Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
H Verity (ENG)	1935-1939	9	-	167	3298	802	31	5/70	25.87	1.45	106.3	1	1	-
C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1949	7	-	84	1961	504	14	3/21	36.00	1.54	140.0	-	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1965	20	-	366	5807	1622	63	5/31	25.74	1.67	92.1	1	3	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1951	5	261.2	99	1568	439	21	7/52	20.90	1.67	74.6	-	2	1
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	-	107	2191	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.4	1	2	1
JA Young (ENG)	1947-1949	3	-	42	1056	307	6	2/34	51.16	1.74	176.0	-	-	-
JC White (ENG)	1929-1931	7	277.0	95	1662	495	15	3/21	33.00	1.78	110.8	-	-	-
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1965	6	312.4	115	1876	559	21	5/41	26.61	1.78	89.3	2	1	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	-	153	2687	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.4	3	3	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1951-1957	12	-	100	2386	728	28	5/20	26.00	1.83	85.2	-	1	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1947-1951	14	-	231	4234	1297	42	6/59	30.88	1.83	100.8	4	1	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1955-1957	4	-	76	1252	391	15	4/39	26.06	1.87	83.4	2	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1955-1960	15	-	297	5286	1658	75	9/113	22.10	1.88	70.4	3	7	1
PJ Loader (ENG)	1955-1957	5	-	43	1256	410	13	4/52	31.53	1.95	96.6	1	-	-
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	14	600.1	176	3601	1185	53	6/42	22.35	1.97	67.9	2	1	-
G Geary (ENG)	1924-1929	5	197.0	69	1182	390	19	7/70	20.52	1.97	62.2	-	2	1
NAT Adcock (SA)	1955-1960	14	-	138	3488	1152	57	6/65	20.21	1.98	61.1	4	2	-
GG Macaulay (ENG)	1923-1924	5	199.3	56	1197	409	18	5/64	22.72	2.05	66.5	-	1	-
AE Relf (ENG)	1906-1914	10	219.2	67	1316	451	18	3/31	25.05	2.05	73.1	-	-	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1965	5	271.0	96	1626	559	18	4/128	31.05	2.06	90.3	1	-	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1955	13	-	148	4221	1457	54	7/58	26.98	2.07	78.1	2	3	1
K Farnes (ENG)	1938-1939	5	186.3	35	1491	519	16	4/29	32.43	2.08	93.1	2	-	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1955-1957	4	-	33	1010	358	22	6/28	16.27	2.12	45.9	-	2	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	280.3	91	1683	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.2	3	2	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	16	-	154	3931	1426	69	7/39	20.66	2.17	56.9	-	4	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	24	-	122	2811	1041	34	5/36	30.61	2.22	82.6	1	1	-
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	209.2	69	1256	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.3	1	2	-
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1931	5	250.4	65	1504	561	23	5/58	24.39	2.23	65.3	3	1	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	393.3	107	2361	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.0	3	3	1
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1965	10	491.5	148	2951	1111	27	5/66	41.14	2.25	109.2	1	1	-
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1957	9	-	80	2679	1011	39	5/60	25.92	2.26	68.6	2	2	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2005	23	953.1	325	5719	2160	91	6/39	23.73	2.26	62.8	4	3	-
SJ Staples (ENG)	1928-1928	3	191.3	50	1149	435	15	3/50	29.00	2.27	76.6	-	-	-
NI Thomson (ENG)	1964-1965	5	248.0	68	1488	568	9	2/55	63.11	2.29	165.3	-	-	-
WE Bowes (ENG)	1935-1935	4	178.4	43	1072	412	14	5/100	29.42	2.30	76.5	-	1	-
SF Barnes (ENG)	1912-1914	7	354.0	94	2124	818	83	9/103	9.85	2.31	25.5	1	12	6
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2003	13	452.3	136	2715	1047	32	4/63	32.71	2.31	84.8	1	-	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2008-2008	4	175.1	33	1051	412	13	4/74	31.69	2.35	80.8	1	-	-
L Klusener (SA)	1998-2000	8	208.0	66	1248	493	11	3/27	44.81	2.37	113.4	-	-	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1924	6	219.3	59	1317	527	26	6/7	20.26	2.40	50.6	-	2	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	10	410.1	132	2461	986	59	8/59	16.71	2.40	41.7	-	6	3
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1994-2000	4	226.4	56	1360	545	10	4/124	54.50	2.40	136.0	1	-	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1947-1951	15	-	136	5193	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.1	2	4	-
VD Philander (SA)	2012-2020	10	302.4	86	1816	731	30	5/30	24.36	2.41	60.5	1	1	-
GWA Chubb (SA)	1951-1951	5	237.3	63	1425	577	21	6/51	27.47	2.42	67.8	1	2	-
PM Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	8	333.3	106	2001	811	32	5/34	25.34	2.43	62.5	-	4	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1994-1995	6	206.3	70	1239	505	12	3/25	42.08	2.44	103.2	-	-	-
EP Nupen (SA)	1922-1931	14	631.3	127	3789	1545	47	6/46	32.87	2.44	80.6	1	5	1
