Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Players

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
MR Foster (VIC)	1996-1997	6	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
WA Seccombe (QLD)	1996-1997	10	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-1997	5	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	-	0.00	-	0	0	0
MA Butcher (ENG-A)	1996-1996	3	6.0	3	36	8	0	-	-	1.33	-	0	0	0
M Suresh Kumar (CEZ)	1996-1996	1	8.0	4	48	12	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
A McGrath (ENG-A)	1996-1996	3	4.0	0	24	6	1	1/6	6.00	1.50	24	0	0	0
HD Ackerman (WPR)	1997-1997	1	2.0	0	12	3	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	4	2.0	1	12	3	0	-	-	1.50	-	0	0	0
U Chatterjee (EAZ)	1996-1996	1	68.2	29	410	115	6	6/115	19.16	1.68	68.3	0	1	0
R Shamshad (CEZ)	1996-1996	2	5.0	1	30	9	0	-	-	1.80	-	0	0	0
SLV Raju (ROI)	1996-1996	1	38.0	18	228	69	0	-	-	1.81	-	0	0	0
Jai P Yadav (CEZ)	1996-1996	2	6.0	0	36	11	0	-	-	1.83	-	0	0	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	1996-1997	4	182.1	53	1093	340	18	5/95	18.88	1.86	60.7	0	1	0
AR Kapoor (IND)	1996-1996	2	53.0	18	318	101	5	2/19	20.20	1.90	63.6	0	0	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1997-1997	2	87.5	25	527	174	8	4/45	21.75	1.98	65.8	1	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-1997	9	128.4	51	772	256	9	2/11	28.44	1.98	85.7	0	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1996-1996	2	17.0	6	102	34	0	-	-	2.00	-	0	0	0
DF Hills (TAS)	1996-1997	10	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	-	2.00	-	0	0	0
MEK Hussey (WA)	1996-1997	11	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	-	2.00	-	0	0	0
MJ Slater (AUS/NSW)	1996-1997	11	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	-	2.00	-	0	0	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1996-1997	5	214.5	66	1289	434	14	4/61	31.00	2.02	92	1	0	0
AC Dale (QLD)	1996-1997	10	454.5	170	2729	927	42	6/38	22.07	2.03	64.9	2	2	0
GM Gilder (Natal)	1997-1997	1	21.0	6	126	43	3	2/34	14.33	2.04	42	0	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	74.0	22	444	153	7	4/18	21.85	2.06	63.4	1	0	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	2	98.5	31	593	207	4	2/75	51.75	2.09	148.2	0	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS/TAS)	1996-1997	10	13.5	5	83	29	1	1/0	29.00	2.09	83	0	0	0
Mohammad Hussain (PAK)	1996-1996	1	10.0	4	60	21	1	1/7	21.00	2.10	60	0	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	1996-1997	3	117.0	38	702	252	6	2/47	42.00	2.15	117	0	0	0
AF Giles (ENG-A)	1996-1996	3	92.2	28	554	199	6	3/28	33.16	2.15	92.3	0	0	0
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1996-1996	1	37.0	12	222	80	0	-	-	2.16	-	0	0	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	3	10.0	7	60	22	0	-	-	2.20	-	0	0	0
HH Kanitkar (WEZ)	1996-1996	1	18.0	5	108	40	0	-	-	2.22	-	0	0	0
RK Chauhan (CEZ)	1996-1996	2	106.0	29	636	236	5	3/70	47.20	2.22	127.2	0	0	0
PW Jackson (QLD)	1996-1997	10	351.2	111	2108	789	23	5/85	34.30	2.24	91.6	0	1	0
P Wilson (SOA)	1997-1997	5	202.4	73	1216	456	18	3/44	25.33	2.25	67.5	0	0	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	3	4.0	0	24	9	1	1/9	9.00	2.25	24	0	0	0
