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Best economy rates
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
KD Mackay (Aus) 1956-1959 21 2406 595 20 6/42 7/58 29.75 1.48 120.3 1 0
TL Goddard (SA) 1955-1958 15 5130 1315 47 5/31 7/108 27.97 1.53 109.1 2 0
JC Watkins (SA) 1950-1957 13 2541 691 26 4/22 6/88 26.57 1.63 97.7 0 0
ARA Murray (SA) 1952-1954 10 2374 710 18 4/169 5/49 39.44 1.79 131.8 0 0
AK Davidson (Aus) 1953-1959 27 6273 1886 92 7/93 12/124 20.50 1.80 68.1 5 1
GE Gomez (WI) 1950-1954 18 3637 1105 41 7/55 10/113 26.95 1.82 88.7 1 1
JC Laker (Eng) 1950-1959 38 9783 2992 162 10/53 19/90 18.46 1.83 60.3 8 3
DS Atkinson (WI) 1951-1958 18 4637 1423 42 7/53 7/86 33.88 1.84 110.4 3 0
HJ Tayfield (SA) 1950-1958 30 11875 3686 153 9/113 13/165 24.09 1.86 77.6 14 2
HB Cave (NZ) 1955-1958 15 3228 1002 30 4/21 8/43 33.40 1.86 107.6 0 0
GAR Lock (Eng) 1952-1959 31 8117 2554 123 7/35 11/48 20.76 1.88 65.9 8 3
JH Wardle (Eng) 1950-1957 27 6579 2071 102 7/36 12/89 20.30 1.88 64.5 5 1
AL Valentine (WI) 1950-1958 29 11157 3568 123 8/104 11/204 29.00 1.91 90.7 8 2
S Ramadhin (WI) 1950-1959 37 12152 3950 138 7/49 11/152 28.62 1.95 88.0 10 1
PJ Loader (Eng) 1954-1959 13 2662 878 39 6/36 9/86 22.51 1.97 68.2 1 0
MH Mankad (India) 1951-1959 31 10820 3570 122 8/52 13/131 29.26 1.97 88.6 7 2
NAT Adcock (SA) 1953-1958 19 4321 1460 69 6/43 8/87 21.15 2.02 62.6 3 0
PR Umrigar (India) 1951-1959 43 2295 776 18 6/74 6/74 43.11 2.02 127.5 1 0
DG Phadkar (India) 1951-1959 23 4683 1620 40 5/64 7/88 40.50 2.07 117.0 2 0
Ghulam Ahmed (India) 1952-1959 19 4874 1691 60 7/49 10/130 28.18 2.08 81.2 4 1
AV Bedser (Eng) 1950-1955 28 8370 2917 147 7/44 14/99 19.84 2.09 56.9 13 3
I Meckiff (Aus) 1957-1959 12 2608 912 33 6/38 9/107 27.63 2.09 79.0 2 0
AH Kardar (Pak) 1952-1958 23 2712 954 21 3/35 5/73 45.42 2.11 129.1 0 0
R Benaud (Aus) 1952-1959 42 11201 3952 165 7/72 11/105 23.95 2.11 67.8 11 1
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 1952-1959 26 7815 2765 125 7/42 13/114 22.12 2.12 62.5 12 4
JR Reid (NZ) 1951-1959 32 4636 1649 47 4/34 6/97 35.08 2.13 98.6 0 0
WA Johnston (Aus) 1950-1955 29 7935 2826 106 6/62 8/114 26.66 2.13 74.8 5 0
R Tattersall (Eng) 1951-1954 16 4228 1513 58 7/52 12/101 26.08 2.14 72.8 4 1
IWG Johnson (Aus) 1950-1956 30 5394 1945 68 7/44 8/86 28.60 2.16 79.3 2 0
PS Heine (SA) 1955-1958 13 3674 1332 56 6/58 8/157 23.78 2.17 65.6 4 0
GS Sobers (WI) 1954-1959 27 3967 1444 31 4/26 6/65 46.58 2.18 127.9 0 0
OG Smith (WI) 1955-1959 26 4431 1625 48 5/90 8/184 33.85 2.20 92.3 1 0
RG Archer (Aus) 1953-1956 19 3576 1318 48 5/53 6/65 27.45 2.21 74.5 1 0
TE Bailey (Eng) 1950-1959 57 8764 3257 116 7/34 11/98 28.07 2.22 75.5 3 1
JB Statham (Eng) 1951-1959 47 9995 3737 159 7/39 9/88 23.50 2.24 62.8 5 0
KR Miller (Aus) 1950-1956 37 7609 2878 122 6/107 10/152 23.59 2.26 62.3 5 1
GS Ramchand (India) 1952-1959 30 4598 1747 41 6/49 7/76 42.60 2.27 112.1 1 0
AR MacGibbon (NZ) 1951-1958 26 5659 2160 70 5/64 8/105 30.85 2.29 80.8 1 0
RR Lindwall (Aus) 1950-1959 42 9470 3687 152 7/43 8/112 24.25 2.33 62.3 7 0
SP Gupte (India) 1951-1959 31 9822 3903 134 9/102 10/223 29.12 2.38 73.2 11 1
FMM Worrell (WI) 1950-1957 29 4269 1701 47 7/70 7/70 36.19 2.39 90.8 2 0
FM King (WI) 1953-1956 14 2869 1159 29 5/74 6/103 39.96 2.42 98.9 1 0
FH Tyson (Eng) 1954-1959 17 3452 1411 76 7/27 10/130 18.56 2.45 45.4 4 1
Khan Mohammad (Pak) 1952-1958 13 3157 1292 54 6/21 8/41 23.92 2.45 58.4 4 0
FR Brown (Eng) 1950-1953 14 2140 901 32 5/49 6/81 28.15 2.52 66.8 1 0
FS Trueman (Eng) 1952-1959 31 6200 2685 128 8/31 9/40 20.97 2.59 48.4 5 0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (Pak) 1958-1959 10 2014 878 34 6/67 8/120 25.82 2.61 59.2 2 0
RW Blair (NZ) 1953-1959 14 2361 1031 26 4/90 4/90 39.65 2.62 90.8 0 0
DT Ring (Aus) 1951-1953 11 2528 1141 28 6/72 8/132 40.75 2.70 90.2 2 0
JA Hayes (NZ) 1951-1958 15 2675 1217 30 4/36 4/36 40.56 2.72 89.1 0 0

Minimum of 2000 balls
Matches are credited to the decade they start in and no special account is taken of matches that may overlap decades

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]
India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]
Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]
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