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
GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
RO Hinds	27.0	13	27	1	1.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
WW Hinds	14.0	5	16	0	1.14	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
N Deonarine	30.0	15	35	1	1.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
NJ Astle	26.0	15	31	0	1.19	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Dec 2000	Test # 1522
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
A Symonds	11.0	3	14	0	1.27	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
NJ Astle	36.0	18	46	1	1.27	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
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	0	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
D Ramnarine	42.0	24	55	1	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
CH Gayle	37.5	18	50	4	1.32	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
JDP Oram	18.0	10	24	1	1.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
WPUJC Vaas	12.0	6	16	0	1.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
MG Johnson	18.1	7	25	4	1.37	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
AB McDonald	22.0	8	31	1	1.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
JM Anderson	12.0	4	17	2	1.41	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
CL Hooper	34.0	12	49	2	1.44	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
DL Vettori	18.0	6	26	2	1.44	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
CA Walsh	31.0	14	45	1	1.45	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
CH Gayle	11.0	3	16	0	1.45	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
A Symonds	11.0	3	16	0	1.45	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
CA Walsh	38.0	13	56	4	1.47	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
PM Siddle	13.3	6	20	2	1.48	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
M Muralidaran	45.5	14	68	5	1.48	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
RJ Sidebottom	30.0	9	46	1	1.53	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
CL Hooper	28.0	8	43	1	1.53	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
CL Hooper	24.0	7	37	1	1.54	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
M Kartik	18.0	6	28	2	1.55	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
ST Jayasuriya	25.0	9	40	2	1.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	1.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
Danish Kaneria	28.3	8	46	5	1.61	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
GD McGrath	24.0	11	39	0	1.62	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
DBL Powell	28.0	15	46	0	1.64	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
CL Hooper	14.0	8	23	0	1.64	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
J Srinath	17.0	9	28	2	1.64	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
CA Walsh	36.4	13	61	6	1.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
D Ramnarine	27.3	14	46	1	1.67	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
NC McGarrell	43.0	19	72	4	1.67	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	9	52	3	1.67	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
NM Hauritz	28.0	10	47	1	1.67	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	1.68	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
SJ Harmison	19.2	8	33	4	1.70	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
DR Tuffey	24.0	7	41	1	1.70	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
JM Anderson	21.0	7	36	1	1.71	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
CL Hooper	18.0	5	31	0	1.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
CA Walsh	18.0	8	31	3	1.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
JDP Oram	27.0	13	47	1	1.74	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Shahadat Hossain	15.3	8	27	6	1.74	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
AD Mullally	24.0	10	42	2	1.75	England	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
SCG MacGill	16.0	7	28	1	1.75	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
ST Jayasuriya	17.0	7	30	0	1.76	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
SK Warne	47.0	21	83	3	1.76	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
J Srinath	30.0	6	53	1	1.76	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
CL Hooper	13.0	4	23	0	1.76	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
JN Gillespie	14.0	6	25	1	1.78	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
M Muralidaran	39.0	14	70	3	1.79	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
MJ North	20.0	6	36	1	1.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
I Sharma	10.0	2	18	2	1.80	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
M Kartik	42.0	12	76	0	1.80	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
D Ramnarine	11.0	4	20	1	1.81	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
DJ Bravo	13.1	3	24	4	1.82	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
CD McMillan	17.0	6	31	1	1.82	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
D Ramnarine	35.0	8	64	1	1.82	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
PT Collins	24.0	10	44	1	1.83	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
PM Siddle	25.0	8	46	3	1.84	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
M Muralidaran	20.0	5	37	1	1.85	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
MP Bicknell	27.0	11	50	2	1.85	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
Danish Kaneria	28.0	9	52	2	1.85	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
AB McDonald	22.0	8	41	1	1.86	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
DR Tuffey	15.0	3	28	1	1.86	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
TM Dilshan	16.0	5	30	1	1.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
CA Walsh	10.0	3	19	0	1.90	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
CL Cairns	10.0	2	19	0	1.90	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
VVS Laxman	10.0	2	19	0	1.90	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
JDP Oram	11.0	3	21	1	1.90	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
GD McGrath	34.0	17	65	2	1.91	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	7	44	4	1.91	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
PM Siddle	35.0	15	67	1	1.91	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
RD King	26.0	7	50	1	1.92	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
S Chanderpaul	13.0	6	25	0	1.92	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
A Flintoff	40.0	12	77	1	1.92	England	v South Africa	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
GD McGrath	28.0	11	54	0	1.92	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
JDP Oram	14.0	7	27	0	1.92	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
MS Panesar	60.0	15	116	0	1.93	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
CA Walsh	45.0	15	87	3	1.93	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
JDP Oram	15.0	4	29	0	1.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
Mohammad Rafique	27.5	6	54	2	1.94	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
NW Bracken	19.0	5	37	1	1.94	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
SJ Harmison	12.5	4	25	0	1.94	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
SK Warne	29.0	7	57	3	1.96	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
D Ramnarine	31.0	6	61	3	1.96	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
PA de Silva	24.5	7	49	1	1.97	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
Mohammad Asif	38.0	16	76	5	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
A Kumble	28.0	12	56	4	2.00	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
CA Walsh	28.0	7	56	2	2.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
PM Siddle	27.0	12	54	3	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	10	50	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
CA Walsh	14.0	3	28	1	2.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541

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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]