Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates for England in Tests

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
W Attewell (ENG)	1884-1892	10	-	326	2850	626	28	4/42	22.35	1.31	101.7	2	-	-
C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1949	8	-	89	2129	571	15	3/21	38.06	1.60	141.9	-	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1970	41	-	706	11736	3226	123	6/53	26.22	1.64	95.4	2	5	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1957	15	-	134	2805	816	29	4/22	28.13	1.74	96.7	3	-	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1954	10	-	111	2374	710	18	4/169	39.44	1.79	131.8	1	-	-
R Kilner (ENG)	1924-1926	9	-	82	2368	734	24	4/51	30.58	1.85	98.6	4	-	-
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	17	614.0	325	2456	767	34	7/40	22.55	1.87	72.2	-	3	-
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	40	-	604	11173	3510	144	8/43	24.37	1.88	77.5	9	5	2
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	-	364	3830	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.1	2	9	5
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	28	-	403	6597	2080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.6	7	5	1
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	61	-	715	11934	3807	122	6/29	31.20	1.91	97.8	5	3	-
JA Young (ENG)	1947-1949	8	-	119	2368	757	17	3/65	44.52	1.91	139.2	-	-	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	39	-	581	12523	4055	155	6/42	26.16	1.94	80.7	7	7	1
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	-	602	13568	4405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.8	5	14	2
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1972	44	-	318	5706	1859	47	3/46	39.55	1.95	121.4	-	-	-
E Peate (ENG)	1881-1886	9	524.0	250	2096	683	31	6/85	22.03	1.95	67.6	2	2	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1975	53	-	777	15118	4931	153	7/79	32.22	1.95	98.8	9	7	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	-	444	5216	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.6	8	5	1
JC White (ENG)	1921-1931	15	800.1	253	4801	1581	49	8/126	32.26	1.97	97.9	1	3	1
PJ Loader (ENG)	1954-1959	13	-	115	2662	878	39	6/36	22.51	1.97	68.2	2	1	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	19	-	260	5796	1920	58	6/59	33.10	1.98	99.9	5	1	-
N Gifford (ENG)	1964-1973	15	514.0	174	3084	1026	33	5/55	31.09	1.99	93.4	2	1	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1966	39	-	685	11297	3779	122	5/30	30.97	2.00	92.5	8	4	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1968	49	-	819	13147	4451	174	7/35	25.58	2.03	75.5	11	9	3
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	633.2	243	3800	1288	43	3/14	29.95	2.03	88.3	-	-	-
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1964	9	-	133	2162	733	13	3/36	56.38	2.03	166.3	-	-	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1959	46	-	674	12027	4101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.3	13	9	3
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	-	218	6391	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.4	5	5	-
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	-	271	2289	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.8	1	3	-
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	2364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.2	2	4	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1982	86	-	1239	21862	7674	297	8/51	25.83	2.10	73.6	13	17	6
G Geary (ENG)	1924-1934	14	635.0	181	3810	1353	46	7/70	29.41	2.13	82.8	-	4	1
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	51	-	613	12028	4273	125	7/66	34.18	2.13	96.2	9	2	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1954	16	-	212	4228	1513	58	7/52	26.08	2.14	72.8	1	4	1
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	15	-	194	4112	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.9	6	2	-
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1984	34	-	219	5149	1859	60	5/44	30.98	2.16	85.8	1	1	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	30	-	249	6208	2248	87	4/28	25.83	2.17	71.3	5	-	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1967	8	424.2	153	2546	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.9	1	-	-
JT Hearne (ENG)	1892-1899	12	-	211	2976	1082	49	6/41	22.08	2.18	60.7	4	4	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1995	64	-	741	15391	5646	147	7/78	38.40	2.20	104.7	5	6	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	51	-	574	15918	5876	236	7/44	24.89	2.21	67.4	11	15	5
D Shackleton (ENG)	1950-1963	7	346.2	96	2078	768	18	4/72	42.66	2.21	115.4	1	-	-
JT Partridge (SA)	1963-1965	11	-	136	3684	1373	44	7/91	31.20	2.23	83.7	3	3	-
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1962	14	-	106	3890	1455	58	6/58	25.08	2.24	67.0	2	4	-
WE Hollies (ENG)	1935-1950	13	592.2	176	3554	1332	44	7/50	30.27	2.24	80.7	-	5	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.0	3	3	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	18	663.2	231	3980	1502	52	5/42	28.88	2.26	76.5	1	2	-
FR Foster (ENG)	1911-1912	11	407.5	108	2447	926	45	6/91	20.57	2.27	54.3	2	4	-
