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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.
ODI
2006
284 entries
1
2.30
Andre Botha
IRE
0.30 clear of Mark Cosgrove
2
2.60
Mark Cosgrove
AUS
0.30 off the lead
4
2.94
Michael Yardy
ENG
0.64 off the lead
● LEADS
Andre Botha
IRE
2.30 · 0.30 better than Cosgrove
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Botha is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.23
The mark at number ten — 274 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Canada
8 of the top 50 · 18 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
284 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Andre Botha
IRE
2.30
2
Mark Cosgrove
AUS
2.60
3
Not on record
CIS
2.63
4
Michael Yardy
ENG
2.94
5
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.98
6
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
3.00
7
Abdur Rehman
PAK
3.07
8
Not on record
CAN
3.08
9
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
3.16
10
Jon Lewis
ENG
3.23
11
Mluleki Nkala
ZIM
3.25
12
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
3.31
13
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.33
14
Tushar Imran
BAN
3.33
15
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3.38
16
Not on record
CAN
3.44
17
Dwayne Leverock
BER
3.45
18
Not on record
USA
3.47
19
Glen Chapple
ENG
3.50
20
Abdur Razzak
BAN
3.52
21
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3.57
22
Gary Brent
ZIM
3.61
23
Paul Hoffmann
SCO
3.63
24
John Davison
CAN
3.67
24
Anil Kumble
IND
3.67
25
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
3.68
26
Not on record
DEN
3.69
27
Sean Williams
ZIM
3.72
28
Hasantha Fernando
SL
3.73
29
Steven Outerbridge
BER
3.75
30
Corey Collymore
WI
3.79
31
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
3.80
32
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
3.83
33
Boyd Rankin
ENG
3.83
34
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3.90
35
Ian Blackwell
ENG
3.90
36
Gordon Goudie
SCO
3.90
37
Steve Tikolo
KEN
3.92
38
Umar Bhatti
CAN
3.93
39
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
3.95
40
Jacob Oram
NZ
3.98
41
Craig Wright
SCO
4.00
42
Austin Codrington
CAN
4.00
43
Daniel Vettori
NZ
4.03
44
Ian Bradshaw
WI
4.04
45
Mohammad Asif
PAK
4.05
46
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.06
47
Syed Rasel
BAN
4.10
48
Durand Soraine
CAN
4.14
48
Not on record
DEN
4.14
49
Brijal Patel
KEN
4.15
50
Daren Powell
WI
4.15
51
George Codrington
CAN
4.16
52
Harbhajan Singh
IND
4.16
53
Dan Cullen
AUS
4.16
54
Steven Welsh
CAN
4.17
54
Not on record
USA
4.17
55
Daan van Bunge
NED
4.18
56
Kevin Sandher
CAN
4.19
57
Michael Hussey
AUS
4.20
58
Paul Mooney
IRE
4.20
59
Ryan Higgins
ZIM
4.22
59
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
4.22
60
Chris Gayle
WI
4.22
61
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.23
62
Not on record
DEN
4.25
63
Jamie Dalrymple
ENG
4.25
63
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
4.25
64
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.26
65
Not on record
ITL
4.29
66
Dinesh Mongia
IND
4.32
67
Saleem Mukuddem
BER
4.33
68
Mark Jonkman
NED
4.35
69
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.35
70
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4.36
71
Makhaya Ntini
SA
4.37
72
Andre Nel
SA
4.37
73
Danish Kaneria
PAK
4.38
74
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4.40
74
Glenn Rogers
SCO
4.40
75
Dave Mohammed
WI
4.42
76
Shane Bond
NZ
4.42
77
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
4.42
78
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.43
79
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.45
80
Robin Peterson
SA
4.46
81
Nathan Bracken
AUS
4.46
82
Troy Taylor
CIS
4.50
83
Ramesh Powar
IND
4.51
84
Trent Johnston
IRE
4.52
85
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4.53
86
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
4.53
87
Henry Osinde
CAN
4.54
88
Not on record
DEN
4.55
89
Shane Watson
AUS
4.55
90
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.56
91
Jeetan Patel
NZ
4.56
92
Umar Gul
PAK
4.58
93
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.60
94
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
4.62
95
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
4.63
96
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
SL
4.63
97
Dwayne Smith
WI
4.63
98
Dougie Brown
ENG
4.64
99
Dewald Nel
SCO
4.65
100
Lasith Malinga
SL
4.65
101
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.67
102
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
4.67
103
Tim de Leede
NED
4.67
104
Not on record
DEN
4.68
105
Not on record
ARG
4.68
106
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.70
107
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4.70
108
Farveez Maharoof
SL
4.70
109
Munaf Patel
IND
4.72
110
Fidel Edwards
WI
4.72
111
Virender Sehwag
IND
4.73
112
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4.74
113
Brett Lee
AUS
4.75
114
Ajit Agarkar
IND
4.75
115
Ronald Ebanks
CIS
4.78
116
Malinga Bandara
SL
4.81
117
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.83
118
John Mooney
IRE
4.86
119
Jerome Taylor
WI
4.86
120
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
