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	-
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	-
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
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	-
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	-
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1998	18	662.1	152	3973	1548	41	4/71	37.75	2.33	96.9	2	-	-
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	-
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	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	110	1364.4	323	8188	3366	98	5/34	34.34	2.46	83.5	6	2	-
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	39	-	127	3746	1543	36	4/13	42.86	2.47	104.0	2	-	-
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-2010	132	7285.5	1786	43715	18023	795	9/51	22.67	2.47	54.9	45	67	22
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
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1993-2004	31	1156.3	265	6939	2920	69	6/72	42.31	2.52	100.5	1	3	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1909	42	-	361	7159	3025	121	7/17	25.00	2.53	59.1	1	9	2
A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2008	26	349.0	81	2094	896	24	3/50	37.33	2.56	87.2	-	-	-
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	-
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
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1986-1994	10	388.5	90	2333	1021	32	4/25	31.90	2.62	72.9	3	-	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1992-1998	35	1067.1	279	6403	2804	104	6/71	26.96	2.62	61.5	3	5	-
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	93	395.3	114	2373	1040	16	2/17	65.00	2.62	148.3	-	-	-
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	-
EAR de Silva (SL)	1985-1991	10	388.0	87	2328	1032	8	2/67	129.00	2.65	291.0	-	-	-
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1984	12	505.1	108	3031	1347	37	5/59	36.40	2.66	81.9	2	1	-
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
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	111	3906.2	895	23438	10501	355	7/71	29.58	2.68	66.0	20	12	2
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2025	119	663.0	161	3978	1798	33	4/44	54.48	2.71	120.5	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
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2025	76	2570.3	657	15423	7144	295	6/67	24.21	2.77	52.2	11	13	-
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2015	27	956.0	258	5736	2658	113	7/117	23.52	2.78	50.7	4	5	-
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2009-2012	27	1013.0	258	6078	2822	99	5/75	28.50	2.78	61.3	7	2	-
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	93	432.3	77	2595	1208	29	3/30	41.65	2.79	89.4	-	-	-
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	93	4332.1	814	25993	12157	433	9/127	28.07	2.80	60.0	20	34	9
RG Holland (AUS)	1984-1986	11	481.3	124	2889	1352	34	6/54	39.76	2.80	84.9	2	3	2
PR Sleep (AUS)	1979-1990	14	-	132	2982	1397	31	5/72	45.06	2.81	96.1	1	1	-
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1993	33	1045.1	256	6271	2942	61	5/103	48.22	2.81	102.8	3	2	1
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-2001	20	688.1	153	4129	1942	75	5/30	25.89	2.82	55.0	3	3	-
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	24	-	138	5582	2648	85	7/69	31.15	2.84	65.6	3	4	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2006	71	2372.2	630	14234	6770	259	7/37	26.13	2.85	54.9	8	8	-
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1991	13	371.1	101	2227	1068	27	6/78	39.55	2.87	82.4	2	1	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2025	71	2364.3	514	14187	6829	309	6/23	22.10	2.88	45.9	17	14	2
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2015	115	405.5	62	2435	1184	31	6/9	38.19	2.91	78.5	-	2	-
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2019	67	2317.5	615	13907	6777	221	6/54	30.66	2.92	62.9	8	8	-
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1997-2004	30	737.0	160	4422	2157	64	5/20	33.70	2.92	69.0	2	1	-
MG Hughes (AUS)	1985-1994	53	2047.3	499	12285	6017	212	8/87	28.38	2.93	57.9	14	7	1
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1977-1982	14	567.1	112	3403	1668	64	5/59	26.06	2.94	53.1	4	1	-

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Ace Capital Cricket Club vs Nondescripts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Premier League Tournament Super Eight, Mar 26-29, 2015 [First-class]

Moors Sports Club vs Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (CCC), Premier League Tournament Super Eight, Mar 26-29, 2015 [First-class]

Colombo Cricket Club vs Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (RPS), Premier League Tournament Super Eight, Mar 26-29, 2015 [First-class]