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Best Economy in 2012: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 2012 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
2012
263 entries
1
1.16
Rob Quiney
AUS
0.62 clear of Frank Foster
2
1.78
Frank Foster
ENG
0.62 off the lead
3
1.89
Charles Macartney
AUS
0.73 off the lead
● LEADS
Rob Quiney
AUS
1.16 · 0.62 better than Foster
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Quiney is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.32
The mark at number ten — 253 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
15 of the top 50 · 11 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
263 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Rob Quiney
AUS
1.16
2
Frank Foster
ENG
1.78
3
Charles Macartney
AUS
1.89
4
Harry Dean
ENG
2.05
5
Gerry Hazlitt
AUS
2.10
6
Sydney Barnes
ENG
2.13
7
Jimmy Matthews
AUS
2.20
8
Michael Beer
AUS
2.22
9
Bill Whitty
AUS
2.25
10
Monty Panesar
ENG
2.32
11
Dave Nourse
SA
2.34
12
Chris Tremlett
ENG
2.52
13
Pragyan Ojha
IND
2.53
14
Shadeep Silva
UAE
2.55
15
Narsingh Deonarine
WI
2.57
16
Frank Woolley
ENG
2.63
17
Shane Shillingford
WI
2.67
18
Sid Pegler
SA
2.68
19
Nathan Lyon
AUS
2.75
20
Jeetan Patel
NZ
2.76
21
Charles Kelleway
AUS
2.77
22
Jackson Bird
AUS
2.77
23
Aubrey Faulkner
SA
2.81
24
Ben Hilfenhaus
AUS
2.82
25
Vernon Philander
SA
2.83
26
Roy Minnett
AUS
2.83
27
James Anderson
ENG
2.84
28
Daniel Vettori
NZ
2.85
29
Abdur Rehman
PAK
2.86
30
Wilfred Rhodes
ENG
2.92
31
Peter Siddle
AUS
2.93
32
Jonathan Trott
ENG
2.94
33
Graham Onions
ENG
2.98
34
Graeme Swann
ENG
3.09
35
Ryan Harris
AUS
3.11
36
Rangana Herath
SL
3.12
37
Todd Astle
NZ
3.13
38
Suraj Randiv
SL
3.13
39
Devendra Bishoo
WI
3.19
40
Sid Emery
AUS
3.23
41
Hamilton Masakadza
ZIM
3.24
42
Shannon Gabriel
WI
3.25
43
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.27
44
Sohag Gazi
BAN
3.32
45
Chris Martin
NZ
3.33
46
Dale Steyn
SA
3.33
47
Michael Clarke
AUS
3.42
48
Tino Best
WI
3.48
49
Neil Wagner
NZ
3.48
50
Ishant Sharma
IND
3.49
51
Trent Boult
NZ
3.54
52
Veerasammy Permaul
WI
3.56
53
Saeed Ajmal
PAK
3.57
54
Stuart Broad
ENG
3.57
55
Piyush Chawla
IND
3.59
56
Imran Tahir
SA
3.64
57
Naeem Islam
BAN
3.65
58
Charlie Llewellyn
SA
3.65
59
Reggie Schwarz
SA
3.65
60
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
3.65
61
Darren Sammy
WI
3.68
62
Kemar Roach
WI
3.70
63
Shane Watson
AUS
3.72
64
Tim Bresnan
ENG
3.73
65
Zaheer Khan
IND
3.76
66
Sunil Narine
WI
3.77
67
Khurram Khan
UAE
3.79
68
Vikrant Shetty
UAE
3.80
69
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
3.81
70
Virender Sehwag
IND
3.83
71
Morne Morkel
SA
3.85
72
Junaid Khan
PAK
3.89
73
Chanaka Welegedara
SL
3.89
74
Michael Hussey
AUS
3.91
75
Steven Finn
ENG
3.92
76
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
