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Bapu Nadkarni - Indian spinner in the 1950s and the '60s, he was probably the most dependable bowler for India that time around. No other bowler, even today is as accurate as Nadkarni. He played 41 test matches and returned a career economy rate of just 1.67
See some of his match figures for example:
Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Against Venue Year
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32 24 23 0 Pakistan Kanpur 1960-61
34 24 24 1 Pakistan Delhi 1960-61
32 27 5 0 England Chennai 1964
(He bowled 23 successive maiden overs against England in the game at Chennai)
He took 88 wickets in all at 29 runs for a wicket. He was also a quality batsman having scored 7 fifties and a hunderd at an average of 25.70
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Last edited by sreejithkg on Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:24 am; edited 1 time in total
Actually, nadkarni was NOT the most economical bowler in test cricket.
There was another bowler who marginally pipped him to the post. He was the South African Trevor Goddard (who also played during Nadkarni's time. Both careers started in 1955, Nadkarni's ended in 68, Goddard's in 1970).
Goddard had an economy rate of 1.64, just 0.03 better than Nadkarni.
He also played 41 test matches in his career and took 123 wickets at an average of 26.22 (it must be noted he bowled more overs in the same amount of test, that goes a bit in explaining how he got a fair few more wickets than Nadkarni)
TOP TEN ECONOMISTS:
TEAM TESTS WICKETS AVERAGE ECONOMY
Trevor Goddard (1955-70) SA 41 123 26.22 1.64
Bapu Nadkarni (1955-68 ) IND 41 88 29.07 1.67
Ken Mackay (1956-63) AUS 37 50 34.42 1.78
Gerry Gomez (1939-54) WI 29 58 27.41 1.82
Hedley Verity (1931-39) ENG 40 144 24.37 1.88
Jonny Wardle (1947-57) ENG 28 102 20.39 1.89
Denis Artkinson (1948-58 ) WI 22 47 35.04 1.90
Ray Illingworth (1958-73) ENG 61 122 31.20 1.91
Charlie Turner (1886-95) AUS 17 101 16.53 1.93
Maurice Tate (1924-35) ENG 39 155 26.16 1.94
The last player to enter this list was Illingworth, over 30 years ago! just shows that batsmen have been getting much more aggressive
Last edited by rohit on Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:23 am; edited 1 time in total
[quote="rohit"]
<careers started in 1995>
Certainly not in 1995 yar
I was talking about the most noted Indian economist. I should have indicated it the title
argh! oops! meant 1955!!! bad typo, soz, thanks for pointing that out
even so, he was the second best economist in the world anyway
There is also another similarity between Nadkarni and Goddard.
Both were left handers. Nadkarni, left arm orthodox and Goddard left arm medium! These left handers are good
TOP TEN ECONOMISTS:
TEAM TESTS WICKETS AVERAGE ECONOMY
Trevor Goddard (1955-70) SA 41 123 26.22 1.64
Bapu Nadkarni (1955-68 ) IND 41 88 29.07 1.67
Ken Mackay (1956-63) AUS 37 50 34.42 1.78
Gerry Gomez (1939-54) WI 29 58 27.41 1.82
Hedley Verity (1931-39) ENG 40 144 24.37 1.88
Jonny Wardle (1947-57) ENG 28 102 20.39 1.89
Denis Artkinson (1948-58 ) WI 22 47 35.04 1.90
Ray Illingworth (1958-73) ENG 61 122 31.20 1.91
Charlie Turner (1886-95) AUS 17 101 16.53 1.93
Maurice Tate (1924-35) ENG 39 155 26.16 1.94
The last player to enter this list was Illingworth, over 30 years ago! just shows that batsmen have been getting much more aggressive
who was the englishman who played at a very old age about 10 years ago
he was a spinner. elworthy? i cant remember, but for a moment i thought it was illingworth - but now i am really confused
We were mentioning Ray illingworth; you might be refering to Richard Illingworth. He played until he was 32 and was a spinner
Otherwise it might be Phil Tuffnel
I dont think it was Elworthy. There is only one Elworthy who has played test cricket - Steve Elworthy, the former Protea speedster
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