Best economy rates in an innings for South Africa in Tests IN South Africa
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
16.0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0.56 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
25.2 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
24.0 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
14.0 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0.69 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
14.0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
13.0 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
23.0 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0.78 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
12.0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
23.0 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
11.0 | 4 | 9 | - | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 17 Mar 1994 | Test # 1253 | |
27.0 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1967 | Test # 615 | |
14.0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0.85 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
29.3 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0.89 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
18.4 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0.91 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
29.0 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
16.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 524 | |
8.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
35.5 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 0.94 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 12 Feb 1965 | Test # 578 | |
30.0 | 19 | 29 | - | 0.96 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2011 | Test # 1988 | |
10.0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 26 Dec 1994 | Test # 1280 | |
26.1 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
18.0 | 12 | 19 | - | 1.05 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 | Test # 670 | |
17.0 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1.05 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
14.0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1.07 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
24.5 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1.08 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 | |
14.4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
11.0 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
11.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
15.0 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1.10 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
42.0 | 18 | 62 | 1 | 1.10 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
14.2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1.11 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
20.0 | 4 | 30 | - | 1.12 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
14.0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1.12 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
19.0 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1.13 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
28.0 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 1.14 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
14.0 | 6 | 16 | - | 1.14 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1995 | Test # 1320 | |
14.5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1.14 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2006 | Test # 1825 | |
20.0 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1.15 | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 | Test # 1201 | |
16.0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1.17 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
37.4 | 14 | 59 | 6 | 1.18 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
10.1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1.18 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 | |
16.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1.18 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 19 Nov 2008 | Test # 1893 | |
21.0 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1.19 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 524 | |
25.1 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
59.0 | 24 | 94 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
14.0 | 9 | 17 | - | 1.21 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
29.0 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 1.24 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
24.5 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 1.24 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
24.0 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1.25 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 | |
16.0 | 5 | 20 | - | 1.25 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
12.0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1.25 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 | |
11.1 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1.25 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
35.0 | 17 | 44 | 3 | 1.25 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 | |
25.0 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 1.26 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
15.0 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1.26 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | |
17.4 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1.28 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
14.0 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1.28 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1961 | Test # 517 | |
14.0 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1.28 | South Africa | v West Indies | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2015 | Test # 2154 | |
36.0 | 17 | 62 | 6 | 1.29 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
17.0 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1.29 | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 | Test # 1201 | |
26.0 | 8 | 45 | 5 | 1.29 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
10.0 | 6 | 13 | - | 1.30 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 09 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 | |
10.0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1.30 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 | |
13.0 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1.30 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 11 Jan 2013 | Test # 2071 | |
11.3 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1.31 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
11.2 | 5 | 15 | - | 1.32 | South Africa | v India | Gqeberha | 16 Nov 2001 | Test # 1569 | |
30.0 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 1.33 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
13.3 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1.33 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
28.5 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 1.33 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
20.5 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 1.34 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
20.0 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 1.35 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
15.0 | 5 | 27 | - | 1.35 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 | |
17.0 | 8 | 23 | - | 1.35 | South Africa | v West Indies | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2007 | Test # 1856 | |
14.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1.35 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2000 | Test # 1482 | |
37.7 | 14 | 69 | 8 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
38.0 | 8 | 52 | - | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
26.0 | 10 | 36 | - | 1.38 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1995 | Test # 1282 | |
19.3 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1.38 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 19 Jan 1995 | Test # 1283 | |
13.0 | 6 | 18 | - | 1.38 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
18.0 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 1.38 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 09 Mar 2018 | Test # 2298 | |
21.0 | 8 | 39 | - | 1.39 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
16.3 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 1.39 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 03 Feb 1967 | Test # 616 | |
51.0 | 18 | 95 | 3 | 1.39 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
25.0 | 11 | 35 | 3 | 1.40 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 06 Mar 1906 | Test # 89 | |
15.0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 1.40 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
37.0 | 18 | 52 | 3 | 1.40 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 | Test # 1200 | |
29.0 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 1.41 | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 | Test # 1201 | |
12.0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1.41 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
12.0 | 3 | 17 | - | 1.41 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 26 Dec 1994 | Test # 1280 | |
12.0 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1.41 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Centurion | 11 Mar 2005 | Test # 1740 | |
21.0 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 1.42 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
14.3 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1.44 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 27 Mar 1998 | Test # 1414 | |
15.1 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 1.45 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
11.0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1.45 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1997 | Test # 1349 | |
38.0 | 12 | 74 | 1 | 1.46 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
52.0 | 20 | 76 | - | 1.46 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
51.6 | 13 | 101 | 3 | 1.46 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
21.0 | 7 | 41 | - | 1.46 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
22.0 | 8 | 43 | - | 1.46 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
29.0 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 1.47 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 |
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