Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records in The Wisden Trophy

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
SM Nurse (WI)	1966-1968	10	3.0	3	18	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
BC Lara (WI)	1994-2004	30	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
PD Lashley (WI)	1966-1966	2	3.0	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.0	-	-	-
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	3.0	2	18	1	-	-	0.00	0.33	-	-	-	-
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1994-2004	27	2.0	1	12	1	-	-	0.00	0.50	-	-	-	-
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1963-1968	11	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
CG Greenidge (WI)	1976-1990	32	3.0	2	18	4	-	-	0.00	1.33	-	-	-	-
MC Carew (WI)	1963-1969	5	46.0	23	276	72	2	1/11	36.00	1.56	138.0	-	-	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	34	93.0	32	558	146	5	2/13	29.20	1.56	111.6	-	-	-
CA Davis (WI)	1969-1969	3	20.0	8	120	32	1	1/27	32.00	1.60	120.0	-	-	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1966-1981	29	10.0	4	60	16	-	-	0.00	1.60	-	-	-	-
D Ramnarine (WI)	1998-1998	2	91.0	37	546	148	9	4/29	16.44	1.62	60.6	1	-	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1986	16	51.0	16	306	83	1	1/4	83.00	1.62	306.0	-	-	-
PV Simmons (WI)	1991-1994	7	6.0	1	36	11	-	-	0.00	1.83	-	-	-	-
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2015-2020	12	34.5	3	209	66	-	-	0.00	1.89	-	-	-	-
LA King (WI)	1968-1968	1	47.2	12	284	90	2	2/79	45.00	1.90	142.0	-	-	-
JN Shepherd (WI)	1969-1969	3	137.5	44	827	266	12	5/104	22.16	1.92	68.9	-	1	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1963-1974	26	1473.3	496	8841	2889	100	6/39	28.89	1.96	88.4	2	7	2
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	36	231.0	78	1386	459	6	2/24	76.50	1.98	231.0	-	-	-
BF Butcher (WI)	1963-1969	18	36.4	14	220	73	5	5/34	14.60	1.99	44.0	-	1	-
LG Rowe (WI)	1974-1976	7	3.0	1	18	6	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
RA Harper (WI)	1984-1988	10	195.4	73	1174	394	22	6/57	17.90	2.01	53.3	-	1	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-1998	24	370.5	104	2225	752	20	5/80	37.60	2.02	111.2	-	1	-
AG Barrett (WI)	1974-1974	2	124.0	46	744	260	7	3/86	37.14	2.09	106.2	-	-	-
JC Tredwell (ENG)	2015-2015	1	66.0	26	396	140	5	4/47	28.00	2.12	79.2	1	-	-
JH Childs (ENG)	1988-1988	2	86.0	29	516	183	3	1/13	61.00	2.12	172.0	-	-	-
D Shackleton (ENG)	1963-1963	4	243.2	73	1460	518	15	4/72	34.53	2.12	97.3	1	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1963-1974	25	1184.0	363	7104	2532	84	5/41	30.14	2.13	84.5	1	3	-
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2000	1	43.0	14	258	92	3	2/63	30.66	2.13	86.0	-	-	-
MLC Foster (WI)	1969-1974	3	19.0	5	114	41	-	-	0.00	2.15	-	-	-	-
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1988-1995	11	38.5	7	233	85	-	-	0.00	2.18	-	-	-	-
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1976	10	370.0	106	2220	812	25	5/57	32.48	2.19	88.8	-	1	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	34	1380.4	383	8284	3082	164	8/45	18.79	2.23	50.5	13	8	2
J Garner (WI)	1980-1986	19	738.0	211	4428	1650	92	5/55	17.93	2.23	48.1	8	1	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1969	12	353.0	108	2118	791	15	2/45	52.73	2.24	141.2	-	-	-
