Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
20.4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0.43 | India | v England | Lord's | 05 Jun 1986 | Test # 1046 | |
23.0 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0.56 | India | v Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 04 Mar 1987 | Test # 1071 | |
33.0 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0.57 | India | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 1986 | Test # 1034 | |
15.0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0.60 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 22 Mar 1986 | Test # 1043 | |
10.0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0.70 | Sri Lanka | v India | Colombo (SSC) | 30 Aug 1985 | Test # 1023 | |
17.0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0.70 | India | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1981 | Test # 897 | |
11.0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0.72 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Lahore | 16 Nov 1984 | Test # 998 | |
15.0 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0.73 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
21.4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0.73 | Pakistan | v Australia | Karachi | 15 Sep 1988 | Test # 1104 | |
31.0 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 0.74 | Australia | v New Zealand | Perth | 24 Nov 1989 | Test # 1129 | |
14.0 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0.78 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 1981 | Test # 906 | |
14.0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0.78 | India | v New Zealand | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 1988 | Test # 1107 | |
10.0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0.80 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 24 Jul 1980 | Test # 883 | |
10.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0.80 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Hyderabad (Sind) | 25 Nov 1984 | Test # 1000 | |
21.0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0.80 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 | |
12.0 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0.83 | West Indies | v England | St John's | 11 Apr 1986 | Test # 1045 | |
20.5 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0.86 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 11 Feb 1987 | Test # 1067 | |
15.0 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0.86 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 15 Aug 1985 | Test # 1021 | |
34.1 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 0.87 | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 05 Jun 1980 | Test # 880 | |
39.0 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 0.89 | Pakistan | v Australia | Karachi | 15 Sep 1988 | Test # 1104 | |
10.0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0.90 | West Indies | v England | Port of Spain | 13 Feb 1981 | Test # 896 | |
15.1 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0.92 | Australia | v New Zealand | Perth | 12 Dec 1980 | Test # 889 | |
13.0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0.92 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Lahore | 16 Nov 1984 | Test # 998 | |
27.0 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0.92 | England | v Australia | Perth | 28 Nov 1986 | Test # 1059 | |
15.0 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0.93 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Bridgetown | 26 Apr 1985 | Test # 1015 | |
31.0 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 0.93 | West Indies | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Jan 1989 | Test # 1113 | |
16.0 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0.93 | Pakistan | v Australia | Lahore | 14 Oct 1982 | Test # 937 | |
16.0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0.93 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Dec 1989 | Test # 1131 | |
17.0 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0.94 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 03 Feb 1984 | Test # 976 | |
19.0 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0.94 | India | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1981 | Test # 899 | |
22.0 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1.00 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Karachi | 20 Nov 1986 | Test # 1058 | |
14.0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1.00 | Australia | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 04 Dec 1987 | Test # 1082 | |
13.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1.00 | New Zealand | v England | Auckland | 10 Feb 1984 | Test # 977 | |
12.0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1.00 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 14 Nov 1986 | Test # 1057 | |
11.0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 04 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
27.0 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 1.03 | England | v India | Lord's | 05 Jun 1986 | Test # 1046 | |
20.1 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 1.04 | India | v Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 11 Feb 1987 | Test # 1067 | |
24.0 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1.04 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
21.0 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1.04 | India | v England | Eden Gardens | 01 Jan 1982 | Test # 916 | |
20.0 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1.05 | India | v England | Lord's | 05 Jun 1986 | Test # 1046 | |
18.0 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1.05 | New Zealand | v Australia | Auckland | 13 Mar 1986 | Test # 1040 | |
48.0 | 21 | 51 | 4 | 1.06 | India | v New Zealand | Bengaluru | 12 Nov 1988 | Test # 1107 | |
26.0 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1.07 | Pakistan | v Australia | Karachi | 15 Sep 1988 | Test # 1104 | |
12.0 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1.08 | Australia | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 19 Mar 1982 | Test # 926 | |
12.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1.08 | West Indies | v India | Delhi | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1080 | |
28.0 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 1.10 | England | v India | Birmingham | 03 Jul 1986 | Test # 1048 | |
35.0 | 20 | 39 | 3 | 1.11 | Australia | v Pakistan | Lahore | 07 Oct 1988 | Test # 1106 | |
16.0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1.12 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Colombo (CCC) | 24 Mar 1984 | Test # 985 | |
16.0 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1.12 | Australia | v England | Birmingham | 06 Jul 1989 | Test # 1123 | |
24.5 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1.12 | Pakistan | v Australia | Faisalabad | 30 Sep 1982 | Test # 936 | |
