| 1.00 (10-5-10-0) | AA Donald | South Africa v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1468] |
| 1.03 (26-12-27-2) | NJ Astle | New Zealand v India at Kanpur, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1464] |
| 1.09 (14.4-6-16-4) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1471] |
| 1.15 (28.3-14-33-5) | SM Pollock | South Africa v New Zealand at Wellington, 3rd Test, 1998/99 [1452] |
| 1.16 (25-11-29-3) | SK Warne | Australia v Sri Lanka at Galle, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1460] |
| 1.25 (16-5-20-0) | WJ Cronje | South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1475] |
| 1.27 (11-5-14-0) | NJ Astle | New Zealand v England at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1999 [1457] |
| 1.27 (18-8-23-1) | DJ Nash | New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1478] |
| 1.29 (17-9-22-3) | PCR Tufnell | England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1999 [1455] |
| 1.29 (17-8-22-1) | SB Joshi | India v New Zealand at Mohali, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1462] |
| 1.29 (27-15-35-3) | CEL Ambrose | West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, 1st Test, 1998/99 [1448] |
| 1.30 (26-12-34-2) | AD Mullally | England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, 1999 [1458] |
| 1.31 (16-8-21-1) | NJ Astle | New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 3rd Test, 1998/99 [1452] |
| 1.31 (19-8-25-0) | SB O'Connor | New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1478] |
| 1.39 (33-12-46-3) | DL Vettori | New Zealand v England at The Oval, 4th Test, 1999 [1458] |
| 1.40 (25-7-35-2) | DL Vettori | New Zealand v England at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1999 [1457] |
| 1.41 (12-6-17-1) | SB Doull | New Zealand v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1999 [1455] |
| 1.46 (15-6-22-2) | DW Fleming | Australia v Zimbabwe at Harare, Only Test, 1999/00 [1463] |
| 1.47 (29.5-11-44-3) | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
| 1.47 (31.1-15-46-3) | DJ Nash | New Zealand v England at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1999 [1457] |
| 1.48 (27-16-40-2) | AA Donald | South Africa v New Zealand at Auckland, 1st Test, 1998/99 [1446] |
| 1.50 (18-6-27-2) | BKV Prasad | India v Pakistan at Calcutta, Asia-Test, 1998/99 [1444] |
| 1.54 (11-7-17-3) | DJ Nash | New Zealand v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1999 [1455] |
| 1.58 (17-5-27-1) | CL Hooper | West Indies v South Africa at Centurion, 5th Test, 1998/99 [1441] |
| 1.59 (22-9-35-2) | SM Pollock | South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 4th Test, 1998/99 [1440] |
| 1.63 (19-8-31-5) | CL Cairns | New Zealand v England at The Oval, 4th Test, 1999 [1458] |
| 1.63 (30-13-49-2) | GD McGrath | Australia v India at Adelaide, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1476] |
| 1.65 (23-9-38-0) | JH Kallis | South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, 1999/00 [1480] |
| 1.66 (33-14-55-1) | SM Pollock | South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, 1999/00 [1480] |
| 1.69 (13-4-22-3) | DNT Zoysa | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
| 1.70 (48-21-82-5) | A Kumble | India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 3rd Test, 1999/00 [1465] |
| 1.71 (28-14-48-3) | JN Gillespie | Australia v West Indies at Bridgetown, 3rd Test, 1998/99 [1453] |
| 1.71 (21-8-36-0) | SB Joshi | India v Pakistan at Chennai, 1st Test, 1998/99 [1442] |
| 1.71 (32-12-55-2) | GB Brent | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1470] |
| 1.72 (43-17-74-2) | PR Adams | South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, 1999/00 [1480] |
| 1.72 (18-7-31-1) | GP Wickramasinghe | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
| 1.73 (26-9-45-0) | JC Adams | West Indies v New Zealand at Wellington, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1478] |
| 1.76 (17-5-30-3) | Harbhajan Singh | India v Pakistan at Delhi, 2nd Test, 1998/99 [1443] |
| 1.76 (17-6-30-1) | Harbhajan Singh | India v New Zealand at Kanpur, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1464] |
| 1.76 (13-3-23-1) | Wasim Akram | Pakistan v India at Delhi, 2nd Test, 1998/99 [1443] |
| 1.77 (36-15-64-3) | SB Doull | New Zealand v India at Hamilton, 3rd Test, 1998/99 [1438] |
| 1.81 (11-2-20-2) | BKV Prasad | India v Pakistan at Delhi, 2nd Test, 1998/99 [1443] |
| 1.82 (28-11-51-1) | SM Pollock | South Africa v New Zealand at Auckland, 1st Test, 1998/99 [1446] |
| 1.83 (14.1-4-26-1) | R Vijay Bharadwaj | India v New Zealand at Mohali, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1462] |
| 1.84 (33-10-61-2) | BKV Prasad | India v New Zealand at Hamilton, 3rd Test, 1998/99 [1438] |
| 1.85 (20-8-37-1) | DJ Terbrugge | South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 4th Test, 1998/99 [1440] |
| 1.85 (27-8-50-3) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1473] |
| 1.85 (21-6-39-5) | SM Pollock | South Africa v Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein, 1st Test, 1999/00 [1466] |
| 1.85 (25.5-9-48-0) | SB Doull | New Zealand v South Africa at Christchurch, 2nd Test, 1998/99 [1449] |
| 1.86 (22-10-41-0) | DJ Nash | New Zealand v India at Kanpur, 2nd Test, 1999/00 [1464] |
