Bowling Best Economy Rate Innings

Cricket Records for Australia vs South Africa in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JW Burke	15.0	10	8	0	0.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
NM Lyon	22.0	17	10	0	0.45	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
HL Collins	15.0	12	7	0	0.46	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
JM Gregory	15.0	9	11	0	0.73	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
ARA Murray	13.0	7	13	0	0.75	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
KD Mackay	11.0	5	11	0	0.75	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
AA Donald	23.0	13	18	1	0.78	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
TBA May	32.0	20	26	2	0.81	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
TL Goddard	23.0	12	25	2	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
WJ Cronje	11.0	4	9	0	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
TL Goddard	27.0	15	23	1	0.85	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
TL Goddard	24.7	10	29	2	0.87	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
H Ironmonger	47.0	29	42	5	0.89	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
AK Davidson	15.0	6	18	2	0.90	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
G Noblet	17.1	7	21	3	0.91	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
TW Wall	15.1	7	14	5	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
I Meckiff	16.0	8	20	0	0.93	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
WJ O'Reilly	21.0	11	20	5	0.95	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
NM Lyon	50.0	31	49	3	0.98	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
JC Watkins	12.0	5	16	1	1.00	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
SK Warne	30.5	15	31	4	1.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
PM Pollock	18.0	12	19	0	1.05	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
TR Veivers	34.0	15	48	1	1.05	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	06 Dec 1963	Test # 548
WP Howell	17.0	6	18	4	1.05	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Nov 1902	Test # 77
WJ Whitty	16.0	7	17	6	1.06	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
SJ McCabe	12.0	5	13	4	1.08	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
TL Goddard	24.5	16	27	3	1.08	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
AK Davidson	26.1	8	38	5	1.09	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
KD Mackay	11.0	3	16	0	1.09	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
TL Goddard	42.0	18	62	1	1.10	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
SK Warne	17.4	7	20	2	1.13	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
LF Kline	19.1	5	29	3	1.13	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
H Ironmonger	19.0	10	22	3	1.15	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
CV Grimmett	24.0	12	28	4	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
PR Reiffel	12.0	3	14	3	1.16	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
WJ O'Reilly	40.1	18	47	4	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
VI Smith	16.0	8	25	1	1.17	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
GD McGrath	17.0	9	20	1	1.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
PHJ Trimborn	10.1	4	12	3	1.18	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
CG Macartney	11.0	6	13	1	1.18	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	05 Nov 1921	Test # 145
CV Grimmett	41.1	21	49	2	1.19	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
MJ Procter	25.1	11	30	3	1.19	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
HJ Tayfield	59.0	24	94	3	1.19	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
SR Waugh	22.3	9	28	5	1.24	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
JH Kallis	16.0	10	20	1	1.25	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
PJ Cummins	16.0	8	20	1	1.25	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022	Test # 2485
CL McCool	9.0	3	15	1	1.25	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
LF Kline	16.0	6	27	3	1.26	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
SK Warne	30.0	13	38	3	1.26	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
A Symonds	11.0	3	14	0	1.27	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
JC Watkins	24.0	8	41	4	1.28	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
H Ironmonger	42.0	18	54	4	1.28	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
PS Heine	17.4	4	30	2	1.28	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
LF Kline	10.4	2	18	3	1.28	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
AK Davidson	18.0	5	31	2	1.29	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
TJ Matthews	20.5	7	27	2	1.29	Australia	v South Africa	Nottingham	05 Aug 1912	Test # 127
IWG Johnson	30.0	7	52	3	1.30	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
TL Goddard	10.0	3	13	3	1.30	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
JH Kallis	10.0	5	13	0	1.30	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
RJ Harris	24.3	15	32	4	1.30	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
WA Johnston	12.0	4	21	2	1.31	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
PR Reiffel	18.0	7	24	2	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
TJ Matthews	12.0	3	16	3	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Manchester	27 May 1912	Test # 121
G Noblet	9.0	2	16	0	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
NA Quinn	31.0	13	42	4	1.35	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
JC Watkins	26.0	13	47	2	1.35	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
I Meckiff	21.0	3	38	2	1.35	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
TL Goddard	11.0	3	20	1	1.36	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
PR Reiffel	11.0	4	15	0	1.36	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
AK Davidson	34.0	8	62	2	1.36	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
G Noblet	24.0	9	44	1	1.37	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953	Test # 365
WJ Whitty	24.0	11	33	4	1.37	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	09 Dec 1910	Test # 111
KR Miller	18.0	6	33	2	1.37	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
MG Johnson	18.1	7	25	4	1.37	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
RM Cowper	19.3	9	27	3	1.38	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
I Meckiff	13.0	2	24	0	1.38	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
MG Bevan	13.0	3	18	3	1.38	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
VD Philander	18.0	7	25	2	1.38	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
TW Wall	28.0	14	39	2	1.39	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
TL Goddard	16.3	9	23	3	1.39	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	03 Feb 1967	Test # 616
WJ O'Reilly	25.0	15	35	4	1.40	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936	Test # 249
AB McDonald	22.0	8	31	1	1.40	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
GB Hole	9.0	4	17	1	1.41	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
DT Ring	12.0	4	23	1	1.43	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
SR Waugh	18.0	7	26	4	1.44	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
SJ McCabe	11.0	4	16	0	1.45	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
A Symonds	11.0	3	16	0	1.45	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
AK Davidson	17.4	4	34	6	1.45	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
M Morkel	13.0	6	19	1	1.46	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
SR Waugh	27.2	12	40	3	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
NBF Mann	51.6	13	101	3	1.46	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
HJ Tayfield	21.0	7	41	0	1.46	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
H Ironmonger	30.0	16	44	4	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
H Ironmonger	49.0	26	72	3	1.46	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
JM Gregory	19.0	7	28	2	1.47	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	05 Nov 1921	Test # 145
TL Goddard	29.0	9	57	1	1.47	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
TL Goddard	19.4	9	29	1	1.47	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
PM Siddle	13.3	6	20	2	1.48	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]