Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
TW Garrett (AUS)	1882-1886	4	256.0	136	1024	254	9	3/88	28.22	1.48	113.7	-	-	-
RG Barlow (ENG)	1882-1886	7	263.0	146	1052	306	16	7/44	19.12	1.74	65.7	-	2	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1954	7	314.2	113	1886	559	25	7/52	22.36	1.77	75.4	-	2	1
PR Umrigar (IND)	1952-1962	18	214.0	82	1284	381	9	5/107	42.33	1.78	142.6	-	1	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	9	485.1	189	2911	867	25	4/24	34.68	1.78	116.4	3	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1960	10	517.4	227	3106	942	42	5/31	22.42	1.81	73.9	1	3	-
TW Cartwright (ENG)	1964-1965	4	189.3	73	1137	348	13	6/94	26.76	1.83	87.4	-	1	-
GE Gomez (WI)	1939-1954	18	-	156	2617	808	21	4/72	38.47	1.85	124.6	1	-	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	18	742.2	308	4454	1376	61	7/56	22.55	1.85	73.0	7	1	-
T Greenhough (ENG)	1959-1960	4	188.1	66	1129	357	16	5/35	22.31	1.89	70.5	-	1	-
DS Atkinson (WI)	1954-1958	11	579.5	222	3479	1101	24	5/56	45.87	1.89	144.9	-	1	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	48	1659.0	629	9954	3152	106	6/29	29.73	1.89	93.9	4	3	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1957	13	282.3	96	1695	537	19	5/31	28.26	1.90	89.2	1	1	-
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1986	6	198.4	57	1192	379	14	4/26	27.07	1.90	85.1	1	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1961	8	297.0	93	1782	569	17	5/121	33.47	1.91	104.8	1	1	-
DG Phadkar (IND)	1952-1953	8	229.1	68	1375	440	12	5/64	36.66	1.92	114.5	-	1	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1968	26	921.5	345	5531	1770	58	5/19	30.51	1.92	95.3	3	2	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1962	20	1326.4	551	7960	2555	78	8/104	32.75	1.92	102.0	4	4	2
CG Macartney (AUS)	1909-1926	21	332.5	106	1997	645	26	7/58	24.80	1.93	76.8	1	1	1
JJ Ferris (AUS)	1888-1890	5	-	109	1043	338	24	5/26	14.08	1.94	43.4	1	2	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1964-1964	5	228.1	73	1369	444	11	3/39	40.36	1.94	124.4	-	-	-
PJ Loader (ENG)	1954-1958	7	202.0	78	1212	394	23	6/36	17.13	1.95	52.6	1	1	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1962	9	317.5	120	1907	620	18	3/50	34.44	1.95	105.9	-	-	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	26	1564.0	593	9384	3052	98	7/49	31.14	1.95	95.7	4	6	1
N Gifford (ENG)	1964-1973	11	337.1	118	2023	658	20	4/43	32.90	1.95	101.1	2	-	-
JT Hearne (ENG)	1896-1899	6	326.4	143	1634	532	28	6/41	19.00	1.95	58.3	3	2	1
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	23	1065.3	322	6393	2089	84	6/42	24.86	1.96	76.1	4	2	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1972	33	770.0	284	4620	1512	40	3/46	37.80	1.96	115.5	-	-	-
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	22	-	335	5427	1781	80	8/43	22.26	1.96	67.8	5	2	1
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	20	591.5	206	3551	1166	40	6/35	29.15	1.97	88.7	-	3	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1961	12	425.0	130	2550	840	33	5/42	25.45	1.97	77.2	1	2	-
JN Shepherd (WI)	1969-1971	5	240.5	70	1445	479	19	5/104	25.21	1.98	76.0	-	1	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1974	48	2678.4	886	16072	5355	188	8/38	28.48	1.99	85.4	6	11	2