N Gordon (SA)	1938-1939	5	245.6	28	1966	807	20	5/103	40.35	2.46	98.3	-	2	-
DCS Compton (ENG)	1947-1957	24	-	51	1506	624	12	5/70	52.00	2.48	125.5	-	1	-
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1951	10	-	46	2347	974	31	6/43	31.41	2.48	75.7	2	2	-
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	19	250.0	60	1500	626	35	8/70	17.88	2.50	42.8	1	1	1
AR Caddick (ENG)	1999-2000	5	185.0	51	1110	468	16	7/46	29.25	2.52	69.3	-	1	-
RO Schwarz (SA)	1906-1912	13	229.1	46	1375	580	27	4/30	21.48	2.53	50.9	2	-	-
AW Nourse (SA)	1906-1924	31	344.4	87	2068	879	33	4/25	26.63	2.55	62.6	2	-	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1994-1998	10	355.2	95	2132	924	35	5/42	26.40	2.60	60.9	1	3	1
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1947	9	-	40	1209	524	18	4/77	29.11	2.60	67.1	2	-	-
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1935	18	755.1	154	4531	1967	72	6/51	27.31	2.60	62.9	4	3	-
FE Woolley (ENG)	1910-1929	26	382.4	95	2296	999	27	5/41	37.00	2.61	85.0	-	1	-
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	10	-	66	2973	1295	28	5/58	46.25	2.61	106.1	2	1	-
BM McMillan (SA)	1994-1998	9	212.5	46	1277	560	17	3/16	32.94	2.63	75.1	-	-	-
NA Quinn (SA)	1929-1931	5	183.2	31	1100	483	13	6/92	37.15	2.63	84.6	-	1	-
OC Dawson (SA)	1947-1949	9	-	41	1294	578	10	2/57	57.80	2.68	129.4	-	-	-
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1924	15	541.2	116	3248	1452	48	6/76	30.25	2.68	67.6	-	3	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2012	31	660.0	179	3960	1775	50	6/54	35.50	2.68	79.2	1	1	-
DPB Morkel (SA)	1927-1929	10	230.0	51	1380	622	16	4/93	38.87	2.70	86.2	1	-	-
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	17	-	91	2191	988	46	6/26	21.47	2.70	47.6	3	1	-
VI Smith (SA)	1947-1955	5	185.1	45	1111	501	10	4/143	50.10	2.70	111.1	1	-	-
GJ Thompson (ENG)	1910-1910	5	223.5	66	1343	619	23	4/50	26.91	2.76	58.3	1	-	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1938-1949	10	-	80	2860	1326	37	5/80	35.83	2.78	77.2	1	2	1
RO Jenkins (ENG)	1948-1949	5	132.7	21	1063	495	16	4/48	30.93	2.79	66.4	1	-	-
L Tuckett (SA)	1947-1949	9	-	47	2104	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.7	1	2	-
AJ Bell (SA)	1929-1935	9	283.0	49	1698	791	22	6/99	35.95	2.79	77.1	-	1	-
IAR Peebles (ENG)	1927-1931	8	251.4	45	1510	712	23	6/63	30.95	2.82	65.6	2	1	-
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	17	514.2	104	3086	1472	68	7/84	21.64	2.86	45.3	4	4	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1955-1960	6	215.3	35	1293	620	27	5/27	22.96	2.87	47.8	2	1	-
PL Harris (SA)	2008-2010	7	270.1	65	1621	782	19	5/123	41.15	2.89	85.3	-	1	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	6	333.4	55	2002	967	25	5/54	38.68	2.89	80.0	1	2	-
PGH Fender (ENG)	1922-1929	8	228.4	51	1372	663	15	4/29	44.20	2.89	91.4	1	-	-
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-1998	10	364.0	77	2184	1058	37	6/119	28.59	2.90	59.0	3	3	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	29	1064.4	231	6388	3098	103	5/40	30.07	2.90	62.0	2	4	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2022	25	842.0	196	5052	2477	89	6/17	27.83	2.94	56.7	4	2	-
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	7	320.4	76	1924	946	36	7/71	26.27	2.95	53.4	1	3	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2008	19	608.1	138	3649	1796	48	4/44	37.41	2.95	76.0	3	-	-
CP Buckenham (ENG)	1910-1910	4	197.0	25	1182	593	21	5/115	28.23	3.01	56.2	1	1	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	422.4	91	2536	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.2	3	5	1
AA Donald (SA)	1994-2000	17	652.0	170	3912	1982	86	6/53	23.04	3.03	45.4	1	9	1
SJ Pegler (SA)	1910-1924	9	291.0	53	1746	895	26	7/65	34.42	3.07	67.1	1	1	-
AJ Hall (SA)	2003-2005	6	197.0	36	1182	606	19	3/18	31.89	3.07	62.2	-	-	-
M Morkel (SA)	2008-2017	19	726.3	139	4359	2237	79	5/75	28.31	3.07	55.1	9	1	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2015-2017	8	282.0	64	1692	876	35	6/53	25.02	3.10	48.3	4	2	1
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	30	-	20	1890	982	13	3/75	75.53	3.11	145.3	-	-	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	15	326.5	52	1961	1028	39	4/86	26.35	3.14	50.2	1	-	-
KA Maharaj (SA)	2017-2022	10	345.2	67	2072	1092	31	5/180	35.22	3.16	66.8	1	1	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	16	504.2	94	3026	1656	43	6/42	38.51	3.28	70.3	3	2	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	5	200.3	37	1203	663	26	7/61	25.50	3.30	46.2	-	2	1
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2003-2008	10	363.1	66	2179	1205	22	4/33	54.77	3.31	99.0	1	-	-
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2005	10	317.5	40	1907	1057	19	3/105	55.63	3.32	100.3	-	-	-
Q McMillan (SA)	1929-1931	7	177.4	25	1066	591	13	3/78	45.46	3.32	82.0	-	-	-
ST Finn (ENG)	2012-2016	5	181.4	28	1090	609	21	4/42	29.00	3.35	51.9	3	-	-

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]