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FC+LA+T20 Matches Records
Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings
Best economy rates in an innings for Essex in FC+LA+T20s
Best economy rates in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs conceded
Wickets taken
Econ
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
RNS Hobbs
5.0
5
-
-
-
Essex
v West Indians
Southend-on-Sea
29 Jun 1963
First-class
RE East
3.0
3
-
2
-
Essex
v Hampshire
Basingstoke
11 Jun 1972
List A
N Shahid
3.0
3
-
1
-
Essex
v Cumberland
Chelmsford
24 Jun 1992
List A
J O'Connor
2.0
2
-
-
-
Essex
v Notts
Chelmsford
03 Aug 1938
First-class
DL Acfield
2.0
2
-
-
-
Essex
v Lancashire
Manchester
31 Aug 1983
First-class
TJ Phillips
2.0
2
-
-
-
Essex
v Cambs MCCU
Cambridge
02 Apr 2011
First-class
GM Smith
2.0
2
-
2
-
Essex
v Cambs MCCU
Cambridge
05 Apr 2013
First-class
RN ten Doeschate
2.0
2
-
-
-
Essex
v Durham MCCU
Chelmsford
02 Apr 2017
First-class
T Westley
2.0
2
-
-
-
Essex
v Hampshire
Chelmsford
29 Aug 2018
First-class
JH Childs
1.3
1
-
1
-
Essex
v Cambridge U
Cambridge
25 Apr 1992
First-class
TPB Smith
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Derbyshire
Chesterfield
06 Jul 1938
First-class
TN Pearce
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Gloucs
Gloucester
31 Aug 1938
First-class
R Smith
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Pakistanis
Southend-on-Sea
21 Aug 1954
First-class
RE East
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Yorkshire
Leeds
04 Aug 1982
List A
RS Clinton
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Surrey
Ilford
13 Jun 2001
First-class
A Flower
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Worcs
Chelmsford
14 Jun 2006
First-class
TJ Phillips
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Somerset
Southend-on-Sea
02 Aug 2006
First-class
TJ Phillips
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Bangladeshis
Chelmsford
14 May 2010
First-class
MJ Walker
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Durham
Chelmsford
07 Sep 2010
First-class
TR Craddock
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Leics
Southend-on-Sea
27 Jul 2011
First-class
NLJ Browne
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Derbyshire
Chesterfield
07 Jul 2014
First-class
NLJ Browne
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Gloucs
Bristol
21 Jun 2015
First-class
Ashar Zaidi
1.0
1
-
1
-
Essex
v Northants
Northampton
28 May 2016
First-class
RN ten Doeschate
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Gloucs
Cheltenham
13 Jul 2016
First-class
RS Bopara
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Somerset
Chelmsford
28 Aug 2017
First-class
T Westley
1.0
1
-
1
-
Essex
v Somerset
Chelmsford
25 Jun 2018
First-class
DW Lawrence
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Middlesex
