Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records for South Africa in ODI matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Pollock	6.0	3	4	1	0.66	South Africa	v Netherlands	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007	ODI # 2537
T Thushara	6.0	1	5	1	0.83	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	08 Sep 2009	ODI # 2884
SM Pollock	8.0	4	7	3	0.87	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	06 Feb 2000	ODI # 1558
M Muralidaran	10.0	4	9	0	0.90	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Nairobi (Gym)	04 Oct 2000	ODI # 1631
M Muralidaran	10.0	3	9	5	0.90	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	09 Apr 2002	ODI # 1826
SM Pollock	10.0	4	9	1	0.90	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	10 Oct 2003	ODI # 2049
MF Maharoof	10.0	5	9	3	0.90	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Dambulla	02 Aug 2005	ODI # 2264
DS de Silva	12.0	5	11	2	0.91	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
D Pretorius	5.2	1	5	3	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	25 Feb 2017	ODI # 3841
KMDN Kulasekara	7.0	4	7	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	22 Nov 2008	ODI # 2780
CPH Ramanayake	6.0	2	6	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	02 Nov 1988	ODI # 533
M Muralidaran	6.0	3	6	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	29 Oct 2000	ODI # 1652
WPUJC Vaas	6.0	2	6	2	1.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Brabourne	14 Oct 2006	ODI # 2428
PS de Villiers	5.0	2	5	0	1.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Brabourne	14 Nov 1993	ODI # 849
AD Mathews	5.0	1	5	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Port of Spain	09 Jul 2013	ODI # 3387
WJ Cronje	9.0	2	10	3	1.11	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Feb 1999	ODI # 1399
WPUJC Vaas	7.0	2	8	2	1.14	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	14 Apr 2002	ODI # 1830
MW Pringle	5.0	3	6	1	1.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	12 Apr 1992	ODI # 755
SM Pollock	5.0	2	6	0	1.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	03 Oct 2002	ODI # 1890
PVD Chameera	5.0	1	6	2	1.20	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 Jan 2018	ODI # 3965
SM Pollock	9.5	1	12	3	1.22	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	08 Dec 2002	ODI # 1914
MAWR Madurasinghe	9.0	0	11	1	1.22	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	02 Nov 1988	ODI # 533
M Muralidaran	9.0	2	11	3	1.22	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (RPS)	25 Mar 2001	ODI # 1695
WPUJC Vaas	9.0	4	11	4	1.22	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	25 Apr 2004	ODI # 2122
SM Pollock	8.1	3	10	3	1.22	South Africa	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	30 Sep 1999	ODI # 1507
CR Matthews	8.0	5	10	4	1.25	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Feb 1994	ODI # 886
PS de Villiers	8.0	1	10	2	1.25	South Africa	v England	East London	19 Jan 1996	ODI # 1042
SM Pollock	8.0	3	10	2	1.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Northampton	19 May 1999	ODI # 1451
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	3	10	3	1.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	06 Jan 2007	ODI # 2471
WPUJC Vaas	7.0	4	9	1	1.28	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Sharjah	06 Apr 1995	ODI # 994
SM Pollock	7.0	4	9	0	1.28	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	03 Mar 2006	ODI # 2345
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	3	13	2	1.30	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	17 May 1997	ODI # 1207
SM Pollock	10.0	4	13	2	1.30	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	11 Feb 2007	ODI # 2521
SM Pollock	10.0	5	13	2	1.30	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	25 Jan 2008	ODI # 2664
RAS Lakmal	10.0	4	13	4	1.30	Sri Lanka	v India	Dharamsala	10 Dec 2017	ODI # 3939
JDF Vandersay	7.4	2	10	4	1.30	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele	21 Jan 2022	ODI # 4347
SM Pollock	6.0	2	8	2	1.33	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003	ODI # 1961
M Shezi	6.0	2	8	1	1.33	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Aug 2014	ODI # 3510
SM Pollock	5.5	1	8	0	1.37	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 2004	ODI # 2101
MW Pringle	8.0	4	11	4	1.37	South Africa	v West Indies	Christchurch	05 Mar 1992	ODI # 730
BM McMillan	8.0	1	11	3	1.37	South Africa	v U.A.E.	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996	ODI # 1049
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	2	11	0	1.37	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dambulla	19 May 2003	ODI # 2014
DNT Zoysa	8.0	3	11	2	1.37	Sri Lanka	v U.A.E.	Dambulla	17 Jul 2004	ODI # 2146
MF Maharoof	8.0	3	11	1	1.37	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	23 Jul 2007	ODI # 2606
WJ Cronje	10.0	4	14	1	1.40	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1993	ODI # 862
Imran Tahir	10.0	0	14	2	1.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 2017	ODI # 3846
A Dananjaya	5.0	2	7	1	1.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Dharamsala	10 Dec 2017	ODI # 3939
AL Phehlukwayo	5.0	1	7	1	1.40	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	03 Oct 2018	ODI # 4050
JR Ratnayeke	7.0	1	10	0	1.42	Sri Lanka	v England	Delhi	15 Oct 1989	ODI # 571
