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
AH Kardar (PAK)	1955-1956	9	201.0	80	1206	253	12	3/35	21.08	1.25	100.5	-	-	-
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
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1955-1956	4	190.1	73	1141	306	19	6/42	16.10	1.60	60.0	1	2	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
SP Gupte (IND)	1955-1955	5	276.5	118	1661	476	21	5/18	22.66	1.71	79.0	-	3	-
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	-	-	-
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	9	-	273	3128	935	63	7/43	14.84	1.79	49.6	3	6	1
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1955-1956	8	370.1	129	2221	667	42	6/21	15.88	1.80	52.8	4	3	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1937	12	-	261	4828	1453	59	5/51	24.62	1.80	81.8	3	4	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1955-1962	13	651.1	246	3907	1179	65	7/80	18.13	1.81	60.1	2	7	2
KD Mackay (AUS)	1958-1963	16	-	107	2580	783	23	6/42	34.04	1.82	112.1	-	1	-
H Verity (ENG)	1932-1937	9	-	111	2377	726	21	5/33	34.57	1.83	113.1	-	1	-
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1984-1987	5	221.2	71	1328	407	12	3/33	33.91	1.83	110.6	-	-	-
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
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	6	-	39	1133	354	15	4/33	23.60	1.87	75.5	1	-	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	7	240.7	67	1927	607	30	6/29	20.23	1.88	64.2	1	3	1
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1973	10	429.2	154	2576	813	40	7/74	20.32	1.89	64.4	4	2	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1966	8	-	143	2676	851	27	5/30	31.51	1.90	99.1	1	1	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1969-1971	9	-	33	1062	345	7	2/15	49.28	1.94	151.7	-	-	-
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	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1988	13	-	198	4203	1375	42	7/78	32.73	1.96	100.0	2	2	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	10	422.0	160	2532	829	26	4/43	31.88	1.96	97.3	2	-	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	14	569.1	136	4553	1493	37	7/79	40.35	1.96	123.0	2	2	-
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	10	-	40	1070	351	16	4/49	21.93	1.96	66.8	2	-	-
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	10	351.0	179	1404	461	18	7/40	25.61	1.97	78.0	-	1	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1956	23	-	139	4662	1532	61	6/42	25.11	1.97	76.4	4	1	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1952-1953	5	133.0	38	1064	350	8	4/41	43.75	1.97	133.0	1	-	-
Shujauddin (PAK)	1955-1962	16	324.3	108	1947	641	16	3/18	40.06	1.97	121.6	-	-	-
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	-
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	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1955-1955	4	167.0	41	1002	335	9	5/109	37.22	2.00	111.3	-	1	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1959-1976	19	-	225	7019	2360	74	5/66	31.89	2.01	94.8	3	4	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1987	8	-	95	2370	801	25	7/66	32.04	2.02	94.8	-	1	-
WE Midwinter (AUS/ENG)	1877-1887	9	384.1	165	1537	520	23	5/78	22.60	2.02	66.8	1	1	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1966	9	-	58	1587	537	10	2/44	53.70	2.03	158.7	-	-	-
G Miller (ENG)	1977-1983	15	-	120	3145	1071	40	5/44	26.77	2.04	78.6	1	1	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	11	424.2	110	3394	1162	34	4/38	34.17	2.05	99.8	1	-	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	33	-	361	10490	3613	123	6/115	29.37	2.06	85.2	11	6	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1947-1955	10	-	151	2972	1029	24	5/64	42.87	2.07	123.8	1	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
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	-	-	-
DD Blackie (AUS)	1928-1929	3	210.0	51	1260	444	14	6/94	31.71	2.11	90.0	1	1	-
HF Boyle (AUS)	1879-1884	7	258.3	105	1035	365	16	3/52	22.81	2.11	64.6	-	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1984	58	-	119	3203	1130	35	5/61	32.28	2.11	91.5	-	1	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1958-1962	6	-	96	2006	712	15	4/70	47.46	2.12	133.7	3	-	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	29	-	121	5039	1798	87	7/60	20.66	2.14	57.9	3	3	-
