Bowling Best Career Economy Rate

Best economy rates Held in Sri Lanka for Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best economy rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
DR Flynn (NZ)	2009-2012	4	1.0	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2011-2012	15	7.0	4	42	7	2	1/0	3.50	1.00	21.0	-	-	-
Aizaz Khan (HKG)	2014-2014	1	4.0	1	24	4	2	2/4	2.00	1.00	12.0	-	-	-
DM Benkenstein (SA)	2002-2002	1	3.5	1	23	5	3	3/5	1.66	1.30	7.6	-	-	-
D Hettiarachchi (SL)	2001-2001	1	27.0	7	162	41	2	2/36	20.50	1.51	81.0	-	-	-
RA Harper (WI)	1993-1993	2	25.0	12	150	39	1	1/36	39.00	1.56	150.0	-	-	-
W Watson (NZ)	1986-1986	1	9.0	2	54	15	3	3/15	5.00	1.66	18.0	-	-	-
CDUS Weerasinghe (SL)	1985-1985	1	19.0	8	114	36	-	-	-	1.89	-	-	-	-
EJ Gray (NZ)	1984-1987	4	41.0	12	246	82	2	1/32	41.00	2.00	123.0	-	-	-
Tanwir Afzal (HKG)	2014-2014	1	4.0	1	24	8	2	2/8	4.00	2.00	12.0	-	-	-
TG Gordon (CAN)	2011-2011	2	0.3	-	3	1	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
TA Copeland (AUS)	2011-2011	3	108.0	34	648	227	6	2/24	37.83	2.10	108.0	-	-	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1993-1993	5	43.0	16	258	91	1	1/32	91.00	2.11	258.0	-	-	-
RMMP Rathnayake (SL)	2024-2025	3	38.4	10	232	82	4	3/39	20.50	2.12	58.0	-	-	-
MW Priest (NZ)	1998-1998	2	35.5	11	215	77	2	2/42	38.50	2.14	107.5	-	-	-
MS Atapattu (SL)	1992-2006	123	6.0	-	36	13	1	1/9	13.00	2.16	36.0	-	-	-
EAR de Silva (SL)	1985-1992	3	55.0	18	330	122	2	1/37	61.00	2.21	165.0	-	-	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1984-1987	7	179.1	60	1075	400	34	5/29	11.76	2.23	31.6	3	2	1
SL Boock (NZ)	1984-1984	6	148.3	41	891	336	16	5/28	21.00	2.26	55.6	-	1	-
PK Wijetunge (SL)	1993-1993	1	52.0	5	312	118	2	1/58	59.00	2.26	156.0	-	-	-
SMS Kaluperuma (SL)	1984-1984	3	27.0	8	162	62	2	2/17	31.00	2.29	81.0	-	-	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1982-1982	3	71.5	21	431	166	11	5/28	15.09	2.31	39.1	-	1	-
KJ Silva (SL)	1996-1998	5	192.3	61	1155	446	19	4/16	23.47	2.31	60.7	2	-	-
GS Dinusha (SL)	2025-2025	1	12.3	4	75	29	3	3/22	9.66	2.32	25.0	-	-	-
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1998	25	485.0	102	2910	1136	35	4/127	32.45	2.34	83.1	1	-	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	9	140.0	32	840	330	19	4/69	17.36	2.35	44.2	1	-	-
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2010	54	5.0	-	30	12	-	-	-	2.40	-	-	-	-
MW Forde (WI)	2024-2024	1	5.0	-	30	12	-	-	-	2.40	-	-	-	-
Golam Faruq (BAN)	1986-1986	2	14.3	2	87	35	1	1/22	35.00	2.41	87.0	-	-	-
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1994-1997	10	60.0	10	360	145	2	1/23	72.50	2.41	180.0	-	-	-
RJ Harris (AUS)	2011-2011	2	66.0	25	396	160	11	5/62	14.54	2.42	36.0	-	1	-
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1992-2004	73	16.5	3	101	41	2	1/3	20.50	2.43	50.5	-	-	-
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1985	6	133.3	31	801	327	8	3/74	40.87	2.44	100.1	-	-	-
Maninder Singh (IND)	1985-1985	2	86.3	27	519	212	6	4/31	35.33	2.45	86.5	1	-	-
A Flintoff (ENG)	2001-2003	7	100.5	20	605	248	9	3/42	27.55	2.45	67.2	-	-	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1993-1993	4	37.2	11	224	92	4	3/14	23.00	2.46	56.0	-	-	-
