Bowling Best Career Economy Rate - vs New Zealand

Best economy rates in Tests+ODIs+T20Is at NZ: Basin Reserve, Wellington - vs New Zealand

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
DC Boon (AUS)	1986-1993	5	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1946	1	0.2	-	2	-	1	1/0	-	-	2.0	-	-	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1946	1	29.0	18	174	18	6	4/12	3.00	0.62	29.0	1	-	-
Talat Ali (PAK)	1973-1973	1	1.0	-	8	1	-	-	-	0.75	-	-	-	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1953-1953	1	51.0	31	306	49	5	3/30	9.80	0.96	61.2	-	-	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1956-1956	1	50.0	29	300	49	1	1/31	49.00	0.98	300.0	-	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1964	1	54.0	31	324	53	1	1/11	53.00	0.98	324.0	-	-	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1946	1	6.0	2	36	6	2	2/6	3.00	1.00	18.0	-	-	-
RB Richardson (WI)	1987-1987	1	4.0	1	24	4	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1953-1953	1	50.5	31	305	51	5	4/22	10.20	1.00	61.0	1	-	-
JT Partridge (SA)	1964-1964	1	59.0	32	354	60	2	2/50	30.00	1.01	177.0	-	-	-
OG Smith (WI)	1956-1956	1	43.0	22	258	50	3	2/27	16.66	1.16	86.0	-	-	-
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1964-1964	1	5.0	4	30	6	1	1/6	6.00	1.20	30.0	-	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1963-1963	1	27.0	14	162	34	1	1/34	34.00	1.25	162.0	-	-	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	2002-2002	1	26.0	10	156	33	1	1/24	33.00	1.26	156.0	-	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1956-1969	2	-	19	273	58	3	1/3	19.33	1.27	91.0	-	-	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1951-1951	1	43.0	16	258	55	1	1/34	55.00	1.27	258.0	-	-	-
MC Carew (WI)	1969-1969	1	10.0	3	80	18	1	1/18	18.00	1.35	80.0	-	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1953-1953	1	70.0	27	420	95	5	3/42	19.00	1.35	84.0	-	-	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1968-1968	1	47.0	20	282	65	7	6/43	9.28	1.38	40.2	-	1	-
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1964	1	12.0	5	72	17	2	2/16	8.50	1.41	36.0	-	-	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2012-2012	1	38.0	17	228	55	2	2/41	27.50	1.44	114.0	-	-	-
JR Thomson (AUS)	1982-1982	2	31.0	14	186	46	3	2/35	15.33	1.48	62.0	-	-	-
ME Waugh (AUS)	1993-2000	4	10.0	4	60	15	1	1/12	15.00	1.50	60.0	-	-	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1974-1974	1	4.0	-	32	8	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
MD Gunathilaka (SL)	2018-2018	1	2.0	1	12	3	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
SB Bangar (IND)	2002-2002	1	15.0	4	90	23	2	2/23	11.50	1.53	45.0	-	-	-
ERH Fuller (SA)	1953-1953	1	46.4	15	280	72	4	3/29	18.00	1.54	70.0	-	-	-
BR Knight (ENG)	1963-1963	1	25.0	9	150	39	4	3/32	9.75	1.56	37.5	-	-	-
FR Brown (ENG)	1951-1951	1	7.0	1	42	11	1	1/10	11.00	1.57	42.0	-	-	-
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1981	1	33.0	13	198	52	3	2/40	17.33	1.57	66.0	-	-	-
Majid Khan (PAK)	1973-1973	1	9.0	2	72	19	1	1/19	19.00	1.58	72.0	-	-	-
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1968-1968	1	27.0	12	162	44	-	-	-	1.62	-	-	-	-
PM Pollock (SA)	1964-1964	1	47.5	13	287	78	8	6/47	9.75	1.63	35.8	-	1	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1974	1	35.0	7	280	77	3	3/77	25.66	1.65	93.3	-	-	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1951	1	36.0	15	216	60	7	6/44	8.57	1.66	30.8	-	1	-
MJ North (AUS)	2010-2010	1	9.0	3	54	15	-	-	-	1.66	-	-	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1965-1965	1	3.0	1	18	5	-	-	-	1.66	-	-	-	-
NA Quinn (SA)	1932-1932	1	52.0	15	312	88	6	4/37	14.66	1.69	52.0	1	-	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1946	1	17.0	4	102	29	2	1/13	14.50	1.70	51.0	-	-	-
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1990-1990	1	47.0	21	282	81	-	-	-	1.72	-	-	-	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1987-1987	1	22.0	6	132	38	1	1/37	38.00	1.72	132.0	-	-	-
JC Adams (WI)	1995-1999	3	26.0	9	156	45	-	-	-	1.73	-	-	-	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1946-1946	1	19.0	6	114	33	8	5/14	4.12	1.73	14.2	-	1	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1965-1973	2	-	18	290	87	6	5/48	14.50	1.80	48.3	-	1	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1976-1976	1	22.5	2	181	55	3	3/55	18.33	1.82	60.3	-	-	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1982-1982	2	25.0	8	150	46	3	3/14	15.33	1.84	50.0	-	-	-
L Klusener (SA)	1999-1999	2	26.0	14	156	48	-	-	-	1.84	-	-	-	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1956-1956	1	51.0	21	306	96	3	2/63	32.00	1.88	102.0	-	-	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1974-1974	1	33.0	9	264	83	2	2/83	41.50	1.88	132.0	-	-	-
