Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
AN Hornby (ENG)	1879-1884	3	7.0	7	28	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	28.0	-	-	-
XM Marshall (WI)	2008-2008	2	2.0	2	12	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-1999	11	2.0	2	12	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	52	-	1	8	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	10	-	1	8	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1950	8	-	1	8	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
G Fowler (ENG)	1982-1985	8	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1988-1995	18	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
JM How (NZ)	2008-2009	3	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1961	19	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1992	8	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
A Lyth (ENG)	2015-2015	5	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
BAG Murray (NZ)	1968-1969	7	1.0	1	6	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	6.0	-	-	-
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1984	8	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Raqibul Hasan (BAN)	2010-2010	2	1.0	1	6	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	6.0	-	-	-
JF Reid (NZ)	1981-1986	9	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
RT Robinson (ENG)	1984-1989	14	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Wajahatullah Wasti (PAK)	1999-1999	2	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2000-2010	9	3.0	2	18	1	-	-	0.00	0.33	-	-	-	-
IR Redpath (AUS)	1964-1969	10	-	1	12	1	-	-	0.00	0.50	-	-	-	-
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.0	-	-	-
GM Carew (WI)	1948-1949	1	3.0	2	18	2	-	-	0.00	0.66	-	-	-	-
Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK)	1947-1956	6	-	-	8	1	-	-	0.00	0.75	-	-	-	-
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-2012	29	5.0	1	30	4	-	-	0.00	0.80	-	-	-	-
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2023	6	1.1	-	7	1	-	-	0.00	0.85	-	-	-	-
MR Bynoe (WI)	1966-1967	3	5.0	4	30	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.00	30.0	-	-	-
F Penn (ENG)	1880-1880	1	3.0	1	12	2	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1881-1893	23	-	2	12	2	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
GC Grant (WI)	1930-1931	5	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1981	11	-	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	25	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1964-1964	1	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
CWL Parker (ENG)	1921-1921	1	28.0	16	168	32	2	2/32	16.00	1.14	84.0	-	-	-
GJ Crocker (ZIM)	1992-1992	1	35.0	18	210	41	1	1/41	41.00	1.17	210.0	-	-	-
S van Zyl (SA)	2015-2015	3	4.0	1	24	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.25	24.0	-	-	-
W Attewell (ENG)	1884-1892	10	-	326	2850	626	28	4/42	22.35	1.31	101.7	2	-	-
NE Marshall (WI)	1955-1955	1	46.3	22	279	62	2	1/22	31.00	1.33	139.5	-	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1981-1981	3	20.0	10	120	27	1	1/4	27.00	1.35	120.0	-	-	-
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1981-1987	6	5.0	2	30	7	1	1/7	7.00	1.40	30.0	-	-	-
AE Moss (ENG)	1956-1959	4	105.0	50	630	148	7	2/30	21.14	1.40	90.0	-	-	-
MJ Horton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	39.4	18	238	59	2	2/24	29.50	1.48	119.0	-	-	-
RA McLean (SA)	1952-1958	9	0.4	-	4	1	-	-	0.00	1.50	-	-	-	-
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	3	68.0	25	408	103	7	3/28	14.71	1.51	58.2	-	-	-
TWJ Goddard (ENG)	1930-1930	1	32.1	14	193	49	2	2/49	24.50	1.52	96.5	-	-	-
CT Studd (ENG)	1882-1883	5	96.0	60	384	98	3	2/35	32.66	1.53	128.0	-	-	-
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1973-1982	13	-	17	240	62	2	2/52	31.00	1.55	120.0	-	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1960	8	113.2	47	680	176	7	3/27	25.14	1.55	97.1	-	-	-
A Shaw (ENG)	1877-1882	7	274.0	155	1096	285	12	5/38	23.75	1.56	91.3	-	1	-
LJ Johnson (AUS)	1948-1948	1	35.2	10	282	74	6	3/8	12.33	1.57	47.0	-	-	-
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1956	5	254.0	119	1524	412	7	3/77	58.85	1.62	217.7	-	-	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1948	4	84.0	24	672	182	16	4/44	11.37	1.62	42.0	1	-	-
TW Cartwright (ENG)	1964-1964	2	139.0	55	834	228	5	3/110	45.60	1.64	166.8	-	-	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1964-1964	3	163.4	56	982	269	11	4/68	24.45	1.64	89.2	1	-	-
