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
FLH Mooney (NZ)	1953-1954	7	-	1	8	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
W Barber (ENG)	1935-1935	2	0.2	0	2	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	2.0	0	0	0
STR Binny (IND)	2015-2015	1	3.0	2	18	1	0	-	0.00	0.33	-	0	0	0
W Brearley (ENG)	1912-1912	1	6.0	2	36	4	0	-	0.00	0.66	-	0	0	0
AD Hales (ENG)	2015-2016	4	3.0	1	18	2	0	-	0.00	0.66	-	0	0	0
HL Collins (AUS)	1921-1921	3	22.0	15	132	16	1	1/9	16.00	0.72	132.0	0	0	0
J Iddon (ENG)	1935-1935	1	4.0	2	24	3	0	-	0.00	0.75	-	0	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1993-1993	1	3.0	0	18	3	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2008-2017	19	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
MD Gunathilaka (SL)	2018-2018	2	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
ER Mayne (AUS)	1912-1921	3	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
GR Stead (NZ)	1999-1999	2	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1913-1914	5	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1949-1958	14	14.0	4	112	20	1	1/9	20.00	1.07	112.0	0	0	0
LJ Nash (AUS)	1932-1932	1	19.0	10	114	22	5	4/18	4.40	1.15	22.8	1	0	0
RJ Quiney (AUS)	2012-2012	2	25.0	12	150	29	0	-	0.00	1.16	-	0	0	0
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	3	8.0	4	40	8	4	4/8	2.00	1.20	10.0	1	0	0
F Barratt (ENG)	1929-1929	1	30.0	11	180	38	2	1/8	19.00	1.26	90.0	0	0	0
HJ Butler (ENG)	1947-1947	1	52.0	24	312	66	7	4/34	9.42	1.26	44.5	1	0	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1957-1958	5	44.0	19	352	77	2	1/23	38.50	1.31	176.0	0	0	0
T Panyangara (ZIM)	2014-2014	1	33.0	13	198	44	0	-	0.00	1.33	-	0	0	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2014	17	3.0	1	18	4	0	-	0.00	1.33	-	0	0	0
M Kaif (IND)	2000-2000	1	3.0	0	18	4	0	-	0.00	1.33	-	0	0	0
H Ironmonger (AUS)	1931-1932	4	221.5	112	1331	296	31	6/18	9.54	1.33	42.9	2	3	1
TL Chatara (ZIM)	2014-2014	1	29.0	13	174	39	2	1/5	19.50	1.34	87.0	0	0	0
G Noblet (AUS)	1950-1953	2	80.1	24	641	146	5	3/21	29.20	1.36	128.2	0	0	0
AR Kapoor (IND)	1996-1996	1	21.0	10	126	29	2	2/19	14.50	1.38	63.0	0	0	0
BP Nash (WI)	2010-2010	3	13.0	4	78	18	0	-	0.00	1.38	-	0	0	0
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1993-1993	3	34.0	17	204	48	3	1/7	16.00	1.41	68.0	0	0	0
H Verity (ENG)	1935-1939	9	-	167	3298	802	31	5/70	25.87	1.45	106.3	1	1	0
AD Pougher (ENG)	1892-1892	1	21.0	8	105	26	3	3/26	8.66	1.48	35.0	0	0	0
IB Leggat (NZ)	1954-1954	1	3.0	0	24	6	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
WR Cuttell (ENG)	1899-1899	2	57.0	32	285	73	6	3/17	12.16	1.53	47.5	0	0	0
C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1949	7	-	84	1961	504	14	3/21	36.00	1.54	140.0	0	0	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1957-1958	5	93.6	20	750	193	3	2/54	64.33	1.54	250.0	0	0	0
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	97.3	51	391	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.6	1	2	1
D Shackleton (ENG)	1951-1951	1	25.0	7	150	39	1	1/20	39.00	1.56	150.0	0	0	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	201.5	47	1613	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.5	1	2	0
AC Voges (AUS)	2016-2016	2	5.0	1	30	8	0	-	0.00	1.60	-	0	0	0
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1958	5	113.3	31	907	245	15	4/33	16.33	1.62	60.4	1	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1993-1994	6	16.0	8	96	26	0	-	0.00	1.62	-	0	0	0
RK Oxenham (AUS)	1931-1931	1	11.0	5	66	18	0	-	0.00	1.63	-	0	0	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1949-1953	10	5.0	0	40	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.65	40.0	0	0	0
R Appleyard (ENG)	1955-1955	1	47.0	13	282	78	2	2/46	39.00	1.65	141.0	0	0	0
EL a'Beckett (AUS)	1931-1932	1	21.0	6	126	35	0	-	0.00	1.66	-	0	0	0
M Vijay (IND)	2010-2018	12	3.0	0	18	5	0	-	0.00	1.66	-	0	0	0
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1951	5	261.2	99	1568	439	21	7/52	20.90	1.67	74.6	0	2	1
G Ulyett (ENG)	1889-1889	2	25.0	13	100	28	2	2/27	14.00	1.68	50.0	0	0	0
AJ Fothergill (ENG)	1889-1889	2	80.1	42	321	90	8	4/19	11.25	1.68	40.1	1	0	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1951-1957	8	-	107	2191	616	32	6/55	19.25	1.68	68.4	1	2	1
RS Kalpage (SL)	1993-1993	1	25.5	8	155	44	1	1/23	44.00	1.70	155.0	0	0	0