DW Headley (ENG-A)	1996-1996	3	102.1	31	613	230	14	6/60	16.42	2.25	43.7	0	2	1
MP Atkinson (WA)	1997-1997	1	27.0	10	162	61	0	-	-	2.25	-	0	0	0
A Katti (KNTKA)	1996-1996	1	43.2	10	260	98	5	3/23	19.60	2.26	52	0	0	0
H Ramkishen (ROI/SOZ)	1996-1996	2	73.0	15	438	166	6	2/37	27.66	2.27	73	0	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1997	4	185.5	56	1115	429	18	5/84	23.83	2.30	61.9	2	1	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-1997	10	68.0	14	408	158	2	1/2	79.00	2.32	204	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	34.0	9	204	79	1	1/4	79.00	2.32	204	0	0	0
A Jadeja (IND/NOZ)	1996-1997	4	30.0	11	180	70	1	1/3	70.00	2.33	180	0	0	0
M Aslam (CEZ)	1996-1996	1	23.0	7	138	54	0	-	-	2.34	-	0	0	0
G Chapple (ENG-A)	1996-1996	2	67.3	20	405	159	7	4/43	22.71	2.35	57.8	1	0	0
GRJ Matthews (NSW)	1996-1997	10	263.1	77	1579	620	18	6/66	34.44	2.35	87.7	0	1	0
JER Gallian (ENG-A)	1996-1996	1	14.0	3	84	33	0	-	-	2.35	-	0	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1996-1997	9	315.3	80	1893	745	29	5/43	25.68	2.36	65.2	1	3	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1997-1997	1	43.0	14	258	102	0	-	-	2.37	-	0	0	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1996-1996	2	74.0	26	444	176	5	2/55	35.20	2.37	88.8	0	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-1997	2	13.0	4	78	31	0	-	-	2.38	-	0	0	0
B Mulder (WA)	1997-1997	7	242.2	60	1454	578	23	6/65	25.13	2.38	63.2	0	2	1
AJ Hollioake (ENG-A)	1996-1996	3	37.0	16	222	89	3	1/20	29.66	2.40	74	0	0	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1997-1997	2	60.0	10	360	145	2	1/23	72.50	2.41	180	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1996-1997	10	222.0	61	1332	539	6	3/34	89.83	2.42	222	0	0	0
AM Smith (VIC)	1997-1997	3	62.0	20	372	151	3	2/39	50.33	2.43	124	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1997	7	104.0	27	624	254	8	2/26	31.75	2.44	78	0	0	0
J Gokulakrishnan (SOZ)	1996-1996	1	61.1	13	367	150	6	4/81	25.00	2.45	61.1	1	0	0
SK Warne (AUS/VIC)	1996-1997	12	483.1	147	2899	1192	43	4/43	27.72	2.46	67.4	2	0	0
S Sharma (NOZ)	1996-1996	2	96.0	28	576	238	10	3/62	23.80	2.47	57.6	0	0	0
SB Bangar (CEZ)	1996-1996	1	22.1	4	133	55	2	2/27	27.50	2.48	66.5	0	0	0
BM McMillan (SA/WPR)	1996-1997	9	187.1	50	1123	466	13	2/27	35.84	2.48	86.3	0	0	0
J Angel (WA)	1996-1997	8	274.5	81	1649	685	31	4/20	22.09	2.49	53.1	3	0	0
R Ananth (KNTKA)	1996-1996	1	44.0	11	264	110	0	-	-	2.50	-	0	0	0
GD McGrath (AUS/NSW)	1996-1997	11	419.5	132	2519	1054	47	6/86	22.42	2.51	53.5	3	2	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1996-1996	2	71.4	21	430	180	11	6/48	16.36	2.51	39	1	1	1
B Ramprakash (SOZ)	1996-1996	2	126.2	20	758	318	12	5/85	26.50	2.51	63.1	0	2	0
PR Reiffel (AUS/VIC)	1996-1997	9	259.1	73	1555	653	27	5/73	24.18	2.51	57.5	1	1	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1997-1997	3	134.0	36	804	339	12	6/98	28.25	2.52	67	0	1	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-1997	5	134.0	27	804	342	14	3/25	24.42	2.55	57.4	0	0	0
JTC Vaughan (NZ)	1996-1997	3	79.5	18	479	204	6	4/27	34.00	2.55	79.8	1	0	0
