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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
283 entries
1
1.80
Matthew Parker
SCO
0.40 clear of Brett Geeves
2
2.20
Brett Geeves
AUS
0.40 off the lead
3
2.29
Craig Wright
SCO
0.49 off the lead
● LEADS
Matthew Parker
SCO
1.80 · 0.40 better than Geeves
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Parker is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.79
The mark at number ten — 273 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Scotland
6 of the top 50 · 19 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
283 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Matthew Parker
SCO
1.80
2
Brett Geeves
AUS
2.20
3
Craig Wright
SCO
2.29
4
Not on record
NOR
2.33
5
Adeel Raja
NED
2.38
6
Chris Tremlett
ENG
2.40
7
Not on record
IRE
2.56
8
Jehan Mubarak
SL
2.60
9
Paul Harris
SA
2.77
10
Shaun Pollock
SA
2.79
11
Dwayne Leverock
BER
2.89
12
Majid Haq
SCO
2.93
13
Thilina Kandamby
SL
3.00
14
Stuart Matsikenyeri
ZIM
3.04
15
Not on record
SCO
3.05
16
Not on record
DEN
3.19
17
Dave Mohammed
WI
3.25
18
Sanjayan Thuraisingam
CAN
3.30
19
Grant Elliott
NZ
3.31
20
John Blain
SCO
3.36
21
Jacob Oram
NZ
3.38
22
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3.40
23
Pieter Seelaar
NED
3.41
24
Stuart Clark
AUS
3.45
25
Ray Price
ZIM
3.49
26
Regan West
IRE
3.50
27
Not on record
DEN
3.52
28
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
3.53
29
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
3.57
30
Not on record
ITL
3.58
31
Ajantha Mendis
SL
3.60
32
Not on record
ITL
3.63
33
Henry Osinde
CAN
3.65
34
Shane Watson
AUS
3.67
35
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
3.69
36
Ryan Watson
SCO
3.70
37
Not on record
ITL
3.70
37
Angelo Mathews
SL
3.70
38
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.73
39
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
3.74
40
Kyle McCallan
IRE
3.74
41
Najeeb Amar
HK
3.75
41
Sewnarine Chattergoon
WI
3.75
42
Umar Bhatti
CAN
3.79
43
Mark Gillespie
NZ
3.80
44
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
3.82
45
Tony Suji
KEN
3.83
46
James Hopes
AUS
3.85
47
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
3.85
48
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.87
49
Dewald Nel
SCO
3.87
50
Johan Botha
SA
3.87
51
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3.89
52
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
3.90
52
Muhammad Butt
BHR
4.00
53
Glenn Rogers
SCO
3.91
54
Gary Kidd
IRE
3.93
55
Kamran Hussain
PAK
3.94
56
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
3.96
57
Alex Cusack
IRE
3.97
58
Nathan Bracken
AUS
3.99
59
Dilruwan Perera
SL
4.00
59
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.00
59
Thinus Fourie
IRE
4.00
59
Andre Botha
IRE
4.00
59
Ryan Steede
BER
4.00
59
Not on record
ITL
4.00
60
Pragyan Ojha
IND
4.02
61
Mohammad Tauqir
UAE
4.08
62
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
4.08
63
Yasir Arafat
PAK
4.10
64
Nikita Miller
WI
4.13
65
Rohit Sharma
IND
4.14
66
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
4.15
67
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
4.16
68
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4.17
68
Henk-Jan Mol
NED
4.17
69
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
4.20
70
Gordon Drummond
