Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
FMM Worrell	27.0	18	16	0	0.59	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
AW Greig	10.0	7	6	1	0.60	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
RN Harvey	13.0	7	8	1	0.61	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	0	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
MLC Foster	14.0	7	10	0	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
Fazal Mahmood	25.0	19	18	0	0.72	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
CL Walcott	16.0	10	12	2	0.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
RR Lindwall	12.0	7	9	0	0.75	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
R Gilchrist	23.0	13	18	3	0.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
JB Mortimore	48.0	31	39	1	0.81	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
GS Sobers	17.0	10	14	0	0.82	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
MLC Foster	12.0	4	10	1	0.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
RS Cunis	14.0	7	12	3	0.85	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
WA Johnston	13.0	5	15	3	0.86	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
IWG Johnson	15.0	10	13	0	0.86	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
R Pollard	27.0	16	24	5	0.88	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
CD Collymore	19.0	11	17	2	0.89	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
AL Valentine	29.0	19	26	0	0.89	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
FJ Cameron	10.0	3	9	0	0.90	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
GE Gomez	46.1	20	42	1	0.90	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
WJ Cronje	18.4	8	17	2	0.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
WA Johnston	9.0	6	11	1	0.91	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
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
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
PL Harris	30.0	19	29	0	0.96	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
JW Gleeson	15.0	7	20	0	1.00	Australia	v India	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
AN Connolly	20.0	10	20	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969	Test # 664
GD McGrath	19.0	13	19	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
R Illingworth	16.0	10	16	2	1.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
M Hendrick	15.0	7	15	2	1.00	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
RS Cunis	12.0	5	12	3	1.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
WW Hall	10.0	3	10	0	1.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
Fazal Mahmood	25.3	12	26	5	1.01	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
Fazal Mahmood	36.0	14	37	1	1.02	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
JE Emburey	27.0	13	28	1	1.03	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
NJ Astle	26.0	12	27	2	1.03	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
B Yardley	24.0	13	25	1	1.04	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
S Ramadhin	24.5	11	26	5	1.04	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953	Test # 366
AA Mallett	21.0	9	22	2	1.04	Australia	v India	Brabourne	04 Nov 1969	Test # 664
MJ Horton	19.0	11	20	0	1.05	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
H Verity	16.0	8	17	4	1.06	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
D Wilson	16.0	10	17	2	1.06	England	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
GS Sobers	15.0	5	16	0	1.06	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
GD McGrath	25.0	13	27	3	1.08	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
CE Cuffy	24.0	16	26	1	1.08	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
KR Miller	9.0	3	13	1	1.08	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
AE Moss	12.0	7	13	0	1.08	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
LF Kline	12.0	5	13	1	1.08	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
RA Harper	12.0	3	13	0	1.08	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
MJ Hoggard	12.0	6	13	1	1.08	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
DA Allen	11.0	5	12	0	1.09	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
SR Clark	11.0	6	12	1	1.09	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
C de Grandhomme	11.0	5	12	0	1.09	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
WJ Cronje	10.0	5	11	2	1.10	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
ES Atkinson	19.0	10	21	2	1.10	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
PH Edmonds	28.0	11	31	4	1.10	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
R Illingworth	36.0	15	40	0	1.11	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
AA Mallett	51.5	30	58	3	1.11	Australia	v India	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969	Test # 666
CL Cairns	16.0	7	18	1	1.12	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	25 Oct 1995	Test # 1309
JS Solomon	29.0	17	33	0	1.13	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
GD McKenzie	16.4	8	19	2	1.14	Australia	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1969	Test # 669
CR Matthews	28.0	12	32	3	1.14	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
AK Davidson	14.0	5	16	0	1.14	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
SM Pollock	14.5	10	17	1	1.14	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
CR Matthews	20.0	10	23	2	1.15	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
AV Bedser	33.0	13	38	2	1.15	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
AH Kardar	13.0	5	15	0	1.15	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
A Flintoff	19.0	9	22	2	1.15	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
GJ Crocker	35.0	18	41	1	1.17	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
LR Gibbs	30.4	8	36	2	1.17	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
IWG Johnson	14.0	3	22	2	1.17	Australia	v India	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
IVA Richards	11.0	3	13	0	1.18	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
JR Reid	16.0	9	19	3	1.18	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
JW Wilson	21.0	11	25	1	1.19	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
H Verity	25.0	12	30	3	1.20	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
JDC Goddard	15.0	7	18	1	1.20	West Indies	v India	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
DL Underwood	15.0	10	18	1	1.20	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
PS de Villiers	15.0	7	18	0	1.20	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
CA Davis	10.0	2	12	0	1.20	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
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
FJ Titmus	60.0	37	73	6	1.21	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
JB Mortimore	23.0	14	28	0	1.21	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
DL Underwood	31.0	18	38	0	1.22	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1982	Test # 916
R Benaud	35.0	19	43	3	1.22	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
WPA Crawford	26.0	8	32	3	1.23	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
J Garner	13.0	6	16	0	1.23	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
T Greenhough	29.0	11	36	2	1.24	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
AL Padmore	29.0	11	36	1	1.24	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
CEL Ambrose	29.0	14	36	0	1.24	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
KA Jamieson	24.0	10	30	2	1.25	New Zealand	v India	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
KD Mackay	20.0	9	25	0	1.25	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
CM Old	16.0	7	20	4	1.25	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
AA Donald	11.1	4	14	4	1.25	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
RR Lindwall	25.2	12	32	3	1.26	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
RW Price	19.0	9	24	2	1.26	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591

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