Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Harbhajan Singh	48.3	23	59	5	1.21	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
SR Watson	11.0	5	15	1	1.36	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	4 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
Saeed Ajmal	17.0	5	26	0	1.52	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
JH Kallis	12.0	3	19	1	1.58	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
PP Ojha	23.0	12	37	2	1.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
PM Siddle	15.2	7	25	3	1.63	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
MG Johnson	22.0	10	36	3	1.63	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
DL Vettori	56.0	25	93	2	1.66	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	11 Dec 2009	Test # 1940
MJ Clarke	16.0	4	27	1	1.68	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
NM Hauritz	17.0	6	30	3	1.76	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
Mohammad Amir	16.0	7	29	2	1.81	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
M Morkel	28.0	9	51	1	1.82	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
DL Vettori	19.3	5	36	4	1.84	New Zealand	v Australia	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
Shakib Al Hasan	66.0	27	124	4	1.87	Bangladesh	v England	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
SJ Benn	27.0	10	51	0	1.88	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	4 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
F de Wet	12.0	5	23	1	1.91	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JH Kallis	14.0	2	27	1	1.92	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AD Mathews	15.0	6	29	1	1.93	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
A Mishra	40.0	12	78	3	1.95	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
PM Siddle	20.0	8	39	2	1.95	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
PL Harris	26.0	11	51	2	1.96	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
Mohammad Asif	27.0	8	53	2	1.96	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
PL Harris	38.0	17	76	3	2.00	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
JH Kallis	14.0	4	28	0	2.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
V Sehwag	10.0	2	20	0	2.00	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
Mohammad Asif	20.0	6	41	6	2.05	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
TG Southee	31.0	8	64	2	2.06	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	11 Dec 2009	Test # 1940
Shakib Al Hasan	29.5	10	62	5	2.07	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010	Test # 1949
DW Steyn	35.0	11	74	2	2.11	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PL Harris	40.0	14	85	3	2.12	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
SR Watson	14.0	5	30	2	2.14	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
Mohammad Asif	20.0	6	43	4	2.15	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
DE Bollinger	13.0	4	28	5	2.15	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
NM Hauritz	17.0	5	37	1	2.17	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
SE Bond	21.0	5	46	3	2.19	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
SCJ Broad	20.0	6	44	2	2.20	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
DR Tuffey	22.0	7	49	0	2.22	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
SR Watson	17.0	4	38	2	2.23	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
F de Wet	16.0	3	36	0	2.25	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
Mohammad Sami	12.0	4	27	3	2.25	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
Mohammad Amir	11.0	2	25	1	2.27	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
M Ntini	18.0	7	41	0	2.27	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PL Harris	17.0	2	39	1	2.29	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
Harbhajan Singh	34.4	5	80	2	2.30	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
SR Watson	13.0	3	30	1	2.30	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
SCJ Broad	32.0	8	74	1	2.31	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PP Ojha	15.3	4	36	2	2.32	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
IE O'Brien	15.0	5	35	4	2.33	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	11 Dec 2009	Test # 1940
DE Bollinger	15.0	6	35	0	2.33	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
SR Watson	17.0	4	40	2	2.35	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
DL Vettori	27.0	7	64	2	2.37	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
Mohammad Asif	16.0	3	38	1	2.37	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
DE Bollinger	13.0	4	31	1	2.38	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1947
Danish Kaneria	31.0	6	74	3	2.38	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
F de Wet	23.0	8	55	4	2.39	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
DJ Bravo	17.3	6	42	4	2.40	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
Saeed Ajmal	37.5	10	91	2	2.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
Shakib Al Hasan	37.0	6	89	1	2.40	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010	Test # 1953
JC Tredwell	34.0	8	82	4	2.41	England	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
JS Patel	12.0	2	29	1	2.41	New Zealand	v Australia	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
HMRKB Herath	40.0	6	97	2	2.42	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
GP Swann	45.2	10	110	5	2.42	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
NM Hauritz	49.0	16	119	3	2.42	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
GP Swann	30.0	7	73	2	2.43	England	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
PM Siddle	13.0	5	32	0	2.46	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
DJ Bravo	15.0	4	37	3	2.46	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	4 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
RJ Harris	17.0	4	42	2	2.47	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
DE Bollinger	20.0	6	50	3	2.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
JP Duminy	12.0	3	30	2	2.50	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
M Morkel	31.0	6	78	3	2.51	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
NM Hauritz	27.0	4	68	0	2.51	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	4 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
DL Vettori	25.0	11	63	0	2.52	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	3 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
SJ Benn	34.0	5	86	2	2.52	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009	Test # 1936
SCJ Broad	17.0	3	43	4	2.52	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
Harbhajan Singh	18.5	3	48	1	2.54	India	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010	Test # 1950
M Morkel	18.0	3	46	2	2.55	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MG Johnson	18.0	6	46	3	2.55	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
CS Martin	32.0	6	82	1	2.56	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	11 Dec 2009	Test # 1940
Harbhajan Singh	21.0	5	54	2	2.57	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
GP Swann	21.0	3	54	5	2.57	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
GP Swann	49.0	11	127	5	2.59	England	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010	Test # 1954
ST Finn	18.0	7	47	1	2.61	England	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010	Test # 1954
TT Bresnan	13.0	2	34	1	2.61	England	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
TT Bresnan	24.0	7	63	3	2.62	England	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010	Test # 1954
DL Vettori	22.0	6	58	4	2.63	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	3 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
SJ Benn	11.0	2	29	3	2.63	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
A Mishra	53.0	5	140	0	2.64	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
Mahmudullah	20.0	4	53	1	2.65	Bangladesh	v England	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
NM Hauritz	23.0	7	61	1	2.65	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
Harbhajan Singh	24.0	2	64	3	2.66	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
DE Bollinger	12.0	3	32	2	2.66	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
DE Bollinger	25.0	3	67	2	2.68	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	4 Dec 2009	Test # 1939
G Onions	23.0	6	62	1	2.69	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
IE O'Brien	40.0	6	108	2	2.70	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Napier	11 Dec 2009	Test # 1940
Z Khan	20.0	4	54	3	2.70	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Jan 2010	Test # 1949
MG Johnson	10.0	2	27	3	2.70	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
SCJ Broad	24.0	7	65	1	2.70	England	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010	Test # 1954
TT Bresnan	21.0	7	57	2	2.71	England	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
RJ Harris	14.0	3	38	0	2.71	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
CS Martin	19.0	4	52	4	2.73	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	3 Dec 2009	Test # 1938

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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]