Best economy rates in an innings in 2020s in Tests
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 15.5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0.31 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingston | 30 Nov 2024 | Test # 2565 | |
| 12.0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0.75 | West Indies | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 04 Feb 2023 | Test # 2489 | |
| 10.0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.80 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 16 Dec 2021 | Test # 2441 | |
| 10.0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0.80 | Australia | v West Indies | Adelaide | 08 Dec 2022 | Test # 2479 | |
| 17.0 | 11 | 14 | - | 0.82 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 14 Jan 2021 | Test # 2403 | |
| 10.0 | 7 | 9 | - | 0.90 | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 May 2021 | Test # 2421 | |
| 11.0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.90 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | North Sound | 29 Mar 2021 | Test # 2417 | |
| 16.0 | 10 | 15 | - | 0.93 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 | Test # 2383 | |
| 14.0 | 8 | 14 | - | 1.00 | England | v Pakistan | Southampton | 21 Aug 2020 | Test # 2393 | |
| 17.0 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1.05 | West Indies | v England | St George's | 24 Mar 2022 | Test # 2459 | |
| 11.0 | 6 | 12 | - | 1.09 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 19 Jan 2020 | Test # 2381 | |
| 11.0 | 5 | 12 | - | 1.09 | New Zealand | v India | Wellington | 21 Feb 2020 | Test # 2385 | |
| 21.0 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1.09 | India | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 25 Nov 2021 | Test # 2435 | |
| 10.0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1.10 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Karachi | 02 Jan 2023 | Test # 2487 | |
| 17.0 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1.11 | Pakistan | v Bangladesh | Rawalpindi | 07 Feb 2020 | Test # 2384 | |
| 13.2 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1.12 | New Zealand | v India | Bengaluru | 16 Oct 2024 | Test # 2555 | |
| 23.0 | 13 | 26 | - | 1.13 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 25 Aug 2022 | Test # 2475 | |
| 21.0 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 1.14 | West Indies | v England | North Sound | 08 Mar 2022 | Test # 2454 | |
| 30.0 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 1.16 | India | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 25 Nov 2021 | Test # 2435 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 12 | - | 1.20 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | North Sound | 21 Mar 2021 | Test # 2416 | |
| 22.0 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 1.22 | India | v England | The Oval | 02 Sep 2021 | Test # 2433 | |
| 24.0 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 1.25 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 | Test # 2383 | |
| 24.0 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 1.25 | New Zealand | v India | Southampton | 18 Jun 2021 | Test # 2425 | |
| 24.0 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 1.25 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 05 Jan 2022 | Test # 2446 | |
| 16.0 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1.25 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 | Test # 2485 | |
| 19.0 | 9 | 24 | - | 1.26 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 21 Nov 2021 | Test # 2434 | |
| 22.0 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 1.27 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 05 Jan 2022 | Test # 2446 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 14 | - | 1.27 | Bangladesh | v India | Mirpur | 22 Dec 2022 | Test # 2484 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1.27 | Australia | v India | Perth | 22 Nov 2024 | Test # 2561 | |
| 18.0 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1.27 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 18 | - | 1.28 | Australia | v India | Indore | 01 Mar 2023 | Test # 2496 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1.30 | India | v England | Lord's | 12 Aug 2021 | Test # 2429 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1.30 | India | v England | Lord's | 12 Aug 2021 | Test # 2429 | |
| 10.0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1.30 | West Indies | v England | St George's | 24 Mar 2022 | Test # 2459 | |
| 26.0 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 1.30 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 23 Jun 2022 | Test # 2467 | |
| 10.4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1.31 | England | v India | Leeds | 25 Aug 2021 | Test # 2432 | |
| 25.0 | 10 | 33 | - | 1.32 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | North Sound | 21 Mar 2021 | Test # 2416 | |
| 21.0 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 1.33 | Australia | v India | Perth | 22 Nov 2024 | Test # 2561 | |
| 13.3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1.33 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 21.4 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1.33 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 07 Jan 2021 | Test # 2402 | |
| 26.0 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 1.34 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Mount Maunganui | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2397 | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 1.35 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 19 Jan 2020 | Test # 2381 | |
| 11.0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1.36 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Hamilton | 13 Feb 2024 | Test # 2529 | |
| 25.3 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 1.37 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Karachi | 26 Jan 2021 | Test # 2406 | |
| 13.5 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1.37 | South Africa | v West Indies | Gros Islet | 10 Jun 2021 | Test # 2424 | |
| 29.0 | 13 | 40 | 6 | 1.37 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 22 Jan 2021 | Test # 2405 | |
| 13.0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1.38 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Galle | 16 Jul 2022 | Test # 2472 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1.40 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
| 22.0 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 1.40 | New Zealand | v India | Southampton | 18 Jun 2021 | Test # 2425 | |
| 39.0 | 16 | 55 | 2 | 1.41 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 16 Dec 2021 | Test # 2441 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1.41 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Nov 2024 | Test # 2565 | |
| 28.0 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 1.42 | India | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 25 Nov 2021 | Test # 2435 | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 20 | - | 1.42 | Sri Lanka | v Ireland | Galle | 24 Apr 2023 | Test # 2503 | |
