Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - West Indies

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches - West Indies

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MLC Foster	14.0	7	10	0	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
MLC Foster	12.0	4	10	1	0.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
LR Gibbs	35.4	21	32	1	0.89	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
RR Jumadeen	19.0	9	18	1	0.94	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
LR Gibbs	37.1	19	49	2	0.98	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Mar 1975	Test # 759
VA Holder	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
IVA Richards	11.0	6	11	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
RR Jumadeen	45.0	22	46	0	1.02	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
MA Holding	23.0	15	24	2	1.04	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
GS Sobers	15.0	5	16	0	1.06	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
CH Lloyd	12.0	4	13	2	1.08	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
VA Holder	15.0	5	17	0	1.13	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
MA Holding	14.5	7	17	5	1.14	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
BD Julien	12.0	5	14	2	1.16	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
ET Willett	28.0	15	33	3	1.17	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
BD Julien	16.0	8	19	0	1.18	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
CA Davis	10.0	2	12	0	1.20	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
GS Sobers	22.1	13	27	3	1.21	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
GS Sobers	13.0	5	16	0	1.23	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
AL Padmore	29.0	11	36	1	1.24	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
VA Holder	14.0	4	18	0	1.28	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
GS Sobers	23.0	8	31	2	1.34	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
LR Gibbs	29.0	17	40	2	1.37	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
LR Gibbs	26.0	11	36	0	1.38	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
KD Boyce	10.0	3	14	0	1.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
LR Gibbs	28.3	15	40	1	1.40	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	1.40	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
BD Julien	22.0	7	31	3	1.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
IVA Richards	9.0	2	17	1	1.41	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Mar 1975	Test # 759
GS Sobers	31.0	16	44	1	1.41	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
CH Lloyd	19.0	5	27	0	1.42	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	22 Mar 1974	Test # 737
MLC Foster	14.0	8	20	0	1.42	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
LR Gibbs	37.0	17	53	1	1.43	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
DAJ Holford	54.0	24	78	1	1.44	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
DAJ Holford	44.0	18	64	2	1.45	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
VA Holder	11.0	3	16	1	1.45	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
GS Sobers	24.2	9	36	2	1.47	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
Inshan Ali	34.0	12	51	1	1.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
MLC Foster	27.0	13	41	2	1.51	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
RR Jumadeen	21.0	6	32	0	1.52	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
GS Sobers	26.0	7	40	2	1.53	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
BD Julien	13.0	5	20	0	1.53	West Indies	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1976	Test # 778
CEH Croft	18.5	7	29	8	1.53	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799
GS Sobers	11.0	5	17	2	1.54	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
GS Sobers	29.0	12	45	1	1.55	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
AME Roberts	34.0	15	53	1	1.55	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
LR Gibbs	39.0	17	61	0	1.56	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	19 Mar 1971	Test # 684
GS Sobers	35.0	21	55	1	1.57	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
VA Holder	26.0	12	41	4	1.57	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
CH Lloyd	12.0	6	19	0	1.58	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
GS Sobers	34.0	15	54	3	1.58	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
MA Holding	15.0	10	24	2	1.60	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
ET Willett	28.0	15	45	0	1.60	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	09 Mar 1973	Test # 716
LR Gibbs	23.0	8	37	0	1.60	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
AG Barrett	54.0	24	87	3	1.61	West Indies	v England	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
VA Holder	24.0	8	39	0	1.62	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
LR Gibbs	59.0	20	98	7	1.66	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
DAJ Holford	33.0	12	55	4	1.66	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
VA Holder	24.0	8	40	1	1.66	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
BD Julien	21.0	8	35	2	1.66	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
GS Sobers	43.0	15	72	3	1.67	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	19 Mar 1971	Test # 684
CA Davis	25.0	8	42	0	1.68	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
MA Holding	13.0	6	22	2	1.69	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
LR Gibbs	50.0	15	85	1	1.70	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	30 Mar 1974	Test # 738
ET Willett	30.0	14	51	2	1.70	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
GS Sobers	20.0	9	34	2	1.70	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
BD Julien	17.0	8	29	0	1.70	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
RR Jumadeen	41.0	13	70	2	1.70	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
BD Julien	16.0	7	37	1	1.73	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Mar 1975	Test # 759
AG Barrett	37.0	13	65	0	1.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
VA Holder	20.5	7	37	3	1.77	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
AME Roberts	20.5	8	37	6	1.77	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
RR Jumadeen	18.0	5	32	0	1.77	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
BD Julien	18.0	3	32	0	1.77	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
AI Kallicharran	18.0	0	32	0	1.77	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979	Test # 862
LR Gibbs	26.0	3	62	0	1.78	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
VA Holder	19.0	5	34	1	1.78	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	16 Feb 1973	Test # 714
BD Julien	19.0	8	34	1	1.78	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
LR Gibbs	20.0	8	48	1	1.80	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	Test # 764
JN Shepherd	20.0	7	36	1	1.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
VA Holder	10.0	3	18	2	1.80	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
AI Kallicharran	10.0	3	18	0	1.80	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
GS Sobers	42.0	15	76	0	1.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
Inshan Ali	33.0	8	60	1	1.81	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
GS Sobers	11.0	3	20	0	1.81	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
VA Holder	35.0	6	64	1	1.82	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	06 Apr 1973	Test # 720
J Garner	41.0	13	75	2	1.82	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979	Test # 862
AME Roberts	12.0	4	22	3	1.83	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
DR Parry	12.0	6	22	1	1.83	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
IVA Richards	18.3	6	34	2	1.83	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
LR Gibbs	33.0	9	61	3	1.84	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
LR Gibbs	36.0	15	67	3	1.86	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	06 Apr 1973	Test # 720
LR Gibbs	40.5	17	76	6	1.86	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
RR Jumadeen	38.4	6	72	4	1.86	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
LR Gibbs	44.0	15	82	1	1.86	West Indies	v England	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
VA Holder	32.0	13	60	4	1.87	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1972	Test # 694
JN Shepherd	24.0	8	45	2	1.87	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
VA Holder	18.4	7	35	3	1.87	West Indies	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1976	Test # 778
RR Jumadeen	42.0	12	79	2	1.88	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976	Test # 774
LR Gibbs	57.2	15	108	6	1.88	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731

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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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]