Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - vs West Indies

Best economy rates in an innings in 1950s in Tests - vs West Indies

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
HB Cave	27.3	17	22	4	0.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
GAR Lock	27.0	19	31	3	1.14	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
MH Mankad	22.0	11	26	1	1.18	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
GAR Lock	16.0	7	20	6	1.25	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
GM Guard	15.0	7	19	1	1.26	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
GAR Lock	21.4	12	28	5	1.29	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
WA Johnston	14.0	3	25	3	1.33	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
Nasim-ul-Ghani	25.0	16	34	1	1.36	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
Shujauddin	13.0	7	18	3	1.38	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
JC Laker	17.0	4	24	2	1.41	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
DV Smith	17.0	6	24	-	1.41	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
JC Laker	50.0	27	71	4	1.42	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
MH Mankad	33.0	16	47	-	1.42	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
DD Beard	15.0	7	22	3	1.46	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
GAR Lock	27.0	16	40	1	1.48	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
AV Bedser	40.0	14	60	3	1.50	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
Fazal Mahmood	50.0	24	76	2	1.52	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1958	Test # 448
JC Laker	21.0	11	32	2	1.52	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
R Benaud	19.0	7	29	-	1.52	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
FS Trueman	15.0	5	23	1	1.53	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
CG Borde	22.0	11	34	1	1.54	India	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
JC Laker	36.0	18	56	2	1.55	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
GAR Lock	34.4	15	55	-	1.58	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
Fazal Mahmood	22.0	9	35	4	1.59	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
HB Cave	13.1	9	21	4	1.59	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
JC Laker	62.0	27	101	3	1.62	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
GAR Lock	25.0	11	41	1	1.64	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
GAR Lock	14.0	6	23	-	1.64	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
TE Bailey	12.0	2	20	2	1.66	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
JC Laker	23.0	12	39	3	1.69	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
Saeed Ahmed	11.0	1	19	1	1.72	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
G Noblet	13.0	1	30	-	1.73	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
Fazal Mahmood	51.0	21	89	4	1.74	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1958	Test # 448
PJ Loader	20.3	9	36	6	1.75	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
KR Miller	8.0	2	19	1	1.78	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
WE Hollies	35.2	11	63	5	1.78	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
HB Cave	26.0	12	47	2	1.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	03 Feb 1956	Test # 421
AV Bedser	44.0	16	80	1	1.81	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
VS Hazare	12.0	3	22	1	1.83	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
TE Bailey	12.0	3	22	-	1.83	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
Fazal Mahmood	18.3	9	34	6	1.83	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
GAR Lock	41.0	14	76	3	1.85	England	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
RR Lindwall	21.0	4	52	5	1.85	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
TE Bailey	22.0	9	41	2	1.86	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
WJ Edrich	16.0	4	30	-	1.87	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
RR Lindwall	8.0	1	20	2	1.87	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
RG Nadkarni	21.1	7	40	2	1.88	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
RR Lindwall	26.0	2	66	4	1.90	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
WA Johnston	24.0	5	61	2	1.90	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
R Benaud	23.0	7	44	2	1.91	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
DV Smith	12.0	5	23	-	1.91	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
Nasim-ul-Ghani	33.2	11	64	3	1.92	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1958	Test # 448
JH Wardle	12.3	4	24	3	1.92	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
WA Johnston	16.0	4	41	1	1.92	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
DD Beard	13.0	4	25	1	1.92	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	08 Feb 1952	Test # 349
JH Wardle	30.0	10	58	-	1.93	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
RG Nadkarni	15.0	3	29	-	1.93	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
CG Borde	16.0	3	31	-	1.93	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
FS Trueman	17.0	4	33	2	1.94	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
VB Ranjane	18.0	6	35	1	1.94	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
IWG Johnson	22.2	10	44	7	1.97	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
AV Bedser	38.0	9	75	2	1.97	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
WA Johnston	19.0	4	50	1	1.97	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
DG Phadkar	43.0	14	85	2	1.97	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
R Berry	31.5	13	63	5	1.97	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
IWG Johnson	23.0	10	46	2	2.00	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
DD Beard	21.0	5	42	1	2.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	08 Feb 1952	Test # 349
JH Wardle	10.0	1	20	-	2.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
R Berry	26.0	12	53	4	2.03	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
GS Ramchand	22.0	5	45	1	2.04	India	v West Indies	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
MH Mankad	63.0	16	129	1	2.04	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
RG Archer	19.0	8	39	2	2.05	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
DG Phadkar	11.4	2	24	2	2.05	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953	Test # 366
JC Laker	30.0	13	62	-	2.06	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
GAR Lock	15.0	6	31	1	2.06	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
R Berry	32.0	15	67	-	2.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
AR MacGibbon	21.0	5	44	4	2.09	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
TE Bailey	21.0	8	44	7	2.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
FS Trueman	30.0	8	63	5	2.10	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
Mahmood Hussain	10.0	1	21	1	2.10	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
WE Hollies	33.0	13	70	3	2.12	England	v West Indies	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
TE Bailey	16.0	7	34	7	2.12	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
JH Wardle	39.0	14	83	1	2.12	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
KR Miller	14.0	3	40	1	2.14	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
IWG Johnson	14.0	4	30	-	2.14	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
A D'Souza	13.0	5	28	-	2.15	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
GAR Lock	27.5	7	60	2	2.15	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
TE Bailey	25.0	11	54	1	2.16	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
WA Johnston	17.0	2	49	2	2.16	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
SP Gupte	56.2	19	122	4	2.16	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
DG Phadkar	29.3	4	64	5	2.16	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953	Test # 366
Nasim-ul-Ghani	30.5	9	67	6	2.17	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
Nasim-ul-Ghani	16.0	5	35	4	2.18	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
IWG Johnson	35.0	13	77	3	2.20	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
GS Ramchand	15.0	6	33	2	2.20	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
GS Ramchand	10.0	3	22	-	2.20	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
GS Ramchand	10.0	3	22	-	2.20	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
JC Laker	54.0	17	119	4	2.20	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
WA Johnston	20.0	1	59	2	2.21	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345

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