Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Cricket Records in Sheffield Shield

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
ML Hayden (QLD)	1992-2006	16	2.0	2	12	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
MAJ Sargent (SOA)	1960-1960	2	1.0	1	8	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
JL Arnberger (NSW/VIC)	1995-2006	16	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
JA Burns (QLD)	2011-2023	21	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
PM Toohey (NSW)	1974-1983	16	-	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
PW Young (VIC)	1986-1988	4	1.0	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	-	0	0	0
MA Taylor (NSW)	1985-1998	15	3.0	2	18	1	0	-	0.00	0.33	-	0	0	0
AME Roberts (NSW)	1976-1976	1	3.0	2	24	2	1	1/2	2.00	0.50	24.0	0	0	0
RA Broad (QLD)	2005-2012	12	3.0	1	18	2	0	-	0.00	0.66	-	0	0	0
J Benaud (NSW)	1967-1972	7	1.0	0	8	1	0	-	0.00	0.75	-	0	0	0
JM Vaughan (SOA)	1998-2002	5	5.0	3	30	4	0	-	0.00	0.80	-	0	0	0
DB Robinson (TAS/VIC)	1981-1984	3	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
MJ Slater (NSW)	1992-2003	12	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
SB Smith (NSW)	1982-1989	10	1.0	0	6	1	0	-	0.00	1.00	-	0	0	0
D Harris (SOA)	1954-1960	6	5.0	2	40	8	0	-	0.00	1.20	-	0	0	0
GG Geise (NSW)	1984-1984	3	21.0	11	126	28	0	-	0.00	1.33	-	0	0	0
WWB Murray (VIC)	1958-1958	1	44.0	20	352	88	3	2/43	29.33	1.50	117.3	0	0	0
AL Hassett (VIC)	1949-1951	2	1.0	0	8	2	0	-	0.00	1.50	-	0	0	0
RJG Lockyear (TAS)	2008-2010	3	9.0	4	54	14	1	1/11	14.00	1.55	54.0	0	0	0
WM O'Halloran (VIC)	1963-1963	2	26.6	8	214	56	3	2/26	18.66	1.57	71.3	0	0	0
AMJ Hilditch (NSW/SOA)	1978-1992	23	-	1	30	8	0	-	0.00	1.60	-	0	0	0
SJ Paulsen (QLD)	2011-2011	1	5.0	1	30	8	0	-	0.00	1.60	-	0	0	0
WA Dick (VIC)	1951-1956	2	50.1	12	401	107	3	1/21	35.66	1.60	133.6	0	0	0
JC Hill (VIC)	1953-1956	3	70.1	20	561	153	11	4/37	13.90	1.63	51.0	1	0	0
LR Gibbs (SOA)	1969-1969	2	70.0	22	560	154	4	3/22	38.50	1.65	140.0	0	0	0
JW Wilson (SOA)	1951-1957	9	387.4	133	3100	862	32	6/57	26.93	1.66	96.8	3	1	0
JC Treanor (NSW)	1956-1956	2	57.0	15	456	128	7	3/21	18.28	1.68	65.1	0	0	0
DC Mengel (QLD)	1957-1957	2	16.0	3	128	36	1	1/35	36.00	1.68	128.0	0	0	0
G Noblet (SOA)	1947-1953	5	202.4	38	1620	460	34	6/65	13.52	1.70	47.6	3	2	1
GF McLay (NSW)	1991-1991	1	75.5	32	455	131	6	5/55	21.83	1.72	75.8	0	1	0
DF Whatmore (VIC)	1976-1989	20	-	9	118	34	0	-	0.00	1.72	-	0	0	0
RC Swendsen (QLD)	1948-1948	1	16.0	3	128	37	0	-	0.00	1.73	-	0	0	0
EK Cotton (NSW)	1952-1954	2	24.0	3	192	56	1	1/26	56.00	1.75	192.0	0	0	0
PW Anderson (QLD/SOA)	1986-1993	13	4.0	0	24	7	0	-	0.00	1.75	-	0	0	0