SP Gauchan (NEP)	2014-2014	1	4.0	-	24	10	2	2/10	5.00	2.50	12.0	-	-	-
RAP Nissanka (SL)	2001-2003	7	86.5	20	521	221	9	2/11	24.55	2.54	57.8	-	-	-
CC Lewis (ENG)	1993-1993	3	55.0	7	330	140	6	4/66	23.33	2.54	55.0	1	-	-
NT Ellis (AUS)	2025-2025	1	9.0	2	54	23	2	2/23	11.50	2.55	27.0	-	-	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-2002	22	378.5	97	2273	969	52	5/43	18.63	2.55	43.7	4	2	-
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2001-2007	10	14.0	-	84	36	-	-	-	2.57	-	-	-	-
SLV Raju (IND)	1993-1994	2	61.4	10	370	159	3	1/38	53.00	2.57	123.3	-	-	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1993-1993	4	48.2	11	290	125	6	3/24	20.83	2.58	48.3	-	-	-
PM Siddle (AUS)	2011-2011	1	35.0	8	210	91	4	4/91	22.75	2.60	52.5	1	-	-
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2015-2021	4	26.3	4	159	69	7	6/29	9.85	2.60	22.7	-	1	-
FS Ahangama (SL)	1985-1985	3	133.3	32	801	348	18	5/52	19.33	2.60	44.5	-	1	-
MRCN Bandaratilleke (SL)	1998-2001	9	255.0	63	1530	665	22	5/36	30.22	2.60	69.5	2	1	-
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-2011	183	5162.2	1147	30974	13469	647	9/51	20.81	2.60	47.8	30	47	15
RDB Croft (ENG)	2001-2001	5	129.0	29	774	337	11	4/56	30.63	2.61	70.3	1	-	-
BN Schultz (SA)	1993-1993	3	124.1	35	745	326	20	5/48	16.30	2.62	37.2	2	2	-
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1992-1999	26	300.0	79	1800	790	20	4/66	39.50	2.63	90.0	1	-	-
AR Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1998	8	174.2	31	1046	460	8	3/73	57.50	2.63	130.7	-	-	-
V Permaul (WI)	2021-2021	1	53.0	7	318	141	8	5/35	17.62	2.66	39.7	-	1	-
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	235	3.0	-	18	8	-	-	-	2.66	-	-	-	-
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1984-1987	9	166.0	42	996	443	21	5/63	21.09	2.66	47.4	1	1	-
ML Su'a (NZ)	1992-1992	4	62.0	13	372	167	5	2/50	33.40	2.69	74.4	-	-	-
AC Dale (AUS)	1999-1999	1	10.0	2	60	27	1	1/27	27.00	2.70	60.0	-	-	-
Zulfiqar Babar (PAK)	2015-2015	2	81.0	20	486	219	6	3/64	36.50	2.70	81.0	-	-	-
Jahangir Shah (BAN)	1986-1986	2	15.0	1	90	41	2	2/23	20.50	2.73	45.0	-	-	-
AF Giles (ENG)	2001-2003	9	327.4	79	1966	900	25	5/116	36.00	2.74	78.6	3	1	-
Sagar Pun (NEP)	2014-2014	1	4.0	-	24	11	2	2/11	5.50	2.75	12.0	-	-	-
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2012	8	4.0	1	24	11	-	-	-	2.75	-	-	-	-
JV Coney (NZ)	1984-1984	8	34.1	6	205	94	5	2/16	18.80	2.75	41.0	-	-	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1993	3	25.0	5	150	69	4	3/15	17.25	2.76	37.5	-	-	-
Arshad Khan (PAK)	1997-2000	10	189.0	34	1134	523	13	4/62	40.23	2.76	87.2	1	-	-
AA Donald (SA)	1993-2002	8	142.0	34	852	393	21	5/69	18.71	2.76	40.5	-	1	-
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1985-1994	16	283.5	76	1703	787	23	3/74	34.21	2.77	74.0	-	-	-
Abrar Ahmed (PAK)	2023-2023	2	86.1	18	517	239	10	4/69	23.90	2.77	51.7	1	-	-
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2012	66	166.1	32	997	461	15	4/49	30.73	2.77	66.4	1	-	-
