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Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings
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Match Date
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WA Johnston
13.051530.86Australiav IndiaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
R Pollard
27.0162450.88Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
FJ Cameron
10.03900.90West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
WA Johnston
9.061110.91Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
KR Miller
9.031311.08Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
IWG Johnson
14.032221.17Australiav IndiaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
JDC Goddard
15.071811.20West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
IWG Johnson
13.072221.26Australiav IndiaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
ERH Toshack
17.062961.27Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
RR Lindwall
10.721921.31Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
WA Johnston
8.041401.31Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
GE Gomez
28.0123711.32West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
GE Gomez
24.093221.33West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
GE Gomez
21.083021.42West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
WA Johnston
17.043321.45Australiav IndiaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
DS Atkinson
14.052111.50West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
JDC Goddard
12.271911.54West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
AV Bedser
26.094141.57Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
WA Johnston
8.041721.59Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
PEW Jones
21.073401.61West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
GE Gomez
29.0104711.62West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
LJ Johnson
30.086631.65Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
AV Bedser
29.1114971.68Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
GE Gomez
10.041701.70West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
GE Gomez
20.3123531.70West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
RR Lindwall
16.543871.71Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
PEW Jones
16.052821.75West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
J Trim
16.052831.75West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
J Trim
27.074841.77West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
JDC Goddard
23.0114111.78West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
FJ Cameron
27.0104911.81West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
AV Bedser
32.066021.87Englandv IndiaThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
RR Lindwall
12.033011.87Australiav IndiaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
SG Barnes
9.002301.91Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
FJ Cameron
27.095201.92West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
GE Gomez
39.0147621.94West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
RR Lindwall
25.056621.98Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
DS Atkinson
13.042602.00West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
IWG Johnson
20.045402.02Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
GE Gomez
32.0106532.03West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
WA Johnston
12.003322.06Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
PEW Jones
41.088552.07West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
IWG Johnson
23.156442.07Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
DS Atkinson
13.032702.07West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
AV Bedser
25.045272.08Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
KR Miller
9.032522.08Australiav IndiaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
PEW Jones
14.443112.11West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
GE Gomez
26.055512.11West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
SG Barnes
18.045112.12Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
GE Gomez
28.0106012.14West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
DT Ring
36.0810332.14Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
RR Lindwall
21.066112.17Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
ERH Toshack
25.087312.19Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
W Voce
20.034412.20Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
James Langridge
29.096402.20Englandv IndiaThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
W Ferguson
57.0812642.21West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
FJ Cameron
30.076702.23West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
KR Miller
10.023012.25Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
RJ Christiani
23.015232.26West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
W Ferguson
29.086632.27West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
J Trim
30.036932.30West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
JB Stollmeyer
10.022302.30West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
PEW Jones
21.054902.33West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
DS Atkinson
23.025422.34West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
SJE Loxton
19.016122.40Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
R Pollard
25.0106322.52Englandv IndiaManchester20 Jul 1946Test # 277
WE Bowes
25.076412.56Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
JDC Goddard
13.033432.61West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
KR Miller
13.024602.65Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
AR Gover
21.035612.66Englandv IndiaThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
W Ferguson
39.01410512.69West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
CL McCool
28.0210212.73Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
FJ Cameron
27.037422.74West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
ERH Toshack
18.026612.75Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
TPB Smith
21.045812.76Englandv IndiaThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
JDC Goddard
30.078312.76West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
PEW Jones
17.034812.82West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
TF Smailes
15.024432.93Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
RR Lindwall
12.004702.93Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
CL McCool
18.027132.95Australiav IndiaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
AV Bedser
32.139642.98Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
DS Atkinson
14.034213.00West Indiesv IndiaEden Gardens31 Dec 1948Test # 308
PEW Jones
10.033043.00West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
DVP Wright
17.045323.11Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
PEW Jones
28.459033.13West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
IWG Johnson
14.015943.16Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
PEW Jones
10.023203.20West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
KR Miller
9.013923.25Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
WA Johnston
10.014443.30Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
DVP Wright
20.036823.40Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
WJ Edrich
19.246843.51Englandv IndiaThe Oval17 Aug 1946Test # 278
W Ferguson
11.013903.54West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
W Ferguson
20.027223.60West Indiesv IndiaChennai27 Jan 1949Test # 310
B Dooland
12.006814.25Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
JDC Goddard
27.0111614.29West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne04 Feb 1949Test # 311
JT Ikin
10.014314.30Englandv IndiaLord's22 Jun 1946Test # 276
PEW Jones
12.025214.33West Indiesv IndiaBrabourne09 Dec 1948Test # 305
JB Stollmeyer
15.008025.33West Indiesv IndiaDelhi10 Nov 1948Test # 304
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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:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]

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