Chelmsford
06 Sep 2020
First-class
T Westley
1.0
1
-
-
-
Essex
v Durham
Chelmsford
23 Jun 2024
First-class
RE East
0.2
-
-
1
-
Essex
v Leics
Leicester
16 Jul 1980
List A
NA Foster
0.2
-
-
-
-
Essex
v Scotland
Chelmsford
30 Apr 1992
List A
RNS Hobbs
0.1
-
-
1
-
Essex
v Hampshire
Basingstoke
11 Jun 1972
List A
S Turner
6.0
5
1
-
0.16
Essex
v Shropshire
Wellington
29 Jun 1974
List A
SJW Andrew
6.0
5
1
-
0.16
Essex
v Cambridge U
Cambridge
01 May 1993
First-class
CAG Russell
4.0
3
1
-
0.25
Essex
v N Zealanders
Leyton
14 May 1927
First-class
S Turner
4.0
3
1
1
0.25
Essex
v Indians
Chelmsford
25 May 1974
First-class
SR Harmer
3.3
2
1
1
0.28
Essex
v Worcs
Chelmsford
18 Sep 2018
First-class
PM Such
13.0
10
5
1
0.38
Essex
v Cambs UCCE
Cambridge
09 May 2001
First-class
RNS Hobbs
5.1
3
2
3
0.38
Essex
v Shropshire
Wellington
29 Jun 1974
List A
WT Greensmith
5.0
3
2
-
0.40
Essex
v Canadians
Clacton-on-Sea
04 Aug 1954
First-class
T Westley
5.0
4
2
-
0.40
Essex
v Warwickshire
Chelmsford
19 Jun 2017
First-class
JP Stephenson
7.0
4
3
3
0.42
Essex
v Cambridge U
Cambridge
25 Apr 1992
First-class
SR Harmer
13.0
9
6
2
0.46
Essex
v Surrey
Chelmsford
04 May 2023
First-class
JA Porter
2.1
1
1
1
0.46
Essex
v Kent
Canterbury
18 Aug 2019
First-class
NA Foster
10.3
6
5
3
0.47
Essex
v Glamorgan
Chelmsford
11 May 1989
List A
KD Boyce
6.0
4
3
1
0.50
Essex
v MC South
Bedford
10 May 1975
List A
GW Flower
4.0
2
2
-
0.50
Essex
v Northants
Northampton
26 Jul 2006
First-class
JD Middlebrook
4.0
3
2
1
0.50
Essex
v West Indians
Chelmsford
25 Apr 2009
First-class
JA Porter
4.0
2
2
-
0.50
Essex
v Notts
Nottingham
18 May 2023
First-class
RNS Hobbs
2.0
1
1
-
0.50
Essex
v West Indians
Southend-on-Sea
29 Jun 1963
First-class
Danish Kaneria
2.0
1
1
-
0.50
Essex
v Derbyshire
Derby
30 Aug 2007
First-class
V Chopra
2.0
1
1
-
0.50
Essex
v West Indians
Chelmsford
25 Apr 2009
First-class
RS Bopara
2.0
1
1
-
0.50
Essex
v Somerset
Chelmsford
25 Jun 2018
First-class
T Westley
2.0
1
1
-
0.50
Essex
v Somerset
Chelmsford
25 Jun 2018
First-class
AP Beard
2.0
1
1
-
0.50
Essex
v Hampshire
Chelmsford
26 Jun 2022
First-class
N Phillip
7.3
4
4
6
0.53
Essex
v Surrey
Chelmsford
28 May 1983
First-class
AP Grayson
7.0
4
4
-
0.57
Essex
v Worcs
Chelmsford
19 Jul 2000
First-class
RE East
10.0
7
6
4
0.60
Essex
v Sussex
Hove
07 May 1973
List A
TC Dodds
5.0
4
3
1
0.60
Essex
v Cambridge U
Chelmsford
16 Jun 1956
First-class
MA Chambers
5.0
3
3
-
0.60
Essex
v Cambs MCCU
Cambridge
02 Apr 2011
First-class
GW Flower
3.2
2
2
1
0.60
Essex
v Devon
Exmouth
03 May 2005
List A
DJ Insole
1.4
-
1
1
0.60
Essex
v Indians
Ilford
24 May 1952
First-class
GA Gooch
8.0
4
5
-
0.62
Essex
v Northants
Wellingborough
13 Aug 1983
First-class
SJ Cook
11.0
7
7
2
0.63
Essex
v Worcs
Worcester
29 Apr 2021
First-class
DD Masters
12.0
8
8
1
0.66
Essex
