Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Majid Khan	10.0	8	3	0	0.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
GS Chappell	11.0	6	5	1	0.45	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
EAS Prasanna	8.0	4	5	0	0.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
Majid Khan	9.0	4	6	0	0.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
BE Congdon	18.0	11	14	0	0.58	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
PH Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
BE Congdon	17.4	11	14	2	0.60	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
AW Greig	10.0	7	6	1	0.60	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
MHN Walker	16.0	8	15	6	0.70	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	06 Jan 1973	Test # 707
MLC Foster	14.0	7	10	0	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
R Illingworth	9.0	5	9	0	0.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
Mushtaq Mohammad	9.0	4	9	1	0.75	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	23 Oct 1976	Test # 783
Saleem Altaf	14.3	9	11	4	0.75	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	08 Jul 1971	Test # 689
DL Underwood	11.6	7	12	6	0.76	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
RJ Inverarity	33.0	19	26	3	0.78	Australia	v England	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
R Illingworth	18.0	11	19	1	0.79	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
JE Emburey	12.0	7	13	2	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
BS Bedi	33.0	18	27	5	0.81	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
MHN Walker	10.0	4	11	1	0.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
MLC Foster	12.0	4	10	1	0.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
KJ O'Keeffe	9.0	4	10	1	0.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
PH Edmonds	34.0	11	38	4	0.83	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
JA Snow	13.0	5	11	2	0.84	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
DL Underwood	20.0	10	23	1	0.86	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
Wasim Raja	12.0	5	14	1	0.87	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
BS Bedi	43.0	24	38	4	0.88	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
LR Gibbs	35.4	21	32	1	0.89	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
M Hendrick	14.0	6	13	1	0.92	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
DL Underwood	17.0	9	16	2	0.94	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
AA Mallett	16.5	9	21	4	0.94	Australia	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1975	Test # 751
RR Jumadeen	19.0	9	18	1	0.94	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
CM Old	41.4	22	41	4	0.98	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
LR Gibbs	37.1	19	49	2	0.98	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Mar 1975	Test # 759
BS Bedi	22.0	12	22	4	1.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
RGD Willis	16.0	8	16	4	1.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
DK Lillee	15.0	8	15	5	1.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	Test # 760
M Hendrick	15.0	7	15	2	1.00	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
VA Holder	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
Pervez Sajjad	11.0	5	11	0	1.00	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	16 Mar 1973	Test # 717
IVA Richards	11.0	6	11	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
Iqbal Qasim	11.0	8	11	0	1.00	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
AR Border	23.0	11	31	1	1.01	Australia	v England	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
M Hendrick	14.0	6	19	3	1.01	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
DL Underwood	11.6	2	16	3	1.02	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
RR Jumadeen	45.0	22	46	0	1.02	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
G Miller	34.0	19	35	2	1.02	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
M Hendrick	8.0	3	11	2	1.03	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
SL Boock	28.0	18	29	2	1.03	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
IT Botham	9.3	3	13	2	1.04	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
MA Holding	23.0	15	24	2	1.04	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
Iqbal Qasim	40.0	20	56	3	1.05	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
BS Bedi	40.0	23	42	3	1.05	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
PM Pollock	18.0	12	19	0	1.05	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
JE Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.05	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
GS Sobers	15.0	5	16	0	1.06	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
BL D'Oliveira	15.0	7	16	2	1.06	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	08 Jul 1971	Test # 689
AA Mallett	25.0	10	36	2	1.08	Australia	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
Imran Khan	18.0	8	26	4	1.08	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
N Gifford	12.0	6	13	1	1.08	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	17 Jun 1971	Test # 688
CH Lloyd	12.0	4	13	2	1.08	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
G Miller	9.0	3	13	1	1.08	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
TL Goddard	24.5	16	27	3	1.08	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
R Illingworth	11.0	3	16	1	1.09	England	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
Sarfraz Nawaz	19.0	10	21	3	1.10	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
R Illingworth	28.0	14	31	0	1.10	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	08 Jul 1971	Test # 689
R Illingworth	36.0	15	40	0	1.11	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
SL Boock	14.6	5	22	2	1.11	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
MHN Walker	24.0	10	36	1	1.12	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
VA Holder	15.0	5	17	0	1.13	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
PH Carlson	27.0	8	41	2	1.13	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
JV Coney	25.0	9	38	1	1.14	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
GS Chappell	14.0	8	16	1	1.14	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
MA Holding	14.5	7	17	5	1.14	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
G Miller	34.0	12	52	2	1.14	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
R Illingworth	32.0	19	37	1	1.15	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
DL Underwood	19.0	12	22	1	1.15	England	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
BD Julien	12.0	5	14	2	1.16	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
AA Mallett	9.0	4	14	3	1.16	Australia	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
DR Doshi	12.0	5	14	1	1.16	India	v Australia	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
JA Snow	18.5	7	22	3	1.16	England	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
GB Troup	16.0	3	25	0	1.17	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	16 Feb 1979	Test # 847
ET Willett	28.0	15	33	3	1.17	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
BD Julien	16.0	8	19	0	1.18	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
Iqbal Qasim	34.0	11	54	2	1.19	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
MJ Procter	25.1	11	30	3	1.19	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
DL Underwood	31.0	16	37	4	1.19	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
Liaqat Ali	27.0	11	43	1	1.19	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	14 Dec 1977	Test # 810
EAS Prasanna	30.0	12	36	1	1.20	India	v England	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
GS Chappell	15.0	5	24	1	1.20	Australia	v England	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
DL Underwood	15.0	10	18	1	1.20	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
M Hendrick	15.0	9	18	1	1.20	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
M Hendrick	10.0	2	16	2	1.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
CA Davis	10.0	2	12	0	1.20	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
DK Lillee	29.0	15	35	4	1.20	Australia	v England	Nottingham	13 Jul 1972	Test # 700
B Yardley	29.0	17	35	4	1.20	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
AW Greig	19.5	9	24	5	1.21	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
GJ Cosier	13.0	6	21	0	1.21	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
G Miller	27.1	6	44	5	1.21	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
GS Sobers	22.1	13	27	3	1.21	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
BS Bedi	36.0	18	44	3	1.22	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976	Test # 774

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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 West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]