Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Players

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
EJ Gray (NZ)	1987-1987	1	27.0	12	162	35	1	1/35	35.00	1.29	162	0	0	0
CM Wells (SUS)	1987-1987	1	44.1	11	265	65	4	3/26	16.25	1.47	66.2	0	0	0
MW Gatting (ENG/MCC)	1987-1987	6	22.0	5	132	40	0	-	-	1.81	-	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1987-1987	1	7.0	4	42	13	0	-	-	1.85	-	0	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1987-1987	1	36.0	13	216	67	1	1/67	67.00	1.86	216	0	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1987-1987	1	23.0	10	138	43	0	-	-	1.86	-	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1987-1987	1	9.0	1	54	17	0	-	-	1.88	-	0	0	0
DA Reeve (SUS)	1987-1987	1	35.0	15	210	70	2	2/55	35.00	2.00	105	0	0	0
DL Underwood (KEN)	1987-1987	1	38.0	13	228	79	4	2/13	19.75	2.07	57	0	0	0
JG Bracewell (NZ/ROWXI)	1987-1987	2	97.0	34	582	209	6	4/57	34.83	2.15	97	1	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1987	2	91.1	28	547	203	5	2/52	40.60	2.22	109.4	0	0	0
JE Emburey (ENG/MCC)	1987-1987	5	136.0	28	816	315	1	1/93	315.00	2.31	816	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1987-1987	5	92.3	36	555	219	4	1/2	54.75	2.36	138.7	0	0	0
EAE Baptiste (KEN)	1987-1987	1	35.0	6	210	85	7	6/69	12.14	2.42	30	0	1	0
GS le Roux (SUS)	1987-1987	1	31.0	8	186	76	4	3/40	19.00	2.45	46.5	0	0	0
C Penn (KEN)	1987-1987	1	26.0	5	156	64	1	1/60	64.00	2.46	156	0	0	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1987-1987	5	137.2	36	824	339	15	8/107	22.60	2.46	54.9	1	1	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1987-1987	1	32.0	7	192	79	1	1/79	79.00	2.46	192	0	0	0
Maninder Singh (ROWXI)	1987-1987	1	45.0	16	270	113	5	5/71	22.60	2.51	54	0	1	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1987-1987	1	16.0	4	96	41	0	-	-	2.56	-	0	0	0
PAW Heseltine (SUS)	1987-1987	1	40.3	13	243	104	5	3/62	20.80	2.56	48.6	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-1987	5	180.4	38	1084	464	16	4/111	29.00	2.56	67.7	1	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK/ROWXI)	1987-1987	5	228.0	62	1368	592	14	7/96	42.28	2.59	97.7	0	1	1
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1987-1987	1	38.0	11	228	104	2	2/104	52.00	2.73	114	0	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1987-1987	5	110.0	26	660	303	3	2/26	101.00	2.75	220	0	0	0
MD Marshall (MCC)	1987-1987	1	22.3	3	135	63	4	3/53	15.75	2.80	33.7	0	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (MCC/NZ)	1987-1987	2	61.5	13	371	175	4	4/102	43.75	2.83	92.7	1	0	0
N Kapil Dev (ROWXI)	1987-1987	2	53.0	12	318	150	2	1/21	75.00	2.83	159	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK/ROWXI)	1987-1987	6	206.2	43	1238	585	23	7/40	25.43	2.83	53.8	0	2	1
AM Babington (SUS)	1987-1987	1	31.0	10	186	88	3	3/49	29.33	2.83	62	0	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (ROWXI/SL)	1987-1987	2	48.0	12	288	137	3	2/111	45.66	2.85	96	0	0	0
GE Sainsbury (GLO)	1987-1987	1	31.0	5	186	90	1	1/46	90.00	2.90	186	0	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1987-1987	4	133.3	26	801	388	14	6/154	27.71	2.90	57.2	0	2	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1987	1	12.0	4	72	36	1	1/36	36.00	3.00	72	0	0	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1987-1987	1	2.0	0	12	6	0	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
RJ Shastri (MCC)	1987-1987	1	42.0	4	252	130	3	3/130	43.33	3.09	84	0	0	0
AK Kuruppuarachchi (SL)	1987-1987	1	20.0	3	120	64	1	1/64	64.00	3.20	120	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK/ROWXI)	1987-1987	6	9.4	2	58	31	0	-	-	3.20	-	0	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1987-1987	5	134.3	30	807	433	7	3/217	61.85	3.21	115.2	0	0	0
CS Cowdrey (KEN)	1987-1987	1	12.0	1	72	39	0	-	-	3.25	-	0	0	0
BA Reid (ROWXI)	1987-1987	1	23.0	3	138	75	3	2/47	25.00	3.26	46	0	0	0
CA Walsh (ROWXI)	1987-1987	2	53.1	13	319	176	4	2/20	44.00	3.31	79.7	0	0	0
CWJ Athey (ENG/GLO)	1987-1987	5	19.0	2	114	63	2	2/21	31.50	3.31	57	0	0	0