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1976-1976	1	28.0	8	168	64	1	1/23	64.00	2.28	168.0	-	-	-
VA Holder (WI)	1969-1976	10	428.5	136	2573	981	33	4/48	29.72	2.28	77.9	2	-	-
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1984-1990	6	148.0	44	888	342	9	3/31	38.00	2.31	98.6	-	-	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1963-1963	5	45.0	16	270	104	3	2/12	34.66	2.31	90.0	-	-	-
EH Mattis (WI)	1981-1981	4	6.0	1	36	14	-	-	0.00	2.33	-	-	-	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1991-1998	9	386.2	112	2318	904	18	6/25	50.22	2.33	128.7	-	1	-
RDB Croft (ENG)	1998-2000	3	134.1	35	805	316	9	3/50	35.11	2.35	89.4	-	-	-
Inshan Ali (WI)	1973-1974	3	147.0	43	882	349	6	3/86	58.16	2.37	147.0	-	-	-
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2020	11	64.2	20	386	153	3	2/22	51.00	2.37	128.6	-	-	-
ER Dexter (ENG)	1963-1963	5	95.0	22	570	227	7	4/38	32.42	2.38	81.4	1	-	-
J Birkenshaw (ENG)	1974-1974	2	40.0	9	240	96	2	1/24	48.00	2.40	120.0	-	-	-
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1998-1998	2	5.0	-	30	12	-	-	0.00	2.40	-	-	-	-
JD Campbell (WI)	2019-2020	6	4.1	-	25	10	-	-	0.00	2.40	-	-	-	-
JA Jameson (ENG)	1974-1974	2	7.0	2	42	17	1	1/17	17.00	2.42	42.0	-	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1966-1973	8	284.4	95	1708	694	15	3/50	46.26	2.43	113.8	-	-	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1981	12	481.0	133	2886	1174	50	6/37	23.48	2.44	57.7	-	4	1
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1963-1968	9	250.0	67	1500	611	15	5/83	40.73	2.44	100.0	1	1	-
CJ Jordan (ENG)	2015-2015	3	104.0	32	624	256	6	2/65	42.66	2.46	104.0	-	-	-
CL King (WI)	1976-1980	4	51.0	14	306	127	2	1/30	63.50	2.49	153.0	-	-	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-2000	36	1469.4	359	8818	3683	145	6/74	25.40	2.50	60.8	10	5	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1963-1963	5	236.4	53	1420	594	34	7/44	17.47	2.50	41.7	1	4	2
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1991	26	54.0	16	324	136	4	2/18	34.00	2.51	81.0	-	-	-
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1988-1994	8	257.2	65	1544	649	24	4/52	27.04	2.52	64.3	1	-	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	26	965.0	232	5790	2436	127	7/22	19.18	2.52	45.5	5	6	1
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	17	646.1	203	3877	1656	38	5/39	43.57	2.56	102.0	2	1	-
P Willey (ENG)	1976-1986	15	98.0	28	588	252	4	2/73	63.00	2.57	147.0	-	-	-
CC Griffith (WI)	1963-1968	14	461.3	110	2769	1189	56	6/36	21.23	2.57	49.4	1	4	-
DAJ Holford (WI)	1966-1968	9	246.5	52	1481	637	11	3/34	57.90	2.58	134.6	-	-	-
K Higgs (ENG)	1966-1966	5	236.4	49	1420	611	24	6/91	25.45	2.58	59.1	2	1	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2004-2020	22	752.3	212	4515	1967	87	7/42	22.60	2.61	51.8	4	5	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1963-1966	3	119.2	40	716	312	6	2/104	52.00	2.61	119.3	-	-	-
BR Knight (ENG)	1966-1969	4	171.1	32	1027	448	15	4/63	29.86	2.61	68.4	1	-	-
KMA Paul (WI)	2019-2019	1	26.0	8	156	69	3	2/58	23.00	2.65	52.0	-	-	-
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1995	27	3.0	1	18	8	-	-	0.00	2.66	-	-	-	-
