Best economy rates For The Ashes
Best economy rates
Player | Span | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
1884-1892 | 10 | - | 326 | 2850 | 626 | 28 | 4/42 | 22.35 | 1.31 | 101.7 | 2 | - | - | |
1924-1926 | 9 | - | 91 | 1812 | 521 | 12 | 2/20 | 43.41 | 1.72 | 151.0 | - | - | - | |
1950-1951 | 5 | 138.4 | 29 | 1108 | 320 | 21 | 6/27 | 15.23 | 1.73 | 52.7 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1928-1929 | 3 | 201.2 | 72 | 1208 | 349 | 7 | 4/67 | 49.85 | 1.73 | 172.5 | 1 | - | - | |
1928-1933 | 6 | 407.4 | 155 | 2446 | 711 | 21 | 4/26 | 33.85 | 1.74 | 116.4 | 1 | - | - | |
1978-1979 | 5 | 196.6 | 47 | 1574 | 468 | 19 | 5/148 | 24.63 | 1.78 | 82.8 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1882-1888 | 12 | 404.0 | 194 | 1616 | 487 | 14 | 3/88 | 34.78 | 1.80 | 115.4 | - | - | - | |
1886-1896 | 15 | - | 326 | 3310 | 1002 | 77 | 8/35 | 13.01 | 1.81 | 42.9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
1882-1887 | 11 | 434.3 | 233 | 1739 | 528 | 26 | 7/40 | 20.30 | 1.82 | 66.8 | - | 2 | - | |
1977-1983 | 13 | - | 111 | 2587 | 790 | 39 | 5/44 | 20.25 | 1.83 | 66.3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1956-1963 | 16 | - | 126 | 2828 | 875 | 24 | 5/121 | 36.45 | 1.85 | 117.8 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1962-1975 | 19 | - | 228 | 5765 | 1794 | 47 | 7/79 | 38.17 | 1.86 | 122.6 | 3 | 2 | - | |
1953-1956 | 12 | - | 126 | 2445 | 761 | 35 | 5/53 | 21.74 | 1.86 | 69.8 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1925-1926 | 7 | - | 66 | 2164 | 675 | 24 | 4/51 | 28.12 | 1.87 | 90.1 | 4 | - | - | |
1968-1972 | 13 | - | 71 | 1644 | 515 | 14 | 2/15 | 36.78 | 1.87 | 117.4 | - | - | - | |
1887-1895 | 17 | - | 457 | 5179 | 1670 | 101 | 7/43 | 16.53 | 1.93 | 51.2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | |
1946-1948 | 9 | - | 120 | 2467 | 801 | 28 | 6/82 | 28.60 | 1.94 | 88.1 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1975-1979 | 4 | 153.1 | 25 | 1225 | 399 | 8 | 3/38 | 49.87 | 1.95 | 153.1 | - | - | - | |
1953-1961 | 13 | - | 194 | 3442 | 1128 | 31 | 5/45 | 36.38 | 1.96 | 111.0 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1961-1972 | 18 | - | 180 | 3337 | 1094 | 34 | 6/87 | 32.17 | 1.96 | 98.1 | - | 1 | - | |
1978-1993 | 42 | - | 53 | 1070 | 351 | 4 | 1/16 | 87.75 | 1.96 | 267.5 | - | - | - | |
1884-1896 | 20 | - | 444 | 5216 | 1715 | 101 | 7/31 | 16.98 | 1.97 | 51.6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
1932-1938 | 19 | - | 439 | 7864 | 2587 | 102 | 7/54 | 25.36 | 1.97 | 77.0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | |
1974-1981 | 12 | - | 97 | 2812 | 929 | 41 | 4/41 | 22.65 | 1.98 | 68.5 | 3 | - | - | |
1924-1930 | 20 | - | 330 | 7686 | 2540 | 83 | 6/99 | 30.60 | 1.98 | 92.6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
