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SL: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Records
ODI Matches Records
Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings
Best economy rates in an innings in ODIs at SL: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Best economy rates in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs conceded
Wickets taken
Econ
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
RR Singh
9.0
2
13
3
1.44
India
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
24 Jul 1997
ODI # 1221
WPUJC Vaas
6.0
1
9
1
1.50
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
05 Aug 2002
ODI # 1858
ALF de Mel
8.5
-
14
2
1.58
Sri Lanka
v England
Colombo (SSC)
14 Feb 1982
ODI # 146
SR Waugh
10.0
1
16
3
1.60
Australia
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
07 Sep 1994
ODI # 923
WPUJC Vaas
8.0
5
13
3
1.62
Sri Lanka
v England
Colombo (SSC)
27 Mar 2001
ODI # 1697
A Kumble
10.0
3
17
1
1.70
India
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
24 Jul 1997
ODI # 1221
Shoaib Akhtar
8.0
3
14
1
1.75
Pakistan
v Netherlands
Colombo (SSC)
21 Sep 2002
ODI # 1883
Shahid Afridi
10.0
3
18
3
1.80
Pakistan
v Netherlands
Colombo (SSC)
21 Sep 2002
ODI # 1883
Mohammad Sami
10.0
1
18
1
1.80
Pakistan
v Netherlands
Colombo (SSC)
21 Sep 2002
ODI # 1883
Abdur Razzak
9.0
2
17
3
1.88
Bangladesh
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
16 Jul 2004
ODI # 2143
PT Collins
9.1
4
18
3
1.96
West Indies
v Kenya
Colombo (SSC)
17 Sep 2002
ODI # 1879
UDU Chandana
10.0
1
20
2
2.00
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
11 Jul 2000
ODI # 1610
JN Gillespie
10.0
1
20
3
2.00
Australia
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
19 Sep 2002
ODI # 1881
Harbhajan Singh
10.0
2
20
1
2.00
India
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
21 Jul 2004
ODI # 2149
EJ Chatfield
9.0
4
18
1
2.00
New Zealand
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
07 Apr 1986
ODI # 380
Waqar Younis
7.0
3
14
2
2.00
Pakistan
v Netherlands
Colombo (SSC)
21 Sep 2002
ODI # 1883
KHRK Fernando
6.0
2
12
3
2.00
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
05 Aug 2002
ODI # 1858
Shabbir Ahmed
6.0
2
12
-
2.00
Pakistan
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
18 Jul 2004
ODI # 2147
Mohammad Rafique
10.2
3
21
2
2.03
Bangladesh
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
16 Jul 2004
ODI # 2143
ST Jayasuriya
6.2
2
13
1
2.05
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
11 Jul 2000
ODI # 1610
Shoaib Malik
9.1
1
19
4
2.07
Pakistan
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
18 Jul 2004
ODI # 2147
CJ McDermott
10.0
2
21
1
2.10
Australia
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
07 Sep 1994
ODI # 923
MO Odumbe
10.0
1
21
1
2.10
Kenya
v West Indies
Colombo (SSC)
17 Sep 2002
ODI # 1879
Wasim Akram
9.0
2
19
2
2.11
Pakistan
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
07 Apr 1986
ODI # 380
M Muralidaran
9.0
4
19
1
2.11
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
05 Aug 2002
ODI # 1858
GD McGrath
8.0
3
17
1
2.12
Australia
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
19 Sep 2002
ODI # 1881
JV Coney
7.0
2
15
1
2.14
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
03 Mar 1984
ODI # 253
BKV Prasad
7.0
1
15
1
2.14
India
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
24 Jul 1997
ODI # 1221
M Muralidaran
10.0
2
22
-
2.20
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
31 Aug 2005
ODI # 2275
MS Kasprowicz
9.0
2
20
2
2.22
Australia
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
29 Feb 2004
ODI # 2108
HDPK Dharmasena
7.0
1
16
2
2.28
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
31 Jul 2001
ODI # 1741
Mohammad Sami