21.0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 1.14 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 02 Jul 1981 | Test # 904 | |
14.0 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1.14 | Pakistan | v Australia | Faisalabad | 30 Sep 1982 | Test # 936 | |
69.0 | 34 | 79 | 2 | 1.14 | India | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1981 | Test # 899 | |
42.0 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 1.16 | Pakistan | v Australia | Karachi | 27 Feb 1980 | Test # 876 | |
12.0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.16 | India | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 06 Mar 1981 | Test # 898 | |
17.0 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1.17 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Lahore | 07 Nov 1986 | Test # 1056 | |
11.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1.18 | West Indies | v India | St John's | 28 Apr 1983 | Test # 956 | |
31.1 | 15 | 37 | 4 | 1.18 | New Zealand | v England | Auckland | 25 Feb 1988 | Test # 1093 | |
16.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1.18 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Wellington | 18 Jan 1985 | Test # 1009 | |
30.0 | 13 | 36 | 4 | 1.20 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
29.0 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 1.20 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 15 Sep 1988 | Test # 1104 | |
57.0 | 31 | 69 | 4 | 1.21 | India | v England | Chennai | 13 Jan 1982 | Test # 918 | |
14.0 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1.21 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 07 Nov 1985 | Test # 1028 | |
31.0 | 18 | 38 | 0 | 1.22 | England | v India | Eden Gardens | 01 Jan 1982 | Test # 916 | |
22.0 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 1.22 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 04 Mar 1983 | Test # 950 | |
22.0 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 1.22 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 | |
40.4 | 21 | 50 | 0 | 1.22 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1982 | Test # 939 | |
13.0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1.23 | West Indies | v India | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 | Test # 949 | |
13.0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1.23 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Feb 1988 | Test # 1091 | |
35.4 | 17 | 44 | 2 | 1.23 | India | v Pakistan | Sialkot | 09 Dec 1989 | Test # 1132 | |
17.0 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1.23 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 951 | |
21.0 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 1.23 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 | |
25.0 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 1.24 | West Indies | v England | Port of Spain | 13 Feb 1981 | Test # 896 | |
19.2 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1.24 | India | v England | Leeds | 19 Jun 1986 | Test # 1047 | |
36.0 | 14 | 45 | 4 | 1.25 | Pakistan | v England | Lahore | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1081 | |
12.0 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1.25 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 951 | |
31.0 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 1.25 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 21 Aug 1986 | Test # 1051 | |
23.0 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1.26 | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1986 | Test # 1040 | |
15.0 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1.26 | West Indies | v India | Kanpur | 21 Oct 1983 | Test # 964 | |
11.0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1.27 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Karachi | 22 Dec 1980 | Test # 890 | |
11.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1.27 | England | v India | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 | |
11.0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1.27 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 03 Feb 1984 | Test # 976 | |
18.0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1.27 | India | v Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 04 Mar 1987 | Test # 1071 | |
32.0 | 17 | 41 | 2 | 1.28 | Pakistan | v India | Sialkot | 09 Dec 1989 | Test # 1132 | |
14.0 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1.28 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | Test # 925 | |
14.0 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1.28 | England | v Pakistan | Karachi | 02 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
14.0 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1.28 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Karachi | 20 Nov 1986 | Test # 1058 | |
14.0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1.28 | India | v Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 04 Mar 1987 | Test # 1071 | |
14.0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1.28 | Pakistan | v England | Leeds | 02 Jul 1987 | Test # 1077 | |
27.5 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 1.29 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1986 | Test # 1055 | |
27.0 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 1.29 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (CCC) | 16 Apr 1987 | Test # 1074 | |
40.0 | 19 | 52 | 2 | 1.30 | New Zealand | v England | Auckland | 10 Feb 1984 | Test # 977 | |
20.0 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 1.30 | West Indies | v Australia | Kingston | 28 Apr 1984 | Test # 988 | |
10.0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1.30 | India | v West Indies | Eden Gardens | 26 Dec 1987 | Test # 1088 | |
10.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1.30 | Australia | v West Indies | Adelaide | 03 Feb 1989 | Test # 1114 | |
35.5 | 16 | 47 | 3 | 1.31 | New Zealand | v India | Auckland | 13 Mar 1981 | Test # 899 | |
16.0 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1.31 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1988 | Test # 1112 | |
22.0 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 1.31 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
22.0 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 1.31 | India | v England | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 911 | |
22.0 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 1.31 | England | v New Zealand | The Oval | 21 Aug 1986 | Test # 1051 |
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Minimum of 60 ballsPerformances 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 Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]
Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]
Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]
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