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	-	-	-
GE Gomez (WI)	1939-1954	29	-	289	5236	1590	58	7/55	27.41	1.82	90.2	1	1	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
DS Atkinson (WI)	1948-1958	22	-	311	5201	1647	47	7/53	35.04	1.90	110.6	-	3	-
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
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1962	36	-	789	12953	4215	139	8/104	30.32	1.95	93.1	7	8	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	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1961	43	-	813	13939	4579	158	7/49	28.98	1.97	88.2	6	10	1
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	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1976	79	-	1313	27115	8989	309	8/38	29.09	1.98	87.7	11	18	2
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
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
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	-
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1993	25	602.3	183	3615	1291	46	6/57	28.06	2.14	78.5	2	1	-
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	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1957	27	-	148	2931	1050	33	5/31	31.81	2.14	88.8	1	1	-
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	-	-
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1972-1979	12	523.2	140	3140	1141	29	4/72	39.34	2.18	108.2	1	-	-
JT Hearne (ENG)	1892-1899	12	-	211	2976	1082	49	6/41	22.08	2.18	60.7	4	4	1
OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	738.3	229	4431	1625	48	5/90	33.85	2.20	92.3	2	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	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	-	974	21599	7999	235	6/73	34.03	2.22	91.9	8	6	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	51	-	274	7141	2672	69	7/70	38.72	2.24	103.4	2	2	-
WE Hollies (ENG)	1935-1950	13	592.2	176	3554	1332	44	7/50	30.27	2.24	80.7	-	5	-
FR Foster (ENG)	1911-1912	11	407.5	108	2447	926	45	6/91	20.57	2.27	54.3	2	4	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	-	203	5170	1964	32	2/17	61.37	2.27	161.5	-	-	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	3683.5	1001	22103	8501	405	8/45	20.99	2.30	54.5	21	22	3
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1987	60	400.1	79	2401	930	15	2/20	62.00	2.32	160.0	-	-	-
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
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	-
D Ramnarine (WI)	1998-2002	12	582.3	169	3495	1383	45	5/78	30.73	2.37	77.6	2	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	-
VA Holder (WI)	1969-1979	40	-	367	9095	3627	109	6/28	33.27	2.39	83.4	6	3	-
AD Mullally (ENG)	1996-2001	19	754.1	213	4525	1812	58	5/105	31.24	2.40	78.0	-	1	-
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
FM King (WI)	1953-1956	14	478.1	140	2869	1159	29	5/74	39.96	2.42	98.9	-	1	-
NGB Cook (ENG)	1983-1989	15	695.4	220	4174	1689	52	6/65	32.48	2.42	80.2	1	4	1
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	2299.0	531	13794	5635	114	5/26	49.42	2.45	121.0	1	4	-
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
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	-	192	4542	1868	50	5/57	37.36	2.46	90.8	-	1	-
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1991	16	739.3	207	4437	1825	43	6/58	42.44	2.46	103.1	-	1	-
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	2194.5	576	13169	5433	259	6/56	20.97	2.47	50.8	18	7	-
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
DAJ Holford (WI)	1966-1977	24	-	164	4816	2009	51	5/23	39.39	2.50	94.4	2	1	-
P Lever (ENG)	1970-1975	17	-	92	3571	1509	41	6/38	36.80	2.53	87.0	1	2	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	5003.1	1144	30019	12688	519	7/37	24.44	2.53	57.8	32	22	3
GG Arnold (ENG)	1967-1975	34	-	284	7650	3254	115	6/45	28.29	2.55	66.5	3	6	-
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	-
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	27	-	211	6360	2733	98	7/70	27.88	2.57	64.8	7	3	2
CE Cuffy (WI)	1994-2002	15	561.0	145	3366	1455	43	4/82	33.83	2.59	78.2	1	-	-
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	-	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1925	11	-	73	2404	1046	36	6/7	29.05	2.61	66.7	-	2	1
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2024	69	1884.1	485	11305	4924	162	6/42	30.39	2.61	69.7	4	8	1
Inshan Ali (WI)	1971-1977	12	-	137	3718	1621	34	5/59	47.67	2.61	109.3	-	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	-
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	103	1184.5	230	7109	3120	73	5/34	42.73	2.63	97.3	2	2	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1986	21	-	140	4433	1951	73	7/46	26.72	2.64	60.7	3	3	1
GH Hirst (ENG)	1897-1909	24	-	146	4010	1770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.9	1	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
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1987-1995	21	615.4	136	3694	1648	61	4/46	27.01	2.67	60.5	2	-	-
PI Pocock (ENG)	1968-1985	25	1108.2	281	6650	2976	67	6/79	44.41	2.68	99.2	4	3	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	2930.4	614	17584	7876	376	7/22	20.94	2.68	46.7	19	22	4

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Mis Ainak Region vs Amo Region at Khost, GAK Regional One Day 12th Match, Sep 1, 2025 [List A]

New Zealand A vs South Africa A at Benoni, New Zealand A in South Africa 2nd unofficial ODI, Sep 1, 2025 [List A]

Denmark vs Kenya at St Martin, CWC Challenge League Group A 30th Match, Aug 31, 2025 [List A]