Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1972	19	-	127	2376	713	22	3/46	32.40	1.80	108.0	-	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1979	18	-	196	4083	1251	49	7/66	25.53	1.83	83.3	5	2	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1974	17	705.3	242	4233	1323	42	4/64	31.50	1.87	100.7	1	-	-
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	24	-	158	3693	1200	42	5/44	28.57	1.94	87.9	-	1	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1971-1976	29	-	488	9886	3232	100	7/98	32.32	1.96	98.8	2	5	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1973	25	-	221	4325	1462	36	5/70	40.61	2.02	120.1	-	1	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1979	10	469.5	139	2819	960	40	6/103	24.00	2.04	70.4	1	2	-
N Gifford (ENG)	1971-1973	13	431.0	139	2586	886	28	5/55	31.64	2.05	92.3	2	1	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1979	25	-	200	5072	1766	78	4/28	22.64	2.08	65.0	4	-	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1970-1979	59	-	787	15380	5587	202	8/51	27.65	2.17	76.1	10	10	4
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1972-1979	12	523.2	140	3140	1141	29	4/72	39.34	2.18	108.2	1	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1980	54	-	139	3956	1438	34	5/61	42.29	2.18	116.3	-	1	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1979	18	-	196	4209	1533	40	6/40	38.32	2.18	105.2	3	1	1
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	48	-	755	15824	5839	196	6/71	29.79	2.21	80.7	10	10	1
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	15	-	130	4382	1635	62	7/67	26.37	2.23	70.6	3	4	1
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1971-1977	21	-	229	6212	2324	50	4/46	46.48	2.24	124.2	3	-	-
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	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	32	-	148	4714	1780	48	5/65	37.08	2.26	98.2	1	1	-
BL Cairns (NZ)	1974-1979	14	-	103	3296	1255	29	5/55	43.27	2.28	113.6	-	1	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1971-1979	36	-	430	9785	3761	98	5/95	38.37	2.30	99.8	5	1	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1974-1979	12	-	74	3054	1200	43	5/28	27.90	2.35	71.0	3	2	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1971-1978	27	-	258	6797	2685	76	8/76	35.32	2.37	89.4	9	2	1
AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1976	28	-	246	6834	2709	91	8/59	29.76	2.37	75.0	5	3	-
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1977	16	-	71	2457	977	29	5/72	33.68	2.38	84.7	1	2	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1970-1972	12	-	153	3758	1502	36	5/125	41.72	2.39	104.3	2	1	-
VA Holder (WI)	1971-1979	37	-	315	8202	3292	100	6/28	32.92	2.40	82.0	5	3	-
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1980	16	-	120	3722	1500	64	6/74	23.43	2.41	58.1	4	5	2
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1979	14	-	128	3531	1437	37	4/35	38.83	2.44	95.4	5	-	-
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	-	192	4542	1868	50	5/57	37.36	2.46	90.8	-	1	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	15	-	88	2886	1204	51	7/46	23.60	2.50	56.5	1	2	1
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1979	33	-	271	8582	3591	120	9/86	29.92	2.51	71.5	9	4	1
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	16	-	146	3983	1676	51	7/143	32.86	2.52	78.0	2	2	-
P Lever (ENG)	1970-1975	17	-	92	3571	1509	41	6/38	36.80	2.53	87.0	1	2	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1979	22	-	191	5381	2274	118	8/34	19.27	2.53	45.6	4	12	2
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1977	47	-	54	2201	946	38	5/66	24.89	2.57	57.9	2	1	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1977	21	-	189	5310	2289	76	7/52	30.11	2.58	69.8	6	3	1
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1975	31	-	257	7134	3077	107	6/45	28.75	2.58	66.6	3	5	-
RO Collinge (NZ)	1971-1978	22	-	126	5169	2249	79	6/63	28.46	2.61	65.4	3	3	-
Inshan Ali (WI)	1971-1977	12	-	137	3718	1621	34	5/59	47.67	2.61	109.3	-	1	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1970-1976	24	-	200	6044	2663	103	7/40	25.85	2.64	58.6	7	4	-
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	35	-	136	4285	1893	65	5/28	29.12	2.65	65.9	5	3	-
PI Pocock (ENG)	1972-1976	13	567.0	139	3402	1510	35	5/110	43.14	2.66	97.2	2	2	-
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1971-1978	17	-	88	3239	1440	37	4/11	38.91	2.66	87.5	2	-	-
DR O'Sullivan (NZ)	1973-1976	11	-	75	2744	1224	18	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.4	-	1	-
WM Clark (AUS)	1977-1979	10	-	63	2793	1265	44	4/46	28.75	2.71	63.4	7	-	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1979	51	-	280	9916	4511	182	7/78	24.78	2.72	54.4	6	11	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	25	-	222	6830	3125	98	6/63	31.88	2.74	69.6	5	5	1
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1980	35	-	296	9510	4376	184	6/26	23.78	2.76	51.6	10	12	4
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	-	338	9802	4541	141	8/86	32.20	2.77	69.5	6	6	2
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1978	41	-	256	7755	3594	129	7/50	27.86	2.78	60.1	7	4	-
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1980	15	-	121	3408	1596	65	8/92	24.55	2.80	52.4	3	4	1
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	42	-	362	11212	5257	180	8/79	29.20	2.81	62.2	7	14	1
BR Taylor (NZ)	1972-1973	10	-	83	2718	1289	49	7/74	26.30	2.84	55.4	4	2	-
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	25	-	61	2320	1109	21	4/63	52.80	2.86	110.4	1	-	-
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1976-1979	17	-	101	3400	1631	57	8/69	28.61	2.87	59.6	2	3	1
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1980	29	-	234	7339	3521	140	7/54	25.15	2.87	52.4	4	9	2
J Garner (WI)	1977-1980	9	380.2	84	2282	1102	49	4/48	22.48	2.89	46.5	6	-	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	26	-	125	6376	3225	107	7/23	30.14	3.03	59.5	9	6	2
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	23	792.5	170	4757	2413	87	6/63	27.73	3.04	54.6	4	5	-
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	32	-	195	5742	2925	87	5/33	33.62	3.05	66.0	5	2	-
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	17	439.3	72	2637	1354	26	4/64	52.07	3.08	101.4	1	-	-
KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1976	21	-	99	3501	1801	60	6/77	30.01	3.08	58.3	3	2	1
Asif Masood (PAK)	1971-1977	13	-	66	2564	1322	32	5/111	41.31	3.09	80.1	1	1	-
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1980	9	361.3	73	2169	1120	52	8/29	21.53	3.09	41.7	4	1	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1979	34	-	210	7512	3892	152	6/46	25.60	3.10	49.4	14	6	-
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1978	18	-	60	3579	1876	44	4/42	42.63	3.14	81.3	3	-	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	15	-	51	2661	1406	54	6/85	26.03	3.17	49.2	2	3	-

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Minimum of 2000 balls
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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]