Bishan Singh Bedi bowled his 12 overs to give away just 6 runs against East Africa in the first edition of the World Cup -1975, he might have created a record that will stand forever, 40 years and running. Richard Hadlee came close in the same World Cup giving away 10 runs.
CM Old for England in 1979 and the great Curtly Ambrose for West Indies in 1999 came really close, giving away 8 runs in their stipulated 10 overs. Considering the way ODIs are played these days, powerful batsmen armed with big bats, it is hard to see how any bowler could bowl 10 full overs giving away less than 6 runs.
Since 2000, the most economical full spell has been bowled by Jason Gillespie in the 2003 edition, against India. Gillespie had match figures of 3/13 in his 10 overs, a mark hard to breach against a Test playing nation for sure.
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