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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.
ODI
2008
152 entries
1
2.77
Paul Harris
SA
0.02 clear of Shaun Pollock
2
2.79
Shaun Pollock
SA
0.02 off the lead
3
2.89
Dwayne Leverock
BER
0.12 off the lead
● LEADS
Paul Harris
SA
2.77 · 0.02 better than Pollock
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.39
The mark at number ten — 142 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
5 of the top 50 · 18 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
152 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Paul Harris
SA
2.77
2
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.79
3
Dwayne Leverock
BER
2.89
4
Not on record
DEN
3.19
5
Dave Mohammed
WI
3.25
6
Grant Elliott
NZ
3.29
7
John Blain
SCO
3.35
8
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3.35
9
Jacob Oram
NZ
3.38
10
Pieter Seelaar
NED
3.39
11
Stuart Clark
AUS
3.45
12
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3.49
13
Ray Price
ZIM
3.49
14
Not on record
DEN
3.52
15
Not on record
ITL
3.54
16
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
3.57
17
Ajantha Mendis
SL
3.59
18
Henry Osinde
CAN
3.61
19
Not on record
ITL
3.63
20
Shane Watson
AUS
3.67
21
Ryan Watson
SCO
3.70
22
Not on record
ITL
3.70
23
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
3.72
24
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.73
25
Mark Gillespie
NZ
3.73
26
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3.74
27
Najeeb Amar
HK
3.75
28
James Hopes
AUS
3.84
29
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3.84
30
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.85
31
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
3.85
32
Dewald Nel
SCO
3.86
33
Johan Botha
SA
3.86
34
Glenn Rogers
SCO
3.91
35
Gary Kidd
IRE
3.93
36
Alex Cusack
IRE
3.95
37
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
3.96
38
Nathan Bracken
AUS
3.97
39
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.00
39
Andre Botha
IRE
4.00
39
Not on record
ITL
4.00
40
Pragyan Ojha
IND
4.02
41
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
4.07
42
Nikita Miller
WI
4.13
43
Gordon Drummond
SCO
4.14
44
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
4.15
45
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4.15
46
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4.20
47
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.23
48
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
4.23
49
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4.25
50
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.26
51
Andre Nel
SA
4.30
52
Munaf Patel
IND
4.31
53
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4.32
54
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.33
55
Harbhajan Singh
IND
4.40
56
Rodney Trott
BER
4.42
57
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4.46
58
Jerome Taylor
WI
4.50
59
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.51
60
Farveez Maharoof
SL
4.51
61
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
4.55
62
Not on record
DEN
4.55
63
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.55
64
Trent Johnston
IRE
4.56
65
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.58
66
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.60
67
Eion Katchay
CAN
4.62
68
Edgar Schiferli
NED
4.64
69
Thilan Thushara
SL
4.64
70
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4.64
71
Tim Southee
NZ
4.66
72
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.67
73
Michael Clarke
AUS
4.67
74
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.69
75
Brendan Nash
WI
4.71
76
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
4.74
77
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
4.76
78
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.77
79
Richie Berrington
SCO
4.79
79
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.79
80
Not on record
DEN
4.79
81
Sohail Khan
PAK
4.79
82
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.79
83
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4.81
84
Albie Morkel
SA
4.83
85
Praveen Kumar
IND
4.83
86
Scott Styris
NZ
4.84
87
Brett Lee
AUS
4.84
88
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
4.86
89
Stuart Broad
ENG
4.86
90
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
4.86
91
Zahid Shah
UAE
4.90
92
Syed Rasel
BAN
4.90
93
Daren Powell
WI
4.94
94
Paul Collingwood
ENG
5.01
95
Abdur Razzak
BAN
5.03
96
Wahab Riaz
PAK
5.03
97
Luke Wright
ENG
5.03
98
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
5.05
99
Dale Steyn
SA
5.06
100
Morne Morkel
SA
5.07
101
George O'Brien
BER
5.10
102
Umar Gul
PAK
5.10
103
Sulieman Benn
WI
5.10
104
Not on record
ITL
5.13
105
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5.13
106
Piyush Chawla
IND
5.13
107
Darren Sammy
WI
5.16
108
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
5.19
109
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.20
110
Lasith Malinga
SL
5.21
111
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
5.22
112
Stefan Kelly
BER
5.23
113
Chris Gayle
WI
5.23
114
Lionel Baker
WI
5.24
115
Graeme Swann
ENG
5.25
116
Ishant Sharma
IND
5.34
117
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
5.36
118
Mahmudullah
BAN
5.39
119
Naeem Islam
BAN
5.40
120
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
5.43
121
Dwayne Bravo
WI
5.43
122
Tamauri Tucker
BER
5.43
123
Andrew Symonds
AUS
5.43
124
Fawad Alam
PAK
5.48
125
Chris Martin
NZ
5.51
126
Peter Connell
IRE
5.52
127
Virender Sehwag
IND
5.56
128
Farhad Reza
BAN
5.57
129
Steve Harmison
ENG
5.59
130
Michael Mason
NZ
5.60
131
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
5.60
132
Samit Patel
ENG
5.63
133
James Anderson
ENG
5.66
134
Johann Louw
SA
5.69
135
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
5.73
136
Samiullah Khan
PAK
5.75
137
Sreesanth
IND
5.75
138
Yusuf Pathan
IND
5.79
139
Irfan Pathan
IND
5.80
140
RP Singh
IND
5.90
141
Abdur Rauf
PAK
5.94
142
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
6.04
143
Fidel Edwards
WI
6.20
144
Alok Kapali
BAN
6.27
145
Makhaya Ntini
SA
6.56
146
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
6.64
147
Khurram Khan
UAE
6.65
148
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
BHR
7.05
149
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
8.42
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