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
A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	0	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.4	12	24	4	0.93	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
Shabbir Ahmed	10.0	7	10	0	1.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test # 1676
CL Hooper	17.0	8	19	1	1.11	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
Shabbir Ahmed	17.0	5	20	2	1.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
CH Gayle	10.0	3	12	0	1.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
M Muralidaran	39.0	18	49	5	1.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
HDPK Dharmasena	16.0	7	21	0	1.31	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
NM Hauritz	24.0	11	32	2	1.33	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
Naeem Islam	12.0	2	16	0	1.33	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
GD McGrath	14.0	7	19	1	1.35	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
M Muralidaran	30.0	15	41	3	1.36	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
Shakib Al Hasan	25.5	7	36	7	1.39	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
A Symonds	12.0	2	17	1	1.41	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
GD McGrath	23.0	8	33	1	1.43	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
GD McGrath	34.0	20	49	3	1.44	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
SK Warne	10.2	3	15	4	1.45	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
M Ntini	16.0	6	24	2	1.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
A Flintoff	16.0	6	24	1	1.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
N Boje	40.0	14	61	0	1.52	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
Saeed Ajmal	17.0	5	26	0	1.52	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
SB Bangar	15.0	4	23	2	1.53	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
AA Donald	28.0	14	43	3	1.53	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
GD McGrath	22.2	11	35	1	1.56	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
SM Pollock	26.0	9	41	2	1.57	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Dec 2000	Test # 1522
AF Giles	33.0	11	53	1	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
JN Gillespie	28.0	14	45	3	1.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001	Test # 1571
M Ntini	18.0	9	29	3	1.61	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Dec 2000	Test # 1522
CL Hooper	13.0	5	21	1	1.61	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
GW Flower	16.0	4	26	0	1.62	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
JH Kallis	15.5	4	26	2	1.64	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Dec 2000	Test # 1522
PT Collins	17.0	7	28	0	1.64	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
A Kumble	35.1	11	58	2	1.64	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	3	30	6	1.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
SM Pollock	22.0	10	37	4	1.68	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
T Yohannan	16.0	5	27	1	1.68	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
MM Patel	13.0	4	22	0	1.69	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
GD McGrath	27.0	12	46	2	1.70	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001	Test # 1571
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	9	65	2	1.71	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
CR Miller	22.0	8	38	1	1.72	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
KMDN Kulasekara	11.0	2	19	0	1.72	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
M Muralidaran	42.0	10	73	4	1.73	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
CL Hooper	25.0	3	44	2	1.76	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
Shakib Al Hasan	44.5	17	79	2	1.76	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
MV Nagamootoo	42.0	16	75	2	1.78	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
Harbhajan Singh	33.0	8	59	4	1.78	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
M Ngam	19.0	8	34	2	1.78	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Dec 2000	Test # 1522
RAP Nissanka	10.0	4	18	1	1.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
Mohammad Amir	16.0	7	29	2	1.81	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
AR Caddick	17.0	6	31	0	1.82	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
Saqlain Mushtaq	24.0	5	44	0	1.83	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1536
CH Gayle	18.0	6	33	0	1.83	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
KS Lokuarachchi	14.0	3	26	0	1.85	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
Abdur Razzak	50.0	15	93	3	1.86	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	4	43	3	1.86	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
SM Pollock	25.0	11	47	0	1.88	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
JN Gillespie	10.0	5	19	2	1.90	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
L Balaji	11.0	4	21	0	1.90	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
MS Panesar	11.0	4	21	0	1.90	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
M Muralidaran	34.0	7	65	4	1.91	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
MG Johnson	15.1	7	29	3	1.91	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
AF Giles	24.0	6	46	4	1.91	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004	Test # 1704
A Sanford	14.0	3	27	0	1.92	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
CL Hooper	34.0	10	66	2	1.94	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
RJ Sidebottom	28.2	12	55	4	1.94	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	15 May 2008	Test # 1874
Harbhajan Singh	17.0	4	33	2	1.94	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
JN Gillespie	19.0	4	37	3	1.94	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
DBL Powell	21.0	6	41	2	1.95	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
ST Jayasuriya	21.0	8	41	2	1.95	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
Manjural Islam Rana	42.0	12	84	3	2.00	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
HH Streak	37.0	10	74	1	2.00	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
SM Pollock	32.0	15	64	4	2.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
Waqar Younis	22.0	8	44	2	2.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
JM Anderson	21.3	8	43	7	2.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
CH Gayle	21.0	2	42	3	2.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1897
WPUJC Vaas	15.3	6	31	3	2.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
N Boje	15.0	2	30	2	2.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
CE Cuffy	10.0	3	20	0	2.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
SJ Harmison	36.2	8	74	4	2.03	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jun 2004	Test # 1702
SJ Harmison	25.0	7	51	3	2.04	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004	Test # 1704
SJ Benn	24.0	5	49	0	2.04	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
ML Nkala	21.0	7	43	0	2.04	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
HMRKB Herath	34.0	11	70	3	2.05	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
Mohammad Rafique	59.1	18	122	6	2.06	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
N Boje	33.2	7	69	4	2.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
M Mbangwa	28.0	10	58	2	2.07	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
DT Mutendera	14.0	4	29	0	2.07	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
A Nehra	16.2	4	34	3	2.08	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
M Ntini	31.4	12	66	6	2.08	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
JH Kallis	21.0	8	44	1	2.09	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
Waqar Younis	10.0	6	21	1	2.10	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
PA Strang	51.5	12	109	8	2.10	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
PA Strang	38.0	11	80	2	2.10	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
RJ Sidebottom	12.2	5	26	2	2.10	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	3	36	1	2.11	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
Z Khan	25.0	8	53	5	2.12	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
Mohammad Sami	30.0	12	64	1	2.13	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
Mohammad Asif	20.0	6	43	4	2.15	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	6	47	7	2.16	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
CE Cuffy	35.0	12	76	2	2.17	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608

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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]