Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

England vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Best Economy Rate in Career

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1968	11	3.0	3	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1971	29	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
R Beaumont (SA)	1912-1914	3	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1988	10	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2004	30	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2016-2016	2	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1992	7	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2010-2010	2	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
PD Lashley (WI)	1966-1966	2	3.0	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18	-	-	-
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	3.0	2	18	1	-	-	-	0.33	-	-	-	-
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1982	9	3.0	2	18	1	-	-	-	0.33	-	-	-	-
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1991-2003	9	2.0	1	12	1	-	-	-	0.50	-	-	-	-
CEL Jones (WI)	1930-1935	4	17.0	11	102	11	-	-	-	0.64	-	-	-	-
WA Shalders (SA)	1899-1907	9	-	3	48	6	1	1/6	6.00	0.75	48	-	-	-
Shafiq Ahmed (PAK)	1974-1978	4	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	0.75	-	-	-	-
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	4.5	2	29	4	-	-	-	0.82	-	-	-	-
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1986	13	3.0	1	18	3	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1964	17	3.0	-	18	3	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
VL Mehra (IND)	1961-1964	3	3.0	1	18	3	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1994-2000	16	2.0	-	12	2	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
Gul Mohammad (IND)	1946-1946	1	2.0	-	12	2	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
LE Tapscott (SA)	1923-1923	2	2.0	1	12	2	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
GD Varnals (SA)	1964-1965	3	2.0	1	12	2	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1984	14	2.0	-	12	2	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
Mohammad Ilyas (PAK)	1967-1969	3	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	1	27.0	16	162	31	7	5/18	4.42	1.14	23.1	-	1	-
P Roy (IND)	1951-1959	14	4.2	3	26	5	-	-	-	1.15	-	-	-	-
CV Wight (WI)	1928-1930	2	5.0	1	30	6	-	-	-	1.20	-	-	-	-
MG Melle (SA)	1951-1951	1	13.0	6	78	17	4	4/9	4.25	1.30	19.5	1	-	-
CG Greenidge (WI)	1976-1990	32	3.0	2	18	4	-	-	-	1.33	-	-	-	-
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	3	3.0	-	18	4	-	-	-	1.33	-	-	-	-
Khalid Ibadulla (PAK)	1967-1967	2	35.0	13	210	47	1	1/42	47.00	1.34	210	-	-	-
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	1	57.0	24	342	77	6	5/63	12.83	1.35	57	-	1	-
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1952	4	8.0	2	48	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48	-	-	-
GH Mudie (WI)	1935-1935	1	29.0	12	174	40	3	2/23	13.33	1.37	58	-	-	-
CE Eksteen (SA)	1995-1995	1	63.0	25	378	88	3	3/12	29.33	1.39	126	-	-	-
RJ Inverarity (AUS)	1968-1972	5	62.0	26	372	93	4	3/26	23.25	1.50	93	-	-	-
RL Fuller (WI)	1935-1935	1	8.0	2	48	12	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2003	22	8.0	5	48	12	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
S Dhawan (IND)	2014-2018	7	4.0	-	24	6	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
FA Iredale (AUS)	1894-1899	14	-	1	12	3	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
AO Malhotra (IND)	1982-1985	4	2.0	-	12	3	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1967-1982	24	-	-	8	2	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
D Hettiarachchi (SL)	2001-2001	1	27.0	7	162	41	2	2/36	20.50	1.51	81	-	-	-
NR Chowdhury (IND)	1951-1951	1	49.0	15	294	75	-	-	-	1.53	-	-	-	-
RO Scarlett (WI)	1960-1960	3	134.0	53	804	209	2	1/46	104.50	1.55	402	-	-	-
MC Carew (WI)	1963-1969	5	46.0	23	276	72	2	1/11	36.00	1.56	138	-	-	-
OE Nothling (AUS)	1928-1928	1	46.0	15	276	72	-	-	-	1.56	-	-	-	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	34	93.0	32	558	146	5	2/13	29.20	1.56	111.6	-	-	-
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	1	38.0	16	228	60	3	2/31	20.00	1.57	76	-	-	-
JTC Vaughan (NZ)	1997-1997	1	36.0	10	216	57	1	1/57	57.00	1.58	216	-	-	-
