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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
302 entries
1
1.00
MS Dhoni
IND
level with Alastair Cook
1
1.00
Alastair Cook
ENG
2
1.67
Neil McKenzie
SA
0.67 off the lead
● LEADS
MS Dhoni
IND
1.00 · level with Cook
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.40
The mark at number ten — 292 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
302 entries, ranked
Table view
1
MS Dhoni
IND
1.00
1
Alastair Cook
ENG
1.00
2
Neil McKenzie
SA
1.67
3
Matthew Parker
SCO
1.80
4
Xavier Marshall
WI
1.82
5
VVS Laxman
IND
1.90
6
Raqibul Hasan
BAN
2.00
7
Brett Geeves
AUS
2.20
8
Craig Wright
SCO
2.29
9
Adeel Raja
NED
2.38
10
Jacob Oram
NZ
2.40
11
Chris Tremlett
ENG
2.40
12
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
2.49
13
Adam Voges
AUS
2.50
14
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
2.52
15
Rangana Herath
SL
2.52
16
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
2.59
17
Jehan Mubarak
SL
2.60
18
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.67
19
Stuart Clark
AUS
2.69
20
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.80
21
Andrew Symonds
AUS
2.84
22
Iain O'Brien
NZ
2.88
23
Amit Mishra
IND
2.90
24
Sourav Ganguly
IND
2.95
25
Jeetan Patel
NZ
2.96
26
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.97
27
Thilina Kandamby
SL
3.00
28
Paul Harris
SA
3.01
29
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.08
30
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.08
31
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
3.09
32
Anil Kumble
IND
3.09
33
Shane Watson
AUS
3.11
34
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.11
35
Dwayne Leverock
BER
3.14
36
Peter Siddle
AUS
3.14
37
Darren Pattinson
ENG
3.19
38
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
3.22
39
Robin Peterson
SA
3.24
40
Dave Mohammed
WI
3.25
41
Grant Elliott
NZ
3.26
42
Ajantha Mendis
SL
3.29
43
Michael Clarke
AUS
3.31
44
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.31
45
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.33
46
Ryan Hinds
WI
3.33
46
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
3.33
47
Michael Hussey
AUS
3.35
48
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
3.35
49
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.36
50
Hashim Amla
SA
3.40
50
Steven Welsh
CAN
3.40
51
Virender Sehwag
IND
3.45
52
Ray Price
ZIM
3.46
53
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.49
54
Regan West
IRE
3.50
55
Chris Martin
NZ
3.50
56
Chris Gayle
WI
3.52
57
Brett Lee
AUS
3.55
58
Kyle Mills
NZ
3.55
59
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
3.58
60
Andre Nel
SA
3.59
61
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
3.59
62
Chaminda Vaas
SL
3.60
63
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3.65
64
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
3.66
65
Dale Steyn
SA
3.67
66
Angelo Mathews
SL
3.70
67
Ishant Sharma
IND
3.71
68
James Franklin
NZ
3.73
69
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
3.74
70
John Blain
SCO
3.75
71
Najeeb Amar
HK
3.75
71
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
3.75
72
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3.79
73
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3.80
74
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
3.82
75
Sulieman Benn
WI
3.84
76
Simon Katich
AUS
3.84
77
Pieter Seelaar
NED
3.85
78
Alex Cusack
IRE
3.87
79
James Hopes
AUS
3.89
80
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3.89
80
Majid Haq
SCO
3.89
81
Stuart Broad
ENG
3.90
82
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3.90
83
Dewald Nel
SCO
3.91
84
Johan Botha
SA
3.91
85
Cameron White
AUS
3.93
86
Gary Kidd
IRE
3.93
87
Kamran Hussain
PAK
3.94
88
Morne Morkel