MT Renshaw (QLD)	2016-2023	12	4.0	0	24	7	0	-	0.00	1.75	-	0	0	0
MJ Bennett (NSW)	1982-1987	10	366.4	149	2200	650	22	5/39	29.54	1.77	100.0	1	1	0
WW Davis (TAS)	1985-1985	1	36.0	11	216	64	2	2/64	32.00	1.77	108.0	0	0	0
JW Burke (NSW)	1948-1959	10	65.0	14	520	156	3	1/19	52.00	1.80	173.3	0	0	0
WA Wellham (NSW)	1959-1959	1	36.0	5	288	87	0	-	0.00	1.81	-	0	0	0
PD Curtin (SOA)	1971-1972	1	12.0	2	96	29	1	1/26	29.00	1.81	96.0	0	0	0
AK Walker (NSW)	1948-1952	3	81.0	16	648	196	12	5/45	16.33	1.81	54.0	1	1	0
TH Lee (NSW)	1963-1967	6	89.0	24	712	216	4	1/24	54.00	1.82	178.0	0	0	0
DR Allen (VIC)	1951-1951	1	21.0	2	168	51	4	2/18	12.75	1.82	42.0	0	0	0
RC Bitmead (VIC)	1966-1967	3	136.7	33	1095	338	12	3/26	28.16	1.85	91.2	0	0	0
AC Day (VIC)	1957-1957	1	41.0	9	328	102	5	3/39	20.40	1.86	65.6	0	0	0
LJ Johnson (QLD)	1948-1952	5	184.0	43	1472	460	22	7/43	20.90	1.87	66.9	1	1	0
AE Dean (VIC)	1953-1953	1	22.0	3	176	55	1	1/30	55.00	1.87	176.0	0	0	0
IWG Johnson (VIC)	1949-1956	4	131.3	36	1051	329	27	6/46	12.18	1.87	38.9	1	2	0
JN Edwards (VIC)	1956-1959	5	159.0	42	1272	400	7	2/74	57.14	1.88	181.7	0	0	0
RM Cowper (VIC)	1961-1970	14	218.1	67	1745	549	11	3/51	49.90	1.88	158.6	0	0	0
RG Archer (QLD)	1952-1958	4	113.7	21	911	287	18	7/62	15.94	1.89	50.6	0	2	0
AA Bedford (SOA)	1956-1958	4	146.6	33	1174	372	7	3/45	53.14	1.90	167.7	0	0	0
JL Salmon (VIC)	1956-1958	4	83.4	21	668	213	9	2/31	23.66	1.91	74.2	0	0	0
JD Bratchford (QLD)	1952-1959	9	228.1	41	1825	588	15	3/36	39.20	1.93	121.6	0	0	0
SNJ O'Keefe (NSW)	2011-2019	12	458.4	136	2752	891	44	5/52	20.25	1.94	62.5	4	2	0
AM Smith (VIC)	1997-1997	1	20.0	7	120	39	2	2/39	19.50	1.95	60.0	0	0	0
S Herzberg (TAS)	1993-1993	1	58.0	17	348	114	2	1/16	57.00	1.96	174.0	0	0	0
NL West (VIC)	1963-1963	1	8.0	2	64	21	0	-	0.00	1.96	-	0	0	0
JW O'Reilly (NSW)	1954-1954	1	11.0	2	88	29	2	2/29	14.50	1.97	44.0	0	0	0
KD Mackay (QLD)	1948-1963	17	314.0	54	2512	829	24	5/42	34.54	1.98	104.6	1	1	0
IW Quick (VIC)	1957-1961	7	230.4	52	1844	611	29	7/47	21.06	1.98	63.5	1	2	0
RC Roxby (SOA)	1954-1958	3	98.0	15	784	260	3	1/20	86.66	1.98	261.3	0	0	0
RB McCosker (NSW)	1973-1984	17	-	4	84	28	2	2/28	14.00	2.00	42.0	0	0	0
G Goffet (NSW)	1966-1969	3	3.0	0	24	8	1	1/8	8.00	2.00	24.0	0	0	0
SO Henry (NSW)	2011-2015	6	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
DF Hills (TAS)	1991-2001	21	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	-	0	0	0
TR Veivers (QLD)	1959-1966	11	247.6	65	1982	668	15	4/38	44.53	2.02	132.1	1	0	0
BL Bowley (SOA)	1949-1951	4	97.4	18	780	264	13	3/17	20.30	2.03	60.0	0	0	0
R Benaud (NSW)	1950-1963	14	503.2	130	4026	1363	71	7/65	19.19	2.03	56.7	5	4	2
