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Best Economy in 2009: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 2009 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2009
252 entries
1
2.08
Chaminda Vaas
SL
0.38 clear of Andrew McDonald
2
2.46
Andrew McDonald
AUS
0.38 off the lead
3
2.66
Monty Panesar
ENG
0.58 off the lead
● LEADS
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.08 · 0.38 better than McDonald
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Vaas is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.13
The mark at number ten — 242 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 17 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
252 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.08
2
Andrew McDonald
AUS
2.46
3
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.66
4
Ryan Austin
WI
2.85
5
Marcus North
AUS
2.93
6
Friedel de Wet
SA
2.95
7
Paul Harris
SA
2.96
8
Mohammad Asif
PAK
3.01
9
Narsingh Deonarine
WI
3.13
9
Rangana Herath
SL
3.13
10
Daniel Vettori
NZ
3.13
11
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
3.16
12
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.19
13
Chris Martin
NZ
3.26
14
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
3.28
15
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.28
16
Graeme Swann
ENG
3.30
17
Peter Siddle
AUS
3.32
18
Doug Bollinger
AUS
3.33
19
Sulieman Benn
WI
3.34
20
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
3.40
21
Dwayne Leverock
BER
3.41
22
Brendan Nash
WI
3.44
23
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
3.45
24
Chris Gayle
WI
3.51
25
Deon Kotze
NAM
3.51
26
Not on record
UGA
3.53
27
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
3.56
28
Simon Katich
AUS
3.57
29
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
3.59
30
Younis Khan
PAK
3.60
31
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
3.60
32
Craig Wright
SCO
3.66
33
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.69
34
Abdur Rauf
PAK
3.71
35
Andrew White
IRE
3.71
36
Darren Sammy
WI
3.73
37
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
3.75
38
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.75
39
Amit Mishra
IND
3.77
40
James Anderson
ENG
3.77
41
Not on record
PAK
3.77
42
Kemar Roach
WI
3.78
43
Ray Price
ZIM
3.81
44
Pragyan Ojha
IND
3.82
45
Morne Morkel
SA
3.83
46
Umar Bhatti
CAN
3.83
47
Harbhajan Singh
IND
3.84
48
Stuart Clark
AUS
3.84
49
Sreesanth
IND
3.87
50
Tino Best
WI
3.87
51
Ryan Hinds
WI
3.88
52
Stuart Broad
ENG
3.88
53
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
3.88
54
Ajantha Mendis
SL
3.88
55
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.88
56
Graham Onions
ENG
3.90
57
Keith Dabengwa
ZIM
3.93
58
James Franklin
NZ
3.94
59
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.94
60
Darron Reekers
NED
3.94
61
Nazmul Hossain
BAN
3.95
62
Ben Hilfenhaus
AUS
3.95
63
Mohammad Amir
PAK
3.97
64
Trent Johnston
IRE
3.98
65
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
3.99
66
Henry Osinde
CAN
3.99
67
Sunil Dhaniram
CAN
4.00
68
Rodney Trott
BER
4.03
69
Ravi Rampaul
WI
4.04
70
Daren Powell
WI
4.05
71
Lionel Baker
WI
4.07
72
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
4.07
73
Ross Lyons
SCO
4.10
74
Ed Rainsford
ZIM
4.10
75
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4.11
76
Fayyaz Ahmed
UAE
4.11
77
Not on record
OMN
4.15
78
Hasti Gul
AFG
4.15
79
Jeetan Patel
NZ
4.16
80
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.17
81
Regan West
IRE
4.17
82
Iain O'Brien
NZ
4.22
83
Not on record
UAE
4.24
84
Clint McKay
AUS
4.25
85
Mahmudullah
BAN
4.26
86
Rajesh Bhudia
KEN
4.26
87
Thilan Thushara
SL
4.26
88
Kyle McCallan
IRE
4.28
89
Shoaib Malik
PAK
4.32
90
Moneeb Iqbal
SCO
4.33
91
Chanaka Welegedara
SL
4.35
92
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
4.36
93
Shane Watson
AUS
4.37
94
Sandeep Jyoti
CAN
4.37
95
Shane Bond
NZ
4.37
96
Jerome Taylor
WI
4.39
97
Boyd Rankin
ENG
4.39
98
Sarel Burger
NAM
4.40
99
Gavin Tonge
WI
4.41
100
Edgar Schiferli
NED
4.43
101
Umar Gul
PAK
4.46
102
Zaheer Khan
IND
4.48
103
Not on record
DEN
4.48
104
Majid Haq
SCO
4.48
105
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
4.49
106
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
4.49
107
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
4.49
108
Munaf Patel
IND
4.50
109
Nikita Miller
WI
4.50
110
John Mooney
IRE
4.52
111
Dale Steyn
SA
4.53
112
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
4.54
113
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
