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	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1971	39	-	1	8	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
R Beaumont (SA)	1912-1914	3	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1988	17	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1984	37	-	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2004	30	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2005-2010	4	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
PD Lashley (WI)	1966-1966	2	3.0	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18	0	0	0
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	3.0	2	18	1	0	-	-	0.33	-	0	0	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2003-2005	8	2.0	1	12	1	0	-	-	0.50	-	0	0	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1994-2004	27	2.0	1	12	1	0	-	-	0.50	-	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1991-2003	16	5.0	2	30	3	0	-	-	0.60	-	0	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1984	22	-	1	20	2	0	-	-	0.60	-	0	0	0
CEL Jones (WI)	1930-1935	4	17.0	11	102	11	0	-	-	0.64	-	0	0	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1992	33	-	1	18	2	0	-	-	0.66	-	0	0	0
J Arun Lal (IND)	1987-1989	8	1.3	1	9	1	0	-	-	0.66	-	0	0	0
WA Shalders (SA)	1899-1907	9	-	3	48	6	1	1/6	6.00	0.75	48	0	0	0
Shafiq Ahmed (PAK)	1974-1981	6	-	0	8	1	0	-	-	0.75	-	0	0	0
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	4.5	2	29	4	0	-	-	0.82	-	0	0	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1986	16	3.0	1	18	3	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
AO Malhotra (IND)	1982-1985	7	3.0	1	18	3	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1964	30	3.0	0	18	3	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
VL Mehra (IND)	1961-1964	6	3.0	1	18	3	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
Gul Mohammad (IND)	1946-1946	1	2.0	0	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
LE Tapscott (SA)	1923-1923	2	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
GD Varnals (SA)	1964-1965	3	2.0	1	12	2	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
Mohammad Ilyas (PAK)	1967-1969	3	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
G Pullar (ENG)	1960-1960	5	1.0	0	6	1	1	1/1	1.00	1.00	6	0	0	0
A Ratra (IND)	2002-2002	6	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	-	1.00	-	0	0	0
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	1	27.0	16	162	31	7	5/18	4.42	1.14	23.1	0	1	0
CV Wight (WI)	1928-1930	2	5.0	1	30	6	0	-	-	1.20	-	0	0	0
S Muthusamy (SA)	2023-2023	1	8.0	2	48	10	0	-	-	1.25	-	0	0	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	35	10.0	6	60	13	0	-	-	1.30	-	0	0	0
MG Melle (SA)	1951-1951	1	13.0	6	78	17	4	4/9	4.25	1.30	19.5	1	0	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1976-1990	32	3.0	2	18	4	0	-	-	1.33	-	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	3	3.0	0	18	4	0	-	-	1.33	-	0	0	0
Khalid Ibadulla (PAK)	1967-1967	2	35.0	13	210	47	1	1/42	47.00	1.34	210	0	0	0
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	1	57.0	24	342	77	6	5/63	12.83	1.35	57	0	1	0
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1952	4	8.0	2	48	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48	0	0	0
GH Mudie (WI)	1935-1935	1	29.0	12	174	40	3	2/23	13.33	1.37	58	0	0	0
CE Eksteen (SA)	1995-1995	1	63.0	25	378	88	3	3/12	29.33	1.39	126	0	0	0
RJ Inverarity (AUS)	1968-1972	6	-	26	372	93	4	3/26	23.25	1.50	93	0	0	0
RL Fuller (WI)	1935-1935	1	8.0	2	48	12	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	12	4.0	0	24	6	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
FA Iredale (AUS)	1894-1899	14	-	1	12	3	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1966-1972	5	2.0	1	12	3	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1967-1982	33	-	0	8	2	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
D Hettiarachchi (SL)	2001-2001	1	27.0	7	162	41	2	2/36	20.50	1.51	81	0	0	0
RO Scarlett (WI)	1960-1960	3	134.0	53	804	209	2	1/46	104.50	1.55	402	0	0	0
MC Carew (WI)	1963-1969	5	46.0	23	276	72	2	1/11	36.00	1.56	138	0	0	0