AF Kippax (AUS)	1925-1934	13	-	5	72	19	-	-	-	1.58	-	-	-	-
MJ Macaulay (SA)	1965-1965	1	46.0	17	276	73	2	1/10	36.50	1.58	138	-	-	-
CA Davis (WI)	1969-1969	3	20.0	8	120	32	1	1/27	32.00	1.60	120	-	-	-
MW Sievers (AUS)	1936-1937	3	75.2	25	602	161	9	5/21	17.88	1.60	66.8	-	1	-
JRF Duncan (AUS)	1971-1971	1	14.0	4	112	30	-	-	-	1.60	-	-	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1963	37	-	4	56	15	-	-	-	1.60	-	-	-	-
E Evans (AUS)	1881-1886	6	309.1	166	1237	332	7	3/64	47.42	1.61	176.7	-	-	-
PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	46.0	10	368	99	2	2/41	49.50	1.61	184	-	-	-
S Young (AUS)	1997-1997	1	8.0	3	48	13	-	-	-	1.62	-	-	-	-
D Ramnarine (WI)	1998-1998	2	91.0	37	546	148	9	4/29	16.44	1.62	60.6	1	-	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1986	16	51.0	16	306	83	1	1/4	83.00	1.62	306	-	-	-
Maninder Singh (IND)	1986-1986	3	114.1	41	685	187	12	4/26	15.58	1.63	57	1	-	-
ERH Fuller (SA)	1955-1955	2	76.0	19	456	126	6	3/59	21.00	1.65	76	-	-	-
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1998	5	18.4	8	112	31	2	1/6	15.50	1.66	56	-	-	-
NFD Thomson (AUS)	1877-1877	2	28.0	16	112	31	1	1/14	31.00	1.66	112	-	-	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1964	10	363.2	177	2180	607	20	3/97	30.35	1.67	109	-	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	20	-	366	5807	1622	63	5/31	25.74	1.67	92.1	1	3	-
DP Conyngham (SA)	1923-1923	1	61.0	22	366	103	2	1/40	51.50	1.68	183	-	-	-
Rajinder Pal (IND)	1964-1964	1	13.0	4	78	22	-	-	-	1.69	-	-	-	-
AR Dell (AUS)	1971-1971	1	42.7	11	343	97	5	3/65	19.40	1.69	68.6	-	-	-
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1988	9	-	116	1792	511	21	5/67	24.33	1.71	85.3	-	1	-
AJ Richardson (AUS)	1924-1926	9	-	91	1812	521	12	2/20	43.41	1.72	151	-	-	-
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1991-1993	2	11.0	4	66	19	2	2/7	9.50	1.72	33	-	-	-
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	14	-	15	288	83	2	2/26	41.50	1.72	144	-	-	-
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.7	2	1	-
RK Oxenham (AUS)	1928-1929	3	201.2	72	1208	349	7	4/67	49.85	1.73	172.5	1	-	-
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	6	407.4	155	2446	711	21	4/26	33.85	1.74	116.4	1	-	-
AP Marr (AUS)	1885-1885	1	12.0	6	48	14	-	-	-	1.75	-	-	-	-
JPF Travers (AUS)	1902-1902	1	8.0	2	48	14	1	1/14	14.00	1.75	48	-	-	-
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	70.5	17	565	165	8	3/23	20.62	1.75	70.6	-	-	-
CZ Harris (NZ)	1999-2002	2	26.0	10	156	46	2	2/16	23.00	1.76	78	-	-	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1957	9	639.2	283	3836	1140	40	8/104	28.50	1.78	95.9	2	2	2
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1980	6	-	47	1580	471	19	5/148	24.78	1.78	83.1	1	1	-
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	1	25.0	6	200	60	-	-	-	1.80	-	-	-	-
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1987-1996	8	20.0	10	120	36	1	1/0	36.00	1.80	120	-	-	-
RP Arnold (SL)	2001-2002	6	5.0	1	30	9	-	-	-	1.80	-	-	-	-
EL a'Beckett (AUS)	1928-1930	3	156.0	41	936	282	3	1/41	94.00	1.80	312	-	-	-
ST Callaway (AUS)	1892-1895	3	78.3	33	471	142	6	5/37	23.66	1.80	78.5	-	1	-
HHH Johnson (WI)	1948-1950	3	131.3	37	789	238	13	5/41	18.30	1.80	60.6	-	2	1
EAV Williams (WI)	1939-1948	4	-	46	796	241	9	3/51	26.77	1.81	88.4	-	-	-
ES Newson (SA)	1930-1939	3	-	15	874	265	4	2/58	66.25	1.81	218.5	-	-	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1977-1987	9	-	108	2292	696	24	5/83	29.00	1.82	95.5	-	1	-
MH Mankad (IND)	1946-1952	11	683.4	259	4102	1249	54	8/55	23.12	1.82	75.9	5	3	1
HLE Promnitz (SA)	1927-1928	2	88.0	30	528	161	8	5/58	20.12	1.82	66	-	1	-
PV Simmons (WI)	1991-1994	7	6.0	1	36	11	-	-	-	1.83	-	-	-	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	14	-	231	4234	1297	42	6/59	30.88	1.83	100.8	4	1	-
GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	9	-	8	150	46	1	1/10	46.00	1.84	150	-	-	-
HD Bromfield (SA)	1965-1965	4	150.4	61	904	278	9	5/88	30.88	1.84	100.4	-	1	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	18	1192.2	464	7154	2201	80	7/49	27.51	1.84	89.4	4	5	1

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616 - Live]
>> 211/3 (45.0 ov, JE Root 72*, HC Brook 78*, MG Neser 1/36) - Stumps

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]