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
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1982-1984	2	3.0	3	18	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
Shan Masood (PAK)	2015-2023	7	2.0	2	12	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1993-1993	1	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
DR Flynn (NZ)	2009-2012	4	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1982-1982	1	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
MS Wade (AUS)	2012-2013	3	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
Mahmudul Hasan Joy (BAN)	2022-2024	4	0.1	0	1	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1994-1999	10	2.0	1	12	1	0	-	0.00	0.50	-	0	0	0
MH Dekker (ZIM)	1994-1996	5	6.0	3	36	5	0	-	0.00	0.83	-	0	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1982-1992	12	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
JA Raval (NZ)	2018-2019	4	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1988-1992	6	5.0	2	30	6	0	-	0.00	1.20	-	0	0	0
EJ Gray (NZ)	1987-1987	1	27.0	12	162	35	1	1/35	35.00	1.29	162.0	0	0	0
MP Jarvis (ZIM)	1994-1994	3	137.0	67	822	195	7	3/30	27.85	1.42	117.4	0	0	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1995-1995	2	4.0	0	24	6	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1988-1988	1	2.0	1	12	3	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1989-1989	1	33.0	10	198	51	1	1/51	51.00	1.54	198.0	0	0	0
RA Harper (WI)	1993-1993	1	25.0	12	150	39	1	1/36	39.00	1.56	150.0	0	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1993-1998	5	61.3	25	369	98	6	3/21	16.33	1.59	61.5	0	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1988-1999	8	53.0	22	318	87	8	4/33	10.87	1.64	39.7	2	0	0
JA Rennie (ZIM)	1994-1994	1	50.0	20	300	85	0	-	0.00	1.70	-	0	0	0
ND Hirwani (IND)	1990-1990	1	20.0	9	120	34	1	1/34	34.00	1.70	120.0	0	0	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1982-1982	1	55.5	21	335	95	8	5/28	11.87	1.70	41.8	0	1	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2001-2008	7	7.0	1	42	12	0	-	0.00	1.71	-	0	0	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2007-2013	8	11.0	5	66	19	2	1/0	9.50	1.72	33.0	0	0	0
SLV Raju (IND)	1990-1994	5	212.1	81	1273	386	26	6/12	14.84	1.81	48.9	0	3	1
GR Larsen (NZ)	1995-1995	2	94.4	35	568	173	7	3/73	24.71	1.82	81.1	0	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1984	5	12.0	5	72	22	0	-	0.00	1.83	-	0	0	0
G Sharma (IND)	1985-1990	2	52.0	18	312	100	1	1/26	100.00	1.92	312.0	0	0	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1993-1993	1	26.0	13	156	51	5	4/46	10.20	1.96	31.2	1	0	0
R Dravid (IND)	1997-2010	20	3.0	0	18	6	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2004-2006	4	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
HD Rutherford (NZ)	2014-2015	2	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
L Vincent (NZ)	2005-2005	2	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1987	6	234.1	85	1405	473	37	5/29	12.78	2.01	37.9	5	2	1
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2012-2012	1	35.0	8	210	71	2	2/47	35.50	2.02	105.0	0	0	0
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2021	4	33.0	13	198	67	4	2/24	16.75	2.03	49.5	0	0	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2012	5	125.4	42	754	256	9	3/11	28.44	2.03	83.7	0	0	0
SG Peall (ZIM)	1994-1994	2	93.0	28	558	192	2	1/35	96.00	2.06	279.0	0	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1985-1987	4	15.0	2	90	31	1	1/31	31.00	2.06	90.0	0	0	0
SR Patel (ENG)	2012-2012	2	59.0	15	354	122	3	2/27	40.66	2.06	118.0	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1985-1995	7	21.0	8	126	44	0	-	0.00	2.09	-	0	0	0
JO Holder (WI)	2015-2021	9	229.4	60	1378	482	23	5/27	20.95	2.09	59.9	1	2	0
TA Copeland (AUS)	2011-2011	3	108.0	34	648	227	6	2/24	37.83	2.10	108.0	0	0	0
TM Moody (AUS)	1989-1992	5	49.0	12	294	103	1	1/17	103.00	2.10	294.0	0	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1984-1984	3	121.3	40	729	257	11	5/28	23.36	2.11	66.2	0	1	0
J Yadav (IND)	2022-2022	1	17.0	5	102	36	0	-	0.00	2.11	-	0	0	0
HK Badani (IND)	2001-2001	3	8.0	2	48	17	0	-	0.00	2.12	-	0	0	0
MW Priest (NZ)	1998-1998	1	35.5	11	215	77	2	2/42	38.50	2.14	107.5	0	0	0
TM Alderman (AUS)	1989-1989	2	93.0	27	558	200	5	3/81	40.00	2.15	111.6	0	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1989-1989	1	46.0	20	276	99	5	3/26	19.80	2.15	55.2	0	0	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1982-1982	3	151.1	46	907	329	15	6/141	21.93	2.17	60.4	1	1	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1983-1987	3	90.0	23	540	196	8	3/21	24.50	2.17	67.5	0	0	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1984-1984	1	70.0	27	420	153	3	2/75	51.00	2.18	140.0	0	0	0