7.0
2
16
2
2.28
Pakistan
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
18 Jul 2004
ODI # 2147
G Sharma
9.0
-
21
1
2.33
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
25 Aug 1985
ODI # 332
ALF de Mel
9.0
2
21
1
2.33
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
06 Apr 1986
ODI # 379
RP Arnold
8.0
1
19
1
2.37
Sri Lanka
v England
Colombo (SSC)
27 Mar 2001
ODI # 1697
WPUJC Vaas
8.0
3
19
8
2.37
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
08 Dec 2001
ODI # 1776
Wasim Akram
10.0
2
24
3
2.40
Pakistan
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
07 Sep 1994
ODI # 923
ST Jayasuriya
10.0
1
24
-
2.40
Sri Lanka
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
29 Feb 2004
ODI # 2108
CEL Ambrose
5.0
2
12
-
2.40
West Indies
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
18 Dec 1993
ODI # 866
Aamer Sohail
7.0
-
17
-
2.42
Pakistan
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
07 Sep 1994
ODI # 923
DNT Zoysa
7.0
2
17
-
2.42
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
08 Dec 2001
ODI # 1776
Khaled Mahmud
7.0
2
17
2
2.42
Bangladesh
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
16 Jul 2004
ODI # 2143
GD McGrath
10.0
3
25
2
2.50
Australia
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
07 Sep 1994
ODI # 923
DL Vettori
10.0
1
25
1
2.50
New Zealand
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
15 Sep 2002
ODI # 1877
AN Ranasinghe
8.0
2
20
-
2.50
Sri Lanka
v England
Colombo (SSC)
13 Feb 1982
ODI # 145
DJ Terbrugge
8.0
1
20
4
2.50
South Africa
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
12 Jul 2000
ODI # 1612
A Kumble
6.0
1
15
1
2.50
India
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
03 Jul 1998
ODI # 1342
SB Joshi
9.0
1
23
2
2.55
India
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
06 Sep 1996
ODI # 1113
JH Kallis
7.0
2
18
1
2.57
South Africa
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
12 Jul 2000
ODI # 1612
Sir RJ Hadlee
8.3
-
22
3
2.58
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
03 Mar 1984
ODI # 253
Akram Raza
10.0
1
26
2
2.60
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
22 Aug 1994
ODI # 917
Akram Raza
10.0
1
26
1
2.60
Pakistan
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
07 Sep 1994
ODI # 923
GP Wickramasinghe
5.0
-
13
2
2.60
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
17 Sep 1994
ODI # 927
KD Mills
5.0
-
13
2
2.60
New Zealand
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
23 Sep 2002
ODI # 1885
M Muralidaran
8.0
1
21
-
2.62
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
31 Jul 2001
ODI # 1741
Mushfiqur Rahman
8.0
3
21
2
2.62
Bangladesh
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
16 Jul 2004
ODI # 2143
Tapash Baisya
8.0
2
21
-
2.62
Bangladesh
v Hong Kong
Colombo (SSC)
16 Jul 2004
ODI # 2143
SD Anurasiri
9.0
-
24
1
2.66
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
06 Apr 1986
ODI # 379
Wasim Akram
9.0
-
24
3
2.66
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
07 Aug 1994
ODI # 916
NC McGarrell
10.0
-
27
-
2.70
West Indies
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
09 Dec 2001
ODI # 1777
CRD Fernando
7.0
2
19
2
2.71
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
31 Jul 2001
ODI # 1741
Imran Khan
8.0
2
22
-
2.75
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
11 Mar 1986
ODI # 368
ALF de Mel
8.0
1
22
-
2.75
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
11 Mar 1986
ODI # 368
A Kumble
8.0
-
22
1
2.75
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
01 Jul 1998
ODI # 1341
Mushtaq Ahmed
10.0
1
28
-
2.80
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
22 Aug 1994
ODI # 917
ST Jayasuriya
10.0
-
28
2
2.80
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