| 14.0 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1.42 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Nov 2024 | Test # 2565 | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1.42 | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Sylhet | 20 Apr 2025 | Test # 2582 | |
| 14.0 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1.42 | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 30 Jul 2025 | Test # 2597 | |
| 23.0 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 1.43 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Mount Maunganui | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2397 | |
| 23.0 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 1.43 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2021 | Test # 2442 | |
| 16.0 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 1.43 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 17 Jun 2025 | Test # 2586 | |
| 25.0 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 1.44 | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 16 Mar 2022 | Test # 2457 | |
| 24.0 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 1.45 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2398 | |
| 15.0 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1.46 | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 May 2021 | Test # 2421 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1.46 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 17 Mar 2023 | Test # 2500 | |
| 15.0 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1.46 | India | v England | Ranchi | 23 Feb 2024 | Test # 2531 | |
| 23.4 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 1.47 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
| 25.0 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1.48 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 20 Jul 2023 | Test # 2513 | |
| 28.0 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 1.50 | England | v West Indies | North Sound | 08 Mar 2022 | Test # 2454 | |
| 26.0 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 1.50 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 07 Jan 2021 | Test # 2402 | |
| 24.0 | 12 | 36 | 4 | 1.50 | England | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 01 Dec 2022 | Test # 2478 | |
| 23.2 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 1.50 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Mount Maunganui | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2397 | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1.50 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 11 Jan 2022 | Test # 2448 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1.50 | Australia | v England | Hobart | 14 Jan 2022 | Test # 2449 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1.50 | Zimbabwe | v Afghanistan | Bulawayo | 02 Jan 2025 | Test # 2574 | |
| 22.3 | 9 | 34 | 4 | 1.51 | India | v New Zealand | Wankhede | 03 Dec 2021 | Test # 2438 | |
| 15.1 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 1.51 | Australia | v Pakistan | Lahore | 21 Mar 2022 | Test # 2458 | |
| 13.5 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1.51 | New Zealand | v England | Lord's | 02 Jun 2022 | Test # 2464 | |
| 21.4 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 1.52 | England | v India | The Oval | 31 Jul 2025 | Test # 2598 | |
| 21.0 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 1.52 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 19 Jan 2020 | Test # 2381 | |
| 21.0 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 1.52 | Bangladesh | v Zimbabwe | Chattogram | 28 Apr 2025 | Test # 2583 | |
| 17.4 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 1.52 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | North Sound | 21 Mar 2021 | Test # 2416 | |
| 17.0 | 8 | 26 | - | 1.52 | Bangladesh | v Zimbabwe | Mirpur | 22 Feb 2020 | Test # 2386 | |
| 15.0 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 1.53 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Christchurch | 17 Feb 2022 | Test # 2450 | |
| 39.0 | 12 | 60 | 3 | 1.53 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 15 May 2022 | Test # 2462 | |
| 13.0 | 8 | 20 | - | 1.53 | England | v India | Ahmedabad | 24 Feb 2021 | Test # 2412 | |
| 13.0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1.53 | India | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 14 Dec 2022 | Test # 2481 | |
| 13.0 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1.53 | India | v Australia | Perth | 22 Nov 2024 | Test # 2561 | |
| 18.1 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 1.54 | Australia | v South Africa | Lord's | 11 Jun 2025 | Test # 2585 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1.54 | England | v India | Chennai | 05 Feb 2021 | Test # 2409 | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 1.55 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 03 Jan 2025 | Test # 2575 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 1.55 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2024 | Test # 2571 | |
| 16.0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1.56 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2024 | Test # 2571 | |
| 21.0 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 1.57 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Hamilton | 13 Feb 2024 | Test # 2529 | |
| 17.1 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 1.57 | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 30 Jul 2025 | Test # 2597 | |
| 19.0 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1.57 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Kingston | 12 Aug 2021 | Test # 2430 | |
| 31.0 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 1.58 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Mount Maunganui | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2397 | |
| 12.0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1.58 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2022 | Test # 2472 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1.58 | South Africa | v West Indies | Johannesburg | 08 Mar 2023 | Test # 2497 | |
| 12.0 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1.58 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 17 Mar 2023 | Test # 2500 | |
| 29.0 | 12 | 46 | 5 | 1.58 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Galle | 21 Nov 2021 | Test # 2434 | |
| 27.0 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 1.59 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 16 Dec 2021 | Test # 2441 |
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Minimum of 60 ballsPerformances 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:
India vs Bangladesh at Chattogram, India in Bangladesh 3rd ODI, Dec 10, 2022 [ODI # 4499]
Nepal vs Scotland at Windhoek, World Cup League 2 120th Match, Dec 8, 2022 [ODI # 4498]
Namibia vs Nepal at Windhoek, World Cup League 2 119th Match, Dec 7, 2022 [ODI # 4497]