Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - England

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches - England

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JC Laker	14.1	9	7	2	0.37	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JC Laker	18.0	14	8	3	0.44	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
JC Laker	24.0	20	13	2	0.54	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
TE Bailey	25.0	12	23	3	0.69	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	13.0	4	12	2	0.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
JC Laker	36.0	23	27	3	0.75	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JH Wardle	32.0	23	24	4	0.75	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
GAR Lock	18.1	13	14	4	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JC Laker	22.0	12	17	1	0.77	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
JC Laker	22.0	11	17	5	0.77	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JH Wardle	24.0	16	19	4	0.79	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
R Tattersall	15.0	8	12	1	0.80	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
R Tattersall	16.0	9	13	0	0.81	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
R Appleyard	12.0	7	13	3	0.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
GAR Lock	15.0	6	17	1	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	20.0	9	17	2	0.85	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
TE Bailey	11.0	5	13	0	0.88	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
GAR Lock	18.1	11	17	1	0.93	England	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
JB Statham	16.0	10	15	0	0.93	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
JC Laker	8.0	3	10	2	0.93	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1959	Test # 464
GAR Lock	12.3	8	12	4	0.96	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
JC Laker	30.0	19	29	2	0.96	England	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956	Test # 425
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
GAR Lock	40.0	23	40	3	1.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
R Illingworth	16.0	10	16	2	1.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
JC Laker	51.2	23	53	10	1.03	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
GAR Lock	22.0	11	23	1	1.04	England	v Australia	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956	Test # 425
MJ Horton	19.0	11	20	0	1.05	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
R Tattersall	15.0	9	16	1	1.06	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
JH Wardle	30.5	22	33	4	1.07	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
PJ Loader	13.0	7	14	0	1.07	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JC Laker	12.0	6	13	4	1.08	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
AE Moss	12.0	7	13	0	1.08	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
AV Bedser	19.0	6	21	0	1.10	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
GAR Lock	18.0	11	20	1	1.11	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1958	Test # 458
JC Laker	10.1	3	15	2	1.11	England	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958	Test # 460
JB Statham	8.0	2	12	0	1.12	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JH Wardle	29.0	17	33	1	1.13	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
GAR Lock	27.0	19	31	3	1.14	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
TE Bailey	20.0	9	23	2	1.15	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
AV Bedser	33.0	13	38	2	1.15	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
JB Statham	18.0	6	21	1	1.16	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1958	Test # 458
TE Bailey	24.7	5	39	2	1.17	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
R Illingworth	17.0	9	20	2	1.17	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
JC Laker	21.0	10	33	1	1.17	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
PJ Loader	21.0	5	33	2	1.17	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JH Wardle	26.0	15	31	1	1.19	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
GAR Lock	26.0	15	31	5	1.19	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
JC Laker	18.0	7	29	2	1.20	England	v South Africa	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
FH Tyson	19.0	7	23	3	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
ER Dexter	19.0	8	23	3	1.21	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
JC Laker	23.0	13	28	2	1.21	England	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
TE Bailey	17.0	8	21	2	1.23	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
T Greenhough	29.0	11	36	2	1.24	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
JC Laker	20.0	10	25	1	1.25	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1958	Test # 458
GAR Lock	16.0	7	20	6	1.25	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
GAR Lock	55.0	30	69	0	1.25	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
JB Statham	13.0	4	22	2	1.26	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
GAR Lock	10.0	4	17	0	1.27	England	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958	Test # 460
JB Mortimore	21.0	10	27	1	1.28	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
GAR Lock	21.4	12	28	5	1.29	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
FH Tyson	21.3	7	28	6	1.30	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
FH Tyson	23.0	7	40	6	1.30	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
AE Moss	23.0	10	30	2	1.30	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
JC Laker	13.0	4	17	0	1.30	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
PJ Loader	20.0	3	35	3	1.31	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
JC Laker	41.3	21	55	6	1.32	England	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
D Shackleton	15.0	5	20	1	1.33	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
FH Tyson	12.0	6	16	4	1.33	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
JB Statham	29.0	12	39	7	1.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
AE Moss	22.0	11	30	2	1.36	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
JH Wardle	32.0	17	44	3	1.37	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
AE Moss	24.0	11	33	2	1.37	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
R Tattersall	60.0	23	83	1	1.38	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
JB Statham	13.0	6	18	4	1.38	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
R Illingworth	28.0	9	39	1	1.39	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
JC Laker	14.0	5	26	1	1.39	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
MJ Hilton	22.5	10	32	4	1.40	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
JB Statham	17.0	9	24	4	1.41	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
JC Laker	17.0	4	24	2	1.41	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
DV Smith	17.0	6	24	0	1.41	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
FS Trueman	17.0	6	24	4	1.41	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
GAR Lock	20.3	12	29	2	1.41	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
AV Bedser	24.0	10	34	1	1.41	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
JH Wardle	31.0	19	44	1	1.41	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
JC Laker	50.0	27	71	4	1.42	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
JH Wardle	19.0	3	36	7	1.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
AV Bedser	38.3	16	55	7	1.42	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
AV Bedser	21.0	8	30	2	1.42	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
JE McConnon	14.0	5	20	1	1.42	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
GAR Lock	11.0	5	21	1	1.43	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TE Bailey	16.0	7	23	1	1.43	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
GAR Lock	35.2	20	51	7	1.44	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
JB Statham	16.3	6	24	2	1.45	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
GAR Lock	24.0	11	35	7	1.45	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
AV Bedser	19.0	3	37	4	1.46	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
JE McConnon	13.0	5	19	3	1.46	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
GAR Lock	13.0	6	19	2	1.46	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1958	Test # 458
AJ Watkins	21.0	9	31	0	1.47	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
FS Trueman	21.0	8	31	5	1.47	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]