JM Taylor (AUS)	1921-1921	2	11.0	4	66	19	0	-	0.00	1.72	-	0	0	0
R Kilner (ENG)	1924-1924	2	34.0	16	204	59	0	-	0.00	1.73	-	0	0	0
JA Young (ENG)	1947-1949	3	-	42	1056	307	6	2/34	51.16	1.74	176.0	0	0	0
EH Bowley (ENG)	1929-1929	2	4.0	1	24	7	0	-	0.00	1.75	-	0	0	0
CJ Barnett (ENG)	1947-1947	3	13.0	4	78	23	0	-	0.00	1.76	-	0	0	0
JC White (ENG)	1929-1931	7	277.0	95	1662	495	15	3/21	33.00	1.78	110.8	0	0	0
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1965	6	312.4	115	1876	559	21	5/41	26.61	1.78	89.3	2	1	0
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1957	9	-	153	2687	803	46	7/36	17.45	1.79	58.4	3	3	1
JT Hearne (ENG)	1892-1892	1	8.0	2	40	12	1	1/12	12.00	1.80	40.0	0	0	0
H Larwood (ENG)	1929-1929	3	102.4	34	616	186	8	5/57	23.25	1.81	77.0	0	1	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1992-1993	4	165.0	46	990	299	8	3/43	37.37	1.81	123.7	0	0	0
DM Bess (ENG)	2020-2020	2	113.0	40	678	206	8	5/51	25.75	1.82	84.7	0	1	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1951-1957	12	-	100	2386	728	28	5/20	26.00	1.83	85.2	0	1	0
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1931-1936	10	652.1	248	3913	1199	77	7/40	15.57	1.83	50.8	2	8	4
SLV Raju (IND)	1992-1993	2	131.0	43	786	242	4	3/73	60.50	1.84	196.5	0	0	0
J Ryder (AUS)	1921-1921	3	61.0	19	366	113	4	2/25	28.25	1.85	91.5	0	0	0
ME Chapple (NZ)	1953-1964	11	-	14	194	60	0	-	0.00	1.85	-	0	0	0
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1932-1936	7	341.0	140	2046	634	34	5/20	18.64	1.85	60.1	3	2	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	16	144.2	50	866	270	17	5/28	15.88	1.87	50.9	1	1	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1955-1957	4	-	76	1252	391	15	4/39	26.06	1.87	83.4	2	0	0
JM Sims (ENG)	1935-1935	1	36.0	17	216	68	1	1/48	68.00	1.88	216.0	0	0	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1960-1960	4	77.0	32	462	146	6	3/15	24.33	1.89	77.0	0	0	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2011	19	10.0	2	60	19	0	-	0.00	1.90	-	0	0	0
F Martin (ENG)	1892-1892	1	24.3	9	123	39	2	2/39	19.50	1.90	61.5	0	0	0
RK Tyldesley (ENG)	1924-1924	4	130.5	50	785	249	12	3/50	20.75	1.90	65.4	0	0	0
EG Arnold (ENG)	1907-1907	2	52.0	17	312	99	6	5/37	16.50	1.90	52.0	0	1	0
GB Hole (AUS)	1952-1953	4	24.0	5	192	62	1	1/17	62.00	1.93	192.0	0	0	0
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	7	-	29	909	295	4	2/97	73.75	1.94	227.2	0	0	0
NC McGarrell (WI)	2001-2001	1	58.0	22	348	113	5	4/72	22.60	1.94	69.6	1	0	0
PJ Loader (ENG)	1955-1957	5	-	43	1256	410	13	4/52	31.53	1.95	96.6	1	0	0
R Howorth (ENG)	1947-1947	1	76.0	28	456	149	6	3/64	24.83	1.96	76.0	0	0	0
MJ Leach (ENG)	2022-2022	3	45.2	18	272	89	2	1/11	44.50	1.96	136.0	0	0	0
WH Copson (ENG)	1947-1947	1	57.0	24	342	112	3	3/46	37.33	1.96	114.0	0	0	0
MJC Allom (ENG)	1931-1931	1	36.0	4	216	71	1	1/27	71.00	1.97	216.0	0	0	0
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	14	600.1	176	3601	1185	53	6/42	22.35	1.97	67.9	2	1	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1954	4	-	24	725	239	12	6/68	19.91	1.97	60.4	0	1	0
G Geary (ENG)	1924-1929	5	197.0	69	1182	390	19	7/70	20.52	1.97	62.2	0	2	1
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1953	10	427.4	90	3420	1129	44	6/44	25.65	1.98	77.7	2	3	0
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1953-1954	6	-	48	1633	543	23	4/62	23.60	1.99	71.0	2	0	0
FR Foster (ENG)	1912-1912	3	92.1	32	553	184	11	5/16	16.72	1.99	50.2	0	1	0
James Langridge (ENG)	1935-1935	1	23.0	7	138	46	2	2/27	23.00	2.00	69.0	0	0	0
Mohammad Shahid (BAN)	2015-2015	2	23.0	10	138	46	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2013	12	2.0	0	12	4	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
DG Bradman (AUS)	1931-1932	5	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
KK Jennings (ENG)	2017-2017	4	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2022	17	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
JJ Ferris (ENG)	1892-1892	1	54.2	27	272	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.9	0	2	1
TWJ Goddard (ENG)	1938-1939	3	105.0	26	840	282	8	3/54	35.25	2.01	105.0	0	0	0
CG Macartney (AUS)	1910-1921	9	163.4	55	982	332	12	5/44	27.66	2.02	81.8	0	1	0

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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]