Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

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
NS Yadav	33.0	22	19	3	0.57	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0	10	11	3	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Tauseef Ahmed	21.4	13	16	2	0.73	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	0.78	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
PH Edmonds	15.0	9	13	2	0.86	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	24	35	5	0.89	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
PH Edmonds	27.0	13	25	1	0.92	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	0.93	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Jalal-ud-Din	16.0	8	15	2	0.93	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
PH Edmonds	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
EJ Chatfield	18.0	9	19	3	1.05	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Tauseef Ahmed	26.0	15	28	1	1.07	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
Iqbal Qasim	24.5	11	28	2	1.12	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
JE Emburey	21.0	10	24	0	1.14	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
Imran Khan	14.0	6	16	2	1.14	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	1.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
RA Harper	20.0	8	26	2	1.30	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
CA Walsh	16.0	7	21	2	1.31	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
HA Gomes	15.0	7	20	2	1.33	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
JE Emburey	25.0	12	35	2	1.40	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
Tahir Naqqash	15.0	4	21	0	1.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
Imran Khan	12.0	5	17	2	1.41	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
VR Brown	12.0	5	17	1	1.41	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
NA Foster	19.0	6	27	2	1.42	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
RJ Shastri	25.0	12	36	2	1.44	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
Mohammad Nazir	27.0	14	39	0	1.44	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
JG Bracewell	22.0	8	32	6	1.45	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
GA Gooch	11.0	4	16	2	1.45	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Abdul Qadir	37.0	16	54	2	1.45	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
JE Emburey	13.0	5	19	1	1.46	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
JE Emburey	28.0	11	41	1	1.46	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
JG Bracewell	15.0	5	22	1	1.46	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
Imran Khan	14.1	5	21	2	1.48	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
EE Hemmings	29.0	9	43	2	1.48	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
DR Doshi	33.0	11	49	3	1.48	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
JFM Morrison	35.0	16	52	2	1.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
DR Doshi	22.0	9	33	2	1.50	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
IT Botham	12.0	5	18	1	1.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
IVA Richards	10.0	4	15	1	1.50	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
Mudassar Nazar	10.0	3	15	1	1.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
Mudassar Nazar	15.0	6	23	1	1.53	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
Sarfraz Nawaz	13.0	4	20	0	1.53	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Tauseef Ahmed	11.0	4	17	1	1.54	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
Maninder Singh	20.0	6	31	0	1.55	India	v Australia	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
EJ Chatfield	36.0	13	56	2	1.55	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
ST Clarke	16.0	9	25	0	1.56	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
RGD Willis	30.0	14	47	3	1.56	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
EJ Chatfield	30.0	9	47	1	1.56	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
MA Holding	14.0	2	22	1	1.57	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
NS Yadav	62.3	21	99	5	1.58	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
Sarfraz Nawaz	27.0	10	43	2	1.59	Pakistan	v Australia	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
J Garner	35.0	15	56	5	1.60	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
MA Holding	15.0	4	24	4	1.60	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
JE Emburey	26.5	12	43	4	1.60	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
EJ Chatfield	18.0	6	29	0	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
IVA Richards	13.0	7	21	0	1.61	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
CEL Ambrose	13.0	5	21	2	1.61	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
RJ Shastri	42.0	16	68	0	1.61	India	v Australia	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
Sir RJ Hadlee	42.0	16	68	5	1.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
JG Bracewell	28.5	8	47	2	1.63	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
MA Holding	19.0	6	31	0	1.63	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
M Hendrick	20.0	7	33	0	1.65	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Imran Khan	23.0	3	38	1	1.65	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
N Kapil Dev	23.0	6	38	1	1.65	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
MD Marshall	15.0	5	25	2	1.66	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
N Kapil Dev	16.4	4	28	5	1.68	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
J Garner	16.4	6	28	2	1.68	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
JE Emburey	46.0	15	78	7	1.69	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
Imran Khan	24.1	7	41	3	1.69	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Tauseef Ahmed	50.0	20	85	3	1.70	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
JG Bracewell	43.3	19	74	4	1.70	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
JG Bracewell	27.0	9	46	1	1.70	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
EJ Chatfield	34.0	11	58	0	1.70	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
IT Botham	17.0	7	29	4	1.70	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
EJ Chatfield	17.0	6	29	0	1.70	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
JE Emburey	24.0	7	41	2	1.70	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
AME Roberts	18.0	4	31	0	1.72	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
CM Old	11.0	4	19	1	1.72	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
Imran Khan	20.0	6	35	4	1.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Imran Khan	16.0	4	28	2	1.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
RJ Shastri	57.0	21	101	4	1.77	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
SL Boock	29.5	14	53	2	1.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
CEL Ambrose	16.5	5	30	3	1.78	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
Sir RJ Hadlee	11.1	4	20	2	1.79	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
G Miller	19.3	4	35	1	1.79	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
MD Marshall	20.0	4	36	0	1.80	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
RA Harper	15.0	4	27	0	1.80	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
NA Foster	15.0	6	27	0	1.80	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
RGD Willis	27.4	9	50	3	1.80	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
Abdul Qadir	42.0	14	76	4	1.80	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
GR Dilley	21.0	8	38	1	1.80	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
JE Emburey	22.0	10	40	2	1.81	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
BL Cairns	11.0	4	20	1	1.81	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922
MA Holding	11.0	4	20	2	1.81	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
Tauseef Ahmed	34.0	11	62	3	1.82	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
IT Botham	23.0	10	42	0	1.82	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
IT Botham	23.3	12	43	0	1.82	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
EJ Chatfield	30.0	10	55	0	1.83	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Iqbal Qasim	24.0	11	44	4	1.83	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
PH Edmonds	43.0	16	79	2	1.83	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065

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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 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]