Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2005 in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	9	15	4	0.83	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
SE Bond	11.0	8	10	2	0.90	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
RO Hinds	27.0	13	27	1	1.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
M Ntini	11.0	6	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
H Masakadza	10.0	3	11	0	1.10	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
WW Hinds	14.0	5	16	0	1.14	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
GD McGrath	25.0	13	29	2	1.16	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
N Deonarine	30.0	15	35	1	1.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
CB Mpofu	22.0	10	29	0	1.31	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
CH Gayle	37.5	18	50	4	1.32	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
HMCM Bandara	11.2	6	15	1	1.32	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
T Panyangara	21.0	10	28	3	1.33	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
GD McGrath	23.0	9	31	4	1.34	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
GD McGrath	14.0	7	19	1	1.35	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
GD McGrath	18.0	8	25	0	1.38	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
A Nel	12.0	7	17	2	1.41	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
SM Pollock	21.0	11	30	2	1.42	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
GD McGrath	34.0	20	49	3	1.44	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
CH Gayle	11.0	3	16	0	1.45	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	1.46	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
Mohammad Rafique	38.0	14	57	0	1.50	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
Arshad Khan	14.0	8	21	2	1.50	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
IK Pathan	22.0	8	34	3	1.54	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Mohammad Rafique	41.4	19	65	5	1.56	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
GD McGrath	24.0	11	39	0	1.62	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
E Chigumbura	19.0	7	31	0	1.63	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
SCG MacGill	11.0	3	18	3	1.63	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
AB Agarkar	11.0	3	18	1	1.63	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
DBL Powell	28.0	15	46	0	1.64	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
A Kumble	38.0	16	63	7	1.65	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
N Boje	15.0	7	25	1	1.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
JH Kallis	12.0	5	20	2	1.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	16	51	2	1.67	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
A Nel	17.2	3	29	3	1.67	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
M Muralidaran	10.4	4	18	6	1.68	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
GD McGrath	17.1	2	29	4	1.68	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
A Symonds	10.0	4	17	0	1.70	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
SK Warne	28.0	9	48	5	1.71	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
M Muralidaran	21.0	8	36	6	1.71	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
KMDN Kulasekara	11.0	2	19	0	1.72	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
SCG MacGill	16.0	7	28	1	1.75	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
DT Hondo	21.0	7	37	0	1.76	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
SK Warne	47.0	21	83	3	1.76	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
AG Cremer	34.0	9	61	2	1.79	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
PT Collins	24.0	10	44	1	1.83	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
SL Malinga	12.0	5	22	0	1.83	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
Danish Kaneria	25.0	11	46	2	1.84	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
N Boje	20.0	6	37	2	1.85	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
M Ntini	19.5	7	37	7	1.86	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
DBL Powell	13.1	4	25	5	1.89	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
JEC Franklin	10.0	2	19	2	1.90	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
Mashrafe Mortaza	31.0	12	59	3	1.90	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
SK Warne	12.0	3	23	3	1.91	Australia	v ICC World XI	Sydney	14 Oct 2005	Test # 1768
ML Nkala	26.0	10	50	2	1.92	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
RD King	26.0	7	50	1	1.92	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
S Chanderpaul	13.0	6	25	0	1.92	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
MF Maharoof	27.0	11	52	2	1.92	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
CD Collymore	28.0	11	54	2	1.92	West Indies	v Australia	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
M Muralidaran	29.0	8	56	1	1.93	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
NW Bracken	19.0	5	37	1	1.94	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
SJ Harmison	12.5	4	25	0	1.94	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
SJ Harmison	27.4	6	54	3	1.95	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
ST Jayasuriya	21.0	8	41	2	1.95	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
A Nel	16.2	3	32	6	1.95	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
SK Warne	23.1	7	46	6	1.98	Australia	v England	Birmingham	04 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
M Ntini	24.4	6	49	2	1.98	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
A Nel	21.0	6	42	1	2.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
M Muralidaran	14.0	6	28	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
A Nel	12.0	5	24	0	2.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
MJ Hoggard	12.0	6	24	3	2.00	England	v Bangladesh	Chester-le-Street	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1753
GD McGrath	11.0	3	22	0	2.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
Tapash Baisya	10.0	6	20	2	2.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
Enamul Haque jnr	22.2	5	45	6	2.01	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
DL Vettori	13.5	4	28	4	2.02	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
Shoaib Akhtar	22.0	6	45	1	2.04	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
PJ Wiseman	31.0	7	64	1	2.06	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
DL Vettori	27.0	9	56	2	2.07	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
NJ Astle	13.0	4	27	3	2.07	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
N Boje	34.0	13	71	4	2.08	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
B Lee	11.0	4	23	0	2.09	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
SM Pollock	31.0	11	65	4	2.09	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
CH Gayle	31.0	11	65	1	2.09	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
WPUJC Vaas	16.4	4	35	3	2.10	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
CS Martin	10.0	1	21	3	2.10	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
GD McGrath	27.0	13	57	1	2.11	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
Enamul Haque jnr	26.0	9	55	0	2.11	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
Harbhajan Singh	26.0	5	55	0	2.11	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
SM Pollock	17.0	5	36	1	2.11	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
B Lee	14.0	4	30	5	2.14	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
PT Collins	18.0	5	39	3	2.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
T Panyangara	17.0	5	37	1	2.17	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
M Zondeki	11.0	4	24	0	2.18	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
SD Udal	14.0	2	31	1	2.21	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005	Test # 1772
RO Hinds	13.0	5	29	0	2.23	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	4	38	0	2.23	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
SK Warne	13.5	2	31	4	2.24	Australia	v England	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
RD King	24.0	5	54	1	2.25	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
Danish Kaneria	12.0	4	27	0	2.25	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005	Test # 1772

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Minimum of 60 balls
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2005 [Test # 1779]

India v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2005 [Test # 1778]

Australia v South Africa at Perth, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2005 [Test # 1777]