Best economy rates in an innings in 2009 in Tests
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 21.0 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0.61 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1914 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 13 | - | 1.30 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1904 | |
| 11.3 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1.30 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Galle | 4 Jul 2009 | Test # 1921 | |
| 11.0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1.36 | Australia | v West Indies | Adelaide | 4 Dec 2009 | Test # 1939 | |
| 18.1 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 1.37 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1910 | |
| 28.1 | 11 | 39 | 3 | 1.38 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 | |
| 22.0 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 1.40 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1910 | |
| 24.0 | 5 | 35 | - | 1.45 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 4 Feb 2009 | Test # 1906 | |
| 13.3 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1.48 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 16.0 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 1.50 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1914 | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 26 | - | 1.52 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1934 | |
| 23.0 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 1.60 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
| 22.0 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 1.63 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1943 | |
| 56.0 | 25 | 93 | 2 | 1.66 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 11 Dec 2009 | Test # 1940 | |
| 24.0 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1.66 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 4 Feb 2009 | Test # 1906 | |
| 28.0 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 1.67 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1904 | |
| 13.0 | 4 | 22 | - | 1.69 | India | v New Zealand | Wellington | 3 Apr 2009 | Test # 1918 | |
| 37.0 | 12 | 63 | 3 | 1.70 | Australia | v England | Cardiff | 8 Jul 2009 | Test # 1922 | |
| 19.5 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 1.71 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1914 | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1.71 | England | v West Indies | St John's | 15 Feb 2009 | Test # 1908 | |
| 44.2 | 13 | 77 | 4 | 1.73 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 4 Feb 2009 | Test # 1906 | |
| 42.0 | 10 | 73 | 4 | 1.73 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 | Test # 1930 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1.75 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Galle | 4 Jul 2009 | Test # 1921 | |
| 33.0 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 1.78 | India | v New Zealand | Wellington | 3 Apr 2009 | Test # 1918 | |
| 20.0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1.80 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 7 Aug 2009 | Test # 1929 | |
| 16.0 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 1.81 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1934 | |
| 36.0 | 10 | 66 | - | 1.83 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 | Test # 1909 | |
| 25.0 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 1.84 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1910 | |
| 22.0 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 1.86 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1904 | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 28 | - | 1.86 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1911 | |
| 23.0 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 1.86 | India | v New Zealand | Wellington | 3 Apr 2009 | Test # 1918 | |
| 19.4 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 1.88 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 12 Jul 2009 | Test # 1924 | |
| 27.0 | 10 | 51 | - | 1.88 | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 4 Dec 2009 | Test # 1939 | |
| 35.0 | 15 | 67 | 1 | 1.91 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
| 15.0 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1.93 | Sri Lanka | v India | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 | Test # 1933 | |
| 26.0 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 1.96 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1942 | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 76 | 1 | 2.00 | New Zealand | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 | Test # 1917 | |
| 27.0 | 12 | 54 | 3 | 2.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1904 | |
| 23.0 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 2.00 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 | |
| 22.0 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 2.00 | Australia | v England | Cardiff | 8 Jul 2009 | Test # 1922 | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 2.00 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 2.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 12 Jul 2009 | Test # 1924 | |
| 23.5 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 2.01 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | St George's | 17 Jul 2009 | Test # 1926 | |
| 34.0 | 11 | 70 | 3 | 2.05 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Aug 2009 | Test # 1932 | |
| 31.0 | 8 | 64 | 2 | 2.06 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 11 Dec 2009 | Test # 1940 | |
| 37.4 | 9 | 78 | 4 | 2.07 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 | Test # 1930 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 2.08 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 23.2 | 7 | 49 | 2 | 2.10 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1904 | |
| 10.0 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 2.10 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1905 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 21 | - | 2.10 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