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	23.0	9	138	38	2	2/30	19.00	1.65	69.0	-	-	-
BC Booth (AUS)	1964-1964	3	35.0	17	210	58	2	2/33	29.00	1.65	105.0	-	-	-
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1962	14	-	3	36	10	2	2/10	5.00	1.66	18.0	-	-	-
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1992-2002	10	3.0	1	18	5	-	-	0.00	1.66	-	-	-	-
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	1998-1998	1	26.2	10	158	44	3	2/16	14.66	1.67	52.6	-	-	-
LF Kline (AUS)	1959-1960	3	82.0	38	492	141	8	4/42	17.62	1.71	61.5	1	-	-
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1953	14	-	209	3694	1061	45	7/55	23.57	1.72	82.0	1	1	1
TL Goddard (SA)	1957-1970	18	-	259	5089	1462	53	6/53	27.58	1.72	96.0	-	2	-
Nadeem Khan (PAK)	1999-1999	1	20.0	5	120	35	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
RC Miller (WI)	1953-1953	1	16.0	8	96	28	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
GL Gibbs (WI)	1955-1955	1	4.0	1	24	7	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1969	15	-	1	24	7	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	20.3	5	123	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.0	-	-	-
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	76.0	21	456	134	1	1/36	134.00	1.76	456.0	-	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1956-1960	6	267.5	95	1607	473	30	7/93	15.76	1.76	53.5	1	2	1
JW Wilson (AUS)	1956-1956	1	36.0	17	216	64	1	1/25	64.00	1.77	216.0	-	-	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1969-1969	5	298.4	129	1792	535	28	6/64	19.10	1.79	64.0	-	3	1
H Dean (ENG)	1912-1912	2	54.0	19	324	97	6	4/19	16.16	1.79	54.0	1	-	-
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1975	3	11.4	5	70	21	2	1/1	10.50	1.80	35.0	-	-	-
RE Marshall (WI)	1951-1951	2	5.0	1	40	12	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
CJ Poole (ENG)	1951-1952	3	5.0	1	30	9	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
CB Fry (ENG)	1899-1912	18	-	1	10	3	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1961	17	777.1	288	4663	1407	68	7/42	20.69	1.81	68.5	2	8	2
CF Root (ENG)	1926-1926	3	107.0	47	642	194	8	4/84	24.25	1.81	80.2	1	-	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	15	-	326	3310	1002	77	8/35	13.01	1.81	42.9	2	5	3
F Morley (ENG)	1880-1883	4	243.0	124	972	296	16	5/56	18.50	1.82	60.7	1	1	-
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	6	-	35	966	295	13	4/49	22.69	1.83	74.3	2	-	-
T Greenhough (ENG)	1959-1959	3	139.1	47	835	255	14	5/35	18.21	1.83	59.6	-	1	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1959-1972	26	-	324	5485	1686	65	6/29	25.93	1.84	84.3	2	3	-
LA Butterfield (NZ)	1946-1946	1	13.0	6	78	24	-	-	0.00	1.84	-	-	-	-
AW White (WI)	1965-1965	2	81.5	27	491	152	3	2/34	50.66	1.85	163.6	-	-	-
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1956	11	165.0	50	990	308	8	2/20	38.50	1.86	123.7	-	-	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	24	-	384	8158	2541	74	7/79	34.33	1.86	110.2	4	4	-
R Kilner (ENG)	1925-1926	7	-	66	2164	675	24	4/51	28.12	1.87	90.1	4	-	-
JA Young (ENG)	1948-1948	3	156.0	64	936	292	5	2/118	58.40	1.87	187.2	-	-	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1967-1972	18	-	114	2202	687	20	2/15	34.35	1.87	110.1	-	-	-
ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1959	3	87.0	36	522	163	4	2/21	40.75	1.87	130.5	-	-	-
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	17	614.0	325	2456	767	34	7/40	22.55	1.87	72.2	-	3	-
JW Sharpe (ENG)	1890-1892	3	-	61	975	305	11	6/84	27.72	1.87	88.6	-	1	-
D Wilson (ENG)	1964-1964	5	212.0	85	1272	398	9	2/17	44.22	1.87	141.3	-	-	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1969	7	-	103	1930	604	19	4/56	31.78	1.87	101.5	1	-	-
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1964-1968	2	-	24	492	154	4	2/26	38.50	1.87	123.0	-	-	-
HL Jackson (ENG)	1961-1961	1	44.0	16	264	83	4	2/26	20.75	1.88	66.0	-	-	-
CDUS Weerasinghe (SL)	1985-1985	1	19.0	8	114	36	-	-	0.00	1.89	-	-	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1960	10	-	13	186	59	2	1/8	29.50	1.90	93.0	-	-	-
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1946	1	21.0	8	126	40	6	6/40	6.66	1.90	21.0	-	1	-
MG Burgess (NZ)	1968-1980	19	-	18	280	89	5	3/23	17.80	1.90	56.0	-	-	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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