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1890	25	-	299	2627	1020	50	7/36	20.40	2.32	52.5	2	1	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	70	-	595	16056	6261	252	7/39	24.84	2.33	63.7	9	9	1
NA Quinn (SA)	1929-1932	12	487.0	103	2922	1145	35	6/92	32.71	2.35	83.4	2	1	-
WE Astill (ENG)	1927-1930	9	363.4	98	2182	856	25	4/58	34.24	2.35	87.2	2	-	-
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1899	33	-	386	5332	2095	118	8/11	17.75	2.35	45.1	4	9	4
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1947	85	-	300	7969	3138	83	5/36	37.80	2.36	96.0	1	2	-
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	27	1312.1	356	7873	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.6	2	24	7
RDB Croft (ENG)	1996-2001	21	769.5	195	4619	1825	49	5/95	37.24	2.37	94.2	1	1	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1959	61	-	379	9712	3856	132	7/34	29.21	2.38	73.5	5	5	1
PM Such (ENG)	1993-1999	11	520.4	135	3124	1242	37	6/67	33.56	2.38	84.4	1	2	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	4058.5	1222	24353	9733	421	7/87	23.11	2.39	57.8	23	16	1
AD Mullally (ENG)	1996-2001	19	754.1	213	4525	1812	58	5/105	31.24	2.40	78.0	-	1	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	-	136	5193	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.1	2	4	-
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1995	118	-	122	2655	1069	23	3/39	46.47	2.41	115.4	-	-	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-2001	42	1881.2	505	11288	4560	121	7/47	37.68	2.42	93.2	6	5	2
NGB Cook (ENG)	1983-1989	15	695.4	220	4174	1689	52	6/65	32.48	2.42	80.2	1	4	1
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	-	97	3452	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.4	3	4	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1910	19	757.4	231	4546	1863	100	8/59	18.63	2.45	45.4	2	9	4
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1991	16	739.3	207	4437	1825	43	6/58	42.44	2.46	103.1	-	1	-
BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1969	29	-	204	5377	2223	70	4/38	31.75	2.48	76.8	4	-	-
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	15	-	131	3655	1519	68	6/33	22.33	2.49	53.7	2	6	-
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1930	58	-	365	8225	3425	127	8/68	26.96	2.49	64.7	6	6	1
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	1008.0	255	6048	2537	75	4/65	33.82	2.51	80.6	2	-	-
P Lever (ENG)	1970-1975	17	-	92	3571	1509	41	6/38	36.80	2.53	87.0	1	2	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	34	-	284	7650	3254	115	6/45	28.29	2.55	66.5	3	6	-
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2017	11	346.5	95	2081	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.3	-	3	-
GA Hick (ENG)	1991-2001	65	509.3	128	3057	1306	23	4/126	56.78	2.56	132.9	1	-	-
FR Brown (ENG)	1931-1953	22	-	117	3260	1398	45	5/49	31.06	2.57	72.4	3	1	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	18	800.5	221	4805	2063	85	6/23	24.27	2.57	56.5	6	5	2
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	27	-	211	6360	2733	98	7/70	27.88	2.57	64.8	7	3	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
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1951	15	-	64	3499	1510	36	6/43	41.94	2.58	97.1	2	2	-
JDF Larter (ENG)	1962-1965	10	362.0	87	2172	941	37	5/57	25.43	2.59	58.7	3	2	-
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	64	-	251	6495	2815	83	7/76	33.91	2.60	78.2	1	4	1
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1968	62	-	186	5317	2306	66	4/10	34.93	2.60	80.5	2	-	-
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	15	-	104	4199	1827	40	5/58	45.67	2.61	104.9	4	1	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1925	11	-	73	2404	1046	36	6/7	29.05	2.61	66.7	-	2	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	67	-	522	15178	6625	307	8/31	21.57	2.61	49.4	19	17	3
K Farnes (ENG)	1934-1939	15	-	103	3932	1719	60	6/96	28.65	2.62	65.5	6	3	1
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1969	26	-	182	5098	2237	79	5/42	28.31	2.63	64.5	1	2	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	1898.3	507	11391	5000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.8	8	13	2
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1986	21	-	140	4433	1951	73	7/46	26.72	2.64	60.7	3	3	1
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	1147.5	318	6887	3033	80	8/64	37.91	2.64	86.0	2	1	-
GH Hirst (ENG)	1897-1909	24	-	146	4010	1770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.9	1	3	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	37	1468.1	336	8809	3901	103	6/127	37.87	2.65	85.5	3	3	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	46	1812.4	439	10876	4836	177	8/53	27.32	2.66	61.4	5	13	2
H Larwood (ENG)	1926-1933	21	828.1	167	4969	2212	78	6/32	28.35	2.67	63.7	3	4	1
PI Pocock (ENG)	1968-1985	25	1108.2	281	6650	2976	67	6/79	44.41	2.68	99.2	4	3	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	49	-	415	12021	5387	202	7/40	26.66	2.68	59.5	12	8	1
MS Nichols (ENG)	1930-1939	14	-	97	2565	1152	41	6/35	28.09	2.69	62.5	1	2	-
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	25	975.1	194	5851	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.6	5	3	-

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]