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	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	28.0	0	0	0
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1969	23	-	3	18	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
XM Marshall (WI)	2008-2009	3	2.0	2	12	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-2001	16	2.0	2	12	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1971	29	-	1	8	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
R Beaumont (SA)	1912-1914	5	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1990	18	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
A Lyth (ENG)	2015-2015	5	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1984	8	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1985-1986	6	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1993-2000	24	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
Wajahatullah Wasti (PAK)	1999-1999	1	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2004-2010	4	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
AE Moss (ENG)	1956-1956	1	4.0	3	24	1	0	-	0.00	0.25	-	0	0	0
PD Lashley (WI)	1960-1966	4	-	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.0	0	0	0
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	3.0	2	18	1	0	-	0.00	0.33	-	0	0	0
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2000-2010	12	3.0	2	18	1	0	-	0.00	0.33	-	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1982	18	3.0	2	18	1	0	-	0.00	0.33	-	0	0	0
CEL Jones (WI)	1930-1935	4	17.0	11	102	11	0	-	0.00	0.64	-	0	0	0
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.0	0	0	0
WA Shalders (SA)	1899-1907	12	-	3	48	6	1	1/6	6.00	0.75	48.0	0	0	0
Shafiq Ahmed (PAK)	1974-1978	4	-	0	8	1	0	-	0.00	0.75	-	0	0	0
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	4.5	2	29	4	0	-	0.00	0.82	-	0	0	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2024	16	1.1	0	7	1	0	-	0.00	0.85	-	0	0	0
Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK)	1946-1956	7	-	0	20	3	0	-	0.00	0.90	-	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1991	61	-	3	26	4	0	-	0.00	0.92	-	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1986	25	3.0	1	18	3	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1964	23	3.0	0	18	3	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
VL Mehra (IND)	1961-1964	3	3.0	1	18	3	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2000	23	2.0	0	12	2	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
F Penn (ENG)	1880-1880	1	3.0	1	12	2	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1881-1893	23	-	2	12	2	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
LE Tapscott (SA)	1923-1923	2	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
GD Varnals (SA)	1964-1965	3	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2003-2006	8	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
Mohammad Ilyas (PAK)	1964-1969	4	-	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	52	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
CWL Parker (ENG)	1921-1921	1	28.0	16	168	32	2	2/32	16.00	1.14	84.0	0	0	0
CV Wight (WI)	1928-1930	2	5.0	1	30	6	0	-	0.00	1.20	-	0	0	0
W Attewell (ENG)	1884-1892	10	-	326	2850	626	28	4/42	22.35	1.31	101.7	2	0	0
NE Marshall (WI)	1955-1955	1	46.3	22	279	62	2	1/22	31.00	1.33	139.5	0	0	0
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2005	61	3.0	1	18	4	0	-	0.00	1.33	-	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	5	3.0	0	18	4	0	-	0.00	1.33	-	0	0	0
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	1	57.0	24	342	77	6	5/63	12.83	1.35	57.0	0	1	0
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1960	5	8.0	2	48	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.0	0	0	0
GH Mudie (WI)	1935-1935	1	29.0	12	174	40	3	2/23	13.33	1.37	58.0	0	0	0
CE Eksteen (SA)	1995-1995	1	63.0	25	378	88	3	3/12	29.33	1.39	126.0	0	0	0
RJ Inverarity (AUS)	1968-1972	5	62.0	26	372	93	4	3/26	23.25	1.50	93.0	0	0	0
RL Fuller (WI)	1935-1935	1	8.0	2	48	12	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-2012	46	6.0	1	36	9	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	11	4.0	0	24	6	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