SCO
4.21
71
Ramesh David
CAN
4.21
72
Qaiser Ali
CAN
4.24
73
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.24
74
Tim Bresnan
ENG
4.25
75
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
4.25
76
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.26
77
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
4.26
78
Munaf Patel
IND
4.32
79
Andre Nel
SA
4.33
80
Kemar Roach
WI
4.33
81
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4.34
82
Brad Hogg
AUS
4.35
83
Harbhajan Singh
IND
4.41
84
Rodney Trott
BER
4.45
85
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
4.48
86
Steven Outerbridge
BER
4.50
87
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.52
88
Farveez Maharoof
SL
4.52
89
Not on record
DEN
4.53
90
Jerome Taylor
WI
4.53
91
Mosharraf Hossain
BAN
4.55
92
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.55
93
Not on record
DEN
4.56
94
Trent Johnston
IRE
4.56
95
Not on record
DEN
4.56
96
Jacques Kallis
SA
4.58
97
Not on record
DEN
4.58
98
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.61
99
Xavier Marshall
WI
4.62
99
Andrew White
IRE
4.62
99
Eion Katchay
CAN
4.62
100
Edgar Schiferli
NED
4.64
101
Charl Langeveldt
SA
4.66
102
Thilan Thushara
SL
4.66
103
Michael Clarke
AUS
4.67
104
Tim Southee
NZ
4.68
105
Shahid Afridi
PAK
4.68
106
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.69
107
Brendan Nash
WI
4.71
107
Shadeep Silva
UAE
4.71
108
Shiv Chanderpaul
WI
4.75
109
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
4.75
110
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
4.76
111
Gary Brent
ZIM
4.77
112
Yuvraj Singh
IND
4.79
112
Richie Berrington
SCO
4.79
113
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
4.79
114
Sohail Khan
PAK
4.81
115
Geert-Maarten Mol
NED
4.81
116
Not on record
DEN
4.83
117
Scott Styris
NZ
4.84
118
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
4.84
119
Praveen Kumar
IND
4.84
120
Brett Lee
AUS
4.85
121
Albie Morkel
SA
4.86
122
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
4.86
123
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
4.86
124
Stuart Broad
ENG
4.87
125
Zahid Shah
UAE
4.90
126
Syed Rasel
BAN
4.90
127
Daren Powell
WI
4.94
128
Munir Dar
HK
4.94
129
Karun Jethi
CAN
5.00
129
Cephas Zhuwao
ZIM
5.00
130
Luke Wright
ENG
5.03
131
Paul Collingwood
ENG
5.04
132
Abdur Razzak
BAN
5.05
133
Chamara Kapugedera
SL
5.05
134
Morne Morkel
SA
5.08
135
Dale Steyn
SA
5.08
136
Wahab Riaz
PAK
5.09
137
George O'Brien
BER
5.10
138
Sulieman Benn
WI
5.10
139
Ashley Noffke
AUS
5.11
139
Delyone Borden
BER
5.11
140
Umar Gul
PAK
5.12
141
Not on record
ITL
5.13
142
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5.14
143
Piyush Chawla
IND
5.15
144
Darren Sammy
WI
5.16
145
Peter Borren
NED
5.17
146
Not on record
ITL
5.19
147
Not on record
NOR
5.19
147
Ishara Amerasinghe
SL
5.19
148
Steve Tikolo
KEN
5.21
149
Gordon Goudie
SCO
5.22
150
Stefan Kelly
BER
5.23
150
Lasith Malinga
SL
5.23
151
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
5.23
152
Lionel Baker
WI
5.24
153
Chris Gayle
WI
5.25
154
Chamara Silva
SL
5.25
154
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
5.25
155
Graeme Swann
ENG
5.25
156
Cameron White
AUS
5.28
156
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
5.28
156
Not on record
ITL
5.28
157
Monde Zondeki
SA
5.29
