Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
G Fowler (ENG)	1984-1985	5	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1988-1995	10	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
JM How (NZ)	2009-2009	1	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1961	15	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1992	8	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
BAG Murray (NZ)	1968-1969	7	1.0	1	6	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	6.0	-	-	-
Raqibul Hasan (BAN)	2010-2010	2	1.0	1	6	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	6.0	-	-	-
RT Robinson (ENG)	1984-1986	6	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1990-2001	14	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
IR Redpath (AUS)	1964-1969	10	-	1	12	1	-	-	0.00	0.50	-	-	-	-
GM Carew (WI)	1948-1949	1	3.0	2	18	2	-	-	0.00	0.66	-	-	-	-
MR Bynoe (WI)	1966-1967	3	5.0	4	30	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.00	30.0	-	-	-
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2019	12	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1981	11	-	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1967-1982	13	7.0	3	42	8	-	-	0.00	1.14	-	-	-	-
GJ Crocker (ZIM)	1992-1992	1	35.0	18	210	41	1	1/41	41.00	1.17	210.0	-	-	-
S van Zyl (SA)	2015-2015	3	4.0	1	24	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.25	24.0	-	-	-
MLC Foster (WI)	1971-1971	2	39.0	14	234	52	1	1/10	52.00	1.33	234.0	-	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS)	1981-1981	3	20.0	10	120	27	1	1/4	27.00	1.35	120.0	-	-	-
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1987-1987	5	5.0	2	30	7	1	1/7	7.00	1.40	30.0	-	-	-
MC Carew (WI)	1971-1971	3	14.0	4	84	20	-	-	0.00	1.42	-	-	-	-
AE Moss (ENG)	1959-1959	3	101.0	47	606	147	7	2/30	21.00	1.45	86.5	-	-	-
JV Coney (NZ)	1981-1981	3	26.0	7	156	38	2	2/12	19.00	1.46	78.0	-	-	-
MJ Horton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	39.4	18	238	59	2	2/24	29.50	1.48	119.0	-	-	-
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1936-1936	1	10.0	6	60	15	-	-	0.00	1.50	-	-	-	-
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	3	68.0	25	408	103	7	3/28	14.71	1.51	58.2	-	-	-
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1974-1979	15	5.5	2	35	9	-	-	0.00	1.54	-	-	-	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1960	8	113.2	47	680	176	7	3/27	25.14	1.55	97.1	-	-	-
LJ Johnson (AUS)	1948-1948	1	35.2	10	282	74	6	3/8	12.33	1.57	47.0	-	-	-
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1953	10	38.0	14	228	60	2	2/12	30.00	1.57	114.0	-	-	-
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1999	22	10.0	2	60	16	2	1/6	8.00	1.60	30.0	-	-	-
Shujauddin (PAK)	1955-1955	5	48.0	20	288	77	1	1/13	77.00	1.60	288.0	-	-	-
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1956	5	254.0	119	1524	412	7	3/77	58.85	1.62	217.7	-	-	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1947-1948	4	84.0	24	672	182	16	4/44	11.37	1.62	42.0	1	-	-
CD Watson (WI)	1962-1962	1	16.0	6	96	26	1	1/20	26.00	1.62	96.0	-	-	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1964-1964	3	163.4	56	982	269	11	4/68	24.45	1.64	89.2	1	-	-
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	2	23.0	9	138	38	2	2/30	19.00	1.65	69.0	-	-	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1959-1971	8	358.0	144	2148	592	31	6/29	19.09	1.65	69.2	2	2	-
BC Booth (AUS)	1964-1964	3	35.0	17	210	58	2	2/33	29.00	1.65	105.0	-	-	-
PE Richardson (ENG)	1961-1962	5	6.0	3	36	10	2	2/10	5.00	1.66	18.0	-	-	-
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1992-2002	9	3.0	1	18	5	-	-	0.00	1.66	-	-	-	-
M Mbangwa (ZIM)	1998-1998	1	26.2	10	158	44	3	2/16	14.66	1.67	52.6	-	-	-
R Pollard (ENG)	1946-1946	1	52.0	26	312	87	7	5/24	12.42	1.67	44.5	-	1	-
GE Gomez (WI)	1948-1953	9	476.4	185	2860	805	27	4/72	29.81	1.68	105.9	1	-	-
LF Kline (AUS)	1959-1960	3	82.0	38	492	141	8	4/42	17.62	1.71	61.5	1	-	-
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1993	3	109.0	44	654	190	9	3/32	21.11	1.74	72.6	-	-	-
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1983	3	155.0	46	930	271	7	5/72	38.71	1.74	132.8	-	1	-
JS Solomon (WI)	1958-1962	8	64.0	31	384	112	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
Nadeem Khan (PAK)	1999-1999	1	20.0	5	120	35	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
RC Miller (WI)	1953-1953	1	16.0	8	96	28	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
SM Nurse (WI)	1962-1967	3	4.0	1	24	7	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
