Best economy rates in an innings in 1980s in Tests - England
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 14.0 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0.78 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 | Test # 906 | |
| 15.0 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0.86 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 15 Aug 1985 | Test # 1021 | |
| 27.0 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0.92 | England | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 28 Nov 1986 | Test # 1059 | |
| 12.0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1.00 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 14 Nov 1986 | Test # 1057 | |
| 27.0 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 1.03 | England | v India | Lord's | 5 Jun 1986 | Test # 1046 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 1.10 | England | v India | Birmingham | 3 Jul 1986 | Test # 1048 | |
| 21.0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 1.14 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 2 Jul 1981 | Test # 904 | |
| 31.0 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 1.22 | England | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1982 | Test # 916 | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1.23 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
| 31.0 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 1.25 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 21 Aug 1986 | Test # 1051 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1.27 | England | v India | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 | |
| 14.0 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1.28 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 2 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
| 22.0 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 1.31 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 21 Aug 1986 | Test # 1051 | |
| 25.0 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 1.32 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
| 26.0 | 11 | 35 | 5 | 1.34 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 11 Aug 1983 | Test # 959 | |
| 44.0 | 24 | 60 | 4 | 1.36 | England | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1.36 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
| 25.0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 1.40 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 2 Jul 1981 | Test # 904 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 1.42 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 29 Jan 1988 | Test # 1090 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1.45 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 4 Jan 1980 | Test # 868 | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1.46 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 15 Aug 1985 | Test # 1021 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 1.46 | England | v Pakistan | Leeds | 26 Aug 1982 | Test # 933 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 1.46 | England | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 28 Nov 1986 | Test # 1059 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 1.47 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 9 Aug 1984 | Test # 993 | |
| 29.0 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 1.48 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1982 | Test # 939 | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 1.50 | England | v West Indies | St John's | 27 Mar 1981 | Test # 901 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1.50 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Feb 1980 | Test # 872 | |
| 24.5 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 1.53 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
| 47.0 | 22 | 72 | 3 | 1.53 | England | v India | Eden Gardens | 31 Dec 1984 | Test # 1007 | |
| 29.0 | 13 | 45 | 3 | 1.55 | England | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1982 | Test # 916 | |
| 18.0 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 1.55 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
| 30.0 | 14 | 47 | 3 | 1.56 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 18 Jun 1981 | Test # 903 | |
| 57.0 | 24 | 91 | 1 | 1.59 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1988 | Test # 1093 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1.60 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
| 26.5 | 12 | 43 | 4 | 1.60 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 | Test # 906 | |
| 19.0 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 1.63 | England | v West Indies | Leeds | 7 Aug 1980 | Test # 884 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1.64 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1988 | Test # 1093 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 1.65 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 18 Jun 1981 | Test # 903 | |
| 23.0 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 1.65 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 24 Jul 1980 | Test # 883 | |
| 28.0 | 7 | 47 | 3 | 1.67 | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 10 Jul 1980 | Test # 882 | |
| 46.0 | 15 | 78 | 7 | 1.69 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 | Test # 1065 | |
| 33.0 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 1.69 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 16 Dec 1987 | Test # 1086 | |
| 53.0 | 24 | 90 | 1 | 1.69 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 16 Dec 1987 | Test # 1086 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 1.70 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 4 Jan 1980 | Test # 868 | |
| 24.0 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1.70 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 1 Aug 1985 | Test # 1020 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1.72 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 | Test # 906 | |
| 50.0 | 22 | 87 | 4 | 1.74 | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 25 Aug 1983 | Test # 960 | |
| 27.0 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 1.74 | England | v India | Leeds | 19 Jun 1986 | Test # 1047 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1.75 | England | v Pakistan | Manchester | 4 Jun 1987 | Test # 1075 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 1.76 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
| 13.0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1.76 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 24 Jul 1986 | Test # 1049 | |
| 37.5 | 15 | 67 | 3 | 1.77 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
