Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Sri Lanka vs other countries ODIs Bowling Records - Best Economy Rate in an Innings

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CEL Ambrose	10.0	5	5	1	0.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	13 Oct 1999	ODI # 1512
GF Lawson	7.0	5	5	2	0.71	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	28 Jan 1985	ODI # 299
EJ Chatfield	10.0	4	8	1	0.80	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	2 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
CEL Ambrose	5.0	2	4	0	0.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	1 Dec 1993	ODI # 859
RA Harper	9.0	4	8	2	0.88	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	3 Dec 1986	ODI # 405
BL Cairns	10.0	6	10	0	1.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	2 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
RGD Willis	9.0	4	9	1	1.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983	ODI # 217
Wasim Raja	7.0	4	7	1	1.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	14 Jun 1975	ODI # 30
J Garner	6.0	3	6	0	1.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	2 Feb 1985	ODI # 300
N Kapil Dev	8.0	6	9	1	1.12	India	v Sri Lanka	Amritsar	12 Sep 1982	ODI # 156
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.0	3	9	3	1.12	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	2 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
Wasim Akram	6.0	2	7	0	1.16	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	27 Oct 2001	ODI # 1767
A Kumble	9.0	3	11	1	1.22	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	9 Nov 1998	ODI # 1370
SM Pollock	8.0	3	10	2	1.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Northampton	19 May 1999	ODI # 1451
GR Larsen	7.0	5	9	0	1.28	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
DL Vettori	5.2	2	7	2	1.31	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	2 Jan 2007	ODI # 2470
AME Roberts	12.0	5	16	2	1.33	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	7 Jun 1975	ODI # 22
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.0	3	16	1	1.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
IT Botham	9.0	4	12	2	1.33	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983	ODI # 217
Sir RJ Hadlee	9.0	4	12	0	1.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	5 Jan 1988	ODI # 486
JDP Oram	9.0	4	12	3	1.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dambulla	13 May 2003	ODI # 2010
B Kumar	6.0	1	8	4	1.33	India	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	9 Jul 2013	ODI # 3387
BL Cairns	8.0	1	11	1	1.37	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1984	ODI # 257
S Madan Lal	8.0	2	11	3	1.37	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 1984	ODI # 260
NW Bracken	8.0	2	11	2	1.37	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne (Docklands)	13 Jan 2006	ODI # 2313
DL Vettori	10.0	4	14	4	1.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dambulla	19 May 2003	ODI # 2014
MJ Henry	10.0	2	14	3	1.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	31 Mar 2023	ODI # 4557
Imran Khan	7.0	1	10	2	1.42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	31 Mar 1982	ODI # 151
N Kapil Dev	7.0	3	10	2	1.42	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Dec 1986	ODI # 407
CA Walsh	7.0	4	10	0	1.42	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	28 Oct 1993	ODI # 839
JM Anderson	7.0	2	10	2	1.42	England	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	28 May 2014	ODI # 3494
EJ Chatfield	9.0	2	13	2	1.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	1 Apr 1984	ODI # 258
HH Streak	8.1	2	12	2	1.46	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 1997	ODI # 1194
RA Harper	10.0	2	15	0	1.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	13 Oct 1987	ODI # 457
PS de Villiers	10.0	4	15	3	1.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2 Sep 1993	ODI # 837
P Utseya	10.0	2	15	0	1.50	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	30 Nov 2008	ODI # 2785
NJ Astle	6.0	0	9	3	1.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	27 Mar 1997	ODI # 1185
M Prabhakar	10.0	3	16	2	1.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 1984	ODI # 260
J Garner	10.0	3	16	1	1.60	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	27 Feb 1985	ODI # 313
SR Clark	5.0	1	8	2	1.60	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	22 Feb 2008	ODI # 2683
JJ Bumrah	5.0	1	8	1	1.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	2 Nov 2023	ODI # 4690
Waqar Younis	8.0	2	13	2	1.62	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sargodha	10 Jan 1992	ODI # 700
BD Julien	12.0	3	20	4	1.66	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	7 Jun 1975	ODI # 22
W Watson	9.0	2	15	3	1.66	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	5 Apr 1986	ODI # 378
EJ Gray	9.0	0	15	0	1.66	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	5 Apr 1986	ODI # 378
JE Taylor	6.0	2	10	1	1.66	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	12 Apr 2008	ODI # 2699
M Morkel	6.0	2	10	4	1.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	11 Jan 2012	ODI # 3225
RP Snell	7.1	2	12	4	1.67	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	19 Nov 1993	ODI # 853
SB Joshi	10.0	1	17	3	1.70	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	9 Nov 1998	ODI # 1370
SM Pollock	10.0	3	17	2	1.70	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	31 Jan 2006	ODI # 2321
