Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Cricket in Test matches

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1946	1	0.2	0	2	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	2.00	0	0	0
Hon.A Lyttelton (ENG)	1880-1884	4	12.0	5	48	19	4	4/19	4.75	2.37	12.00	1	0	0
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	17	2.0	0	12	2	1	1/2	2.00	1.00	12.00	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1955-1960	11	2.0	0	12	6	1	1/6	6.00	3.00	12.00	0	0	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1951-1956	16	-	0	14	8	1	1/8	8.00	3.42	14.00	0	0	0
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1946-1946	1	19.0	6	114	33	8	5/14	4.12	1.73	14.25	0	1	0
KR Miller (AUS)	1946-1946	1	6.0	2	36	6	2	2/6	3.00	1.00	18.00	0	0	0
AJ Redmond (NZ)	2008-2008	2	6.0	0	36	47	2	2/47	23.50	7.83	18.00	0	0	0
RT Simpson (ENG)	1949-1955	15	-	2	36	13	2	2/4	6.50	2.16	18.00	0	0	0
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.00	0	0	0
DW Lawrence (ENG)	2021-2021	2	3.0	0	18	16	1	1/16	16.00	5.33	18.00	0	0	0
SG Borthwick (ENG)	2014-2014	1	13.0	0	78	82	4	3/33	20.50	6.30	19.50	0	0	0
S Joseph (WI)	2024-2024	2	44.3	3	267	225	13	7/68	17.30	5.05	20.53	0	2	0
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1946	1	21.0	8	126	40	6	6/40	6.66	1.90	21.00	0	1	0
F Martin (ENG)	1890-1890	1	57.2	21	287	102	12	6/50	8.50	2.13	23.91	0	2	1
CFH Leslie (ENG)	1882-1883	4	24.0	10	96	44	4	3/31	11.00	2.75	24.00	0	0	0
Umar Amin (PAK)	2010-2010	2	8.0	1	48	19	2	1/7	9.50	2.37	24.00	0	0	0
JKC Holt (WI)	1955-1955	5	4.0	1	24	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	0	0	0
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1964-1969	3	4.0	1	24	3	1	1/2	3.00	0.75	24.00	0	0	0
G Thornton (SA)	1902-1902	1	4.0	0	24	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	0	0	0
AFA Lilley (ENG)	1896-1909	32	-	1	25	23	1	1/23	23.00	5.52	25.00	0	0	0
WD Parnell (SA)	2014-2014	1	8.3	2	51	31	2	2/31	15.50	3.64	25.50	0	0	0
RM Ellison (ENG)	1985-1985	2	75.5	20	455	185	17	6/77	10.88	2.43	26.76	1	2	1
MJF Shrimpton (NZ)	1973-1974	2	7.0	0	56	39	2	2/39	19.50	4.17	28.00	0	0	0
AN Hornby (ENG)	1879-1884	3	7.0	7	28	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	28.00	0	0	0
ERH Toshack (AUS)	1946-1946	1	29.0	18	174	18	6	4/12	3.00	0.62	29.00	1	0	0
N Brand (SA)	2024-2024	2	39.0	2	234	171	8	6/119	21.37	4.38	29.25	0	1	0
Aamer Jamal (PAK)	2023-2024	3	89.5	6	539	368	18	6/69	20.44	4.09	29.94	0	2	0
JDF Vandersay (SL)	2022-2022	1	10.0	0	60	68	2	2/68	34.00	6.80	30.00	0	0	0
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	3	5.0	0	30	28	1	1/28	28.00	5.60	30.00	0	0	0
SH Cook (AUS)	1997-1997	2	37.2	10	224	142	7	5/39	20.28	3.80	32.00	0	1	0
GD Phillips (NZ)	2020-2024	3	33.0	6	198	86	6	5/45	14.33	2.60	33.00	0	1	0
