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
Jalal-ud-Din	16.0	8	15	2	0.93	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Iqbal Qasim	24.5	11	28	2	1.12	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Imran Khan	14.0	6	16	2	1.14	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
IVA Richards	11.0	3	13	-	1.18	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.0	12	27	-	1.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
B Yardley	40.4	21	50	-	1.22	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
J Garner	13.0	6	16	-	1.23	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
MC Snedden	17.0	7	21	3	1.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
EJ Chatfield	12.0	5	15	3	1.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
EJ Chatfield	15.0	4	20	-	1.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
Tahir Naqqash	15.0	4	21	-	1.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Imran Khan	12.0	5	17	2	1.41	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
EE Hemmings	29.0	9	43	2	1.48	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Imran Khan	12.1	6	19	3	1.56	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
Iqbal Qasim	12.0	3	19	-	1.58	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	23 Jan 1983	Test # 947
AME Roberts	24.3	9	39	5	1.59	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
AME Roberts	19.2	3	31	4	1.60	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
Maninder Singh	31.0	6	51	-	1.64	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
Imran Khan	23.0	3	38	1	1.65	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
J Garner	10.0	5	17	-	1.70	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
Imran Khan	20.0	6	35	4	1.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
N Kapil Dev	25.3	6	45	4	1.76	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
RJ Shastri	24.0	8	43	4	1.79	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
G Miller	19.3	4	35	1	1.79	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
DS de Silva	22.5	10	41	1	1.79	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
Abdul Qadir	42.0	14	76	4	1.80	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Imran Khan	24.4	14	45	2	1.82	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
MD Marshall	18.0	7	33	2	1.83	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
MA Holding	13.0	2	24	1	1.84	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
Imran Khan	24.2	10	45	4	1.84	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Iqbal Qasim	31.0	9	58	2	1.87	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
G Miller	16.0	6	30	1	1.87	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
Sir RJ Hadlee	25.0	9	47	2	1.88	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
RM Hogg	13.0	6	25	-	1.92	Australia	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Maninder Singh	26.3	7	51	1	1.92	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
MD Marshall	19.1	6	37	5	1.93	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
TM Alderman	43.0	15	84	1	1.95	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
Sarfraz Nawaz	23.2	9	46	-	1.97	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	23 Jan 1983	Test # 947
Sarfraz Nawaz	31.5	11	63	4	1.97	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
EE Hemmings	48.0	17	96	1	2.00	England	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
G Miller	17.0	7	34	1	2.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Sir RJ Hadlee	17.0	5	34	4	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
Mudassar Nazar	15.0	4	30	1	2.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	30 Jan 1983	Test # 948
Imran Khan	10.0	5	20	-	2.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	2.01	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
Imran Khan	32.0	11	65	3	2.03	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	30 Jan 1983	Test # 948
MC Snedden	23.0	6	48	3	2.08	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
Iqbal Qasim	46.0	18	97	2	2.10	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Iqbal Qasim	26.0	10	55	2	2.11	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
MA Holding	17.0	4	36	2	2.11	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
G Miller	33.0	11	70	4	2.12	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
DR Pringle	12.0	4	26	1	2.16	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
MD Marshall	16.0	4	35	2	2.18	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
Iqbal Qasim	21.5	6	48	2	2.19	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
RGD Willis	29.4	3	66	5	2.22	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Sarfraz Nawaz	41.0	10	92	1	2.24	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	30 Jan 1983	Test # 948
AR Border	16.0	3	36	-	2.25	Australia	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
N Kapil Dev	30.0	7	68	2	2.26	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1983	Test # 953
Sarfraz Nawaz	10.0	2	23	-	2.30	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
Abdul Qadir	37.0	7	86	2	2.32	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
MD Marshall	24.0	6	56	3	2.33	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
MC Snedden	24.0	5	56	2	2.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
WW Davis	23.0	4	54	2	2.34	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
BL Cairns	20.0	7	47	4	2.35	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
N Kapil Dev	32.2	7	76	3	2.35	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
JR Thomson	31.0	6	73	5	2.35	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
G Miller	14.0	2	33	-	2.35	England	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
RJ Shastri	14.0	1	33	-	2.35	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
S Venkataraghavan	41.0	13	97	2	2.36	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
VB John	25.2	9	60	5	2.36	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
HA Gomes	19.0	7	45	1	2.36	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
MA Holding	24.0	5	57	2	2.37	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
EJ Chatfield	16.5	3	40	3	2.37	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
GF Lawson	39.0	10	93	2	2.38	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
Sarfraz Nawaz	33.0	11	79	4	2.39	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
EE Hemmings	33.3	6	81	-	2.41	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
B Yardley	37.0	12	90	2	2.43	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
Tahir Naqqash	16.0	3	39	2	2.43	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	1	33	4	2.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
GF Lawson	35.3	11	87	5	2.45	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Mudassar Nazar	11.0	3	27	-	2.45	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
EJ Chatfield	26.5	7	66	4	2.45	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
B Yardley	41.0	10	101	3	2.46	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
EE Hemmings	47.0	16	116	3	2.46	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
B Yardley	21.0	7	52	1	2.47	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
IT Botham	30.0	8	75	4	2.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Imran Khan	18.0	5	45	2	2.50	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	23 Jan 1983	Test # 947
HA Gomes	14.0	5	35	-	2.50	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	31 Mar 1983	Test # 953
JR Thomson	12.0	3	30	2	2.50	Australia	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
B Yardley	42.4	15	107	5	2.50	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
Imran Khan	27.0	8	68	3	2.51	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
EE Hemmings	27.0	10	68	3	2.51	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
DK Lillee	38.0	13	96	3	2.52	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
RGD Willis	15.0	2	38	3	2.53	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
AME Roberts	15.0	2	38	-	2.53	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	31 Mar 1983	Test # 953
Mudassar Nazar	13.0	-	33	-	2.53	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
GF Lawson	18.3	4	47	6	2.54	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Imran Khan	16.0	3	41	2	2.56	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	30 Jan 1983	Test # 948
JR Ratnayeke	14.0	3	36	-	2.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
HA Gomes	19.0	-	49	1	2.57	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956

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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]