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
PR Sleep	14.0	5	14	-	1.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
RA Harper	12.0	3	13	-	1.08	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
EJ Chatfield	31.1	15	37	4	1.18	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
EJ Chatfield	30.0	13	36	4	1.20	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
DJ Capel	13.0	5	16	-	1.23	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Abdul Qadir	36.0	14	45	4	1.25	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
RJ Shastri	10.0	3	13	2	1.30	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
PAJ DeFreitas	19.0	6	26	1	1.36	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Tauseef Ahmed	20.2	7	28	3	1.37	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
NA Foster	19.0	6	27	2	1.42	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
Abdul Qadir	37.0	13	56	9	1.51	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
GR Dilley	24.5	9	38	6	1.53	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
IVA Richards	18.0	4	28	1	1.55	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
SR Waugh	22.0	9	35	1	1.59	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
JE Emburey	57.0	24	91	1	1.59	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
BA Reid	25.0	10	40	2	1.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
JE Emburey	10.0	4	16	-	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Sir RJ Hadlee	42.0	16	68	5	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
IVA Richards	24.0	6	39	1	1.62	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
Iqbal Qasim	27.0	10	44	-	1.62	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
JE Emburey	17.0	7	28	1	1.64	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
SR Waugh	20.0	7	33	4	1.65	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
Tauseef Ahmed	23.0	9	38	1	1.65	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
EJ Chatfield	23.0	10	38	1	1.65	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	3 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
Arshad Ayub	28.0	10	47	-	1.67	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
NGB Cook	33.0	12	56	1	1.69	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
JE Emburey	53.0	24	90	1	1.69	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
SR Waugh	10.0	4	17	-	1.70	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
EJ Chatfield	34.0	11	58	-	1.70	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
PW Jarvis	17.0	7	30	1	1.76	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Abdul Qadir	49.4	15	88	5	1.77	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
PAJ DeFreitas	22.0	6	39	2	1.77	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
AIC Dodemaide	22.3	6	40	3	1.77	Australia	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
GR Dilley	18.0	5	32	2	1.77	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
Abdul Qadir	55.0	16	98	5	1.78	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
CA Walsh	29.0	8	52	1	1.79	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
NA Foster	15.0	6	27	-	1.80	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
NGB Cook	20.3	10	37	2	1.80	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
WW Davis	11.0	2	20	3	1.81	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
CA Walsh	29.3	9	54	5	1.83	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
EJ Chatfield	30.0	10	55	-	1.83	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
CA Walsh	12.0	1	22	-	1.83	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
CJ McDermott	35.0	8	65	-	1.85	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
Saleem Jaffar	42.0	9	79	3	1.88	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
JE Emburey	30.0	10	57	-	1.90	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
N Kapil Dev	10.0	2	19	-	1.90	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
DJ Capel	21.0	4	40	1	1.90	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
PR Sleep	32.0	14	61	3	1.90	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
GR Dilley	23.0	9	44	2	1.91	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
JG Bracewell	23.0	9	44	-	1.91	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	3 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
DN Patel	12.0	6	23	-	1.91	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
CJ McDermott	22.2	6	43	4	1.92	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
EE Hemmings	18.0	5	35	1	1.94	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
Iqbal Qasim	20.0	10	39	3	1.95	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
EJ Chatfield	21.0	6	41	2	1.95	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
MC Snedden	23.0	8	45	4	1.95	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
PW Jarvis	27.0	7	54	1	2.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
CL Hooper	20.0	5	40	-	2.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
AIC Dodemaide	28.3	10	58	6	2.03	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
SL Boock	26.0	9	53	1	2.03	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	3 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
PW Jarvis	21.0	8	43	2	2.04	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
EE Hemmings	52.0	15	107	-	2.05	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
CEL Ambrose	30.0	7	62	1	2.06	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
EJ Chatfield	42.0	13	87	4	2.07	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
MC Snedden	34.0	14	71	1	2.08	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
BA Reid	25.0	6	53	4	2.12	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
GR Dilley	28.0	9	60	5	2.14	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
JG Bracewell	32.0	8	69	2	2.15	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
JE Emburey	45.5	10	99	1	2.16	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	9	67	5	2.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
DJ Capel	26.2	4	57	2	2.16	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
PAJ DeFreitas	50.1	21	110	1	2.19	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
N Kapil Dev	20.0	8	44	1	2.20	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
Tauseef Ahmed	28.0	9	62	1	2.21	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
MG Hughes	18.0	5	40	3	2.22	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
RJ Shastri	13.0	6	29	1	2.23	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
SR Waugh	22.5	5	51	3	2.23	Australia	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
DJ Capel	17.0	4	38	1	2.23	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
PW Jarvis	33.0	9	74	2	2.24	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
MR Whitney	20.0	5	45	-	2.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
JG Bracewell	39.0	8	88	3	2.25	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
TBA May	30.0	10	68	3	2.26	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
JE Emburey	48.0	16	109	3	2.27	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
N Kapil Dev	18.0	8	41	3	2.27	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
WKM Benjamin	32.0	9	73	3	2.28	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
Wasim Akram	14.0	4	32	-	2.28	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
SR Waugh	31.0	11	71	-	2.29	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
Imran Khan	16.3	2	38	4	2.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
EJ Gray	44.0	10	102	-	2.31	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
JE Emburey	21.0	8	49	3	2.33	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
NA Foster	18.0	4	42	4	2.33	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
Abdul Qadir	15.0	1	35	-	2.33	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
JG Bracewell	24.5	3	58	2	2.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
Iqbal Qasim	35.2	7	83	5	2.34	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	7 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
MW Gatting	17.0	4	40	1	2.35	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
Wasim Akram	31.0	7	73	4	2.35	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
Arshad Ayub	14.0	5	33	1	2.35	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
EE Hemmings	45.0	15	107	-	2.37	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
AIC Dodemaide	20.0	4	48	1	2.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Mudassar Nazar	10.0	4	24	2	2.40	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097

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Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

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