Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates for Pakistan 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	-
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	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1960	37	-	602	13568	4405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.8	5	14	2
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	19	-	260	5796	1920	58	6/59	33.10	1.98	99.9	5	1	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	633.2	243	3800	1288	43	3/14	29.95	2.03	88.3	-	-	-
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1973	19	-	217	4145	1410	59	7/74	23.89	2.04	70.2	4	3	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	-	218	6391	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.4	5	5	-
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1969-1983	14	543.4	162	3262	1124	34	7/99	33.05	2.06	95.9	-	3	-
Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1962	19	385.3	121	2313	801	20	3/18	40.05	2.07	115.6	-	-	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1962	34	1639.0	560	9834	3434	139	7/42	24.70	2.09	70.7	6	13	4
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1958	23	452.0	139	2712	954	21	3/35	45.42	2.11	129.1	-	-	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1967	8	424.2	153	2546	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.9	1	-	-
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1976-1988	50	-	649	13019	4807	171	7/49	28.11	2.21	76.1	13	8	2
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	-
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	-
Arshad Khan (PAK)	1997-2005	9	423.0	119	2538	960	32	5/38	30.00	2.26	79.3	1	1	-
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1980-1993	34	1296.2	359	7778	2950	93	6/45	31.72	2.27	83.6	3	3	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1964-1980	58	-	181	3864	1502	53	5/48	28.33	2.33	72.9	1	2	-
NA Quinn (SA)	1929-1932	12	487.0	103	2922	1145	35	6/92	32.71	2.35	83.4	2	1	-
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	-
Majid Khan (PAK)	1964-1983	63	-	124	3584	1456	27	4/45	53.92	2.43	132.7	1	-	-
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1958	13	526.1	153	3157	1292	54	6/21	23.92	2.45	58.4	4	4	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1969-1984	55	-	486	13951	5798	177	9/86	32.75	2.49	78.8	14	4	1
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2017-2025	27	925.4	272	5554	2318	100	6/54	23.18	2.50	55.5	6	5	1
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	1008.0	255	6048	2537	75	4/65	33.82	2.51	80.6	2	-	-
Abdur Rehman (PAK)	2007-2014	22	1148.4	256	6892	2910	99	6/25	29.39	2.53	69.6	8	2	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1976-1989	76	-	217	5967	2532	66	6/32	38.36	2.54	90.4	1	1	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1992	88	-	727	19458	8258	362	8/58	22.81	2.54	53.7	17	23	6
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2017	11	346.5	95	2081	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.3	-	3	-
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1967-1978	21	-	122	4001	1710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.9	2	-	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1977	47	-	383	10474	4494	125	7/52	35.95	2.57	83.7	8	5	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
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1951	15	-	64	3499	1510	36	6/43	41.94	2.58	97.1	2	2	-
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2009-2014	35	1932.0	386	11592	5003	178	7/55	28.10	2.58	65.1	9	10	4
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2002	104	3771.1	871	22627	9779	414	7/119	23.62	2.59	54.6	20	25	5
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	15	-	104	4199	1827	40	5/58	45.67	2.61	104.9	4	1	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	1898.3	507	11391	5000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.8	8	13	2
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1979	57	-	177	5260	2309	79	5/28	29.22	2.63	66.5	6	3	-
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-2000	47	397.1	80	2383	1049	25	4/54	41.96	2.64	95.3	1	-	-
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	1147.5	318	6887	3033	80	8/64	37.91	2.64	86.0	2	1	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-2004	49	2345.0	541	14070	6206	208	8/164	29.83	2.64	67.6	12	13	3
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	37	1468.1	336	8809	3901	103	6/127	37.87	2.65	85.5	3	3	-
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2003-2018	55	677.5	118	4067	1808	53	4/16	34.11	2.66	76.7	2	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1973	29	-	204	4406	1959	52	6/67	37.67	2.66	84.7	1	2	-
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1962	27	985.0	225	5910	2628	68	6/67	38.64	2.66	86.9	4	2	-
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1985	57	-	134	4082	1826	51	4/50	35.80	2.68	80.0	2	-	-
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	25	975.1	194	5851	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.6	5	3	-
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1992	14	421.5	93	2531	1139	36	5/40	31.63	2.70	70.3	-	1	-
