Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - vs Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches - vs Sri Lanka

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CL Hooper	13.0	4	16	0	1.23	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
N Boje	24.0	12	30	2	1.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
LE Plunkett	13.2	6	17	3	1.27	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
I Sharma	15.0	8	20	3	1.33	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Arshad Khan	22.0	8	30	3	1.36	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
JN Gillespie	13.0	4	18	2	1.38	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
OAC Banks	22.0	6	31	2	1.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
B Lee	17.5	9	26	4	1.45	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
GD McGrath	16.0	9	24	2	1.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Abdul Razzaq	23.1	9	35	5	1.51	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
AR Caddick	30.0	13	46	0	1.53	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
JH Kallis	11.4	4	18	2	1.54	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
IK Pathan	22.0	8	34	3	1.54	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Arshad Khan	45.0	18	70	1	1.55	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
AF Giles	40.0	14	63	4	1.57	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
SM Pollock	12.0	2	19	2	1.58	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
Abdul Razzaq	17.0	9	27	0	1.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
PP Ojha	23.0	12	37	2	1.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
AB Agarkar	11.0	3	18	1	1.63	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Wasim Akram	25.0	6	41	0	1.64	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	28 Jun 2000	Test # 1502
Abdul Razzaq	14.0	6	23	1	1.64	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
L Klusener	12.1	4	20	1	1.64	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
M Dillon	29.0	7	48	0	1.65	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
AJ Hall	11.0	6	19	2	1.72	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
AF Giles	34.0	13	59	2	1.73	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
RDB Croft	32.0	9	56	4	1.75	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
SM Pollock	29.0	11	51	2	1.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
SM Pollock	22.2	10	40	3	1.79	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
M Ntini	10.0	4	18	1	1.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
MS Panesar	27.0	10	49	2	1.81	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
RDB Croft	22.0	11	40	3	1.81	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
L Klusener	11.0	5	20	1	1.81	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
N Boje	34.0	8	62	5	1.82	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
A Flintoff	23.0	7	42	3	1.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
CD Collymore	15.0	6	28	2	1.86	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
A Flintoff	17.0	5	32	1	1.88	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
SK Warne	37.0	14	70	4	1.89	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
DBL Powell	13.1	4	25	5	1.89	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
L Klusener	11.0	2	21	0	1.90	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
Mohammad Asif	23.0	7	44	6	1.91	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
MJ Hoggard	14.0	4	27	4	1.92	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
SM Pollock	20.4	7	40	3	1.93	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
GD McGrath	16.0	7	31	1	1.93	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
Danish Kaneria	60.0	20	118	7	1.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
Abdul Razzaq	33.0	10	65	2	1.96	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	28 Jun 2000	Test # 1502
Arshad Khan	31.0	8	62	4	2.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
Manjural Islam	23.0	4	46	3	2.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
SR Clark	16.0	6	32	2	2.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
M Ngam	13.0	3	26	3	2.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
JH Kallis	17.0	8	35	3	2.05	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
JDP Oram	30.0	13	62	1	2.06	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
AJ Hall	15.0	7	31	0	2.06	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
DL Vettori	37.4	9	78	4	2.07	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
MJ Hoggard	14.0	3	29	4	2.07	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
NJ Astle	13.0	4	27	3	2.07	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
JN Gillespie	12.0	4	25	1	2.08	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
SM Pollock	23.0	5	48	4	2.08	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
Waqar Younis	19.1	7	40	4	2.08	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
Harbhajan Singh	33.0	12	69	1	2.09	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
CL Hooper	21.0	6	44	0	2.09	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
AJ Tudor	21.0	6	44	3	2.09	England	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
MS Panesar	37.1	13	78	5	2.09	England	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
A Flintoff	13.2	4	28	2	2.10	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
SC Ganguly	10.0	4	21	0	2.10	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
AF Giles	32.5	9	69	4	2.10	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
JN Gillespie	18.0	6	38	1	2.11	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
I Sharma	15.3	3	33	1	2.12	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
MJ Hoggard	15.0	4	32	2	2.13	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
CH Gayle	14.0	0	30	1	2.14	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
Abdul Razzaq	26.0	6	56	4	2.15	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
JN Gillespie	18.0	6	39	2	2.16	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
AF Giles	26.1	3	57	1	2.17	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
JN Gillespie	28.0	9	61	1	2.17	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Azhar Mahmood	16.3	5	36	2	2.18	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
Aamer Sohail	11.0	1	24	2	2.18	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
HH Streak	32.0	11	70	2	2.18	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
SM Pollock	16.0	5	35	2	2.18	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
Mohammad Amir	21.0	5	46	0	2.19	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	2.19	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
Abdul Razzaq	15.0	5	33	0	2.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
M Ntini	10.0	4	22	3	2.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
MS Kasprowicz	17.4	3	39	7	2.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Saeed Ajmal	43.0	9	95	1	2.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
Riaz Afridi	19.0	7	42	2	2.21	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
MS Kasprowicz	16.4	5	37	2	2.22	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
CS Martin	16.4	2	37	2	2.22	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
TJ Friend	26.0	7	58	1	2.23	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Saqlain Mushtaq	33.0	7	74	1	2.24	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
OAC Banks	33.0	8	74	1	2.24	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
A Kumble	36.0	7	81	3	2.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
DR Tuffey	20.0	6	45	1	2.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
M Ntini	16.0	5	36	1	2.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
Mohammad Asif	12.0	6	27	5	2.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Danish Kaneria	23.2	6	53	4	2.27	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
D Gough	22.0	6	50	4	2.27	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
CD Collymore	29.0	5	66	5	2.27	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
GW Flower	39.0	7	89	2	2.28	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Saqlain Mushtaq	34.0	9	78	2	2.29	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
Abdul Razzaq	17.0	6	39	2	2.29	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
FH Edwards	15.4	1	36	5	2.29	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649

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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, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]