Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates for Australia in Tests

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	782.3	328	4695	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.4	4	4	2
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1963	37	-	267	5792	1721	50	6/42	34.42	1.78	115.8	1	2	-
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1948	12	-	155	3140	989	47	6/29	21.04	1.88	66.8	2	4	1
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	17	-	457	5179	1670	101	7/43	16.53	1.93	51.2	3	11	2
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1946	27	-	585	10024	3254	144	7/54	22.59	1.94	69.6	8	11	3
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1961	13	-	113	2373	776	34	7/75	22.82	1.96	69.7	2	1	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	21	-	195	4191	1375	33	4/68	41.66	1.96	127.0	1	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1963	44	-	431	11587	3819	186	7/93	20.53	1.97	62.2	6	14	2
JJ Ferris (AUS)	1887-1890	8	-	224	2030	684	48	5/26	14.25	2.02	42.2	4	4	-
JV Coney (NZ)	1974-1987	52	-	135	2835	966	27	3/28	35.77	2.04	105.0	-	-	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1955	40	-	372	11048	3826	160	6/44	23.91	2.07	69.0	8	7	-
CG Macartney (AUS)	1907-1926	35	593.3	177	3561	1240	45	7/58	27.55	2.08	79.1	1	2	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1964	63	-	805	19108	6704	248	7/72	27.03	2.10	77.0	16	16	1
TW Garrett (AUS)	1877-1888	19	682.0	296	2728	970	36	6/78	26.94	2.13	75.7	1	2	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1984	87	-	208	5327	1913	47	5/61	40.70	2.15	113.3	-	1	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1969-1977	30	-	393	8833	3178	86	5/34	36.95	2.15	102.7	5	2	-
HB Cave (NZ)	1949-1958	19	679.0	242	4074	1467	34	4/21	43.14	2.16	119.8	2	-	-
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1925-1936	37	-	736	14513	5231	216	7/40	24.21	2.16	67.1	7	21	7
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	18	-	245	3892	1407	49	5/81	28.71	2.16	79.4	3	1	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1946-1956	45	-	330	8780	3182	109	7/44	29.19	2.17	80.5	5	3	-
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	50	1337.0	407	8022	2923	87	6/35	33.59	2.18	92.2	3	3	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1949-1965	58	-	444	7725	2835	85	6/60	33.35	2.20	90.8	5	1	-
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	-	160	3576	1318	48	5/53	27.45	2.21	74.5	2	1	-
GE Palmer (AUS)	1880-1886	17	1129.1	452	4517	1678	78	7/65	21.51	2.22	57.9	5	6	2
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	55	-	337	10461	3906	170	7/60	22.97	2.24	61.5	8	7	1
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	-	189	5384	2018	53	5/101	38.07	2.24	101.5	2	1	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	-	380	10094	3792	138	8/143	27.47	2.25	73.1	9	6	-
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2006	81	948.0	317	5688	2143	51	3/27	42.01	2.26	111.5	-	-	-
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	27	-	138	3005	1139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.4	3	-	-
H Trumble (AUS)	1890-1904	32	-	452	8099	3072	141	8/65	21.78	2.27	57.4	8	9	3
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1972	29	-	378	8857	3367	93	5/61	36.20	2.28	95.2	4	3	-
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1994	156	-	197	4009	1525	39	7/46	39.10	2.28	102.7	1	2	1
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1963	18	-	120	3734	1423	45	6/38	31.62	2.28	82.9	1	2	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1971	29	-	289	7818	2981	102	6/47	29.22	2.28	76.6	6	4	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	21	-	179	5545	2116	78	7/67	27.12	2.28	71.0	4	5	1
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	26	-	228	5659	2160	70	5/64	30.85	2.29	80.8	6	1	-
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1975-1989	43	-	489	10360	3958	123	6/73	32.17	2.29	84.2	9	3	1
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	14	-	44	2504	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.5	-	3	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1978	61	-	197	5620	2154	59	5/65	36.50	2.29	95.2	1	1	-
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1963-1968	27	-	238	6974	2677	91	7/105	29.41	2.30	76.6	2	6	1
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1946-1960	61	-	419	13650	5251	228	7/38	23.03	2.30	59.8	8	12	-
C Kelleway (AUS)	1910-1928	26	-	146	4363	1683	52	5/33	32.36	2.31	83.9	1	1	-
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1989	30	-	327	6598	2564	74	7/87	34.64	2.33	89.1	1	4	-
CE McLeod (AUS)	1894-1905	17	-	171	3374	1325	33	5/65	40.15	2.35	102.2	1	2	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1974-1979	12	-	74	3054	1200	43	5/28	27.90	2.35	71.0	3	2	-
RJ Bright (AUS)	1977-1986	25	923.3	298	5541	2180	53	7/87	41.13	2.36	104.5	-	4	1
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1980	38	-	419	9990	3940	132	8/59	29.84	2.36	75.6	5	6	1
TBA May (AUS)	1987-1995	24	1096.1	321	6577	2606	75	5/9	34.74	2.37	87.6	3	3	-
W Watson (NZ)	1986-1993	15	581.0	182	3486	1387	40	6/78	34.67	2.38	87.1	1	1	-
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2016-2022	29	675.4	163	4054	1615	49	6/41	32.95	2.39	82.7	1	1	-
