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Best economy rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
GP Swann 21.0 13 13 3 0.61 England v West Indies Port of Spain 6 Mar 2009 Test # 1914
N Boje 15.0 6 10 2 0.66 South Africa v India Bangalore 2 Mar 2000 Test # 1486
JDP Oram 20.0 14 14 0 0.70 New Zealand v Bangladesh Chittagong 17 Oct 2008 Test # 1888
CEL Ambrose 11.0 6 8 3 0.72 West Indies v Zimbabwe Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 Test # 1490
HH Streak 17.0 8 13 2 0.76 Zimbabwe v England Nottingham 1 Jun 2000 Test # 1498
Shahid Afridi 17.0 7 13 3 0.76 Pakistan v India Bangalore 24 Mar 2005 Test # 1743
GD McGrath 13.0 9 10 4 0.76 Australia v West Indies Brisbane 23 Nov 2000 Test # 1516
GW Flower 18.0 9 14 0 0.77 Zimbabwe v West Indies Kingston 24 Mar 2000 Test # 1492
NJ Astle 11.0 6 9 1 0.81 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 12 Sep 2000 Test # 1510
WPUJC Vaas 18.0 9 15 4 0.83 Sri Lanka v West Indies Colombo (SSC) 13 Jul 2005 Test # 1755
GD McGrath 12.0 6 10 0 0.83 Australia v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2000 Test # 1525
GD McGrath 20.0 12 17 6 0.85 Australia v West Indies Brisbane 23 Nov 2000 Test # 1516
CEL Ambrose 16.0 9 14 1 0.87 West Indies v Zimbabwe Kingston 24 Mar 2000 Test # 1492
CD Collymore 19.0 11 17 2 0.89 West Indies v India Kingston 30 Jun 2006 Test # 1808
DL Vettori 29.0 15 26 2 0.89 New Zealand v Bangladesh Dhaka 19 Oct 2004 Test # 1715
A Flintoff 10.0 4 9 0 0.90 England v New Zealand Wellington 21 Mar 2002 Test # 1596
SE Bond 11.0 8 10 2 0.90 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Harare 7 Aug 2005 Test # 1759
SM Pollock 13.0 9 12 2 0.92 South Africa v Bangladesh Chittagong 24 Apr 2003 Test # 1640
GD McGrath 14.0 8 13 3 0.92 Australia v South Africa Adelaide 14 Dec 2001 Test # 1576
Saqlain Mushtaq 25.4 12 24 4 0.93 Pakistan v New Zealand Auckland 8 Mar 2001 Test # 1533
WPUJC Vaas 21.0 14 20 4 0.95 Sri Lanka v India Chennai 2 Dec 2005 Test # 1775
SJ Harmison 12.3 8 12 7 0.96 England v West Indies Kingston 11 Mar 2004 Test # 1687
M Muralitharan 36.0 17 35 4 0.97 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 27 Dec 2001 Test # 1581
M Muralitharan 40.0 21 40 3 1.00 Sri Lanka v England Colombo (SSC) 18 Dec 2003 Test # 1675
RO Hinds 27.0 13 27 1 1.00 West Indies v South Africa Georgetown 31 Mar 2005 Test # 1745
CEL Ambrose 22.0 11 22 1 1.00 West Indies v England Lord's 29 Jun 2000 Test # 1503
GD McGrath 19.0 13 19 3 1.00 Australia v India Mumbai 27 Feb 2001 Test # 1531
M Mbangwa 15.0 10 15 0 1.00 Zimbabwe v West Indies Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 Test # 1490
Mohammad Hafeez 14.0 8 14 1 1.00 Pakistan v Bangladesh Karachi 20 Aug 2003 Test # 1655
SK Warne 11.0 4 11 4 1.00 Australia v Pakistan Sharjah 11 Oct 2002 Test # 1617
Shabbir Ahmed 10.0 7 10 0 1.00 Pakistan v New Zealand Hamilton 19 Dec 2003 Test # 1676
N Boje 16.4 10 17 4 1.02 South Africa v West Indies Bridgetown 29 Mar 2001 Test # 1541
SM Pollock 26.5 17 28 5 1.04 South Africa v West Indies Kingston 19 Apr 2001 Test # 1544
GD McGrath 25.0 13 27 3 1.08 Australia v India Nagpur 26 Oct 2004 Test # 1718
CE Cuffy 24.0 16 26 1 1.08 West Indies v India Bridgetown 2 May 2002 Test # 1601
MJ Hoggard 12.0 6 13 1 1.08 England v India Mumbai 18 Mar 2006 Test # 1791
M Ntini 11.0 6 12 3 1.09 South Africa v England Centurion 21 Jan 2005 Test # 1736
SR Clark 11.0 6 12 1 1.09 Australia v India Bangalore 9 Oct 2008 Test # 1887
H Masakadza 10.0 3 11 0 1.10 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Dhaka 14 Jan 2005 Test # 1735
CL Hooper 17.0 8 19 1 1.11 West Indies v New Zealand Bridgetown 21 Jun 2002 Test # 1607
SM Pollock 22.1 11 25 2 1.12 South Africa v West Indies St John's 6 Apr 2001 Test # 1542
M Muralitharan 56.0 28 64 4 1.14 Sri Lanka v England Kandy 10 Dec 2003 Test # 1672
GD McGrath 21.0 9 24 2 1.14 Australia v England Perth 29 Nov 2002 Test # 1629
CEL Ambrose 14.0 8 16 0 1.14 West Indies v England Birmingham 15 Jun 2000 Test # 1500
WW Hinds 14.0 5 16 0 1.14 West Indies v South Africa Georgetown 31 Mar 2005 Test # 1745
DL Vettori 14.0 6 16 1 1.14 New Zealand v England Hamilton 5 Mar 2008 Test # 1866
M Muralitharan 58.3 26 67 5 1.14 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Galle 12 Jan 2002 Test # 1585
SM Pollock 14.5 10 17 1 1.14 South Africa v India Durban 26 Dec 2006 Test # 1825
GD McGrath 13.0 7 15 0 1.15 Australia v West Indies Melbourne 26 Dec 2000 Test # 1525

Minimum of 60 balls
Matches are credited to the decade they start in and no special account is taken of matches that may overlap decades

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]
Australia v West Indies at Perth, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1941]
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