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Best Economy in 2003: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 2003 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2003
187 entries
1
2.29
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
0.13 clear of Steve Waugh
2
2.42
Steve Waugh
AUS
0.13 off the lead
3
2.45
Enamul Haque
BAN
0.16 off the lead
● LEADS
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.29 · 0.13 better than Waugh
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.87
The mark at number ten — 177 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
8 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
187 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.29
2
Steve Waugh
AUS
2.42
3
Enamul Haque
BAN
2.45
4
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.54
5
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.64
6
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
2.73
7
Yasir Ali
BAN
2.75
8
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
2.82
9
Danish Kaneria
PAK
2.87
10
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
2.87
11
Upul Chandana
SL
2.91
12
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.96
13
Aasif Karim
KEN
2.96
14
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
3.00
15
Martin Bicknell
ENG
3.01
16
Nathan Bracken
AUS
3.03
17
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.07
18
Gareth Batty
ENG
3.07
19
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.11
20
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.12
21
Ashley Giles
ENG
3.13
22
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.14
23
James Kirtley
ENG
3.14
24
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.20
25
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3.22
26
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3.23
27
Richard Johnson
ENG
3.25
28
Paul Wiseman
NZ
3.25
29
Darren Lehmann
AUS
3.26
30
Anil Kumble
IND
3.28
31
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
3.29
32
Sarandeep Singh
IND
3.30
33
Simon Katich
AUS
3.31
34
Ray Price
ZIM
3.34
35
Omari Banks
WI
3.35
36
Andre Nel
SA
3.40
37
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.44
38
Charl Willoughby
SA
3.44
39
Robin Peterson
SA
3.44
40
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
3.47
41
Brad Williams
AUS
3.49
42
Roland Lefebvre
NED
3.53
43
Shane Bond
NZ
3.54
44
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
3.56
45
Paul Adams
SA
3.57
46
Andrew Hall
SA
3.58
47
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.59
48
Vasbert Drakes
WI
3.59
49
Jacob Oram
NZ
3.60
50
Jerome Taylor
WI
3.60
51
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.63
52
Heath Streak
ZIM
3.64
53
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3.65
54
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3.66
55
Chris Gayle
WI
3.68
56
Corey Collymore
WI
3.68
57
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
3.69
58
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.73
59
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3.74
60
Paul Collingwood
ENG
3.76
61
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.76
62
Rikki Clarke
ENG
3.77
63
Ian Butler
NZ
3.78
64
Kabir Ali
ENG
3.78
65
Scott Styris
NZ
3.81
66
Murali Kartik
IND
3.83
67
Andy Bichel
AUS
3.83
68
Nantie Hayward
SA
3.85
69
Umar Gul
PAK
3.85
70
Fidel Edwards
WI
3.85
71
Chris Harris
NZ
3.86
72
Brett Lee
AUS
3.87
73
Darren Gough
ENG
3.89
74
Ian Blackwell
ENG
3.89
75
Martin Suji
KEN
3.90
76
Alan Dawson
SA
3.91
77
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
3.91
78
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
3.92
79
Graeme Smith
SA
3.94
80
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3.96
81
Damien Martyn
AUS
3.97
82
Craig White
ENG
3.98
83
Brad Hogg
AUS
3.98
84
Jermaine Lawson
WI
3.99
85
Wavell Hinds
WI
4.01
86
Alok Kapali
BAN
4.03
87
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.04
88
James Anderson
ENG
4.05
89
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4.06
90
Monde Zondeki
SA
4.07
91
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.07
92
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.07
93
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.08
94
Prabath Nissanka
SL
4.09
95
Michael Vaughan
ENG
4.11
96
Ashish Nehra
IND
4.13
97
Mark Butcher
ENG
4.18
98
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.19
99
Aavishkar Salvi
IND
4.19
100
Jacques Rudolph
SA
4.19
101
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.20
102
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
4.21
103
Andy Caddick
ENG
4.22
104
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.23
105
Anthony McGrath
ENG
4.23
106
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.25
107
Dewald Pretorius
SA
4.26
108
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
4.27
109
Dinusha Fernando
SL
4.29
110
Shane Warne
AUS
4.30
111
Rajin Saleh
BAN
4.30
112
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.31
113
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
4.32
114
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4.33
115
Richard Dawson
ENG
4.35
116
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.37
117
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.38
118
Dinesh Mongia
IND
4.38
119
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
4.38
120
Virender Sehwag
IND
4.43
121
Adam Sanford
WI
4.43
122
Ryan Hurley
WI
4.44
123
John Davison
CAN
4.45
124
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
4.46
125
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.48
126
Ian Harvey
AUS
4.49
127
Tapash Baisya
BAN
4.49
128
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
4.49
129
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.50
130
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
4.52
131
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4.59
132
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
4.62
133
Brian Murphy
ZIM
4.63
134
Collins Obuya
KEN
4.67
135
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
4.69
136
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
4.69
137
Steve Tikolo
KEN
4.70
138
Irfan Pathan
IND
4.71
139
Pedro Collins
WI
4.76
140
Nicky Boje
SA
4.79
141
Ronnie Irani
ENG
4.81
142
Shane Watson
AUS
4.84
143
Alamgir Kabir
BAN
4.88
144
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.90
145
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.94
146
Charitha Buddhika
SL
4.94
147
Tino Best
WI
4.95
148
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
4.97
149
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.98
150
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.02
151
Carl Hooper
WI
5.03
152
Andre Adams
NZ
5.05
153
Michael Clarke
AUS
5.08
154
Ricardo Powell
WI
5.08
155
Waqar Younis
PAK
5.12
156
Tama Canning
NZ
5.13
157
Yuvraj Singh
IND
5.13
158
Austin Codrington
CAN
5.16
159
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
5.24
160
Junaid Zia
PAK
5.26
161
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
5.27
162
Ravi Rampaul
WI
5.27
163
Edgar Schiferli
NED
5.33
164
Allan Donald
SA
5.36
165
Sean Ervine
ZIM
5.36
166
Chris Cairns
NZ
5.37
167
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.38
168
Adeel Raja
NED
5.39
169
Louis Burger
NAM
5.40
170
Matthew Walker
NZ
5.41
171
Shahid Afridi
PAK
5.43
172
Deon Kotze
NAM
5.45
173
Lance Klusener
SA
5.48
174
Davis Joseph
CAN
5.48
175
Tim de Leede
NED
5.52
176
Gary Brent
ZIM
5.53
177
Russel Arnold
SL
5.61
178
Travis Friend
ZIM
5.73
179
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
5.85
180
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
5.85
181
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
5.86
182
Burton van Rooi
NAM
5.95
183
Rudi van Vuuren
NAM
5.96
184
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
6.11
185
Michael Mason
NZ
6.17
186
Bjorn Kotze
NAM
6.42
187
Tony Suji
KEN
6.42
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