| 22.0 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 1.77 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 1.77 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
| 19.3 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 1.79 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1982 | Test # 939 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 1.80 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 29 Jan 1988 | Test # 1090 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1.80 | England | v Pakistan | The Oval | 6 Aug 1987 | Test # 1079 | |
| 20.3 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1.80 | England | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 7 Dec 1987 | Test # 1083 | |
| 27.4 | 9 | 50 | 3 | 1.80 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 2 Jul 1981 | Test # 904 | |
| 21.0 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 1.80 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 1986 | Test # 1060 | |
| 43.0 | 20 | 78 | 3 | 1.81 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 14 Jul 1983 | Test # 957 | |
| 22.0 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 1.81 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 | Test # 906 | |
| 23.0 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 1.82 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 | Test # 1065 | |
| 41.0 | 17 | 75 | 2 | 1.82 | England | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 23 Aug 1984 | Test # 994 | |
| 23.3 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 1.82 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 4 Jan 1980 | Test # 868 | |
| 24.0 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 1.83 | England | v India | Eden Gardens | 1 Jan 1982 | Test # 916 | |
| 43.0 | 16 | 79 | 2 | 1.83 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1987 | Test # 1065 | |
| 26.0 | 7 | 48 | 7 | 1.84 | England | v India | Wankhede | 15 Feb 1980 | Test # 874 | |
| 26.0 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 1.84 | England | v Pakistan | Birmingham | 23 Jul 1987 | Test # 1078 | |
| 13.0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1.84 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 4 Aug 1988 | Test # 1102 | |
| 20.0 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 1.85 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 | Test # 906 | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 1.85 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 6 Jul 1989 | Test # 1123 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 1.85 | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 7 Aug 1986 | Test # 1050 | |
| 22.0 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 1.86 | England | v India | Lord's | 5 Jun 1986 | Test # 1046 | |
| 42.5 | 14 | 80 | 5 | 1.86 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 14 Nov 1986 | Test # 1057 | |
| 23.0 | 11 | 43 | 1 | 1.86 | England | v New Zealand | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 | Test # 975 | |
| 44.2 | 16 | 83 | 2 | 1.87 | England | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1984 | Test # 1004 | |
| 16.0 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1.87 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1982 | Test # 943 | |
| 43.4 | 14 | 82 | 5 | 1.87 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 13 Jun 1985 | Test # 1017 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1.88 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 9 Aug 1984 | Test # 993 | |
| 18.0 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 1.88 | England | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 25 Aug 1988 | Test # 1103 | |
| 30.0 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 1.90 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 29 Jan 1988 | Test # 1090 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1.90 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 18 Jun 1981 | Test # 903 | |
| 21.0 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 1.90 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1988 | Test # 1093 | |
| 10.3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1.90 | England | v West Indies | Manchester | 10 Jul 1980 | Test # 882 | |
| 33.0 | 8 | 63 | 4 | 1.90 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 6 Jul 1989 | Test # 1123 | |
| 23.0 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 1.91 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Feb 1988 | Test # 1093 | |
| 24.0 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 1.91 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 14 Nov 1986 | Test # 1057 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 1.91 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 2 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
| 12.3 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1.92 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 7 Mar 1986 | Test # 1039 | |
| 56.0 | 23 | 108 | 2 | 1.92 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 10 Apr 1981 | Test # 902 | |
| 51.0 | 17 | 99 | 4 | 1.94 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 1 Aug 1985 | Test # 1020 | |
| 34.0 | 11 | 66 | 0 | 1.94 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 14 Nov 1986 | Test # 1057 | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 1.94 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 2 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 1.94 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 29 Aug 1985 | Test # 1022 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 1.94 | England | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 7 Dec 1987 | Test # 1083 | |
| 19.0 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 1.94 | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 25 Aug 1983 | Test # 960 | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 1.94 | England | v New Zealand | Wellington | 20 Jan 1984 | Test # 975 | |
| 32.0 | 14 | 63 | 5 | 1.96 | England | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 25 Aug 1983 | Test # 960 | |
| 40.0 | 16 | 79 | 1 | 1.97 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 4 Aug 1988 | Test # 1102 |
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Minimum of 60 ballsPerformances 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 vs Sri Lanka at Hobart, Sri Lanka tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]
India vs Pakistan at Sialkot, India tour of Pakistan 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]
Australia vs Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Sri Lanka tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]