Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates in 1970s in ODIs

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
WJ Edwards (AUS)	1975-1975	1	0.1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JA Jameson (ENG)	1973-1975	3	2.0	1	12	3	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
D Lloyd (ENG)	1973-1978	7	-	1	12	3	1	1/3	3.00	1.50	12.0	-	-	-
GD Porter (AUS)	1979-1979	2	18.0	5	108	33	3	2/13	11.00	1.83	36.0	-	-	-
GA Cope (ENG)	1977-1978	2	14.0	-	112	35	2	1/16	17.50	1.87	56.0	-	-	-
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	1	7.0	3	42	14	2	2/14	7.00	2.00	21.0	-	-	-
AL Thomson (AUS)	1971-1971	1	8.0	2	64	22	1	1/22	22.00	2.06	64.0	-	-	-
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1978	1	7.0	1	42	15	1	1/15	15.00	2.14	42.0	-	-	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1971-1971	1	7.4	-	60	22	2	2/22	11.00	2.20	30.0	-	-	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1973-1975	3	26.0	4	156	59	2	1/12	29.50	2.26	78.0	-	-	-
PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	4	21.0	3	168	70	2	1/21	35.00	2.50	84.0	-	-	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1971-1975	9	-	11	538	232	14	4/11	16.57	2.58	38.4	2	-	-
Aamer Hameed (PAK)	1977-1978	2	11.0	2	88	38	1	1/32	38.00	2.59	88.0	-	-	-
TJ Jenner (AUS)	1975-1975	1	8.0	1	64	28	-	-	-	2.62	-	-	-	-
Majid Khan (PAK)	1973-1979	14	-	9	424	187	10	3/27	18.70	2.64	42.4	-	-	-
DLS de Silva (SL)	1979-1979	2	20.0	2	120	54	2	2/36	27.00	2.70	60.0	-	-	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1975	14	-	19	714	339	19	4/27	17.84	2.84	37.5	1	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1977-1979	11	-	9	484	230	11	3/39	20.90	2.85	44.0	-	-	-
RG Callender (CAN)	1979-1979	2	9.0	1	54	26	1	1/14	26.00	2.88	54.0	-	-	-
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	2	22.0	3	132	64	2	2/37	32.00	2.90	66.0	-	-	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1979	22	-	38	1265	614	30	4/11	20.46	2.91	42.1	2	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1973-1973	1	10.3	3	63	31	1	1/31	31.00	2.95	63.0	-	-	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1979	12	-	13	638	314	12	2/21	26.16	2.95	53.1	-	-	-
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1978	11	-	10	312	156	8	2/14	19.50	3.00	39.0	-	-	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1975-1979	8	-	11	402	203	12	5/21	16.91	3.02	33.5	-	1	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1974-1975	5	-	9	320	165	16	6/14	10.31	3.09	20.0	-	2	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1978	4	-	6	184	95	3	2/16	31.66	3.09	61.3	-	-	-
JM Patel (CAN)	1979-1979	3	15.1	-	91	47	-	-	-	3.09	-	-	-	-
K Shuttleworth (ENG)	1971-1971	1	7.0	-	56	29	1	1/29	29.00	3.10	56.0	-	-	-
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1978	1	7.0	-	42	22	1	1/22	22.00	3.14	42.0	-	-	-
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1973-1978	6	-	2	285	151	5	2/7	30.20	3.17	57.0	-	-	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1979	5	43.0	5	258	137	5	2/30	27.40	3.18	51.6	-	-	-
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1977-1979	8	-	12	474	253	14	3/32	18.07	3.20	33.8	-	-	-
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1979	16	-	5	254	136	7	3/23	19.42	3.21	36.2	-	-	-
ADG Roberts (NZ)	1976-1976	1	7.0	-	56	30	1	1/30	30.00	3.21	56.0	-	-	-
GB Troup (NZ)	1976-1979	4	-	4	248	133	5	2/36	26.60	3.21	49.6	-	-	-
BR Taylor (NZ)	1973-1973	2	19.0	4	114	62	4	3/25	15.50	3.26	28.5	-	-	-
Naseer Malik (PAK)	1975-1975	3	30.0	5	180	98	5	2/37	19.60	3.26	36.0	-	-	-
JCB Vaughan (CAN)	1979-1979	3	11.0	1	66	36	-	-	-	3.27	-	-	-	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1979	12	-	18	742	406	17	4/19	23.88	3.28	43.6	1	-	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1971-1979	15	-	1	42	23	2	2/14	11.50	3.28	21.0	-	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1973-1978	10	-	-	42	23	-	-	-	3.28	-	-	-	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1973-1979	17	-	26	924	512	25	4/15	20.48	3.32	36.9	2	-	-
S Abid Ali (IND)	1974-1975	5	56.0	10	336	187	7	2/22	26.71	3.33	48.0	-	-	-
RO Collinge (NZ)	1973-1978	15	-	19	859	479	18	5/23	26.61	3.34	47.7	-	1	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	17	-	27	988	551	16	2/20	34.43	3.34	61.7	-	-	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1979	20	-	28	1125	628	31	4/27	20.25	3.34	36.2	2	-	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1973-1979	21	-	20	1020	571	23	4/44	24.82	3.35	44.3	1	-	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1979	12	114.1	13	685	385	16	4/33	24.06	3.37	42.8	1	-	-
