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Best Economy in ICC World Cup (in England/Ireland/Netherlands/Scotland): Season-wise Rankings & Records
Here is a complete list of players who recorded the best economy in the ICC World Cup (in England/Ireland/Netherlands/Scotland) series.
ALL FORMATS
All-time
104 entries
1
2.297872
Courtney Walsh
WI
0.05 clear of Sir Curtly Ambrose
2
2.350000
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
0.05 off the lead
3
3.035143
Reon King
WI
0.74 off the lead
● LEADS
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.297872 · 0.05 better than Ambrose
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.520000
The mark at number ten — 94 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
7 of the top 50 · 12 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
104 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Courtney Walsh
WI
2.297872
2
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2.350000
3
Reon King
WI
3.035143
4
Shafiuddin Ahmed
BAN
3.250000
5
Nikhil Chopra
IND
3.300000
6
Shaun Pollock
SA
3.385167
7
Gavin Larsen
NZ
3.460526
8
Manjurul Islam
BAN
3.481481
9
Phil Simmons
WI
3.487179
10
Alan Mullally
ENG
3.520000
11
Adam Dale
AUS
3.533333
12
Ian Austin
ENG
3.586956
13
Steve Elworthy
SA
3.638888
14
Muttiah Muralitharan
SL
3.674418
15
Angus Fraser
ENG
3.700000
16
Geoff Allott
NZ
3.718535
17
Robert Croft
ENG
3.750000
18
Wasim Akram
PAK
3.800000
19
Mark Ealham
ENG
3.820000
20
Hasibul Hossain
BAN
3.827586
21
Shane Warne
AUS
3.832271
22
Mervyn Dillon
WI
3.835616
23
Glenn McGrath
AUS
3.846960
24
Hendy Bryan
WI
3.881578
25
Adam Huckle
ZIM
3.900000
26
Abdul Razzaq
PAK
3.922077
27
Jacques Kallis
SA
3.939393
28
Dion Nash
NZ
3.950617
29
Allan Donald
SA
3.963414
30
Darren Gough
ENG
3.966942
31
Khaled Mahmud
BAN
3.972602
32
Waqar Younis
PAK
4.000000
32
Asim Butt
SCO
4.000000
33
Pommie Mbangwa
ZIM
4.043478
34
Shane Lee
AUS
4.083333
35
Venkatesh Prasad
IND
4.124031
36
Damien Fleming
AUS
4.132420
37
Azhar Mahmood
PAK
4.154761
38
Paul Reiffel
AUS
4.175438
39
James Brinkley
SCO
4.178571
40
Anil Kumble
IND
4.196428
41
Tony Suji
KEN
4.222222
42
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
4.244897
43
Naimur Rahman
BAN
4.256756
44
Gavin Hamilton
ENG
4.257142
45
Javagal Srinath
IND
4.275956
46
Tom Moody
AUS
4.313725
47
Grant Flower
ZIM
4.368421
48
Paul Strang
ZIM
4.424379
49
Nick Dyer
SCO
4.500000
49
Michael Bevan
AUS
4.500000
50
Saqlain Mushtaq
PAK
4.544364
51
Mohammad Rafique
BAN
4.545454
52
Guy Whittall
ZIM
4.558139
53
Nathan Astle
NZ
4.627539
54
Lance Klusener
SA
4.635761
55
Neil Johnson
ZIM
4.660000
56
Brendon Julian
AUS
4.705882
57
Chris Harris
NZ
4.713493
58
Robin Singh
IND
4.736842
59
Martin Suji
KEN
4.756097
60
Chris Cairns
NZ
4.791366
61
Heath Streak
ZIM
4.794117
62
Shoaib Akhtar
PAK
4.857142
63
Upul Chandana
SL
4.875000
64
Mark Waugh
AUS
4.888888
65
Chaminda Vaas
SL
4.893617
66
Hansie Cronje
SA
4.906250
67
Jimmy Kamande
KEN
4.944444
68
Enamul Haque
BAN
4.956896
69
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5.000000
69
Debasis Mohanty
IND
5.000000
69
Adam Hollioake
ENG
5.000000
69
Mohammad Sheikh
BAN
5.000000
69
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
5.000000
70
Thomas Odoyo
KEN
5.063829
71
Steve Waugh
AUS
5.111111
72
Sourav Ganguly
IND
5.131578
73
Maurice Odumbe
KEN
5.133333
74
Carl Bulfin
NZ
5.166666
75
Shahid Afridi
PAK
5.227272
76
Andy Whittall
ZIM
5.296296
77
Andrew Flintoff
ENG
5.333333
78
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
5.350000
79
Mahela Jayawardene
SL
5.458333
80
Ajay Jadeja
IND
5.500000
81
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
5.508196
82
John Blain
SCO
5.660377
83
Aasif Karim
KEN
5.685714
84
Eric Upashantha
SL
5.750000
85
Ajit Agarkar
IND
5.785714
86
Joseph Angara
KEN
6.000000
87
Ian Stanger
SCO
6.222222
88
Graeme Hick
ENG
6.333333
89
Henry Olonga
ZIM
6.353591
90
Steve Tikolo
KEN
6.888888
91
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
7.000000
92
Jimmy Adams
WI
7.125000
93
Nicky Boje
SA
7.500000
94
Darren Lehmann
AUS
8.500000
95
Craig McMillan
NZ
9.500000
96
Keith Arthurton
WI
10.000000
97
Damien Martyn
AUS
12.500000
98
Ricardo Powell
WI
16.000000
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