Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GS Sobers	14.0	11	3	1	0.21	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
JC Laker	14.1	9	7	2	0.37	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JW Burke	15.0	10	8	-	0.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
JC Laker	18.0	14	8	3	0.44	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
TL Goddard	16.0	8	12	2	0.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
KD Mackay	9.0	6	7	1	0.58	Australia	v England	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958	Test # 460
TL Goddard	25.2	15	22	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
HJ Tayfield	24.0	17	21	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
Khan Mohammad	30.0	19	20	2	0.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
S Ramadhin	15.0	9	10	2	0.66	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
TE Bailey	25.0	12	23	3	0.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	13.0	4	12	2	0.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
Ghulam Ahmed	13.0	9	9	1	0.69	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
DG Phadkar	10.0	6	7	1	0.70	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
Fazal Mahmood	25.0	19	18	-	0.72	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
JC Laker	36.0	23	27	3	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JH Wardle	32.0	23	24	4	0.75	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
AH Kardar	28.0	17	21	2	0.75	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
TL Goddard	14.0	7	14	1	0.75	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
ARA Murray	13.0	7	13	-	0.75	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
TL Goddard	13.0	8	13	2	0.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
CL Walcott	16.0	10	12	2	0.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
RG Archer	12.0	7	12	3	0.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
KD Mackay	11.0	5	11	-	0.75	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
RR Lindwall	12.0	7	9	-	0.75	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
MH Mankad	76.0	47	58	4	0.76	India	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
L Amarnath	13.0	9	10	-	0.76	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
GE Gomez	13.0	8	10	1	0.76	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
GAR Lock	18.1	13	14	4	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JC Laker	22.0	12	17	1	0.77	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
JC Laker	22.0	11	17	5	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
WA Johnston	18.0	9	14	-	0.77	Australia	v England	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
R Gilchrist	23.0	13	18	3	0.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
JH Wardle	24.0	16	19	4	0.79	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
DG Phadkar	24.0	14	19	2	0.79	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
HB Cave	27.3	17	22	4	0.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
VL Manjrekar	20.0	13	16	1	0.80	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
RG Archer	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	Australia	v England	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
R Tattersall	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
AK Davidson	28.0	12	30	2	0.80	Australia	v England	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958	Test # 460
R Tattersall	16.0	9	13	-	0.81	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
JC Watkins	12.0	4	13	2	0.81	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
R Appleyard	12.0	7	13	3	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
Zulfiqar Ahmed	16.0	8	13	1	0.81	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
AH Kardar	27.0	15	22	-	0.81	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
TL Goddard	23.0	12	25	2	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
RR Lindwall	17.0	10	14	1	0.82	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	04 Dec 1959	Test # 481
ARA Murray	23.0	16	19	2	0.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
AL Valentine	34.4	21	29	3	0.83	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Feb 1952	Test # 350
KD Mackay	19.0	12	16	1	0.84	Australia	v Pakistan	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
GAR Lock	15.0	6	17	1	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	20.0	9	17	2	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
JC Watkins	14.0	7	16	2	0.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
IWG Johnson	15.0	10	13	-	0.86	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
AL Valentine	35.0	20	31	1	0.88	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
TE Bailey	11.0	5	13	-	0.88	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
HJ Tayfield	29.3	15	35	1	0.89	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
AK Davidson	15.0	6	18	2	0.90	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	0.90	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
Zulfiqar Ahmed	46.3	21	42	6	0.90	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
GE Gomez	46.1	20	42	1	0.90	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
G Noblet	17.1	7	21	3	0.91	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
JC Watkins	23.5	14	22	4	0.92	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
Ghulam Ahmed	13.0	7	12	1	0.92	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
AK Davidson	14.0	5	13	-	0.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
OG Smith	29.0	15	27	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
SP Gupte	36.3	22	34	2	0.93	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	29 Jan 1955	Test # 397
KD Mackay	45.0	27	42	6	0.93	Australia	v Pakistan	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
ARA Murray	31.0	16	29	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
GAR Lock	18.1	11	17	1	0.93	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
I Meckiff	16.0	8	20	-	0.93	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
JB Statham	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
ARA Murray	8.0	3	10	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
JC Laker	8.0	3	10	2	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1959	Test # 464
S Ramadhin	53.0	30	50	4	0.94	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
GF Rorke	18.1	7	23	3	0.95	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
KR Miller	11.0	8	14	3	0.95	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
IWG Johnson	36.0	17	46	2	0.95	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
GAR Lock	12.3	8	12	4	0.96	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
R Benaud	28.0	14	27	1	0.96	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
JC Laker	30.0	19	29	2	0.96	England	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956	Test # 425
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
GE Gomez	7.5	2	10	2	0.98	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
DS Atkinson	62.0	35	61	1	0.98	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
Zulfiqar Ahmed	37.2	19	37	5	0.99	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
GAR Lock	40.0	23	40	3	1.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
NBF Mann	24.0	16	24	4	1.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
Shujauddin	22.0	12	22	3	1.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
KR Miller	17.0	8	17	-	1.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
JC Watkins	12.0	5	16	1	1.00	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
R Illingworth	16.0	10	16	2	1.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
GS Ramchand	14.0	7	14	-	1.00	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
AH Kardar	12.0	5	12	-	1.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
GB Hole	11.0	6	11	-	1.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
Ghulam Ahmed	10.0	1	10	1	1.00	India	v England	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
CL Walcott	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
HJ Tayfield	26.1	12	35	3	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
S Ramadhin	38.2	21	39	4	1.01	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Feb 1952	Test # 349

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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 v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]