OE Nothling (AUS)	1928-1928	1	46.0	15	276	72	0	-	-	1.56	-	0	0	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	34	93.0	32	558	146	5	2/13	29.20	1.56	111.6	0	0	0
AF Kippax (AUS)	1925-1934	18	-	5	72	19	0	-	-	1.58	-	0	0	0
MJ Macaulay (SA)	1965-1965	1	46.0	17	276	73	2	1/10	36.50	1.58	138	0	0	0
CA Davis (WI)	1969-1969	3	20.0	8	120	32	1	1/27	32.00	1.60	120	0	0	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1966-1981	29	10.0	4	60	16	0	-	-	1.60	-	0	0	0
MW Sievers (AUS)	1936-1937	3	75.2	25	602	161	9	5/21	17.88	1.60	66.8	0	1	0
JRF Duncan (AUS)	1971-1971	1	14.0	4	112	30	0	-	-	1.60	-	0	0	0
E Evans (AUS)	1881-1886	6	309.1	166	1237	332	7	3/64	47.42	1.61	176.7	0	0	0
PH Carlson (AUS)	1979-1979	2	46.0	10	368	99	2	2/41	49.50	1.61	184	0	0	0
S Young (AUS)	1997-1997	1	8.0	3	48	13	0	-	-	1.62	-	0	0	0
D Ramnarine (WI)	1998-1998	2	91.0	37	546	148	9	4/29	16.44	1.62	60.6	1	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1986	16	51.0	16	306	83	1	1/4	83.00	1.62	306	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1998	8	22.4	9	136	37	2	1/6	18.50	1.63	68	0	0	0
W Jaffer (IND)	2002-2007	15	11.0	3	66	18	2	2/18	9.00	1.63	33	0	0	0
ERH Fuller (SA)	1955-1955	2	76.0	19	456	126	6	3/59	21.00	1.65	76	0	0	0
NFD Thomson (AUS)	1877-1877	2	28.0	16	112	31	1	1/14	31.00	1.66	112	0	0	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1983-1992	21	3.0	1	18	5	0	-	-	1.66	-	0	0	0
G Noblet (AUS)	1951-1951	1	16.5	1	133	37	2	2/7	18.50	1.66	66.5	0	0	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	20	-	366	5807	1622	63	5/31	25.74	1.67	92.1	1	3	0
DP Conyngham (SA)	1923-1923	1	61.0	22	366	103	2	1/40	51.50	1.68	183	0	0	0
Rajinder Pal (IND)	1964-1964	1	13.0	4	78	22	0	-	-	1.69	-	0	0	0
AR Dell (AUS)	1971-1971	1	42.7	11	343	97	5	3/65	19.40	1.69	68.6	0	0	0
AJ Richardson (AUS)	1924-1926	9	-	91	1812	521	12	2/20	43.41	1.72	151	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1991-1993	2	11.0	4	66	19	2	2/7	9.50	1.72	33	0	0	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	15	-	15	288	83	2	2/26	41.50	1.72	144	0	0	0
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.7	2	1	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1958-1966	17	599.1	264	3595	1039	31	3/50	33.51	1.73	115.9	0	0	0
H Verity (ENG)	1933-1939	3	-	35	715	207	9	4/45	23.00	1.73	79.4	1	0	0
RK Oxenham (AUS)	1928-1931	6	289.2	107	1736	504	14	4/39	36.00	1.74	124	2	0	0
AP Marr (AUS)	1885-1885	1	12.0	6	48	14	0	-	-	1.75	-	0	0	0
JPF Travers (AUS)	1902-1902	1	8.0	2	48	14	1	1/14	14.00	1.75	48	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1983	15	4.0	2	24	7	1	1/6	7.00	1.75	24	0	0	0
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	70.5	17	565	165	8	3/23	20.62	1.75	70.6	0	0	0
W Rhodes (ENG)	1930-1930	4	256.0	92	1536	453	10	3/110	45.30	1.76	153.6	0	0	0
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1957	9	639.2	283	3836	1140	40	8/104	28.50	1.78	95.9	2	2	2
MJ Leach (ENG)	2022-2022	3	189.3	80	1137	339	11	3/36	30.81	1.78	103.3	0	0	0
EL a'Beckett (AUS)	1928-1930	3	156.0	41	936	282	3	1/41	94.00	1.80	312	0	0	0
ST Callaway (AUS)	1892-1895	3	78.3	33	471	142	6	5/37	23.66	1.80	78.5	0	1	0
HHH Johnson (WI)	1948-1950	3	131.3	37	789	238	13	5/41	18.30	1.80	60.6	0	2	1
EAV Williams (WI)	1939-1948	4	-	46	796	241	9	3/51	26.77	1.81	88.4	0	0	0
ES Newson (SA)	1930-1939	3	-	15	874	265	4	2/58	66.25	1.81	218.5	0	0	0
HLE Promnitz (SA)	1927-1928	2	88.0	30	528	161	8	5/58	20.12	1.82	66	0	1	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1991-1994	7	6.0	1	36	11	0	-	-	1.83	-	0	0	0
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	14	-	231	4234	1297	42	6/59	30.88	1.83	100.8	4	1	0
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	10	560.4	216	3364	1034	43	7/23	24.04	1.84	78.2	2	1	1
HD Bromfield (SA)	1965-1965	4	150.4	61	904	278	9	5/88	30.88	1.84	100.4	0	1	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1960	18	1192.2	464	7154	2201	80	7/49	27.51	1.84	89.4	4	5	1
PE Palia (IND)	1932-1936	2	7.0	3	42	13	0	-	-	1.85	-	0	0	0
G Sharma (IND)	1985-1985	1	71.0	20	426	132	3	3/115	44.00	1.85	142	0	0	0

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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]

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]