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2009	33	827.2	240	4964	1983	60	4/41	33.05	2.39	82.7	1	-	-
BL Cairns (NZ)	1974-1985	43	-	447	10628	4280	130	7/74	32.92	2.41	81.7	5	6	1
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1965	19	761.4	220	4570	1849	62	5/34	29.82	2.42	73.7	3	3	-
FJ Laver (AUS)	1899-1909	15	-	121	2361	964	37	8/31	26.05	2.44	63.8	-	2	-
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1909-1912	14	559.3	163	3357	1373	65	6/17	21.12	2.45	51.6	7	3	-
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	39	-	127	3746	1543	36	4/13	42.86	2.47	104.0	2	-	-
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	18	1046.1	416	4185	1731	94	7/44	18.41	2.48	44.5	6	7	4
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1971	60	-	547	17681	7328	246	8/71	29.78	2.48	71.8	7	16	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	4874.4	1470	29248	12186	563	8/24	21.64	2.49	51.9	28	29	3
TW Wall (AUS)	1929-1934	18	802.0	154	4812	2010	56	5/14	35.89	2.50	85.9	2	3	-
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1982-1991	12	453.1	131	2719	1137	39	6/86	29.15	2.50	69.7	1	3	1
BW Yuile (NZ)	1963-1969	17	-	168	2897	1213	34	4/43	35.67	2.51	85.2	1	-	-
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1973	32	-	207	4421	1853	40	3/3	46.32	2.51	110.5	-	-	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	42	-	361	7159	3025	121	7/17	25.00	2.53	59.1	1	9	2
EJ Gray (NZ)	1983-1988	10	346.0	87	2076	886	17	3/73	52.11	2.56	122.1	-	-	-
DJ Nash (NZ)	1992-2001	32	1032.4	311	6196	2649	93	6/27	28.48	2.56	66.6	5	3	1
A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2008	26	349.0	81	2094	896	24	3/50	37.33	2.56	87.2	-	-	-
RW Blair (NZ)	1953-1964	19	-	114	3525	1515	43	4/85	35.23	2.57	81.9	3	-	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2014	112	4775.2	1194	28652	12330	361	7/87	34.15	2.58	79.3	19	20	3
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1966-1974	43	-	86	2321	1001	15	2/33	66.73	2.58	154.7	-	-	-
DT Ring (AUS)	1948-1953	13	-	69	3024	1305	35	6/72	37.28	2.58	86.4	-	2	-
KD Walters (AUS)	1965-1981	74	-	79	3295	1425	49	5/66	29.08	2.59	67.2	3	1	-
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1981	22	-	176	4752	2057	66	7/143	31.16	2.59	72.0	5	2	-
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1980-1990	41	1400.3	360	8403	3653	102	6/32	35.81	2.60	82.3	5	4	1
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2009	24	857.4	230	5146	2243	94	5/32	23.86	2.61	54.7	6	2	-
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1978	62	-	253	6881	3001	71	5/57	42.26	2.61	96.9	3	2	-
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1987-1992	10	364.0	92	2184	953	34	6/58	28.02	2.61	64.2	3	1	-
G Giffen (AUS)	1881-1896	31	-	434	6391	2791	103	7/117	27.09	2.62	62.0	7	7	1
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1992-1998	35	1067.1	279	6403	2804	104	6/71	26.96	2.62	61.5	3	5	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	86	-	809	21918	9611	431	9/52	22.29	2.63	50.8	25	36	9
CR Miller (AUS)	1998-2001	18	681.5	163	4091	1805	69	5/32	26.15	2.64	59.2	2	3	1
RO Collinge (NZ)	1965-1978	35	-	228	7689	3393	116	6/63	29.25	2.64	66.2	5	3	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-2004	168	1300.5	332	7805	3445	92	5/28	37.44	2.64	84.8	4	3	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	145	6784.1	1761	40705	17995	708	8/71	25.41	2.65	57.4	48	37	10
PI Philpott (AUS)	1965-1966	8	-	67	2262	1000	26	5/90	38.46	2.65	87.0	2	1	-
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2024	19	593.0	187	3558	1579	80	6/48	19.73	2.66	44.4	4	5	1
RS Cunis (NZ)	1964-1972	20	-	140	4250	1887	51	6/76	37.00	2.66	83.3	1	1	-
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	27	1040.4	244	6244	2784	113	7/51	24.63	2.67	55.2	11	5	2
DR O'Sullivan (NZ)	1973-1976	11	-	75	2744	1224	18	5/148	68.00	2.67	152.4	-	1	-
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1983	33	-	379	8909	3986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.7	11	6	1
RC Motz (NZ)	1961-1969	32	-	279	7034	3148	100	6/63	31.48	2.68	70.3	3	5	-
TB Burtt (NZ)	1947-1953	10	432.1	119	2593	1170	33	6/162	35.45	2.70	78.5	1	3	-
WM Clark (AUS)	1977-1979	10	-	63	2793	1265	44	4/46	28.75	2.71	63.4	7	-	-
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	41	1696.5	432	10181	4616	170	6/47	27.15	2.72	59.8	5	14	1
JA Hayes (NZ)	1951-1958	15	445.5	86	2675	1217	30	4/36	40.56	2.72	89.1	1	-	-
GB Troup (NZ)	1976-1986	15	-	105	3183	1454	39	6/95	37.28	2.74	81.6	2	1	1
CZ Harris (NZ)	1992-2002	23	426.4	106	2560	1170	16	2/16	73.12	2.74	160.0	-	-	-
IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1980	75	-	87	2873	1316	20	2/21	65.80	2.74	143.6	-	-	-
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	38	-	230	7633	3503	123	6/74	28.47	2.75	62.0	7	6	2
SM Boland (AUS)	2021-2025	14	372.0	95	2232	1025	62	6/7	16.53	2.75	36.0	2	2	1

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs Australia at Sydney, Australia vs India 5th Test, Jan 3-5, 2025 [Test # 2575]

Pakistan vs Australia at Sydney, Pakistan in Australia 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2024 [Test # 2521]

Australia vs South Africa at Sydney, South Africa in Australia 3rd Test, Jan 4-8, 2023 [Test # 2488]