Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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
EAS Prasanna	8.0	4	5	-	0.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
NS Yadav	33.0	22	19	3	0.57	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
FMM Worrell	27.0	18	16	-	0.59	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
R Illingworth	10.0	5	8	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Sydney	15 Feb 1963	Test # 539
R Pollard	10.0	8	6	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
AW Greig	10.0	7	6	1	0.60	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
RG Barlow	22.0	18	9	1	0.61	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
RN Harvey	13.0	7	8	1	0.61	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	-	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
W Bates	17.0	11	8	-	0.70	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
MLC Foster	14.0	7	10	-	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
Fazal Mahmood	25.0	19	18	-	0.72	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
RG Barlow	25.0	20	12	2	0.72	England	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jul 1886	Test # 23
G Ulyett	22.2	16	11	2	0.73	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0	10	11	3	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Tauseef Ahmed	21.4	13	16	2	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
ARA Murray	13.0	7	13	-	0.75	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
CL Walcott	16.0	10	12	2	0.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
RR Lindwall	12.0	7	9	-	0.75	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
R Illingworth	9.0	5	9	-	0.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
R Gilchrist	23.0	13	18	3	0.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
AA Donald	23.0	13	18	1	0.78	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	0.78	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
R Illingworth	18.0	11	19	1	0.79	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
H Larwood	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930	Test # 194
JM Anderson	10.0	6	8	1	0.80	England	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
W Attewell	31.0	20	25	1	0.80	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
JB Mortimore	48.0	31	39	1	0.81	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
R Appleyard	12.0	7	13	3	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
JE Emburey	12.0	7	13	2	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
TL Goddard	23.0	12	25	2	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
WJ Cronje	11.0	4	9	-	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
GS Sobers	17.0	10	14	-	0.82	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
MLC Foster	12.0	4	10	1	0.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
W Attewell	61.0	32	51	2	0.83	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
JA Snow	13.0	5	11	2	0.84	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
F Morley	23.0	16	13	-	0.84	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
TL Goddard	27.0	15	23	1	0.85	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
RS Cunis	14.0	7	12	3	0.85	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
DL Underwood	20.0	10	23	1	0.86	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
WA Johnston	13.0	5	15	3	0.86	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
IWG Johnson	15.0	10	13	-	0.86	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
PH Edmonds	15.0	9	13	2	0.86	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
TL Goddard	24.7	10	29	2	0.87	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
R Pollard	27.0	16	24	5	0.88	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
A Shaw	20.1	15	12	1	0.88	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
CD Collymore	19.0	11	17	2	0.89	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
AL Valentine	29.0	19	26	-	0.89	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	24	35	5	0.89	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
E Peate	25.0	18	15	3	0.90	England	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1882	Test # 7
W Rhodes	10.0	5	9	1	0.90	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
FJ Cameron	10.0	3	9	-	0.90	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
GE Gomez	46.1	20	42	1	0.90	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
WJ Cronje	18.4	8	17	2	0.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
W Barnes	46.0	29	28	6	0.91	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
WA Johnston	9.0	6	11	1	0.91	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
CA Walsh	12.0	6	11	1	0.91	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	05 Apr 1991	Test # 1168
RG Barlow	31.0	22	19	5	0.91	England	v Australia	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
FJ Titmus	27.0	19	25	2	0.92	England	v Australia	Leeds	02 Jul 1964	Test # 563
PH Edmonds	27.0	13	25	1	0.92	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
M Hendrick	14.0	6	13	1	0.92	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
W Attewell	46.0	24	43	1	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	0.93	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
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
Jalal-ud-Din	16.0	8	15	2	0.93	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
W Voce	8.0	1	10	4	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1936	Test # 256
JC Laker	8.0	3	10	2	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1959	Test # 464
DL Underwood	17.0	9	16	2	0.94	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
SLV Raju	11.4	7	11	3	0.94	India	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992	Test # 1184
AW White	14.5	8	14	1	0.94	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	Test # 580
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
JC Laker	30.0	19	29	2	0.96	England	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956	Test # 425
PL Harris	30.0	19	29	-	0.96	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
FE Woolley	39.0	22	38	-	0.97	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
GE Gomez	7.5	2	10	2	0.98	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
W Attewell	36.1	22	24	3	0.99	England	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Mar 1885	Test # 21
GAR Lock	40.0	23	40	3	1.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
JW Gleeson	15.0	7	20	-	1.00	Australia	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
AN Connolly	20.0	10	20	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969	Test # 664
GD McGrath	19.0	13	19	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
N Gifford	17.0	9	17	1	1.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	18 Jun 1964	Test # 562
JC Watkins	12.0	5	16	1	1.00	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
R Illingworth	16.0	10	16	2	1.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
M Hendrick	15.0	7	15	2	1.00	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	7	15	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
AH Kardar	12.0	5	12	-	1.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
RS Cunis	12.0	5	12	3	1.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
PH Edmonds	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
UC Hathurusingha	12.0	4	12	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
WW Hall	10.0	3	10	-	1.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
Harbhajan Singh	10.0	7	10	-	1.00	India	v Australia	Hyderabad	02 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
J Briggs	37.0	24	25	5	1.01	England	v Australia	The Oval	13 Aug 1888	Test # 29
M Hendrick	14.0	6	19	3	1.01	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
Fazal Mahmood	25.3	12	26	5	1.01	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501

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