JB Iverson (VIC)	1949-1951	2	84.7	15	679	230	14	6/47	16.42	2.03	48.5	0	2	0
H Kerr (NSW)	2022-2022	2	50.0	20	300	102	4	2/10	25.50	2.04	75.0	0	0	0
EP Illingworth (VIC)	1964-1964	2	48.0	9	384	131	3	2/53	43.66	2.04	128.0	0	0	0
GE Griffiths (NSW/SOA)	1964-1967	5	73.0	17	584	200	7	2/28	28.57	2.05	83.4	0	0	0
VR Emery (NSW)	1948-1948	1	27.0	8	216	74	1	1/44	74.00	2.05	216.0	0	0	0
GB Hole (SOA)	1951-1957	9	108.0	15	864	297	5	2/32	59.40	2.06	172.8	0	0	0
A Jinks (VIC)	1947-1947	1	32.0	5	256	88	2	1/30	44.00	2.06	128.0	0	0	0
TE Klose (SOA)	1950-1950	1	4.0	1	32	11	1	1/11	11.00	2.06	32.0	0	0	0
GB Stevens (SOA)	1953-1959	8	4.0	0	32	11	0	-	0.00	2.06	-	0	0	0
JB O'Regan (NSW)	1957-1957	2	67.0	8	536	185	4	2/32	46.25	2.07	134.0	0	0	0
GF Rorke (NSW)	1957-1961	5	123.3	28	987	343	13	3/19	26.38	2.08	75.9	0	0	0
KR Miller (NSW)	1948-1955	6	89.4	12	716	249	10	3/61	24.90	2.08	71.6	0	0	0
JRE Mackay (QLD)	1960-1966	12	241.6	40	1934	674	31	5/83	21.74	2.09	62.3	2	1	0
RR Lindwall (NSW/QLD)	1948-1960	11	296.1	51	2369	829	39	4/24	21.25	2.09	60.7	4	0	0
J Simmons (TAS)	1977-1979	2	60.0	9	480	169	2	1/48	84.50	2.11	240.0	0	0	0
DL Ellis (QLD)	1974-1974	1	17.0	2	136	48	1	1/42	48.00	2.11	136.0	0	0	0
CR Smith (QLD)	1949-1954	4	101.0	22	808	286	10	3/39	28.60	2.12	80.8	0	0	0
NRJ Beath (NSW)	1948-1948	1	18.0	2	144	51	2	2/20	25.50	2.12	72.0	0	0	0
Imran Khan (NSW)	1984-1984	1	24.0	8	144	51	2	2/51	25.50	2.12	72.0	0	0	0
LF Kline (VIC)	1956-1961	5	179.7	44	1439	510	19	4/79	26.84	2.12	75.7	1	0	0
RK Blewett (SOA)	1977-1979	5	43.0	11	344	122	2	1/13	61.00	2.12	172.0	0	0	0
EAD Kerr (VIC)	1949-1951	2	25.0	4	200	71	4	2/16	17.75	2.13	50.0	0	0	0
AJTS Bailey (SOA)	1955-1955	1	19.0	4	152	54	0	-	0.00	2.13	-	0	0	0
AK Davidson (NSW)	1950-1962	13	337.2	60	2698	962	59	7/31	16.30	2.13	45.7	3	3	0
BA Richards (SOA)	1970-1970	2	11.4	1	92	33	4	3/29	8.25	2.15	23.0	0	0	0
MC Dolman (SOA)	1982-1982	1	38.0	15	228	82	2	1/36	41.00	2.15	114.0	0	0	0
MA Hill (TAS)	1985-1985	1	25.0	9	150	54	2	2/54	27.00	2.16	75.0	0	0	0
DK Lillee (TAS)	1988-1988	1	47.1	13	283	102	3	2/48	34.00	2.16	94.3	0	0	0
MD O'Neill (NSW)	1984-1991	10	118.0	49	708	257	4	3/47	64.25	2.17	177.0	0	0	0
GT Ross (VIC)	1979-1979	2	-	20	434	158	10	5/48	15.80	2.18	43.4	0	1	0
DL Gott (VIC)	1973-1973	1	36.0	6	288	105	2	1/45	52.50	2.18	144.0	0	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Western Australia v Tasmania at Perth, Sheffield Shield final, Mar 21-24, 2024 [First-class]

Queensland v New South Wales at Brisbane, Sheffield Shield 30th match, Mar 11-14, 2024 [First-class]

Tasmania v South Australia at Hobart, Sheffield Shield 28th match, Mar 11-13, 2024 [First-class]