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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.
TEST
2006
88 entries
1
2.02
Nathan Astle
NZ
0.07 clear of Jason Gillespie
2
2.09
Jason Gillespie
AUS
0.07 off the lead
3
2.35
Corey Collymore
WI
0.33 off the lead
● LEADS
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.02 · 0.07 better than Gillespie
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.58
The mark at number ten — 78 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
88 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Nathan Astle
NZ
2.02
2
Jason Gillespie
AUS
2.09
3
Corey Collymore
WI
2.35
4
Rawl Lewis
WI
2.41
5
Jacob Oram
NZ
2.43
6
Stuart Clark
AUS
2.44
7
Chris Gayle
WI
2.48
8
Glenn McGrath
AUS
2.51
9
Virender Sehwag
IND
2.56
10
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
2.58
11
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.60
12
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
2.63
13
Shaun Udal
ENG
2.64
14
Scott Styris
NZ
2.66
15
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
2.67
16
Andrew Symonds
AUS
2.78
17
Jeetan Patel
NZ
2.79
18
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.81
19
Michael Clarke
AUS
2.86
20
Marlon Samuels
WI
2.89
21
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.89
22
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
2.94
23
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.97
24
Munaf Patel
IND
2.97
25
Jon Lewis
ENG
2.98
26
Kyle Mills
NZ
2.98
27
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
2.99
28
Dilhara Fernando
SL
3.00
29
Anil Kumble
IND
3.02
30
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.06
31
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3.07
32
Shane Warne
AUS
3.12
33
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3.12
34
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.15
35
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
3.16
36
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.16
37
Ian Bradshaw
WI
3.17
38
Ashley Giles
ENG
3.20
39
Syed Rasel
BAN
3.22
40
Daren Powell
WI
3.22
41
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3.23
42
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
3.23
43
Shahid Nazir
PAK
3.26
44
Malinga Bandara
SL
3.27
45
Chris Martin
NZ
3.27
46
Andre Nel
SA
3.28
47
Dwayne Smith
WI
3.29
48
Brett Lee
AUS
3.29
49
Nicky Boje
SA
3.30
50
Abdur Razzak
BAN
3.30
51
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.33
52
Pedro Collins
WI
3.38
53
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.39
54
Liam Plunkett
ENG
3.42
55
Jerome Taylor
WI
3.43
56
Andrew Hall
SA
3.43
57
Sreesanth
IND
3.44
58
Stuart MacGill
AUS
3.46
59
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.49
60
Shahid Afridi
PAK
3.55
61
James Franklin
NZ
3.55
62
Shane Bond
NZ
3.58
63
Farveez Maharoof
SL
3.60
64
Umar Gul
PAK
3.67
65
Irfan Pathan
IND
3.69
66
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3.70
67
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.71
68
Lasith Malinga
SL
3.75
69
Fidel Edwards
WI
3.75
70
Michael Kasprowicz
AUS
3.78
71
Paul Collingwood
ENG
3.87
72
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
3.87
73
Sajid Mahmood
ENG
3.90
74
Vikram Singh
IND
3.92
75
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3.96
76
RP Singh
IND
3.97
77
Dave Mohammed
WI
3.98
78
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
4.02
79
Sourav Ganguly
IND
4.04
80
Dale Steyn
SA
4.04
81
James Anderson
ENG
4.04
82
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
4.16
83
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4.21
84
Graeme Smith
SA
4.26
85
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.39
86
Morne Morkel
SA
4.63
87
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.67
88
Ajit Agarkar
IND
5.08
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