Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
LJ Nash	7.0	4	4	1	0.57	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
SJ McCabe	5.0	1	4	1	0.60	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	6 Nov 1931	First-class
H Ironmonger	7.2	5	6	5	0.81	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
WJ O'Reilly	16.0	7	19	2	0.89	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	1 Jan 1932	First-class
H Ironmonger	47.0	29	42	5	0.89	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
TW Wall	15.1	7	14	5	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
TA Carlton	6.0	-	8	-	1.00	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	25 Dec 1931	First-class
SJ McCabe	4.0	1	4	1	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
WA Hunt	27.0	8	38	2	1.05	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
PK Lee	15.5	7	22	3	1.05	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	13 Nov 1931	First-class
SJ McCabe	12.0	5	13	4	1.08	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
WA Hunt	10.0	3	15	-	1.12	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	22 Jan 1932	First-class
NA Quinn	15.0	6	17	3	1.13	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
H Ironmonger	19.0	10	22	3	1.15	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
CV Grimmett	24.0	12	28	4	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
CV Grimmett	41.1	21	49	2	1.19	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
TA Carlton	15.0	5	24	3	1.20	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	12 Mar 1932	First-class
AJ Bell	9.0	3	11	1	1.22	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
SJ McCabe	11.0	3	18	1	1.22	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	22 Jan 1932	First-class
H Ironmonger	5.3	-	9	1	1.25	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	4 Mar 1932	First-class
CV Grimmett	19.0	9	32	4	1.26	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	19 Mar 1932	First-class
GS Amos	13.0	5	22	5	1.26	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	6 Nov 1931	First-class
H Ironmonger	42.0	18	54	4	1.28	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
A Hurwood	12.0	4	21	1	1.31	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
PK Lee	30.0	8	54	1	1.35	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	13 Nov 1931	First-class
RK Oxenham	20.0	8	36	-	1.35	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	12 Mar 1932	First-class
WA Hunt	10.0	3	18	2	1.35	NSW	v Victoria	Melbourne	24 Dec 1931	First-class
NA Quinn	31.0	13	42	4	1.35	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
WJ O'Reilly	11.0	4	20	1	1.36	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
TW Wall	28.0	14	39	2	1.39	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
RK Oxenham	12.1	5	23	2	1.42	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	29 Jan 1932	First-class
SJ McCabe	11.0	4	16	-	1.45	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
EL a'Beckett	19.0	4	37	1	1.46	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
H Ironmonger	30.0	16	44	4	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
H Ironmonger	49.0	26	72	3	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
NA Quinn	19.3	4	29	3	1.48	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
TA Carlton	18.0	6	36	2	1.50	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
LJ Nash	12.0	6	18	4	1.50	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
GS Amos	6.0	1	12	-	1.50	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	6 Nov 1931	First-class
HE Whitfield	4.0	1	8	1	1.50	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	19 Mar 1932	First-class
H Laycock	1.0	-	2	-	1.50	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
JEP Hogg	1.0	-	2	-	1.50	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	25 Dec 1931	First-class
LE Nagel	17.1	4	35	6	1.53	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	13 Nov 1931	First-class
WA Hunt	22.0	7	45	3	1.53	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	1 Jan 1932	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	18.0	5	37	-	1.54	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	1 Jan 1932	First-class
NA Quinn	24.0	9	37	4	1.54	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	4 Mar 1932	Test # 218
RK Oxenham	17.0	6	35	1	1.54	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	12 Mar 1932	First-class
WA Hunt	15.0	4	31	1	1.55	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	1 Jan 1932	First-class
SF Hird	2.3	1	5	2	1.57	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	1 Jan 1932	First-class
EL a'Beckett	9.0	1	19	-	1.58	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	4 Mar 1932	First-class
NA Quinn	29.0	7	46	-	1.58	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
CV Grimmett	63.0	23	100	2	1.58	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
RK Oxenham	17.0	5	36	1	1.58	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	29 Jan 1932	First-class
