Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates in 1950s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
FLH Mooney (NZ)	1951-1954	11	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1959	29	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ME Chapple (NZ)	1953-1956	8	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	0.75	-	-	-	-
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1959	32	22.0	13	132	22	1	1/16	22.00	1.00	132.0	-	-	-
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	11	4.0	2	24	4	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
VL Mehra (IND)	1955-1955	2	3.0	-	18	3	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
HG Gaekwad (IND)	1952-1952	1	37.0	21	222	47	-	-	-	1.27	-	-	-	-
NE Marshall (WI)	1955-1955	1	46.3	22	279	62	2	1/22	31.00	1.33	139.5	-	-	-
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1955	7	8.0	2	48	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.0	-	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1959	3	130.0	51	780	183	7	2/16	26.14	1.40	111.4	-	-	-
G Noblet (AUS)	1950-1953	3	96.6	25	774	183	7	3/21	26.14	1.41	110.5	-	-	-
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	4	72.5	27	437	107	7	3/28	15.28	1.46	62.4	-	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	21	-	124	2406	595	20	6/42	29.75	1.48	120.3	-	1	-
MJ Horton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	39.4	18	238	59	2	2/24	29.50	1.48	119.0	-	-	-
IB Leggat (NZ)	1954-1954	1	3.0	-	24	6	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
RA McLean (SA)	1951-1958	28	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
S Nyalchand (IND)	1952-1952	1	64.0	33	384	97	3	3/97	32.33	1.51	128.0	-	-	-
NR Chowdhury (IND)	1951-1951	1	49.0	15	294	75	-	-	-	1.53	-	-	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1958	15	-	298	5130	1315	47	5/31	27.97	1.53	109.1	1	2	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1950-1957	13	-	129	2541	691	26	4/22	26.57	1.63	97.7	3	-	-
DEJ Ironside (SA)	1953-1954	3	123.2	41	986	275	15	5/51	18.33	1.67	65.7	1	1	-
ESM Kentish (WI)	1954-1954	1	43.0	16	258	72	5	5/49	14.40	1.67	51.6	-	1	-
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	24	-	41	814	230	8	4/37	28.75	1.69	101.7	1	-	-
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1956	9	214.1	78	1285	366	20	6/42	18.30	1.70	64.2	1	2	1
L Amarnath (IND)	1951-1952	8	239.0	86	1434	409	12	4/40	34.08	1.71	119.5	1	-	-
RE Marshall (WI)	1951-1952	4	-	2	52	15	-	-	-	1.73	-	-	-	-
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	4	-	26	703	203	10	3/23	20.30	1.73	70.3	-	-	-
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.7	2	1	-
RC Miller (WI)	1953-1953	1	16.0	8	96	28	-	-	-	1.75	-	-	-	-
GL Gibbs (WI)	1955-1955	1	4.0	1	24	7	-	-	-	1.75	-	-	-	-
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1959	10	-	89	1773	519	29	7/75	17.89	1.75	61.1	2	1	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1959	56	-	12	250	74	2	1/9	37.00	1.77	125.0	-	-	-
JW Wilson (AUS)	1956-1956	1	36.0	17	216	64	1	1/25	64.00	1.77	216.0	-	-	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1954	10	-	111	2374	710	18	4/169	39.44	1.79	131.8	1	-	-
CJ Poole (ENG)	1951-1952	3	5.0	1	30	9	-	-	-	1.80	-	-	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	27	-	249	6273	1886	92	7/93	20.50	1.80	68.1	3	5	1
GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	-	193	3637	1105	41	7/55	26.95	1.82	88.7	1	1	1
T Greenhough (ENG)	1959-1959	3	139.1	47	835	255	14	5/35	18.21	1.83	59.6	-	1	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1950-1959	38	-	578	9783	2992	162	10/53	18.46	1.83	60.3	11	8	3
DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1958	18	-	294	4637	1423	42	7/53	33.88	1.84	110.4	-	3	-
GF Cresswell (NZ)	1951-1951	2	67.0	24	402	124	7	3/18	17.71	1.85	57.4	-	-	-
CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1958	33	-	68	1056	326	10	3/50	32.60	1.85	105.6	-	-	-
AE Moss (ENG)	1954-1959	5	141.0	55	846	262	9	2/30	29.11	1.85	94.0	-	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	30	-	526	11875	3686	153	9/113	24.09	1.86	77.6	4	14	2
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1958	15	538.0	223	3228	1002	30	4/21	33.40	1.86	107.6	2	-	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1959	31	-	524	8117	2554	123	7/35	20.76	1.88	65.9	7	8	3
JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	27	-	403	6579	2071	102	7/36	20.30	1.88	64.5	7	5	1
GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	18	-	14	398	126	3	1/9	42.00	1.89	132.6	-	-	-
HT Dani (IND)	1952-1952	1	10.0	5	60	19	1	1/9	19.00	1.90	60.0	-	-	-
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1959	7	-	18	378	120	6	3/23	20.00	1.90	63.0	-	-	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1958	29	-	708	11157	3568	123	8/104	29.00	1.91	90.7	5	8	2
