Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Pollock	13.0	9	12	2	0.92	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
Mohammad Hafeez	14.0	8	14	1	1.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
AC Dawson	10.0	5	12	1	1.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
M Muralidaran	39.0	18	49	5	1.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	3 May 2003	Test # 1644
HDPK Dharmasena	16.0	7	21	0	1.31	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
JN Gillespie	28.0	11	37	1	1.32	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
MJ Hoggard	18.0	8	24	3	1.33	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
M Muralidaran	30.0	15	41	3	1.36	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
GD McGrath	18.0	7	25	0	1.38	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
OAC Banks	22.0	6	31	2	1.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
JM Anderson	12.0	4	17	2	1.41	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
GD McGrath	15.0	9	22	0	1.46	Australia	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
JN Gillespie	21.0	9	31	3	1.47	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
GD McGrath	13.0	6	20	3	1.53	Australia	v Bangladesh	Darwin	18 Jul 2003	Test # 1650
AJ Bichel	13.0	3	21	3	1.61	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
SCG MacGill	13.0	4	21	2	1.61	Australia	v Bangladesh	Darwin	18 Jul 2003	Test # 1650
M Dillon	29.0	7	48	0	1.65	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
RJ Peterson	27.0	13	46	3	1.70	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
SJ Harmison	19.2	8	33	4	1.70	England	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
PR Adams	26.3	7	46	2	1.73	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
JN Gillespie	28.0	9	50	3	1.78	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
RAP Nissanka	10.0	4	18	1	1.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	3 May 2003	Test # 1644
AJ Hall	10.0	4	18	3	1.80	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
SM Pollock	36.0	18	65	2	1.80	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
SM Pollock	27.4	10	51	2	1.84	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
MP Bicknell	27.0	11	50	2	1.85	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
KS Lokuarachchi	14.0	3	26	0	1.85	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	3 May 2003	Test # 1644
CD Collymore	15.0	6	28	2	1.86	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
HH Streak	34.1	11	64	4	1.87	Zimbabwe	v England	Chester-le-Street	5 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
JH Kallis	20.1	7	38	3	1.88	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
SM Pollock	14.4	5	28	2	1.90	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
JN Gillespie	20.2	5	39	5	1.91	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
GD McGrath	25.0	10	50	1	2.00	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
Khaled Mahmud	21.0	6	42	2	2.00	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
WPUJC Vaas	15.3	6	31	3	2.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	3 May 2003	Test # 1644
Khaled Mahmud	14.0	5	28	1	2.00	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
SM Pollock	11.0	2	22	1	2.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
D Pretorius	10.0	6	20	0	2.00	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
Mohammad Rafique	17.4	7	36	5	2.03	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Multan	3 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
AF Giles	25.0	9	51	1	2.04	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	5 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
Mohammad Rafique	37.2	7	77	6	2.06	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
JDP Oram	30.0	13	62	1	2.06	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
JN Gillespie	17.2	3	36	3	2.07	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
RJ Kirtley	16.2	7	34	6	2.08	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
SCG MacGill	36.0	11	75	5	2.08	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
M Muralidaran	11.0	3	23	3	2.09	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
M Ntini	13.0	5	28	1	2.15	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
GD McGrath	18.0	4	39	0	2.16	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
WPUJC Vaas	22.0	8	48	2	2.18	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	3 May 2003	Test # 1644
SJ Harmison	11.0	2	24	1	2.18	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
AJ Bichel	16.0	3	35	1	2.18	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
Shoaib Akhtar	22.5	4	50	6	2.18	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
RW Price	20.0	6	44	1	2.20	Zimbabwe	v England	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	4	33	1	2.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
SM Pollock	17.4	4	39	6	2.20	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
Danish Kaneria	38.0	12	85	3	2.23	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
OAC Banks	33.0	8	74	1	2.24	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
DR Tuffey	20.0	6	45	1	2.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	3 May 2003	Test # 1644
SJ Harmison	16.0	5	36	1	2.25	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
Shoaib Malik	12.0	4	27	0	2.25	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
CD Collymore	29.0	5	66	5	2.27	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
JN Gillespie	25.0	7	57	3	2.28	Australia	v Bangladesh	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
FH Edwards	15.4	1	36	5	2.29	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
CM Willoughby	20.0	7	46	0	2.30	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
RAP Nissanka	23.0	9	53	1	2.30	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
CH Gayle	13.0	1	30	1	2.30	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
M Ntini	16.0	4	37	1	2.31	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
MN Samuels	21.0	6	49	0	2.33	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
MJ Hoggard	15.0	5	35	0	2.33	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
Mohammad Rafique	26.0	6	61	2	2.34	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
Shoaib Akhtar	25.0	8	59	1	2.36	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
Mohammad Rafique	32.0	9	76	3	2.37	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
M Muralidaran	58.5	16	140	2	2.37	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
JM Anderson	23.0	8	55	4	2.39	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	5 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
Mashrafe Mortaza	25.0	7	60	1	2.40	Bangladesh	v Australia	Cairns	25 Jul 2003	Test # 1652
AF Giles	10.0	3	24	0	2.40	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
Khaled Mahmud	28.0	9	68	3	2.42	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Multan	3 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
RAP Nissanka	16.5	5	41	2	2.43	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	3 May 2003	Test # 1644
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.0	5	61	1	2.44	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	3 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
Enamul Haque	33.0	10	81	0	2.45	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
SJ Harmison	17.0	3	42	1	2.47	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
Tapash Baisya	17.0	6	42	1	2.47	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
KS Lokuarachchi	19.0	2	47	2	2.47	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
Umar Gul	27.0	3	67	2	2.48	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
RJ Kirtley	29.4	10	74	2	2.49	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	2	30	4	2.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
GD McGrath	10.0	0	25	1	2.50	Australia	v Bangladesh	Darwin	18 Jul 2003	Test # 1650
WPUJC Vaas	29.0	8	73	1	2.51	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
SJ Harmison	21.4	4	55	4	2.53	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	5 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
RJ Peterson	13.0	3	33	1	2.53	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
WW Hinds	11.0	4	28	2	2.54	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
CH Gayle	31.0	5	79	0	2.54	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	1 May 2003	Test # 1643
JN Gillespie	25.0	10	64	1	2.56	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
Khaled Mahmud	14.0	6	36	0	2.57	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
RJ Kirtley	31.0	8	80	2	2.58	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
GD McGrath	17.0	6	44	2	2.58	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
RJ Peterson	22.0	9	57	0	2.59	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
Mohammad Hafeez	10.0	4	26	0	2.60	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
CM Willoughby	18.0	6	47	1	2.61	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
Mohammad Rafique	45.0	13	118	5	2.62	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657

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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]