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Best Economy in 2006: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 2006, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
2006
216 entries
1
2.09
Jason Gillespie
AUS
0.55 clear of Shaun Udal
3
2.64
Shaun Udal
ENG
0.55 off the lead
4
2.72
Corey Collymore
WI
0.63 off the lead
● LEADS
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.09 · 0.55 better than Udal
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Gillespie is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.04
The mark at number ten — 206 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
7 of the top 50 · 15 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
216 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.09
2
Not on record
CIS
2.63
3
Shaun Udal
ENG
2.64
4
Corey Collymore
WI
2.72
5
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.81
6
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.82
7
Jacob Oram
NZ
2.97
8
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.98
9
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.98
10
Anil Kumble
IND
3.04
11
Abdur Rehman
PAK
3.07
12
Not on record
CAN
3.08
13
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.08
14
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.10
15
Jon Lewis
ENG
3.11
16
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.11
17
Shane Warne
AUS
3.12
18
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.15
19
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
3.16
20
Ashley Giles
ENG
3.20
21
Michael Yardy
ENG
3.23
22
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
3.23
23
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3.24
24
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3.26
25
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.28
26
Nicky Boje
SA
3.30
27
Rawl Lewis
WI
3.30
28
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
3.31
29
Daren Powell
WI
3.36
30
Virender Sehwag
IND
3.38
31
Pedro Collins
WI
3.38
32
Chris Martin
NZ
3.38
33
Stuart Clark
AUS
3.40
34
Chris Gayle
WI
3.41
35
Dwayne Leverock
BER
3.43
36
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
3.45
37
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3.46
38
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.48
39
Kyle Mills
NZ
3.48
40
Abdur Razzak
BAN
3.49
41
Munaf Patel
IND
3.53
42
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3.54
43
Andre Nel
SA
3.56
44
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3.57
45
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
3.63
46
John Davison
CAN
3.67
47
Ian Bradshaw
WI
3.69
48
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.69
49
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
3.78
50
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.79
51
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.80
52
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.84
53
Umar Gul
PAK
3.84
54
Syed Rasel
BAN
3.85
55
Brett Lee
AUS
3.85
56
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
3.86
57
Ian Blackwell
ENG
3.86
58
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3.87
59
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.89
60
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3.90
61
Steve Tikolo
KEN
3.90
62
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
3.93
63
Umar Bhatti
CAN
3.93
64
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3.94
65
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3.95
66
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3.96
67
Shane Bond
NZ
3.99
68
Austin Codrington
CAN
3.99
69
Craig Wright
SCO
4.00
70
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.02
71
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.04
72
James Franklin
NZ
4.05
73
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.05
74
Dan Cullen
AUS
4.06
75
Sean Williams
ZIM
4.08
76
Dave Mohammed
WI
4.09
77
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.09
78
Lasith Malinga
SL
4.11
79
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.11
80
Jerome Taylor
WI
4.12
81
Farveez Maharoof
SL
4.14
82
George Codrington
CAN
4.16
83
Steven Welsh
CAN
4.17
84
Kevin Sandher
CAN
4.18
85
Daan van Bunge
NED
4.18
86
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.18
87
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
4.19
88
Not on record
DEN
4.21
89
Sreesanth
IND
4.23
90
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
4.25
91
Malinga Bandara
SL
4.28
92
Not on record
ITL
4.29
93
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.29
94
Irfan Pathan
IND
4.30