D Ramnarine (WI)	1998-2001	7	381.3	130	2289	765	29	5/78	26.37	2.00	78.9	1	1	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1952	4	185.0	57	1110	371	15	5/100	24.73	2.00	74.0	-	1	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1969-1973	10	617.0	203	3702	1246	29	4/144	42.96	2.01	127.6	1	-	-
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	34	196.0	72	1176	396	11	3/50	36.00	2.02	106.9	-	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2001	4	204.2	61	1226	413	12	5/121	34.41	2.02	102.1	1	1	-
RA Harper (WI)	1984-1988	15	369.4	126	2218	749	34	6/57	22.02	2.02	65.2	1	1	-
MLC Foster (WI)	1969-1978	14	296.0	106	1776	600	9	2/41	66.66	2.02	197.3	-	-	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1977-1981	9	309.5	124	1859	631	17	5/68	37.11	2.03	109.3	-	1	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1960	10	501.0	192	3006	1022	38	5/60	26.89	2.03	79.1	2	3	-
R Peel (ENG)	1888-1896	6	-	108	1047	357	38	7/31	9.39	2.04	27.5	4	2	1
RAL Massie (AUS)	1972-1972	4	199.1	58	1195	409	23	8/53	17.78	2.05	51.9	1	2	1
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1968	35	1440.5	548	8645	2960	122	7/35	24.26	2.05	70.8	6	6	2
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	9	-	173	1527	524	36	7/36	14.55	2.05	42.4	1	2	1
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	64	191.0	57	1146	398	6	2/13	66.33	2.08	191.0	-	-	-
JC White (ENG)	1921-1930	6	245.3	76	1473	513	14	3/37	36.64	2.08	105.2	-	-	-
Surendra Nath (IND)	1959-1959	5	203.4	85	1222	426	16	5/75	26.62	2.09	76.3	-	2	-
L Klusener (SA)	1998-2001	8	208.0	74	1248	436	14	3/15	31.14	2.09	89.1	-	-	-
GR Hazlitt (AUS)	1912-1912	6	189.3	60	1137	398	19	7/25	20.94	2.10	59.8	1	1	-
JA Young (ENG)	1947-1949	6	254.4	89	1528	535	13	3/65	41.15	2.10	117.5	-	-	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1948-1948	4	173.1	70	1039	364	11	5/40	33.09	2.10	94.4	-	1	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1973-1977	14	748.4	230	4492	1576	54	6/114	29.18	2.10	83.1	2	4	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1958	37	1640.4	604	9844	3459	167	10/53	20.71	2.10	58.9	12	8	3
CE Cuffy (WI)	2001-2002	8	302.0	97	1812	638	23	3/53	27.73	2.11	78.7	-	-	-
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2003	6	197.0	64	1182	417	25	6/87	16.68	2.11	47.2	2	2	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1968-1972	8	270.3	93	1623	574	15	3/44	38.26	2.12	108.2	-	-	-
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1972-1978	10	439.4	127	2638	933	26	4/72	35.88	2.12	101.4	1	-	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	46	1800.0	676	10800	3829	150	8/51	25.52	2.12	72.0	6	10	4
TBA May (AUS)	1993-1993	5	278.0	90	1668	592	21	5/89	28.19	2.12	79.4	2	1	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1926-1934	13	940.1	285	5641	2007	67	6/167	29.95	2.13	84.1	2	7	1
NAT Adcock (SA)	1955-1960	9	392.0	106	2352	839	36	6/65	23.30	2.14	65.3	1	2	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1978	17	340.4	91	2044	730	16	3/56	45.62	2.14	127.7	-	-	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1967-1977	14	209.0	62	1254	449	16	3/37	28.06	2.14	78.3	-	-	-
CTB Turner (AUS)	1888-1893	8	-	184	2051	735	38	6/67	19.34	2.15	53.9	-	5	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1948-1955	12	536.2	167	3218	1162	36	5/36	32.27	2.16	89.3	3	1	-
J Briggs (ENG)	1886-1899	10	-	194	1915	695	51	6/45	13.62	2.17	37.5	1	5	2
