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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	RES Wyatt	13.0	10	4	3	0.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
🥇 1	H Verity	13.0	11	4	-	0.30	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
🥉 3	JC Laker	14.1	9	7	2	0.37	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
4	H Verity	12.0	9	5	2	0.41	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
5	DA Allen	19.0	15	8	1	0.42	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
6	JC Laker	18.0	14	8	3	0.44	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
6	DL Underwood	18.0	15	8	2	0.44	England	v Australia	Lord's	20 Jun 1968	Test # 638
8	DCS Compton	16.0	11	11	1	0.51	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
9	JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
10	PH Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
11	R Illingworth	10.0	5	8	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Sydney	15 Feb 1963	Test # 539
11	R Pollard	10.0	8	6	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
11	AW Greig	10.0	7	6	1	0.60	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
14	RG Barlow	22.0	18	9	1	0.61	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
14	GP Swann	21.0	13	13	3	0.61	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
16	WR Cuttell	32.0	24	17	3	0.63	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
17	R Illingworth	15.0	11	10	1	0.66	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	27 Jul 1967	Test # 621
18	TE Bailey	25.0	12	23	3	0.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
18	FJ Titmus	26.0	17	18	4	0.69	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
18	TE Bailey	13.0	4	12	2	0.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
21	W Bates	17.0	11	8	-	0.70	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
22	RG Barlow	25.0	20	12	2	0.72	England	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jul 1886	Test # 23
23	FJ Titmus	26.0	17	19	5	0.73	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
23	G Ulyett	22.2	16	11	2	0.73	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
25	JC Laker	36.0	23	27	3	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
25	JH Wardle	32.0	23	24	4	0.75	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
25	R Illingworth	9.0	5	9	-	0.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
28	WR Hammond	10.3	5	8	1	0.76	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	27 Jun 1931	Test # 209
28	DL Underwood	11.6	7	12	6	0.76	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
28	EG Arnold	13.0	7	10	1	0.76	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
31	GAR Lock	18.1	13	14	4	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
31	JC Laker	22.0	12	17	1	0.77	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
31	JC Laker	22.0	11	17	5	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
34	IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	0.78	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
34	GA Hick	14.0	8	11	-	0.78	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
36	JH Wardle	24.0	16	19	4	0.79	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
36	R Illingworth	18.0	11	19	1	0.79	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
36	H Verity	16.0	8	17	-	0.79	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
39	G Geary	22.3	13	18	2	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
39	H Larwood	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930	Test # 194
39	R Tattersall	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
39	F Barratt	10.0	4	8	1	0.80	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
39	JM Anderson	10.0	6	8	1	0.80	England	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
39	W Attewell	31.0	20	25	1	0.80	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
39	KF Barrington	21.0	13	17	-	0.80	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
46	JB Mortimore	48.0	31	39	1	0.81	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
46	R Tattersall	16.0	9	13	-	0.81	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
46	R Appleyard	12.0	7	13	3	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
46	JE Emburey	12.0	7	13	2	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
46	FS Trueman	19.4	8	16	2	0.81	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
46	W Rhodes	20.5	12	17	1	0.81	England	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930	Test # 193
46	WR Hammond	11.0	6	9	2	0.81	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 1931	Test # 204
53	SCJ Broad	17.0	11	14	-	0.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
54	MW Tate	18.0	9	15	1	0.83	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	29 Jul 1931	Test # 210
54	W Attewell	61.0	32	51	2	0.83	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
54	PH Edmonds	34.0	11	38	4	0.83	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
57	H Verity	8.0	4	9	-	0.84	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
57	JA Snow	13.0	5	11	2	0.84	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
57	F Morley	23.0	16	13	-	0.84	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
60	GAR Lock	15.0	6	17	1	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
60	TE Bailey	20.0	9	17	2	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
60	GA Hick	14.0	6	12	1	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
63	DL Underwood	20.0	10	23	1	0.86	England	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
63	PH Edmonds	15.0	9	13	2	0.86	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
63	PCR Tufnell	15.0	6	13	-	0.86	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
66	JC White	32.0	19	28	-	0.87	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
67	R Illingworth	17.0	11	15	3	0.88	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	09 Jun 1960	Test # 492
67	TE Bailey	11.0	5	13	-	0.88	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
67	R Pollard	27.0	16	24	5	0.88	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
67	A Shaw	20.1	15	12	1	0.88	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
71	E Peate	25.0	18	15	3	0.90	England	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1882	Test # 7
71	W Rhodes	10.0	5	9	1	0.90	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
71	GA Gooch	10.0	5	9	-	0.90	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	04 Jun 1992	Test # 1189
71	A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	-	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
75	W Barnes	46.0	29	28	6	0.91	England	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
75	W Rhodes	24.0	13	22	1	0.91	England	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930	Test # 193
75	RG Barlow	31.0	22	19	5	0.91	England	v Australia	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
78	JC White	13.0	6	12	-	0.92	England	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
78	K Higgs	13.0	7	12	2	0.92	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
78	FJ Titmus	27.0	19	25	2	0.92	England	v Australia	Leeds	02 Jul 1964	Test # 563
78	PH Edmonds	27.0	13	25	1	0.92	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
78	M Hendrick	14.0	6	13	1	0.92	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
78	RK Tyldesley	11.5	4	11	1	0.92	England	v South Africa	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
84	W Attewell	46.0	24	43	1	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1892	Test # 36
84	GAR Lock	18.1	11	17	1	0.93	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
84	AJ Fothergill	24.0	15	15	1	0.93	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
84	JB Statham	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
84	KF Barrington	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
84	W Voce	8.0	1	10	4	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1936	Test # 256
84	JC Laker	8.0	3	10	2	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1959	Test # 464
91	DL Underwood	17.0	9	16	2	0.94	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
92	RDB Croft	20.0	9	19	3	0.95	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
92	JA Young	11.0	6	14	-	0.95	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
94	GAR Lock	12.3	8	12	4	0.96	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
94	SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
94	K Higgs	28.0	11	27	3	0.96	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
94	JC Laker	30.0	19	29	2	0.96	England	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956	Test # 425
94	TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
99	FE Woolley	39.0	22	38	-	0.97	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
99	H Verity	10.0	5	13	-	0.97	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268

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