Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
PCR Tufnell	15.0	6	13	0	0.86	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
DL Vettori	22.0	12	20	1	0.90	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	1.18	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
SR Waugh	11.0	5	14	2	1.27	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	29 Apr 1995	Test # 1297
DJ Nash	18.0	8	23	1	1.27	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
CR Miller	21.0	10	27	1	1.28	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	03 Apr 1999	Test # 1454
PCR Tufnell	33.0	15	43	2	1.30	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Mar 1998	Test # 1407
SB O'Connor	19.0	8	25	0	1.31	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
SK Warne	12.0	5	16	1	1.33	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1995	Test # 1296
PR Reiffel	11.0	6	15	1	1.36	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	31 Mar 1995	Test # 1294
Saqlain Mushtaq	19.0	9	26	4	1.36	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	06 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
GRJ Matthews	13.0	4	18	1	1.38	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1202
GD McGrath	35.5	15	50	3	1.39	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	03 Apr 1999	Test # 1454
CC Lewis	25.0	12	35	0	1.40	England	v West Indies	The Oval	08 Aug 1991	Test # 1175
ARC Fraser	20.0	8	28	5	1.40	England	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Feb 1990	Test # 1140
Azhar Mahmood	10.0	3	14	0	1.40	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	06 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
M Muralidaran	23.4	13	34	5	1.43	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
AR Border	19.0	5	28	1	1.47	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Apr 1991	Test # 1168
GRJ Matthews	27.0	12	41	1	1.51	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1202
GD McGrath	21.0	7	32	2	1.52	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
ME Waugh	13.0	6	20	0	1.53	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1166
PAJ DeFreitas	25.3	9	40	2	1.56	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	25 Jul 1991	Test # 1174
ARC Fraser	25.3	11	40	4	1.56	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
PCR Tufnell	21.0	8	33	1	1.57	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
SB Joshi	36.0	11	57	3	1.58	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
SM Pollock	22.0	9	35	2	1.59	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
PR Reiffel	16.0	7	26	2	1.62	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1995	Test # 1296
A Kuruvilla	22.0	9	36	0	1.63	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
DJ Terbrugge	14.0	5	23	1	1.64	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
AR Caddick	17.0	8	28	2	1.64	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Mar 1998	Test # 1407
GD McGrath	30.0	11	50	5	1.66	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
Azhar Mahmood	10.1	3	17	1	1.67	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
JN Gillespie	28.0	14	48	3	1.71	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999	Test # 1453
PCR Tufnell	14.3	3	25	6	1.72	England	v West Indies	The Oval	08 Aug 1991	Test # 1175
DR Pringle	22.0	6	38	2	1.72	England	v West Indies	Leeds	06 Jun 1991	Test # 1171
GD McGrath	12.0	4	21	2	1.75	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
PJ Martin	27.0	9	48	1	1.77	England	v West Indies	Leeds	08 Jun 1995	Test # 1298
MR Ramprakash	18.0	7	32	1	1.77	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Mar 1998	Test # 1407
JH Kallis	10.0	3	18	3	1.80	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
Wasim Akram	22.0	6	40	1	1.81	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
JTC Vaughan	16.3	5	30	3	1.81	New Zealand	v West Indies	St John's	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
GD McGrath	17.0	4	31	1	1.82	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
SK Warne	35.2	13	65	3	1.83	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
DJ Terbrugge	20.0	8	37	1	1.85	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
JH Kallis	14.0	5	26	1	1.85	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
AA Donald	15.0	6	28	1	1.86	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
RK Illingworth	51.0	21	96	4	1.88	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	10 Aug 1995	Test # 1302
Mushtaq Ahmed	18.3	7	35	5	1.89	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
GR Larsen	40.0	15	76	3	1.90	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
BKV Prasad	20.0	7	38	0	1.90	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
Wasim Akram	20.3	6	39	3	1.90	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	15 Nov 1990	Test # 1154
SM Pollock	23.2	8	45	1	1.92	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
ARC Fraser	20.4	8	40	5	1.93	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
CJ McDermott	18.0	7	35	4	1.94	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1202
PL Symcox	19.0	5	37	0	1.94	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
A Kumble	23.0	7	45	3	1.95	India	v West Indies	Nagpur	01 Dec 1994	Test # 1277
SM Pollock	25.0	3	49	2	1.96	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
PAJ DeFreitas	17.1	5	34	4	1.98	England	v West Indies	Leeds	06 Jun 1991	Test # 1171
ARC Fraser	33.0	13	66	5	2.00	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jun 1995	Test # 1299
CJ McDermott	24.0	10	48	3	2.00	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1166
DJ Terbrugge	16.0	5	32	1	2.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
PCR Tufnell	34.2	9	69	1	2.00	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
GD McGrath	29.5	12	60	4	2.01	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
A Kumble	23.5	7	48	3	2.01	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	18 Nov 1994	Test # 1274
ARC Fraser	24.0	9	49	4	2.04	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
A Kuruvilla	23.0	6	47	1	2.04	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
CL Cairns	12.1	4	25	2	2.05	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
Wasim Akram	14.0	5	29	1	2.07	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
BKV Prasad	26.0	9	54	1	2.07	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
MR Whitney	13.0	4	27	1	2.07	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1205
L Klusener	13.0	3	27	2	2.07	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
RK Illingworth	24.0	9	50	1	2.08	England	v West Indies	Leeds	08 Jun 1995	Test # 1298
DR Pringle	23.0	9	48	1	2.08	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	25 Jul 1991	Test # 1174
GD McGrath	44.0	13	92	5	2.09	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999	Test # 1453
Waqar Younis	11.0	1	23	4	2.09	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	01 May 1993	Test # 1222
PAJ DeFreitas	20.0	9	42	2	2.10	England	v West Indies	The Oval	08 Aug 1991	Test # 1175
AR Border	10.0	3	21	0	2.10	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1166
ARC Fraser	27.0	8	57	3	2.11	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
GD McGrath	17.0	7	36	3	2.11	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
DW Headley	22.0	6	47	1	2.13	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
SLV Raju	27.0	4	58	2	2.14	India	v West Indies	Nagpur	01 Dec 1994	Test # 1277
PAJ DeFreitas	31.1	9	67	3	2.14	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1991	Test # 1173
GD McGrath	21.5	11	47	6	2.15	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1995	Test # 1296
MG Hughes	13.0	4	28	1	2.15	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1202
GD McGrath	13.0	2	28	1	2.15	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	29 Apr 1995	Test # 1297
DJ Terbrugge	13.0	4	28	1	2.15	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
BKV Prasad	18.0	6	39	3	2.16	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
SLV Raju	33.4	5	73	3	2.16	India	v West Indies	Mohali	10 Dec 1994	Test # 1278
ARC Fraser	11.0	2	24	1	2.18	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998	Test # 1404
SD Anurasiri	35.0	6	77	3	2.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Moratuwa	08 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
SR Waugh	10.0	5	22	0	2.20	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
DG Cork	19.3	5	43	7	2.20	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jun 1995	Test # 1299
CZ Harris	34.0	11	75	2	2.20	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
AP Igglesden	24.0	5	53	1	2.20	England	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Feb 1994	Test # 1250
ARC Fraser	14.0	5	31	1	2.21	England	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Feb 1990	Test # 1140
DL Vettori	31.0	10	69	2	2.22	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
CJ McDermott	22.0	6	49	4	2.22	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
SK Warne	23.2	8	52	7	2.22	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1205
MS Kasprowicz	13.0	2	29	0	2.23	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
PCR Tufnell	16.3	3	37	0	2.24	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Mar 1998	Test # 1407

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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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]