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Best Economy in 2017: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 2017 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
2017
229 entries
1
2.27
James Anderson
ENG
0.12 clear of Kyle Abbott
2
2.39
Kyle Abbott
SA
0.12 off the lead
3
2.43
Mohammad Abbas
PAK
0.16 off the lead
● LEADS
James Anderson
ENG
2.27 · 0.12 better than Abbott
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.82
The mark at number ten — 219 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
7 of the top 50 · 13 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
229 entries, ranked
Table view
1
James Anderson
ENG
2.27
2
Kyle Abbott
SA
2.39
3
Mohammad Abbas
PAK
2.43
4
Steve O'Keefe
AUS
2.57
5
Vernon Philander
SA
2.59
6
Nathan Lyon
AUS
2.71
7
Tendai Chisoro
ZIM
2.73
8
Stuart Broad
ENG
2.76
9
Sagar Pun
NEP
2.81
10
Haris Sohail
PAK
2.82
11
Kyle Jarvis
ZIM
2.91
12
Ravindra Jadeja
IND
2.93
13
Raymon Reifer
WI
2.93
14
Ishant Sharma
IND
2.94
15
Dawid Malan
ENG
2.96
16
Kemar Roach
WI
3.00
17
Josh Hazlewood
AUS
3.06
18
Rangana Herath
SL
3.08
19
Yasir Shah
PAK
3.15
20
Keshav Maharaj
SA
3.16
21
Jeetan Patel
NZ
3.18
22
Ravichandran Ashwin
IND
3.18
23
Asad Shafiq
PAK
3.18
24
Kraigg Brathwaite
WI
3.26
25
Mohammad Amir
PAK
3.26
26
Neil Wagner
NZ
3.35
27
Graeme Cremer
ZIM
3.52
28
Sikandar Raza
ZIM
3.52
29
Morne Morkel
SA
3.53
30
Sean Williams
ZIM
3.54
31
Mohammed Qasim
UAE
3.55
32
Ashton Agar
AUS
3.56
33
Jason Holder
WI
3.60
34
Jackson Bird
AUS
3.60
35
Dilruwan Perera
SL
3.61
36
Lahiru Gamage
SL
3.62
37
Devendra Bishoo
WI
3.64
38
Shannon Gabriel
WI
3.65
39
Colin de Grandhomme
NZ
3.66
40
Kagiso Rabada
SA
3.69
41
Chris Woakes
ENG
3.71
42
Pat Cummins
AUS
3.72
43
Mohammed Shami
IND
3.72
44
Tanwir Afzal
HK
3.72
45
Subashis Roy
BAN
3.72
46
Suranga Lakmal
SL
3.73
47
Taijul Islam
BAN
3.76
48
Roston Chase
WI
3.76
49
Basant Regmi
NEP
3.76
50
Matt Henry
NZ
3.77
51
Mitchell Starc
AUS
3.77
52
Shafiul Islam
BAN
3.78
53
Chris Mpofu
ZIM
3.80
54
Umesh Yadav
IND
3.80
55
Toby Roland-Jones
ENG
3.82
56
Craig Overton
ENG
3.83
57
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
AFG
3.87
58
Duanne Olivier
SA
3.89
59
Assad Vala
PNG
3.90
60
Shem Ngoche
KEN
3.92
60
Mehidy Hasan
BAN
3.92
61
Rashid Khan
AFG
3.95
62
Glenn Maxwell
AUS
3.96
63
Moeen Ali
ENG
3.97
64
Shakib Al Hasan
BAN
3.99
65
Mitchell Marsh
AUS
4.00
66
Mitchell Santner
NZ
4.01
67
Ahmed Raza
UAE
4.04
68
Angelo Mathews
SL
4.12
69
Mahuru Dai
PNG
4.15
70
Mustafizur Rahman
BAN
4.15
71
Malcolm Waller
ZIM
4.17
72
Dimuth Karunaratne
SL
4.18
72
Rakep Patel
KEN
4.18
73
Mark Watt
SCO
4.21
74
Faheem Ashraf
PAK
4.22
75
Dhananjaya de Silva
SL
4.26
76
Joe Root
ENG
4.26
77
Trent Boult
NZ
4.27
78
Malinda Pushpakumara
SL
4.27
79
Kamrul Islam
BAN
4.28
80
Michael Leask
SCO
4.32
81
Mark Wood
ENG
4.33
82
Andy McBrine
IRE
4.34
83
Pieter Seelaar
NED
4.35
84
Alasdair Evans
SCO
4.36
85
Rohan Mustafa
UAE
4.36
86
Mohammad Hafeez
PAK
4.37
87
Sompal Kami
NEP
4.37
88
Jayant Yadav
IND
4.39
89
Alzarri Joseph
WI
4.41
90
Chris Sole
SCO
4.41
91
Dhiren Gondaria
KEN
4.44
92
Tom Curran
ENG
4.46
93
Liam Dawson
ENG
4.46
94
Ben Stokes
ENG
4.52
95
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
IND
4.53
96
Amjad Javed
UAE
4.54
97
Gulbadin Naib
AFG
4.55
98
Tim Murtagh
IRE
4.56
99
Nuwan Pradeep
SL
4.58
100
Steven Finn
ENG
4.62
101
Hasan Ali
PAK
4.62
102
Wahab Riaz
PAK
4.66
103
Imran Khan
BHR
4.67
