Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CG Snook	2.0	2	-	-	-	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
AD Nourse	1.0	1	-	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
EAB Rowan	1.0	1	-	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
MG Melle	1.0	-	1	-	0.75	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
AMB Rowan	15.4	7	19	9	0.91	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
CN McCarthy	6.0	2	8	-	1.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
JC Watkins	6.0	2	10	-	1.25	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
J Cowie	23.0	7	30	1	1.30	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
RK Thorne	8.0	1	14	1	1.31	Border	v Australians	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
J Cowie	21.0	8	29	1	1.38	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
JR Reid	28.0	8	39	2	1.39	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
LJ Heaney	20.0	8	38	1	1.42	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
AR MacGibbon	7.0	1	10	-	1.42	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
JR Reid	16.0	8	23	-	1.43	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	51.6	13	101	3	1.46	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
CS Henchie	1.0	-	2	-	1.50	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
AD Keen	8.0	3	18	-	1.68	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
JC Watkins	4.0	1	9	-	1.68	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
AMB Rowan	21.0	6	49	6	1.75	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
SA Thwaits	19.1	6	45	4	1.76	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
GRM Bolus	20.0	7	48	3	1.80	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
LJ Heaney	19.0	5	46	4	1.81	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
A Tayfield	9.0	2	22	-	1.83	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
JD Alderson	6.0	1	11	-	1.83	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
AE Cresswell	19.0	3	35	3	1.84	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
JC Watkins	5.0	-	13	-	1.95	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
LJ Heaney	18.0	5	47	1	1.95	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
CN McCarthy	12.0	3	32	-	2.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
OC Dawson	3.0	1	8	-	2.00	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	8.4	1	23	7	2.02	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
GF Cresswell	48.3	18	100	8	2.06	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
GM Henderson	4.0	-	11	-	2.06	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
GRM Bolus	32.0	11	89	2	2.08	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
GWF Overton	45.0	14	94	1	2.08	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
AW Keightley-Smith	23.3	6	66	6	2.11	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
SA Thwaits	37.0	7	106	2	2.14	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	8.0	1	23	2	2.15	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
AR MacGibbon	18.0	3	39	-	2.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
EV Witte	16.0	5	47	1	2.20	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	49.0	5	144	2	2.20	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
JC Watkins	19.0	3	56	2	2.21	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
RM Murray	19.0	4	42	1	2.21	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
LJ Heaney	2.0	-	6	1	2.25	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
OC Dawson	2.0	-	6	-	2.25	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
OE Wynne	1.0	-	3	-	2.25	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
JB Donaldson	7.0	3	16	-	2.28	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
LW Payn	13.0	2	40	1	2.30	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
FE Hemmingson	13.0	2	30	-	2.30	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	10.0	1	31	3	2.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
FE Hemmingson	14.0	4	33	2	2.35	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
JE Waddington	19.0	1	60	1	2.36	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
NBF Mann	28.4	4	92	2	2.42	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
LW Payn	30.7	5	100	4	2.42	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
CN McCarthy	14.0	-	46	1	2.46	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
DC Cleverley	17.0	3	42	-	2.47	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	28.0	3	93	3	2.49	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
HJ Tayfield	31.0	4	103	1	2.49	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
CLW Randall	16.5	1	42	2	2.49	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	1 Apr 1950	First-class
EA Watson	32.0	8	80	2	2.50	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
RM Greene	6.0	1	20	-	2.50	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
OC Dawson	3.0	-	10	-	2.50	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
NBF Mann	25.0	2	85	-	2.55	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
MG Melle	33.0	3	113	5	2.56	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
MG Melle	14.0	1	48	-	2.57	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
JM Leibbrandt	13.0	1	45	-	2.59	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
OC Cleal	5.0	-	13	-	2.60	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	32.0	5	112	3	2.62	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
JE Waddington	29.0	11	104	3	2.68	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
CN McCarthy	25.0	2	90	2	2.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
ES Newson	15.0	2	54	1	2.70	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
MG Melle	10.0	1	36	1	2.70	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
AW Marshall	5.0	1	18	-	2.70	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
AR MacGibbon	24.0	2	65	4	2.70	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	16.0	2	58	2	2.71	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
CN McCarthy	31.0	4	113	2	2.73	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
JC Watkins	6.0	-	22	1	2.75	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
JD Alderson	16.4	5	46	3	2.76	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	3 Mar 1950	First-class
AW Hicks	10.0	1	37	-	2.77	Border	v Australians	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
MA Hanley	27.0	6	100	3	2.77	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
NBF Mann	28.0	3	105	4	2.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
TA Freeman	38.0	9	108	1	2.84	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	37.0	4	141	2	2.85	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
SA Thwaits	22.0	4	84	3	2.86	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
SH Martin	14.0	2	55	1	2.94	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	16.2	3	65	5	3.00	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	8.0	1	32	-	3.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
PD Jaffer	5.0	-	20	-	3.00	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
MG Melle	3.0	-	12	-	3.00	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
LW Payn	27.5	2	111	1	3.01	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
NBF Mann	26.0	2	105	2	3.02	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
TB Burtt	22.0	3	67	-	3.04	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
CN McCarthy	24.0	2	98	-	3.06	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
HJ Tayfield	25.0	1	103	2	3.09	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
DW Begbie	8.0	-	33	3	3.09	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
F Oats	7.0	-	29	-	3.10	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
CN McCarthy	29.0	3	121	-	3.12	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
GM Henderson	19.0	2	81	2	3.19	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
NBF Mann	36.0	4	154	2	3.20	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
MA Hanley	21.0	-	90	3	3.21	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
CN McCarthy	13.0	1	56	1	3.23	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Nondescripts Cricket Club vs Moors Sports Club at Colombo (CCC), Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 207/5 (59.1 ov, S Gimhan 38*, S Fernando 0*, A Daniel 2/48)

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Hambantota, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 103/0 (34.0 ov, Saminda Fernando 54*, H Dhanushka 43*, K Dilhara 0/40)

Badureliya Sports Club vs Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 278/9 (84.5 ov, A Premaratne 4*, EMCD Edirisinghe 5*, BB Sanjeewa 4/72)