1953-1963 | 25 | - | 221 | 5993 | 1996 | 84 | 6/64 | 23.76 | 1.99 | 71.3 | 2 | 5 | - | |
1882-1890 | 18 | - | 256 | 2102 | 706 | 49 | 6/28 | 14.40 | 2.01 | 42.8 | 1 | 3 | - | |
1932-1938 | 18 | - | 257 | 4930 | 1656 | 59 | 8/43 | 28.06 | 2.01 | 83.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
1887-1890 | 8 | - | 224 | 2030 | 684 | 48 | 5/26 | 14.25 | 2.02 | 42.2 | 4 | 4 | - | |
1946-1947 | 5 | 182.0 | 27 | 1456 | 491 | 18 | 5/44 | 27.27 | 2.02 | 80.8 | - | 2 | - | |
1902-1921 | 42 | 1130.2 | 364 | 6782 | 2288 | 74 | 6/35 | 30.91 | 2.02 | 91.6 | 1 | 3 | - | |
1968-1977 | 25 | - | 356 | 6848 | 2311 | 88 | 7/50 | 26.26 | 2.02 | 77.8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
1977-1981 | 8 | 263.5 | 109 | 1583 | 537 | 17 | 5/68 | 31.58 | 2.03 | 93.1 | - | 1 | - | |
1946-1956 | 29 | - | 225 | 5717 | 1949 | 87 | 7/60 | 22.40 | 2.04 | 65.7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
1972-1972 | 4 | 199.1 | 58 | 1195 | 409 | 23 | 8/53 | 17.78 | 2.05 | 51.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
1978-1993 | 23 | - | 318 | 6960 | 2404 | 76 | 7/78 | 31.63 | 2.07 | 91.5 | 5 | 3 | - | |
1948-1955 | 17 | - | 224 | 5263 | 1818 | 75 | 5/35 | 24.24 | 2.07 | 70.1 | 5 | 3 | - | |
1911-1928 | 18 | - | 112 | 3340 | 1155 | 37 | 4/27 | 31.21 | 2.07 | 90.2 | 1 | - | - | |
1946-1956 | 22 | - | 187 | 4592 | 1590 | 42 | 6/42 | 37.85 | 2.07 | 109.3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1882-1887 | 10 | 296.0 | 136 | 1184 | 411 | 31 | 7/28 | 13.25 | 2.08 | 38.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
1921-1930 | 7 | 495.4 | 148 | 2974 | 1033 | 31 | 8/126 | 33.32 | 2.08 | 95.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
1968-1972 | 13 | - | 150 | 3391 | 1179 | 29 | 4/83 | 40.65 | 2.08 | 116.9 | 1 | - | - | |
1892-1893 | 6 | - | 67 | 1089 | 382 | 12 | 5/53 | 31.83 | 2.10 | 90.7 | - | 1 | - | |
1898-1904 | 16 | - | 229 | 3508 | 1233 | 35 | 4/43 | 35.22 | 2.10 | 100.2 | 2 | - | - | |
1907-1926 | 26 | 429.5 | 122 | 2579 | 908 | 33 | 7/58 | 27.51 | 2.11 | 78.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
1963-1968 | 12 | - | 128 | 3176 | 1119 | 37 | 7/105 | 30.24 | 2.11 | 85.8 | - | 4 | - | |
1928-1929 | 3 | 210.0 | 51 | 1260 | 444 | 14 | 6/94 | 31.71 | 2.11 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1921-1929 | 9 | - | 65 | 1430 | 504 | 14 | 3/36 | 36.00 | 2.11 | 102.1 | - | - | - | |
1978-1979 | 6 | 204.2 | 44 | 1634 | 577 | 25 | 5/28 | 23.08 | 2.11 | 65.3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1993-1995 | 8 | 379.0 | 120 | 2274 | 811 | 22 | 5/89 | 36.86 | 2.13 | 103.3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1961-1966 | 10 | - | 120 | 2492 | 892 | 28 | 4/47 | 31.85 | 2.14 | 89.0 | 3 | - | - | |
