Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records for Australia (Host) in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
W Attewell (ENG)	1884-1892	9	-	289	2478	530	23	4/53	23.04	1.28	107.7	1	-	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1887-1892	6	-	153	1783	478	41	8/35	11.65	1.60	43.4	1	3	2
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1956	5	254.0	119	1524	412	7	3/77	58.85	1.62	217.7	-	-	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1968	28	-	455	6145	1688	56	6/91	30.14	1.64	109.7	2	3	1
E Evans (AUS)	1881-1885	4	260.1	136	1041	289	7	3/64	41.28	1.66	148.7	-	-	-
R Kilner (ENG)	1925-1925	3	179.1	35	1433	399	17	4/51	23.47	1.67	84.2	3	-	-
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	782.3	328	4695	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.4	4	4	2
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.7	2	1	-
RK Oxenham (AUS)	1928-1931	7	300.2	112	1802	522	14	4/39	37.28	1.73	128.7	2	-	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1979	7	179.6	36	1438	418	21	3/19	19.90	1.74	68.4	-	-	-
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1952	10	-	118	2379	710	34	7/55	20.88	1.79	69.9	-	1	1
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	9	-	273	3128	935	63	7/43	14.84	1.79	49.6	3	6	1
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1937	12	-	261	4828	1453	59	5/51	24.62	1.80	81.8	3	4	1
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1964	4	-	80	1252	385	7	3/74	55.00	1.84	178.8	-	-	-
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1955	5	135.6	36	1086	335	14	4/33	23.92	1.85	77.5	1	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1963	21	-	95	2482	769	20	3/27	38.45	1.85	124.1	-	-	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1958-1959	4	127.6	24	1022	318	15	5/107	21.20	1.86	68.1	1	1	-
JC White (ENG)	1928-1929	5	406.4	134	2440	760	25	8/126	30.40	1.86	97.6	1	3	1
D Wilson (ENG)	1964-1964	5	212.0	85	1272	398	9	2/17	44.22	1.87	141.3	-	-	-
G Sharma (IND)	1985-1990	4	202.5	51	1217	383	10	4/88	38.30	1.88	121.7	1	-	-
G Miller (ENG)	1978-1983	12	-	106	2569	809	36	5/44	22.47	1.88	71.3	1	1	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	7	240.7	67	1927	607	30	6/29	20.23	1.88	64.2	1	3	1
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1966	11	-	93	2293	729	19	4/68	38.36	1.90	120.6	1	-	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1961	10	389.3	134	2337	751	29	7/42	25.89	1.92	80.5	1	3	1
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1956	24	-	156	4792	1544	60	6/42	25.73	1.93	79.8	3	1	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	19	-	292	6946	2240	64	7/79	35.00	1.93	108.5	3	4	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1966	10	-	180	3403	1099	35	5/67	31.40	1.93	97.2	3	1	-
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1988	7	352.4	109	2116	687	27	5/50	25.44	1.94	78.3	4	1	-
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	11	-	40	1142	371	15	4/49	24.73	1.94	76.1	2	-	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1895	14	-	336	4169	1358	63	6/67	21.55	1.95	66.1	4	3	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1963-1964	5	160.5	31	1285	420	11	5/60	38.18	1.96	116.8	-	1	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	10	422.0	160	2532	829	26	4/43	31.88	1.96	97.3	2	-	-
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	10	351.0	179	1404	461	18	7/40	25.61	1.97	78.0	-	1	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1952-1953	5	133.0	38	1064	350	8	4/41	43.75	1.97	133.0	1	-	-
HSTL Hendry (AUS)	1924-1929	5	-	54	1118	369	11	3/36	33.54	1.98	101.6	-	-	-
G Geary (ENG)	1928-1929	4	240.3	70	1443	477	19	5/35	25.10	1.98	75.9	-	2	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1976	23	-	339	8701	2882	98	7/98	29.40	1.98	88.7	5	7	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1929	10	-	184	4754	1578	55	6/99	28.69	1.99	86.4	3	5	1
W Barnes (ENG)	1882-1887	10	382.3	182	1531	509	33	6/28	15.42	1.99	46.3	1	2	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	37	-	705	12782	4250	172	7/98	24.70	1.99	74.3	11	11	1
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1983	6	244.0	71	1464	488	8	5/72	61.00	2.00	183.0	-	1	-
PR Umrigar (IND)	1948-1962	36	454.3	134	2727	910	18	4/27	50.55	2.00	151.5	3	-	-
H Verity (ENG)	1932-1937	12	-	172	3324	1113	44	7/49	25.29	2.00	75.5	3	2	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1993	15	-	195	4407	1490	43	7/78	34.65	2.02	102.4	2	2	-
WE Midwinter (AUS/ENG)	1877-1887	9	384.1	165	1537	520	23	5/78	22.60	2.02	66.8	1	1	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	11	424.2	110	3394	1162	34	4/38	34.17	2.05	99.8	1	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1987	11	-	184	3331	1149	29	4/60	39.62	2.06	114.8	1	-	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	37	-	460	11997	4153	156	7/72	26.62	2.07	76.9	11	10	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	23	818.1	174	6545	2272	101	6/62	22.49	2.08	64.8	3	5	-
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	2364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.2	2	4	1
