Cricket in Test matches
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
10.0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0.60 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 1993 | Test # 1233 | |
17.5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0.67 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
36.0 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 0.69 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
11.0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0.72 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 08 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
11.0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0.72 | India | v Sri Lanka | Eden Gardens | 16 Nov 2017 | Test # 2281 | |
17.0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0.82 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 14 Jan 2021 | Test # 2403 | |
24.0 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0.83 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 1993 | Test # 1228 | |
34.0 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 0.88 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Bulawayo | 20 Oct 1994 | Test # 1271 | |
11.0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.90 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | North Sound | 29 Mar 2021 | Test # 2417 | |
16.0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0.93 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Dec 1989 | Test # 1131 | |
16.0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0.93 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 | Test # 2383 | |
24.0 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 1.00 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Bulawayo | 20 Oct 1994 | Test # 1271 | |
13.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Jul 2010 | Test # 1966 | |
13.0 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1.00 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 | Test # 2063 | |
11.0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 04 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
12.2 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1.13 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 08 Dec 1993 | Test # 1239 | |
25.0 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 1.16 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 22 Sep 1999 | Test # 1460 | |
14.2 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1.18 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 22 Aug 2019 | Test # 2356 | |
16.0 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1.18 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 23 Jun 2018 | Test # 2309 | |
25.4 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 1.20 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1995 | Test # 1293 | |
29.4 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 1.21 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
14.0 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1.21 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 07 Nov 1985 | Test # 1028 | |
22.0 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 1.22 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 04 Mar 1983 | Test # 950 | |
22.0 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 1.22 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 | |
26.0 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 1.23 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 25 Aug 1993 | Test # 1232 | |
13.0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1.23 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 21 Nov 2001 | Test # 1570 | |
17.0 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1.23 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 951 | |
24.0 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1.25 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 | |
24.0 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 1.25 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 27 Jan 2020 | Test # 2383 | |
20.0 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1.25 | India | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 | Test # 1244 | |
16.0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1.25 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Aug 2011 | Test # 2005 | |
16.0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1.25 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 | Test # 2063 | |
12.0 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1.25 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Mar 1983 | Test # 951 | |
12.0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1.25 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 22 Aug 2019 | Test # 2356 | |
19.0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1.26 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 21 Nov 2021 | Test # 2434 | |
11.0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.27 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 06 Nov 2016 | Test # 2231 | |
13.2 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1.27 | England | v Sri Lanka | Birmingham | 25 May 2006 | Test # 1803 | |
18.0 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1.27 | India | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 19 Nov 1997 | Test # 1385 | |
14.0 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1.28 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | Test # 925 | |
27.0 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 1.29 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (CCC) | 16 Apr 1987 | Test # 1074 | |
26.0 | 13 | 34 | 2 | 1.30 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 1993 | Test # 1228 | |
19.0 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 1.31 | England | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 12 Jun 2014 | Test # 2124 | |
25.0 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 1.32 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
15.0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1.33 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 04 Mar 1983 | Test # 950 | |
15.0 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1.33 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 | Test # 1884 | |
22.0 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1.36 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Jun 2000 | Test # 1499 | |
11.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1.36 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Gros Islet | 14 Jun 2018 | Test # 2308 | |
11.4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1.37 | England | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 19 May 2016 | Test # 2203 | |
24.0 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 1.37 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 04 Aug 1993 | Test # 1229 | |
29.0 | 13 | 40 | 6 | 1.37 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 22 Jan 2021 | Test # 2405 | |
13.0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1.38 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 | |
15.0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1.40 | India | v Sri Lanka | Cuttack | 04 Jan 1987 | Test # 1064 | |
22.0 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 1.40 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kingston | 27 Jun 2003 | Test # 1649 | |
34.0 | 13 | 48 | 4 | 1.41 | India | v Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 03 Dec 1997 | Test # 1390 | |
12.0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1.41 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 26 Dec 2014 | Test # 2151 | |
14.3 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1.44 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 27 Mar 1998 | Test # 1414 | |
11.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1.45 | England | v Sri Lanka | The Oval | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 | |
17.5 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 1.45 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Nov 2007 | Test # 1845 | |
24.0 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 1.45 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 10 Jun 1998 | Test # 1418 | |
13.0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1.46 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1359 | |
13.0 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1.46 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Aug 2011 | Test # 2005 | |
13.0 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1.46 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 24 Jan 2019 | Test # 2343 | |
15.0 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1.46 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 17 Mar 2023 | Test # 2500 | |
32.0 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 1.46 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Sialkot | 12 Dec 1991 | Test # 1178 | |
30.0 | 14 | 45 | 3 | 1.50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 08 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
24.0 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 1.50 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 08 Dec 1993 | Test # 1239 | |
20.0 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1.50 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Jan 1998 | Test # 1395 | |
16.0 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1.50 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 | |
14.0 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1.50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
23.1 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 1.51 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 28 Oct 2004 | Test # 1719 | |
17.4 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 1.52 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | North Sound | 21 Mar 2021 | Test # 2416 | |
17.0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1.52 | India | v Sri Lanka | Chandigarh | 23 Nov 1990 | Test # 1156 | |
30.0 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 1.53 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 22 Feb 2001 | Test # 1530 | |
15.0 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1.53 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Apr 1997 | Test # 1367 | |
15.0 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 1.53 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 24 Jan 2019 | Test # 2343 | |
39.0 | 12 | 60 | 3 | 1.53 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 15 May 2022 | Test # 2462 | |
24.0 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1.54 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Sialkot | 12 Dec 1991 | Test # 1178 | |
11.4 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1.54 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 30 Jul 2000 | Test # 1505 | |
33.0 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 1.54 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Dec 1989 | Test # 1131 | |
22.0 | 8 | 34 | 3 | 1.54 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
11.0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1.54 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Mirpur | 08 Feb 2018 | Test # 2296 | |
42.0 | 16 | 65 | 0 | 1.54 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 | |
45.0 | 18 | 70 | 1 | 1.55 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Peshawar | 05 Mar 2000 | Test # 1487 | |
18.0 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 1.55 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 | Test # 921 | |
37.0 | 13 | 58 | 1 | 1.56 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 26 Oct 1994 | Test # 1272 | |
40.0 | 14 | 63 | 4 | 1.57 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 02 Dec 2003 | Test # 1670 | |
12.0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1.58 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 04 Aug 2004 | Test # 1709 | |
12.0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1.58 | England | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 03 Jun 2011 | Test # 1995 | |
12.0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1.58 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 16 Jul 2022 | Test # 2472 | |
12.0 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1.58 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 17 Mar 2023 | Test # 2500 | |
29.0 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 1.58 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Bulawayo | 20 Oct 1994 | Test # 1271 | |
17.0 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 1.58 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Peshawar | 05 Mar 2000 | Test # 1487 | |
23.5 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 1.59 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 08 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
28.5 | 15 | 46 | 3 | 1.59 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 12 Mar 1999 | Test # 1450 | |
30.0 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 1.60 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 16 Dec 1989 | Test # 1133 | |
28.0 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 1.60 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 08 Feb 1994 | Test # 1247 | |
23.0 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 1.60 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
13.0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1.61 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 16 Mar 1984 | Test # 982 | |
13.0 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1.61 | India | v Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 12 Aug 2017 | Test # 2269 | |
45.3 | 11 | 74 | 3 | 1.62 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 06 Sep 1985 | Test # 1024 |
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Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]
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