GC Shillingford (WI)	1969-1969	2	59.4	12	358	160	6	2/30	26.66	2.68	59.6	-	-	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1995	15	469.3	130	2817	1260	30	5/78	42.00	2.68	93.9	-	2	-
PJW Allott (ENG)	1984-1984	3	104.5	26	629	282	14	6/61	20.14	2.68	44.9	-	1	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1990-1998	17	615.1	160	3691	1659	70	8/53	23.70	2.69	52.7	3	5	1
RD Jackman (ENG)	1981-1981	2	73.2	15	440	198	6	3/65	33.00	2.70	73.3	-	-	-
IR Bishop (WI)	1990-1998	13	454.4	93	2728	1231	51	5/32	24.13	2.70	53.4	2	2	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1973-1974	6	198.4	48	1192	538	17	5/113	31.64	2.70	70.1	1	1	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	21	747.4	189	4486	2031	96	8/92	21.15	2.71	46.7	2	6	1
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1991-2000	16	61.0	12	366	166	3	1/2	55.33	2.72	122.0	-	-	-
R Rampaul (WI)	2012-2012	2	52.0	11	312	142	4	3/75	35.50	2.73	78.0	-	-	-
RK Illingworth (ENG)	1991-1995	6	156.4	50	940	428	10	4/96	42.80	2.73	94.0	1	-	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1963-1968	5	160.5	35	965	442	10	3/54	44.20	2.74	96.5	-	-	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2007-2009	7	253.4	55	1522	700	28	6/129	25.00	2.75	54.3	1	3	1
DJ Brown (ENG)	1966-1969	8	300.3	60	1803	830	28	4/39	29.64	2.76	64.3	1	-	-
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1988-1995	11	383.4	85	2302	1067	33	4/34	32.33	2.78	69.7	2	-	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	8	308.3	82	1851	858	32	5/57	26.81	2.78	57.8	-	2	-
RNS Hobbs (ENG)	1968-1968	1	28.0	3	168	78	2	1/34	39.00	2.78	84.0	-	-	-
PI Pocock (ENG)	1968-1984	10	410.3	105	2463	1145	22	5/110	52.04	2.78	111.9	1	1	-
JC Adams (WI)	1994-2000	18	112.5	26	677	316	8	2/5	39.50	2.80	84.6	-	-	-
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1973-1980	16	21.0	4	126	59	-	-	0.00	2.80	-	-	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1986	3	92.3	16	555	260	3	2/98	86.66	2.81	185.0	-	-	-
DR Pringle (ENG)	1984-1991	11	318.4	76	1912	905	28	5/95	32.32	2.83	68.2	-	3	-
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1974	7	216.5	45	1301	618	30	6/77	20.60	2.85	43.3	3	2	1
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	20	286.3	53	1719	817	21	5/34	38.90	2.85	81.8	-	1	-
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2020	11	345.1	97	2071	988	33	6/42	29.93	2.86	62.7	2	1	-
PJ Martin (ENG)	1995-1995	3	84.0	21	504	241	5	2/65	48.20	2.86	100.8	-	-	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2009	12	276.1	65	1657	793	31	5/58	25.58	2.87	53.4	-	1	-
RC Fredericks (WI)	1969-1976	16	81.4	18	490	235	2	1/12	117.50	2.87	245.0	-	-	-
NAM McLean (WI)	1998-2000	6	151.0	31	906	436	12	3/60	36.33	2.88	75.5	-	-	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2020	19	628.2	154	3770	1818	73	7/72	24.90	2.89	51.6	3	3	2
RB Kanhai (WI)	1963-1974	23	10.0	2	60	29	-	-	0.00	2.90	-	-	-	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v West Indies at Manchester, 3rd Test, Jul 24-28, 2020 [Test # 2390]

England v West Indies at Manchester, 2nd Test, Jul 16-20, 2020 [Test # 2389]

England v West Indies at Southampton, 1st Test, Jul 8-12, 2020 [Test # 2388]