Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in ODI matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Wasim Akram	7.2	4	4	2	0.54	Pakistan	v India	Sharjah	05 Dec 1986	ODI # 406
N Kapil Dev	7.0	4	4	0	0.57	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1989	ODI # 558
DK Lillee	5.0	2	3	1	0.60	Australia	v India	Sydney	08 Jan 1981	ODI # 104
GF Lawson	7.0	5	5	2	0.71	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	28 Jan 1985	ODI # 299
EJ Chatfield	10.0	4	8	1	0.80	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	02 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
MD Marshall	6.0	4	5	1	0.83	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sydney	19 Jan 1984	ODI # 237
CG Rackemann	8.0	4	7	3	0.87	Australia	v India	Thiruvananthapuram	01 Oct 1984	ODI # 268
RA Harper	9.0	4	8	2	0.88	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	03 Dec 1986	ODI # 405
MF Malone	10.0	5	9	2	0.90	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Jan 1982	ODI # 133
Abdul Qadir	10.0	4	9	4	0.90	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 1986	ODI # 384
MA Holding	5.3	3	5	1	0.90	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Nov 1980	ODI # 93
DS de Silva	12.0	5	11	2	0.91	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
EJ Chatfield	9.2	4	9	2	0.96	New Zealand	v India	Perth	18 Jan 1986	ODI # 352
CA Walsh	11.0	5	11	0	1.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 May 1988	ODI # 520
BL Cairns	10.0	6	10	0	1.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	02 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
RGD Willis	9.0	4	9	1	1.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983	ODI # 217
Maninder Singh	9.0	6	9	1	1.00	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	27 Oct 1988	ODI # 529
Sir RJ Hadlee	6.0	3	6	1	1.00	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	14 Feb 1981	ODI # 116
J Garner	6.0	3	6	0	1.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Perth	02 Feb 1985	ODI # 300
J Garner	6.0	2	6	0	1.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	27 Mar 1985	ODI # 324
J Garner	6.0	2	6	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	19 Mar 1986	ODI # 370
CPH Ramanayake	6.0	2	6	1	1.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	02 Nov 1988	ODI # 533
M Prabhakar	5.0	2	5	3	1.00	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Dec 1989	ODI # 594
CM Old	11.0	4	12	2	1.09	England	v West Indies	Leeds	28 May 1980	ODI # 89
N Kapil Dev	8.0	6	9	1	1.12	India	v Sri Lanka	Amritsar	12 Sep 1982	ODI # 156
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.0	3	9	3	1.12	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	02 Mar 1983	ODI # 186
J Garner	7.5	3	9	1	1.14	West Indies	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1980	ODI # 84
J Garner	6.0	3	7	2	1.16	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Jan 1982	ODI # 139
IT Botham	6.0	3	7	2	1.16	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1984	ODI # 249
WW Davis	6.0	2	7	3	1.16	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	27 Mar 1985	ODI # 324
WW Davis	6.0	3	7	1	1.16	West Indies	v New Zealand	Albion	14 Apr 1985	ODI # 326
N Kapil Dev	6.0	3	7	0	1.16	India	v New Zealand	Sharjah	10 Apr 1986	ODI # 381
SR Waugh	6.0	3	7	0	1.16	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Chennai	13 Oct 1987	ODI # 456
AH Gray	7.4	0	9	3	1.17	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	04 Jan 1987	ODI # 412
DK Lillee	10.0	6	12	4	1.20	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Jan 1980	ODI # 83
SP Davis	10.0	2	12	0	1.20	Australia	v New Zealand	Dunedin	19 Mar 1986	ODI # 369
JK Lever	9.0	1	11	2	1.22	England	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1980	ODI # 83
J Garner	9.0	4	11	2	1.22	West Indies	v India	Sharjah	22 Nov 1985	ODI # 341
GC Small	9.0	2	11	2	1.22	England	v West Indies	Leeds	21 May 1988	ODI # 519
MAWR Madurasinghe	9.0	0	11	1	1.22	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	02 Nov 1988	ODI # 533
JN Maguire	7.0	4	9	2	1.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	17 Mar 1983	ODI # 188
RGD Willis	7.0	2	9	2	1.28	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	09 Jun 1983	ODI # 197
EJ Chatfield	7.0	2	9	2	1.28	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1986	ODI # 358
SP Davis	10.0	3	13	1	1.30	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	19 Jan 1986	ODI # 353
EJ Chatfield	10.0	5	13	0	1.30	New Zealand	v India	Adelaide	25 Jan 1986	ODI # 356
SP Davis	7.4	3	10	3	1.30	Australia	v India	Sydney	05 Feb 1986	ODI # 362
Imran Khan	9.5	0	13	2	1.32	Pakistan	v West Indies	Adelaide	05 Dec 1981	ODI # 126
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.0	3	16	1	1.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Derby	18 Jun 1983	ODI # 214
IT Botham	9.0	4	12	2	1.33	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 1983	ODI # 217
GF Lawson	9.0	3	12	1	1.33	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	15 Jan 1984	ODI # 235
J Garner	9.0	3	12	2	1.33	West Indies	v Pakistan	Perth	04 Feb 1984	ODI # 244