v Glamorgan
Cardiff
11 Jul 2008
First-class
DD Masters
9.0
5
6
1
0.66
Essex
v Derbyshire
Chelmsford
15 Apr 2009
First-class
AP Grayson
3.0
2
2
-
0.66
Essex
v Glamorgan
Cardiff
15 Jun 2000
First-class
RS Bopara
3.0
2
2
-
0.66
Essex
v Notts
Nottingham
30 May 2003
First-class
JD Middlebrook
3.0
2
2
-
0.66
Essex
v Somerset
Southend-on-Sea
02 Aug 2006
First-class
SR Harmer
3.0
1
2
3
0.66
Essex
v Gloucs
Chelmsford
05 Sep 2021
First-class
SR Harmer
3.0
2
2
-
0.66
Essex
v Northants
Chelmsford
21 Sep 2021
First-class
JK Lever
10.0
4
7
2
0.70
Essex
v Glamorgan
Chelmsford
20 May 1980
List A
R Smith
7.0
2
5
-
0.71
Essex
v Cambridge U
Westcliff-on-Sea
15 Jun 1935
First-class
SJ Cook
7.0
5
5
-
0.71
Essex
v Warwickshire
Birmingham
21 Apr 2022
First-class
S Turner
4.1
2
3
2
0.72
Essex
v Northants
Ilford
06 Jun 1971
List A
DL Acfield
12.0
7
9
3
0.75
Essex
v Scotland
Chelmsford
04 Jul 1984
List A
S Turner
8.0
4
6
2
0.75
Essex
v Notts
Nottingham
02 Jul 1983
First-class
DD Masters
8.0
4
6
1
0.75
Essex
v Glamorgan
Colchester
24 Aug 2008
List A
CJC Wright
4.0
1
3
3
0.75
Essex
v Northants
Southend-on-Sea
03 Aug 2008
List A
MJJ Critchley
4.0
2
3
-
0.75
Essex
v Somerset
Chelmsford
11 Jun 2023
First-class
JB Grant
1.2
-
1
1
0.75
Essex
v Yorkshire
Leeds
05 May 2003
List A
VJ Evans
17.0
12
13
1
0.76
Essex
v Cambridge U
Chelmsford
24 Jun 1933
First-class
SJ Cook
8.5
5
7
1
0.79
Essex
v Warwickshire
Chelmsford
20 May 2021
First-class
S Turner
10.0
4
8
2
0.80
Essex
v MC East
Chelmsford
23 Apr 1977
List A
JK Lever
11.0
7
9
3
0.81
Essex
v MC South
Bedford
10 May 1975
List A
JK Lever
9.4
5
8
5
0.82
Essex
v Middlesex
Westcliff-on-Sea
19 Jul 1972
List A
HA Page
12.0
4
10
2
0.83
Essex
v Northumb
Jesmond
24 Jun 1987
List A
PM Such
6.0
3
5
-
0.83
Essex
v Cambridge U
Cambridge
26 Apr 2000
First-class
RC Irani
6.0
2
5
1
0.83
Essex
v Notts
Chelmsford
03 May 2000
First-class
JH Childs
13.0
7
11
3
0.84
Essex
v Cambridge U
Cambridge
01 May 1993
First-class
TE Bailey
14.0
8
12
-
0.85
Essex
v Sth Africans
Ilford
30 May 1951
First-class
RE East
7.0
3
6
-
0.85
Essex
v Minor C
Slough
17 May 1983
List A
SR Harmer
40.0
24
35
4
0.87
Essex
v Notts
Nottingham
30 Jun 2019
First-class
RE East
8.0
4
7
1
0.87
Essex
v Shropshire
Wellington
29 Jun 1974
List A
JK Lever
8.0
4
7
1
0.87
Essex
v Oxfordshire
Chelmsford
03 Jul 1985
List A
DR Pringle
8.0
5
7
-
0.87
Essex
v Lancashire
Chelmsford
21 Apr 1992
List A
TPB Smith
20.0
11
19
6
0.95
Essex
v Northants
Brentwood
22 Jun 1946
First-class
JD Middlebrook
16.0
8
16
1
1.00
Essex
v Glamorgan
Cardiff
26 Apr 2006
First-class
DD Masters
16.0
8
16
3
1.00
Essex
v Gloucs
Bristol
21 Apr 2009
First-class
JD Middlebrook
15.0
7
15
2
1.00
Essex
v Gloucs
Chelmsford
22 Jul 2008
First-class
SJ Cook
14.0
10
14
6
1.00
Essex
v Notts
Nottingham
05 Apr 2024
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