103
Collins Obuya
KEN
4.67
104
Sandeep Lamichhane
NEP
4.67
105
Ehsan Khan
HK
4.68
106
Lakshan Sandakan
SL
4.71
107
Azhar Ali
PAK
4.71
108
Nasir Hossain
BAN
4.74
109
Miguel Cummins
WI
4.74
110
Nadeem Ahmed
HK
4.75
111
Amir Hamza
AFG
4.78
112
Tim Southee
NZ
4.79
113
Kuldeep Yadav
IND
4.80
114
Nehemiah Odhiambo
KEN
4.83
115
Solomon Mire
ZIM
4.90
116
Imran Haider
UAE
4.91
117
Richie Berrington
SCO
4.91
118
Vivian Kingma
NED
4.94
119
Jean-Paul Duminy
SA
4.95
120
Imad Wasim
PAK
4.96
121
Shadab Khan
PAK
4.99
122
Axar Patel
IND
5.00
123
Chris Morris
SA
5.06
124
Lahiru Kumara
SL
5.08
125
Craig Williams
NAM
5.08
126
Dwaine Pretorius
SA
5.09
127
Boyd Rankin
ENG
5.10
128
Mohammad Naveed
UAE
5.10
129
Bernard Scholtz
NAM
5.11
130
Roelof van der Merwe
NED
5.11
131
Shoaib Malik
PAK
5.13
132
Mohammad Nabi
AFG
5.15
133
Emmanuel Bundi
KEN
5.18
134
Con de Lange
SCO
5.18
135
Vishwa Fernando
SL
5.19
135
Peter Borren
NED
5.19
136
Imran Tahir
SA
5.19
137
Michael Rippon
NED
5.27
138
Alei Nao
PNG
5.30
139
Ashley Nurse
WI
5.30
140
Safyaan Sharif
SCO
5.31
141
Damien Ravu
PNG
5.32
142
Jeffrey Vandersay
SL
5.32
143
Mosaddek Hossain
BAN
5.33
144
Nathan Coulter-Nile
AUS
5.35
145
Taskin Ahmed
BAN
5.36
146
Tendai Chatara
ZIM
5.37
147
Milinda Siriwardana
SL
5.39
148
George Dockrell
IRE
5.39
149
Jasprit Bumrah
IND
5.40
150
Junaid Khan
PAK
5.41
151
Sarel Burger
NAM
5.42
152
Hardik Pandya
IND
5.46
153
Johannes Smit
NAM
5.46
154
Kedar Jadhav
IND
5.47
155
Kane Richardson
AUS
5.48
156
Chad Soper
PNG
5.48
157
Akila Dananjaya
SL
5.49
158
Travis Head
AUS
5.50
159
Andile Phehlukwayo
SA
5.56
160
Paul Stirling
IRE
5.60
161
Adil Rashid
ENG
5.62
162
Aizaz Khan
HK
5.66
163
Ish Sodhi
NZ
5.66
164
Marcus Stoinis
AUS
5.68
165
Yuzvendra Chahal
IND
5.69
166
Dushmantha Chameera
SL
5.71
167
Josh Davey
SCO
5.74
168
Norman Vanua
PNG
5.74
169
Jan Frylinck
NAM
5.75
171
Dawlat Zadran
AFG
5.79
172
Jacob Mulder
IRE
5.82
173
Adam Milne
NZ
5.83
174
Sabbir Rahman
BAN
5.85
175
Kane Williamson
NZ
5.85
176
Liam Plunkett
ENG
5.86
177
Lockie Ferguson
NZ
5.86
178
Nelson Odhiambo
KEN
5.87
179
John Reva
PNG
5.87
180
Ehsan Nawaz
HK
5.88
182
Sunil Narine
WI
5.94
183
Mahmudullah
BAN
5.94
184
James Neesham
NZ
5.94
185
Seekkuge Prasanna
SL
5.95
186
Richard Ngarava
ZIM
5.96
187
Usman Khan
PAK
5.96
188
James Faulkner
AUS
5.99
189
Corey Anderson
NZ
6.00
190
Wayne Parnell
SA
6.01
191
Zahoor Khan
UAE
6.03
192
Paul van Meekeren
NED
6.05
193
Jake Ball
ENG
6.08
194
Colin Munro
NZ
6.15
195
Adam Zampa
AUS
6.20
196
Mashrafe Mortaza
BAN
6.21
197
Rubel Hossain
BAN
6.22
198
Rovman Powell
WI
6.22
199
Rumman Raees
PAK
6.23
200
Kevin O'Brien
IRE
6.26
201
Fareed Ahmad
AFG
6.27
202
Samuel Badree
WI
6.33
203
Stuart Thompson
IRE
6.34
204
Tabraiz Shamsi
SA
6.35
205
Kesrick Williams
WI
6.40
206
Lasith Malinga
SL
6.42
207
Seth Rance
NZ
6.51
209
Carlos Brathwaite
WI
6.73
210
Brad Wheal
SCO
6.73
211
Nosaina Pokana
PNG
6.74
212
Barry McCarthy
IRE
6.78
213
Timm van der Gugten
NED
6.84
214
Wanindu Hasaranga
SL
6.84
215
Peter Chase
IRE
6.92
216
Craig Young
IRE
7.00
217
Lahiru Madushanka
SL
7.17
218
Dane Paterson
SA
7.25
219
Thisara Perera
SL
7.32
220
Nuwan Kulasekara
SL
7.47
221
David Willey
ENG
7.53
222
Karim Janat
AFG
7.84
223
Jerome Taylor
WI
7.91
224
Isuru Udana
SL
8.05
225
Ahsan Malik
NED
8.38
226
Vikum Sanjaya
SL
8.67
227
Chris Jordan
ENG
8.96
228
Shapoor Zadran
AFG
10.53
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