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2000s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	GP Swann	21.0	13	13	3	0.61	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
🥈 2	N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
🥉 3	JDP Oram	20.0	14	14	-	0.70	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
4	CEL Ambrose	11.0	6	8	3	0.72	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
5	HH Streak	17.0	8	13	2	0.76	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	01 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
5	Shahid Afridi	17.0	7	13	3	0.76	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
5	GD McGrath	13.0	9	10	4	0.76	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
8	GW Flower	18.0	9	14	-	0.77	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
9	NJ Astle	11.0	6	9	1	0.81	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
10	WPUJC Vaas	18.0	9	15	4	0.83	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
10	GD McGrath	12.0	6	10	-	0.83	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
12	GD McGrath	20.0	12	17	6	0.85	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
13	CEL Ambrose	16.0	9	14	1	0.87	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
14	CD Collymore	19.0	11	17	2	0.89	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
14	DL Vettori	29.0	15	26	2	0.89	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
16	A Flintoff	10.0	4	9	-	0.90	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
16	SE Bond	11.0	8	10	2	0.90	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
18	SM Pollock	13.0	9	12	2	0.92	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
18	GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	0.92	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
20	Saqlain Mushtaq	25.4	12	24	4	0.93	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
21	WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	0.95	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
22	SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	0.96	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
23	M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	0.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
24	M Muralidaran	40.0	21	40	3	1.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	18 Dec 2003	Test # 1675
24	RO Hinds	27.0	13	27	1	1.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
24	CEL Ambrose	22.0	11	22	1	1.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
24	GD McGrath	19.0	13	19	3	1.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
24	M Mbangwa	15.0	10	15	-	1.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
24	Mohammad Hafeez	14.0	8	14	1	1.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
24	SK Warne	11.0	4	11	4	1.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
24	Shabbir Ahmed	10.0	7	10	-	1.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test # 1676
32	N Boje	16.4	10	17	4	1.02	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
33	SM Pollock	26.5	17	28	5	1.04	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
34	GD McGrath	25.0	13	27	3	1.08	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
34	CE Cuffy	24.0	16	26	1	1.08	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
34	MJ Hoggard	12.0	6	13	1	1.08	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
37	M Ntini	11.0	6	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
37	SR Clark	11.0	6	12	1	1.09	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
39	H Masakadza	10.0	3	11	-	1.10	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
40	CL Hooper	17.0	8	19	1	1.11	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
41	SM Pollock	22.1	11	25	2	1.12	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
42	M Muralidaran	56.0	28	64	4	1.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
42	GD McGrath	21.0	9	24	2	1.14	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
42	CEL Ambrose	14.0	8	16	-	1.14	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
42	WW Hinds	14.0	5	16	-	1.14	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
42	DL Vettori	14.0	6	16	1	1.14	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
42	M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	1.14	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
42	SM Pollock	14.5	10	17	1	1.14	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
49	GD McGrath	13.0	7	15	-	1.15	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
49	CA Walsh	19.0	10	22	3	1.15	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
49	ML Nkala	19.0	11	22	-	1.15	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
49	A Flintoff	19.0	9	22	2	1.15	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
53	Arshad Khan	25.0	12	29	1	1.16	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
53	GD McGrath	25.0	13	29	2	1.16	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005	Test # 1771
53	N Deonarine	30.0	15	35	1	1.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
56	WPUJC Vaas	17.0	8	20	2	1.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
56	Shabbir Ahmed	17.0	5	20	2	1.17	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
58	M Ntini	16.0	8	19	2	1.18	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
58	CH Gayle	16.5	6	20	2	1.18	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004	Test # 1690
60	NJ Astle	26.0	15	31	-	1.19	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Dec 2000	Test # 1522
60	BC Strang	36.0	17	43	1	1.19	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
62	CH Gayle	10.0	3	12	-	1.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
62	AC Dawson	10.0	5	12	1	1.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	01 May 2003	Test # 1642
64	WPUJC Vaas	14.0	6	17	1	1.21	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
64	M Kartik	14.0	6	17	2	1.21	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
66	SR Clark	18.0	8	22	1	1.22	Australia	v West Indies	North Sound	30 May 2008	Test # 1877
66	CEL Ambrose	31.0	8	38	2	1.22	West Indies	v England	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
66	SM Pollock	22.0	12	27	1	1.22	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
69	AR Caddick	13.0	8	16	5	1.23	England	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
69	CL Hooper	13.0	4	16	-	1.23	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
69	KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	1.23	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
69	AR Caddick	11.2	5	14	5	1.23	England	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
69	WPUJC Vaas	11.2	5	14	2	1.23	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
69	IK Pathan	21.0	12	26	2	1.23	India	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Test # 1693
75	N Boje	24.0	12	30	2	1.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
75	RO Hinds	12.0	3	15	-	1.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	07 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
75	JN Gillespie	12.0	7	15	2	1.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
75	M Muralidaran	39.0	18	49	5	1.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
79	RW Price	19.0	9	24	2	1.26	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
79	HH Streak	30.0	12	38	4	1.26	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
79	M Ntini	15.0	9	19	5	1.26	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
79	HH Streak	15.0	9	19	1	1.26	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	26 Feb 2004	Test # 1684
83	M Muralidaran	37.0	18	47	4	1.27	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
83	DL Vettori	22.0	13	28	6	1.27	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
83	Abdul Razzaq	11.0	3	14	1	1.27	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	25 May 2000	Test # 1497
83	A Flintoff	11.0	4	14	3	1.27	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
83	A Symonds	11.0	3	14	-	1.27	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
83	M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	1.27	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
83	LE Plunkett	13.2	6	17	3	1.27	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
83	A Kumble	23.3	10	30	5	1.27	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
83	NJ Astle	36.0	18	46	1	1.27	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
92	JDP Oram	21.0	9	27	1	1.28	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
92	CA Walsh	14.0	8	18	2	1.28	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
92	GD McGrath	14.0	8	18	4	1.28	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
95	Abdul Razzaq	10.0	2	13	1	1.30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	05 May 2000	Test # 1494
95	WW Hinds	10.0	5	13	1	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
95	CE Cuffy	10.0	3	13	-	1.30	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
95	NJ Astle	10.0	4	13	2	1.30	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
95	JH Kallis	10.0	5	13	-	1.30	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
95	HMRKB Herath	11.3	5	15	4	1.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921

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