Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings - South Africa

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches - South Africa

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DW Steyn	15.0	9	14	0	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
PL Harris	30.0	19	29	0	0.96	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
M Morkel	15.0	9	15	3	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
VD Philander	14.2	8	16	4	1.11	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
PL Harris	23.0	14	28	2	1.21	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
M Morkel	14.0	7	18	2	1.28	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015	Test # 2154
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	1.30	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	1.38	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
VD Philander	18.0	7	25	2	1.38	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
M Morkel	13.0	7	19	4	1.46	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
M Morkel	13.0	6	19	1	1.46	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
M Morkel	23.0	12	34	3	1.47	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
M Morkel	23.0	5	35	1	1.52	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
VD Philander	19.0	6	29	1	1.52	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
LL Tsotsobe	13.0	5	20	1	1.53	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
VD Philander	18.4	6	29	0	1.55	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	1.57	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
JH Kallis	12.0	3	19	1	1.58	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
K Rabada	12.0	7	19	0	1.58	South Africa	v India	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
KJ Abbott	24.5	7	40	5	1.61	South Africa	v India	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	1.61	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
M Morkel	16.0	7	26	1	1.62	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
D Pretorius	16.0	6	26	1	1.62	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
VD Philander	19.0	10	31	2	1.63	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
VD Philander	18.0	8	30	3	1.66	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
VD Philander	16.0	4	27	0	1.68	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015	Test # 2154
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	1.68	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
KJ Abbott	29.0	11	49	3	1.68	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	Test # 2236
M Morkel	15.0	6	26	1	1.73	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
VD Philander	15.0	5	26	2	1.73	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
VD Philander	20.0	8	35	0	1.75	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
VD Philander	12.0	5	21	1	1.75	South Africa	v India	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
K Rabada	17.0	8	30	1	1.76	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
S van Zyl	13.0	4	23	1	1.76	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	21 Jul 2015	Test # 2172
DW Steyn	21.2	9	38	3	1.78	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
DW Steyn	23.0	8	41	2	1.78	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
VD Philander	19.0	7	34	1	1.78	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
JP Duminy	15.0	4	27	3	1.80	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	30 Jul 2015	Test # 2174
L Ngidi	15.0	7	27	1	1.80	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
RJ Peterson	26.0	13	47	2	1.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
DW Steyn	28.4	10	52	5	1.81	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
M Morkel	28.0	9	51	1	1.82	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PL Harris	31.0	10	57	1	1.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	12 Nov 2010	Test # 1976
L Ngidi	13.0	5	24	2	1.84	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
M Morkel	20.3	5	38	1	1.85	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
DW Steyn	16.1	4	30	3	1.85	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	30 Jul 2015	Test # 2174
PL Harris	25.0	7	47	1	1.88	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	12 Nov 2010	Test # 1976
VD Philander	17.0	6	32	2	1.88	South Africa	v England	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
KA Maharaj	30.4	9	58	2	1.89	South Africa	v England	Manchester	04 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
KJ Abbott	19.0	9	36	0	1.89	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
KJ Abbott	20.0	6	38	2	1.90	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
M Morkel	10.0	5	19	3	1.90	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	1.90	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
F de Wet	12.0	5	23	1	1.91	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
VD Philander	12.0	3	23	1	1.91	South Africa	v India	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
JH Kallis	14.0	2	27	1	1.92	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
VD Philander	15.0	6	29	4	1.93	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
VD Philander	15.0	7	29	0	1.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
DW Steyn	16.0	5	31	2	1.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
VD Philander	16.0	6	31	0	1.93	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
VD Philander	21.0	8	41	2	1.95	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
KA Maharaj	20.2	7	40	6	1.96	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
S van Zyl	10.1	3	20	3	1.96	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
Imran Tahir	32.0	7	63	3	1.96	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
PL Harris	38.0	17	76	3	2.00	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
VD Philander	24.0	9	48	2	2.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
VD Philander	20.0	2	40	2	2.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	21 Jul 2015	Test # 2172
JH Kallis	19.0	7	38	2	2.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
K Rabada	17.0	5	34	4	2.00	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
JH Kallis	14.0	4	28	0	2.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
VD Philander	14.0	5	28	3	2.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
M Morkel	13.0	5	26	1	2.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
CH Morris	12.0	4	24	1	2.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
DW Steyn	16.2	4	33	5	2.02	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
VD Philander	14.5	4	30	5	2.02	South Africa	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
DW Steyn	22.4	11	46	5	2.02	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
K Rabada	16.4	4	34	3	2.04	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
M Morkel	19.0	3	39	0	2.05	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
M Morkel	12.4	6	26	1	2.05	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
DW Steyn	18.3	5	38	3	2.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
VD Philander	10.1	5	21	5	2.06	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
VD Philander	15.0	6	31	0	2.06	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
DW Steyn	14.0	5	29	5	2.07	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
DW Steyn	12.0	5	25	1	2.08	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
K Rabada	18.4	6	39	3	2.08	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
M Morkel	22.0	4	46	0	2.09	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	12 Nov 2010	Test # 1976
KA Maharaj	10.0	1	21	3	2.10	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
VD Philander	10.0	4	21	1	2.10	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
VD Philander	19.0	6	40	4	2.10	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
DL Piedt	18.0	8	38	3	2.11	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
DW Steyn	35.0	11	74	2	2.11	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PL Harris	40.0	14	85	3	2.12	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PL Harris	16.0	3	34	1	2.12	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010	Test # 1962
M Morkel	16.0	6	34	0	2.12	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
M Morkel	23.3	6	50	3	2.12	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
PL Harris	46.0	17	98	3	2.13	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
VD Philander	15.0	4	32	0	2.13	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
M Morkel	22.0	7	47	0	2.13	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
KJ Abbott	22.0	9	47	1	2.13	South Africa	v India	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
M Morkel	13.3	6	29	4	2.14	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129

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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 Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2377]

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2376]

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 19-23, 2019 [Test # 2375]