CAREER LEADERBOARD

Women Test: Lowest economy rate

Minimum 300 legal balls


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest economy rate	Matches	Bowling innings	Runs conceded	Wickets
1	Mary Spear	England	0.69	4	8	81	14
2	Isabelle Tsakiris	Australia	0.90	1	2	45	7
2	Sharyn Hill	Australia	0.90	3	6	54	4
4	Sally Moffat	Australia	1.11	5	9	191	15
5	Kim Fazackerley	Australia	1.26	3	4	92	3
6	Karen Brown	Australia	1.30	9	15	346	22
7	Terry McGregor	Australia	1.31	4	8	112	10
8	Eileen Vigor	England	1.32	5	8	266	13
8	Margaret Rutherford	England	1.32	4	6	182	5
10	Karen Gunn	New Zealand	1.35	9	13	429	11
11	Denise Martin	Australia	1.37	7	14	305	17
11	Lyn Larsen	Australia	1.37	15	24	487	26
13	Polly Marshall	England	1.38	13	18	244	11
14	Sangita Dabir	India	1.39	4	5	136	10
15	Emma Liddell	Australia	1.42	3	6	156	12
15	Esme Irwin	England	1.42	4	8	250	10
17	Joyce Bath	Australia	1.43	3	5	80	7
17	Peta Verco	Australia	1.43	13	23	492	21
17	Sheila Plant	England	1.43	8	7	73	5
20	Raelee Thompson	Australia	1.44	16	30	1,040	57
21	Marjorie Marvell	Australia	1.48	5	8	305	6
21	Wendy Blunsden	Australia	1.48	7	11	377	7
23	Anne Sanders	England	1.50	11	19	532	32
23	Miriam Knee	Australia	1.50	8	16	570	35
25	Myrtle Baylis	Australia	1.51	6	12	314	16
25	Nell McLarty	Australia	1.51	5	9	224	11
27	Ruth Dow	Australia	1.52	3	4	177	10
28	Joanne Broadbent	Australia	1.53	10	13	301	13
29	Dorothy Hobson	West Indies	1.54	4	5	122	6
29	Liz Allan	New Zealand	1.54	4	7	138	5
29	Peter Taylor	England	1.54	7	11	161	9
32	Katrina Molloy	New Zealand	1.55	2	3	91	5
33	Elaine White	New Zealand	1.56	3	5	85	2
33	Zoe Goss	Australia	1.56	12	19	511	20
35	Helene Hegarty	England	1.57	7	13	415	21
35	Jill Saulbrey	New Zealand	1.57	11	19	951	35
37	Dorothy Macfarlane	England	1.58	7	13	428	14
37	Rene Farrell	Australia	1.58	3	6	168	17
37	Vivalyn Latty-Scott	West Indies	1.58	10	14	503	25
40	Carole Hodges	England	1.59	18	26	678	23
40	Gillian McConway	England	1.59	14	25	1,019	40
40	Molly Hide	England	1.59	15	26	549	36
40	Nancy Williams	New Zealand	1.59	4	5	158	3
44	Dorothy McEvoy	England	1.60	5	9	249	13
45	Beverly Lang	South Africa	1.61	3	5	124	2
45	Maureen Peters	New Zealand	1.61	2	4	123	3
45	Sarah Coyte	Australia	1.61	4	8	186	9
48	Brigit Legg	New Zealand	1.63	3	4	149	4
48	Marie Cornish	Australia	1.63	9	14	503	25
48	Myrtle Maclagan	England	1.63	14	27	935	60
51	Purnima Rau	India	1.64	5	8	319	15
52	Eileen Badham	New Zealand	1.65	3	4	275	10
52	Lisa Sthalekar	Australia	1.65	8	16	482	23
52	Norma Whiteman	Australia	1.65	7	14	452	22
55	Julie Hayes	Australia	1.66	6	12	257	10
55	Laya Francis	India	1.66	4	7	155	4
55	Mary Duggan	England	1.66	17	27	1,039	77
58	Betty Wilson	Australia	1.67	11	21	803	68
58	Renu Margrate	India	1.67	5	8	141	1
60	Anne Gordon	Australia	1.68	9	15	508	22
61	Shelley Nitschke	Australia	1.70	6	11	335	12
61	Sunette Loubser	South Africa	1.70	2	3	149	11
63	June Stephenson	England	1.72	12	20	553	18
64	Bindeshwari Goyal	India	1.73	3	5	213	5
65	Brenda Duncan	New Zealand	1.74	2	2	115	2
65	Bronwyn Calver	Australia	1.74	3	6	237	5
65	Carol Marett	New Zealand	1.74	7	10	268	9
65	Jean Coulston	New Zealand	1.74	5	8	341	19
65	Lyn Fullston	Australia	1.74	12	23	1,047	41
65	Mavis Jones	Australia	1.74	3	6	131	1
65	Neetu David	India	1.74	10	16	775	41
72	Nora St Rose	West Indies	1.75	5	9	160	10
72	Suzanne Kitson	England	1.75	4	5	160	6
74	Jenny Gunn	England	1.76	11	21	645	29
74	June Bragger	England	1.76	5	7	92	3
74	Molly Flaherty	Australia	1.76	6	11	244	8
77	Karen Rolton	Australia	1.77	14	20	327	14
78	Debbie Hockley	New Zealand	1.78	19	12	146	5
79	Carol Evans	England	1.80	3	5	150	10
79	Nooshin Al Khadeer	India	1.80	5	9	373	14
79	Wea Skog	South Africa	1.80	3	6	126	3
82	Lesley Johnston	Australia	1.81	1	2	112	8
82	Pat Carrick	New Zealand	1.81	7	14	489	21
82	Sarah Andrews	Australia	1.81	3	6	135	4
85	Mary Johnson	England	1.82	10	18	514	18
86	Karen Price	Australia	1.83	8	13	528	26
87	Enid Bakewell	England	1.84	12	22	831	50
87	Pramila Bhatt	India	1.84	5	8	313	9
89	Denise Weyers	South Africa	1.85	3	6	204	5
90	Debbie Wilson	Australia	1.87	11	20	880	48
91	Sheryl Bayley	West Indies	1.88	11	14	490	16
92	Joan Hawes	England	1.89	3	6	178	10
92	Joyce Christ	Australia	1.89	8	10	188	6
92	Rumeli Dhar	India	1.89	4	7	174	8
95	Edna Barker	England	1.90	15	20	600	16
95	Sarah Collyer	England	1.90	7	11	405	8
97	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	Australia	1.91	13	24	1,147	60
97	Charmaine Mason	Australia	1.91	5	9	339	13
97	Diana Edulji	India	1.91	20	35	1,624	63
97	Sharon Tredrea	Australia	1.91	10	16	784	30

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Mary Spear leads this snapshot. Lowest economy rate: 0.69. Minimum 300 legal balls. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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