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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
273 entries
1
1.71
Younis Khan
PAK
0.38 clear of Jason Gillespie
2
2.09
Jason Gillespie
AUS
0.38 off the lead
3
2.25
Ashwell Prince
SA
0.54 off the lead
● LEADS
Younis Khan
PAK
1.71 · 0.38 better than Gillespie
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Khan is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.97
The mark at number ten — 263 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
8 of the top 50 · 14 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
273 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Younis Khan
PAK
1.71
2
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.09
3
Ashwell Prince
SA
2.25
4
Andre Botha
IRE
2.30
5
Mark Cosgrove
AUS
2.60
6
Shaun Udal
ENG
2.66
7
Corey Collymore
WI
2.72
8
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.82
9
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.82
10
Jacob Oram
NZ
2.97
11
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.99
12
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.99
13
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
3.00
14
Anil Kumble
IND
3.05
15
Abdur Rehman
PAK
3.07
16
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.09
17
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.10
18
Jon Lewis
ENG
3.11
19
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.12
20
Shane Warne
AUS
3.13
21
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.15
22
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
3.16
23
Ashley Giles
ENG
3.20
24
Michael Yardy
ENG
3.23
25
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
3.24
26
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3.24
27
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
3.25
28
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3.26
29
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.28
30
Rawl Lewis
WI
3.30
31
Nicky Boje
SA
3.30
32
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
3.31
33
Tushar Imran
BAN
3.33
34
Daren Powell
WI
3.37
35
Virender Sehwag
IND
3.39
36
Pedro Collins
WI
3.39
37
Chris Martin
NZ
3.39
38
Stuart Clark
AUS
3.40
39
Chris Gayle
WI
3.41
40
Dwayne Leverock
BER
3.45
41
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
3.46
42
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3.47
43
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.48
44
Ricky Ponting
AUS
3.50
44
Glen Chapple
ENG
3.50
45
Kyle Mills
NZ
3.50
46
Abdur Razzak
BAN
3.50
47
Munaf Patel
IND
3.53
48
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3.55
49
Andre Nel
SA
3.57
50
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3.57
51
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
3.63
52
John Davison
CAN
3.67
52
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
3.67
53
Ian Bradshaw
WI
3.69
54
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.69
55
Hasantha Fernando
SL
3.73
56
Steven Outerbridge
BER
3.75
57
Piyush Chawla
IND
3.76
58
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
3.78
59
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.79
60
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.80
61
Boyd Rankin
ENG
3.83
62
Umar Gul
PAK
3.85
63
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.85
64
Syed Rasel
BAN
3.85
65
Ian Blackwell
ENG
3.86
66
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
3.87
67
Brett Lee
AUS
3.87
68
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
3.88
69
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.89
70
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3.90
71
Gordon Goudie
SCO
3.90
72
Steve Tikolo
KEN
3.92
73
Umar Bhatti
CAN
3.93
74
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
3.95
75
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3.95
76
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3.96
77
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3.98
78
Hashim Amla
SA
4.00
78
Taufeeq Umar
PAK
4.00
78
Chamara Silva
SL
4.00
78
Craig Wright
SCO
4.00
79
Shane Bond
NZ
4.00
80
Austin Codrington
CAN
4.00
81
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.03
82
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.04
83
James Franklin
NZ
4.05
84
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.06
85
Dan Cullen
AUS
4.08
86
Sean Williams
ZIM
4.08
87
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.09
88
Dave Mohammed
WI
4.11
89
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.12
90
Lasith Malinga
SL
4.13
91
Jerome Taylor
WI
4.13
92
Durand Soraine
CAN
4.14
93
Brijal Patel
KEN
4.15
94
Farveez Maharoof
SL
4.15
95
George Codrington
CAN
4.16
96
Steven Welsh
CAN
4.17
97
Daan van Bunge
NED
4.18
98
Kevin Sandher
CAN
4.19
99
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.20
100
Paul Mooney
IRE
4.20
101
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
4.22
101
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
4.22
102
Imran Farhat
PAK
4.24
103
Sreesanth
IND
4.25
104
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
4.25
105
Malinga Bandara
SL
4.28
106
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.30
107
Michael Hussey
AUS
4.30
108
Irfan Pathan
IND
4.30
109
Dinesh Mongia
IND
4.32
110
Fidel Edwards
WI
4.32
111
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.33
112
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
4.33
113
Liam Plunkett
ENG
4.34
114
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
4.34
115
Mark Jonkman
NED