22 Aug 1994
ODI # 917
TM Moody
10.0
4
28
-
2.80
Australia
v India
Colombo (SSC)
28 Aug 1999
ODI # 1489
WPUJC Vaas
7.0
1
20
3
2.85
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Colombo (SSC)
31 Jul 2001
ODI # 1741
SM Pollock
8.0
-
23
2
2.87
South Africa
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
12 Jul 2000
ODI # 1612
DS Lehmann
8.0
-
23
-
2.87
Australia
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
19 Sep 2002
ODI # 1881
RGD Willis
9.0
1
26
-
2.88
England
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
14 Feb 1982
ODI # 146
JN Gillespie
9.0
1
26
4
2.88
Australia
v India
Colombo (SSC)
28 Aug 1999
ODI # 1489
A Nehra
9.0
-
26
1
2.88
India
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
21 Jul 2004
ODI # 2149
SK Warne
10.0
1
29
3
2.90
Australia
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
07 Sep 1994
ODI # 923
M Muralidaran
10.0
-
29
2
2.90
Sri Lanka
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
22 Jul 1997
ODI # 1220
HDPK Dharmasena
10.0
-
29
2
2.90
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
22 Jan 1998
ODI # 1282
BKV Prasad
10.0
-
29
2
2.90
India
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
28 Aug 1999
ODI # 1489
M Muralidaran
10.0
-
29
-
2.90
Sri Lanka
v England
Colombo (SSC)
27 Mar 2001
ODI # 1697
M Muralidaran
10.0
2
29
2
2.90
Sri Lanka
v India
Colombo (SSC)
01 Aug 2001
ODI # 1742
CD Collymore
10.0
1
29
2
2.90
West Indies
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
09 Dec 2001
ODI # 1777
WPUJC Vaas
10.0
-
30
2
3.00
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
21 Feb 1996
ODI # 1055
AR Whittall
10.0
1
30
1
3.00
Zimbabwe
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
03 Sep 1996
ODI # 1112
Harbhajan Singh
10.0
-
30
1
3.00
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
01 Aug 2001
ODI # 1742
HK Olonga
10.0
1
30
1
3.00
Zimbabwe
v West Indies
Colombo (SSC)
09 Dec 2001
ODI # 1777
Shoaib Akhtar
10.0
1
30
3
3.00
Pakistan
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
17 Jul 2004
ODI # 2145
SL Malinga
10.0
-
30
3
3.00
Sri Lanka
v West Indies
Colombo (SSC)
03 Feb 2011
ODI # 3096
A Ranatunga
9.0
1
27
-
3.00
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Colombo (SSC)
06 Apr 1986
ODI # 379
HH Streak
8.0
-
24
-
3.00
Zimbabwe
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
03 Sep 1996
ODI # 1112
Z Khan
8.0
1
24
2
3.00
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
01 Aug 2001
ODI # 1742
Wasim Akram
7.2
2
22
-
3.00
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
06 Apr 1986
ODI # 379
WPUJC Vaas
7.0
-
21
-
3.00
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
22 Jan 1998
ODI # 1282
GA Gooch
6.0
1
18
-
3.00
England
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
13 Feb 1982
ODI # 145
VB John
5.0
-
15
-
3.00
Sri Lanka
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
30 Apr 1983
ODI # 196
Akram Raza
10.0
2
31
1
3.10
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
07 Aug 1994
ODI # 916
Mushtaq Ahmed
10.0
2
31
1
3.10
Pakistan
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
12 Jul 2000
ODI # 1612
SC Ganguly
10.0
1
31
2
3.10
India
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
01 Aug 2001
ODI # 1742
SL Boock
9.0
-
28
3
3.11
New Zealand
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
03 Mar 1984
ODI # 253
Wasim Akram
9.0
1
28
4
3.11
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
11 Mar 1986
ODI # 368
Danish Kaneria
8.2
1
26
1
3.12
Pakistan
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
17 Jul 2004
ODI # 2145
DNT Zoysa
8.0
-
25
1
3.12
Sri Lanka
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
31 Aug 2004
ODI # 2163
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