Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - vs Zimbabwe

Players - vs Zimbabwe

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BMAJ Mendis	1.0	1	-	-	-	SL Board XI	v Zimbabweans	Colombo (PSS)	21 Dec 2001	First-class
TT Samaraweera	4.0	2	2	-	0.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	0.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
JN Rhodes	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	23 Sep 2001	ODI # 1748
Enamul Haque	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
TT Samaraweera	5.0	1	7	1	1.40	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
SM Pollock	28.0	14	40	2	1.42	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
TT Samaraweera	7.0	2	10	1	1.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Harbhajan Singh	31.4	9	46	4	1.45	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
ST Jayasuriya	29.0	10	43	5	1.48	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	0.4	-	1	2	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	8 Dec 2001	ODI # 1776
Sharif	9.0	2	14	1	1.55	Chittagong	v Zimbabweans	Chattogram	21 Nov 2001	List A
M Muralidaran	10.0	4	16	2	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1765
A Kumble	37.0	15	63	5	1.70	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
DNT Zoysa	14.0	6	24	2	1.71	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Enamul Haque	43.0	13	74	3	1.72	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
ST Jayasuriya	18.0	5	31	4	1.72	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
L Klusener	29.0	9	50	2	1.72	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
L Klusener	12.0	7	21	-	1.75	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
CW Henderson	18.0	11	33	3	1.83	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
SR Tendulkar	6.0	2	11	-	1.83	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
CW Henderson	9.1	1	17	4	1.85	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
L Klusener	8.0	3	15	1	1.87	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
WPUJC Vaas	19.0	7	36	-	1.89	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	5	35	2	1.94	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
A Kumble	29.3	8	58	4	1.96	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	5	62	6	2.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
UDU Chandana	12.0	4	24	-	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
BMAJ Mendis	6.0	2	12	-	2.00	SL Board XI	v Zimbabweans	Colombo (PSS)	21 Dec 2001	First-class
SM Pollock	4.0	1	8	-	2.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
Aminul Islam	1.0	-	2	-	2.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
M Muralidaran	26.0	8	53	4	2.03	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
J Srinath	18.0	4	37	2	2.05	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
M Ntini	23.0	10	48	1	2.08	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
D Brown	10.0	3	21	3	2.10	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	16 Dec 2001	ODI # 1781
Wasim Akram	9.0	3	19	3	2.11	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	31 Oct 2001	ODI # 1770
Sarandeep Singh	39.0	9	83	3	2.12	Ind Pres XI	v Zimbabweans	Vijayawada	15 Feb 2002	First-class
CW Henderson	67.0	24	143	4	2.13	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
SM Pollock	6.0	1	13	1	2.16	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	22	1	2.20	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	30 Oct 2001	ODI # 1769
CW Henderson	55.0	16	122	2	2.21	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
A Nel	14.5	5	33	1	2.22	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
Harbhajan Singh	26.0	8	58	-	2.23	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
ST Jayasuriya	12.0	3	27	-	2.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
TCB Fernando	12.0	2	27	4	2.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
DNT Zoysa	15.0	4	34	2	2.26	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
WPUJC Vaas	7.3	2	17	2	2.26	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
CW Henderson	24.0	5	55	2	2.29	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
SM Pollock	29.0	5	67	3	2.31	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
A Nehra	25.0	6	58	-	2.32	Ind Pres XI	v Zimbabweans	Vijayawada	15 Feb 2002	First-class
L Klusener	37.0	10	87	1	2.35	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
WPUJC Vaas	8.0	3	19	8	2.37	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	8 Dec 2001	ODI # 1776
M Muralidaran	26.4	7	64	4	2.40	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
PT Collins	10.0	-	24	2	2.40	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	16 Dec 2001	ODI # 1781
A Kumble	33.5	12	82	4	2.42	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
DNT Zoysa	7.0	2	17	-	2.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	8 Dec 2001	ODI # 1776
JH Kallis	21.0	5	52	1	2.47	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
Enamul Haque	54.0	12	134	2	2.48	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
MJ Hoggard	10.0	2	25	2	2.50	England	v Zimbabwe	Harare	3 Oct 2001	ODI # 1751
Mohammad Rafique	10.0	4	25	1	2.50	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	23 Nov 2001	ODI # 1773
SB Bangar	8.0	3	20	-	2.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
Harbhajan Singh	27.5	5	70	2	2.51	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Shafiuddin Ahmed	7.0	2	18	1	2.57	Chittagong	v Zimbabweans	Chattogram	21 Nov 2001	List A
A Kumble	34.0	13	88	3	2.58	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	-	26	3	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	30 Oct 2001	ODI # 1769
CD Collymore	10.0	1	26	2	2.60	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	16 Dec 2001	ODI # 1781
TCB Fernando	5.0	2	13	-	2.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
WPUJC Vaas	24.0	6	63	2	2.62	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Shahid Afridi	8.0	1	21	2	2.62	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	28 Oct 2001	ODI # 1768
Wasim Akram	6.0	-	16	1	2.66	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	28 Oct 2001	ODI # 1768
NC McGarrell	10.0	-	27	-	2.70	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	9 Dec 2001	ODI # 1777
M Ntini	25.0	9	68	-	2.72	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
SM Pollock	22.3	5	62	1	2.75	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
AB Agarkar	10.0	3	28	2	2.80	India	v Zimbabwe	Kochi	13 Mar 2002	ODI # 1816
TT Samaraweera	5.0	1	14	-	2.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Khaled Mahmud	6.0	1	17	-	2.83	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	23 Nov 2001	ODI # 1773
Manjural Islam	26.0	5	74	2	2.84	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
HMRKB Herath	26.0	2	75	2	2.88	SL Board XI	v Zimbabweans	Colombo (PSS)	21 Dec 2001	First-class
SM Pollock	10.0	2	29	-	2.90	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Sep 2001	ODI # 1750
CD Collymore	10.0	1	29	2	2.90	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	9 Dec 2001	ODI # 1777
Harbhajan Singh	10.0	1	29	-	2.90	India	v Zimbabwe	Kochi	13 Mar 2002	ODI # 1816
DNT Zoysa	15.0	2	44	-	2.93	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
J Srinath	22.0	6	65	1	2.95	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
TCB Fernando	11.0	1	33	-	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
DNT Zoysa	10.0	1	30	-	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
RAP Nissanka	9.0	1	27	1	3.00	SL Board XI	v Zimbabweans	Colombo (PSS)	21 Dec 2001	First-class
J Srinath	4.0	-	12	-	3.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
A Nel	3.0	-	9	-	3.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
G Kirsten	2.0	1	6	-	3.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
ND McKenzie	2.0	-	6	-	3.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	23 Sep 2001	ODI # 1748
TCB Fernando	2.0	-	6	-	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
ST Jayasuriya	1.0	-	3	-	3.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	-	31	-	3.10	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1765
Naimur Rahman	18.0	1	56	-	3.11	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
WPUJC Vaas	9.0	1	28	-	3.11	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1765
Mashrafe Mortaza	8.2	3	26	2	3.12	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	23 Nov 2001	ODI # 1773
KADM Fernando	15.0	2	47	3	3.13	SL Board XI	v Zimbabweans	Colombo (PSS)	21 Dec 2001	First-class

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