3.92
77
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
3.92
78
John Hastings
AUS
3.92
79
Samit Patel
ENG
3.98
80
Harbhajan Singh
IND
4.00
81
Fidel Edwards
WI
4.04
82
Angelo Mathews
SL
4.05
83
Shaminda Eranga
SL
4.07
84
James Ngoche
KEN
4.08
85
Kevin Pietersen
ENG
4.08
86
Ravi Rampaul
WI
4.08
87
Ravi Bopara
ENG
4.10
88
Mitchell Johnson
AUS
4.18
89
Dilhara Fernando
SL
4.25
90
Doug Bracewell
NZ
4.25
91
Sarel Burger
NAM
4.26
92
Majid Haq
SCO
4.27
93
Kane Williamson
NZ
4.28
94
Mark Gillespie
NZ
4.28
95
James Pattinson
AUS
4.33
96
Tim Southee
NZ
4.36
97
Mitchell Starc
AUS
4.36
98
Rubel Hossain
BAN
4.39
99
David Warner
AUS
4.39
100
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
4.41
101
Junaid Siddiqui
CAN
4.42
102
Durand Soraine
CAN
4.42
103
Boyd Rankin
ENG
4.43
104
Tillakaratne Dilshan
SL
4.43
105
Suranga Lakmal
SL
4.47
106
Rory Kleinveldt
SA
4.49
107
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.53
108
Christoffel Viljoen
NAM
4.54
109
Ahmed Raza
UAE
4.58
110
Aizaz Cheema
PAK
4.67
111
Clint McKay
AUS
4.67
112
Dhammika Prasad
SL
4.68
113
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
4.73
114
Zahid Hussain
CAN
4.74
115
James Franklin
NZ
4.81
116
Tom Cooper
NED
4.85
117
Marlon Samuels
WI
4.85
118
Abdur Razzak
BAN
4.87
119
Mahmudullah
BAN
4.88
120
Mohammad Sami
PAK
4.91
121
Karim Sadiq
AFG
4.96
122
Shakti Gauchan
NEP
4.97
123
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
4.99
124
Marchant de Lange
SA
4.99
125
James Tredwell
ENG
5.00
126
Not on record
ITL
5.02
127
Jimmy Hansra
CAN
5.05
128
Umar Gul
PAK
5.06
129
Umesh Yadav
IND
5.14
130
Nelson Odhiambo
KEN
5.14
131
Alex Cusack
IRE
5.15
132
Chris Gayle
WI
5.17
133
Hiral Patel
CAN
5.18
134
Sachithra Senanayake
SL
5.19
135
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
SA
5.19
136
Farveez Maharoof
SL
5.20
137
Andrew Ellis
NZ
5.23
138
Pieter Seelaar
NED
5.27
139
David Hussey
AUS
5.27
140
Robin Peterson
SA
5.29
141
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
5.29
142
Paul Stirling
IRE
5.30
143
Shahid Afridi
PAK
5.31
144
Michael Swart
NED
5.32
145
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
5.32
146
Xavier Doherty
AUS
5.36
147
Timm van der Gugten
NED
5.37
148
Daniel Christian
AUS
5.37
149
Nizakat Khan
HK
5.40
150
Jeevan Mendis
SL
5.40
151
Trent Johnston
IRE
5.43
152
Paras Khadka
NEP
5.43
153
Wayne Parnell
SA
5.45
154
Faf du Plessis
SA
5.46
155
Elias Sunny
BAN
5.49
155
Peter Borren
NED
5.49
156
Gordon Drummond
SCO
5.51
157
Ahsan Malik
NED
5.52
158
Yuvraj Singh
IND
5.53
159
Kyle Jarvis
ZIM
5.57
160
Samiullah Shenwari
AFG
5.57
161
Sohail Tanvir
PAK
5.58
162
George Dockrell
IRE
5.61
163
Rizwan Cheema
CAN
5.61
164
Tarun Nethula
NZ
5.66
165
Brett Lee
AUS
5.67
166
Thisara Perera
SL
5.67
167