95
Michael Hussey
AUS
4.30
96
Fidel Edwards
WI
4.30
97
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.31
98
Dinesh Mongia
IND
4.32
99
Liam Plunkett
ENG
4.33
100
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
4.33
101
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
4.33
102
Dale Steyn
SA
4.34
103
Mark Jonkman
NED
4.35
104
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
4.35
105
Andrew Hall
SA
4.36
106
Scott Styris
NZ
4.37
107
Dwayne Smith
WI
4.38
108
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.39
109
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.41
110
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
4.41
111
Troy Taylor
CIS
4.48
112
Vikram Singh
IND
4.48
113
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
4.48
114
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.49
115
Ramesh Powar
IND
4.50
116
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4.51
117
Trent Johnston
IRE
4.52
118
Henry Osinde
CAN
4.52
119
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
4.53
120
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.55
121
Nathan Bracken
AUS
4.56
122
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.58
123
Dewald Nel
SCO
4.59
124
James Anderson
ENG
4.61
125
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
4.62
126
Morne Morkel
SA
4.63
127
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
4.63
128
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.63
129
Dougie Brown
ENG
4.64
130
Tim de Leede
NED
4.65
131
Michael Clarke
AUS
4.66
132
Not on record
DEN
4.68
133
Robin Peterson
SA
4.74
134
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
4.74
135
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.76
136
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.77
137
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
4.79
138
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.80
139
Shane Watson
AUS
4.81
140
RP Singh
IND
4.81
141
John Mooney
IRE
4.86
142
Kevin Hurdle
BER
4.86
143
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
4.86
144
Irving Romaine
BER
4.86
145
Janeiro Tucker
BER
4.87
145
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4.87
146
Not on record
CIS
4.90
147
Graeme Smith
SA
4.90
148
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.91
149
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
4.91
150
Hasan Durham
BER
4.92
151
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4.93
152
Justin Kemp
SA
4.97
153
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
4.98
154
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
5.01
155
Rajin Saleh
BAN
5.02
156
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
5.02
157
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
5.02
158
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
5.07
159
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
5.08
160
Alok Kapali
BAN
5.10
161
Charl Langeveldt
SA
5.11
162
James Hopes
AUS
5.14
163
Farhad Reza
BAN
5.16
164
George O'Brien
BER
5.21
165
John Blain
SCO
5.22
166
Not on record
CIS
5.28
167
Not on record
DEN
5.29
168
Not on record
DEN
5.29
169
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
5.30
170
Johan Botha
SA
5.37
171
Not on record
ITL
5.38
172
Luuk van Troost
NED
5.38
173
Brett Dorey
AUS
5.41
174
Pieter Seelaar
NED
5.43
175
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
5.43
176
Dhammika Prasad
SL
5.52
177
Stuart Broad
ENG
5.55
178
Mark Gillespie
NZ
5.55
179
Ruchira Perera
SL
5.56
180
Josephat Ababu
KEN
5.63
181
Darron Reekers
NED
5.63
182
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
5.64
183
Michael Mason
NZ
5.65
184
Alfred Luseno
KEN
5.66
185
Chris Cairns
NZ
5.84
186
Zishan Shah
DEN
5.84
187
Billy Stelling
NED
5.86
188
Piet Rinke
ZIM
5.91
189
Not on record
ITL
5.92
190
Ryan Steede
BER
5.95
191
Not on record
ARG
6.00
191
Wavell Hinds
WI
6.00
192
Ross Lyons
SCO
6.07
193
Mohammad Kashif
NED
6.10
194
Stefan Kelly
BER
6.11
195
Martin Suji
KEN
6.14
196
Andre Adams
NZ
6.14
197
Peter Borren
NED
6.14
198
Garnett Kruger
SA
6.22
199
Yasir Arafat
PAK
6.23
200
Not on record
USA
6.27
201
Johan van der Wath
SA
6.36
202
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
6.38
203
Roger Telemachus
SA
6.39
204
Not on record
ARG
6.59
205
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
6.60
206
Mick Lewis
AUS
6.75
207
Abdool Samad
CAN
6.75
208
Malachi Jones
BER
6.83
209
Tony Suji
KEN
6.86
210
Tim Bresnan
ENG
7.00
211
Ryan Watson
SCO
7.07
212
Kabir Ali
ENG
7.34
213
Esteban Nino
ARG
7.39
214
Monde Zondeki
SA
7.54
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