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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.
ODI
2003
148 entries
1
2.96
Aasif Karim
KEN
0.34 clear of Sarandeep Singh
2
3.30
Sarandeep Singh
IND
0.34 off the lead
3
3.30
Jason Gillespie
AUS
0.34 off the lead
● LEADS
Aasif Karim
KEN
2.96 · 0.34 better than Singh
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Karim is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.68
The mark at number ten — 138 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
India
8 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
148 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Aasif Karim
KEN
2.96
2
Sarandeep Singh
IND
3.30
3
Jason Gillespie
AUS
3.30
4
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.33
5
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.35
6
Nathan Bracken
AUS
3.51
7
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.52
8
Roland Lefebvre
NED
3.53
9
Richard Johnson
ENG
3.57
10
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3.68
11
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.69
12
Shane Bond
NZ
3.70
13
Javagal Srinath
IND
3.73
14
Shabbir Ahmed
PAK
3.78
15
Ray Price
ZIM
3.78
16
Darren Gough
ENG
3.78
17
Monde Zondeki
SA
3.80
18
Murali Kartik
IND
3.83
19
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.86
20
Chris Harris
NZ
3.86
21
Ian Blackwell
ENG
3.89
22
Martin Suji
KEN
3.90
23
Kumar Dharmasena
SL
3.90
24
Ashley Giles
ENG
3.91
25
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.92
26
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
3.92
27
Andy Caddick
ENG
3.96
28
Craig White
ENG
3.98
29
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
4.01
30
Mushfiqur Rahman
BAN
4.04
31
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.04
32
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4.06
33
Paul Adams
SA
4.17
34
Brad Williams
AUS
4.17
35
Danish Kaneria
PAK
4.17
36
Aavishkar Salvi
IND
4.19
37
Makhaya Ntini
SA
4.19
38
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.20
39
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.23
40
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.23
41
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.24
42
Heath Streak
ZIM
4.25
43
Scott Styris
NZ
4.29
44
Shane Warne
AUS
4.30
45
Jacob Oram
NZ
4.30
46
Anil Kumble
IND
4.31
47
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.33
48
Andrew Hall
SA
4.36
49
Corey Collymore
WI
4.38
50
Dinesh Mongia
IND
4.38
51
Feiko Kloppenburg
NED
4.38
52
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.39
53
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.39
54
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
4.40
55
Andy Bichel
AUS
4.42
56
Andre Nel
SA
4.43
57
Ryan Hurley
WI
4.44
58
Chris Gayle
WI
4.44
59
Ashish Nehra
IND
4.44
60
John Davison
CAN
4.45
61
Prabath Nissanka
SL
4.46
62
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.48
63
Ian Harvey
AUS
4.49
64
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.50
65
Vasbert Drakes
WI
4.50
66
Alan Dawson
SA
4.51
67
Brett Lee
AUS
4.51
68
Mervyn Dillon
WI
4.54
69
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.54
70
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.56
71
James Anderson
ENG
4.57
72
Dougie Marillier
ZIM
4.59
73
Alok Kapali
BAN
4.59
74
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.60
75
Umar Gul
PAK
4.62
76
Brian Murphy
ZIM
4.63
77
Collins Obuya
KEN
4.67
78
Darren Lehmann
AUS
4.68
79
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.68
80
Steve Tikolo
KEN
4.70
81
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
4.72
82
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.73
83
Manjurul Islam
BAN
4.74
84
Ronnie Irani
ENG
4.81
85
Robin Peterson
SA
4.83
86
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.84
87
Shane Watson
AUS
4.84
88
Douglas Hondo
ZIM
4.84
89
Anthony McGrath
ENG
4.85
90
Wavell Hinds
WI
4.85
91
Rikki Clarke
ENG
4.85
92
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.90
93
Sanwar Hossain
BAN
4.93
94
Charitha Buddhika
SL
4.94
95
Omari Banks
WI
4.96
96
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
NED
4.97
97
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.98
98
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.02
99
Carl Hooper
WI
5.03
100
Andre Adams
NZ
5.05
101
Michael Clarke
AUS
5.08
102
Ricardo Powell
WI
5.08
103
Virender Sehwag
IND
5.10
104
Tama Canning
NZ
5.13
105
Michael Vaughan
ENG
5.14
106
Jacques Kallis
SA
5.15
107
Austin Codrington
CAN
5.16
108
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
5.18
109
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
5.24
110
Yuvraj Singh
IND
5.25
111
Junaid Zia
PAK
5.26
112
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
5.27
113
Ravi Rampaul
WI
5.27
114
Nicky Boje
SA
5.31
115
Edgar Schiferli
NED
5.33
116
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5.34
117
Allan Donald
SA
5.36
118
Andy Blignaut
ZIM
5.36
119
Guy Whittall
ZIM
5.38
120
Adeel Raja
NED
5.39
121
Louis Burger
NAM
5.40
122
Matthew Walker
NZ
5.41
123
Shahid Afridi
PAK
5.43
124
Deon Kotze
NAM
5.45
125
Lance Klusener
SA
5.48
126
Davis Joseph
CAN
5.48
127
Tim de Leede
NED
5.52
128
Gary Brent
ZIM
5.53
129
Russel Arnold
SL
5.61
130
Rajin Saleh
BAN
5.64
131
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
5.66
132
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
5.69
133
Tapash Baisya
BAN
5.78
134
Pedro Collins
WI
5.81
135
Sean Ervine
ZIM
5.85
136
Kerry Walmsley
NZ
5.85
137
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
5.85
138
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
5.86
139
Waqar Younis
PAK
5.87
140
Chris Cairns
NZ
5.89
141
Burton van Rooi
NAM
5.95
142
Rudi van Vuuren
NAM
5.96
143
Pulasthi Gunaratne
SL
6.11
144
Michael Mason
NZ
6.17
145
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
6.35
146
Bjorn Kotze
NAM
6.42
147
Tony Suji
KEN
6.42
148
Steve Harmison
ENG
7.36
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