Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates for South Africa 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	-	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	-	218	6391	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.4	5	5	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1967	8	424.2	153	2546	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.9	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	-
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	-
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	1996-2000	15	432.4	149	2596	1006	32	3/23	31.43	2.32	81.1	-	-	-
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	-
BC Strang (ZIM)	1995-2001	26	905.3	306	5433	2203	56	5/101	39.33	2.43	97.0	1	1	-
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	1008.0	255	6048	2537	75	4/65	33.82	2.51	80.6	2	-	-
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2017	11	346.5	95	2081	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.3	-	3	-
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	-
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
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	1147.5	318	6887	3033	80	8/64	37.91	2.64	86.0	2	1	-
PA Strang (ZIM)	1994-2001	24	953.2	211	5720	2522	70	8/109	36.02	2.64	81.7	3	4	1
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	37	1468.1	336	8809	3901	103	6/127	37.87	2.65	85.5	3	3	-
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1993-2002	46	781.0	208	4686	2088	51	4/18	40.94	2.67	91.8	3	-	-
HH Streak (ZIM)	1993-2005	65	2259.5	595	13559	6079	216	6/73	28.14	2.69	62.7	16	7	-
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	25	975.1	194	5851	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.6	5	3	-
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	-
GW Flower (ZIM)	1992-2004	67	563.0	122	3378	1537	25	4/41	61.48	2.73	135.1	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	-
RW Price (ZIM)	1999-2013	22	1022.3	242	6135	2885	80	6/73	36.06	2.82	76.6	5	5	1
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	165	3362.0	846	20172	9497	291	6/54	32.63	2.82	69.3	7	5	-
DT Tiripano (ZIM)	2014-2023	16	448.5	99	2693	1273	26	3/23	48.96	2.83	103.5	-	-	-
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	72	2586.3	661	15519	7344	330	8/71	22.25	2.83	47.0	11	20	3
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1924	45	539.0	120	3234	1553	41	4/25	37.87	2.88	78.8	2	-	-
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	1436.4	293	8620	4265	100	5/62	42.65	2.96	86.2	9	3	-
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	45	1475.0	339	8850	4405	134	7/128	32.87	2.98	66.0	5	4	1
SR Harmer (SA)	2015-2023	10	350.5	68	2105	1075	39	4/61	27.56	3.06	53.9	4	-	-
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	-
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2001	11	358.5	67	2153	1113	18	3/32	61.83	3.10	119.6	-	-	-
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
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	-
SC Williams (ZIM)	2013-2025	24	414.4	44	2488	1309	26	3/20	50.34	3.15	95.6	-	-	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1911	15	460.4	96	2764	1455	64	7/94	22.73	3.15	43.1	3	5	1
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2013-2025	21	554.5	68	3329	1779	40	7/113	44.47	3.20	83.2	-	2	-
RO Schwarz (SA)	1906-1912	20	439.5	66	2639	1417	55	6/47	25.76	3.22	47.9	4	2	-
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	21	500.1	95	3001	1617	45	3/1	35.93	3.23	66.6	-	-	-
KM Jarvis (ZIM)	2011-2020	13	418.3	79	2511	1354	46	5/54	29.43	3.23	54.5	2	3	-
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
TJ Friend (ZIM)	2001-2004	13	333.2	63	2000	1090	25	5/31	43.60	3.27	80.0	-	1	-
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	42	-	26	2525	1380	27	5/87	51.11	3.27	93.5	1	1	-
B Muzarabani (ZIM)	2017-2025	17	503.5	97	3023	1661	61	7/58	27.22	3.29	49.5	3	3	-
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1911	25	-	110	3598	1996	63	6/26	31.68	3.32	57.1	4	1	-
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2025	71	2183.2	433	13100	7306	336	7/112	21.74	3.34	38.9	15	17	4
CB Mpofu (ZIM)	2005-2017	15	414.5	86	2489	1392	29	4/92	48.00	3.35	85.8	2	-	-
RJ Peterson (SA)	2003-2014	15	419.1	85	2515	1416	38	5/33	37.26	3.37	66.1	1	1	-
M Hayward (SA)	1999-2004	16	470.1	90	2821	1609	54	5/56	29.79	3.42	52.2	1	1	-
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	18	488.1	86	2929	1696	77	7/13	22.02	3.47	38.0	5	3	1
HK Olonga (ZIM)	1995-2002	30	750.2	129	4502	2620	68	5/70	38.52	3.49	66.2	3	2	-
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2015	20	654.1	86	3925	2294	57	5/32	40.24	3.50	68.8	1	2	-
JP Duminy (SA)	2008-2017	46	450.3	48	2703	1601	42	4/47	38.11	3.55	64.3	2	-	-
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	19	509.3	81	3057	1870	70	6/56	26.71	3.67	43.6	1	4	-
Q McMillan (SA)	1929-1932	13	336.5	38	2021	1243	36	5/66	34.52	3.69	56.1	2	2	-
AG Cremer (ZIM)	2005-2017	19	702.2	71	4214	2604	57	5/125	45.68	3.70	73.9	6	1	-
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2005	19	528.5	101	3173	1964	53	5/73	37.05	3.71	59.8	1	3	-
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1912	15	-	55	2292	1421	48	6/92	29.60	3.71	47.7	2	4	1
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2024	16	382.0	64	2292	1432	59	6/37	24.27	3.74	38.8	1	3	1
DL Piedt (SA)	2014-2024	12	404.3	57	2427	1521	37	5/89	41.10	3.76	65.5	3	2	-

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