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
AN Hornby (ENG)	1879-1884	3	7.0	7	28	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	28.0	-	-	-
XM Marshall (WI)	2008-2008	2	2.0	2	12	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-1999	8	2.0	2	12	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1991	29	-	1	8	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	10	-	1	8	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1950	8	-	1	8	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
A Lyth (ENG)	2015-2015	5	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1984	5	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
JF Reid (NZ)	1985-1986	6	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
JN Rhodes (SA)	1993-1998	8	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
Wajahatullah Wasti (PAK)	1999-1999	1	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-
AE Moss (ENG)	1956-1956	1	4.0	3	24	1	-	-	0.00	0.25	-	-	-	-
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2000-2010	9	3.0	2	18	1	-	-	0.00	0.33	-	-	-	-
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.0	-	-	-
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-2012	20	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/2	2.00	0.66	18.0	-	-	-
Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK)	1947-1956	6	-	-	8	1	-	-	0.00	0.75	-	-	-	-
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-2012	29	5.0	1	30	4	-	-	0.00	0.80	-	-	-	-
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2023	6	1.1	-	7	1	-	-	0.00	0.85	-	-	-	-
AH Kardar (PAK)	1956-1956	1	12.0	5	72	12	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
F Penn (ENG)	1880-1880	1	3.0	1	12	2	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
A Shrewsbury (ENG)	1881-1893	23	-	2	12	2	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
GC Grant (WI)	1930-1931	5	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2003-2006	4	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	25	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1964-1964	1	1.0	-	6	1	-	-	0.00	1.00	-	-	-	-
CWL Parker (ENG)	1921-1921	1	28.0	16	168	32	2	2/32	16.00	1.14	84.0	-	-	-
W Attewell (ENG)	1884-1892	10	-	326	2850	626	28	4/42	22.35	1.31	101.7	2	-	-
NE Marshall (WI)	1955-1955	1	46.3	22	279	62	2	1/22	31.00	1.33	139.5	-	-	-
RP Arnold (SL)	1999-2004	4	8.0	4	48	12	1	1/3	12.00	1.50	48.0	-	-	-
Javed Burki (PAK)	1964-1964	2	-	1	12	3	-	-	0.00	1.50	-	-	-	-
RA McLean (SA)	1952-1958	9	0.4	-	4	1	-	-	0.00	1.50	-	-	-	-
TWJ Goddard (ENG)	1930-1930	1	32.1	14	193	49	2	2/49	24.50	1.52	96.5	-	-	-
CT Studd (ENG)	1882-1883	5	96.0	60	384	98	3	2/35	32.66	1.53	128.0	-	-	-
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1973-1982	9	-	17	240	62	2	2/52	31.00	1.55	120.0	-	-	-
A Shaw (ENG)	1877-1882	7	274.0	155	1096	285	12	5/38	23.75	1.56	91.3	-	1	-
MS Nichols (ENG)	1930-1930	1	21.0	5	126	33	2	2/33	16.50	1.57	63.0	-	-	-
TW Cartwright (ENG)	1964-1964	2	139.0	55	834	228	5	3/110	45.60	1.64	166.8	-	-	-
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2018	4	6.4	1	40	11	-	-	0.00	1.65	-	-	-	-
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1956	1	67.0	22	402	112	7	4/43	16.00	1.67	57.4	1	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1957-1970	18	-	259	5089	1462	53	6/53	27.58	1.72	96.0	-	2	-
GL Gibbs (WI)	1955-1955	1	4.0	1	24	7	-	-	0.00	1.75	-	-	-	-
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	20.3	5	123	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.0	-	-	-
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1972-1984	20	-	5	168	50	-	-	0.00	1.78	-	-	-	-
H Dean (ENG)	1912-1912	2	54.0	19	324	97	6	4/19	16.16	1.79	54.0	1	-	-
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1975	3	11.4	5	70	21	2	1/1	10.50	1.80	35.0	-	-	-
RE Marshall (WI)	1951-1951	2	5.0	1	40	12	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
CC Hunte (WI)	1960-1965	10	-	2	30	9	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
CB Fry (ENG)	1899-1912	18	-	1	10	3	-	-	0.00	1.80	-	-	-	-
CF Root (ENG)	1926-1926	3	107.0	47	642	194	8	4/84	24.25	1.81	80.2	1	-	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	15	-	326	3310	1002	77	8/35	13.01	1.81	42.9	2	5	3
F Morley (ENG)	1880-1883	4	243.0	124	972	296	16	5/56	18.50	1.82	60.7	1	1	-
GE Gomez (WI)	1951-1952	5	104.2	24	834	256	18	7/55	14.22	1.84	46.3	-	1	1
