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	9.0	4	6	0	0.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
PH Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
Mushtaq Mohammad	9.0	4	9	1	0.75	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	23 Oct 1976	Test # 783
DL Underwood	11.6	7	12	6	0.76	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
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
PH Edmonds	34.0	11	38	4	0.83	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
RR Jumadeen	19.0	9	18	1	0.94	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
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
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
IT Botham	9.3	3	13	2	1.04	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
BS Bedi	40.0	23	42	3	1.05	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
VA Holder	15.0	5	17	0	1.13	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
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
GG Arnold	22.0	11	27	5	1.22	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	05 Jul 1973	Test # 724
GS Sobers	13.0	5	16	0	1.23	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
G Miller	25.0	10	31	2	1.24	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
GS Chappell	9.0	4	15	1	1.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
S Venkataraghavan	19.0	8	32	0	1.26	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
AG Hurst	10.0	2	17	0	1.27	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
GG Arnold	18.0	8	23	2	1.27	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
KJ O'Keeffe	29.6	12	51	2	1.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
Wasim Raja	10.4	5	18	2	1.28	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
K Shuttleworth	8.0	1	14	3	1.31	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
PH Edmonds	33.1	15	44	4	1.32	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
KD Ghavri	12.0	3	16	1	1.33	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
MHN Walker	28.0	10	50	2	1.33	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 1974	Test # 735
PH Edmonds	15.4	5	21	2	1.34	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
BS Bedi	33.0	7	59	1	1.34	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
CM Old	30.0	11	54	6	1.35	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
S Venkataraghavan	34.0	20	46	2	1.35	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
KJ O'Keeffe	28.0	12	51	3	1.36	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
M Hendrick	28.0	14	39	1	1.39	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
BS Bedi	50.3	22	71	2	1.40	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
DL Underwood	25.0	9	47	2	1.41	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
MLC Foster	14.0	8	20	0	1.42	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
DAJ Holford	54.0	24	78	1	1.44	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
DAJ Holford	44.0	18	64	2	1.45	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
R Illingworth	21.0	7	31	0	1.47	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
JE Emburey	26.1	12	39	2	1.49	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
AA Mallett	23.0	6	46	2	1.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
P Lever	15.0	3	30	1	1.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
M Hendrick	20.0	7	30	1	1.50	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
KD Walters	13.0	4	26	3	1.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
S Venkataraghavan	19.0	9	29	2	1.52	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
GS Sobers	26.0	7	40	2	1.53	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
MHN Walker	19.0	8	39	4	1.53	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
GS Sobers	11.0	5	17	2	1.54	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
GS Sobers	29.0	12	45	1	1.55	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
VA Holder	26.0	12	41	4	1.57	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
Majid Khan	9.0	2	19	1	1.58	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	02 Feb 1973	Test # 710
PH Edmonds	12.0	3	19	0	1.58	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
IT Botham	12.6	2	27	2	1.58	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
Intikhab Alam	16.4	6	35	4	1.59	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	09 Oct 1976	Test # 782
RGD Willis	26.6	8	57	2	1.59	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
RGD Willis	15.0	2	32	5	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
GS Chappell	17.6	5	38	1	1.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 1974	Test # 735
G Dymock	27.0	7	58	5	1.61	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
GS Chappell	13.0	4	28	1	1.61	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
JA Snow	13.0	5	21	3	1.61	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
IT Botham	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
Sarfraz Nawaz	28.2	9	61	4	1.61	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
VA Holder	24.0	8	39	0	1.62	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
AA Mallett	21.5	9	47	2	1.63	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
G Dymock	35.0	7	77	3	1.65	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1974	Test # 733
Intikhab Alam	20.0	7	44	4	1.65	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	23 Oct 1976	Test # 783
DAJ Holford	33.0	12	55	4	1.66	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
CA Davis	25.0	8	42	0	1.68	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
Imran Khan	32.0	9	72	2	1.68	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1979	Test # 848
RGD Willis	20.0	5	45	1	1.68	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
K Shuttleworth	12.0	1	27	2	1.68	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
KJ O'Keeffe	24.3	9	55	3	1.69	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
P Lever	19.0	3	43	0	1.69	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	05 Mar 1971	Test # 682
PH Edmonds	10.0	2	23	0	1.72	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
G Dymock	19.0	5	44	2	1.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
JA Snow	19.3	4	34	3	1.74	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	05 Jul 1973	Test # 724
BS Chandrasekhar	44.0	13	77	4	1.75	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
BS Bedi	27.0	6	63	3	1.75	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
BS Chandrasekhar	16.0	5	28	3	1.75	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
Pervez Sajjad	17.0	5	40	0	1.76	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
DL Underwood	16.0	6	38	3	1.78	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
PH Edmonds	45.0	15	107	3	1.78	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
Mushtaq Mohammad	25.0	4	60	4	1.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1979	Test # 844
GS Sobers	42.0	15	76	0	1.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
Inshan Ali	33.0	8	60	1	1.81	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
GS Sobers	11.0	3	20	0	1.81	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
BS Chandrasekhar	22.5	2	55	3	1.82	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
RGD Willis	12.0	5	22	1	1.83	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
AR Dell	22.0	7	54	1	1.84	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
G Dymock	24.0	6	59	3	1.84	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 1974	Test # 735
S Venkataraghavan	24.0	4	59	1	1.84	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
BS Chandrasekhar	33.0	15	61	2	1.84	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976	Test # 786
Intikhab Alam	17.0	5	42	1	1.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
Intikhab Alam	21.0	3	52	7	1.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
VA Holder	32.0	13	60	4	1.87	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
MHN Walker	24.0	6	60	2	1.87	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
R Illingworth	18.0	4	45	0	1.87	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	05 Mar 1971	Test # 682

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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]