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
SCJ Broad	17.0	11	14	-	0.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
KR Mayers	11.0	7	10	1	0.90	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
DM de Silva	10.0	5	12	-	1.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
RAS Lakmal	25.0	10	33	-	1.32	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
PJ Cummins	21.4	10	29	4	1.33	Australia	v India	Sydney	7 Jan 2021	Test # 2402
KA Jamieson	26.0	13	35	2	1.34	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
Noman Ali	25.3	8	35	5	1.37	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	1.37	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
TG Southee	23.0	8	33	2	1.43	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
R Ashwin	24.0	7	35	3	1.45	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
JR Hazlewood	26.0	12	39	2	1.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	7 Jan 2021	Test # 2402
KA Jamieson	23.2	13	35	3	1.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
JO Holder	17.4	6	27	5	1.52	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
JM Anderson	13.0	8	20	-	1.53	England	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
JM Anderson	11.0	4	17	3	1.54	England	v India	Chennai	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
Mohammad Abbas	31.0	14	49	1	1.58	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
R Ashwin	16.0	6	26	3	1.62	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
MJ Henry	15.0	5	25	-	1.66	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
RRS Cornwall	15.0	5	25	-	1.66	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
Taijul Islam	21.0	4	36	4	1.71	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
Mohammed Siraj	21.3	4	37	3	1.72	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
JE Root	11.0	1	19	-	1.72	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
AR Patel	21.4	6	38	6	1.75	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
JM Anderson	25.0	14	44	3	1.76	England	v India	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2021	Test # 2414
TA Boult	17.0	5	30	1	1.76	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	3 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
RRS Cornwall	14.0	6	25	1	1.78	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
R Ashwin	23.5	4	43	5	1.80	India	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
TG Southee	17.4	6	32	5	1.81	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
Sayed Shirzad	27.0	7	49	1	1.81	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021	Test # 2415
JO Holder	22.0	4	40	-	1.81	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
TG Southee	19.0	7	35	4	1.84	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	3 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
JO Holder	21.0	3	39	2	1.85	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
RAS Lakmal	25.0	9	47	5	1.88	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
R Ashwin	37.1	6	71	2	1.91	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
KA Jamieson	13.0	3	25	2	1.92	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	3 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
I Sharma	27.0	7	52	2	1.92	India	v England	Chennai	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
JO Holder	31.0	12	60	-	1.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	3 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
RAS Lakmal	16.0	7	31	-	1.93	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
N Wagner	28.0	9	55	2	1.96	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
RRS Cornwall	26.4	8	53	-	1.98	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
KA Maharaj	45.0	11	90	3	2.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
JJ Bumrah	27.0	6	54	2	2.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
AR Patel	24.0	6	48	5	2.00	India	v England	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2021	Test # 2414
AR Patel	20.0	3	40	2	2.00	India	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
RA Jadeja	14.0	5	28	2	2.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
DT Tiripano	12.0	5	24	1	2.00	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	2 Mar 2021	Test # 2413
Taijul Islam	45.0	18	91	2	2.02	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	3 Feb 2021	Test # 2407
PJ Cummins	10.2	4	21	4	2.03	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
JR Hazlewood	23.0	6	47	1	2.04	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
JR Hazlewood	21.0	10	43	2	2.04	Australia	v India	Sydney	7 Jan 2021	Test # 2402
R Ashwin	22.5	4	47	5	2.05	India	v England	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2021	Test # 2414
JE Root	11.0	3	23	1	2.09	England	v India	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
Faheem Ashraf	19.0	8	40	1	2.10	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
Noman Ali	17.0	8	36	1	2.11	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
AR Patel	15.0	-	32	5	2.13	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Nayeem Hasan	15.5	5	34	3	2.14	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
Rashid Khan	62.5	17	137	7	2.18	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021	Test # 2415
N Wagner	15.0	3	33	2	2.20	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	3 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
L Embuldeniya	28.0	9	62	2	2.21	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	26.0	9	58	4	2.23	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	3 Feb 2021	Test # 2407
Noman Ali	17.0	4	38	2	2.23	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
TG Southee	20.0	8	45	-	2.25	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
PJ Cummins	21.1	7	48	3	2.26	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	33.0	9	75	1	2.27	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
KC Brathwaite	11.0	1	25	3	2.27	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
Amir Hamza	32.0	6	73	3	2.28	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021	Test # 2415
L Embuldeniya	28.0	6	64	1	2.28	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
A Nortje	24.3	8	56	5	2.28	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
PJ Cummins	24.0	10	55	4	2.29	Australia	v India	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
TA Boult	18.4	6	43	3	2.30	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
JR Hazlewood	24.4	6	57	5	2.31	Australia	v India	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
RRS Cornwall	32.0	8	74	5	2.31	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
ST Gabriel	16.0	3	37	1	2.31	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
NM Lyon	28.0	9	65	1	2.32	Australia	v India	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
Taijul Islam	46.2	8	108	4	2.33	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
JJ Bumrah	36.0	7	84	3	2.33	India	v England	Chennai	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
MA Wood	21.0	5	49	-	2.33	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
N Wagner	12.0	5	28	-	2.33	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
JR Hazlewood	20.0	6	47	1	2.35	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
PWA Mulder	17.0	7	40	1	2.35	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
Yasir Shah	23.4	5	56	1	2.36	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
R Ashwin	19.5	4	47	3	2.36	India	v England	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 2021	Test # 2414
N Wagner	21.0	5	50	2	2.38	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Mount Maunganui	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2397
B Muzarabani	26.0	5	62	-	2.38	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021	Test # 2415
Yasir Shah	33.0	7	79	4	2.39	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
KA Jamieson	20.0	6	48	6	2.40	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
JO Holder	10.0	3	24	-	2.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
Mohammed Shami	17.0	4	41	-	2.41	India	v Australia	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
L Embuldeniya	12.0	3	29	2	2.41	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
Shaheen Shah Afridi	21.0	6	51	4	2.42	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
TA Boult	14.0	5	34	-	2.42	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
K Rabada	14.0	3	34	2	2.42	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
PVD Chameera	18.0	3	44	-	2.44	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
Yasir Shah	22.0	6	54	3	2.45	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
GF Linde	26.0	9	64	5	2.46	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
UT Yadav	16.1	5	40	3	2.47	India	v Australia	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
JJ Bumrah	21.0	7	52	2	2.47	India	v Australia	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
NM Lyon	46.0	17	114	2	2.47	Australia	v India	Sydney	7 Jan 2021	Test # 2402
Javed Ahmadi	16.0	5	40	1	2.50	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	10 Mar 2021	Test # 2415
MA Starc	21.0	5	53	4	2.52	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396

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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]