1948-1959 | 15 | - | 204 | 4010 | 1444 | 79 | 10/53 | 18.27 | 2.16 | 50.7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
1978-1983 | 11 | - | 94 | 2629 | 952 | 56 | 6/74 | 17.00 | 2.17 | 46.9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
1953-1963 | 27 | - | 289 | 7284 | 2641 | 83 | 6/70 | 31.81 | 2.17 | 87.7 | 5 | 4 | - | |
1896-1899 | 11 | - | 209 | 2936 | 1070 | 48 | 6/41 | 22.29 | 2.18 | 61.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
1964-1966 | 9 | - | 83 | 1904 | 694 | 15 | 3/39 | 46.26 | 2.18 | 126.9 | - | - | - | |
1926-1934 | 9 | 438.0 | 112 | 2628 | 963 | 27 | 5/35 | 35.66 | 2.19 | 97.3 | - | 2 | - | |
1882-1886 | 11 | 609.1 | 247 | 2437 | 894 | 46 | 7/65 | 19.43 | 2.20 | 52.9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
1974-1977 | 15 | - | 193 | 4616 | 1721 | 51 | 8/143 | 33.74 | 2.23 | 90.5 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1890-1904 | 31 | - | 448 | 7895 | 2945 | 141 | 8/65 | 20.88 | 2.23 | 55.9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | |
1966-1972 | 13 | - | 32 | 1099 | 412 | 4 | 2/33 | 103.00 | 2.24 | 274.7 | - | - | - | |
1925-1934 | 22 | - | 427 | 9164 | 3439 | 106 | 6/37 | 32.44 | 2.25 | 86.4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |
1884-1890 | 15 | - | 184 | 1508 | 566 | 31 | 7/36 | 18.25 | 2.25 | 48.6 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1965-1971 | 7 | - | 83 | 2123 | 800 | 25 | 5/72 | 32.00 | 2.26 | 84.9 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1946-1959 | 29 | - | 216 | 6728 | 2559 | 114 | 7/63 | 22.44 | 2.28 | 59.0 | 3 | 6 | - | |
1953-1956 | 8 | - | 81 | 1661 | 632 | 24 | 5/79 | 26.33 | 2.28 | 69.2 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1975-1987 | 13 | - | 159 | 3516 | 1338 | 36 | 5/28 | 37.16 | 2.28 | 97.6 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1968-1975 | 14 | - | 159 | 3531 | 1346 | 47 | 5/114 | 28.63 | 2.28 | 75.1 | 3 | 1 | - | |
1909-1912 | 6 | 217.0 | 74 | 1302 | 498 | 15 | 4/43 | 33.20 | 2.29 | 86.8 | 2 | - | - | |
1964-1964 | 5 | 193.1 | 50 | 1159 | 447 | 12 | 4/60 | 37.25 | 2.31 | 96.5 | 1 | - | - | |
1882-1887 | 13 | 762.2 | 318 | 3050 | 1179 | 59 | 7/44 | 19.98 | 2.31 | 51.6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
1982-1991 | 5 | 294.3 | 84 | 1767 | 689 | 15 | 3/68 | 45.93 | 2.33 | 117.8 | - | - | - | |
1911-1912 | 8 | 315.4 | 76 | 1894 | 742 | 34 | 6/91 | 21.82 | 2.35 | 55.7 | 2 | 3 | - | |
1894-1905 | 17 | - | 171 | 3374 | 1325 | 33 | 5/65 | 40.15 | 2.35 | 102.2 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1970-1983 | 30 | - | 42 | 1475 | 582 | 8 | 2/54 | 72.75 | 2.36 | 184.3 | - | - | - | |
1953-1963 | 22 | - | 131 | 5405 | 2138 | 69 | 7/57 | 30.98 | 2.37 | 78.3 | - | 3 | - | |
1962-1968 | 5 | - | 29 | 1168 | 463 | 15 | 4/84 | 30.86 | 2.37 | 77.8 | 1 | - | - | |
