West Indies Jayden Seales bowled the most economical spell in Test cricket since 1977 as he gave just 5 runs and took four wickets in 15.5 overs against Bangladesh on Day 2 of the first Test at Sabina Park Kingston. The 24-year-old Seales bowled 10 maidens out of 15.5 overs he bowled, picking up crucial wickets. He opened his wicket count as he dismised Litton Das and then took the captain, Mehidy Hasan, who left scoring 36 runs. Tasking Ahmed was Seales' third victim and then curtailed Bangladesh innings, taking the final wicket of Nahid Rana Seales' economical Test record Seales' ended his spell with an economy of 0.31, which is the seventh best in Test cricket. With that, he excelled legendary England fast bowler Jim Laker, as the later had an economy of 0.37 against South Africa in 1957. However, India's Bapu Nadkarni still tops the list, having an economy of 0.15 runs, against England in 1964. He had bowled 32 overs, having bowled 27 maides, conceeding 5 runs. Read also: MI signed Allah Ghazanfar's Grueling Schedule For the West Indies, Seales had the legendary Gary Sobers ahead of him, who conceded 0.21 runs per over, bowled 14 overs, including 11 maidens, and gave 3 runs against New Zealand in 1956. An absolute beauty from Seales!He grabs his first of the match!#WIvBAN #WIHomeForChristmas pic.twitter.com/sGAtsy8nuq — Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) December 1, 2024 Seales Test maiden records Seales took the most economical four-fer ever in Test. Earlier the recod belonged to Pakistan's Pervez Sajjad, who gave 0.41 runs over over bowling 12 overs, including eight maidens. He gave up five runs and took 4 wickets in 1965 against New Zealand.