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
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
M Muralidaran	40.0	21	40	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
Shabbir Ahmed	10.0	7	10	-	1.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test # 1676
M Muralidaran	56.0	28	64	4	1.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
Shabbir Ahmed	17.0	5	20	2	1.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
CH Gayle	16.5	6	20	2	1.18	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
SM Pollock	22.0	12	27	1	1.22	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
WPUJC Vaas	11.2	5	14	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
IK Pathan	21.0	12	26	2	1.23	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
HH Streak	15.0	9	19	1	1.26	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	26 Feb 2004	Test # 1684
M Muralidaran	37.0	18	47	4	1.27	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
ST Jayasuriya	24.0	6	32	1	1.33	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
UDU Chandana	13.0	7	18	-	1.38	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
DT Hondo	18.0	5	25	2	1.38	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	26 Feb 2004	Test # 1684
RJ Peterson	15.0	6	21	1	1.40	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	1.45	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
ST Jayasuriya	21.0	5	31	1	1.47	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
DL Vettori	56.0	24	84	2	1.50	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
M Muralidaran	40.0	18	60	4	1.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
RO Hinds	11.5	2	18	1	1.52	West Indies	v England	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
AJ Hall	13.0	3	20	1	1.53	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
A Flintoff	13.0	4	20	2	1.53	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
AF Giles	40.0	14	63	4	1.57	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
SJ Harmison	21.5	9	35	5	1.60	England	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
Danish Kaneria	28.3	8	46	5	1.61	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
CD Collymore	24.0	7	39	-	1.62	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
CD Collymore	16.0	3	26	1	1.62	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
WPUJC Vaas	14.0	4	23	2	1.64	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
A Kumble	35.1	11	58	2	1.64	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	8 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
RO Hinds	17.3	7	29	1	1.65	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	3	30	6	1.66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
HH Streak	26.2	11	44	4	1.67	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
M Dillon	34.0	13	57	2	1.67	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
Mohammad Rafique	37.0	15	63	2	1.70	Bangladesh	v England	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667
DR Tuffey	24.0	7	41	1	1.70	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	9	65	2	1.71	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	8 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
RW Price	21.0	7	36	4	1.71	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
DL Vettori	23.0	8	40	-	1.73	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
JDP Oram	27.0	13	47	1	1.74	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
SJ Harmison	25.0	8	44	4	1.76	England	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
MJ Hoggard	27.0	11	48	4	1.77	England	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
Mashrafe Mortaza	23.0	6	41	3	1.78	Bangladesh	v England	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
NW Bracken	25.0	13	45	2	1.80	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
JH Kallis	11.0	3	20	1	1.81	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
SM Pollock	17.0	6	31	4	1.82	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
A Flintoff	23.0	7	42	3	1.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
UDU Chandana	13.0	2	24	-	1.84	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
TL Best	14.0	4	26	2	1.85	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
HH Streak	15.0	7	28	2	1.86	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	4 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
DR Tuffey	15.0	3	28	1	1.86	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
A Flintoff	17.0	5	32	1	1.88	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
CL Cairns	10.0	2	19	-	1.90	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
SM Pollock	22.0	9	42	1	1.90	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
L Balaji	11.0	4	21	-	1.90	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	8 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
JDP Oram	11.0	3	21	1	1.90	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
DR Tuffey	24.0	9	46	1	1.91	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
TR Gripper	12.0	5	23	1	1.91	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	4 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
CD Collymore	15.0	7	29	2	1.93	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
JDP Oram	15.0	4	29	-	1.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
DS Lehmann	31.2	15	61	3	1.94	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
RW Price	37.2	13	73	6	1.95	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	4 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
CH Gayle	19.2	6	38	-	1.96	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
AM Blignaut	14.4	6	29	3	1.97	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
Khaled Mahmud	23.0	8	46	1	2.00	Bangladesh	v England	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667
HDPK Dharmasena	18.0	8	36	1	2.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
Manjural Islam Rana	13.0	4	26	-	2.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
Manjural Islam	12.0	4	24	1	2.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
DT Hondo	12.0	3	24	2	2.00	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
Shabbir Ahmed	34.3	10	70	2	2.02	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
WPUJC Vaas	29.0	7	59	2	2.03	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
JN Gillespie	25.3	9	52	3	2.03	Australia	v Zimbabwe	W.A.C.A	9 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
GJ Batty	21.0	6	43	1	2.04	England	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
Danish Kaneria	33.1	10	68	2	2.05	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
JH Kallis	18.0	3	37	-	2.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
R Clarke	15.0	6	31	-	2.06	England	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
N Boje	33.2	7	69	4	2.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
WPUJC Vaas	12.0	2	25	1	2.08	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
JN Gillespie	12.0	4	25	1	2.08	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
JDP Oram	11.0	3	23	1	2.09	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
JN Gillespie	31.0	12	65	4	2.09	Australia	v India	Brisbane	4 Dec 2003	Test # 1671
VC Drakes	10.0	2	21	1	2.10	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
D Ganga	10.0	-	21	-	2.10	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
AF Giles	32.5	9	69	4	2.10	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
JDP Oram	28.3	6	60	2	2.10	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
SB Styris	19.0	7	40	1	2.10	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
JN Gillespie	18.0	6	38	1	2.11	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
CD Collymore	26.0	7	55	-	2.11	West Indies	v England	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
CH Gayle	17.0	6	36	-	2.11	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
Mohammad Rafique	57.0	11	121	4	2.12	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
MJ Hoggard	16.0	5	34	1	2.12	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
JN Gillespie	10.2	2	22	1	2.12	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
GB Hogg	23.0	8	49	2	2.13	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
Mohammad Sami	30.0	12	64	1	2.13	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
DL Vettori	22.0	6	47	1	2.13	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
Mashrafe Mortaza	28.0	11	60	4	2.14	Bangladesh	v England	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667
DR Tuffey	14.0	4	30	3	2.14	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
SM Pollock	32.0	10	69	4	2.15	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
SM Pollock	30.0	7	65	1	2.16	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
RR Sarwan	12.0	2	26	2	2.16	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
PJ Wiseman	17.0	6	37	1	2.17	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662

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Minimum of 60 balls
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]