Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Aamer Sohail	1.0	1	-	-	-	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
PA de Silva	1.0	1	-	-	-	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
DR Martyn	3.0	2	1	-	0.33	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	27 Nov 1997	First-class
DJ Marsh	6.0	3	3	-	0.50	Tasmania	v Sth Africans	Devonport	13 Dec 1997	First-class
GS Blewett	2.0	1	1	-	0.50	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
Azhar Mahmood	11.0	4	12	-	1.09	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
PR Reiffel	12.0	3	14	3	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
GP Wickramasinghe	6.0	1	7	-	1.16	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
GD McGrath	17.0	9	20	1	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
TM Moody	8.0	3	10	1	1.25	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	9 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
SR Waugh	8.0	4	10	-	1.25	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
CR Miller	10.0	3	13	1	1.30	Tasmania	v Sth Africans	Devonport	13 Dec 1997	First-class
PR Reiffel	18.0	7	24	2	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
S Young	8.0	4	11	-	1.37	Tasmania	v Sth Africans	Devonport	13 Dec 1997	First-class
SK Warne	42.0	15	64	3	1.52	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
JL Langer	11.0	5	17	2	1.54	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
ME Waugh	18.0	8	28	2	1.55	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
GD McGrath	5.0	2	8	1	1.60	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	1.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
SK Warne	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
Azhar Mahmood	17.0	6	28	-	1.64	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
ME Waugh	3.0	1	5	-	1.66	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
SR Waugh	7.0	2	12	1	1.71	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
PR Reiffel	10.0	1	18	1	1.80	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	9 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
Shoaib Akhtar	11.0	-	20	-	1.81	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
GS Blewett	14.0	5	26	1	1.85	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
P Wilson	15.0	5	29	1	1.93	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
PR Reiffel	24.0	7	48	-	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
MS Mason	17.0	6	34	1	2.00	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	27 Nov 1997	First-class
Wasim Akram	13.0	3	26	1	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
S Young	8.0	2	16	-	2.00	Tasmania	v Sth Africans	Devonport	13 Dec 1997	First-class
Fazl-e-Akbar	8.0	2	16	2	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
ST Jayasuriya	5.0	2	10	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Aamer Sohail	2.0	-	4	-	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
MS Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
GD McGrath	28.0	11	57	1	2.03	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Saqlain Mushtaq	62.0	13	129	5	2.08	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
M Muralidaran	30.0	8	63	5	2.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Mushtaq Ahmed	37.0	13	78	6	2.10	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Mushtaq Ahmed	58.5	17	126	3	2.14	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
SG Law	7.0	2	15	1	2.14	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
SK Warne	44.0	11	97	3	2.20	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Mushtaq Ahmed	32.0	9	71	3	2.21	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Azhar Mahmood	21.0	7	47	-	2.23	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
Waqar Younis	20.0	8	45	-	2.25	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
AC Dale	20.0	5	45	3	2.25	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
PR Reiffel	14.0	5	32	-	2.28	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Azhar Mahmood	7.0	2	16	-	2.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
CR Miller	41.0	10	94	2	2.29	Tasmania	v Sth Africans	Devonport	13 Dec 1997	First-class
GS Blewett	13.0	5	30	1	2.30	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
Shoaib Akhtar	13.0	5	30	-	2.30	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
Wasim Akram	16.0	3	37	-	2.31	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
SK Warne	32.1	8	75	5	2.33	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
Saqlain Mushtaq	15.0	6	36	3	2.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
GP Wickramasinghe	15.0	2	36	1	2.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
DNT Zoysa	12.0	2	29	1	2.41	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
MG Bevan	23.0	3	56	2	2.43	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
Mushtaq Ahmed	27.0	5	66	3	2.44	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
ME Waugh	10.0	-	25	-	2.50	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
DR Martyn	2.0	-	5	-	2.50	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	27 Nov 1997	First-class
GD McGrath	20.0	6	51	1	2.55	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
Mushtaq Ahmed	22.0	6	57	4	2.59	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
Azhar Mahmood	20.0	1	52	1	2.60	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
CL Cairns	10.0	2	26	2	2.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hobart	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1258
B Lee	28.0	6	73	1	2.60	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
GP Wickramasinghe	28.4	7	75	3	2.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Wasim Akram	16.0	6	42	4	2.62	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
M Muralidaran	41.0	10	108	4	2.63	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Wasim Akram	26.0	8	70	3	2.69	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
SR Waugh	10.0	3	27	1	2.70	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
Azhar Mahmood	27.0	1	74	2	2.74	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
GP Wickramasinghe	8.0	2	22	2	2.75	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
DS Lehmann	4.0	-	11	2	2.75	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	23 Jan 1998	ODI # 1283
PA de Silva	5.0	1	14	-	2.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Abdul Razzaq	5.2	-	15	-	2.81	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1303
DL Vettori	6.0	1	17	1	2.83	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hobart	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1258
MS Mason	29.0	8	83	-	2.86	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	27 Nov 1997	First-class
SCG MacGill	24.0	8	69	2	2.87	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
GR Larsen	8.0	1	23	-	2.87	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hobart	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1258
SK Warne	33.0	6	95	2	2.87	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
TM Moody	9.0	1	26	1	2.88	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	27 Jan 1998	ODI # 1287
Wasim Akram	10.0	1	29	1	2.90	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
P Wilson	28.0	7	82	1	2.92	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
AJ Bichel	35.0	10	103	1	2.94	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
CL Cairns	9.5	1	29	2	2.94	New Zealand	v South Africa	Adelaide	6 Dec 1997	ODI # 1255
M Muralidaran	45.0	8	135	4	3.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
MS Garnaut	11.0	4	33	-	3.00	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	27 Nov 1997	First-class
GP Wickramasinghe	8.0	1	24	-	3.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
KR Pushpakumara	8.0	-	24	-	3.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
MS Kasprowicz	18.0	5	55	2	3.05	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
Waqar Younis	14.0	2	43	2	3.07	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
MP Atkinson	13.0	2	40	2	3.07	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	27 Nov 1997	First-class
GR Larsen	10.0	-	31	2	3.10	New Zealand	v South Africa	Adelaide	6 Dec 1997	ODI # 1255
Mushtaq Ahmed	10.0	-	31	-	3.10	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
Waqar Younis	17.4	4	55	4	3.11	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
PR Reiffel	8.0	3	25	-	3.12	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	4 Dec 1997	ODI # 1254
SCG MacGill	7.0	1	22	3	3.14	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
PJ Hutchison	13.0	4	41	1	3.15	Tasmania	v Sth Africans	Devonport	13 Dec 1997	First-class
MG Bevan	18.0	1	57	1	3.16	Australia A	v Sth Africans	Brisbane	19 Dec 1997	First-class
CZ Harris	10.0	-	32	1	3.20	New Zealand	v South Africa	Adelaide	6 Dec 1997	ODI # 1255

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>> 246/7 (80.5 ov, Marshall Ayub 118*, Sumon Khan 12*, Mojammel Hasan Shakil 1/43) - Stumps

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>> 214/2 (64.0 ov, KR Patterson 79*, L Shaw 42*, MP Kuhnemann 0/46) - Stumps