Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GP Swann	21.0	13	13	3	0.61	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
JDP Oram	20.0	14	14	-	0.70	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
CEL Ambrose	11.0	6	8	3	0.72	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
HH Streak	17.0	8	13	2	0.76	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	01 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
GD McGrath	13.0	9	10	4	0.76	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
GW Flower	18.0	9	14	-	0.77	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
NJ Astle	11.0	6	9	1	0.81	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	9	15	4	0.83	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
GD McGrath	12.0	6	10	-	0.83	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
GD McGrath	20.0	12	17	6	0.85	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
CEL Ambrose	16.0	9	14	1	0.87	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
CD Collymore	19.0	11	17	2	0.89	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
DL Vettori	29.0	15	26	2	0.89	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	-	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
SE Bond	11.0	8	10	2	0.90	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
SM Pollock	13.0	9	12	2	0.92	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.4	12	24	4	0.93	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	0.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Muralidaran	40.0	21	40	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
RO Hinds	27.0	13	27	1	1.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
CEL Ambrose	22.0	11	22	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
GD McGrath	19.0	13	19	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
M Mbangwa	15.0	10	15	-	1.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
Mohammad Hafeez	14.0	8	14	1	1.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
SK Warne	11.0	4	11	4	1.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
Shabbir Ahmed	10.0	7	10	-	1.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test # 1676
N Boje	16.4	10	17	4	1.02	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
SM Pollock	26.5	17	28	5	1.04	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
GD McGrath	25.0	13	27	3	1.08	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
CE Cuffy	24.0	16	26	1	1.08	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
MJ Hoggard	12.0	6	13	1	1.08	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
M Ntini	11.0	6	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
SR Clark	11.0	6	12	1	1.09	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
H Masakadza	10.0	3	11	-	1.10	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
CL Hooper	17.0	8	19	1	1.11	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
SM Pollock	22.1	11	25	2	1.12	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
M Muralidaran	56.0	28	64	4	1.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
GD McGrath	21.0	9	24	2	1.14	Australia	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
CEL Ambrose	14.0	8	16	-	1.14	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
WW Hinds	14.0	5	16	-	1.14	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
DL Vettori	14.0	6	16	1	1.14	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
SM Pollock	14.5	10	17	1	1.14	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
GD McGrath	13.0	7	15	-	1.15	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
CA Walsh	19.0	10	22	3	1.15	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
ML Nkala	19.0	11	22	-	1.15	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
A Flintoff	19.0	9	22	2	1.15	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
Arshad Khan	25.0	12	29	1	1.16	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
GD McGrath	25.0	13	29	2	1.16	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
N Deonarine	30.0	15	35	1	1.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	8	20	2	1.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
Shabbir Ahmed	17.0	5	20	2	1.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
M Ntini	16.0	8	19	2	1.18	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
CH Gayle	16.5	6	20	2	1.18	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
NJ Astle	26.0	15	31	-	1.19	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Dec 2000	Test # 1522
BC Strang	36.0	17	43	1	1.19	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
CH Gayle	10.0	3	12	-	1.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
AC Dawson	10.0	5	12	1	1.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	01 May 2003	Test # 1642
WPUJC Vaas	14.0	6	17	1	1.21	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
M Kartik	14.0	6	17	2	1.21	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
SR Clark	18.0	8	22	1	1.22	Australia	v West Indies	North Sound	30 May 2008	Test # 1877
CEL Ambrose	31.0	8	38	2	1.22	West Indies	v England	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
SM Pollock	22.0	12	27	1	1.22	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
AR Caddick	13.0	8	16	5	1.23	England	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
CL Hooper	13.0	4	16	-	1.23	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	1.23	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
AR Caddick	11.2	5	14	5	1.23	England	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
WPUJC Vaas	11.2	5	14	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
IK Pathan	21.0	12	26	2	1.23	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
N Boje	24.0	12	30	2	1.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
RO Hinds	12.0	3	15	-	1.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	07 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
JN Gillespie	12.0	7	15	2	1.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
M Muralidaran	39.0	18	49	5	1.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
RW Price	19.0	9	24	2	1.26	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
HH Streak	30.0	12	38	4	1.26	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
M Ntini	15.0	9	19	5	1.26	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
HH Streak	15.0	9	19	1	1.26	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	26 Feb 2004	Test # 1684
M Muralidaran	37.0	18	47	4	1.27	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
DL Vettori	22.0	13	28	6	1.27	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
Abdul Razzaq	11.0	3	14	1	1.27	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
A Flintoff	11.0	4	14	3	1.27	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
A Symonds	11.0	3	14	-	1.27	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
LE Plunkett	13.2	6	17	3	1.27	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
A Kumble	23.3	10	30	5	1.27	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
NJ Astle	36.0	18	46	1	1.27	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
JDP Oram	21.0	9	27	1	1.28	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
CA Walsh	14.0	8	18	2	1.28	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
GD McGrath	14.0	8	18	4	1.28	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Abdul Razzaq	10.0	2	13	1	1.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	05 May 2000	Test # 1494
WW Hinds	10.0	5	13	1	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
CE Cuffy	10.0	3	13	-	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
NJ Astle	10.0	4	13	2	1.30	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
JH Kallis	10.0	5	13	-	1.30	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
HMRKB Herath	11.3	5	15	4	1.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921

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Minimum of 60 balls
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]