Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Maninder Singh	20.4	12	9	3	0.43	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
Maninder Singh	23.0	16	13	1	0.56	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
NS Yadav	33.0	22	19	3	0.57	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
SD Anurasiri	15.0	11	9	0	0.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	0	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
SM Patil	17.0	10	12	1	0.70	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
Mudassar Nazar	11.0	5	8	3	0.72	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0	10	11	3	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Tauseef Ahmed	21.4	13	16	2	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
CG Rackemann	31.0	21	23	1	0.74	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	24 Nov 1989	Test # 1129
IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	0.78	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
RJ Shastri	14.0	8	11	0	0.78	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
CEH Croft	10.0	6	8	2	0.80	West Indies	v England	The Oval	24 Jul 1980	Test # 883
JV Coney	10.0	4	8	0	0.80	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	11	17	0	0.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
RA Harper	12.0	8	10	3	0.83	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
RJ Shastri	20.5	10	18	1	0.86	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
PH Edmonds	15.0	9	13	2	0.86	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
J Garner	34.1	20	30	4	0.87	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	24	35	5	0.89	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
IVA Richards	10.0	6	9	1	0.90	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
DK Lillee	15.1	7	14	2	0.92	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
EJ Chatfield	13.0	7	12	0	0.92	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
PH Edmonds	27.0	13	25	1	0.92	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
J Garner	15.0	9	14	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	0.93	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Jalal-ud-Din	16.0	8	15	2	0.93	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
TM Moody	16.0	8	15	0	0.93	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
Sir RJ Hadlee	17.0	9	16	3	0.94	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
DR Doshi	19.0	9	18	2	0.94	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
CG Butts	22.0	9	22	2	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
PR Sleep	14.0	5	14	0	1.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
JV Coney	13.0	8	13	0	1.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
PH Edmonds	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	1.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
JE Emburey	27.0	13	28	1	1.03	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
Maninder Singh	20.1	11	21	0	1.04	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
B Yardley	24.0	13	25	1	1.04	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
RJ Shastri	21.0	10	22	1	1.04	India	v England	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1982	Test # 916
RJ Shastri	20.0	8	21	1	1.05	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
EJ Chatfield	18.0	9	19	3	1.05	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Arshad Ayub	48.0	21	51	4	1.06	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
Tauseef Ahmed	26.0	15	28	1	1.07	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
DK Lillee	12.0	6	13	3	1.08	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
RA Harper	12.0	3	13	0	1.08	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
PH Edmonds	28.0	11	31	4	1.10	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
TBA May	35.0	20	39	3	1.11	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
A Ranatunga	16.0	5	18	0	1.12	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
TV Hohns	16.0	8	18	1	1.12	Australia	v England	Birmingham	06 Jul 1989	Test # 1123
Iqbal Qasim	24.5	11	28	2	1.12	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
JE Emburey	21.0	10	24	0	1.14	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
Imran Khan	14.0	6	16	2	1.14	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
DR Doshi	69.0	34	79	2	1.14	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
SM Patil	12.0	4	14	1	1.16	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
AH Gray	17.0	7	20	3	1.17	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
IVA Richards	11.0	3	13	0	1.18	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
EJ Chatfield	31.1	15	37	4	1.18	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
Iqbal Qasim	16.0	8	19	2	1.18	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Jan 1985	Test # 1009
EJ Chatfield	30.0	13	36	4	1.20	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
AIC Dodemaide	29.0	13	35	0	1.20	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
DR Doshi	57.0	31	69	4	1.21	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
Wasim Akram	14.0	7	17	2	1.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
DL Underwood	31.0	18	38	0	1.22	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.0	12	27	0	1.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.0	12	27	2	1.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
B Yardley	40.4	21	50	0	1.22	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
J Garner	13.0	6	16	0	1.23	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
DJ Capel	13.0	5	16	0	1.23	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
N Kapil Dev	35.4	17	44	2	1.23	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
MC Snedden	17.0	7	21	3	1.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
VB John	21.0	11	26	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
J Garner	25.0	10	31	2	1.24	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
N Kapil Dev	19.2	7	24	2	1.24	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
Abdul Qadir	36.0	14	45	4	1.25	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
EJ Chatfield	12.0	5	15	3	1.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
JE Emburey	31.0	15	39	1	1.25	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
RJ Bright	23.0	12	29	0	1.26	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
MD Marshall	15.0	7	19	4	1.26	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
ST Clarke	11.0	3	14	2	1.27	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
DL Underwood	11.0	4	14	0	1.27	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
EJ Chatfield	11.0	1	14	1	1.27	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
RJ Shastri	18.0	6	23	0	1.27	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
Wasim Akram	32.0	17	41	2	1.28	Pakistan	v India	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
Tauseef Ahmed	14.0	4	18	3	1.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
NGB Cook	14.0	8	18	5	1.28	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
AH Gray	14.0	7	18	1	1.28	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
NS Yadav	14.0	4	18	0	1.28	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
Mudassar Nazar	14.0	5	18	1	1.28	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
RA Harper	27.5	9	36	2	1.29	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
EJ Gray	27.0	12	35	1	1.29	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
BL Cairns	40.0	19	52	2	1.30	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
RA Harper	20.0	8	26	2	1.30	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
RJ Shastri	10.0	3	13	2	1.30	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
AR Border	10.0	2	13	0	1.30	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
BL Cairns	35.5	16	47	3	1.31	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
CA Walsh	16.0	7	21	2	1.31	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
LS Pascoe	22.0	11	29	3	1.31	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
N Kapil Dev	22.0	10	29	1	1.31	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
PH Edmonds	22.0	10	29	2	1.31	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]