Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Best economy rates in an innings in 1961 in Tests

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RG Nadkarni	34.0	24	24	1	0.70	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
RG Nadkarni	52.4	38	43	4	0.81	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
R Benaud	14.3	8	15	3	1.03	Australia	v England	Birmingham	8 Jun 1961	Test # 507
FMM Worrell	31.0	16	43	3	1.04	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
DA Allen	11.0	5	12	-	1.09	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
LR Gibbs	28.0	13	44	-	1.17	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
FMM Worrell	17.0	9	27	3	1.19	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
PR Umrigar	53.0	24	64	2	1.20	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
LR Gibbs	41.0	19	68	2	1.24	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
GD McKenzie	29.0	13	37	5	1.27	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
PM Pollock	14.0	6	18	2	1.28	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
WE Russell	19.0	9	25	-	1.31	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
AK Davidson	47.0	23	63	5	1.34	Australia	v England	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
Mohammad Munaf	31.1	15	42	4	1.34	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
DA Allen	39.0	21	54	3	1.38	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
R Illingworth	11.3	5	16	1	1.39	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
Mahmood Hussain	25.0	8	35	-	1.40	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
LR Gibbs	38.4	18	74	4	1.44	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
LR Gibbs	23.0	6	46	3	1.50	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
AL Valentine	20.0	7	40	1	1.50	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RA Gaunt	22.0	7	33	-	1.50	Australia	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
FMM Worrell	9.0	4	18	-	1.50	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
DA Allen	38.0	25	58	4	1.52	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
PR Umrigar	30.0	10	46	2	1.53	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
HD Bromfield	15.0	5	23	-	1.53	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
Fazal Mahmood	43.0	22	66	-	1.53	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
KD Mackay	22.0	4	34	-	1.54	Australia	v England	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
AK Davidson	11.0	6	17	1	1.54	Australia	v England	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
KD Mackay	10.0	2	21	-	1.57	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
GB Lawrence	25.0	8	40	-	1.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
DA Allen	28.0	12	45	1	1.60	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
GAR Lock	45.0	22	74	4	1.64	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
GS Sobers	39.0	11	87	2	1.67	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RB Simpson	19.0	10	32	1	1.68	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
VV Kumar	37.5	21	64	5	1.69	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
AK Davidson	24.3	6	42	5	1.71	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
Saeed Ahmed	11.0	3	19	1	1.72	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
R Benaud	23.0	4	53	1	1.72	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	1.73	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
Afaq Hussain	23.0	6	40	1	1.73	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
DR Smith	31.0	12	54	1	1.74	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
GAR Lock	36.0	19	63	2	1.75	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
VB Ranjane	21.3	9	38	1	1.76	India	v England	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514
KD Mackay	68.0	21	121	5	1.77	Australia	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
KD Mackay	31.4	5	75	3	1.78	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
AK Davidson	39.0	11	70	3	1.79	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
HL Jackson	31.0	11	57	2	1.83	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
GAR Lock	26.0	13	48	-	1.84	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
GS Sobers	13.0	2	32	-	1.84	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
DA Allen	47.0	18	87	4	1.85	England	v India	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	1.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
RB Desai	17.0	4	32	2	1.88	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
R Benaud	21.7	5	55	2	1.88	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
VV Kumar	36.0	17	68	2	1.88	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
FS Trueman	15.5	5	30	6	1.89	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
CG Borde	10.0	4	19	-	1.90	India	v England	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
LR Gibbs	26.0	5	66	5	1.90	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
KD Mackay	39.0	14	75	2	1.92	Australia	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
R Benaud	44.0	14	113	4	1.92	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
A Brown	14.0	4	27	3	1.92	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
JB Statham	38.5	10	75	3	1.93	England	v Australia	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
AK Davidson	31.0	10	60	-	1.93	Australia	v England	Birmingham	8 Jun 1961	Test # 507
DR Smith	31.0	10	60	2	1.93	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
AG Kripal Singh	33.0	9	64	-	1.93	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
KD Mackay	29.0	10	57	4	1.96	Australia	v England	Birmingham	8 Jun 1961	Test # 507
DA Allen	34.0	13	67	5	1.97	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
RB Simpson	11.4	4	23	4	1.97	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
SA Durani	33.2	12	66	3	1.98	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
GS Sobers	24.0	3	64	3	2.00	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
HL Jackson	13.0	5	26	2	2.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
KD Mackay	12.0	3	24	2	2.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
SA Durani	23.2	8	47	5	2.01	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
JB Statham	44.0	10	89	2	2.02	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
KD Mackay	40.0	9	81	1	2.02	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
DA Allen	33.0	14	67	2	2.03	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
LR Gibbs	35.6	4	97	5	2.03	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RB Desai	28.0	5	57	1	2.03	India	v England	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
GS Sobers	44.0	7	120	5	2.04	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
GB Lawrence	22.0	4	45	1	2.04	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
DA Allen	43.0	17	88	1	2.04	England	v India	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514
HD Bromfield	18.0	4	37	3	2.05	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
AL Valentine	21.7	4	60	3	2.05	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
R Benaud	17.0	4	35	1	2.05	Australia	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
GAR Lock	16.0	9	33	1	2.06	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
AL Valentine	24.2	6	67	4	2.07	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
GAR Lock	40.0	15	83	1	2.07	England	v India	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
AK Davidson	24.0	8	50	2	2.08	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
ER Dexter	12.0	4	25	1	2.08	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
FJ Cameron	15.2	1	32	3	2.08	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
CG Borde	22.0	10	46	-	2.09	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
KA Walter	18.0	5	38	1	2.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
GAR Lock	44.0	15	93	3	2.11	England	v India	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514
JC Alabaster	17.0	6	36	3	2.11	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
KD Mackay	41.0	13	87	1	2.12	Australia	v England	Birmingham	8 Jun 1961	Test # 507
RB Simpson	18.0	3	51	1	2.12	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
KA Walter	16.0	5	34	1	2.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
HD Bromfield	16.0	6	34	1	2.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
KD Mackay	14.0	1	40	-	2.14	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
DA Allen	14.0	6	30	2	2.14	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
AG Kripal Singh	36.0	7	78	-	2.16	India	v England	Kanpur	1 Dec 1961	Test # 514

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Minimum of 60 balls
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at Eden Gardens, England tour of India 4th Test, Dec 30, 1961 - Jan 4, 1962 [Test # 518]

South Africa vs New Zealand at Johannesburg, New Zealand tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1961 [Test # 517]

India vs England at Delhi, England tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 13-18, 1961 [Test # 516]