Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records for Australia (Host) in Test matches

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1887-1896	9	-	191	2303	681	76	9/28	8.96	1.77	30.30	1	7	4
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	1887-1892	4	-	142	1259	437	37	7/37	11.81	2.08	34.02	3	4	1
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2024	39	1203.4	231	7222	4197	210	7/112	19.98	3.48	34.39	10	11	4
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	12	283.4	52	1702	1001	49	6/37	20.42	3.52	34.73	1	3	1
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	252.2	80	1514	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-
MA Wood (ENG)	2020-2022	6	179.4	30	1078	616	29	6/37	21.24	3.42	37.17	1	2	-
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2024	11	254.4	64	1528	808	41	6/39	19.70	3.17	37.26	1	2	-
MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-1998	11	171.3	24	1029	534	26	6/82	20.53	3.11	39.57	2	1	1
RO Schwarz (SA)	1906-1911	14	289.1	40	1735	995	43	6/47	23.13	3.44	40.34	4	2	-
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	10	283.3	36	1701	1044	42	6/56	24.85	3.68	40.50	-	3	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	59	2002.5	423	12017	6535	292	6/8	22.38	3.26	41.15	20	18	4
JL Pattinson (AUS)	2011-2020	12	373.2	75	2240	1211	53	5/27	22.84	3.24	42.26	3	3	-
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2024	9	223.4	45	1342	742	31	4/31	23.93	3.31	43.29	3	-	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1911	12	355.5	72	2135	1160	49	7/94	23.67	3.25	43.57	2	4	1
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2024	38	1317.0	309	7902	3582	181	6/23	19.79	2.71	43.65	11	10	2
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1987	12	-	130	3373	1373	77	9/52	17.83	2.44	43.80	1	10	3
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1911	10	-	49	1932	1202	44	6/92	27.31	3.73	43.90	2	4	1
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1877-1887	11	620.2	231	2482	1080	56	7/44	19.28	2.61	44.32	2	5	3
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1902	6	-	61	1064	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2	2	-
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	17	934.4	227	5608	2263	126	9/103	17.96	2.42	44.50	1	15	4
SR Harmer (SA)	2015-2023	5	186.3	42	1119	567	25	4/82	22.68	3.04	44.76	2	-	-
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1908	10	463.0	93	2778	1323	61	7/34	21.68	2.85	45.54	4	5	-
MR Whitney (AUS)	1987-1992	6	243.2	48	1460	704	32	7/27	22.00	2.89	45.62	2	2	1
AS Joseph (WI)	2022-2024	6	182.5	16	1097	698	24	5/81	29.08	3.81	45.70	1	1	-
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	41	1238.3	337	7431	3269	162	6/21	20.17	2.63	45.87	6	10	1
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	15	540.2	125	3242	1469	70	6/33	20.98	2.71	46.31	2	4	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	42	1637.4	322	9826	5394	212	8/61	25.44	3.29	46.34	13	9	2
W Barnes (ENG)	1882-1887	10	382.3	182	1531	509	33	6/28	15.42	1.99	46.39	1	2	-
DJ Bravo (WI)	2005-2009	8	224.2	40	1346	723	29	6/84	24.93	3.22	46.41	3	1	-
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1912	7	358.0	49	2148	1075	46	7/90	23.36	3.00	46.69	2	5	2
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1983	29	-	129	6027	3223	129	6/46	24.98	3.20	46.72	9	6	-
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	18	265.0	59	1590	694	34	8/70	20.41	2.61	46.76	1	1	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1954-1957	8	210.4	52	1684	588	36	7/36	16.33	2.09	46.77	-	4	1
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	45	1607.0	387	9642	4656	206	7/84	22.60	2.89	46.80	5	13	2
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	2364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4	1
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	59	2111.0	483	12666	6777	267	6/59	25.38	3.21	47.43	14	13	2
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	6	214.0	35	1284	771	27	5/40	28.55	3.60	47.55	2	2	-
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	6	198.2	25	1190	751	25	6/125	30.04	3.78	47.60	1	1	-
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	7	317.3	81	1905	817	40	6/17	20.42	2.57	47.62	4	2	-
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	222.2	62	1334	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2024	53	1832.5	355	10997	6116	229	6/66	26.70	3.33	48.02	14	8	1
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	209.2	69	1256	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2008	16	598.4	158	3592	1578	74	5/55	21.32	2.63	48.54	6	1	-
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	17	681.3	176	4089	1685	84	7/51	20.05	2.47	48.67	8	5	2
CP Carter (SA)	1914-1921	5	194.5	42	1169	517	24	6/50	21.54	2.65	48.70	-	2	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	16	540.4	97	3244	1810	66	6/56	27.42	3.34	49.15	2	4	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1999	18	750.4	172	4504	1853	91	7/25	20.36	2.46	49.49	3	7	1
CTB Turner (AUS)	1887-1895	9	-	273	3128	935	63	7/43	14.84	1.79	49.65	3	6	1
M Hayward (SA)	1999-2003	11	340.3	69	2043	1175	41	5/56	28.65	3.45	49.82	1	1	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1984	44	-	341	11534	5482	231	7/83	23.73	2.85	49.93	16	15	4
