Best economy rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
SM Pollock 6.0 3 4 1 0.66 v Netherlands Basseterre 16 Mar 2007 ODI # 2537
SM Pollock 8.0 4 7 3 0.87 v Zimbabwe Gqeberha 6 Feb 2000 ODI # 1558
SM Pollock 10.0 4 9 1 0.90 v Pakistan Rawalpindi 10 Oct 2003 ODI # 2049
D Pretorius 5.2 1 5 3 0.93 v New Zealand Wellington 25 Feb 2017 ODI # 3841
PS de Villiers 5.0 2 5 0 1.00 v West Indies Brabourne 14 Nov 1993 ODI # 849
WJ Cronje 9.0 2 10 3 1.11 v West Indies Cape Town 2 Feb 1999 ODI # 1399
MW Pringle 5.0 3 6 1 1.20 v West Indies Port of Spain 12 Apr 1992 ODI # 755
SM Pollock 5.0 2 6 0 1.20 v Bangladesh Potchefstroom 3 Oct 2002 ODI # 1890
SM Pollock 9.5 1 12 3 1.22 v Pakistan Durban 8 Dec 2002 ODI # 1914
SM Pollock 8.1 3 10 3 1.22 v Kenya Nairobi (Gym) 30 Sep 1999 ODI # 1507
CR Matthews 8.0 5 10 4 1.25 v Australia Durban 24 Feb 1994 ODI # 886
PS de Villiers 8.0 1 10 2 1.25 v England East London 19 Jan 1996 ODI # 1042
SM Pollock 8.0 3 10 2 1.25 v Sri Lanka Northampton 19 May 1999 ODI # 1451
SM Pollock 7.0 4 9 0 1.28 v Australia Cape Town 3 Mar 2006 ODI # 2345
SM Pollock 10.0 4 13 2 1.30 v Pakistan Cape Town 11 Feb 2007 ODI # 2521
SM Pollock 10.0 5 13 2 1.30 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Jan 2008 ODI # 2664
SM Pollock 6.0 2 8 2 1.33 v Bangladesh Bloemfontein 22 Feb 2003 ODI # 1961
M Shezi 6.0 2 8 1 1.33 v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 21 Aug 2014 ODI # 3510
SM Pollock 5.5 1 8 0 1.37 v New Zealand Wellington 20 Feb 2004 ODI # 2101
MW Pringle 8.0 4 11 4 1.37 v West Indies Christchurch 5 Mar 1992 ODI # 730
BM McMillan 8.0 1 11 3 1.37 v U.A.E. Rawalpindi 16 Feb 1996 ODI # 1049
WJ Cronje 10.0 4 14 1 1.40 v Australia Sydney 14 Dec 1993 ODI # 862
Imran Tahir 10.0 0 14 2 1.40 v New Zealand Auckland 4 Mar 2017 ODI # 3846
AL Phehlukwayo 5.0 1 7 1 1.40 v Zimbabwe Bloemfontein 3 Oct 2018 ODI # 4050
SM Pollock 9.0 3 13 1 1.44 v England The Oval 22 May 1999 ODI # 1455
PS de Villiers 10.0 4 15 3 1.50 v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 2 Sep 1993 ODI # 837
SM Pollock 10.0 3 15 1 1.50 v England East London 19 Jan 1996 ODI # 1042
SM Pollock 6.0 2 9 1 1.50 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Jan 2004 ODI # 2088
R Telemachus 10.0 5 16 1 1.60 v New Zealand Benoni 22 Oct 2000 ODI # 1643
SM Pollock 10.0 3 16 1 1.60 v West Indies St George's 6 May 2001 ODI # 1715
SM Pollock 10.0 0 16 1 1.60 v Bangladesh Benoni 6 Oct 2002 ODI # 1891
SM Pollock 8.0 1 13 0 1.62 v Pakistan Cape Town 23 Apr 1998 ODI # 1326
SM Pollock 8.0 5 13 1 1.62 v Canada East London 27 Feb 2003 ODI # 1971
A Nel 8.0 2 13 4 1.62 v India Durban 22 Nov 2006 ODI # 2447
RP Snell 9.0 1 15 0 1.66 v Australia Sydney 26 Feb 1992 ODI # 719
SM Pollock 9.0 3 15 1 1.66 v West Indies Port of Spain 12 May 2001 ODI # 1717
SM Pollock 6.0 1 10 1 1.66 v Kenya Cape Town 22 Oct 2001 ODI # 1763
SM Pollock 6.0 2 10 1 1.66 v Kenya Colombo (RPS) 20 Sep 2002 ODI # 1882
SM Pollock 6.0 3 10 1 1.66 v India Bengaluru 19 Nov 2005 ODI # 2298
M Morkel 6.0 2 10 4 1.66 v Sri Lanka Paarl 11 Jan 2012 ODI # 3225
RP Snell 7.1 2 12 4 1.67 v Sri Lanka Guwahati 19 Nov 1993 ODI # 853
L Klusener 5.2 2 9 3 1.68 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Jan 2004 ODI # 2088
AA Donald 10.0 3 17 2 1.70 v New Zealand Adelaide 6 Dec 1997 ODI # 1255
WJ Cronje 10.0 2 17 2 1.70 v Pakistan East London 11 Apr 1998 ODI # 1314
S Elworthy 10.0 3 17 3 1.70 v India Sharjah 22 Mar 2000 ODI # 1577
SM Pollock 10.0 3 17 2 1.70 v Sri Lanka Perth 31 Jan 2006 ODI # 2321
SM Pollock 10.0 4 17 2 1.70 v India Centurion 3 Dec 2006 ODI # 2458
SM Pollock 10.0 2 17 0 1.70 v England Bridgetown 17 Apr 2007 ODI # 2574
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
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Minimum of 30 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v West Indies at Potchefstroom, 3rd ODI, Mar 21, 2023 [ODI # 4544]
South Africa v West Indies at East London, 2nd ODI, Mar 18, 2023 [ODI # 4540]
South Africa v England at Kimberley, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League 3rd ODI, Feb 1, 2023 [ODI # 4514]