BJ McKechnie (NZ)	1975-1979	10	-	9	611	344	14	3/24	24.57	3.37	43.6	-	-	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1974-1979	12	-	14	658	371	14	3/15	26.50	3.38	47.0	-	-	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	14	-	13	714	406	19	4/29	21.36	3.41	37.5	1	-	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1973-1975	9	-	9	492	280	11	3/29	25.45	3.41	44.7	-	-	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1974-1979	10	-	17	590	340	7	2/44	48.57	3.45	84.2	-	-	-
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1979	27	-	31	1473	849	41	4/8	20.70	3.45	35.9	2	-	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1974-1979	12	-	7	706	407	4	2/34	101.75	3.45	176.5	-	-	-
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1979	16	-	3	322	186	5	2/22	37.20	3.46	64.4	-	-	-
JN Valentine (CAN)	1979-1979	3	19.0	5	114	66	3	1/18	22.00	3.47	38.0	-	-	-
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1976	11	-	7	628	364	20	4/34	18.20	3.47	31.4	1	-	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1971-1979	23	-	1	162	94	5	2/14	18.80	3.48	32.4	-	-	-
J Garner (WI)	1977-1979	11	114.0	10	684	398	20	5/38	19.90	3.49	34.2	-	1	-
Asif Masood (PAK)	1973-1976	7	-	8	402	234	5	2/9	46.80	3.49	80.4	-	-	-
GD Watson (AUS)	1972-1972	2	8.0	1	48	28	2	2/28	14.00	3.50	24.0	-	-	-
GR Sealy (CAN)	1979-1979	3	6.0	-	36	21	-	-	-	3.50	-	-	-	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1973-1979	20	-	7	357	210	7	2/4	30.00	3.52	51.0	-	-	-
CC Henry (CAN)	1979-1979	2	15.0	-	90	53	2	2/27	26.50	3.53	45.0	-	-	-
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1977-1978	3	-	4	188	111	2	1/41	55.50	3.54	94.0	-	-	-
GK Bose (IND)	1974-1974	1	11.0	2	66	39	1	1/39	39.00	3.54	66.0	-	-	-
G Miller (ENG)	1977-1979	9	-	9	344	204	7	2/24	29.14	3.55	49.1	-	-	-
P Lever (ENG)	1971-1975	10	-	3	440	261	11	4/35	23.72	3.55	40.0	1	-	-
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	12	-	21	778	463	18	4/20	25.72	3.57	43.2	2	-	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1977-1977	2	22.0	3	132	79	2	1/36	39.50	3.59	66.0	-	-	-
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1977-1979	5	50.5	5	305	183	11	4/29	16.63	3.60	27.7	1	-	-
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1979	8	82.0	6	492	298	17	3/29	17.52	3.63	28.9	-	-	-
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1979	9	-	9	409	248	14	5/18	17.71	3.63	29.2	-	1	-
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	2	16.4	3	100	61	3	2/39	20.33	3.66	33.3	-	-	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1973-1979	15	-	17	839	512	28	4/44	18.28	3.66	29.9	2	-	-
DJ Pringle (EAf)	1975-1975	2	15.0	-	90	55	-	-	-	3.66	-	-	-	-
LWS Kaluperuma (SL)	1975-1975	3	27.4	2	166	102	1	1/50	102.00	3.68	166.0	-	-	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1979	23	-	25	1157	711	27	3/16	26.33	3.68	42.8	-	-	-
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1978-1978	1	11.0	-	66	41	1	1/41	41.00	3.72	66.0	-	-	-
JM Parker (NZ)	1974-1978	12	-	-	16	10	1	1/10	10.00	3.75	16.0	-	-	-
FRMD Gunatilleke (SL)	1979-1979	1	9.0	1	54	34	-	-	-	3.77	-	-	-	-
Pervez Mir (PAK)	1975-1977	3	-	2	122	77	3	1/17	25.66	3.78	40.6	-	-	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1973-1979	10	-	7	592	378	16	4/56	23.62	3.83	37.0	1	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1976-1976	1	7.0	-	56	36	3	3/36	12.00	3.85	18.6	-	-	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1977-1979	10	-	6	386	249	5	2/31	49.80	3.87	77.2	-	-	-
JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1979	4	31.0	-	186	120	3	2/40	40.00	3.87	62.0	-	-	-
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1975-1979	8	-	-	48	31	-	-	-	3.87	-	-	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1973	3	-	2	130	84	4	3/50	21.00	3.87	32.5	-	-	-
WW Daniel (WI)	1978-1978	1	9.0	1	54	35	1	1/35	35.00	3.88	54.0	-	-	-
P Willey (ENG)	1977-1979	7	38.0	1	228	148	5	3/33	29.60	3.89	45.6	-	-	-
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1976	7	-	6	406	266	7	3/15	38.00	3.93	58.0	-	-	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1978	11	-	8	437	287	7	2/17	41.00	3.94	62.4	-	-	-
Hasan Jamil (PAK)	1977-1978	6	-	3	232	154	8	3/18	19.25	3.98	29.0	-	-	-
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1975	8	-	4	470	313	13	4/50	24.07	3.99	36.1	1	-	-
VA Holder (WI)	1973-1978	12	-	9	681	454	19	5/50	23.89	4.00	35.8	-	1	-
LW Stott (NZ)	1979-1979	1	12.0	1	72	48	3	3/48	16.00	4.00	24.0	-	-	-
PG Nana (EAf)	1975-1975	3	28.5	4	173	116	1	1/34	116.00	4.02	173.0	-	-	-
ED Solkar (IND)	1974-1976	7	-	4	252	169	4	2/31	42.25	4.02	63.0	-	-	-

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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:

New Zealand vs Pakistan at Wellington, Pakistan tour of New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2003 [Test # 1677]

India vs Australia at Melbourne, India tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 2003 [Test # 1678]

West Indies vs South Africa at Durban, West Indies tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2003 [Test # 1679]