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
Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0	10	11	3	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
RJ Shastri	21.0	10	22	1	1.04	India	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
DK Lillee	12.0	6	13	3	1.08	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
DR Doshi	57.0	31	69	4	1.21	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
DL Underwood	31.0	18	38	-	1.22	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
DL Underwood	11.0	4	14	-	1.27	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Tauseef Ahmed	14.0	4	18	3	1.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
N Kapil Dev	22.0	10	29	1	1.31	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
JE Emburey	25.0	9	33	6	1.32	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
HA Gomes	15.0	7	20	2	1.33	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
DR Doshi	29.1	12	39	5	1.33	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
JR Thomson	26.0	13	35	2	1.34	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
RJ Shastri	19.0	6	27	1	1.42	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
DR Doshi	19.2	8	28	2	1.44	India	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
GRA de Silva	19.0	4	28	-	1.47	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Imran Khan	14.1	5	21	2	1.48	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
JFM Morrison	35.0	16	52	2	1.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
RJ Shastri	20.0	7	31	1	1.55	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
DL Underwood	29.0	13	45	3	1.55	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	1.55	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
ST Clarke	16.0	9	25	-	1.56	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
GRA de Silva	24.0	10	38	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Sarfraz Nawaz	27.0	10	43	2	1.59	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
J Garner	35.0	15	56	5	1.60	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
IVA Richards	13.0	7	21	-	1.61	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
DK Lillee	27.1	8	44	3	1.61	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
MA Holding	19.0	6	31	-	1.63	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
RJ Shastri	63.0	23	104	3	1.65	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
GS Chappell	18.0	5	30	1	1.66	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Imran Khan	24.1	7	41	3	1.69	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
DR Doshi	40.0	15	68	2	1.70	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	9	51	2	1.70	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
AME Roberts	18.0	4	31	-	1.72	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
GRA de Silva	30.0	12	52	2	1.73	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Iqbal Qasim	12.0	4	21	1	1.75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
DR Doshi	21.0	8	37	1	1.76	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
DL Underwood	37.5	15	67	3	1.77	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Iqbal Qasim	15.1	8	27	4	1.78	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
B Yardley	21.0	7	38	4	1.80	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
BL Cairns	11.0	4	20	1	1.81	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
Iqbal Qasim	24.0	11	44	4	1.83	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
JE Emburey	24.0	11	44	2	1.83	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Iqbal Qasim	55.0	17	104	3	1.89	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.0	7	38	2	1.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
AR Border	10.3	4	20	3	1.90	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
S Madan Lal	24.0	7	46	1	1.91	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	1.91	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
RJ Shastri	43.0	14	83	4	1.93	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
BL Cairns	44.0	10	85	3	1.93	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
DS de Silva	27.5	11	54	3	1.94	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Imran Khan	29.3	8	58	8	1.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Wasim Raja	37.0	7	73	1	1.97	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
DL Underwood	15.0	8	30	1	2.00	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
RGD Willis	14.0	3	28	2	2.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
S Madan Lal	12.0	2	24	1	2.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
DL Underwood	48.0	18	97	2	2.02	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
Rashid Khan	26.0	7	53	2	2.03	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DL Underwood	43.0	21	88	3	2.04	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
J Garner	18.0	5	37	3	2.05	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
RJ Shastri	17.0	4	35	-	2.05	India	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
JE Emburey	30.0	11	62	2	2.06	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
GB Troup	15.0	4	31	-	2.06	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Imran Khan	31.4	8	66	4	2.08	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
IVA Richards	18.0	3	38	-	2.11	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
TM Alderman	44.0	20	93	1	2.11	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
GRA de Silva	35.0	5	74	-	2.11	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
GF Lawson	17.0	3	36	1	2.11	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
DR Doshi	39.0	15	83	2	2.12	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
B Yardley	23.0	10	49	3	2.13	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
DK Lillee	15.0	5	32	-	2.13	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
CEH Croft	27.0	5	58	2	2.14	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
MC Snedden	12.0	5	26	1	2.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Rizwan-uz-Zaman	12.0	3	26	3	2.16	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Iqbal Qasim	65.0	18	141	6	2.16	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
IT Botham	12.5	1	28	3	2.18	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
DL Underwood	25.0	8	55	-	2.20	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
MA Holding	29.0	9	64	5	2.20	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
RJ Shastri	23.0	6	51	2	2.21	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
BL Cairns	17.0	7	38	1	2.23	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Sikander Bakht	21.0	4	47	2	2.23	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0	9	63	5	2.25	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
J Garner	12.0	3	27	-	2.25	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
JR Thomson	23.0	8	52	-	2.26	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
AME Roberts	19.0	7	43	4	2.26	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
TM Alderman	27.0	8	62	-	2.29	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Imran Khan	40.0	6	92	4	2.30	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
Imran Khan	39.0	12	90	3	2.30	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Tauseef Ahmed	25.0	7	58	4	2.32	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
IT Botham	27.0	8	63	2	2.33	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
DR Doshi	27.0	5	63	2	2.33	India	v England	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
KBJ Azad	15.0	4	35	1	2.33	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
DR Doshi	34.2	8	81	4	2.35	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
IT Botham	11.0	3	26	-	2.36	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
RGD Willis	13.0	4	31	1	2.38	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
TM Alderman	24.3	5	59	2	2.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
CEH Croft	16.1	3	39	2	2.41	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
MA Holding	29.0	9	70	3	2.41	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
RGD Willis	19.0	7	46	2	2.42	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
JR Thomson	21.0	5	51	4	2.42	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
TM Alderman	30.0	9	73	-	2.43	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917

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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]