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	-	-
C Gladwin (ENG)	1948-1949	5	171.5	47	1373	346	11	3/21	31.45	1.51	124.8	-	-	-
CE Eksteen (SA)	1994-1995	4	183.0	74	1098	301	7	3/12	43.00	1.64	156.8	-	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	28	-	398	7790	2142	74	6/53	28.94	1.64	105.2	-	2	-
H Verity (ENG)	1932-1939	14	-	200	4643	1278	40	5/33	31.95	1.65	116.0	1	2	-
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	-	-	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1956-1959	9	272.7	70	2183	642	26	5/107	24.69	1.76	83.9	1	1	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1887-1896	9	-	191	2303	681	76	9/28	8.96	1.77	30.3	1	7	4
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	17	-	373	6330	1913	86	5/20	22.24	1.81	73.6	6	6	1
KD Mackay (AUS)	1957-1963	18	319.0	68	2552	786	16	3/75	49.12	1.84	159.5	-	-	-
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1955	5	135.6	36	1086	335	14	4/33	23.92	1.85	77.5	1	-	-
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1985-1987	4	181.0	57	1086	338	9	3/33	37.55	1.86	120.6	-	-	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1963-1966	9	-	148	3127	974	31	5/41	31.41	1.86	100.8	2	1	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	42	365.3	147	2193	685	23	3/19	29.78	1.87	95.3	-	-	-
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
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1957	13	278.0	80	2224	702	21	4/34	33.42	1.89	105.9	2	-	-
JC White (ENG)	1928-1931	9	554.4	177	3328	1068	35	8/126	30.51	1.92	95.0	1	3	1
HD Bromfield (SA)	1961-1965	8	271.2	92	1628	524	15	5/88	34.93	1.93	108.5	-	1	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1988	10	-	150	3459	1124	35	7/78	32.11	1.94	98.8	2	2	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1895	14	-	336	4169	1358	63	6/67	21.55	1.95	66.1	4	3	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1931	15	-	242	5890	1919	69	6/99	27.81	1.95	85.3	3	5	1
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	25	1231.1	364	9849	3221	122	9/113	26.40	1.96	80.7	3	10	2
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	10	351.0	179	1404	461	18	7/40	25.61	1.97	78.0	-	1	-
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1953-1954	5	171.1	36	1369	454	22	4/62	20.63	1.98	62.2	2	-	-
W Barnes (ENG)	1882-1887	10	382.3	182	1531	509	33	6/28	15.42	1.99	46.3	1	2	-
PJ Loader (ENG)	1957-1959	6	181.2	37	1450	484	16	4/56	30.25	2.00	90.6	1	-	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1962	10	-	86	1792	601	23	4/34	26.13	2.01	77.9	3	-	-
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	14	-	84	1835	616	25	4/49	24.64	2.01	73.4	2	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	-	112	4039	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.3	4	3	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1954	8	235.2	64	1882	632	12	4/169	52.66	2.01	156.8	1	-	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1992	9	284.0	86	1704	574	21	4/45	27.33	2.02	81.1	4	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1987	6	-	80	1674	565	15	3/45	37.66	2.02	111.6	-	-	-
WE Midwinter (AUS/ENG)	1877-1887	9	384.1	165	1537	520	23	5/78	22.60	2.02	66.8	1	1	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	19	366.0	76	2928	995	47	5/20	21.17	2.03	62.2	3	1	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1957-1959	5	152.2	36	1218	414	7	4/130	59.14	2.03	174.0	1	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1954-1963	22	805.7	163	6447	2193	109	6/34	20.11	2.04	59.1	2	10	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	28	978.6	205	7830	2664	124	6/44	21.48	2.04	63.1	5	6	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1955	27	698.6	159	5590	1902	75	6/42	25.36	2.04	74.5	3	2	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	19	-	223	6408	2187	55	7/79	39.76	2.04	116.5	3	3	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	11	424.2	110	3394	1162	34	4/38	34.17	2.05	99.8	1	-	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1976	14	717.1	165	5737	1970	59	5/66	33.38	2.06	97.2	3	4	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	12	486.0	176	2916	1003	40	5/81	25.07	2.06	72.9	3	1	-
G Geary (ENG)	1927-1929	6	318.0	88	1908	657	31	7/70	21.19	2.06	61.5	-	4	1
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	1887-1892	4	-	142	1259	437	37	7/37	11.81	2.08	34.0	3	4	1
