Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records for Australia in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	782.3	328	4695	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.4	4	4	2
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1963	37	-	267	5792	1721	50	6/42	34.42	1.78	115.8	1	2	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	-	155	3140	989	47	6/29	21.04	1.88	66.8	2	4	1
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	-	457	5179	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.2	3	11	2
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1946	27	-	585	10024	3254	144	7/54	22.59	1.94	69.6	8	11	3
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1961	13	-	113	2373	776	34	7/75	22.82	1.96	69.7	2	1	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	21	-	195	4191	1375	33	4/68	41.66	1.96	127.0	1	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	44	-	431	11587	3819	186	7/93	20.53	1.97	62.2	6	14	2
JJ Ferris (AUS)	1887-1890	8	-	224	2030	684	48	5/26	14.25	2.02	42.2	4	4	-
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1973	19	-	217	4145	1410	59	7/74	23.89	2.04	70.2	4	3	-
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1969-1983	14	543.4	162	3262	1124	34	7/99	33.05	2.06	95.9	-	3	-
Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1962	19	385.3	121	2313	801	20	3/18	40.05	2.07	115.6	-	-	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	40	-	372	11048	3826	160	6/44	23.91	2.07	69.0	8	7	-
CG Macartney (AUS)	1907-1926	35	593.3	177	3561	1240	45	7/58	27.55	2.08	79.1	1	2	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1962	34	1639.0	560	9834	3434	139	7/42	24.70	2.09	70.7	6	13	4
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	63	-	805	19108	6704	248	7/72	27.03	2.10	77.0	16	16	1
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1958	23	452.0	139	2712	954	21	3/35	45.42	2.11	129.1	-	-	-
TW Garrett (AUS)	1877-1888	19	682.0	296	2728	970	36	6/78	26.94	2.13	75.7	1	2	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1984	87	-	208	5327	1913	47	5/61	40.70	2.15	113.3	-	1	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	37	-	736	14513	5231	216	7/40	24.21	2.16	67.1	7	21	7
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	18	-	245	3892	1407	49	5/81	28.71	2.16	79.4	3	1	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1956	45	-	330	8780	3182	109	7/44	29.19	2.17	80.5	5	3	-
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	50	1337.0	407	8022	2923	87	6/35	33.59	2.18	92.2	3	3	-
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	-	160	3576	1318	48	5/53	27.45	2.21	74.5	2	1	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1988	50	-	649	13019	4807	171	7/49	28.11	2.21	76.1	13	8	2
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	1129.1	452	4517	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.9	5	6	2
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	55	-	337	10461	3906	170	7/60	22.97	2.24	61.5	8	7	1
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	-	189	5384	2018	53	5/101	38.07	2.24	101.5	2	1	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	-	380	10094	3792	138	8/143	27.47	2.25	73.1	9	6	-
Arshad Khan (PAK)	1997-2005	9	423.0	119	2538	960	32	5/38	30.00	2.26	79.3	1	1	-
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	27	-	138	3005	1139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.4	3	-	-
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1993	34	1296.2	359	7778	2950	93	6/45	31.72	2.27	83.6	3	3	-
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	32	-	452	8099	3072	141	8/65	21.78	2.27	57.4	8	9	3
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1972	29	-	378	8857	3367	93	5/61	36.20	2.28	95.2	4	3	-
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	156	-	197	4009	1525	39	7/46	39.10	2.28	102.7	1	2	1
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1963	18	-	120	3734	1423	45	6/38	31.62	2.28	82.9	1	2	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1971	29	-	289	7818	2981	102	6/47	29.22	2.28	76.6	6	4	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	21	-	179	5545	2116	78	7/67	27.12	2.28	71.0	4	5	1
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	14	-	44	2504	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.5	-	3	-
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1963-1968	27	-	238	6974	2677	91	7/105	29.41	2.30	76.6	2	6	1
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1960	61	-	419	13650	5251	228	7/38	23.03	2.30	59.8	8	12	-
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1928	26	-	146	4363	1683	52	5/33	32.36	2.31	83.9	1	1	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1964-1980	58	-	181	3864	1502	53	5/48	28.33	2.33	72.9	1	2	-
CE McLeod (AUS)	1894-1905	17	-	171	3374	1325	33	5/65	40.15	2.35	102.2	1	2	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1974-1979	12	-	74	3054	1200	43	5/28	27.90	2.35	71.0	3	2	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1977-1986	25	923.3	298	5541	2180	53	7/87	41.13	2.36	104.5	-	4	1
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	38	-	419	9990	3940	132	8/59	29.84	2.36	75.6	5	6	1
TBA May (AUS)	1987-1995	24	1096.1	321	6577	2606	75	5/9	34.74	2.37	87.6	3	3	-
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2017-2021	25	855.4	261	5134	2072	90	5/33	23.02	2.42	57.0	6	4	1
Majid Khan (PAK)	1964-1983	63	-	124	3584	1456	27	4/45	53.92	2.43	132.7	1	-	-
FJ Laver (AUS)	1899-1909	15	-	121	2361	964	37	8/31	26.05	2.44	63.8	-	2	-
