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
HH Streak	17.0	8	13	2	0.76	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	01 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
M Muralidaran	40.0	21	40	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
CEL Ambrose	22.0	11	22	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
M Ntini	11.0	6	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
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	0	1.14	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
DL Vettori	14.0	6	16	1	1.14	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
CA Walsh	19.0	10	22	3	1.15	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
Arshad Khan	25.0	12	29	1	1.16	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
CH Gayle	16.5	6	20	2	1.18	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
CEL Ambrose	31.0	8	38	2	1.22	West Indies	v England	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	1.23	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
M Muralidaran	37.0	18	47	4	1.27	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
JDP Oram	21.0	9	27	1	1.28	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
HDPK Dharmasena	16.0	6	21	1	1.31	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
ST Jayasuriya	24.0	6	32	1	1.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
S Sreesanth	12.0	7	16	1	1.33	India	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
SM Pollock	14.0	8	19	2	1.35	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
CA Walsh	14.0	6	19	1	1.35	West Indies	v England	Manchester	03 Aug 2000	Test # 1506
ST Jayasuriya	16.1	6	22	1	1.36	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
Saqlain Mushtaq	19.0	4	26	1	1.36	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
ST Jayasuriya	32.0	13	44	4	1.37	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
UDU Chandana	13.0	7	18	0	1.38	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	2	14	1	1.40	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
SM Pollock	21.0	11	30	2	1.42	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
SK Warne	25.0	7	36	3	1.44	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
M Muralidaran	54.3	14	79	3	1.44	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	1.45	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
Z Khan	22.0	13	32	3	1.45	India	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
ST Jayasuriya	21.0	5	31	1	1.47	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
Z Khan	27.0	7	40	3	1.48	India	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
M Muralidaran	40.0	18	60	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
D Hettiarachchi	24.0	6	36	2	1.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
SR Clark	14.0	5	21	3	1.50	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
GD McGrath	10.0	6	15	2	1.50	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
JN Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	1.51	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
RO Hinds	11.5	2	18	1	1.52	West Indies	v England	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
MV Nagamootoo	19.0	7	29	1	1.52	West Indies	v England	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
SK Warne	32.0	12	49	4	1.53	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
CEL Ambrose	20.5	10	32	1	1.53	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
M Muralidaran	42.3	14	66	4	1.55	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
DL Vettori	56.0	17	88	2	1.57	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
M Muralidaran	35.0	14	55	6	1.57	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Saqlain Mushtaq	47.0	20	74	4	1.57	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	31 May 2001	Test # 1547
BA Murphy	12.0	6	19	1	1.58	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	01 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
JDP Oram	29.0	11	46	3	1.58	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
SR Clark	17.0	6	27	2	1.58	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
JDP Oram	22.0	7	35	1	1.59	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
A Kumble	30.4	13	49	4	1.59	India	v England	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
CD Collymore	24.0	7	39	0	1.62	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
CD Collymore	16.0	3	26	1	1.62	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	01 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
I Sharma	19.4	4	32	1	1.62	India	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
CEL Ambrose	22.0	8	36	1	1.63	West Indies	v England	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
WPUJC Vaas	14.0	4	23	2	1.64	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
RO Hinds	17.3	7	29	1	1.65	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
CH Gayle	24.0	9	40	1	1.66	West Indies	v England	Kingston	04 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
M Mbangwa	15.0	8	25	0	1.66	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	01 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
GD McGrath	17.1	2	29	4	1.68	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
SR Clark	13.0	4	22	1	1.69	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
WPUJC Vaas	23.0	7	39	2	1.69	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
Danish Kaneria	47.0	17	80	2	1.70	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	07 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
Mohammad Rafique	37.0	15	63	2	1.70	Bangladesh	v England	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667
NM Hauritz	37.0	12	63	3	1.70	Australia	v England	Cardiff	08 Jul 2009	Test # 1922
CA Walsh	21.0	9	36	5	1.71	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
ST Jayasuriya	11.0	4	19	2	1.72	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
PR Adams	26.3	7	46	2	1.73	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
SJ Benn	44.2	13	77	4	1.73	West Indies	v England	Kingston	04 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	9	40	2	1.73	India	v England	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
Shahid Afridi	12.0	3	21	2	1.75	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
GD McGrath	17.0	5	30	2	1.76	Australia	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
CJ Drum	20.2	8	36	3	1.77	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
NJ Astle	18.0	10	32	2	1.77	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
M Muralidaran	41.0	9	73	1	1.78	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Mashrafe Mortaza	23.0	6	41	3	1.78	Bangladesh	v England	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
AJ Hall	10.0	4	18	3	1.80	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
SR Clark	10.0	4	18	3	1.80	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
SM Pollock	36.0	18	65	2	1.80	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
AA Donald	26.0	13	47	5	1.80	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
PR Adams	21.0	9	38	1	1.80	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
GD McGrath	21.0	11	38	3	1.80	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1826
Wasim Akram	22.0	8	40	0	1.81	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
SK Warne	18.0	5	33	6	1.83	Australia	v England	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
SM Pollock	27.4	10	51	2	1.84	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
UDU Chandana	13.0	2	24	0	1.84	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
IK Pathan	13.0	2	24	1	1.84	India	v England	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
GD McGrath	20.0	8	37	1	1.85	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
CA Walsh	27.0	14	50	4	1.85	West Indies	v England	Manchester	03 Aug 2000	Test # 1506
ST Jayasuriya	27.0	7	50	4	1.85	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
M Muralidaran	27.0	7	50	1	1.85	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
TL Best	14.0	4	26	2	1.85	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	01 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
CH Gayle	15.0	4	28	0	1.86	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
HH Streak	34.1	11	64	4	1.87	Zimbabwe	v England	Chester-le-Street	05 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
CS Martin	32.0	15	60	2	1.87	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
WPUJC Vaas	16.0	6	30	1	1.87	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
SR Clark	16.0	6	30	3	1.87	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
DJG Sammy	17.0	7	32	1	1.88	West Indies	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
JH Kallis	20.1	7	38	3	1.88	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
SM Pollock	32.0	14	61	2	1.90	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
CA Walsh	35.4	16	68	3	1.90	West Indies	v England	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509

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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]