Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
14.0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0.21 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Wellington | 03 Mar 1956 | Test # 423 | |
14.1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.37 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
15.0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0.40 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
18.0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0.44 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 23 Aug 1956 | Test # 429 | |
24.0 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 0.54 | England | v West Indies | Birmingham | 30 May 1957 | Test # 439 | |
16.0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0.56 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
9.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0.58 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1958 | Test # 460 | |
25.2 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
24.0 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
30.0 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0.66 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dhaka | 07 Nov 1955 | Test # 415 | |
15.0 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0.66 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 06 Mar 1959 | Test # 471 | |
25.0 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 0.69 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
13.0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0.69 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
13.0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0.69 | India | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 12 Feb 1955 | Test # 398 | |
14.0 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0.69 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
10.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0.70 | India | v Pakistan | Karachi | 26 Feb 1955 | Test # 400 | |
25.0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0.72 | Pakistan | v India | Dhaka | 01 Jan 1955 | Test # 394 | |
36.0 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 0.75 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 03 Jul 1958 | Test # 456 | |
32.0 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 0.75 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 | |
28.0 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0.75 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dhaka | 07 Nov 1955 | Test # 415 | |
14.0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
13.0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
13.0 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
16.0 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0.75 | West Indies | v India | Port of Spain | 21 Jan 1953 | Test # 363 | |
12.0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0.75 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 17 Dec 1954 | Test # 392 | |
11.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.75 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
12.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0.75 | Australia | v India | Eden Gardens | 02 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
76.0 | 47 | 58 | 4 | 0.76 | India | v England | Delhi | 02 Nov 1951 | Test # 339 | |
13.0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0.76 | India | v Pakistan | Delhi | 16 Oct 1952 | Test # 355 | |
13.0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0.76 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 06 Feb 1954 | Test # 383 | |
18.1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0.77 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 03 Jul 1958 | Test # 456 | |
22.0 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0.77 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 10 Jun 1954 | Test # 387 | |
22.0 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0.77 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 03 Jul 1958 | Test # 456 | |
18.0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0.77 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 | Test # 372 | |
23.0 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0.78 | West Indies | v India | Eden Gardens | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 | |
24.0 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0.79 | England | v Pakistan | Manchester | 22 Jul 1954 | Test # 389 | |
24.0 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0.79 | India | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 12 Feb 1955 | Test # 398 | |
27.3 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 0.80 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Auckland | 09 Mar 1956 | Test # 424 | |
20.0 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0.80 | India | v New Zealand | Delhi | 16 Dec 1955 | Test # 418 | |
15.0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0.80 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 09 Jul 1953 | Test # 374 | |
15.0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0.80 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 10 Jun 1954 | Test # 387 | |
28.0 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0.80 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1958 | Test # 460 | |
16.0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.81 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
12.0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
12.0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0.81 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1955 | Test # 396 | |
16.0 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0.81 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dhaka | 07 Nov 1955 | Test # 415 | |
27.0 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0.81 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 13 Oct 1955 | Test # 413 | |
23.0 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
17.0 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0.82 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 04 Dec 1959 | Test # 481 | |
23.0 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0.82 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
34.4 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 0.83 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Auckland | 15 Feb 1952 | Test # 350 | |
19.0 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0.84 | Australia | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 13 Nov 1959 | Test # 479 | |
15.0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0.85 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
20.0 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0.85 | England | v New Zealand | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1958 | Test # 454 | |
14.0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0.85 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
15.0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0.86 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
35.0 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 0.88 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Wellington | 03 Mar 1956 | Test # 423 | |
11.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0.88 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
29.3 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0.89 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
15.0 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0.90 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
10.0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0.90 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
46.3 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 0.90 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 13 Oct 1955 | Test # 413 | |
46.1 | 20 | 42 | 1 | 0.90 | West Indies | v India | Port of Spain | 19 Feb 1953 | Test # 367 | |
17.1 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0.91 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 03 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
23.5 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0.92 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
13.0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0.92 | India | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 12 Feb 1955 | Test # 398 | |
14.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0.92 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 25 Jun 1953 | Test # 373 | |
29.0 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 0.93 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Wellington | 03 Mar 1956 | Test # 423 | |
36.3 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 0.93 | India | v Pakistan | Lahore | 29 Jan 1955 | Test # 397 | |
45.0 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 0.93 | Australia | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 13 Nov 1959 | Test # 479 | |
31.0 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1953 | Test # 370 | |
18.1 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0.93 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 23 Aug 1956 | Test # 429 | |
16.0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0.93 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
16.0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0.93 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 | Test # 428 | |
8.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
8.0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0.93 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 09 Jan 1959 | Test # 464 | |
53.0 | 30 | 50 | 4 | 0.94 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 06 Feb 1954 | Test # 383 | |
18.1 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0.95 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1959 | Test # 466 | |
11.0 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0.95 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 | |
36.0 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 0.95 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1955 | Test # 396 | |
12.3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0.96 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 19 Jun 1958 | Test # 455 | |
28.0 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0.96 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
30.0 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 0.96 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1956 | Test # 425 | |
15.4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0.96 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
7.5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0.98 | West Indies | v Australia | Brisbane | 09 Nov 1951 | Test # 340 | |
62.0 | 35 | 61 | 1 | 0.98 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 | Test # 446 | |
37.2 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 0.99 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 13 Oct 1955 | Test # 413 | |
40.0 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 1.00 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 12 Jul 1956 | Test # 427 | |
24.0 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1.00 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
22.0 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1.00 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Karachi | 13 Oct 1955 | Test # 413 | |
17.0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1.00 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 25 Jun 1953 | Test # 373 | |
12.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 09 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
16.0 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1.00 | England | v India | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 | Test # 477 | |
14.0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1.00 | India | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 19 Nov 1955 | Test # 416 | |
12.0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1.00 | Pakistan | v Australia | Karachi | 11 Oct 1956 | Test # 430 | |
11.0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1.00 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 15 Aug 1953 | Test # 376 | |
10.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1.00 | India | v England | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 | |
10.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1.00 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 | Test # 446 | |
26.1 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
38.2 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 1.01 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 08 Feb 1952 | Test # 349 |
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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:
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]
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