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
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	0.77	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
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	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
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
M Mbangwa	15.0	10	15	0	1.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
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
SM Pollock	22.1	11	25	2	1.12	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
GD McGrath	13.0	7	15	0	1.15	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
GD McGrath	25.0	13	29	2	1.16	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	8	20	2	1.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
BC Strang	36.0	17	43	1	1.19	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
SR Clark	18.0	8	22	1	1.22	Australia	v West Indies	North Sound	30 May 2008	Test # 1877
AR Caddick	13.0	8	16	5	1.23	England	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
AR Caddick	11.2	5	14	5	1.23	England	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
Abdul Razzaq	11.0	3	14	1	1.27	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
A Kumble	23.3	10	30	5	1.27	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
Abdul Razzaq	10.0	2	13	1	1.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	05 May 2000	Test # 1494
NJ Astle	10.0	4	13	2	1.30	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
NJ Astle	13.0	4	17	1	1.30	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	17 Mar 2006	Test # 1790
JN Gillespie	28.0	11	37	1	1.32	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	01 May 2003	Test # 1643
Saqlain Mushtaq	21.0	12	28	0	1.33	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 May 2000	Test # 1496
MJ Clarke	15.0	7	20	2	1.33	Australia	v West Indies	North Sound	30 May 2008	Test # 1877
DG Cork	17.1	8	23	4	1.33	England	v West Indies	Manchester	03 Aug 2000	Test # 1506
GD McGrath	23.0	9	31	4	1.34	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
JH Kallis	17.0	8	23	0	1.35	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
BC Strang	14.0	8	19	0	1.35	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
L Klusener	11.0	4	15	3	1.36	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
A Symonds	11.0	4	15	0	1.36	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	22 May 2008	Test # 1875
SR Watson	11.0	5	15	1	1.36	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	04 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
M Ntini	16.0	4	22	1	1.37	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
Shakib Al Hasan	28.1	11	39	3	1.38	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Kingstown	09 Jul 2009	Test # 1923
JN Gillespie	13.0	5	18	0	1.38	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
GD McGrath	18.0	7	25	0	1.38	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	01 May 2003	Test # 1643
GD McGrath	18.0	8	25	0	1.38	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
M Muralidaran	31.3	10	44	5	1.39	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
J Srinath	10.0	5	14	1	1.40	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
JH Kallis	17.0	8	24	2	1.41	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
GD McGrath	18.0	7	26	1	1.44	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	01 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
J Srinath	11.0	5	16	1	1.45	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
RJ Sidebottom	24.0	5	35	0	1.45	England	v West Indies	Kingston	04 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	1.46	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
JH Kallis	15.4	6	23	2	1.46	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
JN Gillespie	21.0	9	31	3	1.47	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	01 May 2003	Test # 1643
Shoaib Akhtar	16.0	7	24	5	1.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
JM Anderson	16.0	7	24	3	1.50	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
SM Pollock	23.1	8	35	2	1.51	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
BA Murphy	15.0	3	23	1	1.53	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
AJ Hall	13.0	3	20	1	1.53	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
A Flintoff	13.0	4	20	2	1.53	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	01 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
HH Streak	17.0	8	27	5	1.58	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
L Klusener	35.0	14	56	2	1.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
V Sehwag	30.0	9	48	1	1.60	India	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2006	Test # 1806
SR Clark	20.0	8	32	5	1.60	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	22 May 2008	Test # 1875
AJ Bichel	13.0	3	21	3	1.61	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
Manjural Islam	21.0	11	34	1	1.61	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	16 Dec 2002	Test # 1632
DG Cork	24.0	8	39	4	1.62	England	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
Wasim Akram	30.0	12	49	5	1.63	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
L Klusener	11.0	5	18	0	1.63	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
W Jaffer	11.0	3	18	2	1.63	India	v West Indies	St John's	10 May 2002	Test # 1602
SCG MacGill	11.0	3	18	3	1.63	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
JS Patel	25.0	12	41	1	1.64	New Zealand	v West Indies	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
NJ Astle	14.0	5	23	1	1.64	New Zealand	v West Indies	Napier	25 Mar 2006	Test # 1793
JM Kemp	18.0	9	30	1	1.66	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
Harbhajan Singh	28.3	12	48	7	1.68	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
A Symonds	10.0	4	17	0	1.70	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
SK Warne	28.0	9	48	5	1.71	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
RW Price	21.0	7	36	4	1.71	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
M Muralidaran	21.0	8	36	6	1.71	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
MS Panesar	19.5	9	34	2	1.71	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
SCJ Broad	14.0	4	24	1	1.71	England	v West Indies	St John's	15 Feb 2009	Test # 1908
Saqlain Mushtaq	22.0	7	38	1	1.72	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
PL Harris	19.0	5	33	0	1.73	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
DL Vettori	52.0	21	91	2	1.75	New Zealand	v West Indies	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
Harbhajan Singh	21.0	8	37	1	1.76	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
Danish Kaneria	35.0	12	62	3	1.77	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	27 Nov 2006	Test # 1818
JN Gillespie	28.0	9	50	3	1.78	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
JH Kallis	19.0	6	34	1	1.78	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
Z Khan	12.4	5	23	3	1.81	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
JH Kallis	11.0	3	20	1	1.81	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
J Srinath	45.0	19	82	0	1.82	India	v West Indies	St John's	10 May 2002	Test # 1602
SM Pollock	17.0	6	31	4	1.82	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
RDB Croft	29.0	9	53	2	1.82	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
SL Malinga	12.0	5	22	0	1.83	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
N Boje	20.0	6	37	2	1.85	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
JH Kallis	36.0	17	67	6	1.86	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
M Ntini	19.5	7	37	7	1.86	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
HH Streak	15.0	7	28	2	1.86	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	04 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
AA Donald	23.0	9	43	2	1.86	South Africa	v West Indies	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001	Test # 1534
HH Streak	24.0	9	45	4	1.87	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
AR Caddick	24.0	10	45	3	1.87	England	v West Indies	Manchester	03 Aug 2000	Test # 1506
CR Miller	17.0	6	32	5	1.88	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
VVS Laxman	17.0	6	32	1	1.88	India	v West Indies	St John's	10 May 2002	Test # 1602
A Kumble	30.0	12	57	3	1.90	India	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2006	Test # 1806
SM Pollock	22.0	9	42	1	1.90	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
AJ Bichel	11.0	4	21	1	1.90	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
TR Gripper	12.0	5	23	1	1.91	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	04 Nov 2003	Test # 1668

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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]