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
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1970	41	-	706	11736	3226	123	6/53	26.22	1.64	95.4	2	5	-
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1928-1933	14	782.3	328	4695	1330	74	7/23	17.97	1.69	63.4	4	4	2
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1957	15	-	134	2805	816	29	4/22	28.13	1.74	96.7	3	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1963	37	-	267	5792	1721	50	6/42	34.42	1.78	115.8	1	2	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1954	10	-	111	2374	710	18	4/169	39.44	1.79	131.8	1	-	-
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
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	-	602	13568	4405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.8	5	14	2
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
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	19	-	260	5796	1920	58	6/59	33.10	1.98	99.9	5	1	-
JJ Ferris (AUS)	1887-1890	8	-	224	2030	684	48	5/26	14.25	2.02	42.2	4	4	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	633.2	243	3800	1288	43	3/14	29.95	2.03	88.3	-	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	-	218	6391	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.4	5	5	-
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	-
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	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1967	8	424.2	153	2546	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.9	1	-	-
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	50	1337.0	407	8022	2923	87	6/35	33.59	2.18	92.2	3	3	-
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
JT Partridge (SA)	1963-1965	11	-	136	3684	1373	44	7/91	31.20	2.23	83.7	3	3	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1956	55	-	337	10461	3906	170	7/60	22.97	2.24	61.5	8	7	1
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1962	14	-	106	3890	1455	58	6/58	25.08	2.24	67.0	2	4	-
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	-	189	5384	2018	53	5/101	38.07	2.24	101.5	2	1	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.0	3	3	1
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	-	380	10094	3792	138	8/143	27.47	2.25	73.1	9	6	-
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	18	663.2	231	3980	1502	52	5/42	28.88	2.26	76.5	1	2	-
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
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1950	14	-	44	2504	958	36	5/41	26.61	2.29	69.5	-	3	-
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	-
NA Quinn (SA)	1929-1932	12	487.0	103	2922	1145	35	6/92	32.71	2.35	83.4	2	1	-
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	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	4058.5	1222	24353	9733	421	7/87	23.11	2.39	57.8	23	16	1
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	-	136	5193	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.1	2	4	-
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
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	1008.0	255	6048	2537	75	4/65	33.82	2.51	80.6	2	-	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	42	-	361	7159	3025	121	7/17	25.00	2.53	59.1	1	9	2
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2017	11	346.5	95	2081	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.3	-	3	-
A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2008	26	349.0	81	2094	896	24	3/50	37.33	2.56	87.2	-	-	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	18	800.5	221	4805	2063	85	6/23	24.27	2.57	56.5	6	5	2
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	17	693.1	133	4159	1788	50	6/46	35.76	2.57	83.1	1	5	1
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	28	-	270	6522	2806	116	6/38	24.18	2.58	56.2	1	9	1
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	-
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1951	15	-	64	3499	1510	36	6/43	41.94	2.58	97.1	2	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	-
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	15	-	104	4199	1827	40	5/58	45.67	2.61	104.9	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	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	1898.3	507	11391	5000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.8	8	13	2
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	1147.5	318	6887	3033	80	8/64	37.91	2.64	86.0	2	1	-
CR Miller (AUS)	1998-2001	18	681.5	163	4091	1805	69	5/32	26.15	2.64	59.2	2	3	1
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	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	37	1468.1	336	8809	3901	103	6/127	37.87	2.65	85.5	3	3	-
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	27	1040.4	244	6244	2784	113	7/51	24.63	2.67	55.2	11	5	2
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1983	33	-	379	8909	3986	126	7/98	31.63	2.68	70.7	11	6	1
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	25	975.1	194	5851	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.6	5	3	-
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1998	20	593.3	135	3561	1603	37	4/69	43.32	2.70	96.2	1	-	-
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	30	-	115	3021	1362	40	5/85	34.05	2.70	75.5	-	1	-
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
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
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2015	59	915.5	240	5495	2526	75	6/33	33.68	2.75	73.2	1	3	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	70	-	652	18467	8493	355	7/83	23.92	2.75	52.0	23	23	7
SNJ O'Keefe (AUS)	2014-2017	9	371.2	68	2228	1029	35	6/35	29.40	2.77	63.6	-	2	1

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Chelmsford, India Under-19s in England 2nd Youth test, Jul 20-23, 2025 [Youth Test # 305]

India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Beckenham, India Under-19s in England 1st Youth test, Jul 12-15, 2025 [Youth Test # 304]

South Africa Under-19s vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Cape Town, England Under-19s in South Africa 2nd unofficial Test, Feb 3-6, 2025 [Youth Test # 303]