Best economy rate in an innings

Test matches Cricket – Best economy rate in an innings

Test matches

Averages, strike rates and economy

Best economy rates in an innings

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	RG Nadkarni	32.0	27	5	-	0.15	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1964	Test # 551
🥈 2	GS Sobers	14.0	11	3	1	0.21	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
🥈 2	RG Nadkarni	14.0	11	3	-	0.21	India	v England	Brabourne	21 Jan 1964	Test # 552
4	Majid Khan	10.0	8	3	-	0.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
4	RES Wyatt	13.0	10	4	3	0.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
4	H Verity	13.0	11	4	-	0.30	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
7	JNT Seales	15.5	10	5	4	0.31	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	30 Nov 2024	Test # 2565
8	JC Laker	14.1	9	7	2	0.37	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
9	JW Burke	15.0	10	8	-	0.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
10	H Verity	12.0	9	5	2	0.41	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
10	Pervez Sajjad	12.0	8	5	4	0.41	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
12	DA Allen	19.0	15	8	1	0.42	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
12	UT Yadav	21.0	16	9	3	0.42	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
14	Maninder Singh	20.4	12	9	3	0.43	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
15	JC Laker	18.0	14	8	3	0.44	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
15	DL Underwood	18.0	15	8	2	0.44	England	v Australia	Lord's	20 Jun 1968	Test # 638
17	NM Lyon	22.0	17	10	-	0.45	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
17	GS Chappell	11.0	6	5	1	0.45	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
19	HL Collins	15.0	12	7	-	0.46	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
19	EAS Prasanna	8.0	4	5	-	0.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
21	NBF Mann	20.0	13	10	-	0.50	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
21	WW Armstrong	18.0	12	9	1	0.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
21	Majid Khan	9.0	4	6	-	0.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	30 Oct 1976	Test # 784
21	CEL Jones	10.0	7	5	-	0.50	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
25	DCS Compton	16.0	11	11	1	0.51	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
26	RG Nadkarni	19.0	13	10	-	0.52	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
27	SK Warne	15.0	12	8	4	0.53	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
28	JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
29	TL Goddard	16.0	8	12	2	0.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
29	RA Jadeja	46.0	33	26	2	0.56	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
29	Maninder Singh	23.0	16	13	1	0.56	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
32	NS Yadav	33.0	22	19	3	0.57	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
33	BE Congdon	18.0	11	14	-	0.58	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
33	KD Mackay	9.0	6	7	1	0.58	Australia	v England	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958	Test # 460
33	PH Edmonds	34.1	23	20	4	0.58	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
33	TL Goddard	17.0	14	10	1	0.58	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
37	FMM Worrell	27.0	18	16	-	0.59	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
38	BE Congdon	17.4	11	14	2	0.60	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
38	RG Nadkarni	15.0	10	9	2	0.60	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	02 Dec 1960	Test # 497
38	SD Anurasiri	15.0	11	9	-	0.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
38	R Illingworth	10.0	5	8	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Sydney	15 Feb 1963	Test # 539
38	ERH Toshack	10.0	5	6	2	0.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
38	J Trim	10.0	6	6	2	0.60	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	03 Mar 1948	Test # 297
38	R Pollard	10.0	8	6	-	0.60	England	v Australia	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
38	AW Greig	10.0	7	6	1	0.60	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
38	AA Donald	10.0	7	6	2	0.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
47	RG Barlow	22.0	18	9	1	0.61	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
47	HDPK Dharmasena	19.3	13	12	-	0.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
47	RN Harvey	13.0	7	8	1	0.61	Australia	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1960	Test # 486
47	GP Swann	21.0	13	13	3	0.61	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
51	ERH Toshack	19.0	13	12	4	0.63	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
51	WR Cuttell	32.0	24	17	3	0.63	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
53	TL Goddard	25.2	15	22	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
53	HJ Tayfield	24.0	17	21	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
55	Khan Mohammad	30.0	19	20	2	0.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
55	S Ramadhin	15.0	9	10	2	0.66	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
55	R Illingworth	15.0	11	10	1	0.66	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	27 Jul 1967	Test # 621
55	N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
59	SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	0.67	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
60	HL Collins	11.0	3	10	-	0.68	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
60	KJ Silva	14.4	9	10	3	0.68	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
60	TL Goddard	16.0	10	11	1	0.68	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
63	TE Bailey	25.0	12	23	3	0.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
63	FJ Titmus	26.0	17	18	4	0.69	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
63	TE Bailey	13.0	4	12	2	0.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
63	Ghulam Ahmed	13.0	9	9	1	0.69	India	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
63	SLV Raju	36.0	25	25	2	0.69	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
63	HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
69	JDP Oram	20.0	14	14	-	0.70	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
69	DG Phadkar	10.0	6	7	1	0.70	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
69	A Ranatunga	10.0	8	7	-	0.70	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023

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