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
WJ Cronje	18.4	8	17	2	0.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
NJ Astle	26.0	12	27	2	1.03	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
WJ Cronje	10.0	5	11	2	1.10	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
CL Cairns	16.0	7	18	1	1.12	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	25 Oct 1995	Test # 1309
CR Matthews	28.0	12	32	3	1.14	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
CR Matthews	20.0	10	23	2	1.15	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
GJ Crocker	35.0	18	41	1	1.17	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
PS de Villiers	15.0	7	18	0	1.20	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
CEL Ambrose	29.0	14	36	0	1.24	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
AA Donald	11.1	4	14	4	1.25	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
WJ Cronje	17.0	10	22	1	1.29	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
GD McGrath	17.0	8	22	0	1.29	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
DJ Nash	15.0	9	20	3	1.33	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
M Mbangwa	12.0	6	16	2	1.33	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	07 Oct 1998	Test # 1425
AA Donald	27.0	14	37	4	1.37	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
Nadeem Khan	13.0	5	18	0	1.38	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
CEL Ambrose	25.0	10	35	0	1.40	West Indies	v India	Kingston	06 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
BM McMillan	37.0	18	52	3	1.40	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
CR Matthews	29.0	13	41	2	1.41	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
Shahid Afridi	16.0	7	23	0	1.43	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
BM McMillan	11.0	4	16	1	1.45	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
DJ Nash	15.0	3	22	1	1.46	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	25 Oct 1995	Test # 1309
GA Hick	12.5	5	19	3	1.48	England	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1993	Test # 1211
MA Ealham	14.0	5	21	4	1.50	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jul 1996	Test # 1329
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	6	15	0	1.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
MS Kasprowicz	18.0	5	28	5	1.55	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
MC Snedden	12.5	4	20	2	1.55	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
AA Donald	36.0	13	58	2	1.61	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
BM McMillan	21.0	6	34	0	1.61	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
B Lee	19.0	6	31	2	1.63	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
GD McGrath	30.0	13	49	2	1.63	Australia	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
BN Schultz	14.5	7	25	1	1.68	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
CL Hooper	16.0	6	27	0	1.68	West Indies	v India	Kingston	06 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
MG Hughes	20.0	5	34	3	1.70	Australia	v India	Brisbane	29 Nov 1991	Test # 1177
AJ Traicos	50.0	16	86	5	1.72	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
DK Morrison	30.0	9	52	4	1.73	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	Test # 1255
MN Hart	19.0	5	33	0	1.73	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	Test # 1255
BM McMillan	19.0	8	33	1	1.73	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
Wasim Akram	13.0	3	23	1	1.76	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Feb 1999	Test # 1443
ARC Fraser	22.0	7	39	3	1.77	England	v India	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
SB Doull	36.0	15	64	3	1.77	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1438
WJ Cronje	18.0	7	32	0	1.77	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
PR Reiffel	15.0	4	27	0	1.80	Australia	v India	Chennai	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1405
BM McMillan	11.0	4	20	0	1.81	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
AD Mullally	39.0	14	71	3	1.82	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1996	Test # 1328
SM Pollock	30.0	11	55	0	1.83	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
IR Bishop	11.5	4	22	4	1.85	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
DJ Nash	22.0	10	41	0	1.86	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
BN Schultz	20.5	4	39	1	1.87	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
CJ McDermott	25.0	7	47	4	1.88	Australia	v India	Brisbane	29 Nov 1991	Test # 1177
CA Walsh	18.0	7	34	3	1.88	West Indies	v India	Mohali	10 Dec 1994	Test # 1278
CL Hooper	18.0	7	34	3	1.88	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
CL Hooper	28.0	9	53	0	1.89	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
CL Hooper	21.0	9	40	0	1.90	West Indies	v India	Kingston	06 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
HDPK Dharmasena	34.0	11	65	0	1.91	Sri Lanka	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
CJ McDermott	28.1	11	54	5	1.91	Australia	v India	Brisbane	29 Nov 1991	Test # 1177
MP Jarvis	38.0	17	73	1	1.92	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
DJ Nash	13.0	6	25	0	1.92	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	Test # 1255
SR Waugh	13.0	5	25	1	1.92	Australia	v India	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
GD McGrath	29.0	10	56	1	1.93	Australia	v India	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
S Chanderpaul	29.0	8	56	1	1.93	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
M Mbangwa	14.2	4	28	1	1.95	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	07 Oct 1998	Test # 1425
KPJ Warnaweera	46.0	17	90	3	1.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
SB Doull	25.0	10	49	2	1.96	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
MG Burmester	39.4	18	78	3	1.96	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	18 Oct 1992	Test # 1197
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
MW Pringle	34.0	10	67	1	1.97	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
CA Walsh	36.0	11	71	0	1.97	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
CR Matthews	17.0	7	34	1	2.00	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
KSC de Silva	16.0	4	32	1	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
ST Jayasuriya	16.0	4	32	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
ME Waugh	14.0	5	28	0	2.00	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1181
S Chanderpaul	11.0	4	22	0	2.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	06 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
AA Donald	27.0	11	55	5	2.03	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
Wasim Akram	21.0	3	43	3	2.04	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Feb 1999	Test # 1443
BM McMillan	20.0	9	41	3	2.05	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
PJ Martin	34.0	10	70	1	2.05	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1996	Test # 1328
PR Reiffel	17.0	7	35	3	2.05	Australia	v India	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
A Ranatunga	17.0	7	35	1	2.05	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
M Muralidaran	48.0	17	99	4	2.06	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
WJ Cronje	15.0	5	31	0	2.06	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
BA Reid	29.0	9	60	6	2.06	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991	Test # 1180
MG Hughes	12.0	2	25	0	2.08	Australia	v India	Perth	01 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
SM Pollock	12.0	4	25	3	2.08	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
Sir RJ Hadlee	35.0	11	73	3	2.08	New Zealand	v India	Napier	09 Feb 1990	Test # 1138
CEL Ambrose	41.4	10	87	5	2.08	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
MS Kasprowicz	21.0	8	44	1	2.09	Australia	v India	Chennai	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1405
SK Warne	10.0	6	21	2	2.10	Australia	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
DG Cork	19.0	5	40	2	2.10	England	v India	Birmingham	06 Jun 1996	Test # 1327
BM McMillan	36.0	9	76	2	2.11	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
AA Donald	18.0	6	38	3	2.11	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
CL Cairns	16.0	8	34	0	2.12	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
AA Donald	15.0	3	32	3	2.13	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
DJ Nash	37.0	16	79	0	2.13	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
PL Symcox	22.0	8	47	2	2.13	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
DJ Nash	29.0	4	62	4	2.13	New Zealand	v India	Cuttack	08 Nov 1995	Test # 1310
HH Streak	29.0	9	62	3	2.13	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	07 Oct 1998	Test # 1425
DW Fleming	21.3	7	46	2	2.13	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
DPMD Jayawardene	14.0	1	30	0	2.14	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445

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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]