D Shackleton (ENG)	1950-1963	6	317.2	89	1904	692	17	4/72	40.70	2.18	112.0	1	-	-
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1964-1968	12	518.5	150	3113	1135	43	6/47	26.39	2.18	72.3	1	3	1
E Peate (ENG)	1882-1886	5	292.0	133	1168	426	20	6/85	21.30	2.18	58.4	2	1	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1934-1938	9	596.4	206	3580	1308	50	7/54	26.16	2.19	71.6	2	4	2
VA Holder (WI)	1969-1978	25	940.1	271	5641	2064	66	6/28	31.27	2.19	85.4	5	1	-
G Geary (ENG)	1924-1934	8	317.0	93	1902	696	15	3/101	46.40	2.19	126.8	-	-	-
RK Tyldesley (ENG)	1924-1930	6	219.5	73	1319	483	19	3/50	25.42	2.19	69.4	-	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	65	2543.1	741	15259	5609	169	5/41	33.18	2.20	90.2	5	4	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1986	30	219.0	47	1314	484	5	1/4	96.80	2.21	262.8	-	-	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1968-1968	5	267.1	75	1603	591	23	5/72	25.69	2.21	69.6	1	1	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-2005	14	659.0	211	3954	1459	55	6/39	26.52	2.21	71.8	1	3	-
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1958-1958	5	175.4	50	1054	389	20	5/64	19.45	2.21	52.7	2	1	-
AG Barrett (WI)	1971-1974	4	204.4	65	1228	454	11	3/43	41.27	2.21	111.6	-	-	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1966	19	688.1	258	4129	1528	44	4/58	34.72	2.22	93.8	3	-	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	32	1616.4	430	9700	3600	167	7/44	21.55	2.22	58.0	5	13	4
SF Barnes (ENG)	1902-1912	10	377.3	129	2265	843	63	8/29	13.38	2.23	35.9	1	9	3
RNS Hobbs (ENG)	1967-1971	6	215.1	67	1291	481	12	3/25	40.08	2.23	107.5	-	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	35	1201.3	383	7209	2687	77	5/28	34.89	2.23	93.6	7	1	-
JM Noreiga (WI)	1971-1971	4	220.2	47	1322	493	17	9/95	29.00	2.23	77.7	-	2	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1953	11	657.5	210	3947	1474	35	5/101	42.11	2.24	112.7	-	3	-
LJ Coldwell (ENG)	1962-1964	4	170.0	44	1020	381	17	6/85	22.41	2.24	60.0	-	1	-
WE Hollies (ENG)	1935-1950	13	592.2	176	3554	1332	44	7/50	30.27	2.24	80.7	-	5	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	72	496.3	132	2979	1118	17	2/17	65.76	2.25	175.2	-	-	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	39	845.4	216	5074	1905	40	7/70	47.62	2.25	126.8	1	1	-
WE Astill (ENG)	1930-1930	4	233.2	65	1400	526	13	4/58	40.46	2.25	107.6	2	-	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	72	2706.0	770	16236	6130	291	8/45	21.06	2.26	55.7	17	14	2
AE Moss (ENG)	1954-1960	9	276.1	79	1657	626	21	4/35	29.80	2.26	78.9	1	-	-
PM Such (ENG)	1993-1999	9	403.5	111	2423	919	26	6/67	35.34	2.27	93.1	1	1	-
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2022	9	171.0	60	1026	390	26	5/18	15.00	2.28	39.4	-	1	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-2002	60	1234.2	316	7406	2816	67	5/26	42.02	2.28	110.5	-	3	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	21	732.2	207	4394	1679	62	4/28	27.08	2.29	70.8	5	-	-
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1882-1886	7	425.3	185	1703	651	38	7/44	17.13	2.29	44.8	4	2	1

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

West Indies v India at Port of Spain, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 20-24, 2023 [Test # 2513]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]