Best economy rates in an innings For Sheffield Shield, 1978/79
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| KJ Prindiville | 1.0 | 1 | - | - | - | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class |
| JD Higgs | 0.7 | - | - | 1 | - | Victoria | v Queensland | Melbourne | 2 Mar 1979 | First-class |
| 3.0 | 2 | 1 | - | 0.25 | Queensland | v West Aust | Brisbane | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 5 | 3 | - | 0.37 | Victoria | v Tasmania | Launceston | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | 2 | 2 | - | 0.37 | Queensland | v Tasmania | Brisbane | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 2 | 2 | - | 0.50 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 5 | - | 0.53 | Victoria | v NSW | Sydney | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.56 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.60 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.72 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 6 | - | 0.75 | South Aust | v West Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 3 | 5 | - | 0.75 | Victoria | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 4 | - | 0.75 | Victoria | v South Aust | Melbourne | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.75 | Queensland | v NSW | Sydney | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 2 | 3 | - | 0.75 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 1.0 | - | 1 | - | 0.75 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 1.0 | - | 1 | - | 0.75 | Tasmania | v South Aust | Adelaide | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 1.0 | - | 1 | - | 0.75 | Victoria | v South Aust | Adelaide | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 1.0 | - | 1 | - | 0.75 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0.80 | South Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 9 | - | 0.84 | NSW | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 3 | 7 | - | 0.87 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 3 | 10 | - | 0.93 | NSW | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0.95 | Victoria | v South Aust | Adelaide | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 8 | - | 1.00 | Queensland | v Tasmania | Brisbane | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 8 | - | 1.00 | Queensland | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 4 | - | 1.00 | South Aust | v Tasmania | Adelaide | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 4 | - | 1.00 | South Aust | v Queensland | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1.01 | Victoria | v Tasmania | Launceston | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 6 | 17 | - | 1.06 | Victoria | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1.06 | Victoria | v NSW | Sydney | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 1.10 | NSW | v Victoria | Melbourne | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1.12 | West Aust | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1.12 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 9 | - | 1.12 | Victoria | v NSW | Sydney | 9 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 2.0 | - | 3 | - | 1.12 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 17 | - | 1.15 | Queensland | v Tasmania | Brisbane | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1.16 | Tasmania | v Queensland | Brisbane | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 11 | - | 1.17 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 25.0 | 7 | 40 | 5 | 1.20 | Queensland | v Tasmania | Brisbane | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 1.20 | West Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 4 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1.21 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 1.23 | Victoria | v NSW | Melbourne | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1.25 | Queensland | v NSW | Sydney | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 10 | - | 1.25 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 5 | - | 1.25 | Victoria | v Queensland | Melbourne | 2 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 1.26 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 1.26 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1.27 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 1.29 | West Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 4 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1.29 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 1.31 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1.31 | Victoria | v South Aust | Adelaide | 30 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | - | 7 | - | 1.31 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 1.32 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 5 | 20 | - | 1.36 | Victoria | v West Aust | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 4.3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1.37 | Victoria | v South Aust | Melbourne | 26 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 6 | 33 | - | 1.37 | South Aust | v NSW | Adelaide | 25 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1.37 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 2 | 24 | - | 1.38 | Victoria | v Tasmania | Launceston | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 1.38 | South Aust | v Queensland | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1.39 | NSW | v South Aust | Adelaide | 25 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 26 | - | 1.39 | South Aust | v West Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 12.6 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1.41 | West Aust | v Victoria | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1.45 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 8.1 | 5 | 16 | - | 1.47 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 1.50 | Victoria | v Queensland | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 28 | - | 1.50 | NSW | v West Aust | Sydney | 4 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1.50 | Victoria | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1.50 | Queensland | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 9.4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1.50 | Victoria | v Queensland | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 5 | 18 | - | 1.50 | South Aust | v Tasmania | Adelaide | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 2 | 18 | - | 1.50 | West Aust | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 3 | 12 | - | 1.50 | Tasmania | v Queensland | Brisbane | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 8 | - | 1.50 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 2.0 | - | 4 | - | 1.50 | Victoria | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 1.0 | - | 2 | - | 1.50 | Tasmania | v South Aust | Adelaide | 18 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 1.0 | - | 2 | - | 1.50 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 34.0 | 5 | 70 | 5 | 1.54 | NSW | v Tasmania | Sydney | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 1.54 | South Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 1.55 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1.56 | West Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 4 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 3 | 25 | - | 1.56 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 23 | - | 1.56 | NSW | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 21.6 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 1.58 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 5 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1.58 | Queensland | v West Aust | Brisbane | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1.58 | Queensland | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 1.59 | Queensland | v NSW | Sydney | 27 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1.59 | NSW | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 2 Dec 1978 | First-class | |
| 8.7 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1.60 | South Aust | v Queensland | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1.60 | Queensland | v West Aust | Brisbane | 10 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 2 | 15 | - | 1.60 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 16.5 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1.62 | NSW | v Tasmania | Sydney | 24 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 13 | - | 1.62 | West Aust | v Victoria | Melbourne | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1.65 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1.65 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 3 Mar 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 1.66 | Queensland | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 17 Feb 1979 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1.66 | South Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 19 Jan 1979 | First-class | |
| 14.3 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 1.66 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Nov 1978 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 4 | 18 | - | 1.68 | NSW | v Victoria | Melbourne | 15 Dec 1978 | First-class |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Mar 2-5, 1979 [First-class]
South Australia vs Western Australia at W.A.C.A, Sheffield Shield , Mar 3-5, 1979 [First-class]
New South Wales vs Tasmania at Sydney, Sheffield Shield , Feb 24-27, 1979 [First-class]