Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings IN South Africa

Cricket Records in 2020s in Test matches IN South Africa

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JM Anderson	18.0	9	23	2	1.27	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
D Paterson	13.3	5	18	1	1.33	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SCJ Broad	10.0	5	14	1	1.40	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
BA Stokes	23.4	8	35	3	1.47	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
L Ngidi	14.0	5	21	3	1.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
K Rabada	12.0	5	19	2	1.58	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
SCJ Broad	23.0	8	37	1	1.60	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
DM Bess	22.0	11	36	1	1.63	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
DM Bess	31.0	12	51	5	1.64	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
VD Philander	14.0	7	24	0	1.71	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
DM Bess	33.0	14	57	1	1.72	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
KA Maharaj	37.0	15	65	0	1.75	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
JJ Bumrah	23.3	8	42	5	1.78	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
M Jansen	17.0	5	31	4	1.82	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
M Jansen	19.3	6	36	4	1.84	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
MA Wood	16.5	6	32	3	1.90	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
PWA Mulder	13.0	7	25	3	1.92	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
SCJ Broad	14.0	3	27	0	1.92	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SN Thakur	11.0	3	22	1	2.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
SM Curran	12.0	4	25	1	2.08	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JM Anderson	19.0	6	40	5	2.10	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
SCJ Broad	18.0	6	38	2	2.11	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
R Ashwin	19.0	6	41	1	2.15	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
Taskin Ahmed	11.0	1	24	2	2.18	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
SCJ Broad	13.4	6	30	3	2.19	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
R Ashwin	11.4	2	26	1	2.22	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
CR Woakes	17.0	7	38	2	2.23	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
A Nortje	16.0	5	36	5	2.25	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
JE Root	11.0	4	25	0	2.27	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
L Ngidi	14.3	7	33	1	2.27	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
DM Bess	27.0	3	62	1	2.29	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
KR Mayers	10.0	2	23	1	2.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
SM Curran	16.0	4	37	1	2.31	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
JJ Bumrah	21.0	5	49	1	2.33	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
JL Denly	18.0	4	42	2	2.33	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
D Olivier	18.0	5	42	1	2.33	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	40.0	8	94	3	2.35	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
RL Chase	14.0	0	33	0	2.35	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
D Pretorius	11.0	5	26	2	2.36	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
L Ngidi	11.0	4	26	0	2.36	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
KA Maharaj	24.0	6	57	2	2.37	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
D Olivier	15.0	5	36	1	2.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	35.0	6	85	3	2.42	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Mohammed Shami	16.0	4	39	2	2.43	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
JO Holder	16.0	5	39	1	2.43	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
JO Holder	19.4	2	48	3	2.44	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
K Rabada	17.0	4	42	4	2.47	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
Mohammed Shami	21.0	5	52	2	2.47	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
VD Philander	20.0	2	50	2	2.50	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
PWA Mulder	10.0	4	25	0	2.50	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
KA Maharaj	27.0	6	68	1	2.51	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
Khaled Ahmed	13.0	1	33	0	2.53	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
VD Philander	16.0	5	41	0	2.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
SR Harmer	40.0	12	103	4	2.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
PWA Mulder	19.0	4	49	0	2.57	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
D Paterson	24.0	3	62	1	2.58	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
JJ Bumrah	26.4	5	69	4	2.58	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
D Olivier	15.0	4	39	2	2.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
SCJ Broad	10.0	1	26	2	2.60	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
Mohammed Siraj	18.0	5	47	2	2.61	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
SR Harmer	17.1	8	45	3	2.62	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
JJ Bumrah	19.0	4	50	3	2.63	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
PWA Mulder	15.0	4	40	1	2.66	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
K Rabada	12.0	3	32	2	2.66	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
Taijul Islam	50.0	10	135	6	2.70	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
KR Mayers	17.0	5	46	3	2.70	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
Mohammed Shami	15.0	3	41	1	2.73	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
Mohammed Shami	16.0	5	44	5	2.75	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
K Rabada	16.0	4	44	2	2.75	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
K Rabada	26.0	5	72	3	2.76	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
MD Shanaka	15.0	3	42	2	2.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
MA Wood	11.0	4	31	0	2.81	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
R Ashwin	13.0	2	37	0	2.84	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
LB Williams	18.5	3	54	3	2.86	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
VD Philander	16.0	3	46	2	2.87	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
SM Curran	11.0	2	32	1	2.90	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
G Coetzee	14.0	4	41	3	2.92	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
L Ngidi	15.0	5	44	4	2.93	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
BA Stokes	16.0	4	47	2	2.93	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SN Thakur	16.0	2	47	1	2.93	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
K Rabada	20.0	4	59	5	2.95	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
SR Harmer	11.3	1	34	3	2.95	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	2.95	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
Ebadot Hossain	29.0	10	86	2	2.96	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Mohammed Siraj	15.1	3	45	1	2.96	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
JE Root	29.0	13	87	4	3.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
Taskin Ahmed	23.0	4	69	0	3.00	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
SM Curran	13.0	3	39	2	3.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
M Jansen	18.0	6	55	3	3.05	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
Ebadot Hossain	13.0	1	40	3	3.07	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
SN Thakur	12.0	2	37	1	3.08	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
D Pretorius	11.0	3	34	0	3.09	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
L Ngidi	10.0	2	31	2	3.10	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
KA Maharaj	58.0	15	180	5	3.10	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
A Nortje	18.0	2	56	2	3.11	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
K Rabada	17.0	5	53	3	3.11	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
MA Wood	14.3	2	46	5	3.17	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JJ Bumrah	17.0	5	54	1	3.17	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
N Burger	15.4	4	50	3	3.19	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
KA Maharaj	10.0	0	32	7	3.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460

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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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]