevan
AUS
6.75
161
Nantie Hayward
SA
6.88
162
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
7.00
163
Jon Kent
SA
7.13
164
Dinesh Mongia
IND
7.33
165
Barney Rogers
ZIM
7.50
166
Talha Jubair
BAN
7.71
167
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
7.71
168
Peter Ongondo
KEN
7.80
169
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
7.98
170
Victor Grandia
NED
8.00
170
VVS Laxman
IND
8.00
170
Vijay Bharadwaj
IND
8.00
171
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
8.21
172
Waddington Mwayenga
ZIM
8.22
173
Craig Evans
ZIM
8.67
174
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
8.75
175
Hitesh Modi
KEN
9.00
176
Mazharul Haque
BAN
10.00
176
Habibul Bashar
BAN
10.00
177
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
11.00
178
Younis Khan
PAK
11.33
179
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
11.50
180
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
14.00
181
Lou Vincent
NZ
15.00
182
Wavell Hinds
WI
16.00
183
Faisal Iqbal
PAK
17.00
183
Brijal Patel
KEN
17.00
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