Best economy rates in an innings in 1979 in Tests
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 11.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.45 | Australia | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 12.0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0.81 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0.92 | England | v India | Leeds | 16 Aug 1979 | Test # 853 | |
| 15.0 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1.00 | England | v India | Lord's | 2 Aug 1979 | Test # 852 | |
| 23.0 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 1.01 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1.01 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 18.0 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1.08 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 9.0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1.08 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 14.6 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1.11 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 | |
| 27.0 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 1.13 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 25.0 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 1.14 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 16 Feb 1979 | Test # 847 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1.16 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 2 Oct 1979 | Test # 857 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 25 | - | 1.17 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 16 Feb 1979 | Test # 847 | |
| 27.1 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 1.21 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1.27 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 10.4 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1.28 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 | |
| 46.1 | 16 | 60 | 1 | 1.29 | India | v West Indies | Kanpur | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 845 | |
| 17.4 | 8 | 23 | - | 1.30 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 11 Sep 1979 | Test # 855 | |
| 23.0 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 1.30 | Australia | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 12.0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1.31 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 10.4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1.31 | India | v West Indies | Delhi | 24 Jan 1979 | Test # 842 | |
| 9.0 | 5 | 16 | - | 1.33 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 21.6 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 1.34 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 45.0 | 18 | 62 | 2 | 1.37 | England | v India | Lord's | 2 Aug 1979 | Test # 852 | |
| 28.5 | 14 | 40 | 6 | 1.38 | Pakistan | v India | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
| 20.0 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1.42 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 11.0 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1.45 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 26 Oct 1979 | Test # 859 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 16 | - | 1.45 | Pakistan | v India | Delhi | 4 Dec 1979 | Test # 863 | |
| 29.0 | 10 | 57 | 1 | 1.47 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 24.1 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 1.48 | England | v India | Birmingham | 12 Jul 1979 | Test # 851 | |
| 23.0 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 1.50 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 1.50 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 42.0 | 15 | 64 | 2 | 1.52 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 11 Sep 1979 | Test # 855 | |
| 7.7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1.52 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 17.0 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1.52 | India | v Pakistan | Kanpur | 25 Dec 1979 | Test # 866 | |
| 26.0 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1.53 | Pakistan | v India | Kanpur | 25 Dec 1979 | Test # 866 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 35 | - | 1.54 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 24.0 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 1.56 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 23 | - | 1.56 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 16 Feb 1979 | Test # 847 | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 21 | - | 1.57 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 16 Feb 1979 | Test # 847 | |
| 14.3 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1.58 | India | v Pakistan | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
| 27.6 | 7 | 59 | 3 | 1.59 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1.60 | England | v India | Lord's | 2 Aug 1979 | Test # 852 | |
| 28.2 | 9 | 61 | 4 | 1.61 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Auckland | 23 Feb 1979 | Test # 848 | |
| 24.0 | 4 | 52 | 4 | 1.62 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 32.0 | 13 | 52 | 2 | 1.62 | England | v India | Leeds | 16 Aug 1979 | Test # 853 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 1.63 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 4 Dec 1979 | Test # 863 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 18 | - | 1.63 | England | v India | Birmingham | 12 Jul 1979 | Test # 851 | |
| 21.0 | 6 | 47 | - | 1.67 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 32.0 | 9 | 72 | 2 | 1.68 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Auckland | 23 Feb 1979 | Test # 848 | |
| 20.0 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 1.68 | Australia | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 24 Mar 1979 | Test # 850 | |
