Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DCS Compton	16.0	11	11	1	0.51	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
FJ Cameron	10.0	3	9	0	0.90	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
JA Young	11.0	6	14	0	0.95	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
C Gladwin	20.0	6	29	1	1.08	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
JA Young	23.0	9	34	2	1.10	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
NBF Mann	37.4	14	59	6	1.18	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
JDC Goddard	15.0	7	18	1	1.20	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
AV Bedser	38.0	9	61	4	1.20	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
C Gladwin	30.0	7	51	1	1.27	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
C Gladwin	12.0	3	21	3	1.31	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
GE Gomez	28.0	12	37	1	1.32	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
GE Gomez	24.0	9	32	2	1.33	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
C Gladwin	24.0	7	43	2	1.34	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
NBF Mann	15.0	5	27	0	1.35	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
NBF Mann	51.0	18	95	3	1.39	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
GE Gomez	21.0	8	30	2	1.42	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
AV Bedser	22.0	6	42	1	1.43	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
DS Atkinson	14.0	5	21	1	1.50	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
AMB Rowan	34.0	10	69	4	1.52	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
JDC Goddard	12.2	7	19	1	1.54	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
PEW Jones	21.0	7	34	0	1.61	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
GE Gomez	29.0	10	47	1	1.62	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
AMB Rowan	30.0	5	65	1	1.62	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
CN McCarthy	9.0	2	20	0	1.66	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
JA Young	23.0	6	52	2	1.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
L Amarnath	20.0	6	34	0	1.70	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
GE Gomez	10.0	4	17	0	1.70	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
GE Gomez	20.3	12	35	3	1.70	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
C Gladwin	30.5	6	70	3	1.71	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
C Gladwin	16.0	5	37	0	1.73	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
PEW Jones	16.0	5	28	2	1.75	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
J Trim	16.0	5	28	3	1.75	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
VS Hazare	42.0	12	74	1	1.76	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
J Trim	27.0	7	48	4	1.77	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
JDC Goddard	23.0	11	41	1	1.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
DCS Compton	13.0	3	31	0	1.78	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
CN McCarthy	17.4	1	42	2	1.80	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
FJ Cameron	27.0	10	49	1	1.81	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
C Gladwin	16.0	6	39	1	1.82	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
AMB Rowan	44.0	8	108	4	1.84	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
DVP Wright	14.0	3	35	1	1.87	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
OC Dawson	13.0	3	33	0	1.90	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
JA Young	48.0	9	122	0	1.90	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
AMB Rowan	31.2	3	80	5	1.92	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
FJ Cameron	27.0	9	52	0	1.92	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
GE Gomez	39.0	14	76	2	1.94	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
NBF Mann	10.0	3	26	0	1.95	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
DS Atkinson	13.0	4	26	0	2.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
AV Bedser	16.0	3	43	1	2.01	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
C Gladwin	10.0	2	27	0	2.02	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
AV Bedser	34.0	5	92	0	2.02	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
GE Gomez	32.0	10	65	3	2.03	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
PEW Jones	41.0	8	85	5	2.07	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
DVP Wright	26.0	3	72	4	2.07	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
MH Mankad	26.0	4	54	3	2.07	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
DS Atkinson	13.0	3	27	0	2.07	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
DCS Compton	25.2	3	70	5	2.07	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
AMB Rowan	60.0	9	167	5	2.08	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
MA Hanley	11.0	3	31	0	2.11	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
PEW Jones	14.4	4	31	1	2.11	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
GE Gomez	26.0	5	55	1	2.11	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
AV Bedser	18.0	5	51	2	2.12	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
RO Jenkins	19.0	3	54	0	2.13	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
GE Gomez	28.0	10	60	1	2.14	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
RO Jenkins	22.3	6	64	3	2.14	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
AV Bedser	13.5	2	39	4	2.14	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
RO Jenkins	9.0	2	26	0	2.16	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
DG Phadkar	16.0	5	35	1	2.18	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
SN Banerjee	24.3	6	54	4	2.20	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
W Ferguson	57.0	8	126	4	2.21	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
FJ Cameron	30.0	7	67	0	2.23	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
AV Bedser	17.0	4	51	1	2.25	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
RJ Christiani	23.0	1	52	3	2.26	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
W Ferguson	29.0	8	66	3	2.27	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
AMB Rowan	23.0	1	70	1	2.28	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
J Trim	30.0	3	69	3	2.30	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
JB Stollmeyer	10.0	2	23	0	2.30	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
PEW Jones	21.0	5	49	0	2.33	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
DS Atkinson	23.0	2	54	2	2.34	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
MA Hanley	18.0	4	57	1	2.37	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
AV Bedser	17.0	0	54	1	2.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
CN McCarthy	35.7	3	114	5	2.38	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
MH Mankad	32.0	8	77	3	2.40	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
DVP Wright	9.0	3	29	1	2.41	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
Ghulam Ahmed	14.0	3	34	0	2.42	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
L Amarnath	16.0	4	39	0	2.43	India	v West Indies	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
Ghulam Ahmed	23.0	4	58	2	2.52	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
DG Phadkar	29.2	8	74	4	2.52	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
AV Bedser	24.0	3	81	2	2.53	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
DCS Compton	10.0	0	34	1	2.55	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
JDC Goddard	13.0	3	34	3	2.61	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
DG Phadkar	31.0	7	82	2	2.64	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
RO Jenkins	15.0	2	53	3	2.65	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
Ghulam Ahmed	35.2	5	94	4	2.66	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
OC Dawson	16.5	3	59	1	2.66	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
NBF Mann	30.0	2	107	3	2.67	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
RO Jenkins	14.0	3	50	1	2.67	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
CN McCarthy	12.0	2	43	6	2.68	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
W Ferguson	39.0	14	105	1	2.69	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
MH Mankad	75.0	16	202	3	2.69	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305

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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]