4.86
121
Janeiro Tucker
BER
4.87
121
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4.87
122
Kevin Hurdle
BER
4.88
123
Anthony Ireland
ZIM
4.89
124
Not on record
CIS
4.90
125
Blessing Mahwire
ZIM
4.92
126
Irving Romaine
BER
4.93
127
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.93
128
Graeme Smith
SA
4.95
129
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.95
130
Andrew Hall
SA
4.96
131
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4.96
132
Johan Botha
SA
4.96
133
Hasan Durham
BER
4.96
134
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
5.00
134
Justin Kemp
SA
5.00
134
Gareth Batty
ENG
5.00
135
James Hopes
AUS
5.02
136
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
5.07
137
James Franklin
NZ
5.07
138
Irfan Pathan
IND
5.07
139
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
5.07
140
Not on record
USA
5.08
141
David Hemp
BER
5.12
142
Arshad Khan
PAK
5.14
143
Dwayne Bravo
WI
5.15
144
Farhad Reza
BAN
5.16
145
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
5.17
146
George O'Brien
BER
5.21
147
Alok Kapali
BAN
5.22
148
Ruchira Perera
SL
5.22
149
John Blain
SCO
5.22
150
Stuart Broad
ENG
5.23
151
James Anderson
ENG
5.26
152
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
5.27
153
Not on record
CIS
5.28
154
Not on record
ITL
5.29
155
Not on record
DEN
5.29
156
Mohammad Sami
PAK
5.30
157
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
5.32
158
Brad Hodge
AUS
5.33
158
Keegan Meth
ZIM
5.33
158
Delyone Borden
BER
5.33
159
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
5.34
160
Not on record
DEN
5.36
161
Not on record
DEN
5.38
162
Not on record
ITL
5.38
163
Luuk van Troost
NED
5.38
164
Michael Clarke
AUS
5.38
165
Brett Dorey
AUS
5.41
166
Rajin Saleh
BAN
5.41
167
Pieter Seelaar
NED
5.43
168
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
ZIM
5.43
169
Qaiser Ali
CAN
5.48
170
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
5.50
171
Sreesanth
IND
5.50
172
Dhammika Prasad
SL
5.52
173
Andrew Symonds
AUS
5.53
174
Gregory Strydom
ZIM
5.55
175
Not on record
CAN
5.56
176
Charl Langeveldt
SA
5.57
177
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
5.57
178
Michael Mason
NZ
5.60
179
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
5.61
180
Liam Plunkett
ENG
5.62
181
Not on record
CAN
5.63
181
Josephat Ababu
KEN
5.63
182
Darron Reekers
NED
5.63
183
Steve Massiah
USA
5.64
183
Rawl Lewis
WI
5.64
184
Andre Adams
NZ
5.65
185
Alfred Luseno
KEN
5.66
186
Manzarul Islam
BAN
5.67
187
Stuart Clark
AUS
5.68
188
RP Singh
IND
5.68
188
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
5.68
189
Scott Styris
NZ
5.69
190
Not on record
CIS
5.71
191
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
5.75
192
Mark Gillespie
NZ
5.79
193
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5.79
194
Sandeep Jyoti
CAN
5.80
195
Chris Cairns
NZ
5.81
196
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
5.83
197
Andrew White
IRE
5.85
198
Billy Stelling
NED
5.86
199
Zishan Shah
DEN
5.86
200
Deighton Butler
WI
5.88
201
Roger Telemachus
SA
5.92
202
Not on record
ITL
5.92
203
Zaheer Khan
IND
5.95
204
Ryan Steede
BER
5.95
205
Piet Rinke
ZIM
5.97
206
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
5.99
207
Steve Harmison
ENG
6.00
207
Darren Gough
ENG
6.00
207
Wavell Hinds
WI
6.00
207
Not on record
ARG
6.00
207
Alex Loudon
ENG
6.00
208
Vikram Solanki
ENG
6.02
209
Garnett Kruger
SA
6.04
210
Ross Lyons
SCO
6.09
211
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
6.09
212
Rikki Clarke
ENG
6.10
213
Mohammad Kashif
NED
6.10
214
Martin Suji
KEN
6.14
215
Peter Borren
NED
6.14
216
Not on record
ARG
6.17
217
Stefan Kelly
BER
6.17
218
Chris Martin
NZ
6.20
219
Yasir Arafat
PAK
6.23
220
Johan van der Wath
SA
6.28
221
Not on record
USA
6.31
222
Not on record
ARG
6.33
222
Majid Haq
SCO
6.33
223
Don Maxwell
CAN
6.44
224
Jignesh Desai
USA
6.50
225
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
6.60
226
Jehan Mubarak
SL
6.67
227
Not on record
ARG
6.68
228
Monde Zondeki
SA
6.74
229
Abdool Samad
CAN
6.75
230
Tim Bresnan
ENG
6.76
231
Mick Lewis
AUS
6.79
232
Kalpesh Patel
KEN
6.80
233
Not on record
ITL
6.82
234
Malachi Jones
BER
6.83
235
Tony Suji
KEN
6.86
236
Not on record
ITL
6.86
237
Not on record
ITL
6.88
238
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
6.94
239
Tino Best
WI
7.00
240
Ryan Watson
SCO
7.07
241
Murali Kartik
IND
7.11
242
Not on record
CIS
7.17
243
Ian Bell
ENG
7.18
244
Russel Arnold
SL
7.25
245
Not on record
ARG
7.33
246
Kabir Ali
ENG
7.39
247
Esteban Nino
ARG
7.39
248
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
7.50
248
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
7.50
249
Not on record
SCO
7.57
250
Not on record
USA
8.08
251
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
8.43
252
Tapash Baisya
BAN
8.60
253
Akalanka Ganegama
SL
8.71
254
Vikram Singh
IND
8.75
255
Lendl Simmons
WI
9.00
255
Not on record
ITL
9.00
256
Not on record
DEN
9.50
257
Suresh Raina
IND
10.00
258
Collins Obuya
KEN
11.18
259
Dale Steyn
SA
11.25
260
Gautam Gambhir
IND
13.00
261
Imran Farhat
PAK
13.33
262
Younis Khan
PAK
20.00
262
Tanmay Mishra
KEN
20.00
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