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	-
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1977-1990	67	-	608	17126	7742	236	9/56	32.80	2.71	72.5	12	15	5
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2003-2005	10	429.2	97	2576	1175	51	5/48	23.03	2.73	50.5	5	2	-
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-2001	21	502.3	111	3015	1402	39	4/50	35.94	2.79	77.3	2	-	-
L Tuckett (SA)	1947-1949	9	-	47	2104	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.7	1	2	-
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1924	18	648.0	132	3888	1817	60	6/76	30.28	2.80	64.8	1	4	-
AJ Bell (SA)	1929-1935	16	557.0	89	3342	1567	48	6/99	32.64	2.81	69.6	1	4	-
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1958-1962	12	472.3	100	2835	1330	27	6/202	49.25	2.81	105.0	-	2	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	165	3362.0	846	20172	9497	291	6/54	32.63	2.82	69.3	7	5	-
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	2586.3	661	15519	7344	330	8/71	22.25	2.83	47.0	11	20	3
Zulfiqar Babar (PAK)	2013-2016	15	746.2	143	4478	2129	54	5/74	39.42	2.85	82.9	2	2	-
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2009-2019	36	1269.5	292	7619	3627	119	6/44	30.47	2.85	64.0	6	4	-
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1989-1998	22	653.0	136	3918	1874	54	5/84	34.70	2.86	72.5	2	1	-
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1924	45	539.0	120	3234	1553	41	4/25	37.87	2.88	78.8	2	-	-
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-2003	52	2088.4	405	12532	6100	185	7/56	32.97	2.92	67.7	6	10	3
Junaid Khan (PAK)	2011-2015	22	767.3	157	4605	2253	71	5/38	31.73	2.93	64.8	1	5	-
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	1436.4	293	8620	4265	100	5/62	42.65	2.96	86.2	9	3	-
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1976-1983	26	-	147	4870	2412	67	8/69	36.00	2.97	72.6	2	3	1
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	45	1475.0	339	8850	4405	134	7/128	32.87	2.98	66.0	5	4	1
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1985	15	466.4	108	2800	1398	34	5/40	41.11	2.99	82.3	1	2	-
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2005-2010	23	861.5	200	5171	2583	106	6/41	24.36	2.99	48.7	6	7	1
Noman Ali (PAK)	2021-2025	19	682.4	117	4096	2055	83	8/46	24.75	3.01	49.3	2	8	2
Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1983-1985	18	725.1	172	4351	2204	63	6/46	34.98	3.03	69.0	3	4	-
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2024	24	715.5	164	4295	2185	80	5/27	27.31	3.05	53.6	2	6	1
SR Harmer (SA)	2015-2023	10	350.5	68	2105	1075	39	4/61	27.56	3.06	53.9	4	-	-
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2010	61	2949.3	517	17697	9082	261	7/77	34.79	3.07	67.8	8	15	2
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	1271.4	280	7630	3919	123	6/32	31.86	3.08	62.0	4	3	1
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	25	704.3	124	4227	2180	82	7/84	26.58	3.09	51.5	4	4	-
Asif Masood (PAK)	1969-1977	16	-	78	3038	1568	38	5/111	41.26	3.09	79.9	1	1	-
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	86	2749.4	605	16498	8550	309	6/23	27.66	3.10	53.3	18	8	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	59	1944.2	367	11666	6055	203	9/129	29.82	3.11	57.4	6	11	1
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2024	31	1027.0	206	6162	3235	116	6/51	27.88	3.14	53.1	12	4	1
SJ Pegler (SA)	1910-1924	16	498.1	84	2989	1572	47	7/65	33.44	3.15	63.5	3	2	-
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2025	20	429.4	100	2578	1356	58	6/39	23.37	3.15	44.4	1	3	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1911	15	460.4	96	2764	1455	64	7/94	22.73	3.15	43.1	3	5	1
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	1999-2006	46	1168.0	219	7008	3694	100	5/35	36.94	3.16	70.0	4	1	-
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1998-2010	27	532.2	69	3194	1709	48	5/52	35.60	3.21	66.5	1	1	-
Rahat Ali (PAK)	2013-2018	21	704.3	127	4227	2264	58	6/127	39.03	3.21	72.8	3	2	-
RO Schwarz (SA)	1906-1912	20	439.5	66	2639	1417	55	6/47	25.76	3.22	47.9	4	2	-
Yasir Shah (PAK)	2014-2022	48	2375.5	359	14255	7657	244	8/41	31.38	3.22	58.4	15	16	3
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	21	500.1	95	3001	1617	45	3/1	35.93	3.23	66.6	-	-	-
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	3472.2	759	20834	11242	390	7/37	28.82	3.23	53.4	19	18	4
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	3101.2	660	18608	10077	439	7/51	22.95	3.24	42.3	27	26	5
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-2003	87	2704.0	516	16224	8788	373	7/76	23.56	3.25	43.4	28	22	5
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	42	-	26	2525	1380	27	5/87	51.11	3.27	93.5	1	1	-

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Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies vs England at St George's, England tour of West Indies 3rd T20I, Dec 16, 2023 [T20I # 2407]

West Indies vs England at St George's, England tour of West Indies 2nd T20I, Dec 14, 2023 [T20I # 2402]

South Africa vs West Indies at St George's, South Africa tour of West Indies 5th T20I, Jul 3, 2021 [T20I # 1181]