| 22.3 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1.68 | England | v India | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 | Test # 854 | |
| 19.0 | 3 | 43 | - | 1.69 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 45.0 | 10 | 77 | 3 | 1.71 | India | v Australia | Chennai | 11 Sep 1979 | Test # 855 | |
| 30.0 | 8 | 69 | 4 | 1.72 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 18.0 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1.75 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 18.0 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 1.75 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 16.0 | 7 | 28 | - | 1.75 | Pakistan | v India | Kanpur | 25 Dec 1979 | Test # 866 | |
| 26.4 | 11 | 47 | 5 | 1.76 | Pakistan | v India | Kanpur | 25 Dec 1979 | Test # 866 | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 1.76 | Pakistan | v India | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
| 19.0 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 1.77 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 18.0 | - | 32 | - | 1.77 | West Indies | v Australia | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1979 | Test # 862 | |
| 29.1 | 14 | 52 | 3 | 1.78 | Australia | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 28.0 | 10 | 67 | 4 | 1.79 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 25.0 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 1.80 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 24 | - | 1.80 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 35.4 | 7 | 86 | 9 | 1.81 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1.81 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 21 Nov 1979 | Test # 861 | |
| 41.0 | 17 | 75 | - | 1.82 | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 21 Nov 1979 | Test # 861 | |
| 41.0 | 13 | 75 | 2 | 1.82 | West Indies | v Australia | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1979 | Test # 862 | |
| 16.2 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 1.83 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 2 Oct 1979 | Test # 857 | |
| 19.0 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 1.84 | England | v India | Lord's | 2 Aug 1979 | Test # 852 | |
| 28.4 | 12 | 53 | 4 | 1.84 | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 21 Nov 1979 | Test # 861 | |
| 14.0 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1.85 | India | v West Indies | Delhi | 24 Jan 1979 | Test # 842 | |
| 10.4 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1.85 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 59.6 | 15 | 148 | 5 | 1.85 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 25.0 | 2 | 62 | 5 | 1.86 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 1.87 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 10 Mar 1979 | Test # 849 | |
| 28.0 | 14 | 53 | 2 | 1.89 | Australia | v India | Wankhede | 3 Nov 1979 | Test # 860 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 40 | 4 | 1.90 | India | v Australia | Wankhede | 3 Nov 1979 | Test # 860 | |
| 30.0 | 6 | 77 | 2 | 1.92 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 16 Feb 1979 | Test # 847 | |
| 27.0 | 8 | 52 | 3 | 1.92 | India | v Pakistan | Wankhede | 16 Dec 1979 | Test # 865 | |
| 52.3 | 20 | 102 | 3 | 1.94 | India | v Pakistan | Bengaluru | 21 Nov 1979 | Test # 861 | |
| 10.6 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 1.95 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 13.0 | 1 | 34 | - | 1.96 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 17.2 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 1.96 | Australia | v England | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 28.0 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 1.96 | Pakistan | v India | Bengaluru | 21 Nov 1979 | Test # 861 | |
| 37.0 | 9 | 97 | 4 | 1.96 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 1.98 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 23.0 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 1.98 | Australia | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 24 Mar 1979 | Test # 850 | |
| 41.0 | 14 | 82 | 3 | 2.00 | England | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 28.0 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 2.00 | Australia | v India | Eden Gardens | 26 Oct 1979 | Test # 859 | |
| 26.0 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 2.00 | England | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 14 Dec 1979 | Test # 864 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 2.00 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Feb 1979 | Test # 846 | |
| 17.2 | 7 | 46 | 4 | 2.00 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 6 Jan 1979 | Test # 840 | |
| 21.0 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 2.00 | India | v Pakistan | Kanpur | 25 Dec 1979 | Test # 866 | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 2.00 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 2 Oct 1979 | Test # 857 | |
| 13.3 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2.00 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1979 | Test # 867 | |
| 28.0 | 4 | 75 | 1 | 2.00 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 27 Jan 1979 | Test # 843 | |
| 22.0 | 5 | 59 | 5 | 2.01 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 2 Feb 1979 | Test # 844 |
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Minimum of 60 ballsPerformances 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:
Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]
India vs Pakistan at Kanpur, Pakistan tour of India 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]
India vs Pakistan at Wankhede, Pakistan tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]