Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates for South Africa in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
R Beaumont	1912-1914	5	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
HH Dippenaar	1999-2007	140	2.0	1	12	1	-	-	-	0.50	-	-	-	-
WA Shalders	1899-1907	12	-	3	48	6	1	1/6	6.00	0.75	48.0	-	-	-
LE Tapscott	1923-1923	2	2.0	1	12	2	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
GD Varnals	1964-1965	3	2.0	1	12	2	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
M Shezi	2014-2014	1	6.0	2	36	8	1	1/8	8.00	1.33	36.0	-	-	-
RA McLean	1951-1964	40	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
MJ Macaulay	1965-1965	1	46.0	17	276	73	2	1/10	36.50	1.58	138.0	-	-	-
TL Goddard	1955-1970	41	-	706	11736	3226	123	6/53	26.22	1.64	95.4	2	5	-
PL van der Merwe	1963-1967	15	-	7	79	22	1	1/6	22.00	1.67	79.0	-	-	-
DEJ Ironside	1953-1954	3	123.2	41	986	275	15	5/51	18.33	1.67	65.7	1	1	-
DP Conyngham	1923-1923	1	61.0	22	366	103	2	1/40	51.50	1.68	183.0	-	-	-
JC Watkins	1949-1957	15	-	134	2805	816	29	4/22	28.13	1.74	96.7	3	-	-
ARA Murray	1952-1954	10	-	111	2374	710	18	4/169	39.44	1.79	131.8	1	-	-
ES Newson	1930-1939	3	-	15	874	265	4	2/58	66.25	1.81	218.5	-	-	-
HLE Promnitz	1927-1928	2	88.0	30	528	161	8	5/58	20.12	1.82	66.0	-	1	-
KC Bland	1961-1966	21	-	18	394	125	2	2/16	62.50	1.90	197.0	-	-	-
HJ Tayfield	1949-1960	37	-	602	13568	4405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.8	5	14	2
CM Francois	1922-1923	5	114.0	36	684	225	6	3/23	37.50	1.97	114.0	-	-	-
HD Bromfield	1961-1965	9	301.4	101	1810	599	17	5/88	35.23	1.98	106.4	-	1	-
NBF Mann	1947-1951	19	-	260	5796	1920	58	6/59	33.10	1.98	99.9	5	1	-
JE Cheetham	1949-1955	24	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
JAK Cochran	1931-1931	1	23.0	5	138	47	-	-	-	2.04	-	-	-	-
NAT Adcock	1953-1962	26	-	218	6391	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.4	5	5	-
PHJ Trimborn	1967-1970	4	124.3	31	747	257	11	3/12	23.36	2.06	67.9	-	-	-
JN Rhodes	1992-2003	297	4.2	1	26	9	-	-	-	2.07	-	-	-	-
ERH Fuller	1953-1958	7	-	61	1898	668	22	5/66	30.36	2.11	86.2	-	1	-
JH du Preez	1967-1967	2	24.0	12	144	51	3	2/22	17.00	2.12	48.0	-	-	-
ID Buys	1922-1922	1	24.0	4	144	52	-	-	-	2.16	-	-	-	-
BA Richards	1970-1970	4	12.0	3	72	26	1	1/12	26.00	2.16	72.0	-	-	-
AH McKinnon	1960-1967	8	424.2	153	2546	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.9	1	-	-
S van Zyl	2014-2016	12	67.1	15	403	148	6	3/20	24.66	2.20	67.1	-	-	-
EAB Rowan	1935-1951	26	-	1	19	7	-	-	-	2.21	-	-	-	-
IJ Siedle	1928-1936	18	3.1	1	19	7	1	1/7	7.00	2.21	19.0	-	-	-
