Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Best economy rates in an innings in 1997 in Tests

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AA Donald	23.0	13	18	1	0.78	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
CZ Harris	14.0	6	13	-	0.92	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
RDB Croft	20.0	9	19	3	0.95	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
DL Vettori	12.0	4	13	1	1.08	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
SK Warne	17.4	7	20	2	1.13	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
PR Reiffel	15.0	9	17	2	1.13	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
GD McGrath	17.0	9	20	1	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
CEL Ambrose	29.0	14	36	-	1.24	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
PCR Tufnell	23.0	9	29	1	1.26	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
RK Chauhan	18.0	11	23	1	1.27	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
PCR Tufnell	40.0	18	53	3	1.32	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
PR Reiffel	18.0	7	24	2	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Saqlain Mushtaq	19.0	9	26	4	1.36	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
PCR Tufnell	16.0	6	22	-	1.37	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
MG Bevan	13.0	3	18	3	1.38	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
CEL Ambrose	25.0	10	35	-	1.40	West Indies	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
Azhar Mahmood	10.0	3	14	-	1.40	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
RK Chauhan	34.0	13	48	4	1.41	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
M Muralidaran	23.4	13	34	5	1.43	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
BM McMillan	11.0	4	16	1	1.45	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
SB Doull	13.0	4	19	1	1.46	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
AR Caddick	27.2	11	40	2	1.46	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
WJ Cronje	14.0	7	21	2	1.50	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	6	15	-	1.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
SK Warne	42.0	15	64	3	1.52	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
BC Strang	19.0	10	29	3	1.52	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
Asif Mujtaba	15.0	3	23	1	1.53	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
SK Warne	28.0	15	43	4	1.53	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
RDB Croft	31.0	13	48	2	1.54	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
L Klusener	14.5	4	23	2	1.55	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
ME Waugh	18.0	8	28	2	1.55	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
JTC Vaughan	36.0	10	57	1	1.58	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
SB Joshi	36.0	11	57	3	1.58	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
SK Warne	30.0	14	48	6	1.60	Australia	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
NJ Astle	28.0	10	45	1	1.60	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
A Kuruvilla	22.0	9	36	-	1.63	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
BKV Prasad	18.0	6	30	1	1.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
J Srinath	15.0	5	25	1	1.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
Azhar Mahmood	10.1	3	17	1	1.67	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
CL Hooper	16.0	6	27	-	1.68	West Indies	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
GD McGrath	23.4	9	40	3	1.69	Australia	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
GD McGrath	10.0	5	17	-	1.70	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
DL Vettori	57.0	18	97	4	1.70	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
HH Streak	15.0	5	26	-	1.73	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
A Kumble	23.0	7	40	3	1.73	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
NJ Astle	23.0	12	40	1	1.73	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
GD McGrath	12.0	4	21	2	1.75	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
HDPK Dharmasena	52.5	19	93	1	1.76	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
HDPK Dharmasena	22.0	7	39	1	1.77	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
CL Cairns	28.1	9	50	5	1.77	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
HT Davis	19.0	6	34	3	1.78	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
AD Mullally	26.0	11	47	2	1.80	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
PA Strang	42.0	17	76	1	1.80	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
JH Kallis	16.0	7	29	3	1.81	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
Wasim Akram	22.0	6	40	1	1.81	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
NJ Astle	11.0	2	20	-	1.81	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
GD McGrath	17.0	4	31	1	1.82	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
RS Kalpage	23.0	8	42	-	1.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
SM Pollock	30.0	11	55	-	1.83	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	1.84	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
A Kumble	41.0	19	76	1	1.85	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
GD McGrath	20.3	8	38	8	1.85	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
IR Bishop	11.5	4	22	4	1.85	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
SK Warne	17.0	8	32	2	1.88	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
GD McGrath	17.0	6	32	5	1.88	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
CL Hooper	18.0	7	34	3	1.88	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
Mushtaq Ahmed	18.3	7	35	5	1.89	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
CL Hooper	28.0	9	53	-	1.89	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
BKV Prasad	20.0	7	38	-	1.90	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
GW Flower	10.0	2	19	-	1.90	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
BM McMillan	10.0	3	19	1	1.90	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
CL Hooper	13.4	5	26	5	1.90	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
CL Hooper	21.0	9	40	-	1.90	West Indies	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
HDPK Dharmasena	34.0	11	65	-	1.91	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
A Kuruvilla	15.1	4	29	2	1.91	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
PCR Tufnell	34.3	16	66	7	1.91	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
DL Vettori	24.0	8	46	4	1.91	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
WJ Cronje	16.4	5	32	1	1.92	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
BC Strang	26.0	12	50	-	1.92	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
PR Reiffel	14.0	8	27	2	1.92	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
S Chanderpaul	29.0	8	56	1	1.93	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
GD McGrath	17.0	5	33	-	1.94	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
M Muralidaran	22.0	4	43	3	1.95	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
ST Jayasuriya	30.0	9	59	2	1.96	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
IR Bishop	31.0	9	61	2	1.96	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
CA Walsh	36.0	11	71	-	1.97	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
SM Pollock	37.0	13	74	3	2.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
AR Caddick	32.0	8	64	1	2.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
A Kumble	28.0	13	56	3	2.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
CL Hooper	20.0	7	40	2	2.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
MS Kasprowicz	20.0	9	40	2	2.00	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
AA Donald	18.0	5	36	5	2.00	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
KSC de Silva	16.0	4	32	1	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
DS Mohanty	16.0	4	32	-	2.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
ST Jayasuriya	16.0	4	32	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
Wasim Akram	13.0	3	26	1	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
S Chanderpaul	11.0	4	22	-	2.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
Saqlain Mushtaq	44.2	10	89	5	2.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
MS Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
GD McGrath	28.0	11	57	1	2.03	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392

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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:

Australia vs South Africa at Melbourne, South Africa tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1997 [Test # 1392]

West Indies vs Pakistan at Karachi, West Indies tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 6-9, 1997 [Test # 1391]

India vs Sri Lanka at Wankhede, Sri Lanka tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 3-7, 1997 [Test # 1390]