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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.
TEST
2009
100 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
2.56
Chris Gayle
WI
0.48 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
2.86
The mark at number ten — 90 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
8 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
100 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Chaminda Vaas
SL
2.08
2
Andrew McDonald
AUS
2.46
3
Chris Gayle
WI
2.56
4
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.57
5
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.66
6
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
2.71
7
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
2.81
8
Jacques Kallis
SA
2.83
9
Ryan Austin
WI
2.85
10
Harbhajan Singh
IND
2.86
11
Marcus North
AUS
2.88
12
Sulieman Benn
WI
2.90
13
Graeme Swann
ENG
2.91
14
Daryl Tuffey
NZ
2.93
15
Mohammad Asif
PAK
2.95
16
Friedel de Wet
SA
2.95
17
Paul Harris
SA
2.96
18
Doug Bollinger
AUS
2.96
19
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
2.97
20
Darren Sammy
WI
2.99
21
Nathan Hauritz
AUS
3.01
22
Enamul Haque jnr
BAN
3.01
23
Pragyan Ojha
IND
3.03
24
Nikita Miller
WI
3.05
25
Mahmudullah
BAN
3.05
26
Peter Siddle
AUS
3.06
27
Ajantha Mendis
SL
3.06
28
Ryan Sidebottom
ENG
3.07
29
James Anderson
ENG
3.07
30
Rangana Herath
SL
3.13
30
Narsingh Deonarine
WI
3.13
31
Tim Bresnan
ENG
3.13
32
Shane Bond
NZ
3.13
33
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
3.15
34
Dilhara Fernando
SL
3.15
35
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3.16
36
Stuart Broad
ENG
3.16
37
Ben Hilfenhaus
AUS
3.16
38
Mohammad Ashraful
BAN
3.18
39
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.19
40
Brendan Nash
WI
3.21
41
Steve Harmison
ENG
3.22
42
Kemar Roach
WI
3.24
43
Shane Watson
AUS
3.26
43
James Franklin
NZ
3.26
44
Chris Martin
NZ
3.26
45
Danish Kaneria
PAK
3.28
46
Morne Morkel
SA
3.29
47
Jesse Ryder
NZ
3.30
48
Mohammad Amir
PAK
3.31
49
Shoaib Malik
PAK
3.38
50
Makhaya Ntini
SA
3.38
51
Dwayne Bravo
WI
3.39
52
Angelo Mathews
SL
3.39
53
Jacob Oram
NZ
3.39
54
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
3.40
55
Jerome Taylor
WI
3.41
56
Tino Best
WI
3.43
57
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
3.44
58
Younis Khan
PAK
3.45
59
Munaf Patel
IND
3.45
60
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.49
61
Amit Mishra
IND
3.50
61
Michael Clarke
AUS
3.50
62
Dale Steyn
SA
3.53
63
Tim Southee
NZ
3.56
64
Simon Katich
AUS
3.57
65
Clint McKay
AUS
3.61
66
Thilan Thushara
SL
3.62
67
Iain O'Brien
NZ
3.63
68
Graham Onions
ENG
3.63
69
Lionel Baker
WI
3.65
70
Ishant Sharma
IND
3.68
71
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3.69
72
Abdur Rauf
PAK
3.71
73
Daren Powell
WI
3.71
74
Paul Collingwood
ENG
3.73
75
Stuart Clark
AUS
3.74
76
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
3.75
77
Ravi Rampaul
WI
3.77
78
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
3.80
79
Yuvraj Singh
IND
3.82
80
Sreesanth
IND
3.87
81
David Bernard
WI
3.88
82
Umar Gul
PAK
3.88
83
Ryan Hinds
WI
3.88
84
Fidel Edwards
WI
3.93
85
Chanaka Welegedara
SL
4.01
86
Gavin Tonge
WI
4.04
87
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.09
88
Albie Morkel
SA
4.13
89
Amjad Khan
ENG
4.21
90
Virender Sehwag
IND
4.29
91
Yasir Arafat
PAK
4.38
92
Rubel Hossain
BAN
4.55
93
Dhammika Prasad
SL
4.63
94
Lendl Simmons
WI
4.63
95
Kyle Mills
NZ
4.89
96
Ravi Bopara
ENG
5.06
97
Sohail Khan
PAK
6.07
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