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Best economy rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Team Ground Match Date Scorecard
TM Moody 16.0 8 15 0 0.93 Australia Brisbane 8 Dec 1989 Test # 1131
WPUJC Vaas 15.0 7 15 3 1.00 Sri Lanka Kandy 9 Sep 1999 Test # 1459
UC Hathurusingha 12.0 4 12 1 1.00 Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 28 Aug 1992 Test # 1195
SK Warne 25.0 11 29 3 1.16 Australia Galle 22 Sep 1999 Test # 1460
WPUJC Vaas 11.2 5 14 2 1.23 Sri Lanka Kandy 16 Mar 2004 Test # 1688
TA Copeland 16.0 6 20 0 1.25 Australia Galle 31 Aug 2011 Test # 2005
JN Gillespie 13.0 4 18 2 1.38 Australia Darwin 1 Jul 2004 Test # 1705
B Lee 17.5 9 26 4 1.45 Australia Brisbane 8 Nov 2007 Test # 1845
SR Watson 13.0 6 19 2 1.46 Australia Galle 31 Aug 2011 Test # 2005
SD Anurasiri 44.0 11 66 3 1.50 Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 28 Aug 1992 Test # 1195
GD McGrath 16.0 9 24 2 1.50 Australia Darwin 1 Jul 2004 Test # 1705
GF Lawson 33.0 10 51 1 1.54 Australia Brisbane 8 Dec 1989 Test # 1131
TM Alderman 30.0 12 48 0 1.60 Australia Hobart 16 Dec 1989 Test # 1133
SR Waugh 20.0 7 33 4 1.65 Australia Perth 12 Feb 1988 Test # 1092
WPUJC Vaas 18.3 6 31 5 1.67 Sri Lanka Darwin 1 Jul 2004 Test # 1705
CJ McDermott 19.0 7 32 2 1.68 Australia Colombo (RPS) 28 Aug 1992 Test # 1195
SD Anurasiri 29.0 5 49 1 1.68 Sri Lanka Moratuwa 8 Sep 1992 Test # 1196
GD McGrath 23.4 9 40 5 1.69 Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1995 Test # 1319
SR Watson 10.0 5 17 0 1.70 Australia Pallekele 8 Sep 2011 Test # 2007
AIC Dodemaide 22.3 6 40 3 1.77 Australia Perth 12 Feb 1988 Test # 1092
NM Lyon 32.0 12 57 0 1.78 Australia Hobart 14 Dec 2012 Test # 2067
GD Campbell 23.0 9 41 2 1.78 Australia Hobart 16 Dec 1989 Test # 1133
SR Waugh 19.0 8 34 4 1.78 Australia Adelaide 25 Jan 1996 Test # 1324
SD Anurasiri 12.0 2 22 1 1.83 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 17 Aug 1992 Test # 1194
DNT Zoysa 13.0 4 24 0 1.84 Sri Lanka Darwin 1 Jul 2004 Test # 1705
M Muralitharan 38.0 10 71 5 1.86 Sri Lanka Galle 22 Sep 1999 Test # 1460
M Muralitharan 17.0 2 32 1 1.88 Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 28 Aug 1992 Test # 1195
BP Julian 17.0 8 32 0 1.88 Australia Perth 8 Dec 1995 Test # 1317
SK Warne 37.0 14 70 4 1.89 Australia Cairns 9 Jul 2004 Test # 1706
ST Jayasuriya 11.0 4 21 1 1.90 Sri Lanka Darwin 1 Jul 2004 Test # 1705
SK Warne 37.0 10 71 4 1.91 Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 1995 Test # 1319
PM Siddle 26.0 11 50 4 1.92 Australia Hobart 14 Dec 2012 Test # 2067
GD McGrath 16.0 7 31 1 1.93 Australia Cairns 9 Jul 2004 Test # 1706
SR Watson 27.0 6 54 1 2.00 Australia Hobart 14 Dec 2012 Test # 2067
SR Clark 16.0 6 32 2 2.00 Australia Hobart 16 Nov 2007 Test # 1847
TA Copeland 12.0 3 24 1 2.00 Australia Galle 31 Aug 2011 Test # 2005
TA Copeland 12.0 5 24 2 2.00 Australia Pallekele 8 Sep 2011 Test # 2007
KMDN Kulasekara 12.0 3 24 0 2.00 Sri Lanka Hobart 14 Dec 2012 Test # 2067
GRJ Matthews 10.0 2 20 0 2.00 Australia Colombo (RPS) 28 Aug 1992 Test # 1195
TM Alderman 40.0 13 81 3 2.02 Australia Brisbane 8 Dec 1989 Test # 1131
PR Sleep 36.0 16 73 2 2.02 Australia Hobart 16 Dec 1989 Test # 1133
PR Reiffel 19.1 4 39 5 2.03 Australia Adelaide 25 Jan 1996 Test # 1324
GRJ Matthews 31.0 8 64 1 2.06 Australia Moratuwa 8 Sep 1992 Test # 1196
SR Watson 26.0 8 54 1 2.07 Australia Colombo (SSC) 16 Sep 2011 Test # 2008
JN Gillespie 12.0 4 25 1 2.08 Australia Kandy 16 Mar 2004 Test # 1688
JM Bird 19.4 10 41 4 2.08 Australia Sydney 3 Jan 2013 Test # 2070
WPUJC Vaas 21.0 6 44 3 2.09 Sri Lanka Adelaide 25 Jan 1996 Test # 1324
MAWR Madurasinghe 10.0 1 21 0 2.10 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 17 Aug 1992 Test # 1194
JN Gillespie 18.0 6 38 1 2.11 Australia Colombo (SSC) 24 Mar 2004 Test # 1691
PM Siddle 25.3 11 54 5 2.11 Australia Hobart 14 Dec 2012 Test # 2067

Minimum of 60 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney, 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2013 [Test # 2070]
Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-28, 2012 [Test # 2068]
Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 1st Test, Dec 14-18, 2012 [Test # 2067]
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