FA Iredale (AUS)	1894-1899	14	-	1	12	3	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
AO Malhotra (IND)	1982-1985	4	2.0	0	12	3	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1967-1984	43	-	0	8	2	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
RA McLean (SA)	1951-1964	29	-	0	4	1	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
D Hettiarachchi (SL)	2001-2001	1	27.0	7	162	41	2	2/36	20.50	1.51	81.0	0	0	0
TWJ Goddard (ENG)	1930-1930	1	32.1	14	193	49	2	2/49	24.50	1.52	96.5	0	0	0
NR Chowdhury (IND)	1951-1951	1	49.0	15	294	75	0	-	0.00	1.53	-	0	0	0
CT Studd (ENG)	1882-1883	5	96.0	60	384	98	3	2/35	32.66	1.53	128.0	0	0	0
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1973-1982	11	-	17	240	62	2	2/52	31.00	1.55	120.0	0	0	0
RO Scarlett (WI)	1960-1960	3	134.0	53	804	209	2	1/46	104.50	1.55	402.0	0	0	0
A Shaw (ENG)	1877-1882	7	274.0	155	1096	285	12	5/38	23.75	1.56	91.3	0	1	0
OE Nothling (AUS)	1928-1928	1	46.0	15	276	72	0	-	0.00	1.56	-	0	0	0
MS Nichols (ENG)	1930-1930	1	21.0	5	126	33	2	2/33	16.50	1.57	63.0	0	0	0
JTC Vaughan (NZ)	1997-1997	1	36.0	10	216	57	1	1/57	57.00	1.58	216.0	0	0	0
AF Kippax (AUS)	1925-1934	13	-	5	72	19	0	-	0.00	1.58	-	0	0	0
MJ Macaulay (SA)	1965-1965	1	46.0	17	276	73	2	1/10	36.50	1.58	138.0	0	0	0
Khalid Ibadulla (PAK)	1964-1967	3	44.0	16	264	70	1	1/42	70.00	1.59	264.0	0	0	0
MW Sievers (AUS)	1936-1937	3	75.2	25	602	161	9	5/21	17.88	1.60	66.8	0	1	0
JRF Duncan (AUS)	1971-1971	1	14.0	4	112	30	0	-	0.00	1.60	-	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1963	37	-	4	56	15	0	-	0.00	1.60	-	0	0	0
E Evans (AUS)	1881-1886	6	309.1	166	1237	332	7	3/64	47.42	1.61	176.7	0	0	0
PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	46.0	10	368	99	2	2/41	49.50	1.61	184.0	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	1999-2004	10	13.0	5	78	21	1	1/3	21.00	1.61	78.0	0	0	0
S Young (AUS)	1997-1997	1	8.0	3	48	13	0	-	0.00	1.62	-	0	0	0
D Ramnarine (WI)	1998-1998	2	91.0	37	546	148	9	4/29	16.44	1.62	60.6	1	0	0
TW Cartwright (ENG)	1964-1964	2	139.0	55	834	228	5	3/110	45.60	1.64	166.8	0	0	0
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2022	7	6.4	1	40	11	0	-	0.00	1.65	-	0	0	0
NFD Thomson (AUS)	1877-1877	2	28.0	16	112	31	1	1/14	31.00	1.66	112.0	0	0	0
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	2	42.0	18	252	70	8	5/18	8.75	1.66	31.5	0	1	0
DP Conyngham (SA)	1923-1923	1	61.0	22	366	103	2	1/40	51.50	1.68	183.0	0	0	0
Rajinder Pal (IND)	1964-1964	1	13.0	4	78	22	0	-	0.00	1.69	-	0	0	0
AR Dell (AUS)	1971-1971	1	42.7	11	343	97	5	3/65	19.40	1.69	68.6	0	0	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1970	38	-	625	10896	3084	116	6/53	26.58	1.69	93.9	1	5	0
AJ Richardson (AUS)	1924-1926	9	-	91	1812	521	12	2/20	43.41	1.72	151.0	0	0	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	14	-	15	288	83	2	2/26	41.50	1.72	144.0	0	0	0
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.7	2	1	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1984	34	-	5	180	52	0	-	0.00	1.73	-	0	0	0
RK Oxenham (AUS)	1928-1929	3	201.2	72	1208	349	7	4/67	49.85	1.73	172.5	1	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1951-1960	22	6.2	3	38	11	1	1/6	11.00	1.73	38.0	0	0	0
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	6	407.4	155	2446	711	21	4/26	33.85	1.74	116.4	1	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1988	10	-	134	2103	613	24	5/67	25.54	1.74	87.6	0	1	0
AP Marr (AUS)	1885-1885	1	12.0	6	48	14	0	-	0.00	1.75	-	0	0	0
JPF Travers (AUS)	1902-1902	1	8.0	2	48	14	1	1/14	14.00	1.75	48.0	0	0	0
GL Gibbs (WI)	1955-1955	1	4.0	1	24	7	0	-	0.00	1.75	-	0	0	0
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	70.5	17	565	165	8	3/23	20.62	1.75	70.6	0	0	0
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	20.3	5	123	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.0	0	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	6	-	47	1580	471	19	5/148	24.78	1.78	83.1	1	1	0
H Dean (ENG)	1912-1912	2	54.0	19	324	97	6	4/19	16.16	1.79	54.0	1	0	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	1	25.0	6	200	60	0	-	0.00	1.80	-	0	0	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]