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
NM Lyon	50.0	31	49	3	0.98	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
DAJ Bracewell	13.0	6	13	2	1.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
Harbhajan Singh	10.0	7	10	-	1.00	India	v Australia	Hyderabad	2 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
KAJ Roach	10.0	7	12	1	1.20	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
JS Patel	16.0	7	20	-	1.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	1.30	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
RA Jadeja	29.0	8	40	2	1.37	India	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
TA Boult	35.0	12	49	1	1.40	New Zealand	v England	Dunedin	6 Mar 2013	Test # 2077
M Morkel	13.0	6	19	1	1.46	South Africa	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
Z Khan	15.0	7	23	1	1.53	India	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
MS Panesar	52.0	15	81	1	1.55	England	v India	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012	Test # 2066
RA Jadeja	37.0	17	58	2	1.56	India	v England	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012	Test # 2066
R Ashwin	34.0	18	57	5	1.67	India	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
MS Panesar	26.0	12	44	1	1.69	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
PP Ojha	11.0	2	19	2	1.72	India	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
BW Hilfenhaus	15.0	3	26	-	1.73	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
PP Ojha	40.0	14	70	1	1.75	India	v England	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012	Test # 2066
I Sharma	28.0	9	49	3	1.75	India	v England	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012	Test # 2066
NM Lyon	32.0	12	57	-	1.78	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
RA Jadeja	33.0	17	59	1	1.78	India	v England	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012	Test # 2066
RJ Peterson	26.0	13	47	2	1.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
MS Panesar	26.0	11	47	-	1.80	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
DW Steyn	28.4	10	52	5	1.81	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
Junaid Khan	18.0	8	33	2	1.83	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
RA Jadeja	18.0	8	33	3	1.83	India	v Australia	Hyderabad	2 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
TA Boult	17.5	6	33	3	1.85	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
TG Southee	23.2	9	44	3	1.88	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
MJ Clarke	18.0	5	34	-	1.88	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
TA Boult	29.0	13	55	1	1.89	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
BP Martin	39.0	18	74	-	1.89	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
BW Hilfenhaus	34.0	16	65	1	1.91	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
TL Best	12.3	2	24	5	1.92	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	13 Nov 2012	Test # 2057
PM Siddle	26.0	11	50	4	1.92	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
VD Philander	21.0	8	41	2	1.95	South Africa	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
PM Siddle	33.0	15	65	4	1.96	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
RA Jadeja	36.0	10	71	2	1.97	India	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
SR Watson	27.0	6	54	1	2.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
TA Boult	21.0	7	42	4	2.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
KMDN Kulasekara	12.0	3	24	-	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
PP Ojha	22.2	8	45	5	2.01	India	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
PP Ojha	35.0	12	71	-	2.02	India	v England	Nagpur	13 Dec 2012	Test # 2066
Harbhajan Singh	27.0	6	55	2	2.03	India	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
BP Martin	44.0	13	90	1	2.04	New Zealand	v England	Dunedin	6 Mar 2013	Test # 2077
GP Swann	34.1	7	70	4	2.04	England	v India	Wankhede	23 Nov 2012	Test # 2062
M Morkel	12.4	6	26	1	2.05	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
DW Steyn	18.3	5	38	3	2.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
RA Jadeja	16.0	4	33	3	2.06	India	v Australia	Hyderabad	2 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
NM Lyon	44.0	7	91	2	2.06	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
DW Steyn	12.0	5	25	1	2.08	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
JM Bird	19.4	10	41	4	2.08	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	3 Jan 2013	Test # 2070
HMRKB Herath	49.0	10	103	6	2.10	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
VD Philander	19.0	6	40	4	2.10	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
PM Siddle	25.3	11	54	5	2.11	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
PM Siddle	17.0	4	36	1	2.11	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
VD Philander	15.0	4	32	-	2.13	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
TA Boult	15.0	4	32	1	2.13	New Zealand	v England	Dunedin	6 Mar 2013	Test # 2077
JS Patel	22.0	3	47	1	2.13	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
MC Henriques	21.0	7	45	-	2.14	Australia	v India	Hyderabad	2 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
RA Jadeja	16.2	6	35	3	2.14	India	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2081
Z Khan	27.3	5	59	2	2.14	India	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
BP Martin	26.0	10	56	-	2.15	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
HMRKB Herath	30.0	5	65	5	2.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
PP Ojha	55.0	16	120	4	2.18	India	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
PP Ojha	21.0	6	46	2	2.19	India	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2081
DW Steyn	25.0	7	55	1	2.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
KS Williamson	20.0	8	44	4	2.20	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
R Ashwin	43.5	9	97	2	2.21	India	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2081
C Munro	18.0	4	40	2	2.22	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
MA Starc	28.2	7	63	5	2.22	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
DW Steyn	30.0	6	67	3	2.23	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
BW Hilfenhaus	32.4	9	73	2	2.23	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
MS Panesar	40.0	13	90	4	2.25	England	v India	Eden Gardens	5 Dec 2012	Test # 2065
R Ashwin	28.0	12	63	5	2.25	India	v Australia	Hyderabad	2 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
M Morkel	16.0	6	36	2	2.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
JM Anderson	12.0	4	27	1	2.25	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
MG Johnson	15.0	3	34	3	2.26	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	3 Jan 2013	Test # 2070
S Shillingford	15.0	4	34	5	2.26	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Roseau	20 Mar 2013	Test # 2083
VD Philander	26.0	10	59	5	2.26	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
Saeed Ajmal	42.0	9	96	6	2.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
SCJ Broad	14.0	6	32	-	2.28	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
KJ Abbott	17.0	7	39	2	2.29	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
RA Jadeja	31.0	8	72	3	2.32	India	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
R Ashwin	31.0	9	72	2	2.32	India	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2081
JH Kallis	15.0	5	35	1	2.33	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
KMDN Kulasekara	12.0	4	28	2	2.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
Harbhajan Singh	22.0	2	52	2	2.36	India	v Australia	Hyderabad	2 Mar 2013	Test # 2076
GP Swann	18.1	6	43	4	2.36	England	v India	Wankhede	23 Nov 2012	Test # 2062
M Morkel	21.0	6	50	1	2.38	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
KAJ Roach	13.0	3	31	2	2.38	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
HMRKB Herath	28.3	6	68	5	2.38	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	16 Mar 2013	Test # 2082
HMRKB Herath	18.0	3	43	6	2.38	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
JS Patel	23.0	7	55	3	2.39	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
I Sharma	30.0	8	72	3	2.40	India	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2081
N Wagner	15.0	3	36	1	2.40	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
RJ Peterson	10.0	3	24	-	2.40	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
TG Southee	32.0	9	77	-	2.40	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
S Randiv	39.0	3	94	1	2.41	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Nov 2012	Test # 2063
KMDN Kulasekara	12.5	5	31	2	2.41	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
Nasir Hossain	12.0	1	29	-	2.41	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Khulna	21 Nov 2012	Test # 2060
JM Anderson	15.4	4	38	3	2.42	England	v India	Eden Gardens	5 Dec 2012	Test # 2065

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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]