| 27.5 | 11 | 59 | 5 | 2.11 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 3 Jan 2009 | Test # 1904 | |
| 15.0 | 5 | 32 | - | 2.13 | England | v West Indies | St John's | 15 Feb 2009 | Test # 1908 | |
| 14.0 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 2.14 | Australia | v West Indies | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1941 | |
| 20.0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 2.15 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2009 | Test # 1927 | |
| 20.0 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 2.15 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1934 | |
| 14.2 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 2.16 | West Indies | v England | Kingston | 4 Feb 2009 | Test # 1906 | |
| 35.0 | 10 | 76 | 2 | 2.17 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 | |
| 28.0 | 12 | 61 | 3 | 2.17 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 39.0 | 8 | 85 | 1 | 2.17 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 | Test # 1930 | |
| 33.0 | 11 | 72 | 2 | 2.18 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 4 Feb 2009 | Test # 1906 | |
| 32.0 | 7 | 70 | 1 | 2.18 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1914 | |
| 21.0 | 5 | 46 | - | 2.19 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2009 | Test # 1927 | |
| 21.0 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 2.19 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1934 | |
| 31.0 | 7 | 68 | 2 | 2.19 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1910 | |
| 31.0 | 8 | 68 | - | 2.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 20.0 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2.20 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
| 10.0 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2.20 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1910 | |
| 43.0 | 9 | 95 | 1 | 2.20 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2009 | Test # 1927 | |
| 14.0 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2.21 | West Indies | v England | Chester-le-Street | 14 May 2009 | Test # 1920 | |
| 30.0 | 11 | 67 | 3 | 2.23 | England | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1914 | |
| 17.0 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 2.23 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
| 21.0 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 2.23 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 2009 | Test # 1928 | |
| 28.0 | 2 | 63 | 6 | 2.25 | India | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 18 Mar 2009 | Test # 1915 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 2.25 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 16 Jul 2009 | Test # 1925 | |
| 15.0 | 4 | 34 | - | 2.26 | New Zealand | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 | Test # 1917 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2.27 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Wellington | 3 Dec 2009 | Test # 1938 | |
| 18.0 | 7 | 41 | - | 2.27 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1942 | |
| 21.0 | 5 | 48 | - | 2.28 | New Zealand | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 | Test # 1917 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2.29 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 6 May 2009 | Test # 1919 | |
| 34.4 | 5 | 80 | 2 | 2.30 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 2 Dec 2009 | Test # 1937 | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2.30 | Australia | v Pakistan | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1943 | |
| 32.0 | 8 | 74 | 1 | 2.31 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1942 | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 2.31 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 25.0 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 2.32 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 | Test # 1910 | |
| 30.1 | 6 | 70 | 5 | 2.32 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 | |
| 15.3 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 2.32 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
| 15.0 | - | 35 | - | 2.33 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 2009 | Test # 1928 | |
| 15.0 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 2.33 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Napier | 11 Dec 2009 | Test # 1940 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 40 | - | 2.35 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingstown | 9 Jul 2009 | Test # 1923 | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 33 | - | 2.35 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 20 Aug 2009 | Test # 1931 | |
| 39.0 | 12 | 92 | 3 | 2.35 | England | v West Indies | St John's | 15 Feb 2009 | Test # 1908 | |
| 33.0 | 9 | 78 | 1 | 2.36 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 6 Mar 2009 | Test # 1913 | |
| 19.0 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 2.36 | New Zealand | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 | Test # 1917 | |
| 27.0 | 7 | 64 | 2 | 2.37 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1934 | |
| 20.4 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 2.37 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 4 Feb 2009 | Test # 1906 | |
| 24.0 | 7 | 57 | 5 | 2.37 | England | v West Indies | St John's | 15 Feb 2009 | Test # 1908 | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 2.37 | England | v West Indies | Chester-le-Street | 14 May 2009 | Test # 1920 | |
| 16.0 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 2.37 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 30 Jul 2009 | Test # 1928 |
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Minimum of 60 ballsPerformances 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:
South Africa vs England at Durban, England tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]
Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]
South Africa vs England at Centurion, England tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]