158
Ishant Sharma
IND
5.35
159
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
5.36
160
Mahmudullah
BAN
5.39
161
Naeem Islam
BAN
5.40
162
Tamauri Tucker
BER
5.43
163
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
5.45
164
Dwayne Bravo
WI
5.45
165
Younis Khan
PAK
5.50
166
Fawad Alam
PAK
5.50
167
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
5.50
167
Steven Welsh
CAN
5.50
167
Kieron Pollard
WI
5.50
167
Mansoor Amjad
PAK
5.50
168
Andrew Symonds
AUS
5.51
169
Chris Martin
NZ
5.51
170
Peter Connell
IRE
5.52
171
David Hussey
AUS
5.54
172
Steve Harmison
ENG
5.59
173
Virender Sehwag
IND
5.59
174
Farhad Reza
BAN
5.59
175
Michael Mason
NZ
5.60
176
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
5.63
177
Samit Patel
ENG
5.66
178
James Anderson
ENG
5.66
179
Johann Louw
SA
5.69
180
Saqib Ali
UAE
5.70
181
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
5.73
182
Boyd Rankin
ENG
5.74
183
Samiullah Khan
PAK
5.75
184
Sreesanth
IND
5.77
185
Yusuf Pathan
IND
5.82
186
Irfan Pathan
IND
5.84
187
Manpreet Gony
IND
5.85
188
RP Singh
IND
5.90
189
Abdur Rauf
PAK
5.99
190
Daniel Flynn
NZ
6.00
190
Fahad Alhashmi
UAE
6.00
190
Kyle Hodsoll
BER
6.00
191
Dave Langford-Smith
IRE
6.04
192
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
6.06
192
Not on record
DEN
6.06
193
Greg Thompson
IRE
6.08
194
Dennico Hollis
BER
6.14
195
Vernon Philander
SA
6.15
196
Fidel Edwards
WI
6.20
197
Arshad Ali
UAE
6.25
197
Maurits Jonkman
NED
6.25
198
Sami Faridi
CAN
6.30
199
Alok Kapali
BAN
6.31
200
Timycen Maruma
ZIM
6.33
201
Rizwan Ahmed
PAK
6.50
201
Junaid Siddique
BAN
6.50
202
Makhaya Ntini
SA
6.56
202
Zeeshan Ali
HK
7.24
203
Zeeshan Siddiqui
OMN
7.31
203
Rawl Lewis
WI
6.63
204
Khurram Khan
UAE
6.65
205
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
6.66
206
Dhammika Prasad
SL
6.67
206
Not on record
NOR
6.67
206
Not on record
SCO
6.67
207
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
6.75
208
Irving Romaine
BER
6.78
209
Ravi Bopara
ENG
6.80
210
Ravi Rampaul
WI
6.84
211
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
6.87
212
Kaushalya Weeraratne
SL
6.92
213
Irfan Ahmed
HK
7.00
213
Rajesh Bhudia
KEN
7.00
213
McLaren Smith
BER
7.00
213
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
7.00
213
Alviro Petersen
SA
7.00
213
Ross Taylor
NZ
7.00
214
Sean Williams
ZIM
7.07
215
Ramnaresh Sarwan
WI
7.13
216
Balaji Rao
CAN
7.14
217
Not on record
HK
7.24
218
Not on record
OMN
7.31
219
Oronde Bascome
BER
7.33
219
Suresh Raina
IND
7.33
220
Abdool Samad
CAN
7.35
221
Jesse Ryder
NZ
7.42
222
Not on record
NOR
7.44
223
Misbah-ul-Haq
PAK
7.50
224
Elijah Otieno
KEN
7.51
225
Owais Shah
ENG
7.60
226
Reinhardt Strydom
IRE
7.88
227
Paul Hitchcock
NZ
8.00
227
Salman Butt
PAK
8.00
228
Not on record
IRE
8.33
229
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
8.42
230
Skhawat Ali
HK
8.50
230
Lameck Onyango
KEN
8.50
231
Phil Eaglestone
IRE
8.57
232
Zain Abbas
HK
9.33
233
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
9.40
234
Afzaal Haider
HK
9.46
235
Dolar Mahmud
BAN
9.65
236
Iain O'Brien
NZ
9.83
237
Muhammad Shahbaz Butt
NOR
10.70
238
Aman Ali
UAE
11.00
239
Amjad Javed
UAE
12.00
240
Roy Lamsam
HK
13.50
241
Not on record
NED
19.50
242
Chris Foggo
BER
20.00
243
Tamim Iqbal
BAN
60.00
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