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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
247 entries
1
1.00
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1.11 clear of Nuwan Kulasekara
2
2.11
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
1.11 off the lead
3
2.12
Craig McMillan
NZ
1.12 off the lead
● LEADS
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1.00 · 1.11 better than Kulasekara
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Tillakaratne is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.75
The mark at number ten — 237 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
247 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Hashan Tillakaratne
SL
1.00
2
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
2.11
3
Craig McMillan
NZ
2.12
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.30
5
Steve Waugh
AUS
2.42
6
Enamul Haque
BAN
2.45
7
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.55
8
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.64
9
Lakshmipathy Balaji
IND
2.73
10
Yasir Chowdhury
BAN
2.75
11
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
2.83
12
Danish Kaneria
PAK
2.87
13
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
2.88
14
Upul Chandana
SL
2.91
15
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.96
16
Aasif Karim
KEN
2.97
17
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
3.00
18
Martin Bicknell
ENG
3.01
19
Nathan Bracken
AUS
3.04
20
Gareth Batty
ENG
3.08
21
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.08
22
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.11
23
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.12
24
Ricky Ponting
AUS
3.13
25
Ashley Giles
ENG
3.14
26
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.15
27
James Kirtley
ENG
3.16
28
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.20
29
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3.23
30
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3.24
31
Martin Saggers
ENG
3.25
32
Richard Johnson
ENG
3.25
33
Paul Wiseman
NZ
3.26
34
Darren Lehmann
AUS
3.28
35
Anil Kumble
IND
3.29
36
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
3.29
37
Sarandeep Singh
IND
3.30
38
Simon Katich
AUS
3.32
39
Ray Price
ZIM
3.34
40
Omari Banks
WI
3.35
41
Andre Nel
SA
3.41
42
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.44
43
Charl Willoughby
SA
3.44
44
Robin Peterson
SA
3.45
45
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
3.47
46
Brad Williams
AUS
3.49
47
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
3.50
48
Roland Lefebvre
NED
3.53
49
Shane Bond
NZ
3.54
50
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
3.57
51
Paul Adams
SA
3.58
52
Vasbert Drakes
WI
3.59
53
Andrew Hall
SA
3.59
54
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.59
55
Martin van Jaarsveld
SA
3.60
56
Jacob Oram
NZ
3.60
57
Jerome Taylor
WI
3.61
58
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
3.61
59
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.64
60
Heath Streak
ZIM
3.64
61
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3.66
62
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3.66
63
Chris Gayle
WI
3.68
64
Corey Collymore
WI
3.69
65
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
3.69
66
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
3.73
67
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3.74
68
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.75
69
Mehrab Hossain
BAN
3.75
69
Saeed Anwar
PAK
3.75
70
Paul Collingwood
ENG
3.76
71
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.77
72
Rikki Clarke
ENG
3.77
73
Kabir Ali
ENG
3.78
74
Ian Butler
NZ
3.80
75
Daren Ganga
WI
3.81
76
Scott Styris
NZ
3.82
77
Murali Kartik
IND
3.83
78
Andy Bichel
AUS
3.83
79
Nantie Hayward
SA
3.85
80
Umar Gul
PAK
3.86
81
Fidel Edwards
WI
3.87
82
Brett Lee
AUS
3.88
83
Chris Harris
NZ
3.88
84
Darren Gough
ENG
3.89
85
Ian Blackwell
ENG
3.89
86
Martin Suji
KEN
3.90
87
Alan Dawson
SA
3.91
88
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
3.92
89
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
3.93
90
Thilan Thushara
SL
3.93
91
Graeme Smith
SA
3.94
92
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3.96
93
Damien Martyn
AUS
3.97
94
Craig White
ENG
3.98
95
Brad Hogg
AUS
3.99
96
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
4.00
97
Jermaine Lawson
WI
4.00
98
Wavell Hinds
WI
4.02
99
Alok Kapali
BAN
4.05
100
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.05
101
James Anderson
ENG
4.05
102
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4.06
103
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.08
104
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.08
105
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.09
106
Michael Vaughan
ENG
4.11
107
Daren Powell
WI
4.11
108
Prabath Nissanka
SL
4.11
109
Monde Zondeki
SA
4.12
110
Ashish Nehra
IND
4.13
111
Henry Olonga
ZIM
4.14
112