4.35
116
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
4.35
117
Dale Steyn
SA
4.36
118
Scott Styris
NZ
4.37
119
Andrew Hall
SA
4.38
120
Dwayne Smith
WI
4.39
121
Glenn Rogers
SCO
4.40
122
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.41
123
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.41
124
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
4.43
125
Vikram Singh
IND
4.48
126
Andrew Symonds
AUS
4.49
127
Salman Butt
PAK
4.50
128
Troy Taylor
CIS
4.50
129
Ramesh Powar
IND
4.51
130
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4.51
131
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
4.52
132
Trent Johnston
IRE
4.52
133
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4.53
134
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
4.53
135
Henry Osinde
CAN
4.54
136
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.55
137
Nathan Bracken
AUS
4.57
138
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.60
139
Morne Morkel
SA
4.63
139
James Anderson
ENG
4.63
140
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.63
141
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
4.63
142
Dougie Brown
ENG
4.64
143
Dewald Nel
SCO
4.65
144
Michael Clarke
AUS
4.67
145
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
4.67
146
Tim de Leede
NED
4.67
147
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.77
148
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
4.78
149
Robin Peterson
SA
4.78
150
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.79
151
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
4.80
152
Shane Watson
AUS
4.81
153
RP Singh
IND
4.81
154
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.81
155
John Mooney
IRE
4.86
156
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
4.86
157
Janeiro Tucker
BER
4.87
157
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4.87
158
Kevin Hurdle
BER
4.88
159
Graeme Smith
SA
4.90
160
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.91
161
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
4.92
162
Irving Romaine
BER
4.93
163
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4.96
164
Hasan Durham
BER
4.96
165
Daren Ganga
WI
5.00
165
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
5.00
165
Gareth Batty
ENG
5.00
165
Justin Kemp
SA
5.00
166
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
5.02
167
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
5.04
168
Rajin Saleh
BAN
5.05
169
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
5.07
170
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
5.08
171
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
5.10
172
Charl Langeveldt
SA
5.11
173
David Hemp
BER
5.12
174
Alok Kapali
BAN
5.14
175
James Hopes
AUS
5.14
176
Arshad Khan
PAK
5.14
177
Farhad Reza
BAN
5.16
178
John Blain
SCO
5.22
178
Jacques Rudolph
SA
5.22
179
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
5.32
180
Keegan Meth
ZIM
5.33
180
Delyone Borden
BER
5.33
180
Brad Hodge
AUS
5.33
181
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
5.34
182
Luuk van Troost
NED
5.38
183
Johan Botha
SA
5.39
184
Brett Dorey
AUS
5.41
185
Pieter Seelaar
NED
5.43
186
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
5.43
187
Qaiser Ali
CAN
5.48
188
Dhammika Prasad
SL
5.52
189
Gregory Strydom
ZIM
5.55
190
Ruchira Perera
SL
5.56
191
Mark Gillespie
NZ
5.57
192
Stuart Broad
ENG
5.58
193
Josephat Ababu
KEN
5.63
194
Darron Reekers
NED
5.63
195
Steve Massiah
USA
5.64
196
Michael Mason
NZ
5.65
197
Alfred Luseno
KEN
5.66
198
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
5.66
199
Manzarul Islam
BAN
5.67
200
Sandeep Jyoti
CAN
5.80
201
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
5.83
202
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
5.84
203
Chris Cairns
NZ
5.84
204
Andrew White
IRE
5.85
205
Billy Stelling
NED
5.86
206
Zishan Shah
DEN
5.86
207
Ryan Steede
BER
5.95
208
Piet Rinke
ZIM
5.97
209
Alex Loudon
ENG
6.00
209
Wavell Hinds
WI
6.00
209
Albie Morkel
SA
6.00
210
Vikram Solanki
ENG
6.02
211
Ross Lyons
SCO
6.09
212
Rikki Clarke
ENG
6.10
213
Mohammad Kashif
NED
6.10
214
Deighton Butler
WI
6.11
215
Martin Suji
KEN
6.14
216
Peter Borren
NED
6.14
217
Stefan Kelly
BER
6.17
218
Runako Morton
WI
6.20
219
Garnett Kruger
SA
6.22
220
Yasir Arafat
PAK
6.23
221
Andre Adams
NZ
6.23
222
Majid Haq
SCO
6.33
223
Johan van der Wath
SA
6.38
224
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
6.38
225
Roger Telemachus
SA
6.39
226
Don Maxwell
CAN
6.44
227
Jignesh Desai
USA
6.50
228
Jehan Mubarak
SL
6.67
229
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
6.70
230
Abdool Samad
CAN
6.75
231
Darren Gough
ENG
6.77
232
Mick Lewis
AUS
6.78
233
AB de Villiers
SA
6.80
233
Kalpesh Patel
KEN
6.80
234
Malachi Jones
BER
6.83
235
Tony Suji
KEN
6.86
236
Tino Best
WI
7.00
236
Tim Bresnan
ENG
7.00
237
Ryan Watson
SCO
7.07
238
Murali Kartik
IND
7.11
239
Ian Bell
ENG
7.15
240
Russel Arnold
SL
7.25
241
Kabir Ali
ENG
7.39
242
Esteban Nino
ARG
7.39
243
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
7.50
244
Monde Zondeki
SA
7.54
245
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
7.67
246
Tyron Henderson
SA
7.75
247
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
8.43
248
Tapash Baisya
BAN
8.60
249
Akalanka Ganegama
SL
8.71
250
Lendl Simmons
WI
9.00
251
Suresh Raina
IND
10.00
252
Collins Obuya
KEN
11.18
253
Gautam Gambhir
IND
13.00
253
MS Dhoni
IND
13.00
254
Tanmay Mishra
KEN
20.00
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