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
Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
DL Vettori	29.0	15	26	2	0.89	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
GD McGrath	25.0	13	27	3	1.08	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
M Ntini	11.0	6	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
H Masakadza	10.0	3	11	-	1.10	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
M Kartik	14.0	6	17	2	1.21	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
JN Gillespie	12.0	7	15	2	1.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
DL Vettori	22.0	13	28	6	1.27	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
CB Mpofu	22.0	10	29	-	1.31	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
T Panyangara	21.0	10	28	3	1.33	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
GD McGrath	14.0	7	19	1	1.35	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
A Nel	12.0	7	17	2	1.41	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
SM Pollock	21.0	11	30	2	1.42	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
GD McGrath	34.0	20	49	3	1.44	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
SK Warne	10.2	3	15	4	1.45	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
Mohammad Rafique	38.0	14	57	-	1.50	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
JN Gillespie	16.0	7	24	4	1.50	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
GD McGrath	16.0	8	24	8	1.50	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
Arshad Khan	14.0	8	21	2	1.50	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
Abdul Razzaq	23.1	9	35	5	1.51	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
Mohammad Rafique	41.4	19	65	5	1.56	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
JDP Oram	22.5	9	36	3	1.57	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
E Chigumbura	19.0	7	31	-	1.63	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
Z Khan	22.0	6	36	1	1.63	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
MS Kasprowicz	14.0	7	23	2	1.64	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
JEC Franklin	17.0	7	28	5	1.64	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
A Kumble	38.0	16	63	7	1.65	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
N Boje	15.0	7	25	1	1.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
JH Kallis	12.0	5	20	2	1.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	16	51	2	1.67	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
KMDN Kulasekara	11.0	2	19	-	1.72	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	4 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
DT Hondo	21.0	7	37	-	1.76	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
AG Cremer	34.0	9	61	2	1.79	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
M Kartik	42.0	12	76	-	1.80	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
SK Warne	21.0	9	38	3	1.80	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
MS Kasprowicz	16.3	6	30	5	1.81	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
Danish Kaneria	25.0	11	46	2	1.84	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
JN Gillespie	10.0	5	19	2	1.90	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
Mashrafe Mortaza	31.0	12	59	3	1.90	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
SM Pollock	32.0	14	61	2	1.90	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
ML Nkala	26.0	10	50	2	1.92	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
GD McGrath	28.0	12	54	1	1.92	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
DL Vettori	18.0	2	35	1	1.94	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
JN Gillespie	19.0	4	37	3	1.94	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
SJ Harmison	12.5	4	25	-	1.94	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
GD McGrath	20.0	10	39	2	1.95	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
ST Jayasuriya	21.0	8	41	2	1.95	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	4 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
Danish Kaneria	60.0	20	118	7	1.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
HMRKB Herath	32.2	10	64	4	1.97	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
M Ntini	24.4	6	49	2	1.98	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
Manjural Islam Rana	42.0	12	84	3	2.00	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
JN Gillespie	35.0	8	70	2	2.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
Z de Bruyn	16.0	4	32	2	2.00	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
DW Steyn	13.0	4	26	2	2.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
A Nel	12.0	5	24	-	2.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
Tapash Baisya	10.0	6	20	2	2.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
Enamul Haque jnr	22.2	5	45	6	2.01	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
Z Khan	29.0	7	59	-	2.03	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
SK Warne	23.0	8	47	2	2.04	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
Mohammad Rafique	59.1	18	122	6	2.06	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
PJ Wiseman	31.0	7	64	1	2.06	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
NJ Astle	13.0	4	27	3	2.07	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
N Boje	34.0	13	71	4	2.08	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
SM Pollock	31.0	11	65	4	2.09	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
SM Pollock	15.1	7	32	4	2.10	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
A Kumble	26.0	9	55	4	2.11	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
Enamul Haque jnr	26.0	9	55	-	2.11	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
SM Pollock	17.0	5	36	1	2.11	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
MS Kasprowicz	21.0	4	45	-	2.14	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
MS Kasprowicz	20.0	4	43	2	2.15	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
DL Vettori	32.2	12	70	6	2.16	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
T Panyangara	17.0	5	37	1	2.17	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
GD McGrath	16.0	9	35	1	2.18	Australia	v India	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
SM Pollock	36.0	16	79	1	2.19	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
GD McGrath	25.0	8	55	4	2.20	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Abdul Razzaq	15.0	5	33	-	2.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Riaz Afridi	19.0	7	42	2	2.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
MS Kasprowicz	13.0	5	29	-	2.23	Australia	v India	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	4	38	-	2.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	4 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
SM Pollock	45.0	13	101	2	2.24	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
JN Gillespie	14.4	4	33	3	2.25	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
JH Kallis	25.0	4	57	1	2.28	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
JH Kallis	17.3	7	40	1	2.28	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
NJ Astle	14.0	6	32	1	2.28	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
JDP Oram	24.0	7	55	-	2.29	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
M Ntini	10.0	2	23	3	2.30	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
Harbhajan Singh	46.5	12	108	3	2.30	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
Mashrafe Mortaza	26.0	5	60	3	2.30	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
GD McGrath	19.0	7	44	1	2.31	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
A Flintoff	19.0	6	44	4	2.31	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
SK Warne	28.0	5	65	1	2.32	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
IK Pathan	31.0	7	72	3	2.32	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
Mohammad Rafique	24.0	9	56	1	2.33	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
Mohammad Rafique	55.0	12	130	3	2.36	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
PJ Wiseman	22.0	3	52	1	2.36	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
A Kumble	34.4	7	82	3	2.36	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
Z Khan	27.0	7	64	3	2.37	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
NJ Astle	21.0	7	50	1	2.38	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
WPUJC Vaas	26.0	5	62	1	2.38	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
IK Pathan	12.0	3	29	-	2.41	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714

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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]