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Best economy rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
CP Carter 29.0 12 27 1 0.93 South Africa v England Durban 14 Feb 1914 Test # 133
WJ Whitty 16.0 7 17 6 1.06 Australia v South Africa Melbourne 31 Dec 1910 Test # 112
SF Barnes 27.0 15 30 5 1.11 England v Australia The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
GR Hazlitt 21.4 8 25 7 1.15 Australia v England The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
CG Macartney 19.0 6 22 2 1.15 Australia v England The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
FR Foster 36.0 18 42 2 1.16 England v Australia Lord's 24 Jun 1912 Test # 123
FR Foster 13.1 7 16 5 1.21 England v South Africa Lord's 10 Jun 1912 Test # 122
AE Relf 23.1 11 29 2 1.25 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 27 Feb 1914 Test # 134
TJ Matthews 20.5 7 27 2 1.29 Australia v South Africa Nottingham 5 Aug 1912 Test # 127
SF Barnes 21.0 10 28 5 1.33 England v South Africa The Oval 12 Aug 1912 Test # 128
WW Armstrong 15.0 6 20 1 1.33 Australia v England Melbourne 30 Dec 1911 Test # 117
TJ Matthews 12.0 3 16 3 1.33 Australia v South Africa Manchester 27 May 1912 Test # 121
WJ Whitty 24.0 11 33 4 1.37 Australia v South Africa Sydney 9 Dec 1910 Test # 111
AE Relf 29.0 12 40 2 1.37 England v South Africa Johannesburg 1 Jan 1914 Test # 132
FR Foster 26.0 9 36 5 1.38 England v Australia Adelaide 12 Jan 1912 Test # 118
JL Cox 13.0 6 18 0 1.38 South Africa v England Durban 14 Feb 1914 Test # 133
GPD Hartigan 10.0 2 14 0 1.40 South Africa v England Lord's 10 Jun 1912 Test # 122
W Rhodes 10.0 4 14 0 1.40 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 27 Feb 1914 Test # 134
C Kelleway 19.0 6 27 0 1.42 Australia v England Sydney 15 Dec 1911 Test # 116
FR Foster 30.1 7 43 4 1.42 England v Australia Sydney 23 Feb 1912 Test # 120
HW Taylor 10.0 5 15 3 1.50 South Africa v England Johannesburg 1 Jan 1914 Test # 132
FE Woolley 15.0 5 23 1 1.53 England v South Africa Durban 21 Jan 1910 Test # 107
HW Taylor 12.0 5 19 0 1.58 South Africa v Australia Nottingham 5 Aug 1912 Test # 127
WJ Whitty 27.0 15 43 4 1.59 Australia v England Manchester 29 Jul 1912 Test # 126
FE Woolley 18.0 6 29 0 1.61 England v South Africa Johannesburg 26 Feb 1910 Test # 108
WJ Whitty 34.0 12 55 5 1.61 Australia v South Africa Manchester 27 May 1912 Test # 121
SF Barnes 16.0 3 26 3 1.62 England v South Africa Johannesburg 1 Jan 1914 Test # 132
C Newberry 11.0 4 18 2 1.63 South Africa v England Durban 14 Feb 1914 Test # 133
AW Nourse 36.0 12 60 3 1.66 South Africa v Australia Lord's 15 Jul 1912 Test # 125
WW Armstrong 25.0 8 42 1 1.68 Australia v England Sydney 23 Feb 1912 Test # 120
H Dean 29.0 10 49 2 1.68 England v Australia Lord's 24 Jun 1912 Test # 123
GR Hazlitt 28.0 10 48 2 1.71 Australia v South Africa Nottingham 5 Aug 1912 Test # 127
AE Relf 14.0 7 24 1 1.71 England v South Africa Johannesburg 1 Jan 1914 Test # 132
AW Nourse 30.0 11 52 3 1.73 South Africa v England Leeds 8 Jul 1912 Test # 124
C Blythe 15.0 7 26 0 1.73 England v South Africa Cape Town 7 Mar 1910 Test # 109
SF Barnes 16.4 4 29 8 1.74 England v South Africa The Oval 12 Aug 1912 Test # 128
JM Blanckenberg 20.0 4 35 2 1.75 South Africa v England Durban 14 Feb 1914 Test # 133
GHT Simpson-Hayward 23.5 3 42 4 1.76 England v South Africa Durban 21 Jan 1910 Test # 107
W Rhodes 13.0 5 23 1 1.76 England v South Africa Johannesburg 26 Dec 1913 Test # 131
CP Carter 28.0 8 50 6 1.78 South Africa v England Durban 14 Feb 1914 Test # 133
C Kelleway 15.0 7 27 0 1.80 Australia v England Melbourne 30 Dec 1911 Test # 117
FR Foster 16.0 7 29 0 1.81 England v South Africa Leeds 8 Jul 1912 Test # 124
H Dean 16.0 7 29 0 1.81 England v Australia The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
WJ Whitty 38.0 12 69 4 1.81 Australia v England The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
GR Hazlitt 26.0 10 48 0 1.84 Australia v England The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
GJ Thompson 28.0 13 52 3 1.85 England v South Africa Durban 21 Jan 1910 Test # 107
SF Barnes 29.5 7 56 7 1.87 England v South Africa Durban 14 Feb 1914 Test # 133
GR Hazlitt 40.5 12 77 4 1.88 Australia v England Manchester 29 Jul 1912 Test # 126
CP Buckenham 27.0 4 51 2 1.88 England v South Africa Durban 21 Jan 1910 Test # 107
CG Macartney 27.0 9 51 0 1.88 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 7 Jan 1911 Test # 113

Minimum of 60 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:
South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 5th Test, Feb 27-Mar 3, 1914 [Test # 134]
South Africa v England at Durban, 4th Test, Feb 14-18, 1914 [Test # 133]
South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 3rd Test, Jan 1-5, 1914 [Test # 132]
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