Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Zimbabwe 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
KJ Silva	14.4	9	10	3	0.68	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
CEL Ambrose	11.0	6	8	3	0.72	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
RL Chase	12.0	6	9	2	0.75	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	4 Feb 2023	Test # 2489
DJ Nash	14.0	7	11	1	0.78	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	0.79	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
NJ Astle	11.0	6	9	1	0.81	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
CEL Ambrose	16.0	9	14	1	0.87	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
Hasan Ali	10.0	7	9	-	0.90	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 May 2021	Test # 2421
SE Bond	11.0	8	10	2	0.90	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
CZ Harris	14.0	6	13	-	0.92	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	0.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Morkel	15.0	9	15	3	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
AA Donald	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
SB Doull	17.0	8	18	2	1.05	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
Aamer Sohail	11.0	6	12	-	1.09	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
DM de Silva	11.0	6	12	-	1.09	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
MJ Santner	14.0	5	16	2	1.14	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016	Test # 2210
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	24.0	9	28	2	1.16	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
Waqar Younis	11.0	6	13	1	1.18	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
KAJ Roach	10.0	7	12	1	1.20	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
Ata-ur-Rehman	16.0	6	20	2	1.25	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	1 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
MJ Santner	12.0	4	15	1	1.25	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Aug 2016	Test # 2214
HMRKB Herath	30.0	13	38	3	1.26	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016	Test # 2228
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
WPUJC Vaas	26.3	11	34	2	1.28	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
CA Walsh	14.0	8	18	2	1.28	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
DJ Nash	10.0	5	13	2	1.30	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402
KJ Silva	19.0	12	25	4	1.31	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
Harbhajan Singh	19.0	6	25	1	1.31	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
CA Walsh	15.5	6	21	3	1.32	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
NJ Astle	18.0	10	24	1	1.33	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
MJ Hoggard	18.0	8	24	3	1.33	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
RAS Lakmal	20.0	8	27	4	1.35	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
NC McGarrell	17.0	7	23	4	1.35	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
HDPK Dharmasena	14.0	7	19	1	1.35	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
KJ Silva	19.4	9	27	3	1.37	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
Saeed Ajmal	16.4	5	23	4	1.38	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	3 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
AD Mullally	23.0	7	32	1	1.39	England	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1348
Mushtaq Ahmed	17.0	7	24	2	1.41	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	1 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
A Nel	12.0	7	17	2	1.41	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
SM Pollock	28.0	14	40	2	1.42	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
GR Larsen	21.0	8	30	1	1.42	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	20 Jan 1996	Test # 1323
GP Wickramasinghe	21.0	6	30	1	1.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
NG Smith	14.0	8	20	3	1.42	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	30 Jul 2025	Test # 2597
SM Pollock	16.0	9	23	3	1.43	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
CEL Ambrose	25.0	8	36	-	1.44	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
Harbhajan Singh	31.4	9	46	4	1.45	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
FA Rose	13.0	4	19	4	1.46	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
M Prabhakar	45.0	15	66	3	1.46	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
N Kapil Dev	15.0	4	22	2	1.46	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
DW Fleming	15.0	6	22	2	1.46	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Harare	14 Oct 1999	Test # 1463
Tabish Khan	15.0	8	22	1	1.46	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 May 2021	Test # 2421
DJ Nash	17.0	11	25	1	1.47	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
Aaqib Javed	17.4	3	26	2	1.47	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Feb 1995	Test # 1290
M Muralidaran	29.5	11	44	3	1.47	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
DW Fleming	21.0	6	31	-	1.47	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Harare	14 Oct 1999	Test # 1463
ST Jayasuriya	29.0	10	43	5	1.48	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
GD McGrath	31.0	12	46	3	1.48	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Harare	14 Oct 1999	Test # 1463
M Muralidaran	35.0	12	52	2	1.48	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
Mohammad Rafique	38.0	14	57	-	1.50	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
DL Vettori	52.0	23	79	1	1.51	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
CBRLS Kumara	21.0	8	32	3	1.52	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	21.0	8	32	5	1.52	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	28 Apr 2025	Test # 2583
Ebadot Hossain	17.0	8	26	-	1.52	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	22 Feb 2020	Test # 2386
SB O'Connor	28.0	9	43	3	1.53	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
D Gough	26.0	10	40	4	1.53	England	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1348
Waqar Younis	13.0	6	20	1	1.53	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
Azhar Mahmood	36.0	18	56	3	1.55	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998	Test # 1408
Mohammad Rafique	41.4	19	65	5	1.56	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
M Prabhakar	14.0	4	22	1	1.57	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
NJ Astle	14.0	9	22	2	1.57	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
MJ Santner	17.1	6	27	4	1.57	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	30 Jul 2025	Test # 2597
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	1.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
NC McGarrell	24.0	9	38	4	1.58	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
DJ Nash	17.3	8	28	-	1.60	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
ST Gabriel	21.0	7	34	2	1.61	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
SB O'Connor	45.0	17	73	4	1.62	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
Azhar Mahmood	16.0	7	26	3	1.62	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
DL Vettori	43.0	13	70	5	1.62	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
IS Sodhi	11.4	5	19	3	1.62	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Aug 2016	Test # 2214
Waqar Younis	11.0	5	18	2	1.63	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998	Test # 1408
M Prabhakar	14.0	4	23	-	1.64	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1218
CAK Rajitha	14.0	6	23	1	1.64	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
TG Southee	17.0	8	28	2	1.64	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016	Test # 2210
M Muralidaran	43.0	15	71	2	1.65	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
AR McBrine	23.0	6	38	4	1.65	Ireland	v Zimbabwe	Belfast	25 Jul 2024	Test # 2540
TA Boult	27.0	13	45	1	1.66	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Aug 2016	Test # 2214
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	27.0	8	45	-	1.66	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	3 Nov 2018	Test # 2323
M Kartik	24.0	7	40	-	1.66	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
Abdur Rehman	24.0	5	40	2	1.66	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	10 Sep 2013	Test # 2096
AA Donald	15.0	6	25	-	1.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
CH Gayle	15.0	2	25	3	1.66	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
N Boje	15.0	7	25	1	1.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
JH Kallis	12.0	5	20	2	1.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
M Dillon	34.0	13	57	2	1.67	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
CEL Ambrose	25.0	13	42	4	1.68	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
KAJ Roach	22.0	10	37	2	1.68	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280

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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:

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]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]