Bowling Best Career Economy Rate IN England

Best economy rates in 1970s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is IN England

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	3.0	2	18	1	-	-	-	0.33	-	-	-	-
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	15	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1978	1	29.1	14	175	40	2	2/39	20.00	1.37	87.5	-	-	-
RJ Inverarity (AUS)	1972-1972	3	61.0	26	366	90	4	3/26	22.50	1.47	91.5	-	-	-
JA Jameson (ENG)	1971-1975	5	2.0	1	12	3	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1973-1975	6	161.1	50	967	286	11	3/26	26.00	1.77	87.9	-	-	-
V Pollard (NZ)	1973-1973	5	55.0	18	330	98	4	2/24	24.50	1.78	82.5	-	-	-
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	3	79.0	27	474	141	8	5/63	17.62	1.78	59.2	-	1	-
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1973-1979	17	10.0	3	60	18	-	-	-	1.80	-	-	-	-
GD Porter (AUS)	1979-1979	2	18.0	5	108	33	3	2/13	11.00	1.83	36.0	-	-	-
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1971-1971	2	58.4	20	352	110	6	4/11	18.33	1.87	58.6	1	-	-
Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1979-1979	1	10.0	2	60	19	-	-	-	1.90	-	-	-	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1971-1972	14	266.0	100	1596	523	18	3/46	29.05	1.96	88.6	-	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1979	17	458.3	156	2751	916	36	5/28	25.44	1.99	76.4	4	1	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1976	2	13.0	2	78	26	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1978	4	122.0	54	732	246	7	2/29	35.14	2.01	104.5	-	-	-
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	17	251.0	85	1506	509	16	2/18	31.81	2.02	94.1	-	-	-
N Gifford (ENG)	1971-1973	9	254.1	83	1525	518	15	4/43	34.53	2.03	101.6	2	-	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1972-1972	3	76.4	28	460	157	3	2/45	52.33	2.04	153.3	-	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1973	19	501.1	167	3007	1045	27	5/70	38.70	2.08	111.3	-	1	-
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	5	123.0	27	738	257	9	3/72	28.55	2.08	82.0	-	-	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1978	10	166.4	46	1000	356	6	2/24	59.33	2.13	166.6	-	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1973-1973	4	92.4	27	556	200	7	3/27	28.57	2.15	79.4	-	-	-
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1971-1971	1	19.0	4	114	43	1	1/30	43.00	2.26	114.0	-	-	-
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1976-1976	1	28.0	8	168	64	1	1/23	64.00	2.28	168.0	-	-	-
RAL Massie (AUS)	1972-1972	7	229.4	63	1378	538	26	8/53	20.69	2.34	53.0	1	2	1
MHN Walker (AUS)	1975-1977	16	552.5	163	3317	1296	37	5/48	35.02	2.34	89.6	1	1	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1973-1979	26	649.0	182	3894	1525	71	4/15	21.47	2.34	54.8	5	-	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1971-1977	42	1202.0	387	7212	2833	103	8/51	27.50	2.35	70.0	3	5	2
P Willey (ENG)	1976-1979	5	62.5	17	377	150	2	2/96	75.00	2.38	188.5	-	-	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1977-1977	5	86.1	28	517	208	6	3/69	34.66	2.41	86.1	-	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1975	11	89.0	27	534	217	2	1/16	108.50	2.43	267.0	-	-	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1979	11	226.3	61	1359	560	38	8/92	14.73	2.47	35.7	1	3	1
GD Watson (AUS)	1972-1972	4	48.0	15	288	120	5	2/28	24.00	2.50	57.6	-	-	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1975	17	542.5	165	3257	1361	65	6/66	20.93	2.50	50.1	3	5	1
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1978	15	53.0	14	318	133	8	2/14	16.62	2.50	39.7	-	-	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1977-1979	4	41.0	7	246	103	3	1/17	34.33	2.51	82.0	-	-	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	12	216.2	47	1298	547	17	3/15	32.17	2.52	76.3	-	-	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1973-1975	8	175.0	45	1050	445	13	4/144	34.23	2.54	80.7	1	-	-
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1972-1972	8	19.1	7	115	49	-	-	-	2.55	-	-	-	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1975	27	746.3	171	4479	1918	84	5/27	22.83	2.56	53.3	4	3	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	17	51.0	16	306	132	4	2/14	33.00	2.58	76.5	-	-	-
RO Collinge (NZ)	1973-1978	12	258.0	57	1548	674	21	5/74	32.09	2.61	73.7	-	1	-
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1976	15	306.0	75	1836	801	26	4/20	30.80	2.61	70.6	2	-	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1974	8	254.5	72	1529	671	17	5/116	39.47	2.63	89.9	-	1	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	15	498.2	114	2990	1313	32	6/226	41.03	2.63	93.4	1	1	-
Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	14	67.0	11	402	179	8	3/27	22.37	2.67	50.2	-	-	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1979	17	341.5	88	2051	919	51	6/37	18.01	2.68	40.2	2	3	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1979	21	53.0	11	318	143	3	2/29	47.66	2.69	106.0	-	-	-
DLS de Silva (SL)	1979-1979	2	20.0	2	120	54	2	2/36	27.00	2.70	60.0	-	-	-