LA Butterfield (NZ)	1946-1946	1	13.0	6	78	24	-	-	0.00	1.84	-	-	-	-
AW White (WI)	1965-1965	2	81.5	27	491	152	3	2/34	50.66	1.85	163.6	-	-	-
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1975	19	-	228	5765	1794	47	7/79	38.17	1.86	122.6	3	2	-
R Kilner (ENG)	1925-1926	7	-	66	2164	675	24	4/51	28.12	1.87	90.1	4	-	-
JA Young (ENG)	1948-1948	3	156.0	64	936	292	5	2/118	58.40	1.87	187.2	-	-	-
RG Barlow (ENG)	1881-1887	17	614.0	325	2456	767	34	7/40	22.55	1.87	72.2	-	3	-
JW Sharpe (ENG)	1890-1892	3	-	61	975	305	11	6/84	27.72	1.87	88.6	-	1	-
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1968-1972	13	-	71	1644	515	14	2/15	36.78	1.87	117.4	-	-	-
HL Jackson (ENG)	1961-1961	1	44.0	16	264	83	4	2/26	20.75	1.88	66.0	-	-	-
G Miller (ENG)	1977-1983	14	-	113	2713	856	39	5/44	21.94	1.89	69.5	1	1	-
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1946	1	21.0	8	126	40	6	6/40	6.66	1.90	21.0	-	1	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1956-1959	3	171.2	60	1028	327	24	7/80	13.62	1.90	42.8	-	4	1
PS Heine (SA)	1957-1958	4	124.3	19	995	321	17	6/58	18.88	1.93	58.5	-	2	-
RA Sinfield (ENG)	1938-1938	1	63.0	16	378	123	2	1/51	61.50	1.95	189.0	-	-	-
E Peate (ENG)	1881-1886	9	524.0	250	2096	683	31	6/85	22.03	1.95	67.6	2	2	-
PR Umrigar (IND)	1956-1960	6	103.3	27	621	203	8	4/27	25.37	1.96	77.6	2	-	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1953-1961	13	-	194	3442	1128	31	5/45	36.38	1.96	111.0	2	1	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1961-1972	18	-	180	3337	1094	34	6/87	32.17	1.96	98.1	-	1	-
SL Boock (NZ)	1985-1985	1	51.5	18	311	102	3	2/53	34.00	1.96	103.6	-	-	-
PEW Jones (WI)	1951-1951	1	32.0	6	256	84	3	3/68	28.00	1.96	85.3	-	-	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	-	444	5216	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.6	8	5	1
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1930	20	-	330	7686	2540	83	6/99	30.60	1.98	92.6	4	6	1
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1968	11	-	113	2217	739	30	6/91	24.63	2.00	73.9	1	3	1
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1956-1956	1	9.0	1	54	18	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
NJ Contractor (IND)	1956-1960	6	7.0	2	42	14	1	1/9	14.00	2.00	42.0	-	-	-
HC Brook (ENG)	2023-2023	5	6.0	2	36	12	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1951-1955	7	-	-	36	12	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
D Ganga (WI)	2000-2003	8	5.0	-	30	10	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1979-1984	11	-	1	24	8	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2005	31	2.0	-	12	4	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2004-2012	11	2.0	-	12	4	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
SS Iyer (IND)	2023-2023	3	1.0	-	6	2	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
HH Kanitkar (IND)	1999-2000	2	1.0	-	6	2	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
JG Wright (NZ)	1980-1993	19	1.0	-	6	2	-	-	0.00	2.00	-	-	-	-
J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	22.0	5	176	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.2	-	1	-
JL Hopwood (ENG)	1934-1934	2	77.0	32	462	155	-	-	0.00	2.01	-	-	-	-
H Verity (ENG)	1932-1938	18	-	257	4930	1656	59	8/43	28.06	2.01	83.5	2	3	1
R Appleyard (ENG)	1954-1956	5	-	32	812	273	13	3/13	21.00	2.01	62.4	-	-	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	13	-	107	3082	1049	42	4/41	24.97	2.04	73.3	3	-	-
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-1996	1	43.0	14	258	88	2	2/36	44.00	2.04	129.0	-	-	-
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1975-1981	10	-	14	300	103	3	1/8	34.33	2.06	100.0	-	-	-
W Mead (ENG)	1899-1899	1	53.0	24	265	91	1	1/91	91.00	2.06	265.0	-	-	-
PHJ Trimborn (SA)	1967-1970	4	124.3	31	747	257	11	3/12	23.36	2.06	67.9	-	-	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1976	24	-	361	9358	3222	103	6/29	31.28	2.06	90.8	5	6	-
MA Seymour (SA)	1963-1970	5	-	22	972	335	7	3/80	47.85	2.06	138.8	-	-	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1969-1979	9	-	112	2231	769	20	4/71	38.45	2.06	111.5	1	-	-
W Flowers (ENG)	1884-1893	8	-	92	858	296	14	5/46	21.14	2.06	61.2	-	1	-
BS Bedi (IND)	1968-1978	12	-	176	4033	1395	56	7/98	24.91	2.07	72.0	3	5	1

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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]