Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Best economy rates in an innings for South Africa in Tests

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GS Sobers	14.0	11	3	1	0.21	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
JNT Seales	15.5	10	5	4	0.31	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	30 Nov 2024	Test # 2565
NBF Mann	20.0	13	10	-	0.50	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
CEL Jones	10.0	7	5	-	0.50	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
TL Goddard	16.0	8	12	2	0.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
TL Goddard	17.0	14	10	1	0.58	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
FMM Worrell	27.0	18	16	-	0.59	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
J Trim	10.0	6	6	2	0.60	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	03 Mar 1948	Test # 297
AA Donald	10.0	7	6	2	0.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
TL Goddard	25.2	15	22	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
HJ Tayfield	24.0	17	21	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
S Ramadhin	15.0	9	10	2	0.66	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
TL Goddard	16.0	10	11	1	0.68	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
JT Partridge	14.0	8	10	-	0.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
MLC Foster	14.0	7	10	-	0.71	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
WW Hall	8.2	4	8	-	0.72	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
CEL Ambrose	11.0	6	8	3	0.72	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
LN Constantine	14.5	9	11	3	0.74	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	24 Jan 1935	Test # 239
TL Goddard	14.0	7	14	1	0.75	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
ARA Murray	13.0	7	13	-	0.75	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
TL Goddard	13.0	8	13	2	0.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
CL Walcott	16.0	10	12	2	0.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
RL Chase	12.0	6	9	2	0.75	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	04 Feb 2023	Test # 2489
GE Gomez	13.0	8	10	1	0.76	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
R Gilchrist	23.0	13	18	3	0.78	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
AA Donald	23.0	13	18	1	0.78	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
LR Gibbs	14.0	11	11	3	0.78	West Indies	v England	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	Test # 629
CEH Croft	10.0	6	8	2	0.80	West Indies	v England	The Oval	24 Jul 1980	Test # 883
JC Watkins	12.0	4	13	2	0.81	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
TL Goddard	23.0	12	25	2	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
WJ Cronje	11.0	4	9	-	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
GS Sobers	17.0	10	14	-	0.82	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
ARA Murray	23.0	16	19	2	0.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
MLC Foster	12.0	4	10	1	0.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
RA Harper	12.0	8	10	3	0.83	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
AL Valentine	34.4	21	29	3	0.83	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	15 Feb 1952	Test # 350
TL Goddard	27.0	15	23	1	0.85	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
JC Watkins	14.0	7	16	2	0.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
TL Goddard	24.7	10	29	2	0.87	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
CEL Ambrose	16.0	9	14	1	0.87	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
J Garner	34.1	20	30	4	0.87	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
CEL Ambrose	26.0	16	23	3	0.88	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
AL Valentine	35.0	20	31	1	0.88	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
HJ Tayfield	29.3	15	35	1	0.89	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
CD Collymore	19.0	11	17	2	0.89	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
AL Valentine	29.0	19	26	-	0.89	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
LR Gibbs	35.4	21	32	1	0.89	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973	Test # 726
FJ Cameron	10.0	3	9	-	0.90	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	0.90	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
BF Butcher	10.0	7	9	-	0.90	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968	Test # 636
IVA Richards	10.0	6	9	1	0.90	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
RS Grant	13.2	4	16	2	0.90	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1939	Test # 273
KR Mayers	11.0	7	10	1	0.90	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	29 Mar 2021	Test # 2417
GE Gomez	46.1	20	42	1	0.90	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
WJ Cronje	18.4	8	17	2	0.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
CA Walsh	12.0	6	11	1	0.91	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	05 Apr 1991	Test # 1168
MC Carew	25.0	18	23	1	0.92	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
JC Watkins	23.5	14	22	4	0.92	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
FMM Worrell	13.0	6	12	2	0.92	West Indies	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
SM Pollock	13.0	9	12	2	0.92	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
CP Carter	29.0	12	27	1	0.93	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
OG Smith	29.0	15	27	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Mar 1956	Test # 423
J Garner	15.0	9	14	2	0.93	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
DW Steyn	15.0	9	14	-	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
ARA Murray	31.0	16	29	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	0.93	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
HD Bromfield	16.0	7	15	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
EA Martindale	8.0	2	10	-	0.93	West Indies	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 1939	Test # 273
ARA Murray	8.0	3	10	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
S Ramadhin	53.0	30	50	4	0.94	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
AW White	14.5	8	14	1	0.94	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	Test # 580
RR Jumadeen	19.0	9	18	1	0.94	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
TL Goddard	35.5	18	34	2	0.94	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
PL Harris	30.0	19	29	-	0.96	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
CR Browne	33.0	15	32	1	0.96	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
GE Gomez	7.5	2	10	2	0.98	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
DS Atkinson	62.0	35	61	1	0.98	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
LR Gibbs	37.1	19	49	2	0.98	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Mar 1975	Test # 759
RO Hinds	27.0	13	27	1	1.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
NBF Mann	24.0	16	24	4	1.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
CG Butts	22.0	9	22	2	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
CEL Ambrose	22.0	11	22	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
JC Watkins	12.0	5	16	1	1.00	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
M Morkel	15.0	9	15	3	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
KC Bland	13.0	6	13	-	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
VA Holder	12.0	6	12	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
KAJ Roach	12.0	6	12	2	1.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	08 Jun 2014	Test # 2123
IVA Richards	11.0	6	11	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
ST Gabriel	11.0	4	11	5	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017	Test # 2260
CL Walcott	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
WW Hall	10.0	3	10	-	1.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
WJ Cronje	10.0	6	10	1	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
AA Donald	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
HJ Tayfield	26.1	12	35	3	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
S Ramadhin	38.2	21	39	4	1.01	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Feb 1952	Test # 349
N Boje	16.4	10	17	4	1.02	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
RR Jumadeen	45.0	22	46	-	1.02	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697

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Australia vs South Africa at Mackay, South Africa in Australia 3rd ODI, Aug 24, 2025 [ODI # 4897]

Belgium vs Austria at Latschach, Belgium in Austria 3rd T20I, Aug 24, 2025 [T20I # 3417]

Austria vs Belgium at Latschach, Belgium in Austria 2nd T20I, Aug 23, 2025 [T20I # 3416]