JT Partridge	1963-1965	11	-	136	3684	1373	44	7/91	31.20	2.23	83.7	3	3	-
PS Heine	1955-1962	14	-	106	3890	1455	58	6/58	25.08	2.24	67.0	2	4	-
EB Lundie	1914-1914	1	47.4	9	286	107	4	4/101	26.75	2.24	71.5	1	-	-
AE Hall	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.0	3	3	1
MA Hanley	1949-1949	1	29.0	7	232	88	1	1/57	88.00	2.27	232.0	-	-	-
GB Lawrence	1961-1962	5	222.2	62	1334	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.6	2	2	-
CE Eksteen	1991-2000	13	293.0	100	1758	675	10	3/12	67.50	2.30	175.8	-	-	-
SF Burke	1962-1965	2	110.0	37	660	257	11	6/128	23.36	2.33	60.0	-	2	1
NA Quinn	1929-1932	12	487.0	103	2922	1145	35	6/92	32.71	2.35	83.4	2	1	-
GA Chevalier	1970-1970	1	42.1	11	253	100	5	3/68	20.00	2.37	50.6	-	-	-
KA Walter	1961-1961	2	82.3	20	495	197	6	4/63	32.83	2.38	82.5	1	-	-
AMB Rowan	1947-1951	15	-	136	5193	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.1	2	4	-
MA Seymour	1963-1970	7	-	36	1458	588	9	3/80	65.33	2.41	162.0	-	-	-
GWA Chubb	1951-1951	5	237.3	63	1425	577	21	6/51	27.47	2.42	67.8	1	2	-
DB Pithey	1963-1967	8	-	67	1424	577	12	6/58	48.08	2.43	118.6	-	1	-
MJ Procter	1967-1970	7	252.2	80	1514	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.9	3	1	-
JT Botten	1965-1965	3	138.0	37	828	337	8	2/56	42.12	2.44	103.5	-	-	-
CL Johnson	1896-1896	1	28.0	12	140	57	-	-	-	2.44	-	-	-	-
GH Shepstone	1896-1899	2	23.0	9	115	47	-	-	-	2.45	-	-	-	-
N Gordon	1938-1939	5	245.6	28	1966	807	20	5/103	40.35	2.46	98.3	-	2	-
R Dumbrill	1965-1967	5	136.0	40	816	336	9	4/30	37.33	2.47	90.6	1	-	-
J Middleton	1896-1902	6	-	61	1064	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.3	2	2	-
PJ Malan	2020-2020	3	2.0	-	12	5	-	-	-	2.50	-	-	-	-
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	17	-	-	12	5	-	-	-	2.50	-	-	-	-
JL Cox	1913-1914	3	96.0	24	576	245	4	2/74	61.25	2.55	144.0	-	-	-
Z de Bruyn	2004-2004	3	36.0	8	216	92	3	2/32	30.66	2.55	72.0	-	-	-
JE Pothecary	1960-1960	3	138.0	32	828	354	9	4/58	39.33	2.56	92.0	1	-	-
EP Nupen	1921-1936	17	693.1	133	4159	1788	50	6/46	35.76	2.57	83.1	1	5	1
PM Pollock	1961-1970	28	-	270	6522	2806	116	6/38	24.18	2.58	56.2	1	9	1
GK Glover	1896-1896	1	13.0	4	65	28	1	1/28	28.00	2.58	65.0	-	-	-
CN McCarthy	1948-1951	15	-	64	3499	1510	36	6/43	41.94	2.58	97.1	2	2	-
CB van Ryneveld	1951-1958	19	-	27	1554	671	17	4/67	39.47	2.59	91.4	1	-	-
Codi Yusuf	2025-2025	2	47.0	9	282	122	10	3/22	12.20	2.59	28.2	-	-	-
SJ Snooke	1906-1923	26	270.0	62	1620	702	35	8/70	20.05	2.60	46.2	1	1	1
JB Robertson	1935-1936	3	123.0	26	738	321	6	3/143	53.50	2.60	123.0	-	-	-