VS Greene (GLO)	1987-1987	1	42.0	5	252	140	5	3/76	28.00	3.33	50.4	0	0	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1987-1987	4	94.4	14	568	332	9	4/127	36.88	3.50	63.1	1	0	0
DJ Capel (ENG)	1987-1987	1	18.0	1	108	64	0	-	-	3.55	-	0	0	0
RA Harper (ROWXI)	1987-1987	1	54.0	7	324	197	2	1/72	98.50	3.64	162	0	0	0
CJ Tavare (KEN)	1987-1987	1	8.0	4	48	31	0	-	-	3.87	-	0	0	0
JW Lloyds (GLO)	1987-1987	1	38.4	5	232	151	4	2/65	37.75	3.90	58	0	0	0
KBK Ibadulla (GLO)	1987-1987	1	11.0	0	66	44	0	-	-	4.00	-	0	0	0
DL Haynes (ROWXI)	1987-1987	2	1.0	0	6	4	1	1/4	4.00	4.00	6	0	0	0
RL Dias (SL)	1987-1987	1	4.0	0	24	17	0	-	-	4.25	-	0	0	0
MD Moxon (ENG)	1987-1987	1	6.0	2	36	27	0	-	-	4.50	-	0	0	0
CEB Rice (MCC)	1987-1987	1	12.0	1	72	63	0	-	-	5.25	-	0	0	0
MW Alleyne (GLO)	1987-1987	1	23.0	3	138	132	2	2/85	66.00	5.73	69	0	0	0
DM Jones (ROWXI)	1987-1987	1	1.0	0	6	6	0	-	-	6.00	-	0	0	0
RC Russell (GLO)	1987-1987	1	1.0	0	6	7	0	-	-	7.00	-	0	0	0
RI Alikhan (SUS)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
DG Aslett (KEN)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
MR Benson (KEN)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
AR Border (ROWXI)	1987-1987	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
BC Broad (ENG/MCC)	1987-1987	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
KM Curran (GLO)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
PJL Dujon (ROWXI)	1987-1987	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
NH Fairbrother (ENG)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
BN French (ENG/MCC)	1987-1987	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
SM Gavaskar (ROWXI)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
GA Gooch (MCC)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
DI Gower (ENG/MCC)	1987-1987	6	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
AM Green (SUS)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
CG Greenidge (MCC)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
SG Hinks (KEN)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
PA Horne (NZ)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1987	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
KBS Jarvis (KEN)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
NJ Lenham (SUS)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1987-1987	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
SA Marsh (KEN)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
P Moores (SUS)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
PWG Parker (SUS)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1987-1987	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
CJ Richards (ENG)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1987-1987	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
PW Romaines (GLO)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1987-1987	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1987-1987	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1987-1987	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
OCK Smith (GLO)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
AW Stovold (GLO)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
NR Taylor (KEN)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
DB Vengsarkar (ROWXI)	1987-1987	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
AP Wells (SUS)	1987-1987	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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:

Easterns (Eastern Transvaal) vs Knights at Bloemfontein, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 Final, Feb 6-10, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 159/1 (53.3 ov, GL Cloete 78*, P Botha 8*, T Simelane 1/24) - Stumps

Tasmania vs Western Australia at W.A.C.A, Sheffield Shield 21st Match, Feb 5-8, 2026 [First-class]

Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield 20th Match, Feb 5-8, 2026 [First-class]