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
RES Wyatt	13.0	10	4	3	0.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
H Verity	13.0	11	4	0	0.30	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
JC Laker	14.1	9	7	2	0.37	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JW Burke	15.0	10	8	0	0.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
H Verity	12.0	9	5	2	0.41	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
UT Yadav	21.0	16	9	3	0.42	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
NM Lyon	22.0	17	10	0	0.45	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
HL Collins	15.0	12	7	0	0.46	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
DCS Compton	16.0	11	11	1	0.51	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
RA Jadeja	46.0	33	26	2	0.56	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
FMM Worrell	27.0	18	16	0	0.59	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
AW Greig	10.0	7	6	1	0.60	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
RN Harvey	13.0	7	8	1	0.61	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
WR Cuttell	32.0	24	17	3	0.63	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
TE Bailey	25.0	12	23	3	0.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	13.0	4	12	2	0.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	0	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
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	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
Fazal Mahmood	25.0	19	18	0	0.72	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
JM Gregory	15.0	9	11	0	0.73	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
JH Wardle	32.0	23	24	4	0.75	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
CL Walcott	16.0	10	12	2	0.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
KD Mackay	11.0	5	11	0	0.75	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
RR Lindwall	12.0	7	9	0	0.75	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
EG Arnold	13.0	7	10	1	0.76	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
AR Kapoor	13.0	8	10	0	0.76	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
R Gilchrist	23.0	13	18	3	0.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
H Verity	16.0	8	17	0	0.79	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
G Geary	22.3	13	18	2	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
F Barratt	10.0	4	8	1	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
JB Mortimore	48.0	31	39	1	0.81	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
TBA May	32.0	20	26	2	0.81	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
R Tattersall	16.0	9	13	0	0.81	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
WR Hammond	11.0	6	9	2	0.81	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 1931	Test # 204
GS Sobers	17.0	10	14	0	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
H Verity	8.0	4	9	0	0.84	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
GAR Lock	15.0	6	17	1	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
RS Cunis	14.0	7	12	3	0.85	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
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	0.86	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
A Kumble	23.0	11	20	1	0.86	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
JC White	32.0	19	28	0	0.87	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
R Illingworth	17.0	11	15	3	0.88	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	09 Jun 1960	Test # 492
TE Bailey	11.0	5	13	0	0.88	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
HMRKB Herath	45.0	30	40	5	0.88	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
R Pollard	27.0	16	24	5	0.88	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
H Ironmonger	47.0	29	42	5	0.89	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
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	0.89	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
AK Davidson	15.0	6	18	2	0.90	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
FJ Cameron	10.0	3	9	0	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
WA Johnston	9.0	6	11	1	0.91	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
G Noblet	17.1	7	21	3	0.91	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
TW Wall	15.1	7	14	5	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
M Hendrick	14.0	6	13	1	0.92	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
RK Tyldesley	11.5	4	11	1	0.92	England	v South Africa	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
I Meckiff	16.0	8	20	0	0.93	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
AJ Fothergill	24.0	15	15	1	0.93	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
DL Underwood	17.0	9	16	2	0.94	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
WJ O'Reilly	21.0	11	20	5	0.95	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
JA Young	11.0	6	14	0	0.95	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
PL Harris	30.0	19	29	0	0.96	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
H Verity	10.0	5	13	0	0.97	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
JR Reid	45.0	27	44	4	0.97	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
NM Lyon	50.0	31	49	3	0.98	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
RO Hinds	27.0	13	27	1	1.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
FJ Titmus	20.0	9	20	1	1.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	04 Dec 1964	Test # 571
JW Gleeson	15.0	7	20	0	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
N Kapil Dev	19.0	11	19	0	1.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
GD McGrath	19.0	13	19	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
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
RS Cunis	12.0	5	12	3	1.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
WW Hall	10.0	3	10	0	1.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
Mohammed Shami	10.0	6	10	3	1.00	India	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
SK Warne	30.5	15	31	4	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
Fazal Mahmood	25.3	12	26	5	1.01	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
Fazal Mahmood	36.0	14	37	1	1.02	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
H Verity	44.1	16	61	4	1.03	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
JE Emburey	27.0	13	28	1	1.03	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
NJ Astle	26.0	12	27	2	1.03	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
B Yardley	24.0	13	25	1	1.04	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
S Ramadhin	24.5	11	26	5	1.04	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953	Test # 366
AA Mallett	21.0	9	22	2	1.04	Australia	v India	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969	Test # 664
MJ Horton	19.0	11	20	0	1.05	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
TR Veivers	34.0	15	48	1	1.05	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	06 Dec 1963	Test # 548
WP Howell	17.0	6	18	4	1.05	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Nov 1902	Test # 77
WJ Whitty	16.0	7	17	6	1.06	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
H Verity	16.0	8	17	4	1.06	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
AR MacGibbon	16.0	6	17	1	1.06	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370

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