CR Miller (AUS)	1998-2001	6	242.2	55	1454	603	29	5/32	20.79	2.48	50.13	1	2	1
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1985	14	-	96	3163	1526	63	6/21	24.22	2.89	50.20	4	5	1
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-2000	13	471.1	113	2827	1346	56	5/30	24.03	2.85	50.48	2	3	-
MA Noble (AUS)	1898-1908	22	708.0	192	4248	1785	84	7/17	21.25	2.52	50.57	1	7	1
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	47	1803.3	368	10821	6091	213	5/30	28.59	3.37	50.80	13	8	-
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1898	23	-	192	3417	1400	67	8/11	20.89	2.45	51.00	3	4	2
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1911	15	452.5	92	2717	1421	53	6/87	26.81	3.13	51.26	3	2	-
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	47	1525.5	331	9155	4843	178	5/20	27.20	3.17	51.43	6	5	-
FR Foster (ENG)	1911-1912	5	276.4	58	1660	692	32	6/91	21.62	2.50	51.87	2	3	-
IR Bishop (WI)	1992-1997	10	372.3	69	2235	990	43	6/40	23.02	2.65	51.97	-	1	-
JN Crawford (ENG)	1906-1908	10	338.1	55	2029	1064	39	5/48	27.28	3.14	52.02	-	3	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	9	254.0	32	2032	876	39	7/27	22.46	2.58	52.10	1	3	1
C Green (AUS)	2020-2024	15	191.2	39	1148	564	22	5/27	25.63	2.94	52.18	-	1	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	11	235.1	33	1881	970	36	5/34	26.94	3.09	52.25	2	1	-
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2005-2010	7	278.5	67	1673	809	32	6/41	25.28	2.90	52.28	-	3	-
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1982	10	394.3	71	2367	1173	45	4/61	26.06	2.97	52.60	2	-	-
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.76	2	1	-
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	13	522.3	63	3135	1757	59	6/40	29.77	3.36	53.13	3	4	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1998	12	549.2	149	3296	1379	62	6/23	22.24	2.51	53.16	4	5	2
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2007	27	1199.2	238	7196	3738	135	7/50	27.68	3.11	53.30	5	9	2
KJ Abbott (SA)	2013-2017	9	294.0	78	1764	781	33	7/29	23.66	2.65	53.45	-	2	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2020-2024	7	225.2	49	1352	674	25	6/15	26.96	2.99	54.08	-	2	-
GOB Allen (ENG)	1932-1937	10	-	41	2057	1119	38	5/36	29.44	3.26	54.13	2	1	-
DE Bollinger (AUS)	2009-2010	7	253.1	51	1519	781	28	5/70	27.89	3.08	54.25	1	1	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	280.3	91	1683	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1984-1989	10	407.2	87	2444	1042	45	5/29	23.15	2.55	54.31	2	5	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2022	17	371.1	52	2227	1348	41	6/99	32.87	3.63	54.31	1	1	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-2005	35	1195.5	334	7175	3289	132	6/40	24.91	2.75	54.35	4	4	-
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2024	43	1578.3	426	9471	4206	174	6/70	24.17	2.66	54.43	7	7	-
EL McCormick (AUS)	1935-1937	9	-	30	1423	734	26	3/26	28.23	3.09	54.73	-	-	-
JM Bird (AUS)	2012-2017	6	219.0	51	1314	689	24	4/41	28.70	3.14	54.75	1	-	-
GE Palmer (AUS)	1881-1885	10	760.0	312	3040	1090	55	7/65	19.81	2.15	55.27	3	5	2
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	68	2467.5	725	14807	6053	267	7/87	22.67	2.45	55.45	15	10	1
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	74	2943.3	883	17661	7168	318	8/24	22.54	2.43	55.53	17	13	2
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1996	46	1860.4	413	11164	5479	200	8/97	27.39	2.94	55.82	10	11	2
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	25	-	169	5473	2382	98	6/74	24.30	2.61	55.84	6	5	2
CP Buckenham (ENG)	1910-1910	4	197.0	25	1182	593	21	5/115	28.23	3.01	56.28	1	1	-
H Larwood (ENG)	1928-1933	10	479.3	83	2877	1368	51	6/32	26.82	2.85	56.41	3	3	1
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2020	6	254.3	50	1527	673	27	5/86	24.92	2.64	56.55	2	1	-
RJ Harris (AUS)	2010-2015	17	594.4	171	3568	1637	63	6/47	25.98	2.75	56.63	3	2	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2024	6	188.5	49	1133	459	20	6/138	22.95	2.43	56.65	1	1	-
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	530.0	120	3180	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4	-
J Garner (WI)	1979-1985	11	427.2	104	2564	1142	45	5/56	25.37	2.67	56.97	2	1	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-2000	6	228.3	40	1371	781	24	5/60	32.54	3.41	57.12	-	2	1
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1889	15	443.1	194	1773	728	31	4/52	23.48	2.46	57.19	1	-	-
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	1999-2007	15	439.1	81	2635	1352	46	4/44	29.39	3.07	57.28	4	-	-
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-1999	7	334.2	66	2006	1019	35	6/78	29.11	3.04	57.31	2	3	-
A Fielder (ENG)	1904-1908	6	248.3	42	1491	711	26	6/82	27.34	2.86	57.34	3	1	-
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1911	22	-	103	3391	1911	59	6/26	32.38	3.38	57.47	4	1	-
RC Motz (NZ)	1961-1962	5	182.2	41	1094	505	19	4/68	26.57	2.76	57.57	1	-	-

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2024 [Test # 2524]

Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jan 17-19, 2024 [Test # 2523]

Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Jan 3-6, 2024 [Test # 2521]