Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HMRKB Herath	22.0	14	19	1	0.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	3 Nov 2011	Test # 2014
DW Steyn	15.0	9	14	0	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
S Randiv	19.0	9	21	1	1.10	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	3 Nov 2011	Test # 2014
SR Watson	12.0	5	14	0	1.16	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	1.38	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
DJG Sammy	13.0	4	19	2	1.46	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011	Test # 2012
Saeed Ajmal	15.0	7	22	3	1.46	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
VD Philander	18.4	6	29	0	1.55	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
BW Hilfenhaus	17.0	7	27	4	1.58	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
N Deonarine	20.0	6	32	2	1.60	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
MS Panesar	38.2	18	62	6	1.61	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
DL Vettori	43.0	13	70	5	1.62	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
NM Lyon	11.4	2	19	3	1.62	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	1 Dec 2011	Test # 2020
BW Hilfenhaus	18.0	6	30	1	1.66	Australia	v West Indies	Roseau	23 Apr 2012	Test # 2042
DJG Sammy	16.0	6	27	0	1.68	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	1.68	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
MN Samuels	13.0	2	22	1	1.69	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011	Test # 2012
TT Bresnan	14.0	5	24	0	1.71	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
NM Lyon	11.0	4	19	0	1.72	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
Saeed Ajmal	26.0	9	45	3	1.73	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
PP Ojha	27.0	5	47	6	1.74	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	22 Nov 2011	Test # 2019
BW Hilfenhaus	13.0	5	23	1	1.76	Australia	v West Indies	Roseau	23 Apr 2012	Test # 2042
HMRKB Herath	23.0	4	41	0	1.78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
DW Steyn	23.0	8	41	2	1.78	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
SCJ Broad	20.0	9	36	1	1.80	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
JM Anderson	20.0	6	36	1	1.80	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
Shakib Al Hasan	34.4	12	63	5	1.81	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011	Test # 2012
H Masakadza	11.0	4	20	1	1.81	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
JM Anderson	28.0	7	51	1	1.82	England	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
R Rampaul	23.0	8	42	1	1.82	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	21 Oct 2011	Test # 2010
MS Panesar	23.0	11	42	0	1.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
RJ Harris	18.0	6	33	1	1.83	Australia	v India	W.A.C.A	13 Jan 2012	Test # 2029
DL Vettori	38.1	14	71	3	1.86	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
S Shillingford	49.0	17	92	3	1.87	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
PM Siddle	17.0	2	32	2	1.88	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
Abdur Rehman	27.0	12	51	4	1.88	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	17 Dec 2011	Test # 2024
N Deonarine	19.0	5	36	0	1.89	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
ST Finn	15.5	1	30	2	1.89	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
Abdur Rehman	21.0	4	40	5	1.90	Pakistan	v England	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
Mohammad Hafeez	22.0	4	42	0	1.90	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011	Test # 2009
MS Panesar	13.0	4	25	2	1.92	England	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
DW Steyn	16.0	5	31	2	1.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
FH Edwards	23.0	11	45	0	1.95	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
SCJ Broad	24.0	4	47	4	1.95	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
Abdur Rehman	33.0	7	65	2	1.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
I Sharma	24.0	7	48	0	2.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2025
SR Patel	16.0	3	32	0	2.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
M Morkel	13.0	5	26	1	2.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
DAJ Bracewell	10.0	3	20	3	2.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Hobart	9 Dec 2011	Test # 2021
DJG Sammy	10.0	4	20	0	2.00	West Indies	v Australia	Roseau	23 Apr 2012	Test # 2042
Shakib Al Hasan	40.5	7	82	6	2.00	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Mirpur	17 Dec 2011	Test # 2024
HMRKB Herath	42.0	14	85	3	2.02	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	3 Nov 2011	Test # 2014
BW Hilfenhaus	33.0	12	67	1	2.03	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
DL Vettori	32.0	5	65	0	2.03	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	7 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
DJG Sammy	26.0	8	53	1	2.03	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	21 Oct 2011	Test # 2010
HMRKB Herath	61.4	16	126	3	2.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011	Test # 2009
UWMBCA Welegedara	16.0	5	33	0	2.06	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
DL Vettori	15.0	4	31	1	2.06	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	7 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
Nasir Hossain	25.0	6	52	3	2.08	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011	Test # 2012
TM Dilshan	12.0	1	25	0	2.08	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
NM Lyon	33.0	7	69	4	2.09	Australia	v West Indies	Roseau	23 Apr 2012	Test # 2042
PP Ojha	34.2	9	72	6	2.09	India	v West Indies	Delhi	6 Nov 2011	Test # 2015
RJ Harris	16.0	3	34	1	2.12	Australia	v India	W.A.C.A	13 Jan 2012	Test # 2029
H Masakadza	21.0	6	45	1	2.14	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Napier	26 Jan 2012	Test # 2033
Mohammad Hafeez	14.0	2	30	1	2.14	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
RJ Harris	19.0	5	41	3	2.15	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031
SR Patel	25.0	7	54	1	2.16	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
BW Hilfenhaus	18.0	4	39	2	2.16	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2025
MA Beer	25.4	9	56	2	2.18	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
R Ashwin	21.3	5	47	6	2.18	India	v West Indies	Delhi	6 Nov 2011	Test # 2015
MS Panesar	56.4	13	124	5	2.18	England	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
RAS Lakmal	10.0	5	22	0	2.20	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Saeed Ajmal	30.5	9	68	5	2.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
DAJ Bracewell	23.0	12	51	1	2.21	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
R Ashwin	15.2	0	34	4	2.21	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	22 Nov 2011	Test # 2019
Saeed Ajmal	18.0	5	40	3	2.22	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	9 Dec 2011	Test # 2022
TA Boult	13.0	4	29	3	2.23	New Zealand	v Australia	Hobart	9 Dec 2011	Test # 2021
CRD Fernando	13.0	3	29	2	2.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
Junaid Khan	17.0	4	38	2	2.23	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
TT Bresnan	21.0	3	47	2	2.23	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
Saeed Ajmal	25.0	5	56	2	2.24	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011	Test # 2009
Saeed Ajmal	24.3	7	55	7	2.24	Pakistan	v England	Dubai (DICS)	17 Jan 2012	Test # 2030
RAS Lakmal	24.0	8	54	0	2.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2011	Test # 2011
SCJ Broad	16.0	5	36	4	2.25	England	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
M Morkel	19.0	6	43	1	2.26	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
KAJ Roach	18.0	4	41	5	2.27	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
NM Lyon	21.0	5	48	1	2.28	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031
DJG Sammy	21.0	7	48	1	2.28	West Indies	v Australia	Roseau	23 Apr 2012	Test # 2042
Abdur Rehman	45.0	14	103	1	2.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	3 Nov 2011	Test # 2014
SCJ Broad	24.0	7	55	1	2.29	England	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
Imran Tahir	24.0	6	55	1	2.29	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
JP Duminy	10.0	0	23	0	2.30	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
S Shillingford	23.5	4	55	1	2.30	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041
Abdur Rehman	29.0	9	67	2	2.31	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
BW Hilfenhaus	22.0	9	51	3	2.31	Australia	v India	Sydney	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2027
ST Finn	22.0	4	51	1	2.31	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
DL Vettori	42.0	11	98	0	2.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
Abdur Rehman	41.3	10	97	2	2.33	Pakistan	v England	Dubai (DICS)	3 Feb 2012	Test # 2034
JM Anderson	19.4	5	46	2	2.33	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
NM Lyon	29.0	9	68	5	2.34	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 2012	Test # 2041

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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]