4.57
114
Peter Ongondo
KEN
4.58
115
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
4.60
116
Shahid Afridi
GER
4.60
117
Peter Borren
NED
4.61
118
Jacob Oram
NZ
4.62
119
Khaliq Dad
AFG
4.63
120
Khurram Chohan
CAN
4.64
121
Michael Clarke
AUS
4.64
122
Virender Sehwag
IND
4.65
123
Steve Tikolo
KEN
4.65
124
John Davison
CAN
4.65
125
Saqib Ali
UAE
4.66
126
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
4.66
127
Naeem Islam
BAN
4.67
128
Dawlat Ahmadzai
AFG
4.67
129
Jesse Ryder
NZ
4.68
130
Peter Connell
IRE
4.68
131
Angelo Mathews
SL
4.69
132
Amjad Khan
ENG
4.73
133
Fidel Edwards
WI
4.73
134
George O'Brien
BER
4.73
135
Paul Collingwood
ENG
4.74
136
Abdur Razzak
BAN
4.75
137
Pieter Seelaar
NED
4.78
138
David Bernard
WI
4.79
139
Dwayne Bravo
WI
4.80
140
Johan Botha
SA
4.84
141
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.84
142
Yasir Arafat
PAK
4.86
143
Khurram Khan
UAE
4.86
144
Tim Bresnan
ENG
4.88
145
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.90
146
Dimitri Mascarenhas
ENG
4.92
147
Dhammika Prasad
SL
4.92
148
Karim Sadiq
AFG
4.94
149
Tawanda Mupariwa
ZIM
4.94
150
Not on record
DEN
4.95
151
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
4.96
152
Daan van Bunge
NED
4.97
153
James Hopes
AUS
4.99
154
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
4.99
155
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
SA
5.00
156
Nathan Bracken
AUS
5.01
157
Suraj Randiv
SL
5.04
158
Franco Nsubuga
UGA
5.05
159
Kenneth Kamyuka
CAN
5.05
160
Hamid Hassan
AFG
5.07
161
Janeiro Tucker
BER
5.07
162
Dewald Nel
SCO
5.08
163
Charl Langeveldt
SA
5.09
164
Arshad Ali
UAE
5.13
165
Ravi Bopara
ENG
5.13
166
Yuvraj Singh
IND
5.14
167
Not on record
OMN
5.14
168
Suresh Raina
IND
5.16
169
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
5.19
170
Tim Southee
NZ
5.20
171
John Blain
SCO
5.22
172
Not on record
DEN
5.23
173
Amjad Javed
UAE
5.23
174
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
5.23
175
Iftikhar Anjum
PAK
5.23
176
Not on record
UGA
5.24
177
Kyle Mills
NZ
5.24
178
Ryan McLaren
SA
5.29
179
Grant Elliott
NZ
5.30
179
Rohit Sharma
IND
5.30
180
Brett Lee
AUS
5.30
181
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
5.32
182
Syed Ali
OMN
5.32
183
Ryan ten Doeschate
NED
5.32
184
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
5.32
185
Gordon Drummond
SCO
5.35
186
Not on record
UAE
5.35
187
Praveen Kumar
IND
5.37
188
Not on record
NAM
5.38
189
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
5.39
190
Lendl Simmons
WI
5.39
191
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
5.41
192
Louis Burger
NAM
5.41
193
Mehrab Hossain jnr
BAN
5.43
194
Ryan Watson
SCO
5.43
195
Syed Rasel
BAN
5.46
196
Rubel Hossain
BAN
5.46
197
Ishant Sharma
IND
5.48
198
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
5.49
199
Not on record
DEN
5.49
200
Naved-ul-Hasan
PAK
5.50
201
Alex Cusack
IRE
5.51
202
Nawroz Mangal
AFG
5.52
203
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
5.54
204
Lameck Onyango
KEN
5.54
205
Zeeshan Siddiqui
OMN
5.56
206
Gordon Goudie
SCO
5.59
206
Not on record
OMN
5.59
207
Shaun Tait
AUS
5.59
208
Farveez Maharoof
SL
5.62
209
Not on record
NAM
5.66
210
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5.69
211
Not on record
NAM
5.79
212
Elijah Otieno
KEN
5.83
213
Sohail Khan
PAK
5.84
214
David Hussey
AUS
5.85
215
Tamauri Tucker
BER
5.88
216
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
5.90
217
Jan Stander
SCO
5.92
218
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
5.96
219
Balaji Rao
CAN
5.97
220
Not on record
UGA
5.97
221
Luke Wright
ENG
6.00
221
RP Singh
IND
6.00
222
Wayne Parnell
SA
6.04
223
Zahid Shah
UAE
6.06
224
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
6.07
225
Ben Laughlin
AUS
6.07
226
Malinga Bandara
SL
6.12
227
Charles Waiswa
UGA
6.13
228
Kyle Jarvis
ZIM
6.13
229
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
6.14
230
Albie Morkel
SA
6.16
231
Not on record
OMN
6.23
232
Ashish Nehra
IND
6.26
233
Nathan McCullum
NZ
6.26
234
Kieron Pollard
WI
6.33
235
Collins Obuya
KEN
6.38
236
Calum MacLeod
SCO
6.39
237
Adil Rashid
ENG
6.48
238
Jacobi Robinson
BER
6.52
239
Not on record
UGA
6.55
240
Not on record
DEN
6.56
241
Ian Butler
NZ
6.58
242
Chamu Chibhabha
ZIM
6.59
243
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
6.60
244
Yusuf Pathan
IND
6.63
245
Lasith Malinga
SL
6.70
246
Stefan Kelly
BER
7.18
247
Mahbubul Alam
BAN
7.57
248
Irfan Pathan
IND
8.15
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