CC Lewis (ENG)	1991-1993	2	67.0	15	402	147	7	4/66	21.00	2.19	57.4	1	0	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1991-1992	2	25.0	6	150	55	3	3/36	18.33	2.20	50.0	0	0	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-2003	7	10.0	7	60	22	0	-	0.00	2.20	-	0	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1992	10	298.0	76	1788	673	46	8/58	14.63	2.25	38.8	2	3	1
KM Jarvis (ZIM)	2020-2020	1	37.0	12	222	84	0	-	0.00	2.27	-	0	0	0
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1998-1999	5	4.5	2	29	11	0	-	0.00	2.27	-	0	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1993-2001	6	162.4	35	976	371	9	5/26	41.22	2.28	108.4	0	1	0
Jalal-ud-Din (PAK)	1985-1985	1	39.0	12	234	89	1	1/89	89.00	2.28	234.0	0	0	0
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1997	10	358.0	108	2148	818	23	4/48	35.56	2.28	93.3	1	0	0
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2018-2019	3	63.0	11	378	144	4	1/8	36.00	2.28	94.5	0	0	0
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1982-1982	2	17.0	5	102	39	3	3/26	13.00	2.29	34.0	0	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1992	8	36.0	14	216	83	1	1/21	83.00	2.30	216.0	0	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1990	7	166.3	43	999	384	11	4/11	34.90	2.30	90.8	1	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1994-2000	7	160.5	38	965	372	12	4/54	31.00	2.31	80.4	1	0	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	1999-2000	5	236.0	61	1416	547	22	5/38	24.86	2.31	64.3	1	1	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2001-2001	3	111.0	28	666	258	9	4/56	28.66	2.32	74.0	1	0	0
VM Nyauchi (ZIM)	2020-2020	2	67.5	17	407	158	5	3/69	31.60	2.32	81.4	0	0	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-2003	7	14.0	2	84	33	0	-	0.00	2.35	-	0	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1983-1987	5	188.4	53	1132	448	22	5/63	20.36	2.37	51.4	2	1	0
RP Snell (SA)	1993-1993	2	56.0	15	336	133	5	3/32	26.60	2.37	67.2	0	0	0
TG Southee (NZ)	2012-2023	12	483.2	140	2900	1152	64	6/68	18.00	2.38	45.3	4	3	0
DT Tiripano (ZIM)	2016-2020	5	160.0	41	960	382	7	3/91	54.57	2.38	137.1	0	0	0
GB Brent (ZIM)	1999-2001	3	94.2	24	566	226	6	3/21	37.66	2.39	94.3	0	0	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1991-1991	1	48.0	16	288	115	8	7/70	14.37	2.39	36.0	0	1	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1982-1986	7	73.2	12	440	176	5	2/28	35.20	2.40	88.0	0	0	0
BP Julian (AUS)	1995-1995	1	30.0	12	180	72	1	1/40	72.00	2.40	180.0	0	0	0
SA Thomson (NZ)	1991-1995	3	51.1	18	307	123	4	3/63	30.75	2.40	76.7	0	0	0
KJ Abbott (SA)	2016-2017	2	64.5	16	389	156	5	3/63	31.20	2.40	77.8	0	0	0
JA Richardson (AUS)	2019-2019	2	51.0	15	306	123	6	3/26	20.50	2.41	51.0	0	0	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1994-1997	4	60.0	10	360	145	2	1/23	72.50	2.41	180.0	0	0	0
AR Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1999	5	172.0	36	1032	416	5	3/73	83.20	2.41	206.4	0	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1991-1991	3	150.4	38	904	365	12	4/121	30.41	2.42	75.3	1	0	0
RJ Harris (AUS)	2011-2011	2	66.0	25	396	160	11	5/62	14.54	2.42	36.0	0	1	0
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2004-2004	5	44.0	6	264	107	6	3/42	17.83	2.43	44.0	0	0	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2022-2022	2	37.0	12	222	90	10	5/24	9.00	2.43	22.2	0	1	0
BW Hilfenhaus (AUS)	2012-2012	1	12.2	3	74	30	1	1/30	30.00	2.43	74.0	0	0	0
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2019-2022	4	93.4	25	562	229	16	6/23	14.31	2.44	35.1	1	1	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1986-1987	2	61.1	19	367	150	11	5/76	13.63	2.45	33.3	0	1	0
AJ Tudor (ENG)	2002-2002	2	64.5	18	389	159	9	4/65	17.66	2.45	43.2	1	0	0
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2019-2022	4	11.0	2	66	27	2	1/5	13.50	2.45	33.0	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-2000	19	545.4	152	3274	1340	63	5/43	21.26	2.45	51.9	3	3	0
MJ Henry (NZ)	2023-2023	2	103.0	27	618	254	11	4/80	23.09	2.46	56.1	1	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2010	25	30.0	4	180	74	0	-	0.00	2.46	-	0	0	0
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2006-2006	2	74.0	22	444	183	17	6/44	10.76	2.47	26.1	1	2	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1982	1	28.0	10	168	70	3	2/46	23.33	2.50	56.0	0	0	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]