Economy rate
also: economy · runs per over
The average number of runs a bowler concedes per over, the bowling counterpart of a run rate.
economy = runs conceded / overs bowledEconomy is runs conceded divided by overs bowled, with the overs counted as legal balls divided by six so that a part-over is not rounded. Runs off the bat count against the bowler, and so do wides and no-balls; byes and leg byes do not, because they were not the bowler's fault. A lower number is better.
It is the number that matters most in limited-overs cricket, where a bowler is often judged on runs saved rather than wickets taken. Compare it within a format: an economy of 8 is expensive in a 50-over match and ordinary in a T20, and a Test bowler's 3 is not comparable to either.
Comparing economy across formats or across phases. A bowler who bowls the powerplay and the last four overs faces very different scoring rates, so an overall figure hides more than it shows.
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