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1986-1994	8	302.5	64	1817	842	29	4/25	29.03	2.78	62.6	3	-	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1982	3	46.0	12	276	128	5	2/32	25.60	2.78	55.2	-	-	-
MS Panesar (ENG)	2007-2012	5	192.0	36	1152	537	11	3/46	48.81	2.79	104.7	-	-	-
G Sharma (IND)	1985-1985	4	30.0	7	180	84	2	1/21	42.00	2.80	90.0	-	-	-
WER Somerville (NZ)	2019-2019	2	80.2	18	482	225	7	3/83	32.14	2.80	68.8	-	-	-
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1992-1992	6	146.5	29	881	413	13	4/76	31.76	2.81	67.7	1	-	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2019	8	148.0	36	888	417	20	4/42	20.85	2.81	44.4	1	-	-
RS Morton (WI)	2005-2005	4	6.0	-	36	17	-	-	-	2.83	-	-	-	-
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2007-2007	2	75.5	13	455	215	6	3/104	35.83	2.83	75.8	-	-	-
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1997-2002	6	271.2	46	1628	770	28	5/38	27.50	2.83	58.1	4	2	-
SR Patel (ENG)	2012-2012	5	68.0	15	408	193	5	2/6	38.60	2.83	81.6	-	-	-
KHRK Fernando (SL)	2002-2002	3	19.0	4	114	54	5	3/12	10.80	2.84	22.8	-	-	-
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2022-2022	2	51.0	8	306	145	3	2/23	48.33	2.84	102.0	-	-	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1993-2002	14	188.2	29	1130	537	12	3/42	44.75	2.85	94.1	-	-	-
JA Warrican (WI)	2015-2021	3	133.3	20	801	384	15	4/50	25.60	2.87	53.4	2	-	-
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	1998-2003	9	210.2	51	1262	609	17	5/82	35.82	2.89	74.2	1	1	-
WRS de Silva (SL)	2002-2007	3	72.0	18	432	209	11	4/35	19.00	2.90	39.2	1	-	-
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	133	2397.0	523	14382	6968	261	8/19	26.69	2.90	55.1	13	6	1
MJ Leach (ENG)	2018-2021	5	253.3	30	1521	740	28	5/83	26.42	2.91	54.3	2	2	-
STR Binny (IND)	2015-2015	2	40.0	10	240	117	3	2/24	39.00	2.92	80.0	-	-	-
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1984	15	293.2	53	1760	859	21	3/54	40.90	2.92	83.8	-	-	-
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1992	14	59.0	17	354	173	4	2/20	43.25	2.93	88.5	-	-	-
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1993-1993	2	35.0	9	210	103	1	1/32	103.00	2.94	210.0	-	-	-
MAWR Madurasinghe (SL)	1992-1992	1	24.0	2	144	71	-	-	-	2.95	-	-	-	-
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	92	2659.0	478	15954	7869	323	9/127	24.36	2.95	49.3	14	26	7
Imran Khan (PAK)	2015-2015	1	36.4	6	220	109	5	5/58	21.80	2.97	44.0	-	1	-
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	2004-2004	6	135.5	25	815	404	20	5/45	20.20	2.97	40.7	1	1	-
AY Patel (NZ)	2019-2024	4	177.0	30	1062	527	17	6/90	31.00	2.97	62.4	-	2	-
A Mishra (IND)	2010-2015	4	138.2	15	830	412	19	4/43	21.68	2.97	43.6	1	-	-
DM Bess (ENG)	2021-2021	2	85.1	10	511	255	12	5/30	21.25	2.99	42.5	1	1	-

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Somerset Women vs Essex Women at Chelmsford, Women's One-Day Cup 34th Match, Jul 24, 2025 [Other OD]

Durham Women vs Lancashire Women at Chester-le-Street, Women's One-Day Cup 33rd Match, Jul 24, 2025 [Other OD]

India Women vs England Women at Chester-le-Street, India Women in England 3rd ODI, Jul 22, 2025 [Women ODI # 1474]