Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

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

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AA Donald	10.0	7	6	2	0.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	0.67	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
SLV Raju	36.0	25	25	2	0.69	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
RK Chauhan	11.0	8	8	3	0.72	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
B Kumar	11.0	8	8	4	0.72	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
SCJ Broad	17.0	11	14	-	0.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
RK Chauhan	24.0	18	20	1	0.83	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
MP Jarvis	34.0	22	30	3	0.88	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
KR Mayers	11.0	7	10	1	0.90	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
TM Moody	16.0	8	15	-	0.93	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
DT Tiripano	16.0	10	15	-	0.93	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
MP Jarvis	24.0	14	24	1	1.00	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
PP Ojha	13.0	6	13	-	1.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
DAJ Bracewell	13.0	6	13	2	1.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	1.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
CEL Ambrose	12.2	5	14	3	1.13	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	8 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
SK Warne	25.0	11	29	3	1.16	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
TA Boult	14.2	8	17	2	1.18	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2356
JO Holder	16.0	8	19	4	1.18	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
GR Larsen	25.4	14	31	1	1.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
N Kapil Dev	29.4	15	36	4	1.21	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
Wasim Akram	14.0	7	17	2	1.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.0	12	27	-	1.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.0	12	27	2	1.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
WJ Cronje	26.0	14	32	1	1.23	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
CL Hooper	13.0	4	16	-	1.23	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
MC Snedden	17.0	7	21	3	1.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
N Boje	24.0	12	30	2	1.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
DT Tiripano	24.0	12	30	1	1.25	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
SLV Raju	20.0	10	25	2	1.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
TA Copeland	16.0	6	20	-	1.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
JS Patel	16.0	7	20	-	1.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
EJ Chatfield	12.0	5	15	3	1.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
TG Southee	12.0	6	15	2	1.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2356
JO Holder	19.0	9	24	-	1.26	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
DT Tiripano	11.0	4	14	1	1.27	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	6 Nov 2016	Test # 2231
LE Plunkett	13.2	6	17	3	1.27	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
RK Chauhan	18.0	11	23	1	1.27	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
Tauseef Ahmed	14.0	4	18	3	1.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
EJ Gray	27.0	12	35	1	1.29	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
N Kapil Dev	26.0	13	34	2	1.30	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
JM Anderson	19.0	10	25	4	1.31	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
JE Emburey	25.0	9	33	6	1.32	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
EJ Chatfield	15.0	4	20	-	1.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
I Sharma	15.0	8	20	3	1.33	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Arshad Khan	22.0	8	30	3	1.36	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
D Bishoo	11.0	3	15	-	1.36	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
JM Anderson	11.4	6	16	5	1.37	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
N Kapil Dev	24.0	11	33	-	1.37	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	1.37	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
JN Gillespie	13.0	4	18	2	1.38	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
NS Yadav	15.0	6	21	1	1.40	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
OAC Banks	22.0	6	31	2	1.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
RK Chauhan	34.0	13	48	4	1.41	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
TG Southee	12.0	4	17	2	1.41	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
Taijul Islam	16.0	6	23	3	1.43	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2025	Test # 2586
WJ Cronje	14.3	3	21	3	1.44	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
MA Butcher	11.0	2	16	-	1.45	England	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
B Lee	17.5	9	26	4	1.45	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
MW Priest	24.0	11	35	-	1.45	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
SB Doull	13.0	4	19	1	1.46	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
SR Watson	13.0	6	19	2	1.46	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
JA Richardson	13.0	5	19	2	1.46	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
TG Southee	15.0	6	22	1	1.46	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	17 Mar 2023	Test # 2500
Wasim Akram	32.0	7	47	-	1.46	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	12 Dec 1991	Test # 1178
RK Chauhan	30.0	14	45	3	1.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
RA Harper	24.0	12	36	1	1.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	8 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
AR Whittall	20.0	6	30	1	1.50	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
GD McGrath	16.0	9	24	2	1.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
NS Yadav	14.0	6	21	2	1.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
Abdul Razzaq	23.1	9	35	5	1.51	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
JO Holder	17.4	6	27	5	1.52	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
G Sharma	17.0	5	26	1	1.52	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
AR Caddick	30.0	13	46	-	1.53	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
Asif Mujtaba	15.0	3	23	1	1.53	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
PJ Cummins	15.0	8	23	6	1.53	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
Shakib Al Hasan	39.0	12	60	3	1.53	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	15 May 2022	Test # 2462
Akram Raza	24.0	10	37	2	1.54	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	12 Dec 1991	Test # 1178
JH Kallis	11.4	4	18	2	1.54	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
GF Lawson	33.0	10	51	1	1.54	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
IK Pathan	22.0	8	34	3	1.54	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Mustafizur Rahman	11.0	4	17	2	1.54	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
SL Boock	42.0	16	65	-	1.54	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
Arshad Khan	45.0	18	70	1	1.55	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	1.55	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
MP Jarvis	37.0	13	58	1	1.56	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
AF Giles	40.0	14	63	4	1.57	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
SM Pollock	12.0	2	19	2	1.58	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	4 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
GP Swann	12.0	2	19	-	1.58	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	3 Jun 2011	Test # 1995
Hasan Ali	12.0	3	19	1	1.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
DAJ Bracewell	12.0	7	19	1	1.58	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	17 Mar 2023	Test # 2500
JA Rennie	29.0	10	46	-	1.58	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
Abdul Razzaq	17.0	9	27	-	1.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
SLV Raju	23.5	7	38	5	1.59	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
Saqlain Mushtaq	28.5	15	46	3	1.59	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
TM Alderman	30.0	12	48	-	1.60	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
A Kumble	28.0	9	45	-	1.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	8 Feb 1994	Test # 1247
PP Ojha	23.0	12	37	2	1.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
MD Crowe	13.0	5	21	1	1.61	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
UT Yadav	13.0	5	21	2	1.61	India	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616 - Live]
>> 211/3 (45.0 ov, JE Root 72*, HC Brook 78*, MG Neser 1/36) - Stumps

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]