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Best Economy in 2008: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 2008 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2008
194 entries
1
2.40
Jacob Oram
NZ
0.08 clear of Mohammad Rafique
2
2.48
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
0.08 off the lead
3
2.52
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
0.12 off the lead
● LEADS
Jacob Oram
NZ
2.40 · 0.08 better than Rafique
↑ IN THE CHASE
4
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.88
The mark at number ten — 184 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 13 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
194 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jacob Oram
NZ
2.40
2
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
2.48
3
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
2.52
4
Rangana Herath
SL
2.52
5
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
2.59
6
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.67
7
Stuart Clark
AUS
2.69
8
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.80
9
Andrew Symonds
AUS
2.84
10
Iain O'Brien
NZ
2.88
11
Amit Mishra
IND
2.89
12
Sourav Ganguly
IND
2.95
13
Jeetan Patel
NZ
2.95
14
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.97
15
Paul Harris
SA
3.00
16
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.07
17
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.08
18
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
3.08
19
Anil Kumble
IND
3.09
20
Shane Watson
AUS
3.10
21
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.11
22
Peter Siddle
AUS
3.13
23
Dwayne Leverock
BER
3.14
24
Darren Pattinson
ENG
3.18
25
Not on record
DEN
3.19
26
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
3.21
27
Robin Peterson
SA
3.24
28
Grant Elliott
NZ
3.25
29
Dave Mohammed
WI
3.25
30
Ajantha Mendis
SL
3.28
31
Michael Clarke
AUS
3.30
32
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.31
33
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.32
34
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
3.34
35
Michael Hussey
AUS
3.35
36
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.35
37
Virender Sehwag
IND
3.44
38
Ray Price
ZIM
3.46
39
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.49
40
Chris Martin
NZ
3.50
41
Chris Gayle
WI
3.51
42
Not on record
DEN
3.52
43
Not on record
ITL
3.54
44
Brett Lee
AUS
3.54
45
Kyle Mills
NZ
3.55
46
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
3.56
47
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
3.56
48
Andre Nel
SA
3.57
49
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.60
50
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3.62
51
Not on record
ITL
3.63
52
Dale Steyn
SA
3.66
53
Not on record
ITL
3.70
54
Ishant Sharma
IND
3.70
55
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
3.72
56
James Franklin
NZ
3.73
57
John Blain
SCO
3.74
58
Najeeb Amar
HK
3.75
59
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3.78
60
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3.79
61
Pieter Seelaar
NED
3.83
62
Sulieman Benn
WI
3.84
63
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3.84
64
Alex Cusack
IRE
3.85
65
James Hopes
AUS
3.87
66
Stuart Broad
ENG
3.89
67
Dewald Nel
SCO
3.90
68
Johan Botha
SA
3.90
69
Glenn Rogers
SCO
3.91
70
Cameron White
AUS
3.92
71
Gary Kidd
IRE
3.93
72
Morne Morkel
SA
3.94
73
Jerome Taylor
WI
3.95
74
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
3.96
75
Ryan Watson
SCO
3.96
76
Daren Powell
WI
3.96
77
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.97
78
Nathan Bracken
AUS
3.98
79
Not on record
ITL
4.00
80
James Anderson
ENG
4.00
81
Andre Botha
IRE
4.02
82
Pragyan Ojha
IND
4.02
83
Beau Casson
AUS
4.03
84
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.04
85
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
4.10
86
Graeme Swann
ENG
4.12
87
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.13
88
Nikita Miller
WI
4.13
89
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.15
90
Mark Gillespie
NZ
4.15
91
Monde Zondeki
SA
4.17
92
Amit Jaggernauth
WI
4.17
93
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4.21
94
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.23
95
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
4.27
96
Darren Sammy
WI
4.27
97
Sreesanth
IND
4.27
98
Tim Southee
NZ
4.28
99
Stuart MacGill
AUS
4.28
100
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
4.28
101
Abdur Razzak
BAN
4.29
102
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.31
103
Munaf Patel
IND
4.31
104
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.35
105
Henry Osinde
CAN
4.38
106
Shaun Tait
AUS
4.38
107
Rawl Lewis
WI
4.38
108
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4.43
109
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4.43
110
Steve Harmison
ENG
4.43
111
Brendan Nash
WI
4.50
111
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
4.50
112
Edgar Schiferli
NED
4.54
113
Jason Krejza
AUS
4.54
114
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
4.55
115
Not on record
DEN
4.55
116
Fidel Edwards
WI
4.56
117
Thilan Thushara
SL
4.56
118
Naeem Islam
BAN
4.56
119
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
4.59
120
George O'Brien
BER
4.63
121
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4.64
122
Farveez Maharoof
SL
4.65
123
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
4.65
124
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.65
125
Rodney Trott
BER
4.67
126
Lionel Baker
WI
4.72
127
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.75
128
Gordon Drummond
SCO
4.75
129
Trent Johnston
IRE
4.77
130
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.77
131
Not on record
DEN
4.79
132
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.80
133
Dhammika Prasad
SL
4.81
134
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
4.82
135
Richie Berrington
SCO
4.85
136
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
4.86
137
Sajedul Islam
BAN
4.86
138
Umar Bhatti
CAN
4.88
139
Praveen Kumar
IND
4.88
140
Sohail Khan
PAK
4.88
141
Albie Morkel
SA
4.89
142
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4.89
143
Zahid Shah
UAE
4.90
144
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
4.91
145
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
4.91
146
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
4.93
147
Piyush Chawla
IND
4.93
148
Wahab Riaz
PAK
4.96
149
Irfan Pathan
IND
4.96
150
RP Singh
IND
4.99
151
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
5.05
152
Umar Gul
PAK
5.06
153
Kemar Roach
WI
5.10
154
Not on record
ITL
5.13
155
Scott Styris
NZ
5.14
156
Syed Rasel
BAN
5.15
157
Tamauri Tucker
BER
5.17
158
Lasith Malinga
SL
5.21
159
Tony Suji
KEN
5.23
160
Peter Connell
IRE
5.25
161
Jesse Ryder
NZ
5.29
162
Eion Katchay
CAN
5.31
163
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5.37
164
Mahmudullah
BAN
5.39
165
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.40
166
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
5.40
167
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
5.42
168
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
5.43
169
Fawad Alam
PAK
5.44
170
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5.47
171
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
5.58
172
Luke Wright
ENG
5.62
173
Samit Patel
ENG
5.63
174
Peter Borren
NED
5.63
175
Michael Mason
NZ
5.64
176
Stefan Kelly
BER
5.69
177
Johann Louw
SA
5.72
178
Samiullah Khan
PAK
5.75
179
Farhad Reza
BAN
5.76
180
Yusuf Pathan
IND
5.79
181
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
5.80
182
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
5.82
183
Abdur Rauf
PAK
6.03
184
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
6.04
185
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
6.13
186
Alok Kapali
BAN
6.27
187
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
6.28
188
Irving Romaine
BER
6.54
189
Khurram Khan
UAE
6.65
190
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
6.70
191
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
BHR
7.05
192
Balaji Rao
CAN
7.48
193
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
8.42
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