AL Padmore (WI)	1976-1976	1	76.0	21	456	134	1	1/36	134.00	1.76	456.0	-	-	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1956-1960	6	267.5	95	1607	473	30	7/93	15.76	1.76	53.5	1	2	1
JW Wilson (AUS)	1956-1956	1	36.0	17	216	64	1	1/25	64.00	1.77	216.0	-	-	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1961	14	605.5	228	3635	1080	44	7/42	24.54	1.78	82.6	2	4	1
AA Mallett (AUS)	1969-1969	5	298.4	129	1792	535	28	6/64	19.10	1.79	64.0	-	3	1
BL Cairns (NZ)	1976-1981	6	-	85	1505	450	22	5/33	20.45	1.79	68.4	-	2	-
CJ Barnett (ENG)	1933-1936	4	5.0	1	30	9	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2021-2021	1	5.0	3	30	9	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
CJ Poole (ENG)	1951-1952	3	5.0	1	30	9	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	11	174.1	75	1045	316	14	3/23	22.57	1.81	74.6	-	-	-
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	6	-	35	966	295	13	4/49	22.69	1.83	74.3	2	-	-
T Greenhough (ENG)	1959-1959	3	139.1	47	835	255	14	5/35	18.21	1.83	59.6	-	1	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1975	15	798.5	284	4793	1467	63	8/38	23.28	1.83	76.0	3	4	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1967-1971	5	93.0	43	558	172	6	2/38	28.66	1.84	93.0	-	-	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1952	7	308.1	90	1849	577	44	7/49	13.11	1.87	42.0	2	4	2
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1964-1964	5	398.5	156	2393	747	27	6/73	27.66	1.87	88.6	1	2	-
ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1959	3	87.0	36	522	163	4	2/21	40.75	1.87	130.5	-	-	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1953-1962	10	204.1	60	1225	383	9	2/12	42.55	1.87	136.1	-	-	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1953-1962	7	502.0	217	3012	942	30	5/64	31.40	1.87	100.4	2	2	-
D Wilson (ENG)	1964-1964	5	212.0	85	1272	398	9	2/17	44.22	1.87	141.3	-	-	-
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1969	7	-	103	1930	604	19	4/56	31.78	1.87	101.5	1	-	-
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1964-1968	2	-	24	492	154	4	2/26	38.50	1.87	123.0	-	-	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1969-1976	5	-	62	1206	378	17	5/34	22.23	1.88	70.9	1	1	-
CDUS Weerasinghe (SL)	1985-1985	1	19.0	8	114	36	-	-	0.00	1.89	-	-	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS)	1948-1960	10	-	13	186	59	2	1/8	29.50	1.90	93.0	-	-	-
MG Burgess (NZ)	1968-1976	13	-	18	280	89	5	3/23	17.80	1.90	56.0	-	-	-
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1977-1978	4	58.7	17	471	150	4	2/26	37.50	1.91	117.7	-	-	-
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1964	5	249.4	100	1498	479	10	3/36	47.90	1.91	149.8	-	-	-
MP Jarvis (ZIM)	1992-1992	1	38.0	17	228	73	1	1/73	73.00	1.92	228.0	-	-	-
W Voce (ENG)	1932-1946	3	95.0	27	570	183	7	3/23	26.14	1.92	81.4	-	-	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1962	5	301.5	121	1811	583	21	5/67	27.76	1.93	86.2	2	1	-
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1955	10	153.0	45	918	296	8	2/20	37.00	1.93	114.7	-	-	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1960	8	492.1	198	2953	956	52	7/72	18.38	1.94	56.7	2	5	1
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1947-1956	6	-	43	1044	339	19	4/35	17.84	1.94	54.9	3	-	-
RS Cunis (NZ)	1969-1969	3	81.0	31	486	158	9	3/12	17.55	1.95	54.0	-	-	-
BN Schultz (SA)	1992-1992	2	51.4	16	310	101	4	2/37	25.25	1.95	77.5	-	-	-
MG Burmester (ZIM)	1992-1992	1	39.4	18	238	78	3	3/78	26.00	1.96	79.3	-	-	-
MW Pringle (SA)	1992-1992	2	34.0	10	204	67	1	1/67	67.00	1.97	204.0	-	-	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1978-1980	9	36.2	15	218	72	2	1/3	36.00	1.98	109.0	-	-	-
Miran Bakhsh (PAK)	1955-1955	2	58.0	22	348	115	2	2/82	57.50	1.98	174.0	-	-	-
KJ Abbott (SA)	2015-2015	2	52.5	17	317	105	6	5/40	17.50	1.98	52.8	-	1	-
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2020-2021	3	53.0	21	318	106	2	1/3	53.00	2.00	159.0	-	-	-
LA King (WI)	1962-1962	1	32.0	7	192	64	7	5/46	9.14	2.00	27.4	-	1	-
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1971	18	3.0	1	18	6	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
MJ Slater (AUS)	1996-2001	10	3.0	1	18	6	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
J Blackwood (WI)	2016-2023	7	2.0	-	12	4	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
DW Hookes (AUS)	1985-1985	2	2.0	-	12	4	1	1/4	4.00	2.00	12.0	-	-	-
D Lloyd (ENG)	1974-1974	2	2.0	-	12	4	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	2.0	1	12	4	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]