Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GS Sobers	14.0	11	3	1	0.21	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
H Verity	13.0	11	4	-	0.30	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
H Verity	12.0	9	5	2	0.41	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
DA Allen	19.0	15	8	1	0.42	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
Maninder Singh	20.4	12	9	3	0.43	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
JC Laker	18.0	14	8	3	0.44	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
DL Underwood	18.0	15	8	2	0.44	England	v Australia	Lord's	20 Jun 1968	Test # 638
NBF Mann	20.0	13	10	-	0.50	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
WW Armstrong	18.0	12	9	1	0.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
SK Warne	15.0	12	8	4	0.53	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
BE Congdon	18.0	11	14	-	0.58	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
PH Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
TL Goddard	17.0	14	10	1	0.58	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
BE Congdon	17.4	11	14	2	0.60	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
ERH Toshack	10.0	5	6	2	0.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
R Pollard	10.0	8	6	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
HDPK Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	-	0.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
ERH Toshack	19.0	13	12	4	0.63	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
R Illingworth	15.0	11	10	1	0.66	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	27 Jul 1967	Test # 621
TL Goddard	16.0	10	11	1	0.68	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
FJ Titmus	26.0	17	18	4	0.69	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
SM Patil	17.0	10	12	1	0.70	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
JT Partridge	14.0	8	10	-	0.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
RG Barlow	25.0	20	12	2	0.72	England	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jul 1886	Test # 23
WW Hall	8.2	4	8	-	0.72	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
FJ Titmus	26.0	17	19	5	0.73	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
SR Watson	15.0	11	11	-	0.73	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013	Test # 2090
JC Laker	36.0	23	27	3	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JH Wardle	32.0	23	24	4	0.75	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
Saleem Altaf	14.3	9	11	4	0.75	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	08 Jul 1971	Test # 689
WR Hammond	10.3	5	8	1	0.76	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	27 Jun 1931	Test # 209
HH Streak	17.0	8	13	2	0.76	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	01 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
DL Underwood	11.6	7	12	6	0.76	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
EG Arnold	13.0	7	10	1	0.76	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
GAR Lock	18.1	13	14	4	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JC Laker	22.0	12	17	1	0.77	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
JC Laker	22.0	11	17	5	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
WA Johnston	18.0	9	14	-	0.77	Australia	v England	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	0.78	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
GA Hick	14.0	8	11	-	0.78	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
DJ Nash	14.0	7	11	1	0.78	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
RJ Inverarity	33.0	19	26	3	0.78	Australia	v England	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
JH Wardle	24.0	16	19	4	0.79	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
BS Bedi	17.4	11	14	3	0.79	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968	Test # 634
BW Yuile	54.0	38	43	4	0.79	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	Test # 576
HB Cave	27.3	17	22	4	0.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
G Geary	22.3	13	18	2	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
H Larwood	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930	Test # 194
RG Archer	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	Australia	v England	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
R Tattersall	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
F Barratt	10.0	4	8	1	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
CEH Croft	10.0	6	8	2	0.80	West Indies	v England	The Oval	24 Jul 1980	Test # 883
R Tattersall	16.0	9	13	-	0.81	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
FS Trueman	19.4	8	16	2	0.81	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
MHN Walker	10.0	4	11	1	0.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
ARA Murray	23.0	16	19	2	0.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
CV Grimmett	47.0	28	39	3	0.82	Australia	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934	Test # 233
MW Tate	18.0	9	15	1	0.83	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	29 Jul 1931	Test # 210
AL Valentine	34.4	21	29	3	0.83	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Feb 1952	Test # 350
PH Edmonds	34.0	11	38	4	0.83	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
JA Snow	13.0	5	11	2	0.84	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
RG Nadkarni	36.3	19	31	2	0.84	India	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
TE Bailey	20.0	9	17	2	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
GA Hick	14.0	6	12	1	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
PH Edmonds	15.0	9	13	2	0.86	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
JC White	32.0	19	28	-	0.87	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
J Garner	34.1	20	30	4	0.87	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
R Illingworth	17.0	11	15	3	0.88	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	09 Jun 1960	Test # 492
AL Valentine	35.0	20	31	1	0.88	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
R Pollard	27.0	16	24	5	0.88	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
LR Gibbs	35.4	21	32	1	0.89	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
W Rhodes	10.0	5	9	1	0.90	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	0.90	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
GA Gooch	10.0	5	9	-	0.90	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 1992	Test # 1189
A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	-	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
RS Grant	13.2	4	16	2	0.90	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1939	Test # 273
DL Vettori	22.0	12	20	1	0.90	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
RG Barlow	31.0	22	19	5	0.91	England	v Australia	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
CG Macartney	26.0	16	24	-	0.92	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
JC Watkins	23.5	14	22	4	0.92	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
JC White	13.0	6	12	-	0.92	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
FMM Worrell	13.0	6	12	2	0.92	West Indies	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
K Higgs	13.0	7	12	2	0.92	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
FJ Titmus	27.0	19	25	2	0.92	England	v Australia	Leeds	02 Jul 1964	Test # 563
AN Connolly	28.0	15	26	1	0.92	Australia	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1968	Test # 637
AK Davidson	14.0	5	13	-	0.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
M Hendrick	14.0	6	13	1	0.92	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
RK Tyldesley	11.5	4	11	1	0.92	England	v South Africa	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
OG Smith	29.0	15	27	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
DW Steyn	15.0	9	14	-	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.4	12	24	4	0.93	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
ARA Murray	31.0	16	29	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
GAR Lock	18.1	11	17	1	0.93	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
JB Statham	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
EA Martindale	8.0	2	10	-	0.93	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1939	Test # 273
Sir RJ Hadlee	17.0	9	16	3	0.94	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
DR Doshi	19.0	9	18	2	0.94	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
RDB Croft	20.0	9	19	3	0.95	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
GAR Lock	12.3	8	12	4	0.96	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]