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1985-1988	7	287.0	82	1722	599	15	3/33	39.93	2.08	114.8	-	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1954-1963	23	-	211	6441	2241	114	7/93	19.65	2.08	56.5	2	10	2
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1983	33	-	476	8683	3022	96	8/72	31.47	2.08	90.4	5	2	1
CE McLeod (AUS)	1894-1904	11	320.2	102	1922	669	22	5/65	30.40	2.08	87.3	1	1	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1963-1971	8	172.0	53	1376	480	11	3/39	43.63	2.09	125.0	-	-	-
L Amarnath (IND)	1933-1952	21	-	145	3299	1151	32	4/40	35.96	2.09	103.0	3	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1984	55	-	110	2999	1056	32	5/61	33.00	2.11	93.7	-	1	-
DD Blackie (AUS)	1928-1929	3	210.0	51	1260	444	14	6/94	31.71	2.11	90.0	1	1	-
R Gilchrist (WI)	1958-1959	4	198.1	73	1189	419	26	6/55	16.11	2.11	45.7	1	1	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1958-1962	9	-	149	2849	1004	27	6/65	37.18	2.11	105.5	3	1	-
HF Boyle (AUS)	1879-1884	7	258.3	105	1035	365	16	3/52	22.81	2.11	64.6	-	-	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	24	1123.4	332	6742	2395	88	6/103	27.21	2.13	76.6	3	4	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1982	30	-	421	8405	3006	104	7/113	28.90	2.14	80.8	7	2	1
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1955	28	608.1	112	4865	1740	85	7/60	20.47	2.14	57.2	3	3	-
GE Palmer (AUS)	1881-1885	10	760.0	312	3040	1090	55	7/65	19.81	2.15	55.2	3	5	2
H Trumble (AUS)	1894-1904	15	734.4	219	4408	1581	74	7/28	21.36	2.15	59.5	5	4	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1971	17	-	217	5704	2053	59	5/61	34.79	2.15	96.6	3	2	-
SM Boland (AUS)	2021-2023	7	172.1	52	1033	376	28	6/7	13.42	2.18	36.8	1	1	-
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1998	16	570.3	188	3423	1246	37	4/48	33.67	2.18	92.5	1	-	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1947-1959	28	-	437	9159	3363	115	8/52	29.24	2.20	79.6	10	4	2
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1948	8	232.0	31	1856	690	22	5/44	31.36	2.23	84.3	-	2	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1992	44	1497.5	407	8987	3342	92	5/75	36.32	2.23	97.6	9	1	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1960	34	-	196	7742	2893	130	7/38	22.25	2.24	59.5	5	5	-
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1955-1956	5	220.0	65	1320	495	7	2/56	70.71	2.25	188.5	-	-	-
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	27	723.1	196	4339	1629	45	4/26	36.20	2.25	96.4	3	-	-
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1928	20	-	125	3845	1444	42	4/27	34.38	2.25	91.5	1	-	-
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1963-1968	12	-	75	3379	1276	43	7/105	29.67	2.26	78.5	1	3	-
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1937	20	-	57	1784	674	19	4/13	35.47	2.26	93.8	1	-	-
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1964	13	249.0	75	1494	565	10	3/43	56.50	2.26	149.4	-	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1952-1953	5	278.4	58	2228	843	30	7/81	28.10	2.27	74.2	2	2	1
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1971	20	-	157	4929	1868	59	5/122	31.66	2.27	83.5	5	1	-
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1960	19	437.0	144	2622	994	19	3/20	52.31	2.27	138.0	-	-	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1933	19	-	311	6795	2582	105	7/83	24.59	2.27	64.7	5	9	3
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1948-1959	14	589.4	156	3538	1346	44	7/49	30.59	2.28	80.4	3	2	1
JM Patel (IND)	1956-1960	6	247.3	81	1485	565	26	9/69	21.73	2.28	57.1	-	2	1
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1978	30	-	411	9254	3525	126	6/74	27.97	2.28	73.4	12	7	1
S Ramadhin (WI)	1951-1961	9	-	72	2424	924	19	5/90	48.63	2.28	127.5	-	1	-
TJ Jenner (AUS)	1970-1975	5	131.6	28	1054	402	11	3/42	36.54	2.28	95.8	-	-	-
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1991	5	335.3	93	2013	768	18	3/53	42.66	2.28	111.8	-	-	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1951-1961	10	223.1	44	1785	686	27	6/38	25.40	2.30	66.1	1	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	26	-	265	6745	2602	91	8/59	28.59	2.31	74.1	4	4	1
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1953	4	129.2	30	1034	399	6	4/169	66.50	2.31	172.3	1	-	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	16	-	148	4567	1767	71	7/67	24.88	2.32	64.3	4	5	1
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	95	-	106	2371	920	22	7/46	41.81	2.32	107.7	1	1	1
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	11	478.3	76	3827	1489	47	5/46	31.68	2.33	81.4	3	2	1
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1993	18	811.3	229	4869	1898	62	7/27	30.61	2.33	78.5	3	3	2
LF Kline (AUS)	1958-1961	7	-	55	1130	441	11	4/42	40.09	2.34	102.7	1	-	-
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1960-1961	5	209.0	56	1254	490	15	6/202	32.66	2.34	83.6	-	2	-
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1960-1969	27	-	83	1533	600	8	2/54	75.00	2.34	191.6	-	-	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-2001	20	911.4	253	5470	2142	80	6/12	26.77	2.34	68.3	1	5	1

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]