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1909-1912	14	559.3	163	3357	1373	65	6/17	21.12	2.45	51.6	7	3	-
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1958	13	526.1	153	3157	1292	54	6/21	23.92	2.45	58.4	4	4	-
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	39	-	127	3746	1543	36	4/13	42.86	2.47	104.0	2	-	-
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	18	1046.1	416	4185	1731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.5	6	7	4
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	60	-	547	17681	7328	246	8/71	29.78	2.48	71.8	7	16	3
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1969-1984	55	-	486	13951	5798	177	9/86	32.75	2.49	78.8	14	4	1
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	4874.4	1470	29248	12186	563	8/24	21.64	2.49	51.9	28	29	3
TW Wall (AUS)	1929-1934	18	802.0	154	4812	2010	56	5/14	35.89	2.50	85.9	2	3	-
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1982-1991	12	453.1	131	2719	1137	39	6/86	29.15	2.50	69.7	1	3	1
Abdur Rehman (PAK)	2007-2014	22	1148.4	256	6892	2910	99	6/25	29.39	2.53	69.6	8	2	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	42	-	361	7159	3025	121	7/17	25.00	2.53	59.1	1	9	2
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1976-1989	76	-	217	5967	2532	66	6/32	38.36	2.54	90.4	1	1	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1992	88	-	727	19458	8258	362	8/58	22.81	2.54	53.7	17	23	6
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1967-1978	21	-	122	4001	1710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.9	2	-	-
A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2008	26	349.0	81	2094	896	24	3/50	37.33	2.56	87.2	-	-	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1977	47	-	383	10474	4494	125	7/52	35.95	2.57	83.7	8	5	2
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1966-1974	43	-	86	2321	1001	15	2/33	66.73	2.58	154.7	-	-	-
DT Ring (AUS)	1948-1953	13	-	69	3024	1305	35	6/72	37.28	2.58	86.4	-	2	-
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2014	35	1932.0	386	11592	5003	178	7/55	28.10	2.58	65.1	9	10	4
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	104	3771.1	871	22627	9779	414	7/119	23.62	2.59	54.6	20	25	5
KD Walters (AUS)	1965-1981	74	-	79	3295	1425	49	5/66	29.08	2.59	67.2	3	1	-
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1981	22	-	176	4752	2057	66	7/143	31.16	2.59	72.0	5	2	-
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2009	24	857.4	230	5146	2243	94	5/32	23.86	2.61	54.7	6	2	-
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1978	62	-	253	6881	3001	71	5/57	42.26	2.61	96.9	3	2	-
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1987-1992	10	364.0	92	2184	953	34	6/58	28.02	2.61	64.2	3	1	-
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	31	-	434	6391	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.0	7	7	1
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1992-1998	35	1067.1	279	6403	2804	104	6/71	26.96	2.62	61.5	3	5	-
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1979	57	-	177	5260	2309	79	5/28	29.22	2.63	66.5	6	3	-
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-2000	47	397.1	80	2383	1049	25	4/54	41.96	2.64	95.3	1	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2004	49	2345.0	541	14070	6206	208	8/164	29.83	2.64	67.6	12	13	3
CR Miller (AUS)	1998-2001	18	681.5	163	4091	1805	69	5/32	26.15	2.64	59.2	2	3	1
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	168	1300.5	332	7805	3445	92	5/28	37.44	2.64	84.8	4	3	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	6784.1	1761	40705	17995	708	8/71	25.41	2.65	57.4	48	37	10
PI Philpott (AUS)	1965-1966	8	-	67	2262	1000	26	5/90	38.46	2.65	87.0	2	1	-
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2003-2018	55	677.5	118	4067	1808	53	4/16	34.11	2.66	76.7	2	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1973	29	-	204	4406	1959	52	6/67	37.67	2.66	84.7	1	2	-
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1962	27	985.0	225	5910	2628	68	6/67	38.64	2.66	86.9	4	2	-
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	27	1040.4	244	6244	2784	113	7/51	24.63	2.67	55.2	11	5	2
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1985	57	-	134	4082	1826	51	4/50	35.80	2.68	80.0	2	-	-
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1983	33	-	379	8909	3986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.7	11	6	1
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1992	14	421.5	93	2531	1139	36	5/40	31.63	2.70	70.3	-	1	-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1990	67	-	608	17126	7742	236	9/56	32.80	2.71	72.5	12	15	5
WM Clark (AUS)	1977-1979	10	-	63	2793	1265	44	4/46	28.75	2.71	63.4	7	-	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	41	1696.5	432	10181	4616	170	6/47	27.15	2.72	59.8	5	14	1
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2003-2005	10	429.2	97	2576	1175	51	5/48	23.03	2.73	50.5	5	2	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1980	75	-	87	2873	1316	20	2/21	65.80	2.74	143.6	-	-	-
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	38	-	230	7633	3503	123	6/74	28.47	2.75	62.0	7	6	2
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2015	59	915.5	240	5495	2526	75	6/33	33.68	2.75	73.2	1	3	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	70	-	652	18467	8493	355	7/83	23.92	2.75	52.0	23	23	7

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Minimum of 2000 balls

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]

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2024 [Test # 2524]