Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - vs South Africa

Best economy rates in an innings in 1990s in Tests - vs South Africa

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AR Kapoor	13.0	8	10	-	0.76	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
TBA May	32.0	20	26	2	0.81	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
A Kumble	23.0	11	20	1	0.86	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
N Kapil Dev	19.0	11	19	-	1.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
SK Warne	30.5	15	31	4	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
Azhar Mahmood	11.0	4	12	-	1.09	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
A Kumble	24.0	11	27	1	1.12	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
SK Warne	17.4	7	20	2	1.13	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
PR Reiffel	12.0	3	14	3	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
GD McGrath	17.0	9	20	1	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	1.20	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
J Srinath	27.0	10	33	4	1.22	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SR Waugh	22.3	9	28	5	1.24	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
SLV Raju	20.0	8	25	-	1.25	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SK Warne	30.0	13	38	3	1.26	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
RK Illingworth	29.0	12	37	3	1.27	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
RS Kalpage	17.5	6	23	1	1.28	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
CEL Ambrose	36.0	19	47	2	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
NJ Astle	16.0	8	21	1	1.31	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
PR Reiffel	18.0	7	24	2	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
PCR Tufnell	23.0	8	31	2	1.34	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
PR Reiffel	11.0	4	15	-	1.36	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
CEL Ambrose	24.4	7	34	6	1.37	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
MG Bevan	13.0	3	18	3	1.38	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
CA Walsh	22.0	10	31	4	1.40	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
SR Waugh	18.0	7	26	4	1.44	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
N Kapil Dev	29.0	8	42	1	1.44	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SR Waugh	27.2	12	40	3	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
BC Strang	12.0	6	18	-	1.50	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
D Gough	10.0	5	15	-	1.50	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
SK Warne	42.0	15	64	3	1.52	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
C Pringle	15.0	5	23	-	1.53	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
SK Warne	28.0	15	43	4	1.53	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
PJ Martin	24.0	9	37	3	1.54	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
M Muralidaran	31.0	11	48	1	1.54	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
ME Waugh	18.0	8	28	2	1.55	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
RJ Shastri	14.0	2	22	-	1.57	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
GA Hick	24.0	14	38	1	1.58	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
SLV Raju	46.0	15	73	3	1.58	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
CL Hooper	17.0	5	27	1	1.58	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
SB Doull	34.2	12	55	2	1.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
A Kumble	50.3	16	81	3	1.60	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	1.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
HDPK Dharmasena	18.0	8	29	1	1.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
AR Caddick	18.0	4	29	2	1.61	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
SK Warne	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
GD McGrath	16.0	6	26	1	1.62	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
SA Thomson	11.0	6	18	-	1.63	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Azhar Mahmood	17.0	6	28	-	1.64	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
CEL Ambrose	17.0	6	28	2	1.64	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
SK Warne	47.0	18	78	3	1.65	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
ME Waugh	12.0	3	20	1	1.66	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
SK Warne	55.0	20	92	4	1.67	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
ARC Fraser	25.0	9	42	5	1.68	England	v South Africa	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
GD McGrath	19.0	5	32	1	1.68	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
GD McGrath	10.0	5	17	-	1.70	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
N Kapil Dev	17.0	4	29	1	1.70	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SK Warne	42.0	17	72	5	1.71	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
GR Larsen	18.0	6	31	2	1.72	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
SB Doull	15.0	5	26	1	1.73	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
CJ McDermott	19.0	8	33	4	1.73	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
A Kumble	23.0	7	40	3	1.73	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
RP de Groen	12.0	3	21	1	1.75	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	1.77	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
BKV Prasad	14.0	5	25	-	1.78	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
SB Joshi	24.0	4	43	4	1.79	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
J Srinath	20.0	7	36	2	1.80	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
CJ McDermott	27.0	9	49	3	1.81	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
Shoaib Akhtar	11.0	-	20	-	1.81	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
M Muralidaran	35.1	8	64	4	1.81	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
A Kumble	28.0	8	51	2	1.82	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
D Gough	23.0	6	42	6	1.82	England	v South Africa	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
CL Hooper	28.0	8	52	2	1.85	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
GS Blewett	14.0	5	26	1	1.85	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
SB Doull	25.5	9	48	-	1.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	1.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
N Kapil Dev	24.0	6	45	2	1.87	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
M Prabhakar	10.0	4	19	-	1.90	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
GD McGrath	41.0	11	78	-	1.90	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
M Prabhakar	24.4	7	47	2	1.90	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
GW Flower	23.0	5	44	1	1.91	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SK Warne	44.2	15	85	1	1.91	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
SK Warne	44.5	14	86	4	1.91	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
AR Caddick	36.0	12	70	1	1.94	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
N Kapil Dev	22.0	6	43	3	1.95	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
JC Adams	21.5	5	43	4	1.96	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
J Srinath	19.1	6	38	3	1.98	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
SLV Raju	47.0	15	94	1	2.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
CJ McDermott	38.0	11	76	1	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
PK Wijetunge	29.0	2	58	1	2.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
PR Reiffel	24.0	7	48	-	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
ARC Fraser	17.0	10	34	1	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
Wasim Akram	13.0	3	26	1	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
RDB Croft	51.0	14	103	-	2.01	England	v South Africa	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
HDPK Dharmasena	45.0	12	91	-	2.02	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
MS Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
CEL Ambrose	24.1	7	49	1	2.02	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
PCR Tufnell	35.0	9	71	-	2.02	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
SK Warne	31.0	8	63	1	2.03	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
GD McGrath	28.0	11	57	1	2.03	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392

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