PL Taylor (AUS)	1990-1990	1	44.0	22	264	83	3	3/44	27.66	1.88	88.0	-	-	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1982-1990	3	97.0	39	582	183	10	5/17	18.30	1.88	58.2	1	1	-
RDB Croft (ENG)	1997-1997	2	30.0	10	180	57	4	3/19	14.25	1.90	45.0	-	-	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1963-1963	1	38.0	12	228	73	5	4/46	14.60	1.92	45.6	1	-	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1989-1989	2	72.4	27	436	142	6	3/34	23.66	1.95	72.6	-	-	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1974	1	41.0	11	328	107	3	3/107	35.66	1.95	109.3	-	-	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2008-2013	2	74.3	24	447	146	2	1/44	73.00	1.95	223.5	-	-	-
CM Old (ENG)	1975-1978	2	45.0	13	360	118	8	6/54	14.75	1.96	45.0	-	1	-
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2003-2003	1	54.0	13	324	107	5	3/87	21.40	1.98	64.8	-	-	-
DS Atkinson (WI)	1956-1956	1	43.2	14	260	86	7	5/66	12.28	1.98	37.1	-	1	-
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2009	3	105.0	24	630	209	9	4/59	23.22	1.99	70.0	1	-	-
MM Patel (IND)	2009-2009	1	21.0	6	126	42	1	1/20	42.00	2.00	126.0	-	-	-
XC Balaskas (SA)	1932-1932	1	7.0	2	42	14	2	2/14	7.00	2.00	21.0	-	-	-
CL Smith (ENG)	1984-1984	2	3.0	1	18	6	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
ER Dexter (ENG)	1963-1963	1	1.0	-	6	2	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1975-1978	2	31.0	4	248	83	3	2/16	27.66	2.00	82.6	-	-	-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2003-2003	1	38.3	8	231	78	11	6/30	7.09	2.02	21.0	-	2	1
GA Hick (ENG)	1992-1992	2	75.0	27	450	152	4	4/126	38.00	2.02	112.5	1	-	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1981	1	31.0	9	186	63	6	3/9	10.50	2.03	31.0	-	-	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1987-1987	1	58.0	16	348	118	2	1/32	59.00	2.03	174.0	-	-	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1991-1997	3	113.0	36	678	233	5	2/45	46.60	2.06	135.6	-	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1978	1	4.0	1	32	11	-	-	-	2.06	-	-	-	-
DS de Silva (SL)	1983-1983	1	15.0	6	90	31	2	1/13	15.50	2.06	45.0	-	-	-
FM King (WI)	1956-1956	1	8.4	3	52	18	1	1/18	18.00	2.07	52.0	-	-	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1993	2	49.0	16	294	103	4	2/55	25.75	2.10	73.5	-	-	-
Arif Butt (PAK)	1965-1965	1	51.2	20	308	108	6	3/46	18.00	2.10	51.3	-	-	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	1997-2002	3	101.2	31	608	214	15	6/63	14.26	2.11	40.5	1	1	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1999-2004	3	46.0	17	276	98	2	1/4	49.00	2.13	138.0	-	-	-
B Yardley (AUS)	1982-1982	1	23.0	10	138	49	3	3/49	16.33	2.13	46.0	-	-	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1974-1974	1	41.0	8	328	117	1	1/117	117.00	2.14	328.0	-	-	-
J Garner (WI)	1987-1987	1	57.0	14	342	123	7	5/51	17.57	2.15	48.8	-	1	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1988-1988	1	45.5	10	275	99	1	1/99	99.00	2.16	275.0	-	-	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1968-1976	2	-	11	324	117	4	3/63	29.25	2.16	81.0	-	-	-
V Kohli (IND)	2014-2020	2	6.0	1	36	13	-	-	-	2.16	-	-	-	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1985-1985	1	57.0	13	342	124	4	2/19	31.00	2.17	85.5	-	-	-
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1965-1973	2	-	13	366	133	3	2/61	44.33	2.18	122.0	-	-	-
NGB Cook (ENG)	1984-1984	1	89.3	37	537	196	4	3/153	49.00	2.18	134.2	-	-	-
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1968-1976	2	-	11	296	109	8	5/32	13.62	2.20	37.0	-	1	-
CC Griffith (WI)	1969-1969	1	41.0	8	328	121	4	3/92	30.25	2.21	82.0	-	-	-
DA Reeve (ENG)	1992-1992	2	10.5	3	65	24	1	1/4	24.00	2.21	65.0	-	-	-
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1991-1991	1	40.0	9	240	89	-	-	-	2.22	-	-	-	-
AF Giles (ENG)	2002-2002	1	70.0	14	420	156	5	4/103	31.20	2.22	84.0	1	-	-
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2003-2003	1	34.0	13	204	76	1	1/64	76.00	2.23	204.0	-	-	-
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1989-1989	2	4.0	1	24	9	-	-	-	2.25	-	-	-	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1999-2004	3	104.3	34	627	237	12	5/33	19.75	2.26	52.2	-	1	-
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2011-2018	4	21.0	3	126	48	2	2/31	24.00	2.28	63.0	-	-	-
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1991-1991	1	7.0	-	42	16	-	-	-	2.28	-	-	-	-
S Madan Lal (IND)	1976-1976	1	38.0	4	304	116	3	3/116	38.66	2.28	101.3	-	-	-
DB Pithey (SA)	1964-1964	1	38.0	14	228	87	2	2/53	43.50	2.28	114.0	-	-	-
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2005-2006	2	6.0	2	36	14	-	-	-	2.33	-	-	-	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Somerset vs Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, County Championship Division One 55th Match, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2025 [First-class]