SA
3.94
89
Glenn Rogers
SCO
3.95
90
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
3.96
91
Jerome Taylor
WI
3.96
92
Ryan Watson
SCO
3.96
93
Daren Powell
WI
3.96
94
Matthew Hoggard
ENG
3.97
95
Jamie How
NZ
4.00
95
Dilruwan Perera
SL
4.00
95
John Davison
CAN
4.00
95
Ryan Steede
BER
4.00
95
Thinus Fourie
IRE
4.00
95
Muhammad Butt
BHR
4.00
96
Nathan Bracken
AUS
4.01
97
James Anderson
ENG
4.01
98
Andre Botha
IRE
4.02
99
Pragyan Ojha
IND
4.02
100
Beau Casson
AUS
4.03
101
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.05
102
Mohammad Tauqir
UAE
4.08
103
Yasir Arafat
PAK
4.10
104
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
4.11
105
Graeme Swann
ENG
4.12
106
Nikita Miller
WI
4.13
107
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.13
108
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
4.13
109
Rohit Sharma
IND
4.14
110
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.15
111
Amit Jaggernauth
WI
4.17
112
Mark Gillespie
NZ
4.18
113
Monde Zondeki
SA
4.20
114
Ramesh David
CAN
4.21
115
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4.23
116
Qaiser Ali
CAN
4.24
117
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.24
118
Tim Bresnan
ENG
4.25
119
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
4.27
120
Darren Sammy
WI
4.27
121
Sreesanth
IND
4.28
122
Stuart MacGill
AUS
4.28
123
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
4.28
124
Tim Southee
NZ
4.28
125
Abdur Razzak
BAN
4.31
126
Munaf Patel
IND
4.32
127
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.33
128
Chamara Silva
SL
4.33
129
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.35
130
Shaun Tait
AUS
4.38
131
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
4.40
132
Henry Osinde
CAN
4.40
133
Rawl Lewis
WI
4.42
134
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4.43
135
Steve Harmison
ENG
4.43
136
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4.45
137
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
4.50
137
Brendan Nash
WI
4.50
137
Steven Outerbridge
BER
4.50
138
Edgar Schiferli
NED
4.54
139
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
4.55
140
Jason Krejza
AUS
4.55
141
Naeem Islam
BAN
4.56
142
Fidel Edwards
WI
4.58
143
Thilan Thushara
SL
4.58
144
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
4.59
145
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
4.61
146
Andrew White
IRE
4.62
147
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
4.65
148
Farveez Maharoof
SL
4.65
149
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4.66
150
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.67
151
Shadeep Silva
UAE
4.71
152
Rodney Trott
BER
4.72
153
Lionel Baker
WI
4.72
154
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
4.75
155
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.76
156
Trent Johnston
IRE
4.77
157
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.77
158
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.80
159
Geert-Maarten Mol
NED
4.81
160
Dhammika Prasad
SL
4.82
161
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
4.82
162
Gordon Drummond
SCO
4.84
163
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
4.86
164
Richie Berrington
SCO
4.86
165
Sajedul Islam
BAN
4.86
166
Umar Bhatti
CAN
4.88
167
Praveen Kumar
IND
4.88
168
Sohail Khan
PAK
4.90
169
Zahid Shah
UAE
4.90
170
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
4.91
171
Albie Morkel
SA
4.91
172
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4.91
173
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
4.92
174
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
4.94
175
Munir Dar
HK
4.94
176
Piyush Chawla
IND
4.95
177
Irfan Pathan
IND
4.98
178
Karun Jethi
CAN
5.00
178
Cephas Zhuwao
ZIM
5.00
179
RP Singh