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1969	6	229.0	80	1374	491	12	3/27	40.91	2.14	114.5	-	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1954-1963	21	-	159	5817	2081	98	6/53	21.23	2.14	59.3	3	8	1
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1988	34	-	466	9486	3401	132	7/49	25.76	2.15	71.8	11	6	1
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	-
Arshad Khan (PAK)	1997-2000	4	210.0	68	1260	456	12	3/72	38.00	2.17	105.0	-	-	-
L Amarnath (IND)	1947-1948	5	126.0	21	1008	366	13	4/78	28.15	2.17	77.5	2	-	-
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1969-1983	11	388.4	116	2332	853	27	7/99	31.59	2.19	86.3	-	2	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	14	-	115	3597	1316	48	6/34	27.41	2.19	74.9	2	3	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1971	14	579.6	147	4638	1706	49	5/61	34.81	2.20	94.6	2	2	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1969-1980	19	-	219	5402	1993	61	7/113	32.67	2.21	88.5	2	2	1
S Ramadhin (WI)	1951-1961	9	-	85	2578	954	26	5/90	36.69	2.22	99.1	1	1	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	32	-	161	7177	2658	116	7/38	22.91	2.22	61.8	5	4	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1948	8	232.0	31	1856	690	22	5/44	31.36	2.23	84.3	-	2	-
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1993	25	866.2	252	5198	1940	62	5/54	31.29	2.23	83.8	2	1	-
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	-	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-1995	8	347.4	90	2086	787	19	5/61	41.42	2.26	109.7	1	1	-
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1937	20	-	57	1784	674	19	4/13	35.47	2.26	93.8	1	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1952-1953	5	278.4	58	2228	843	30	7/81	28.10	2.27	74.2	2	2	1
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1991	6	360.3	101	2163	819	19	3/53	43.10	2.27	113.8	-	-	-
NS Yadav (IND)	1981-1986	6	369.5	111	2219	843	24	5/99	35.12	2.27	92.4	1	1	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1933	19	-	311	6795	2582	105	7/83	24.59	2.27	64.7	5	9	3
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1981	12	-	81	2551	971	37	5/148	26.24	2.28	68.9	4	1	-
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1973	19	-	53	1235	471	16	4/64	29.43	2.28	77.1	1	-	-
TJ Jenner (AUS)	1970-1975	5	131.6	28	1054	402	11	3/42	36.54	2.28	95.8	-	-	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1982-1992	14	457.5	120	2747	1050	26	4/45	40.38	2.29	105.6	4	-	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1951-1961	10	223.1	44	1785	686	27	6/38	25.40	2.30	66.1	1	1	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1974-1979	10	342.6	63	2742	1056	43	5/28	24.55	2.31	63.7	3	2	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1953	4	129.2	30	1034	399	6	4/169	66.50	2.31	172.3	1	-	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	11	478.3	76	3827	1489	47	5/46	31.68	2.33	81.4	3	2	1
JK Lever (ENG)	1977-1980	6	-	36	1291	503	17	4/28	29.58	2.33	75.9	2	-	-
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	95	-	104	2263	883	21	7/46	42.04	2.34	107.7	1	1	1
JA Snow (ENG)	1969-1971	8	-	59	2027	793	35	7/40	22.65	2.34	57.9	2	2	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1959-1969	13	-	100	3573	1398	33	6/73	42.36	2.34	108.2	1	2	-
NGB Cook (ENG)	1984-1987	6	272.0	89	1632	639	21	6/65	30.42	2.34	77.7	-	2	1
DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1955	7	-	54	1266	498	16	3/14	31.12	2.36	79.1	-	-	-
TW Wall (AUS)	1929-1933	9	400.2	85	2402	945	37	5/14	25.54	2.36	64.9	1	3	-
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1955-1961	10	334.5	75	2009	791	24	6/67	32.95	2.36	83.7	2	1	-
J Ryder (AUS)	1920-1929	13	-	44	1237	488	12	2/20	40.66	2.36	103.0	-	-	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1951-1961	10	387.5	84	3101	1224	38	6/102	32.21	2.36	81.6	3	3	-
SL Boock (NZ)	1984-1985	4	224.3	63	1347	533	20	7/87	26.65	2.37	67.3	1	1	-
FA Ward (AUS)	1936-1937	3	136.0	28	1088	432	11	6/102	39.27	2.38	98.9	-	1	-

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2024 [Test # 2524]

Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jan 17-19, 2024 [Test # 2523]

Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2024 [Test # 2521]