Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AR Kapoor	13.0	8	10	0	0.76	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
TBA May	32.0	20	26	2	0.81	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
A Kumble	23.0	11	20	1	0.86	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
N Kapil Dev	19.0	11	19	0	1.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
SK Warne	30.5	15	31	4	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
Azhar Mahmood	11.0	4	12	0	1.09	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
A Kumble	24.0	11	27	1	1.12	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
SK Warne	17.4	7	20	2	1.13	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
PR Reiffel	12.0	3	14	3	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
GD McGrath	17.0	9	20	1	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	1.20	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
J Srinath	27.0	10	33	4	1.22	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SR Waugh	22.3	9	28	5	1.24	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
SLV Raju	20.0	8	25	0	1.25	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SK Warne	30.0	13	38	3	1.26	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
RK Illingworth	29.0	12	37	3	1.27	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
RS Kalpage	17.5	6	23	1	1.28	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
CEL Ambrose	36.0	19	47	2	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
NJ Astle	16.0	8	21	1	1.31	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
PR Reiffel	18.0	7	24	2	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
PCR Tufnell	23.0	8	31	2	1.34	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
PR Reiffel	11.0	4	15	0	1.36	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
CEL Ambrose	24.4	7	34	6	1.37	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
MG Bevan	13.0	3	18	3	1.38	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
CA Walsh	22.0	10	31	4	1.40	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
SR Waugh	18.0	7	26	4	1.44	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
N Kapil Dev	29.0	8	42	1	1.44	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SR Waugh	27.2	12	40	3	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
BC Strang	12.0	6	18	0	1.50	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
D Gough	10.0	5	15	0	1.50	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
SK Warne	42.0	15	64	3	1.52	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
C Pringle	15.0	5	23	0	1.53	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
SK Warne	28.0	15	43	4	1.53	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
PJ Martin	24.0	9	37	3	1.54	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
M Muralidaran	31.0	11	48	1	1.54	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
ME Waugh	18.0	8	28	2	1.55	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
RJ Shastri	14.0	2	22	0	1.57	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
GA Hick	24.0	14	38	1	1.58	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
SLV Raju	46.0	15	73	3	1.58	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
CL Hooper	17.0	5	27	1	1.58	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
SB Doull	34.2	12	55	2	1.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
A Kumble	50.3	16	81	3	1.60	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	1.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
HDPK Dharmasena	18.0	8	29	1	1.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
AR Caddick	18.0	4	29	2	1.61	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
SK Warne	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
GD McGrath	16.0	6	26	1	1.62	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
SA Thomson	11.0	6	18	0	1.63	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Azhar Mahmood	17.0	6	28	0	1.64	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
CEL Ambrose	17.0	6	28	2	1.64	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
SK Warne	47.0	18	78	3	1.65	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
ME Waugh	12.0	3	20	1	1.66	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
SK Warne	55.0	20	92	4	1.67	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
ARC Fraser	25.0	9	42	5	1.68	England	v South Africa	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
GD McGrath	19.0	5	32	1	1.68	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
GD McGrath	10.0	5	17	0	1.70	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
N Kapil Dev	17.0	4	29	1	1.70	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SK Warne	42.0	17	72	5	1.71	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
GR Larsen	18.0	6	31	2	1.72	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
SB Doull	15.0	5	26	1	1.73	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
CJ McDermott	19.0	8	33	4	1.73	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
A Kumble	23.0	7	40	3	1.73	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
RP de Groen	12.0	3	21	1	1.75	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	1.77	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
BKV Prasad	14.0	5	25	0	1.78	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
SB Joshi	24.0	4	43	4	1.79	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
J Srinath	20.0	7	36	2	1.80	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
CJ McDermott	27.0	9	49	3	1.81	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
Shoaib Akhtar	11.0	0	20	0	1.81	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
M Muralidaran	35.1	8	64	4	1.81	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
A Kumble	28.0	8	51	2	1.82	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
D Gough	23.0	6	42	6	1.82	England	v South Africa	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
CL Hooper	28.0	8	52	2	1.85	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
GS Blewett	14.0	5	26	1	1.85	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
SB Doull	25.5	9	48	0	1.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	1.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
N Kapil Dev	24.0	6	45	2	1.87	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
M Prabhakar	10.0	4	19	0	1.90	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
GD McGrath	41.0	11	78	0	1.90	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
M Prabhakar	24.4	7	47	2	1.90	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
GW Flower	23.0	5	44	1	1.91	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SK Warne	44.2	15	85	1	1.91	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
SK Warne	44.5	14	86	4	1.91	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
AR Caddick	36.0	12	70	1	1.94	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
N Kapil Dev	22.0	6	43	3	1.95	India	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
JC Adams	21.5	5	43	4	1.96	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
J Srinath	19.1	6	38	3	1.98	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
SLV Raju	47.0	15	94	1	2.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
CJ McDermott	38.0	11	76	1	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
PK Wijetunge	29.0	2	58	1	2.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
PR Reiffel	24.0	7	48	0	2.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
ARC Fraser	17.0	10	34	1	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
Wasim Akram	13.0	3	26	1	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
RDB Croft	51.0	14	103	0	2.01	England	v South Africa	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
HDPK Dharmasena	45.0	12	91	0	2.02	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
MS Kasprowicz	13.5	3	28	3	2.02	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
CEL Ambrose	24.1	7	49	1	2.02	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
PCR Tufnell	35.0	9	71	0	2.02	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
SK Warne	31.0	8	63	1	2.03	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
GD McGrath	28.0	11	57	1	2.03	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]