IND
5.00
180
Wahab Riaz
PAK
5.01
181
Aaron Redmond
NZ
5.04
182
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
5.05
182
David Hussey
AUS
5.05
183
Umar Gul
PAK
5.08
184
Kemar Roach
WI
5.10
185
Delyone Borden
BER
5.11
186
Syed Rasel
BAN
5.15
187
Scott Styris
NZ
5.16
188
Tamauri Tucker
BER
5.17
189
Mansoor Amjad
PAK
5.22
190
Gordon Goudie
SCO
5.22
191
Lasith Malinga
SL
5.23
192
Tony Suji
KEN
5.25
193
Peter Connell
IRE
5.25
194
Jesse Ryder
NZ
5.29
195
Eion Katchay
CAN
5.31
196
Ashley Noffke
AUS
5.31
197
Ashwell Prince
SA
5.33
198
Dilhara Fernando
SL
5.37
199
Mahmudullah
BAN
5.40
200
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.41
201
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
5.41
202
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
5.42
203
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
5.45
204
Fawad Alam
PAK
5.45
205
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5.48
206
Younis Khan
PAK
5.50
207
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
5.50
207
Ricky Ponting
AUS
5.50
208
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
5.60
209
Luke Wright
ENG
5.62
210
Peter Borren
NED
5.63
211
Michael Mason
NZ
5.64
212
Samit Patel
ENG
5.66
213
Stefan Kelly
BER
5.69
214
Saqib Ali
UAE
5.70
215
Johann Louw
SA
5.72
216
Boyd Rankin
ENG
5.74
217
Samiullah Khan
PAK
5.75
218
Farhad Reza
BAN
5.78
219
Gregor Maiden
SCO
5.80
220
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
5.81
221
Yusuf Pathan
IND
5.82
222
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
5.82
223
Manpreet Gony
IND
5.85
224
Ewen Thompson
NZ
6.00
224
Fahad Alhashmi
UAE
6.00
224
Dilhara Lokuhettige
SL
6.00
225
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
6.04
226
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
6.06
227
Abdur Rauf
PAK
6.07
228
Greg Thompson
IRE
6.08
229
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
6.13
230
Dennico Hollis
BER
6.14
231
Ragheb Aga
KEN
6.15
232
Kyle Hodsoll
BER
6.15
232
Vernon Philander
SA
6.15
233
Maurits Jonkman
NED
6.25
233
Arshad Ali
UAE
6.25
234
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
6.28
235
Sami Faridi
CAN
6.30
236
Alok Kapali
BAN
6.31
237
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
6.36
238
Timycen Maruma
ZIM
6.40
239
Rizwan Ahmed
PAK
6.50
239
Daniel Flynn
NZ
6.50
240
Khurram Khan
UAE
6.65
241
Irving Romaine
BER
6.68
242
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
6.70
243
Ravi Rampaul
WI
6.72
244
Ravi Bopara
ENG
6.80
245
Ross Taylor
NZ
7.00
245
Alviro Petersen
SA
7.00
245
McLaren Smith
BER
7.00
245
Oliver Pitcher
BER
7.00
245
Rajesh Bhudia
KEN
7.00
245
Irfan Ahmed
HK
7.00
246
Sean Williams
ZIM
7.07
247
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
7.13
248
Zeeshan Ali
HK
7.24
249
Zeeshan Siddiqui
OMN
7.31
250
Oronde Bascome
BER
7.33
250
Suresh Raina
IND
7.33
251
Balaji Rao
CAN
7.48
252
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
7.50
253
Elijah Otieno
KEN
7.51
254
Owais Shah
ENG
7.60
255
Reinhardt Strydom
IRE
7.88
256
Salman Butt
PAK
8.00
257
Kieron Pollard
WI
8.13
258
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
8.20
259
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
8.42
260
Lameck Onyango
KEN
8.50
260
Skhawat Ali
HK
8.50
261
Phil Eaglestone
IRE
8.57
262
Abdool Samad
CAN
8.95
263
Abzal Dean
CAN
9.00
264
Zain Abbas
HK
9.33
265
Afzaal Haider
HK
9.46
266
Anwar Ali
PAK
9.50
267
Dolar Mahmud
BAN
9.65
268
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
9.90
269
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
NOR
10.70
270
Aman Ali
UAE
11.00
271
Amjad Javed
UAE
12.00
272
Justin Ontong
SA
12.50
273
Roy Lamsam
HK
13.50
274
Chris Foggo
BER
20.00
274
Rory Kleinveldt
SA
20.00
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