ACB Langton	1935-1939	15	-	104	4199	1827	40	5/58	45.67	2.61	104.9	4	1	-
G Kirsten	1993-2004	286	63.1	20	379	165	2	1/0	82.50	2.61	189.5	-	-	-
F de Wet	2009-2010	2	71.0	19	426	186	6	4/55	31.00	2.61	71.0	1	-	-
BN Schultz	1992-1997	10	297.5	83	1787	784	38	5/48	20.63	2.63	47.0	4	2	-
AJ Traicos	1970-1970	3	78.2	24	470	207	4	2/70	51.75	2.64	117.5	-	-	-
CG Halse	1964-1964	3	73.3	7	587	260	6	3/50	43.33	2.65	97.8	-	-	-
PL Harris	2007-2011	40	1498.1	340	8989	3984	106	6/127	37.58	2.65	84.8	3	3	-
GM Griffin	1960-1960	2	72.0	14	432	192	8	4/87	24.00	2.66	54.0	1	-	-
FL le Roux	1914-1914	1	9.0	3	54	24	-	-	-	2.66	-	-	-	-
RM Poore	1896-1896	3	1.4	-	9	4	1	1/4	4.00	2.66	9.0	-	-	-
OC Dawson	1947-1949	9	-	41	1294	578	10	2/57	57.80	2.68	129.4	-	-	-
R de Swardt	2024-2024	2	45.0	10	270	121	3	2/61	40.33	2.68	90.0	-	-	-
CL Vincent	1927-1935	25	975.1	194	5851	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.6	5	3	-
AD Nourse	1935-1951	34	-	1	20	9	-	-	-	2.70	-	-	-	-
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	30	-	115	3021	1362	40	5/85	34.05	2.70	75.5	-	1	-
GA Kempis	1889-1889	1	42.0	17	168	76	4	3/53	19.00	2.71	42.0	-	-	-
HW Taylor	1912-1932	42	57.0	18	342	156	5	3/15	31.20	2.73	68.4	-	-	-
GA Rowe	1896-1902	5	-	50	998	456	15	5/115	30.40	2.74	66.5	-	1	-
AG Prince	2002-2011	116	18.0	1	108	50	1	1/2	50.00	2.77	108.0	-	-	-
VI Smith	1947-1957	9	-	55	1655	769	12	4/143	64.08	2.78	137.9	1	-	-
L Tuckett	1947-1949	9	-	47	2104	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.7	1	2	-
JM Blanckenberg	1913-1924	18	648.0	132	3888	1817	60	6/76	30.28	2.80	64.8	1	4	-
DJ Meintjes	1923-1923	2	41.0	7	246	115	6	3/38	19.16	2.80	41.0	-	-	-
AJ Bell	1929-1935	16	557.0	89	3342	1567	48	6/99	32.64	2.81	69.6	1	4	-
CP Carter	1912-1924	10	245.5	47	1475	694	28	6/50	24.78	2.82	52.6	-	2	-
RH Catterall	1922-1931	24	57.0	7	342	162	7	3/15	23.14	2.84	48.8	-	-	-
GF Bissett	1927-1928	4	164.5	28	989	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.5	2	2	-
VD Philander	2007-2020	101	2125.3	527	12753	6100	269	6/21	22.67	2.86	47.4	10	13	2
KG Viljoen	1930-1949	27	-	1	48	23	-	-	-	2.87	-	-	-	-
AW Nourse	1902-1924	45	539.0	120	3234	1553	41	4/25	37.87	2.88	78.8	2	-	-
C Newberry	1913-1914	4	93.0	15	558	268	11	4/72	24.36	2.88	50.7	1	-	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Estonia vs Finland at Tallinn, Finland in Estonia 3rd T20I, Jul 27, 2025 [T20I # 3384]

Bahrain vs Malawi at Rwanda, Rwanda Tri-Nation T20I Series Final, Jul 27, 2025 [T20I # 3383]

Finland vs Estonia at Tallinn, Finland in Estonia 2nd T20I, Jul 26, 2025 [T20I # 3376]