Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - vs New Zealand

Best economy rates in an innings in Tests at NZ: Basin Reserve, Wellington - vs New Zealand

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	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
ERH Toshack	10.0	5	6	2	0.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
ERH Toshack	19.0	13	12	4	0.63	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
TL Goddard	16.0	10	11	1	0.68	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
SM Patil	17.0	10	12	1	0.70	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
JT Partridge	14.0	8	10	-	0.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
ARA Murray	23.0	16	19	2	0.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
AL Valentine	35.0	20	31	1	0.88	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	-	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
JC Watkins	23.5	14	22	4	0.92	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
OG Smith	29.0	15	27	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
DW Steyn	15.0	9	14	-	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
RDB Croft	20.0	9	19	3	0.95	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
IT Botham	9.3	3	13	2	1.04	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
R Tattersall	15.0	9	16	1	1.06	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
ARA Murray	28.0	15	30	3	1.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
JC Watkins	27.0	17	29	1	1.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
TL Goddard	38.0	21	42	-	1.10	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
AV Bedser	19.0	6	21	-	1.10	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
JT Partridge	45.0	24	50	2	1.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
SM Pollock	28.3	14	33	5	1.15	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
WJ O'Reilly	12.0	5	14	5	1.16	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	1.17	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
Shabbir Ahmed	17.0	5	20	2	1.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
Iqbal Qasim	16.0	8	19	2	1.18	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Jan 1985	Test # 1009
AL Valentine	15.0	9	18	-	1.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
M Hendrick	10.0	2	16	2	1.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
SK Warne	40.0	25	49	2	1.22	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1993	Test # 1216
AR Border	12.0	5	15	-	1.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1993	Test # 1216
R Illingworth	27.0	14	34	1	1.25	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1963	Test # 541
PCR Tufnell	23.0	9	29	1	1.26	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
RG Nadkarni	17.0	8	22	1	1.29	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
HJ Tayfield	32.0	12	42	3	1.31	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
CG Rackemann	32.0	17	42	-	1.31	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
PL Taylor	33.0	19	44	3	1.33	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
JR Thomson	26.0	13	35	2	1.34	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
CM Old	30.0	11	54	6	1.35	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
MC Carew	10.0	3	18	1	1.35	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	07 Mar 1969	Test # 651
L Klusener	11.0	7	15	-	1.36	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	1.38	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
HJ Tayfield	38.0	15	53	2	1.39	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
AV Bedser	24.0	10	34	1	1.41	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
RG Nadkarni	30.0	12	43	6	1.43	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
CC Griffith	15.0	6	29	1	1.45	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	07 Mar 1969	Test # 651
AR Caddick	27.2	11	40	2	1.46	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
ERH Fuller	19.4	7	29	3	1.47	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
PM Pollock	31.5	9	47	6	1.47	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
FS Trueman	18.0	7	27	1	1.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1963	Test # 541
A Flintoff	16.0	6	24	1	1.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
BR Knight	21.0	8	32	3	1.52	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1963	Test # 541
SB Bangar	15.0	4	23	2	1.53	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
NA Quinn	24.0	9	37	4	1.54	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1932	Test # 218
ML Jaisimha	22.0	11	34	-	1.54	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
VD Philander	18.4	6	29	-	1.55	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
GD McGrath	22.2	11	35	1	1.56	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
S Ramadhin	21.0	10	33	1	1.57	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
Majid Khan	9.0	2	19	1	1.58	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	02 Feb 1973	Test # 710
TM Alderman	29.0	9	46	4	1.58	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
IT Botham	12.6	2	27	2	1.58	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
ERH Fuller	27.0	8	43	1	1.59	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
Asif Iqbal	20.4	6	33	1	1.59	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	22 Jan 1965	Test # 574
RGD Willis	15.0	2	32	5	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
AF Giles	33.0	11	53	1	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
Imran Khan	46.4	18	75	3	1.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
FJ Titmus	31.0	15	50	4	1.61	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1963	Test # 541
DS Atkinson	12.2	2	20	2	1.62	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
TE Bailey	11.0	2	18	2	1.63	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
OG Smith	14.0	7	23	1	1.64	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
G Dymock	35.0	7	77	3	1.65	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	3	30	6	1.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
CEL Ambrose	19.0	9	32	1	1.68	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
PR Reiffel	16.0	7	27	1	1.68	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1993	Test # 1216
MS Panesar	26.0	12	44	1	1.69	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
MM Patel	13.0	4	22	-	1.69	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
JC Adams	26.0	9	45	-	1.73	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
CA Walsh	34.0	13	59	1	1.73	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
EAS Prasanna	18.2	6	32	5	1.74	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
BS Bedi	27.0	6	63	3	1.75	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
HA Gomes	21.0	6	37	1	1.76	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
DW Steyn	23.0	8	41	2	1.78	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
Harbhajan Singh	33.0	8	59	4	1.78	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
CA Walsh	20.4	7	37	7	1.79	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
MS Panesar	26.0	11	47	-	1.80	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
A Kumble	45.4	17	83	4	1.81	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
NA Quinn	28.0	6	51	2	1.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1932	Test # 218
BS Chandrasekhar	22.5	2	55	3	1.82	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
AR Caddick	17.0	6	31	-	1.82	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
GA Hick	69.0	27	126	4	1.82	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1992	Test # 1187
IVA Richards	47.0	13	86	1	1.82	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
GS Sobers	9.0	2	22	1	1.83	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	07 Mar 1969	Test # 651
SR Waugh	15.0	7	28	-	1.86	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1993	Test # 1216
NGB Cook	23.0	11	43	1	1.86	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	4	43	3	1.86	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
KJ O'Keeffe	33.0	9	83	2	1.88	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
J Garner	27.0	5	51	5	1.88	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
Asif Iqbal	25.0	11	48	5	1.92	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	22 Jan 1965	Test # 574
RJ Shastri	28.0	9	54	3	1.92	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
TM Alderman	14.0	8	27	-	1.92	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
VD Philander	15.0	7	29	-	1.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
PM Pollock	16.0	4	31	2	1.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558

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