EL a'Beckett	18.0	5	29	-	1.61	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
SAJ Smith	17.1	7	37	2	1.62	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
DG Jamieson	6.0	2	13	1	1.62	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	12 Mar 1932	First-class
RK Oxenham	11.0	5	18	-	1.63	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
NA Quinn	3.0	-	5	-	1.66	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
CV Grimmett	49.2	17	83	7	1.68	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
LE Nagel	20.0	7	45	4	1.68	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
EL a'Beckett	28.0	6	64	2	1.71	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
TW Wall	18.0	5	31	2	1.72	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
JEH Hooker	13.0	3	30	2	1.73	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	1 Jan 1932	First-class
LE Nagel	13.0	3	30	2	1.73	Victoria	v Queensland	Brisbane	29 Jan 1932	First-class
AG Fairfax	9.0	2	21	1	1.75	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	6 Nov 1931	First-class
EC Bensted	8.1	-	19	-	1.75	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	29.0	4	68	5	1.75	NSW	v South Aust	Sydney	19 Mar 1932	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	25.0	6	59	5	1.77	NSW	v South Aust	Sydney	19 Mar 1932	First-class
WA Hunt	16.0	3	38	4	1.78	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
A Hurwood	21.0	5	50	2	1.78	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	25 Dec 1931	First-class
PK Lee	14.2	1	34	2	1.78	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	19 Mar 1932	First-class
SJ McCabe	9.5	1	23	2	1.79	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	6 Nov 1931	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	9.1	1	22	5	1.80	NSW	v Victoria	Melbourne	24 Dec 1931	First-class
NA Quinn	28.0	6	51	2	1.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	4 Mar 1932	Test # 218
DG Bradman	1.5	-	4	1	1.84	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	22 Jan 1932	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	21.0	6	52	3	1.85	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	22 Jan 1932	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	39.4	10	74	2	1.86	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
EL a'Beckett	12.0	1	30	1	1.87	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	24 Dec 1931	First-class
LS Darling	6.0	-	15	-	1.87	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
SJ McCabe	21.3	4	41	2	1.90	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
TW Wall	11.0	1	28	2	1.90	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	13 Nov 1931	First-class
DG Jamieson	20.0	1	51	-	1.91	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
HJT Theak	15.5	3	40	3	1.92	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
PK Lee	13.0	4	25	1	1.92	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
CV Grimmett	17.1	5	44	5	1.92	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	12 Mar 1932	First-class
WJ O'Reilly	42.0	13	81	2	1.92	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
RK Oxenham	14.3	3	37	5	1.93	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
SJ McCabe	5.0	1	13	-	1.95	NSW	v South Aust	Sydney	19 Mar 1932	First-class
HM Thurlow	27.0	6	53	-	1.96	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
SF Hird	16.0	2	42	1	1.96	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Dec 1931	First-class
RK Oxenham	24.1	6	64	4	1.98	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	18 Dec 1931	First-class
CV Grimmett	46.0	14	92	6	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
AJ Bell	32.0	8	64	2	2.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
SJ McCabe	17.0	6	34	1	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
EL a'Beckett	6.0	-	16	1	2.00	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	4 Mar 1932	First-class
XC Balaskas	7.0	2	14	2	2.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	4 Mar 1932	Test # 218
KLM Mossop	3.0	1	8	-	2.00	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	25 Dec 1931	First-class
EL a'Beckett	3.0	1	6	-	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
DG Bradman	1.0	-	2	-	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Western Districts vs Northern Cape at Kimberley, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 14th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 9/1 (4.4 ov, TJ van Rensburg 6*, L Alder 1/3) - Stumps

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Police Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 9-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 87/3 (21.0 ov, A Wanninayake 31*, T Harshana 22*, WACP Wijelath 2/31)

Border vs Mpumalanga at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 13th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 354/4 (98.0 ov, J Niemand 107*, JH Coetzer 6*, T Maupa 0/66) - Stumps