VA Holder (WI)	1973-1976	16	334.2	80	2006	914	37	5/50	24.70	2.73	54.2	1	1	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1971-1976	26	785.3	164	4713	2149	86	5/57	24.98	2.73	54.8	8	2	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1974-1979	13	232.0	52	1392	636	28	5/39	22.71	2.74	49.7	2	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1972-1975	12	325.0	95	1950	894	24	5/114	37.25	2.75	81.2	-	1	-
Asif Masood (PAK)	1971-1975	11	270.5	61	1625	747	24	5/111	31.12	2.75	67.7	1	1	-
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	16	21.0	4	126	58	-	-	-	2.76	-	-	-	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1979	23	566.0	143	3396	1565	80	8/34	19.56	2.76	42.4	2	8	1
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	16	385.3	69	2313	1066	20	4/52	53.30	2.76	115.6	1	-	-
JSE Price (ENG)	1971-1972	5	125.5	31	755	351	14	3/29	25.07	2.78	53.9	-	-	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	15	288.1	66	1729	804	27	5/84	29.77	2.79	64.0	1	1	-
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1975	11	128.0	31	768	358	9	3/28	39.77	2.79	85.3	-	-	-
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1971-1971	3	71.5	17	431	201	5	3/46	40.20	2.79	86.2	-	-	-
PI Pocock (ENG)	1976-1976	2	61.0	15	366	173	4	2/98	43.25	2.83	91.5	-	-	-
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1977-1977	5	159.0	36	954	451	16	4/80	28.18	2.83	59.6	2	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	6	216.4	40	1300	618	15	6/38	41.20	2.85	86.6	-	1	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1975-1977	16	440.0	111	2640	1266	45	5/38	28.13	2.87	58.6	5	1	-
RG Callender (CAN)	1979-1979	2	9.0	1	54	26	1	1/14	26.00	2.88	54.0	-	-	-
DJ Colley (AUS)	1972-1972	4	132.3	21	795	384	6	3/83	64.00	2.89	132.5	-	-	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1975-1975	3	75.2	23	452	219	20	6/14	10.95	2.90	22.6	-	3	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	13	142.0	22	852	414	18	4/56	23.00	2.91	47.3	1	-	-
RNS Hobbs (ENG)	1971-1971	1	24.0	5	144	70	-	-	-	2.91	-	-	-	-
WW Daniel (WI)	1976-1976	4	108.0	28	648	317	13	4/53	24.38	2.93	49.8	1	-	-
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	18	16.0	3	96	47	-	-	-	2.93	-	-	-	-
BR Taylor (NZ)	1973-1973	5	155.0	28	930	457	13	4/53	35.15	2.94	71.5	1	-	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1973-1979	22	74.3	13	447	220	9	2/4	24.44	2.95	49.6	-	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1977	25	167.4	33	1006	496	10	5/20	49.60	2.95	100.6	-	1	-
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1979	40	866.2	174	5198	2566	105	7/50	24.43	2.96	49.5	5	3	-
Inshan Ali (WI)	1973-1973	1	34.0	9	204	101	1	1/49	101.00	2.97	204.0	-	-	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1979	33	760.0	161	4560	2274	103	7/78	22.07	2.99	44.2	5	6	-
BL Cairns (NZ)	1975-1979	9	161.0	32	966	482	16	5/28	30.12	2.99	60.3	-	1	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1971-1979	33	34.0	4	204	102	5	2/14	20.40	3.00	40.8	-	-	-
RB Kanhai (WI)	1973-1975	10	7.0	1	42	21	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
BF Hastings (NZ)	1973-1975	9	1.0	-	6	3	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1975	11	235.1	36	1411	708	18	4/64	39.33	3.01	78.3	1	-	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	7	206.5	55	1241	632	18	5/146	35.11	3.05	68.9	-	1	-
P Lever (ENG)	1971-1975	13	251.3	46	1509	770	21	5/70	36.66	3.06	71.8	-	1	-
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1976	9	15.4	5	94	48	2	1/1	24.00	3.06	47.0	-	-	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	51	900.2	183	5402	2774	76	4/33	36.50	3.08	71.0	3	-	-
RC Fredericks (WI)	1973-1976	18	49.2	11	296	152	3	2/10	50.66	3.08	98.6	-	-	-
JM Patel (CAN)	1979-1979	3	15.1	-	91	47	-	-	-	3.09	-	-	-	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1979	16	60.0	12	360	186	8	3/52	23.25	3.10	45.0	-	-	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1974-1974	2	86.0	10	516	267	3	2/166	89.00	3.10	172.0	-	-	-
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	4	82.0	14	492	255	5	3/80	51.00	3.10	98.4	-	-	-
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1977-1979	4	36.1	7	217	113	10	5/18	11.30	3.12	21.7	-	1	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1977-1977	5	122.3	34	735	384	5	1/25	76.80	3.13	147.0	-	-	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	12	183.5	40	1103	577	17	4/29	33.94	3.13	64.8	1	-	-
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1975	7	125.3	24	753	395	9	3/15	43.88	3.14	83.6	-	-	-
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1974-1979	14	69.4	15	418	221	5	1/7	44.20	3.17	83.6	-	-	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1979	9	91.2	15	548	292	7	2/31	41.71	3.19	78.2	-	-	-
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1978-1978	4	100.2	14	602	323	10	3/110	32.30	3.21	60.2	-	-	-

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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:

Trinidad & Tobago vs Guyana at Port of Spain, West Indies Championship 25th Match, Apr 9-12, 2025 [First-class]

Leeward Islands vs Barbados at Basseterre, West Indies Championship 26th Match, Apr 9-12, 2025 [First-class]

Jamaica vs Combined Campuses and Colleges at St Augustine, West Indies Championship 27th Match, Apr 9-11, 2025 [First-class]