Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	0	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	0.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	8	20	2	1.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
CL Hooper	13.0	4	16	0	1.23	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
RO Hinds	12.0	3	15	0	1.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
RW Price	19.0	9	24	2	1.26	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
JH Kallis	11.2	5	15	0	1.32	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
M Muralidaran	31.3	10	44	5	1.39	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
SM Pollock	28.0	14	40	2	1.42	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
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
SM Pollock	26.0	11	39	1	1.50	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Shoaib Akhtar	16.0	7	24	5	1.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
A Flintoff	16.0	6	24	1	1.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
NJ Astle	12.0	5	18	0	1.50	New Zealand	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
AF Giles	43.3	16	67	5	1.54	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
CL Cairns	15.0	7	24	3	1.60	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
AF Giles	33.0	11	53	1	1.60	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
JN Gillespie	28.0	14	45	3	1.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001	Test # 1571
SE Bond	13.0	4	21	1	1.61	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
GW Flower	38.4	18	63	4	1.62	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
J Srinath	17.0	9	28	2	1.64	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
HH Streak	18.0	8	30	2	1.66	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
DL Vettori	15.0	4	25	2	1.66	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	1.68	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
HH Streak	19.0	6	32	2	1.68	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
A Kumble	37.0	15	63	5	1.70	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
GD McGrath	27.0	12	46	2	1.70	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001	Test # 1571
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
TJ Friend	18.0	7	31	5	1.72	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	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	0	1.75	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
GB Brent	17.0	9	30	1	1.76	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
CJ Drum	20.2	8	36	3	1.77	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
NJ Astle	18.0	10	32	2	1.77	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
A Flintoff	28.0	9	50	4	1.78	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
JN Gillespie	14.0	6	25	1	1.78	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
AR Caddick	17.0	6	31	0	1.82	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
CW Henderson	18.0	11	33	3	1.83	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
AF Giles	31.0	12	57	0	1.83	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
SE Bond	15.0	4	28	2	1.86	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
Danish Kaneria	19.0	5	36	2	1.89	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	9 Jan 2002	Test # 1584
WPUJC Vaas	19.0	7	36	0	1.89	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
A Flintoff	22.0	7	42	2	1.90	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
GD McGrath	28.0	11	54	0	1.92	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
MRCN Bandaratilleke	15.0	7	29	2	1.93	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
MJ Hoggard	17.0	6	33	0	1.94	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	5	35	2	1.94	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
SK Warne	29.0	7	57	3	1.96	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
A Kumble	29.3	8	58	4	1.96	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Saqlain Mushtaq	36.0	12	71	2	1.97	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	5	62	6	2.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
GD McGrath	14.0	6	28	3	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
UDU Chandana	12.0	4	24	0	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	26.0	8	53	4	2.03	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
GD McGrath	21.0	6	43	2	2.04	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
J Srinath	18.0	4	37	2	2.05	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
GD McGrath	17.0	6	35	3	2.05	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
HK Olonga	15.0	5	31	1	2.06	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
M Ntini	12.0	4	25	0	2.08	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
M Ntini	23.0	10	48	1	2.08	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
JN Gillespie	11.0	4	23	2	2.09	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
CL Hooper	21.0	6	44	0	2.09	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
GD McGrath	20.0	4	42	3	2.10	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
Saqlain Mushtaq	16.4	3	35	5	2.10	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
M Muralidaran	34.0	8	72	4	2.11	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
TJ Friend	25.0	7	53	1	2.12	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
CW Henderson	67.0	24	143	4	2.13	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
CE Cuffy	35.0	10	75	1	2.14	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
RW Price	50.0	16	108	3	2.16	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
AF Giles	34.0	18	74	1	2.17	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
Harbhajan Singh	27.0	7	59	0	2.18	India	v England	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
HH Streak	32.0	11	70	2	2.18	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Harbhajan Singh	35.3	9	78	1	2.19	India	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
M Muralidaran	25.0	9	55	4	2.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	6 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
AR Caddick	28.3	8	63	6	2.21	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
Saqlain Mushtaq	19.0	8	42	2	2.21	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
CW Henderson	55.0	16	122	2	2.21	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
AJ Bichel	19.5	6	44	3	2.21	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
A Nel	14.5	5	33	1	2.22	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
TJ Friend	11.4	2	26	2	2.22	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
TJ Friend	26.0	7	58	1	2.23	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Harbhajan Singh	26.0	8	58	0	2.23	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
DL Vettori	17.0	8	38	2	2.23	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
C White	25.0	8	56	1	2.24	England	v India	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
GD McGrath	25.0	7	56	0	2.24	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
RKJ Dawson	32.0	9	72	2	2.25	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
ST Jayasuriya	12.0	3	27	0	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
A Kumble	51.0	13	115	7	2.25	India	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
M Muralidaran	35.5	16	81	6	2.26	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
DNT Zoysa	15.0	4	34	2	2.26	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Shahid Afridi	15.0	0	34	1	2.26	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
HH Streak	11.0	4	25	0	2.27	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566

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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 Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]