Sir RJ Hadlee	9.0	4	12	0	1.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	05 Jan 1988	ODI # 486
M Amarnath	6.0	1	8	1	1.33	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	27 Oct 1988	ODI # 529
JE Emburey	11.0	2	15	0	1.36	England	v India	The Oval	24 May 1986	ODI # 386
GF Lawson	8.0	3	11	3	1.37	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	13 Feb 1983	ODI # 182
BL Cairns	8.0	1	11	1	1.37	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1984	ODI # 257
S Madan Lal	8.0	2	11	3	1.37	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	08 Apr 1984	ODI # 260
DK Lillee	10.0	3	14	3	1.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1982	ODI # 148
Imran Khan	10.0	2	14	6	1.40	Pakistan	v India	Sharjah	22 Mar 1985	ODI # 321
MC Snedden	10.0	3	14	2	1.40	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	14 Mar 1989	ODI # 561
Sir RJ Hadlee	5.0	2	7	1	1.40	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	06 Feb 1983	ODI # 180
MD Marshall	5.0	1	7	1	1.40	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	17 Nov 1986	ODI # 399
CA Walsh	5.0	4	7	2	1.40	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	17 Nov 1986	ODI # 399
CEH Croft	6.2	1	9	3	1.42	West Indies	v England	Albion	26 Feb 1981	ODI # 118
Imran Khan	7.0	1	10	2	1.42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	31 Mar 1982	ODI # 151
RGD Willis	7.0	2	10	1	1.42	England	v India	The Oval	04 Jun 1982	ODI # 153
BS Sandhu	7.0	0	10	0	1.42	India	v West Indies	Srinagar	13 Oct 1983	ODI # 226
Wasim Akram	7.0	3	10	3	1.42	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 1986	ODI # 384
N Kapil Dev	7.0	3	10	2	1.42	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Dec 1986	ODI # 407
JR Ratnayeke	7.0	1	10	0	1.42	Sri Lanka	v England	Delhi	15 Oct 1989	ODI # 571
EJ Chatfield	9.0	2	13	2	1.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	01 Apr 1984	ODI # 258
Iqbal Qasim	9.0	3	13	3	1.44	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 1988	ODI # 531
CEL Ambrose	8.5	0	13	2	1.47	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	30 Oct 1989	ODI # 591
RJ Shastri	9.3	1	14	2	1.47	India	v Australia	Sharjah	29 Mar 1985	ODI # 325
AME Roberts	10.0	3	15	3	1.50	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	19 Jan 1982	ODI # 138
RM Hogg	10.0	1	15	1	1.50	Australia	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1983	ODI # 166
GRJ Matthews	10.0	3	15	1	1.50	Australia	v England	Sharjah	24 Mar 1985	ODI # 322
MA Holding	10.0	1	15	1	1.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	20 Jan 1987	ODI # 421
PAJ DeFreitas	10.0	2	15	1	1.50	England	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Jan 1987	ODI # 428
RA Harper	10.0	2	15	0	1.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	13 Oct 1987	ODI # 457
EJ Chatfield	10.0	2	15	2	1.50	New Zealand	v England	Dunedin	09 Mar 1988	ODI # 504
ARC Fraser	10.0	3	15	0	1.50	England	v Pakistan	Cuttack	22 Oct 1989	ODI # 579
Tauseef Ahmed	8.0	2	12	0	1.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 1988	ODI # 531
N Kapil Dev	6.0	3	9	1	1.50	India	v Australia	Sharjah	29 Mar 1985	ODI # 325
GS Chappell	9.5	5	15	5	1.52	Australia	v India	Sydney	08 Jan 1981	ODI # 104
J Garner	11.0	4	17	1	1.54	West Indies	v England	Lord's	04 Jun 1984	ODI # 266
Mudassar Nazar	11.0	2	17	2	1.54	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	25 May 1987	ODI # 450
EJ Chatfield	9.0	5	14	3	1.55	New Zealand	v India	Sharjah	10 Apr 1986	ODI # 381
EAE Baptiste	7.0	1	11	1	1.57	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	23 Apr 1985	ODI # 328
SP Davis	7.0	2	11	1	1.57	Australia	v India	Brisbane	12 Jan 1986	ODI # 349
Imran Khan	7.0	3	11	2	1.57	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1986	ODI # 375
Imran Khan	7.0	2	11	1	1.57	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 1986	ODI # 384
WW Davis	6.2	1	10	1	1.57	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	17 Apr 1985	ODI # 327
MD Marshall	12.0	3	19	2	1.58	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Birmingham	20 Jun 1983	ODI # 220
ALF de Mel	8.5	0	14	2	1.58	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	14 Feb 1982	ODI # 146
BL Cairns	10.0	4	16	4	1.60	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	18 Jan 1983	ODI # 170
CG Rackemann	10.0	2	16	0	1.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	25 Jan 1984	ODI # 240
EJ Chatfield	10.0	5	16	2	1.60	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	22 Feb 1984	ODI # 250
M Prabhakar	10.0	3	16	2	1.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	08 Apr 1984	ODI # 260
JV Coney	10.0	1	16	2	1.60	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	15 Jan 1985	ODI # 288

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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:

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 3rd match, Dec 31, 1989 [ODI # 598]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 2nd match, Dec 30, 1989 [ODI # 597]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Benson & Hedges World Series 1st match, Dec 26, 1989 [ODI # 596]