VB Ranjane (IND)	1958-1958	1	18.0	6	108	35	1	1/35	35.00	1.94	108.0	-	-	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1959	37	-	726	12152	3950	138	7/49	28.62	1.95	88.0	5	10	1
PJ Loader (ENG)	1954-1959	13	-	115	2662	878	39	6/36	22.51	1.97	68.2	2	1	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	31	1803.2	664	10820	3570	122	8/52	29.26	1.97	88.6	9	7	2
Miran Bakhsh (PAK)	1955-1955	2	58.0	22	348	115	2	2/82	57.50	1.98	174.0	-	-	-
JM Patel (IND)	1955-1959	5	217.3	79	1305	434	24	9/69	18.08	1.99	54.3	-	2	1
Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	2.0	1	12	4	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
JE Cheetham (SA)	1950-1955	21	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
RJ Christiani (WI)	1950-1954	13	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	17	199.0	61	1194	400	9	2/13	44.44	2.01	132.6	-	-	-
J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	22.0	5	176	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.2	-	1	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1950-1951	7	-	83	1978	667	18	4/24	37.05	2.02	109.8	1	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1958	19	-	111	4321	1460	69	6/43	21.15	2.02	62.6	4	3	-
PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	43	382.3	110	2295	776	18	6/74	43.11	2.02	127.5	2	1	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	18	-	58	1208	412	13	4/25	31.69	2.04	92.9	1	-	-
SW Sohoni (IND)	1951-1951	1	43.0	12	258	88	2	1/16	44.00	2.04	129.0	-	-	-
Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1959	17	324.3	106	1947	665	17	3/18	39.11	2.04	114.5	-	-	-
JE McConnon (ENG)	1954-1954	2	36.0	12	216	74	4	3/19	18.50	2.05	54.0	-	-	-
RV Divecha (IND)	1951-1952	5	174.0	44	1044	361	11	3/102	32.81	2.07	94.9	-	-	-
DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	23	780.3	242	4683	1620	40	5/64	40.50	2.07	117.0	-	2	-
CT Sarwate (IND)	1951-1951	1	13.0	2	78	27	-	-	-	2.07	-	-	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1959	19	812.2	239	4874	1691	60	7/49	28.18	2.08	81.2	2	4	1
R Appleyard (ENG)	1954-1956	9	-	70	1596	554	31	5/51	17.87	2.08	51.4	1	1	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1955	28	-	343	8370	2917	147	7/44	19.84	2.09	56.9	3	13	3
R Berry (ENG)	1950-1950	2	108.5	47	653	228	9	5/63	25.33	2.09	72.5	1	1	-
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1959	12	-	75	2608	912	33	6/38	27.63	2.09	79.0	-	2	-
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1958	23	452.0	139	2712	954	21	3/35	45.42	2.11	129.1	-	-	-
ERH Fuller (SA)	1953-1958	7	-	61	1898	668	22	5/66	30.36	2.11	86.2	-	1	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1959	42	-	476	11201	3952	165	7/72	23.95	2.11	67.8	12	11	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1959	26	1302.3	452	7815	2765	125	7/42	22.12	2.12	62.5	6	12	4
GWF Overton (NZ)	1953-1954	3	91.1	23	729	258	9	3/65	28.66	2.12	81.0	-	-	-
VI Smith (SA)	1950-1957	3	-	19	420	149	3	1/25	49.66	2.12	140.0	-	-	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1959	32	-	246	4636	1649	47	4/34	35.08	2.13	98.6	4	-	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	29	-	243	7935	2826	106	6/62	26.66	2.13	74.8	4	5	-
GO Rabone (NZ)	1952-1955	8	-	26	863	308	12	6/68	25.66	2.14	71.9	-	1	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1954	16	-	212	4228	1513	58	7/52	26.08	2.14	72.8	1	4	1
DV Smith (ENG)	1957-1957	3	45.0	13	270	97	1	1/12	97.00	2.15	270.0	-	-	-
HHH Johnson (WI)	1950-1950	2	65.4	13	394	142	3	3/59	47.33	2.16	131.3	-	-	-
ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1959	8	272.2	77	1634	589	25	5/42	23.56	2.16	65.3	1	1	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1950-1956	30	-	202	5394	1945	68	7/44	28.60	2.16	79.3	2	2	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1959	8	291.0	92	1746	633	25	5/80	25.32	2.17	69.8	1	1	-
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1958	13	-	99	3674	1332	56	6/58	23.78	2.17	65.6	2	4	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1959	27	661.1	218	3967	1444	31	4/26	46.58	2.18	127.9	2	-	-
OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	738.3	229	4431	1625	48	5/90	33.85	2.20	92.3	2	1	-
Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK)	1952-1956	3	9.3	4	57	21	2	2/21	10.50	2.21	28.5	-	-	-
EAB Rowan (SA)	1950-1951	8	-	1	19	7	-	-	-	2.21	-	-	-	-
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	-	160	3576	1318	48	5/53	27.45	2.21	74.5	2	1	-
SR Patil (IND)	1955-1955	1	23.0	7	138	51	2	1/15	25.50	2.21	69.0	-	-	-
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1951	6	29.0	6	232	86	1	1/7	86.00	2.22	232.0	-	-	-

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]