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	22.0	17	10	-	0.45	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
RJ Harris	24.3	15	32	4	1.30	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
TT Bresnan	18.0	6	24	2	1.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
M Morkel	23.0	12	34	3	1.47	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
M Morkel	23.0	5	35	1	1.52	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
Saeed Ajmal	34.0	11	56	2	1.64	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	8 Jan 2014	Test # 2114
PM Siddle	15.0	3	25	1	1.66	Australia	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
MG Johnson	15.0	5	25	3	1.66	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
Abdur Rehman	33.0	10	56	4	1.69	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
Junaid Khan	20.0	6	34	-	1.70	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
S Shillingford	15.0	5	26	4	1.73	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Dec 2013	Test # 2104
HMRKB Herath	21.0	8	37	1	1.76	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013	Test # 2112
Robiul Islam	13.0	3	23	-	1.76	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	9 Oct 2013	Test # 2097
PM Siddle	13.0	4	23	3	1.76	Australia	v England	Sydney	3 Jan 2014	Test # 2113
RMS Eranga	14.0	4	25	2	1.78	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	8 Jan 2014	Test # 2114
VD Philander	19.0	7	34	1	1.78	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
RJ Harris	15.0	5	28	3	1.86	Australia	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
RJ Harris	24.0	8	47	2	1.95	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
MDK Perera	28.0	7	55	2	1.96	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	4 Feb 2014	Test # 2117
MG Johnson	21.1	7	42	5	1.98	Australia	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
TG Southee	19.0	6	38	3	2.00	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
CJ Anderson	17.0	7	34	2	2.00	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	9 Oct 2013	Test # 2097
Abdur Rehman	50.0	14	101	1	2.02	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
Saeed Ajmal	29.1	6	59	2	2.02	Pakistan	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
RMS Eranga	36.0	9	74	2	2.05	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	8 Jan 2014	Test # 2114
PM Siddle	11.4	3	24	1	2.05	Australia	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
Saeed Ajmal	25.4	7	53	3	2.06	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
CJ Anderson	14.0	2	29	1	2.07	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Dec 2013	Test # 2104
PP Ojha	13.0	3	27	-	2.07	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	6 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
TA Boult	24.0	9	50	2	2.08	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	9 Oct 2013	Test # 2097
M Morkel	16.0	6	34	-	2.12	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
M Morkel	23.3	6	50	3	2.12	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
M Morkel	22.0	7	47	-	2.13	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
SP Narine	42.3	17	91	6	2.14	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
RAS Lakmal	21.0	6	45	2	2.14	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	8 Jan 2014	Test # 2114
PM Siddle	23.0	7	50	1	2.17	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
Saeed Ajmal	55.0	16	120	2	2.18	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
DW Steyn	22.0	9	48	1	2.18	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
RJ Harris	22.0	10	48	3	2.18	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 2013	Test # 2107
TG Southee	11.0	2	24	3	2.18	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
MG Johnson	19.0	5	42	4	2.21	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
RA Jadeja	52.0	11	115	1	2.21	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Test # 2120
RJ Harris	14.0	8	31	-	2.21	Australia	v England	Adelaide	5 Dec 2013	Test # 2105
TA Boult	18.0	5	40	3	2.22	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Dec 2013	Test # 2104
TA Boult	17.0	2	38	3	2.23	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
DW Steyn	21.0	8	47	3	2.23	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
SCJ Broad	20.0	6	45	3	2.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
PM Siddle	16.0	5	36	3	2.25	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 2013	Test # 2107
VD Philander	27.0	6	61	4	2.25	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
Sohag Gazi	34.0	8	77	-	2.26	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mirpur	21 Oct 2013	Test # 2099
Saeed Ajmal	32.4	7	74	4	2.26	Pakistan	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
Saeed Ajmal	14.0	3	32	2	2.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013	Test # 2112
VD Philander	17.0	3	39	2	2.29	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
JL Pattinson	27.0	10	62	2	2.29	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
NM Lyon	20.0	6	46	2	2.30	Australia	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
TA Boult	10.0	4	23	4	2.30	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
R Ashwin	36.0	5	83	-	2.30	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
MG Johnson	17.2	8	40	7	2.30	Australia	v England	Adelaide	5 Dec 2013	Test # 2105
RAS Lakmal	13.0	5	30	-	2.30	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	4 Feb 2014	Test # 2117
TA Boult	35.0	11	81	2	2.31	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Dec 2013	Test # 2104
Imran Tahir	42.0	14	98	3	2.33	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
RJ Harris	27.0	6	63	1	2.33	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
DW Steyn	26.0	7	61	1	2.34	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
Saeed Ajmal	49.0	10	115	-	2.34	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013	Test # 2112
B Kumar	14.0	6	33	1	2.35	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	6 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
JP Duminy	14.0	3	33	1	2.35	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
JM Anderson	11.0	2	26	-	2.36	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
RA Jadeja	58.2	15	138	6	2.36	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
MG Johnson	13.5	3	33	3	2.38	Australia	v England	Sydney	3 Jan 2014	Test # 2113
Rahat Ali	38.3	9	92	-	2.38	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013	Test # 2112
Shakib Al Hasan	43.0	13	103	5	2.39	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mirpur	21 Oct 2013	Test # 2099
Mohammad Irfan	18.2	4	44	3	2.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
HMRKB Herath	10.5	3	26	3	2.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	8 Jan 2014	Test # 2114
KS Williamson	10.0	3	24	-	2.40	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	9 Oct 2013	Test # 2097
R Ashwin	19.0	2	46	3	2.42	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	6 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
VD Philander	28.0	10	68	3	2.42	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
KJ Abbott	28.0	11	68	-	2.42	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
PM Siddle	14.0	4	34	1	2.42	Australia	v England	Adelaide	5 Dec 2013	Test # 2105
N Deonarine	16.0	2	39	1	2.43	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
NM Lyon	16.0	6	39	1	2.43	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 2013	Test # 2107
SP Narine	16.0	6	39	-	2.43	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
KS Williamson	18.0	4	44	1	2.44	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	21 Oct 2013	Test # 2099
Imran Tahir	13.0	3	32	5	2.46	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
Sohag Gazi	32.0	6	79	2	2.46	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	9 Oct 2013	Test # 2097
CJ Anderson	19.0	3	47	3	2.47	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
R Ashwin	21.0	9	52	2	2.47	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	6 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
N Wagner	25.0	8	62	4	2.48	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
RMS Eranga	24.0	5	60	4	2.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
Junaid Khan	32.0	5	81	3	2.53	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
PM Siddle	13.0	1	33	1	2.53	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
NM Lyon	13.0	1	33	-	2.53	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
VD Philander	11.0	2	28	-	2.54	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
Mahmudullah	18.0	4	46	2	2.55	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	4 Feb 2014	Test # 2117
Rahat Ali	16.0	3	41	-	2.56	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013	Test # 2112
RJ Harris	14.0	5	36	3	2.57	Australia	v England	Sydney	3 Jan 2014	Test # 2113
PM Siddle	26.0	11	67	1	2.57	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	13 Dec 2013	Test # 2107
RJ Harris	19.0	4	49	2	2.57	Australia	v England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013	Test # 2103
Junaid Khan	36.0	3	93	3	2.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	31 Dec 2013	Test # 2112
PP Ojha	24.0	6	62	1	2.58	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	6 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
Saeed Ajmal	17.2	5	45	1	2.59	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	8 Jan 2014	Test # 2114

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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]