Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Harbhajan Singh	4.3	-	13	5	5.40	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
R Benaud	3.5	1	15	4	5.75	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
KAJ Roach	5.0	1	8	5	6.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	North Sound	04 Jul 2018	Test # 2310
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	6.50	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
AER Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	6.50	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
CJ Jordan	4.2	-	18	4	6.50	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014	Test # 2137
SCJ Broad	9.3	5	15	8	7.12	England	v Australia	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
HH Pandya	6.0	1	28	5	7.20	India	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
JH Wardle	5.0	2	7	4	7.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
CR Woakes	7.4	2	17	6	7.66	England	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
CA Walsh	5.1	1	14	4	7.75	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
ESH Giddins	7.0	2	15	5	8.40	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
MW Tate	6.0	1	12	4	9.00	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
FE Woolley	7.4	1	20	5	9.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
SR Watson	7.5	1	40	5	9.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
W Rhodes	11.0	3	17	7	9.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
SCJ Broad	11.0	-	44	7	9.42	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
CIJ Smith	8.0	4	16	5	9.60	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	08 Jan 1935	Test # 238
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	9.60	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
JJ Bumrah	8.0	4	7	5	9.60	India	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
T Richardson	11.3x5	3	39	6	9.66	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
DAJ Holford	8.1	1	23	5	9.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
R Peel	12.0x5	5	23	6	10.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	24	6	10.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
MA Wood	8.2	2	41	5	10.00	England	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019	Test # 2346
MN Samuels	6.4	1	13	4	10.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
EA Martindale	8.3	1	22	5	10.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	08 Jan 1935	Test # 238
R Peel	10.2x4	3	14	4	10.50	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
K Cranston	7.0	3	12	4	10.50	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
GP Swann	7.0	1	16	4	10.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	10.71	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
WW Hall	9.0	3	20	5	10.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	Test # 528
JC Adams	9.0	4	17	5	10.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
JE Taylor	9.0	4	11	5	10.80	West Indies	v England	Kingston	04 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
TJ Murtagh	9.0	2	13	5	10.80	Ireland	v England	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	11.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	11.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
SR Watson	11.0	3	33	6	11.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Leeds	21 Jul 2010	Test # 1965
ML Cummins	11.0	1	48	6	11.00	West Indies	v India	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	11.11	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	11.37	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
G Onions	9.3	1	38	5	11.40	England	v West Indies	Lord's	06 May 2009	Test # 1919
FE Woolley	9.4	3	29	5	11.60	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
JN Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	11.71	Australia	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
PM Siddle	9.5	-	21	5	11.80	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
RWV Robins	11.5	1	32	6	11.83	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1933	Test # 227
C Blythe	15.5	1	59	8	11.87	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
RL Johnson	12.0	4	33	6	12.00	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	05 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
GD McGrath	10.0	3	28	5	12.00	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
ST Finn	10.0	2	42	5	12.00	England	v Bangladesh	Manchester	04 Jun 2010	Test # 1959
Hon.A Lyttelton	12.0x4	5	19	4	12.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1884	Test # 16
W Rhodes	8.0	2	38	4	12.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	01 Jul 1909	Test # 103
GG Arnold	8.0	1	19	4	12.00	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
PH Edmonds	8.0	6	6	4	12.00	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
SI Mahmood	8.0	2	22	4	12.00	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
GP Swann	8.0	3	12	4	12.00	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	26 Aug 2010	Test # 1971
SCJ Broad	8.0	3	19	4	12.00	England	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
ARC Fraser	16.1	2	53	8	12.12	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
JJ Bumrah	12.1	3	27	6	12.16	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019	Test # 2359
JO Holder	10.1	1	44	5	12.20	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
SCJ Broad	8.1	1	36	4	12.25	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
FS Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	12.42	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963	Test # 545
SF Barnes	16.4	4	29	8	12.50	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
RL Chase	8.2	1	15	4	12.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	06 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
JM Anderson	12.4	5	42	6	12.66	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	01 May 2015	Test # 2160
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	12.80	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	13.00	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	13.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
SJ Harmison	13.0	1	46	6	13.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
SJ Harmison	13.0	7	19	6	13.00	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
JO Holder	13.0	3	59	6	13.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
Mushtaq Mohammad	10.5	3	28	5	13.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
IT Botham	11.0	3	21	5	13.20	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
ST Gabriel	11.0	4	11	5	13.20	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017	Test # 2260
KAJ Roach	11.0	7	17	5	13.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
CR Woakes	11.0	-	50	5	13.20	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	13.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
H Dean	9.0	2	19	4	13.50	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
FS Trueman	9.0	1	27	4	13.50	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
RM Ellison	9.0	3	27	4	13.50	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
MA Butcher	9.0	3	42	4	13.50	England	v Australia	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001	Test # 1550
GP Swann	9.0	1	42	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
MS Kasprowicz	15.5	5	36	7	13.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
AR Caddick	11.2	5	14	5	13.60	England	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
SJ Harmison	11.2	-	43	5	13.60	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
SCJ Broad	13.4	6	25	6	13.66	England	v India	Manchester	07 Aug 2014	Test # 2134
TE Bailey	16.0	7	34	7	13.71	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	13.71	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
FJ Laver	18.2	7	31	8	13.75	Australia	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1909	Test # 104
ER Dexter	9.1	3	10	4	13.75	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	05 Jul 1962	Test # 532
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	13.75	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
JN Gillespie	9.1	4	18	4	13.75	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
WE Bowes	11.3	3	55	5	13.80	England	v Australia	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
GAR Lock	11.3	7	17	5	13.80	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
SCJ Broad	14.0	4	31	6	14.00	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
JM Anderson	11.4	6	16	5	14.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
MA Wood	11.4	4	34	5	14.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 2023	Test # 2509
GA Lohmann	14.0x4	4	33	4	14.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
MJ Potts	9.2	4	13	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2022	Test # 2464
CEH Croft	18.5	7	29	8	14.12	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799

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Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

West Indies v India at Port of Spain, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 20-24, 2023 [Test # 2513]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]