C White (ENG/ENG-A)	1996-1997	5	115.2	24	692	296	14	6/66	21.14	2.56	49.4	0	1	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	211.5	47	1271	545	16	5/123	34.06	2.57	79.4	0	2	0
AA Donald (SA)	1996-1997	8	304.4	89	1828	785	41	5/36	19.14	2.57	44.5	2	2	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1996-1996	2	31.0	9	186	80	2	2/57	40.00	2.58	93	0	0	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1996-1997	6	157.1	42	943	406	10	4/36	40.60	2.58	94.3	1	0	0
TM Moody (WA)	1996-1997	9	357.4	94	2146	926	38	7/41	24.36	2.58	56.4	3	1	0
MO Kamal (CEZ)	1996-1996	2	93.0	19	558	241	14	7/74	17.21	2.59	39.8	1	1	0
A Kumble (IND)	1996-1997	12	567.1	118	3403	1477	49	5/67	30.14	2.60	69.4	2	3	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1997	10	59.0	14	354	154	4	2/36	38.50	2.61	88.5	0	0	0
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-1997	8	254.4	59	1528	667	21	4/43	31.76	2.61	72.7	1	0	0
SG Law (QLD)	1996-1997	9	84.0	23	504	220	5	1/16	44.00	2.61	100.8	0	0	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS/QLD)	1996-1997	11	466.4	131	2800	1226	48	5/64	25.54	2.62	58.3	3	3	0
ND Hirwani (IND/ROI)	1996-1996	3	108.3	29	651	286	10	6/129	28.60	2.63	65.1	0	1	0
CR Miller (TAS)	1996-1997	10	433.3	113	2601	1143	32	4/48	35.71	2.63	81.2	1	0	0
AIC Dodemaide (VIC)	1996-1997	7	234.1	69	1405	618	16	4/67	38.62	2.63	87.8	1	0	0
UV Gandhe (CEZ)	1996-1996	1	25.0	7	150	66	2	2/54	33.00	2.64	75	0	0	0
HT Davis (NZ)	1997-1997	3	114.2	23	686	304	11	5/63	27.63	2.65	62.3	0	1	0
KN Ananthapadmanabhan (SOZ)	1996-1996	2	89.0	22	534	237	5	3/65	47.40	2.66	106.8	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1996-1997	13	87.4	23	526	235	4	1/4	58.75	2.68	131.5	0	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	89.1	20	535	240	8	4/43	30.00	2.69	66.8	1	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1996-1997	9	311.5	65	1871	842	23	5/74	36.60	2.70	81.3	1	2	0
Avinash Kumar (EAZ)	1996-1996	1	54.0	13	324	146	0	-	-	2.70	-	0	0	0
DR Martyn (WA)	1996-1997	11	51.0	11	306	138	3	1/12	46.00	2.70	102	0	0	0
DJ Marsh (TAS)	1996-1997	10	352.0	89	2112	955	22	3/55	43.40	2.71	96	0	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-1997	5	328.3	71	1971	895	25	5/89	35.80	2.72	78.8	3	1	0
IR Bishop (WI)	1996-1997	9	283.1	56	1699	772	32	4/22	24.12	2.72	53	1	0	0
KM Harvey (WA)	1997-1997	3	99.0	22	594	270	10	3/30	27.00	2.72	59.4	0	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	1997-1997	2	54.0	11	324	148	4	3/92	37.00	2.74	81	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:

Tasmania vs New South Wales at Hobart, Sheffield Shield 23rd Match, Feb 16-19, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 327/5 (101.0 ov, JR Philippe 81*, CH Stobo 5*, RP Meredith 0/51)

Karnataka vs Uttarakhand at Lucknow, Ranji Trophy 1st semi final, Feb 15-19, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 149/5 (69.0 ov, SA Rawat 10*, LR Raichandani 52*, Shikhar Shetty 0/24) - Stumps

Victoria vs Western Australia at W.A.C.A, Sheffield Shield 24th Match, Feb 16-19, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 0/0 (1.4 ov, SB Harper 0*, C Kellaway 0*, CJ Gannon 0/0)