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
Maninder Singh	23.0	16	13	1	0.56	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
SD Anurasiri	15.0	11	9	0	0.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
JV Coney	10.0	4	8	0	0.80	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
RJ Shastri	20.5	10	18	1	0.86	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
EJ Chatfield	13.0	7	12	0	0.92	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
CG Butts	22.0	9	22	2	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
Maninder Singh	20.1	11	21	0	1.04	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
TBA May	35.0	20	39	3	1.11	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
AH Gray	17.0	7	20	3	1.17	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
AIC Dodemaide	29.0	13	35	0	1.20	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
N Kapil Dev	35.4	17	44	2	1.23	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
ST Clarke	11.0	3	14	2	1.27	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
RJ Shastri	18.0	6	23	0	1.27	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
NGB Cook	14.0	8	18	5	1.28	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
AH Gray	14.0	7	18	1	1.28	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
NS Yadav	14.0	4	18	0	1.28	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
RA Harper	27.5	9	36	2	1.29	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
CA Walsh	22.0	11	30	1	1.36	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
G Sharma	26.0	9	36	1	1.38	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
CA Walsh	14.5	5	21	4	1.41	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
RD Jackman	28.0	11	41	1	1.46	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	1.47	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
GRA de Silva	19.0	4	28	0	1.47	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
J Garner	18.1	8	27	2	1.48	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
DR Doshi	25.0	12	38	0	1.52	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
CA Walsh	11.0	2	17	0	1.54	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
EJ Chatfield	53.0	21	82	1	1.54	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
GRA de Silva	24.0	10	38	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
MD Marshall	19.0	5	31	3	1.63	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
JR Ratnayeke	17.4	8	29	2	1.64	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
AR Bhat	39.0	16	65	2	1.66	India	v Pakistan	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
RM Hogg	12.0	4	20	3	1.66	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
AIC Dodemaide	12.0	5	20	1	1.66	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
RJ Shastri	37.2	12	63	3	1.68	India	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
NGB Cook	33.0	12	56	1	1.69	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
JE Emburey	53.0	24	90	1	1.69	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
N Kapil Dev	27.0	9	46	3	1.70	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
RJ Shastri	24.0	6	41	1	1.70	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
EJ Chatfield	14.0	5	24	2	1.71	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	25 Jan 1985	Test # 1010
G Sharma	36.0	8	62	1	1.72	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
MD Marshall	33.0	9	57	2	1.72	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
RJ Shastri	11.0	1	19	1	1.72	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
JE Emburey	16.0	3	28	0	1.75	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
CA Walsh	29.0	8	52	1	1.79	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
ST Clarke	15.0	7	27	4	1.80	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
MW Gatting	10.0	2	18	0	1.80	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
NGB Cook	20.3	10	37	2	1.80	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	07 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
Maninder Singh	26.0	10	47	2	1.80	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	03 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
IVA Richards	11.0	3	20	2	1.81	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	24 Nov 1980	Test # 886
MD Marshall	18.0	5	33	5	1.83	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
CA Walsh	12.0	1	22	0	1.83	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
DR Doshi	26.0	6	48	1	1.84	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
JE Emburey	26.0	7	48	0	1.84	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
CEH Croft	20.0	7	37	1	1.85	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	24 Nov 1980	Test # 886
RJ Bright	46.5	17	87	7	1.85	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
BL Cairns	22.0	4	41	2	1.86	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
Sir RJ Hadlee	54.0	14	101	4	1.87	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
Maninder Singh	16.0	6	30	1	1.87	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
SR Waugh	18.0	4	34	0	1.88	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
AH Gray	21.1	6	40	3	1.88	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
N Kapil Dev	10.0	3	19	0	1.90	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
EJ Chatfield	24.0	6	46	0	1.91	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
VJ Marks	12.0	5	23	1	1.91	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
CG Butts	38.0	15	73	4	1.92	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
CEH Croft	14.0	5	27	3	1.92	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
DK Lillee	29.0	6	56	0	1.93	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
NS Yadav	15.0	4	29	0	1.93	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	03 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
RGD Willis	17.0	6	33	2	1.94	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
AR Border	17.0	7	33	0	1.94	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
EE Hemmings	18.0	5	35	1	1.94	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	07 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
RJ Shastri	46.0	13	90	3	1.95	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
Maninder Singh	54.0	21	106	1	1.96	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
S Venkataraghavan	28.0	5	55	0	1.96	India	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
RJ Shastri	50.1	17	99	1	1.97	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996
RD Jackman	37.0	14	74	3	2.00	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
GR Beard	15.0	4	30	0	2.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
MD Marshall	15.0	4	30	0	2.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	24 Nov 1980	Test # 886
DK Lillee	13.0	3	26	1	2.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
DK Lillee	11.0	2	22	0	2.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
SL Boock	41.0	9	83	4	2.02	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	10 Dec 1984	Test # 1003
PH Edmonds	24.3	12	50	1	2.04	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
J Garner	19.0	4	39	2	2.05	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
EAR de Silva	18.0	7	37	1	2.05	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
RMH Binny	17.0	3	35	1	2.05	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
CEH Croft	16.0	3	33	2	2.06	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	30 Dec 1980	Test # 892
CEL Ambrose	30.0	7	62	1	2.06	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
A Ranatunga	14.3	6	30	1	2.06	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
IT Botham	14.0	7	29	1	2.07	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
DK Lillee	31.2	10	65	4	2.07	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
EJ Chatfield	25.0	10	52	1	2.08	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	18 Jan 1985	Test # 1009
N Kapil Dev	12.0	2	25	1	2.08	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
EJ Chatfield	27.2	7	57	3	2.08	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
N Kapil Dev	11.0	2	23	2	2.09	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
NA Foster	32.0	8	67	5	2.09	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
GRA de Silva	35.0	5	74	0	2.11	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Sir RJ Hadlee	24.0	5	51	6	2.12	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
CA Walsh	23.0	6	49	3	2.13	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
RMH Binny	21.0	4	45	2	2.14	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
RJ Bright	33.0	9	71	0	2.15	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
AIC Dodemaide	26.0	6	56	3	2.15	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106

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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]