Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - South Africa
Best economy rates in an innings By Australia vs South Africa in FC+LA+T20s - South Africa
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| JH du Preez | 2.0 | 2 | - | 1 | - | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 |
| AD Nourse | 1.0 | 1 | - | - | - | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 |
| EAB Rowan | 1.0 | 1 | - | - | - | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 |
| TL Goddard | 1.0 | 1 | - | - | - | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1964 | Test # 549 |
| JN Rhodes | 1.0 | 1 | - | - | - | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 25 Mar 1994 | Test # 1256 |
| AK Markram | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 |
| WJ Cronje | 0.3 | - | - | 1 | - | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 4 Mar 1994 | Test # 1252 |
| 4.0 | 2 | 2 | - | 0.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Hobart | 12 Nov 2016 | Test # 2233 | |
| 2.0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1966 | Test # 613 | |
| 13.0 | 7 | 13 | - | 0.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 5 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
| 23.0 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0.78 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
| 23.0 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 9 | - | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 17 Mar 1994 | Test # 1253 | |
| 27.0 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1967 | Test # 615 | |
| 24.7 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0.87 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 7 Feb 1964 | Test # 555 | |
| 5.0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0.90 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1964 | Test # 553 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 9 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 8 | - | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 6.0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
| 5.0 | 3 | 5 | - | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Centurion | 21 Mar 1997 | Test # 1362 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 3 | - | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 9 Mar 2018 | Test # 2298 | |
| 1.0 | - | 1 | - | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 8 Nov 1902 | Test # 77 | |
| 1.0 | - | 1 | - | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Nov 2016 | Test # 2236 | |
| 18.0 | 12 | 19 | - | 1.05 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 | Test # 670 | |
| 24.5 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1.08 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 | |
| 42.0 | 18 | 62 | 1 | 1.10 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 16.0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1.17 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
| 10.1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1.18 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 | |
| 25.1 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
| 59.0 | 24 | 94 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 16.0 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1.25 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1998 | Test # 1397 | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 10 | - | 1.25 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 8.0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1.25 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Feb 1994 | ODI # 886 | |
| 4.0 | - | 5 | 1 | 1.25 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
| 4.0 | 2 | 5 | - | 1.25 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1997 | Test # 1392 | |
| 24.0 | 8 | 41 | 4 | 1.28 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 5 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
| 17.4 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1.28 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 9 | - | 1.28 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 3 Mar 2006 | ODI # 2345 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1.30 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 13 | - | 1.30 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1904 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 4 | - | 1.33 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 3 Feb 1967 | Test # 616 | |
| 31.0 | 13 | 42 | 4 | 1.35 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1931 | Test # 214 | |
| 26.0 | 13 | 47 | 2 | 1.35 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 5 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1.36 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1964 | Test # 550 | |
| 18.0 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 1.38 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 9 Mar 2018 | Test # 2298 | |
| 16.3 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 1.39 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 3 Feb 1967 | Test # 616 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.40 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 14 Dec 1993 | ODI # 862 | |
| 5.0 | 2 | 7 | - | 1.40 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1.42 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 5 Feb 1970 | Test # 671 | |
| 13.0 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1.46 | South Africa | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 30 Nov 2012 | Test # 2064 | |
| 51.6 | 13 | 101 | 3 | 1.46 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 41 | - | 1.46 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 29.0 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 1.47 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
| 19.4 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 1.47 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 | Test # 670 | |
| 19.3 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1.48 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | Test # 216 | |
| 26.0 | 11 | 39 | 2 | 1.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 | Test # 611 | |
| 12.0 | 6 | 24 | - | 1.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 21 | - | 1.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
| 14.0 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
| 6.0 | 5 | 9 | - | 1.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 1994 | Test # 1243 | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 9 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | |
| 0.4 | - | 1 | - | 1.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 7 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1.52 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1967 | Test # 615 | |
| 14.5 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1.55 | South Africa | v Australia | Centurion | 21 Mar 1997 | Test # 1362 | |
| 23.0 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 1.56 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
| 28.0 | 11 | 44 | - | 1.57 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 1994 | Test # 1243 | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1.57 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 3 Feb 1967 | Test # 616 | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 11 | - | 1.57 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 5 Feb 1970 | Test # 671 | |
| 7.0 | 1 | 11 | - | 1.57 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2001 | Test # 1580 | |
| 26.0 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 1.57 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 | |
| 38.0 | 9 | 80 | 3 | 1.57 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 7 Feb 1964 | Test # 555 | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 19 | - | 1.58 | South Africa | v Australia | Nottingham | 5 Aug 1912 | Test # 127 | |
| 33.0 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 1.59 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 17 | - | 1.59 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
| 5.0 | 1 | 8 | - | 1.60 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 25 Mar 1994 | Test # 1256 | |
| 32.5 | 14 | 53 | 6 | 1.61 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 | Test # 611 | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 1.61 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
| 24.0 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 1.62 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 6 Dec 1963 | Test # 548 | |
| 8.0 | 3 | 13 | - | 1.62 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 14 Dec 2001 | Test # 1576 | |
| 17.0 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 1.63 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 1.63 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 7 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
| 37.1 | 13 | 81 | 7 | 1.63 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 | Test # 361 | |
| 30.2 | 4 | 66 | 5 | 1.63 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 6 Feb 1953 | Test # 365 | |
| 11.0 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1.63 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1967 | Test # 615 | |
| 49.0 | 17 | 107 | 1 | 1.63 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 7 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
| 36.0 | 12 | 60 | 3 | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Lord's | 15 Jul 1912 | Test # 125 | |
| 18.0 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 2006 | Test # 1780 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 | Test # 670 | |
| 9.0 | 1 | 15 | - | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Feb 1992 | ODI # 719 | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 10 | - | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 14 Dec 1935 | Test # 247 | |
| 3.0 | - | 5 | - | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 | Test # 215 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 5 | - | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 | Test # 611 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 5 | - | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 5 | - | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 23.2 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 1.67 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 | |
| 17.2 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1.67 | South Africa | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 2005 | Test # 1777 | |
| 28.0 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 1.67 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1967 | Test # 615 | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 9 | - | 1.68 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 29.0 | 11 | 49 | 3 | 1.68 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Nov 2016 | Test # 2236 |
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