Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DT Hondo	1.0	1	-	-	-	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
TR Gripper	1.0	1	-	-	-	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 Nov 2001	Test # 1568
Inzamam-ul-Haq	1.0	1	-	1	-	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	22 Jan 2002	ODI # 1790
RT Ponting	4.0	3	1	-	0.25	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
TT Samaraweera	4.0	2	2	-	0.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	4 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
HP Tillakaratne	2.0	1	1	-	0.50	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
Abdul Razzaq	5.0	2	3	-	0.60	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
DR Martyn	4.0	2	3	1	0.75	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
C White	9.0	5	7	-	0.77	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
TR Gripper	7.0	4	6	-	0.85	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kandy	16 Dec 2001	ODI # 1781
A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	-	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
M Muralidaran	10.0	3	9	5	0.90	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	9 Apr 2002	ODI # 1826
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
SR Tendulkar	4.0	3	4	-	1.00	India	v England	Mohali	3 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
MRCN Bandaratilleke	2.0	-	2	-	1.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
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
HP Tillakaratne	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
DR Martyn	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
V Sehwag	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	India	v England	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
ME Waugh	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
NJ Astle	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
AF Giles	1.0	-	1	-	1.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	1	9	2	1.12	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	22 Jan 2002	ODI # 1790
WPUJC Vaas	7.0	2	8	2	1.14	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Sharjah	14 Apr 2002	ODI # 1830
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Wasim Akram	6.0	2	7	-	1.16	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	27 Oct 2001	ODI # 1767
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	8	20	2	1.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
MA Butcher	5.0	3	6	-	1.20	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
CL Hooper	13.0	4	16	-	1.23	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
RO Hinds	12.0	3	15	-	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	-	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
A Kumble	10.0	4	14	3	1.40	India	v Kenya	Bloemfontein	12 Oct 2001	ODI # 1758
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
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	-	1.50	New Zealand	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
Danish Kaneria	6.0	3	9	-	1.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
CS Martin	4.0	1	6	1	1.50	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
M Muralidaran	0.4	-	1	2	1.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	8 Dec 2001	ODI # 1776
AF Giles	43.3	16	67	5	1.54	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
L Klusener	7.0	1	11	-	1.57	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
Shahid Afridi	7.0	3	11	3	1.57	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Jan 2002	ODI # 1793
CL Cairns	15.0	7	24	3	1.60	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
M Muralidaran	10.0	4	16	2	1.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Sharjah	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1765
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
DNT Zoysa	8.0	4	13	-	1.62	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
M Ntini	8.0	3	13	-	1.62	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
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
SM Pollock	6.0	1	10	1	1.66	South Africa	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
Abdul Razzaq	6.0	1	10	1	1.66	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	22 Jan 2002	ODI # 1790
Waqar Younis	6.0	2	10	-	1.66	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Jan 2002	ODI # 1793
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
NJ Astle	2.2	-	4	3	1.71	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	16 Feb 2002	ODI # 1809
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	-	1.75	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
TT Samaraweera	4.0	1	7	1	1.75	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
A Symonds	4.0	-	7	-	1.75	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	22 Jan 2002	ODI # 1791
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
TT Samaraweera	5.0	2	9	-	1.80	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
J Srinath	7.1	1	13	2	1.81	India	v Kenya	Bloemfontein	12 Oct 2001	ODI # 1758
AR Caddick	17.0	6	31	-	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
SR Tendulkar	6.0	2	11	-	1.83	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
AF Giles	31.0	12	57	-	1.83	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
CW Henderson	9.1	1	17	4	1.85	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
AR Adams	7.0	-	13	3	1.85	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	16 Feb 2002	ODI # 1809
SE Bond	15.0	4	28	2	1.86	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
L Klusener	8.0	3	15	1	1.87	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
Wasim Akram	2.4	1	5	-	1.87	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	9 Jan 2002	Test # 1584
DL Vettori	9.0	4	17	-	1.88	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	-	1.89	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
SM Pollock	10.0	1	19	2	1.90	South Africa	v Kenya	Benoni	7 Oct 2001	ODI # 1755

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