Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Players

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
B Kumar	11.0	8	8	4	0.72	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
RAS Lakmal	19.0	12	26	4	1.36	Sri Lanka	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
VD Philander	18.0	7	25	2	1.38	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
JM Anderson	26.0	8	37	1	1.42	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
MJ Santner	17.0	7	25	1	1.47	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
JM Anderson	30.0	12	46	1	1.53	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
SC Williams	13.0	4	20	3	1.53	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
NM Lyon	35.0	12	54	3	1.54	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
Mustafizur Rahman	11.0	4	17	2	1.54	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	1.61	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
ST Gabriel	21.0	7	34	2	1.61	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
VD Philander	19.0	10	31	2	1.63	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
JM Anderson	34.0	14	56	1	1.64	England	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
C de Grandhomme	24.0	10	40	0	1.66	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
VD Philander	18.0	8	30	3	1.66	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
KAJ Roach	22.0	10	37	2	1.68	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
JM Anderson	29.0	10	50	2	1.72	England	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282
VD Philander	15.0	5	26	2	1.73	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
JO Holder	14.0	5	25	2	1.78	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
TG Southee	19.0	9	34	2	1.78	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
NM Lyon	25.0	6	45	2	1.80	Australia	v England	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
L Ngidi	15.0	7	27	1	1.80	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
PLS Gamage	16.0	5	29	1	1.81	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
PJ Cummins	12.4	4	23	1	1.81	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282
SCJ Broad	28.0	10	51	4	1.82	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
RL Chase	17.0	3	31	0	1.82	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
SCJ Broad	24.0	11	44	1	1.83	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
Mohammad Abbas	12.0	3	22	2	1.83	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
L Ngidi	13.0	5	24	2	1.84	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	20.0	5	37	2	1.85	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
Yasir Shah	27.0	5	51	5	1.88	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
MJ Leach	32.0	15	61	2	1.90	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
RAS Lakmal	22.0	5	42	2	1.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
JO Holder	22.0	7	42	1	1.90	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
N Pradeep	11.0	3	21	1	1.90	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	1.90	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
RA Jadeja	45.0	13	86	2	1.91	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2286
I Sharma	16.0	3	31	2	1.93	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
PJ Cummins	20.0	6	39	1	1.95	Australia	v England	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
JR Hazlewood	21.0	6	41	0	1.95	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
JM Anderson	22.0	7	43	5	1.95	England	v Australia	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
SCJ Broad	25.0	10	49	3	1.96	England	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282
CB Mpofu	28.0	10	55	1	1.96	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
HMRKB Herath	21.4	4	43	6	1.98	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
CB Mpofu	14.0	4	28	0	2.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
SCJ Broad	13.0	6	26	0	2.00	England	v Australia	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
SCJ Broad	10.0	2	20	0	2.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282
A Dananjaya	10.0	2	20	3	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
K Rabada	16.4	4	34	3	2.04	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
MA Wood	22.0	10	45	2	2.04	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
Sikandar Raza	48.0	12	99	5	2.06	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
HMRKB Herath	39.0	11	81	1	2.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017	Test # 2283
RAS Lakmal	12.0	4	25	3	2.08	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
ST Gabriel	11.3	4	24	1	2.08	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
K Rabada	18.4	6	39	3	2.08	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
I Sharma	22.0	4	46	3	2.09	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
KAJ Roach	11.0	5	23	2	2.09	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
JR Hazlewood	17.1	6	36	1	2.09	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
J Blackwood	10.0	4	21	0	2.10	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
VD Philander	10.0	4	21	1	2.10	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
JM Anderson	29.0	11	61	3	2.10	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
Yasir Shah	57.0	11	120	3	2.10	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
C de Grandhomme	19.0	3	40	2	2.10	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
RA Reifer	17.0	8	36	1	2.11	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
RA Jadeja	38.0	13	81	3	2.13	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2286
K Rabada	13.0	5	28	2	2.15	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
NM Lyon	36.0	12	78	2	2.16	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017	Test # 2282
B Kumar	18.0	4	39	1	2.16	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
NM Lyon	19.5	6	43	2	2.16	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
D Bishoo	34.0	7	74	2	2.17	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
Asad Shafiq	11.0	1	24	0	2.18	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
VD Philander	27.0	12	59	3	2.18	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
JE Root	12.4	5	28	1	2.21	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
CJ Sayers	35.0	9	78	2	2.22	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
M Morkel	21.0	6	47	3	2.23	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	2.24	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
N Wagner	22.4	5	51	2	2.25	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
TA Boult	16.0	8	36	2	2.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
CR Woakes	16.0	3	36	4	2.25	England	v Australia	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
Mohammad Amir	12.0	4	27	0	2.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
VD Philander	14.3	8	33	3	2.27	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
SCJ Broad	34.0	9	78	3	2.29	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
PJ Cummins	17.0	4	39	4	2.29	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
KC Brathwaite	10.0	0	23	1	2.30	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
B Kumar	19.0	9	44	3	2.31	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
NM Lyon	37.0	5	86	1	2.32	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
HMRKB Herath	40.0	12	93	5	2.32	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
Mohammad Amir	27.0	5	63	0	2.33	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
Mohammed Shami	12.0	3	28	3	2.33	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
RAS Lakmal	17.3	5	41	2	2.34	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
KA Maharaj	10.4	1	25	4	2.34	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
I Sharma	17.0	3	40	2	2.35	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
I Sharma	14.0	2	33	1	2.35	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
MJ Henry	24.0	6	57	3	2.37	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
MA Starc	16.0	4	38	1	2.37	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
R Ashwin	28.1	7	67	4	2.37	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017	Test # 2283
Wahab Riaz	26.0	6	62	1	2.38	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
CR Woakes	26.0	7	62	1	2.38	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
TG Southee	26.0	7	62	6	2.38	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
JR Hazlewood	13.0	5	31	1	2.38	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297

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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]