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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	EAS Prasanna	8.0	4	5	-	0.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
🥈 2	RG Barlow	22.0	18	9	1	0.61	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
🥉 3	HL Collins	11.0	3	10	-	0.68	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
4	Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0	10	11	3	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
5	KJ O'Keeffe	9.0	4	10	1	0.83	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
5	GD McGrath	12.0	6	10	-	0.83	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
5	W Attewell	61.0	32	51	2	0.83	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
8	F Morley	23.0	16	13	-	0.84	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
9	KR Miller	11.0	8	14	3	0.95	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
10	W Attewell	36.1	22	24	3	0.99	England	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Mar 1885	Test # 21
11	J Ryder	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
12	DL Underwood	11.6	2	16	3	1.02	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
12	R Peel	41.0	26	28	3	1.02	England	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Mar 1885	Test # 21
14	FMM Worrell	31.0	16	43	3	1.04	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
14	WW Armstrong	34.2	15	36	2	1.04	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908	Test # 97
16	JE Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.05	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
17	WJ Whitty	16.0	7	17	6	1.06	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
18	A Shaw	42.0	27	30	-	1.07	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
18	AJ Richardson	14.0	6	20	2	1.07	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
20	Imran Khan	18.0	8	26	4	1.08	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
21	KR Stackpole	13.0	9	19	1	1.09	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
22	JC White	57.0	30	64	1	1.12	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
22	MHN Walker	24.0	10	36	1	1.12	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
24	CT Studd	46.0	30	35	2	1.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882	Test # 10
24	R Peel	102.1	56	78	3	1.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885	Test # 18
26	H Ironmonger	20.0	7	23	7	1.15	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
26	GD McGrath	13.0	7	15	-	1.15	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
28	H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
28	MA Noble	12.0	6	14	1	1.16	Australia	v England	Melbourne	07 Feb 1908	Test # 99
30	GD McGrath	17.0	9	20	1	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
31	AJ Richardson	22.0	7	35	1	1.19	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925	Test # 159
32	W Barnes	38.3	26	31	6	1.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885	Test # 18
33	SK Warne	13.0	6	16	3	1.23	Australia	v England	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994	Test # 1279
33	WP Howell	34.5	14	43	4	1.23	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
33	NFD Thomson	17.0	10	14	1	1.23	Australia	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
33	J Briggs	21.0	9	26	1	1.23	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
37	LR Gibbs	41.0	19	68	2	1.24	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
38	PJ Cummins	16.0	8	20	1	1.25	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022	Test # 2485
38	JN Gillespie	12.0	7	15	2	1.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
38	R Peel	43.0	23	54	3	1.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
41	JD Higgs	19.0	9	32	1	1.26	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
41	A Shaw	32.0	19	27	-	1.26	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
41	MA Noble	15.0	8	19	4	1.26	Australia	v England	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	Test # 82
44	A Symonds	11.0	3	14	-	1.27	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
45	CL McCool	24.0	9	41	1	1.28	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
45	H Ironmonger	42.0	18	54	4	1.28	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
45	KJ O'Keeffe	29.6	12	51	2	1.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
45	H Verity	14.0	4	24	2	1.28	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937	Test # 257
49	GD McGrath	17.0	8	22	-	1.29	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
49	E Evans	73.0	45	63	-	1.29	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881	Test # 5
49	G Geary	81.0	36	105	5	1.29	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929	Test # 180
52	CV Grimmett	16.0	4	21	1	1.31	Australia	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1932	Test # 221
52	JA Snow	12.0	4	21	2	1.31	England	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1971	Test # 677
52	CA Walsh	16.0	7	21	2	1.31	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
52	WA Johnston	8.0	4	14	-	1.31	Australia	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948	Test # 295
52	LS Pascoe	22.0	11	29	3	1.31	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
57	W Attewell	21.1	11	28	1	1.32	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
57	RM Hogg	17.0	7	30	5	1.32	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
57	W Attewell	61.0	35	54	2	1.32	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885	Test # 18
60	PR Reiffel	18.0	7	24	2	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
60	TT Bresnan	18.0	6	24	2	1.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
60	WW Armstrong	15.0	6	20	1	1.33	Australia	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
60	SR Clark	15.0	9	20	1	1.33	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
60	KD Mackay	9.0	2	16	-	1.33	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
60	FJ Titmus	14.0	4	25	1	1.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
60	M Hendrick	14.0	4	25	1	1.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
67	Sarfraz Nawaz	21.6	6	39	2	1.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
68	JB Iverson	20.0	4	36	2	1.35	Australia	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
68	NA Quinn	31.0	13	42	4	1.35	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
68	H Ironmonger	19.1	8	26	4	1.35	Australia	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1932	Test # 221
68	GA Lohmann	39.0	15	53	2	1.35	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
68	GS Chappell	16.0	7	29	1	1.35	Australia	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
68	JD Higgs	16.0	2	29	2	1.35	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
74	IWG Johnson	11.0	3	20	1	1.36	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
75	A Shaw	55.3	34	51	3	1.37	England	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
75	G Noblet	24.0	9	44	1	1.37	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953	Test # 365
75	TW Hayward	16.0	9	22	4	1.37	England	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
78	AN Connolly	19.0	7	35	-	1.38	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
78	G Miller	19.0	6	35	3	1.38	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
78	IWG Johnson	13.0	3	24	1	1.38	Australia	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
81	MW Sievers	11.2	5	21	5	1.40	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937	Test # 257
81	MG Johnson	15.0	6	21	3	1.40	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
81	GE Gomez	13.3	7	25	1	1.40	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
81	WA Johnston	13.7	1	26	4	1.40	Australia	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
85	CEL Ambrose	12.0	4	17	4	1.41	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
86	GA Lohmann	28.0	14	40	-	1.42	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892	Test # 35
87	HSTL Hendry	23.0	5	33	-	1.43	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
87	JM Anderson	23.0	10	33	4	1.43	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
87	RG Barlow	23.0	13	22	-	1.43	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881	Test # 5
90	LR Gibbs	38.4	18	74	4	1.44	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
91	DK Lillee	13.3	2	26	6	1.45	Australia	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
91	KR Miller	18.0	6	35	1	1.45	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
91	R Ashwin	24.0	7	35	3	1.45	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
94	AV Bedser	19.0	3	37	4	1.46	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
94	CG Rackemann	21.5	8	32	3	1.46	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test # 1134
94	FJ Titmus	22.0	6	43	-	1.46	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1965	Test # 598
94	FJ Titmus	22.0	11	43	2	1.46	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
94	JG Bracewell	15.0	5	22	1	1.46	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
94	H Ironmonger	49.0	26	72	3	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
100	JW Gleeson	25.0	8	49	1	1.47	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643

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