KMDN Kulasekara	7.0	3	10	0	1.42	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	St George's	18 Apr 2007	ODI # 2575
SM Pollock	9.0	3	13	1	1.44	South Africa	v England	The Oval	22 May 1999	ODI # 1455
WPUJC Vaas	9.3	1	14	5	1.47	Sri Lanka	v India	Sharjah	29 Oct 2000	ODI # 1652
PS de Villiers	10.0	4	15	3	1.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	02 Sep 1993	ODI # 837
SM Pollock	10.0	3	15	1	1.50	South Africa	v England	East London	19 Jan 1996	ODI # 1042
M Muralidaran	10.0	0	15	1	1.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Dambulla	18 Nov 2003	ODI # 2063
M Muralidaran	8.0	1	12	1	1.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Tangier	15 Aug 2002	ODI # 1862
WPUJC Vaas	6.0	1	9	1	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	05 Aug 2002	ODI # 1858
SM Pollock	6.0	2	9	1	1.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	25 Jan 2004	ODI # 2088
T Thushara	8.3	3	13	2	1.52	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	28 Nov 2008	ODI # 2784
HDPK Dharmasena	9.0	3	14	2	1.55	Sri Lanka	v Netherlands	Colombo (RPS)	16 Sep 2002	ODI # 1878
MF Maharoof	9.0	2	14	6	1.55	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Brabourne	14 Oct 2006	ODI # 2428
KMDN Kulasekara	9.0	2	14	3	1.55	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Nov 2008	ODI # 2785
AP Gurusinha	7.0	1	11	0	1.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	12 Dec 1992	ODI # 776
WPUJC Vaas	7.0	4	11	1	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Port of Spain	21 Mar 2007	ODI # 2546
BAW Mendis	7.0	2	11	3	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Mirpur	03 Mar 2014	ODI # 3481
ALF de Mel	8.5	0	14	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	14 Feb 1982	ODI # 146
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	3	16	3	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	17 Oct 1995	ODI # 1011
R Telemachus	10.0	5	16	1	1.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Benoni	22 Oct 2000	ODI # 1643
SM Pollock	10.0	3	16	1	1.60	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	06 May 2001	ODI # 1715
M Muralidaran	10.0	4	16	2	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1765
PA de Silva	10.0	2	16	1	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	27 Sep 2002	ODI # 1887
SM Pollock	10.0	0	16	1	1.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Benoni	06 Oct 2002	ODI # 1891
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	3	16	2	1.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	24 Oct 2006	ODI # 2435
PA de Silva	5.0	2	8	1	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	08 Nov 1996	ODI # 1140
AD Mathews	5.0	2	8	1	1.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Dharamsala	10 Dec 2017	ODI # 3939
SM Pollock	8.0	1	13	0	1.62	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	5	13	3	1.62	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	27 Mar 2001	ODI # 1697
SM Pollock	8.0	5	13	1	1.62	South Africa	v Canada	East London	27 Feb 2003	ODI # 1971
KMDN Kulasekara	8.0	3	13	0	1.62	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Dec 2004	ODI # 2200
A Nel	8.0	2	13	4	1.62	South Africa	v India	Durban	22 Nov 2006	ODI # 2447
BAW Mendis	8.0	1	13	6	1.62	Sri Lanka	v India	Karachi	06 Jul 2008	ODI # 2735
RJ Ratnayake	11.0	4	18	2	1.63	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
WPUJC Vaas	9.1	2	15	3	1.63	Sri Lanka	v England	Dambulla	18 Nov 2003	ODI # 2063
KN Amalean	9.0	2	15	2	1.66	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	02 Apr 1986	ODI # 377
RP Snell	9.0	1	15	0	1.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1992	ODI # 719
SM Pollock	9.0	3	15	1	1.66	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	12 May 2001	ODI # 1717
M Muralidaran	9.0	0	15	1	1.66	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Port of Spain	21 Mar 2007	ODI # 2546
JR Ratnayeke	6.0	0	10	0	1.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	04 Nov 1984	ODI # 275
SM Pollock	6.0	1	10	1	1.66	South Africa	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
SM Pollock	6.0	2	10	1	1.66	South Africa	v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	20 Sep 2002	ODI # 1882
SM Pollock	6.0	3	10	1	1.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	19 Nov 2005	ODI # 2298
M Morkel	6.0	2	10	4	1.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	11 Jan 2012	ODI # 3225
M Theekshana	6.0	1	10	1	1.66	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele	21 Jan 2022	ODI # 4347
RP Snell	7.1	2	12	4	1.67	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	19 Nov 1993	ODI # 853
M Muralidaran	7.1	1	12	3	1.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	10 Apr 2001	ODI # 1705
L Klusener	5.2	2	9	3	1.68	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	25 Jan 2004	ODI # 2088
EAR de Silva	10.0	1	17	0	1.70	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sydney	05 Jan 1988	ODI # 486
AA Donald	10.0	3	17	2	1.70	South Africa	v New Zealand	Adelaide	06 Dec 1997	ODI # 1255
WJ Cronje	10.0	2	17	2	1.70	South Africa	v Pakistan	East London	11 Apr 1998	ODI # 1314
S Elworthy	10.0	3	17	3	1.70	South Africa	v India	Sharjah	22 Mar 2000	ODI # 1577

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, 3rd ODI, Mar 18, 2024 [ODI # 4745]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, 2nd ODI, Mar 15, 2024 [ODI # 4744]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, 1st ODI, Mar 13, 2024 [ODI # 4743]