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
WPUJC Vaas	11.2	5	14	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
JH Kallis	10.0	5	13	0	1.30	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
SB Doull	14.0	6	21	0	1.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
NJ Astle	12.0	5	18	0	1.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
Z Khan	22.0	6	36	1	1.63	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
JH Kallis	15.0	4	25	2	1.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
A Nel	17.2	3	29	3	1.67	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
WPUJC Vaas	18.3	6	31	5	1.67	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
JH Kallis	14.0	4	24	3	1.71	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
Harbhajan Singh	20.0	3	36	3	1.80	India	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
DNT Zoysa	13.0	4	24	0	1.84	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
M Ntini	14.0	1	26	1	1.85	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
NJ Astle	10.1	4	19	0	1.86	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
CA Walsh	33.0	6	62	2	1.87	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
SJ Benn	27.0	10	51	0	1.88	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
ST Jayasuriya	11.0	4	21	1	1.90	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Mohammad Rafique	32.2	9	62	5	1.91	Bangladesh	v Australia	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
CD Collymore	28.0	11	54	2	1.92	West Indies	v Australia	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
DL Vettori	18.0	2	35	1	1.94	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
SJ Harmison	27.4	6	54	3	1.95	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
PL Harris	17.0	5	34	3	2.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	2.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
A Nel	22.2	6	45	2	2.01	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
PJ Wiseman	31.0	7	64	1	2.06	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
Harbhajan Singh	29.0	9	60	2	2.06	India	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
DL Vettori	59.4	20	124	2	2.07	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
JH Kallis	10.0	4	21	0	2.10	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
V Sehwag	18.0	2	38	0	2.11	India	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
Abdul Razzaq	10.1	3	22	3	2.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
SR Tendulkar	16.0	1	35	0	2.18	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
PL Harris	31.0	8	68	0	2.19	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
PL Harris	17.0	3	38	1	2.23	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
M Ntini	17.0	7	38	2	2.23	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
PL Harris	21.0	1	47	0	2.23	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
JM Anderson	21.0	8	47	1	2.23	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 2009	Test # 1928
Z Khan	25.0	7	56	1	2.24	India	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
A Flintoff	12.0	4	27	1	2.25	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
CA Walsh	32.0	7	73	2	2.28	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
SM Pollock	32.0	11	73	1	2.28	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
SM Pollock	28.0	8	64	0	2.28	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
NJ Astle	14.0	6	32	1	2.28	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
JDP Oram	24.0	7	55	0	2.29	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
M Muralidaran	24.0	5	55	3	2.29	ICC World XI	v Australia	Sydney	14 Oct 2005	Test # 1768
A Flintoff	34.0	10	78	5	2.29	England	v Australia	The Oval	08 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
Harbhajan Singh	46.5	12	108	3	2.30	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
CH Gayle	13.0	1	30	1	2.30	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	09 May 2003	Test # 1645
MN Samuels	16.0	5	37	0	2.31	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
JH Kallis	16.0	1	37	0	2.31	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
IE O'Brien	19.0	6	44	2	2.31	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
Mashrafe Mortaza	22.0	7	51	1	2.31	Bangladesh	v Australia	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
NM Kulkarni	30.0	11	70	1	2.33	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
MN Samuels	21.0	6	49	0	2.33	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
CS Martin	18.0	4	42	1	2.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
CA Walsh	15.0	5	35	1	2.33	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
A Flintoff	15.0	0	35	0	2.33	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 2009	Test # 1928
PJ Wiseman	22.0	3	52	1	2.36	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
SCJ Broad	16.0	2	38	2	2.37	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 2009	Test # 1928
Mohammad Asif	16.0	3	38	1	2.37	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
NJ Astle	21.0	7	50	1	2.38	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
CA Walsh	31.0	10	74	2	2.38	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	01 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
JC Adams	18.0	8	43	2	2.38	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	2.39	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Mashrafe Mortaza	25.0	7	60	1	2.40	Bangladesh	v Australia	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
DJ Bravo	17.3	6	42	4	2.40	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
DBL Powell	15.0	5	36	3	2.40	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	22 May 2008	Test # 1875
IK Pathan	12.0	3	29	0	2.41	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
NJ Astle	19.0	7	46	1	2.42	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001	Test # 1565
SM Pollock	19.0	6	46	1	2.42	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
DL Vettori	19.0	4	46	2	2.42	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
Z Khan	28.0	8	68	1	2.42	India	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
Shoaib Akhtar	21.0	5	51	3	2.42	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
DNT Zoysa	14.0	6	34	2	2.42	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
Saqlain Mushtaq	34.0	2	83	4	2.44	Pakistan	v Australia	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
JH Kallis	18.0	6	44	2	2.44	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
CH Gayle	20.0	3	49	0	2.45	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
A Mishra	23.4	5	58	2	2.45	India	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
AF Giles	42.0	7	103	1	2.45	England	v Australia	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
ST Jayasuriya	11.0	1	27	1	2.45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
A Mishra	11.0	2	27	3	2.45	India	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
JH Kallis	21.1	8	52	2	2.45	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
I Sharma	26.0	8	64	2	2.46	India	v Australia	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
CA Walsh	31.4	7	78	1	2.46	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
SJ Harmison	28.0	6	69	2	2.46	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
DJ Bravo	15.0	4	37	3	2.46	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
DL Vettori	19.0	4	47	0	2.47	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
CD McMillan	23.0	10	57	3	2.47	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
DL Vettori	25.0	8	62	5	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
WPUJC Vaas	27.0	3	67	0	2.48	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
DL Vettori	35.0	11	87	7	2.48	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
N Boje	25.2	6	63	4	2.48	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
DJ Bravo	18.5	3	47	4	2.49	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	22 May 2008	Test # 1875
FH Edwards	16.0	3	40	3	2.50	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	22 May 2008	Test # 1875
DBL Powell	16.0	6	40	1	2.50	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879
DL Vettori	34.4	7	87	6	2.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
AB Agarkar	16.2	2	41	6	2.51	India	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
Harbhajan Singh	41.0	8	103	1	2.51	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
Harbhajan Singh	21.0	4	53	0	2.52	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
SJ Harmison	19.0	4	48	4	2.52	England	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
SJ Benn	34.0	5	86	2	2.52	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009	Test # 1936
A Flintoff	13.5	4	35	1	2.53	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931

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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]