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	-	-	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1954-1957	8	210.4	52	1684	588	36	7/36	16.33	2.09	46.7	-	4	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	13	460.0	170	2760	967	37	5/42	26.13	2.10	74.5	1	2	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	34	1372.5	318	10981	3855	134	6/115	28.76	2.10	81.9	11	9	-
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	-
HF Boyle (AUS)	1879-1884	7	258.3	105	1035	365	16	3/52	22.81	2.11	64.6	-	-	-
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1961	9	193.1	48	1545	545	18	4/33	30.27	2.11	85.8	1	-	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	280.3	91	1683	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.2	3	2	-
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	-	60	2691	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.7	1	2	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1948-1949	5	277.2	40	2218	794	24	5/80	33.08	2.14	92.4	2	2	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1955	33	743.1	130	5945	2130	102	7/60	20.88	2.14	58.2	4	4	-
GE Palmer (AUS)	1881-1885	10	760.0	312	3040	1090	55	7/65	19.81	2.15	55.2	3	5	2
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	11	-	102	3291	1187	47	6/34	25.25	2.16	70.0	2	3	-
HSTL Hendry (AUS)	1921-1929	7	-	62	1394	505	13	3/36	38.84	2.17	107.2	-	-	-
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-2006	14	178.0	61	1068	387	5	1/15	77.40	2.17	213.6	-	-	-
L Amarnath (IND)	1947-1948	5	126.0	21	1008	366	13	4/78	28.15	2.17	77.5	2	-	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	24	-	451	8872	3224	149	7/40	21.63	2.18	59.5	5	14	6
NBF Mann (SA)	1948-1950	10	360.5	71	2885	1053	33	6/59	31.90	2.18	87.4	2	1	-
NS Yadav (IND)	1981-1986	5	294.5	93	1769	647	23	5/99	28.13	2.19	76.9	1	1	-
AE Relf (ENG)	1903-1914	12	241.2	73	1448	530	19	3/31	27.89	2.19	76.2	-	-	-
H Trumble (AUS)	1894-1904	16	768.4	223	4612	1708	74	7/28	23.08	2.22	62.3	5	4	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1959	33	915.1	141	7321	2720	124	7/38	21.93	2.22	59.0	5	5	-
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	209.2	69	1256	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.3	1	2	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1962-1967	5	285.2	104	1712	637	16	4/128	39.81	2.23	107.0	1	-	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1954	16	685.0	113	5480	2043	63	5/46	32.42	2.23	86.9	5	2	1
K Farnes (ENG)	1937-1939	7	259.6	43	2078	775	27	6/96	28.70	2.23	76.9	2	1	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	12	-	45	1564	585	9	2/46	65.00	2.24	173.7	-	-	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1991-1993	6	302.4	85	1816	680	13	3/11	52.30	2.24	139.6	-	-	-
J Ryder (AUS)	1920-1929	16	-	63	1603	601	16	2/20	37.56	2.24	100.1	-	-	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.0	3	3	1
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1928	20	-	125	3845	1444	42	4/27	34.38	2.25	91.5	1	-	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1980	14	-	144	4190	1574	50	7/113	31.48	2.25	83.8	2	1	1
AD Mullally (ENG)	1998-2000	6	215.3	61	1293	486	17	5/105	28.58	2.25	76.0	-	1	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1981-1993	15	687.5	179	4127	1553	59	8/106	26.32	2.25	69.9	1	5	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1967-1978	8	320.1	66	2561	965	31	6/104	31.12	2.26	82.6	2	2	-
SJ Staples (ENG)	1928-1928	3	191.3	50	1149	435	15	3/50	29.00	2.27	76.6	-	-	-
CG Macartney (AUS)	1907-1921	14	260.4	71	1564	595	19	5/44	31.31	2.28	82.3	-	1	-
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1981	12	-	81	2551	971	37	5/148	26.24	2.28	68.9	4	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	-	-	-
NI Thomson (ENG)	1964-1965	5	248.0	68	1488	568	9	2/55	63.11	2.29	165.3	-	-	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	13	312.6	44	2502	958	35	5/41	27.37	2.29	71.4	-	3	-
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	222.2	62	1334	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.6	2	2	-
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	-
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	89	-	91	2035	786	19	7/46	41.36	2.31	107.1	1	1	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]