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
5.69
168
Vinay Kumar
IND
5.70
169
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
5.74
170
Ragheb Aga
KEN
5.74
171
Ryan McLaren
SA
5.75
172
Collins Obuya
KEN
5.75
173
Nathan McCullum
NZ
5.75
174
Kyle Mills
NZ
5.76
175
Shem Ngoche
KEN
5.77
176
Mudassar Bukhari
NED
5.78
177
Franco Nsubuga
UGA
5.78
178
Hiren Varaiya
KEN
5.79
179
Dwayne Smith
WI
5.80
180
Not on record
NAM
5.82
181
Shahadat Hossain
BAN
5.83
182
Henry Osinde
CAN
5.83
183
Not on record
NAM
5.85
184
Lasith Malinga
SL
5.91
185
Samuel Badree
WI
5.92
186
Raza Hasan
PAK
5.92
187
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
5.97
188
Not on record
NAM
6.00
188
Not on record
USA
6.00
188
Jacob Oram
NZ
6.00
189
Andre Russell
WI
6.01
190
Mirwais Ashraf
AFG
6.04
191
Shingi Masakadza
ZIM
6.04
192
Gordon Goudie
SCO
6.05
193
Suresh Raina
IND
6.11
194
Irfan Pathan
IND
6.11
195
Preston Mommsen
SCO
6.11
196
Dwayne Bravo
WI
6.12
197
Mahuru Dai
PNG
6.13
198
Chris Amini
PNG
6.17
199
Glenn Maxwell
AUS
6.18
200
Johan Botha
SA
6.20
201
Rob Nicol
NZ
6.25
202
Abul Hasan
BAN
6.25
203
Virat Kohli
IND
6.25
204
Not on record
PNG
6.27
205
Ajantha Mendis
SL
6.28
206
Praveen Kumar
IND
6.30
207
Basant Regmi
NEP
6.31
208
Shafiul Islam
BAN
6.31
209
Rohit Sharma
IND
6.32
210
Brian Vitori
ZIM
6.33
211
John Mooney
IRE
6.35
212
Michael Bates
NZ
6.36
213
Dion Stovell
BER
6.39
214
Rajeshkumar Ranpura
OMN
6.39
215
Not on record
ITL
6.39
216
Duncan Allan
KEN
6.40
217
Not on record
ITL
6.41
218
Ray Price
ZIM
6.46
219
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
6.47
220
Not on record
OMN
6.50
221
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
6.53
222
Not on record
UGA
6.53
223
Not on record
CAN
6.53
224
Wahab Riaz
PAK
6.54
225
Rodney Trott
BER
6.59
226
Prosper Utseya
ZIM
6.63
227
Not on record
ITL
6.65
228
Kieron Pollard
WI
6.65
229
Max Sorensen
IRE
6.68
230
Albie Morkel
SA
6.69
231
Rahul Sharma
HK
6.69
232
Not on record
PNG
6.72
233
Pat Cummins
AUS
6.81
234
Brad Hogg
AUS
6.83
235
Syed Kaleem
OMN
6.88
235
Izatullah Dawlatzai
AFG
6.88
236
Richie Berrington
SCO
6.89
237
Aftab Ahmed
BAN
6.91
238
Ashok Dinda
IND
6.92
239
Jade Dernbach
ENG
7.02
240
Not on record
DEN
7.03
241
Not on record
DEN
7.04
242
Gerrie Snyman
NAM
7.04
243
Not on record
NEP
7.28
244
Not on record
USA
7.28
245
Aizaz Khan
HK
7.30
246
Deusdedit Muhumuza
UGA
7.38
247
Elmore Hutchinson
USA
7.41
248
Elton Chigumbura
ZIM
7.42
249
Harvir Baidwan
CAN
7.52
250
Not on record
USA
7.55
251
Ronnie Hira
NZ
7.60
252
Syed Bashir Ahmed Shah
DEN
7.68
253
Not on record
ITL
7.76
254
Charles Waiswa
UGA
7.76
255
Not on record
DEN
8.03
256
Jonathan Ssebanja
UGA
8.04
257
Janeiro Tucker
BER
8.05
258
Irfan Ahmed
HK
8.08
259
Kamau Leverock
BER
9.86
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