Abdul Qadir	7.2	2	13	2	1.77	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Hyderabad (Sind)	3 Nov 1985	ODI # 338
EJ Chatfield	9.0	2	16	1	1.77	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	4 Nov 1984	ODI # 275
J Srinath	9.0	4	16	0	1.77	India	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	22 Dec 1997	ODI # 1267
CL Hooper	10.0	3	18	2	1.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	25 Nov 1993	ODI # 857
AA Donald	10.0	4	18	3	1.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kimberley	4 Dec 2002	ODI # 1911
AJ Bichel	10.0	4	18	0	1.80	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	18 Mar 2003	ODI # 1991
P Utseya	10.0	4	18	1	1.80	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	28 Nov 2008	ODI # 2784
Mashrafe Mortaza	10.0	1	18	1	1.80	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	16 Jan 2009	ODI # 2794
CR Woakes	10.0	5	18	4	1.80	England	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	29 Jun 2021	ODI # 4296
OD Gibson	8.2	2	15	2	1.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	5 Jan 1996	ODI # 1030
MD Marshall	5.0	2	9	0	1.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	12 Jan 1985	ODI # 286
MG Johnson	5.0	3	9	1	1.80	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	8 Feb 2008	ODI # 2673
JR Thomson	12.0	5	22	1	1.83	Australia	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	11 Jun 1975	ODI # 25
Shabbir Ahmed	6.0	2	11	2	1.83	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	18 Oct 1999	ODI # 1516
RJ Shastri	7.0	1	13	1	1.85	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	8 Apr 1984	ODI # 260
CC Lewis	7.0	1	13	0	1.85	England	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	20 Mar 1993	ODI # 818
N Boje	7.0	0	13	0	1.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	27 Nov 2002	ODI # 1903
Iftikhar Anjum	7.0	2	13	2	1.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Mar 2006	ODI # 2352
SR Watson	7.0	1	13	2	1.85	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	8 Mar 2012	ODI # 3257
Imad Wasim	7.0	0	13	2	1.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20 Oct 2017	ODI # 3927
Imran Khan	8.0	3	15	3	1.87	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Hyderabad (Sind)	15 Jan 1992	ODI # 706
D Gough	8.0	2	15	2	1.87	England	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	29 Jan 1999	ODI # 1396
J Garner	10.0	1	19	2	1.90	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	10 Jan 1985	ODI # 284
Maninder Singh	10.0	2	19	1	1.90	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	13 Apr 1986	ODI # 383
CL Hooper	10.0	1	19	2	1.90	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Berri	13 Mar 1992	ODI # 742
MJ Henry	10.0	1	19	4	1.90	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	5 Jan 2025	ODI # 4822
EJ Chatfield	12.0	3	23	1	1.91	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
NW Bracken	9.4	3	19	4	1.96	Australia	v Sri Lanka	St George's	16 Apr 2007	ODI # 2573
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.0	3	24	1	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	9 Jun 1979	ODI # 62
EJ Chatfield	12.0	4	24	2	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Bristol	13 Jun 1983	ODI # 206
CEL Ambrose	10.0	3	20	3	2.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	5 Jan 1996	ODI # 1030
PL Symcox	10.0	1	20	2	2.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Club)	1 Oct 1996	ODI # 1122
Mohammad Hafeez	10.0	3	20	2	2.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	7 Jun 2012	ODI # 3272
NS Yadav	9.0	2	18	2	2.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	11 Jan 1987	ODI # 415
B Kumar	9.0	2	18	1	2.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	20 Jun 2013	ODI # 3376
G Motie	9.0	2	18	1	2.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	23 Oct 2024	ODI # 4784
JO Holder	8.0	0	16	2	2.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Harare	16 Nov 2016	ODI # 3805
BL Cairns	7.0	2	14	2	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	1 Apr 1984	ODI # 258
MC Snedden	7.0	2	14	0	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	4 Nov 1984	ODI # 275
AA Donald	6.0	0	12	1	2.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
MR Gillespie	6.0	3	12	0	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	2 Jan 2007	ODI # 2470
MJ Henry	6.0	2	12	0	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Auckland	25 Mar 2023	ODI # 4548
CA Walsh	5.0	1	10	1	2.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	1 Dec 1993	ODI # 859
Faheem Ashraf	5.0	0	10	0	2.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2017	ODI # 3926
SM Pollock	8.4	2	18	4	2.07	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	27 Nov 2002	ODI # 1903
Imran Khan	7.1	3	15	3	2.09	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	14 Jun 1975	ODI # 30
WW Davis	10.0	5	21	3	2.10	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	26 Jan 1985	ODI # 296
DL Vettori	10.0	0	21	3	2.10	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	31 Jan 2001	ODI # 1680
SM Pollock	10.0	0	21	2	2.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	24 Oct 2006	ODI # 2435
RW Price	10.0	3	21	1	2.10	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	12 Jan 2009	ODI # 2791

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Performances 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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]