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4.18
113
Jacques Rudolph
SA
4.19
114
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.20
115
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.20
116
Andy Caddick
ENG
4.22
117
Trevor Gripper
ZIM
4.23
118
Aavishkar Salvi
IND
4.23
119
Mark Butcher
ENG
4.23
120
Anthony McGrath
ENG
4.23
121
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.25
122
Dewald Pretorius
SA
4.26
123
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.27
124
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
4.28
125
Dinusha Fernando
SL
4.29
126
Shane Warne
AUS
4.30
127
Rajin Saleh
BAN
4.30
128
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.31
129
Mohammad Zahid
PAK
4.32
130
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4.33
131
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
4.33
132
Richard Dawson
ENG
4.35
133
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.38
134
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.38
135
Dinesh Mongia
IND
4.39
136
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
4.40
137
Ryan Hurley
WI
4.44
138
Adam Sanford
WI
4.45
139
John Davison
CAN
4.45
140
Virender Sehwag
IND
4.46
141
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
4.46
142
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.48
143
Sanjay Bangar
IND
4.48
144
Tapash Baisya
BAN
4.50
145
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.51
146
Anwar Hossain Monir
BAN
4.52
147
Ian Harvey
AUS
4.53
148
Thilan Samaraweera
SL
4.56
149
Gavin Rennie
ZIM
4.57
150
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4.59
151
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
4.63
152
Brian Murphy
ZIM
4.63
153
Collins Obuya
KEN
4.69
154
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
4.70
155
Irfan Pathan
IND
4.71
156
Steve Tikolo
KEN
4.71
157
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
4.75
158
Pedro Collins
WI
4.76
159
Amit Mishra
IND
4.79
160
Nicky Boje
SA
4.79
161
Ronnie Irani
ENG
4.81
162
Shane Watson
AUS
4.84
163
Manzarul Islam
BAN
4.87
164
Habibul Bashar
BAN
4.88
165
Alamgir Kabir
BAN
4.93
166
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.93
167
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.94
168
Charitha Buddhika
SL
4.94
169
Tino Best
WI
4.95
170
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
4.97
171
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.98
172
Marcus Trescothick
ENG
5.00
173
Carl Hooper
WI
5.03
174
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.05
175
Michael Clarke
AUS
5.08
176
Ricardo Powell
WI
5.08
177
Ishwar Maraj
CAN
5.12
178
Tama Canning
NZ
5.13
178
Andre Adams
NZ
5.13
179
Austin Codrington
CAN
5.16
180
Yuvraj Singh
IND
5.16
181
Waqar Younis
PAK
5.16
182
Gavin Ewing
ZIM
5.21
183
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
5.24
184
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
5.27
185
Ravi Rampaul
WI
5.27
186
Junaid Zia
PAK
5.27
187
Hemang Badani
IND
5.30
188
Edgar Schiferli
NED
5.33
189
Dharshana Gamage
SL
5.35
190
Chris Cairns
NZ
5.37
191
Sean Ervine
ZIM
5.38
192
Louis Burger
NAM
5.40
193
Matthew Walker
NZ
5.41
194
Chamila Gamage
SL
5.42
195
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.43
196
Allan Donald
SA
5.43
197
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
5.44
198
Deon Kotze
NAM
5.45
199
Adeel Raja
NED
5.47
200
Shahid Afridi
PAK
5.48
201
Lance Klusener
SA
5.48
202
Davis Joseph
CAN
5.48
203
Gary Brent
ZIM
5.53
204
Tim de Leede
NED
5.56
205
Russel Arnold
SL
5.64
206
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
5.76
207
Travis Friend
ZIM
5.77
208
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
5.85
209
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
5.85
210
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
5.86
211
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
5.92
212
David Bernard
WI
5.93
213
Burton van Rooi
NAM
5.95
214
Rudi van Vuuren
NAM
5.96
215
Lennie Louw
NAM
6.00
215
Richard Sims
ZIM
6.00
215
Younis Khan
PAK
6.00
216
Sarel Burger
NAM
6.09
217
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
6.13
218
Michael Mason
NZ
6.17
219
Nixon McLean
WI
6.33
220
Bjorn Kotze
NAM
6.42
221
Tony Suji
KEN
6.42
222
Alfred Luseno
KEN
6.50
222
Jan-Berrie Burger
NAM
6.50
223
Nicholas de Groot
CAN
6.62
224
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
6.67
225
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
6.85
226
Jamaluddin Ahmed
BAN
7.00
226
Joseph Angara
KEN
7.00
226
Talha Jubair
BAN
7.00
227
Daan van Bunge
NED
7.08
228
Barry Seebaran
CAN
7.22
229
Ashish Patel
CAN
7.30
230
Nicholas Ifill
CAN
7.33
230
Luuk van Troost
NED
7.33
231
Tareq Aziz
BAN
7.36
232
Imran Farhat
PAK
8.00
232
Sairaj Bahutule
IND
8.00
233
Yasir Hameed
PAK
10.00
233
Saleem Elahi
PAK
10.00
234
Barney Rogers
ZIM
10.67
235
Brian Lara
WI
15.00
236
Dion Ebrahim
ZIM
25.00
237
Hannan Sarkar
BAN
43.33
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