1901-1912 | 20 | 958.1 | 262 | 5749 | 2288 | 106 | 7/60 | 21.58 | 2.38 | 54.2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
1965-1977 | 35 | - | 42 | 1815 | 723 | 26 | 4/34 | 27.80 | 2.39 | 69.8 | 2 | - | - | |
1907-1912 | 6 | 184.3 | 50 | 1107 | 443 | 16 | 7/25 | 27.68 | 2.40 | 69.1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1961-1971 | 25 | - | 233 | 7486 | 3009 | 96 | 7/153 | 31.34 | 2.41 | 77.9 | 2 | 6 | - | |
1971-1977 | 5 | - | 61 | 1403 | 565 | 9 | 3/48 | 62.77 | 2.41 | 155.8 | - | - | - | |
1884-1899 | 31 | - | 335 | 4941 | 1994 | 97 | 6/45 | 20.55 | 2.42 | 50.9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
1993-1999 | 7 | 356.4 | 88 | 2140 | 864 | 27 | 6/67 | 32.00 | 2.42 | 79.2 | - | 2 | - | |
1946-1954 | 21 | - | 209 | 7065 | 2859 | 104 | 7/44 | 27.49 | 2.42 | 67.9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
1946-1948 | 10 | - | 37 | 1416 | 576 | 19 | 3/67 | 30.31 | 2.44 | 74.5 | - | - | - | |
1928-1947 | 33 | - | 136 | 3958 | 1612 | 36 | 5/57 | 44.77 | 2.44 | 109.9 | - | 1 | - | |
1899-1909 | 15 | - | 121 | 2361 | 964 | 37 | 8/31 | 26.05 | 2.44 | 63.8 | - | 2 | - | |
1971-1982 | 24 | - | 302 | 6998 | 2858 | 128 | 7/89 | 22.32 | 2.45 | 54.6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | |
1998-2001 | 5 | 188.0 | 54 | 1128 | 463 | 14 | 5/105 | 33.07 | 2.46 | 80.5 | - | 1 | - | |
1920-1929 | 17 | - | 52 | 1531 | 630 | 13 | 2/20 | 48.46 | 2.46 | 117.7 | - | - | - | |
1898-1909 | 39 | - | 353 | 6895 | 2860 | 115 | 7/17 | 24.86 | 2.48 | 59.9 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
1950-1959 | 23 | - | 105 | 3300 | 1373 | 42 | 4/22 | 32.69 | 2.49 | 78.5 | 4 | - | - | |
1930-1938 | 24 | - | 84 | 2585 | 1076 | 21 | 4/41 | 51.23 | 2.49 | 123.0 | 1 | - | - | |
1968-1975 | 20 | - | 168 | 5073 | 2126 | 83 | 7/40 | 25.61 | 2.51 | 61.1 | 5 | 4 | - | |
1966-1975 | 28 | - | 36 | 1022 | 429 | 6 | 1/10 | 71.50 | 2.51 | 170.3 | - | - | - | |
1929-1930 | 6 | 263.1 | 63 | 1579 | 664 | 17 | 7/92 | 39.05 | 2.52 | 92.8 | - | 1 | - | |
1901-1909 | 9 | 347.3 | 99 | 2085 | 877 | 41 | 6/44 | 21.39 | 2.52 | 50.8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
1993-2007 | 36 | 1792.5 | 488 | 10757 | 4535 | 195 | 8/71 | 23.25 | 2.52 | 55.1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | |
1986-1991 | 9 | 378.5 | 93 | 2273 | 959 | 47 | 7/51 | 20.40 | 2.53 | 48.3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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Minimum of 1000 balls
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Essex vs Nottinghamshire at Lord's, National Westminster Bank Trophy Final, Sep 7, 1985 [List A]
Hampshire vs Essex at Southampton, National Westminster Bank Trophy Semi-Final, Aug 21-22, 1985 [List A]
Worcestershire vs Nottinghamshire at Worcester, National Westminster Bank Trophy Semi-Final, Aug 21-22, 1985 [List A]