Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

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

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RG Nadkarni	32.0	27	5	-	0.15	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1964	Test # 551
RG Nadkarni	14.0	11	3	-	0.21	India	v England	Brabourne	21 Jan 1964	Test # 552
Majid Khan	10.0	8	3	-	0.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Apr 1977	Test # 802
Maninder Singh	20.4	12	9	3	0.43	India	v England	Lord's	5 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
GS Chappell	11.0	6	5	1	0.45	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
NBF Mann	20.0	13	10	-	0.50	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
WW Armstrong	18.0	12	9	1	0.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
CEL Jones	10.0	7	5	-	0.50	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
TL Goddard	16.0	8	12	2	0.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
BE Congdon	18.0	11	14	-	0.58	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
KD Mackay	9.0	6	7	1	0.58	Australia	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
BE Congdon	17.4	11	14	2	0.60	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
J Trim	10.0	6	6	2	0.60	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
HDPK Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	-	0.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
GP Swann	21.0	13	13	3	0.61	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
TL Goddard	25.2	15	22	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
HJ Tayfield	24.0	17	21	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
HL Collins	11.0	3	10	-	0.68	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
AY Patel	32.0	21	23	3	0.71	New Zealand	v West Indies	Mount Maunganui	18 Dec 2025	Test # 2614
SR Watson	15.0	11	11	-	0.73	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013	Test # 2090
LN Constantine	14.5	9	11	3	0.74	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	24 Jan 1935	Test # 239
TL Goddard	14.0	7	14	1	0.75	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
TL Goddard	13.0	8	13	2	0.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
RG Archer	12.0	7	12	3	0.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
Saleem Altaf	14.3	9	11	4	0.75	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	8 Jul 1971	Test # 689
MH Mankad	76.0	47	58	4	0.76	India	v England	Delhi	2 Nov 1951	Test # 339
HH Streak	17.0	8	13	2	0.76	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	1 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
ERH Toshack	16.5	11	17	3	0.76	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
GE Gomez	13.0	8	10	1	0.76	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
GD McGrath	13.0	9	10	4	0.76	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
WA Johnston	18.0	9	14	-	0.77	Australia	v England	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
GW Flower	18.0	9	14	-	0.77	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
LR Gibbs	14.0	11	11	3	0.78	West Indies	v England	Kingston	8 Feb 1968	Test # 629
RJ Inverarity	33.0	19	26	3	0.78	Australia	v England	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
HB Cave	27.3	17	22	4	0.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
RG Archer	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	Australia	v England	Manchester	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
CEH Croft	10.0	6	8	2	0.80	West Indies	v England	The Oval	24 Jul 1980	Test # 883
NM Lyon	10.0	7	8	1	0.80	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	8 Dec 2022	Test # 2479
AK Davidson	28.0	12	30	2	0.80	Australia	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
W Rhodes	20.5	12	17	1	0.81	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CV Grimmett	47.0	28	39	3	0.82	Australia	v England	Nottingham	8 Jun 1934	Test # 233
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	9	15	4	0.83	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
RA Harper	12.0	8	10	3	0.83	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
GD McGrath	12.0	6	10	-	0.83	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
GD McGrath	20.0	12	17	6	0.85	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
PCR Tufnell	15.0	6	13	-	0.86	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
Wasim Raja	12.0	5	14	1	0.87	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
J Garner	34.1	20	30	4	0.87	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	5 Jun 1980	Test # 880
BS Bedi	43.0	24	38	4	0.88	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
CEL Ambrose	26.0	16	23	3	0.88	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
LR Gibbs	35.4	21	32	1	0.89	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	9 Aug 1973	Test # 726
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	0.90	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
BF Butcher	10.0	7	9	-	0.90	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968	Test # 636
IVA Richards	10.0	6	9	1	0.90	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
RG Nadkarni	42.0	24	38	2	0.90	India	v England	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
RS Grant	13.2	4	16	2	0.90	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1939	Test # 273
DL Vettori	22.0	12	20	1	0.90	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
W Rhodes	24.0	13	22	1	0.91	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
PR Umrigar	12.0	6	11	-	0.91	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962	Test # 520
MC Carew	25.0	18	23	1	0.92	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
CG Macartney	26.0	16	24	-	0.92	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
JC White	13.0	6	12	-	0.92	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
FMM Worrell	13.0	6	12	2	0.92	West Indies	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
AN Connolly	28.0	15	26	1	0.92	Australia	v England	Manchester	6 Jun 1968	Test # 637
AK Davidson	14.0	5	13	-	0.92	Australia	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
CP Carter	29.0	12	27	1	0.93	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
KF Barrington	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
EA Martindale	8.0	2	10	-	0.93	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1939	Test # 273
Sir RJ Hadlee	17.0	9	16	3	0.94	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
S Ramadhin	53.0	30	50	4	0.94	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
AA Mallett	16.5	9	21	4	0.94	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1975	Test # 751
CTB Turner	19.0	10	18	3	0.94	Australia	v England	Sydney	1 Feb 1895	Test # 45
TL Goddard	35.5	18	34	2	0.94	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
GF Rorke	18.1	7	23	3	0.95	Australia	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
KR Miller	11.0	8	14	3	0.95	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
IWG Johnson	36.0	17	46	2	0.95	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
R Benaud	28.0	14	27	1	0.96	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
CR Browne	33.0	15	32	1	0.96	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
PR Umrigar	49.0	27	48	2	0.97	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
M Muralidaran	40.0	21	40	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
NBF Mann	24.0	16	24	4	1.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
CEL Ambrose	22.0	11	22	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
HF Boyle	27.0	18	18	2	1.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	3 Mar 1882	Test # 7
KR Miller	17.0	8	17	-	1.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
AR Border	16.0	9	16	1	1.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1993	Test # 1224
DK Lillee	15.0	8	15	5	1.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	Test # 760
M Mbangwa	15.0	10	15	-	1.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
RB Simpson	14.0	7	14	1	1.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1964	Test # 565
GOB Allen	13.0	6	13	2	1.00	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1933	Test # 227
JV Coney	13.0	8	13	-	1.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
VA Holder	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	3 Jun 1976	Test # 777
GB Hole	11.0	6	11	-	1.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
Pervez Sajjad	11.0	5	11	-	1.00	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
IVA Richards	11.0	6	11	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
Iqbal Qasim	11.0	8	11	-	1.00	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
J Ryder	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
RES Wyatt	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	14 Feb 1935	Test # 240
Ghulam Ahmed	10.0	1	10	1	1.00	India	v England	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346

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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]