C Burke (NZ)	1946-1946	1	11.0	2	66	30	2	2/30	15.00	2.72	33.00	0	0	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2008-2011	6	11.0	1	66	27	2	1/7	13.50	2.45	33.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1981	27	-	0	33	19	1	1/11	19.00	3.45	33.00	0	0	0
J Yadav (IND)	2017-2021	2	39.0	6	234	163	7	4/49	23.28	4.17	33.42	1	0	0
KN Amalean (SL)	1988-1988	1	22.2	1	134	97	4	4/97	24.25	4.34	33.50	1	0	0
SS Schultz (ENG)	1879-1879	1	8.2	3	34	26	1	1/16	26.00	4.58	34.00	0	0	0
JL Pattinson (AUS)	2011-2020	5	150.5	37	905	489	26	5/27	18.80	3.24	34.80	1	2	0
DE Bollinger (AUS)	2010-2010	2	70.0	12	420	252	12	5/28	21.00	3.60	35.00	0	1	0
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1975	3	11.4	5	70	21	2	1/1	10.50	1.80	35.00	0	0	0
J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	22.0	5	176	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.20	0	1	0
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2010-2019	5	30.0	1	180	123	5	2/15	24.60	4.10	36.00	0	0	0
ST Banerjee (IND)	1992-1992	1	18.0	4	108	47	3	3/47	15.66	2.61	36.00	0	0	0
C Green (AUS)	2024-2024	2	18.0	2	108	85	3	1/16	28.33	4.72	36.00	0	0	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1973-1974	6	9.0	0	72	21	2	1/4	10.50	1.75	36.00	0	0	0
C Washbrook (ENG)	1937-1956	22	-	0	36	33	1	1/25	33.00	5.50	36.00	0	0	0
GC White (SA)	1912-1912	3	6.0	1	36	29	1	1/29	29.00	4.83	36.00	0	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1980-1980	2	60.2	17	362	128	10	4/60	12.80	2.12	36.20	1	0	0
Mohammad Zahid (PAK)	1996-1998	2	67.0	10	402	246	11	7/66	22.36	3.67	36.54	1	1	1
AH Gray (WI)	1987-1987	2	49.0	10	294	150	8	3/45	18.75	3.06	36.75	0	0	0
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	252.2	80	1514	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	0
BN Schultz (SA)	1997-1997	1	37.0	8	222	91	6	4/52	15.16	2.45	37.00	1	0	0
RL Sanghvi (IND)	2001-2001	1	12.2	3	74	78	2	2/67	39.00	6.32	37.00	0	0	0
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2024	12	390.4	69	2344	1189	63	6/65	18.87	3.04	37.20	5	3	2
J Southerton (ENG)	1877-1877	2	65.3	30	263	107	7	4/46	15.28	2.44	37.57	1	0	0
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	8	277.0	63	1662	928	44	5/67	21.09	3.35	37.77	3	3	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2004-2010	5	12.4	0	76	48	2	2/16	24.00	3.78	38.00	0	0	0
NGRP Jayasuriya (SL)	2022-2023	3	102.0	8	612	401	16	6/59	25.06	3.93	38.25	0	2	1
CP Carter (SA)	1921-1921	3	96.5	13	581	329	15	6/91	21.93	3.39	38.73	0	1	0
BJT Bosanquet (ENG)	1903-1905	7	161.4	10	970	604	25	8/107	24.16	3.73	38.80	1	2	0
ESH Giddins (ENG)	1999-1999	1	26.0	7	156	79	4	3/38	19.75	3.03	39.00	0	0	0
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2011	4	13.0	2	78	48	2	2/7	24.00	3.69	39.00	0	0	0
A Warren (ENG)	1905-1905	1	39.2	9	236	113	6	5/57	18.83	2.87	39.33	0	1	0
W Brearley (ENG)	1905-1909	3	111.3	23	669	355	17	5/110	20.88	3.18	39.35	2	1	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2015	6	216.5	54	1301	771	33	6/73	23.36	3.55	39.42	2	2	1
BV Sears (NZ)	2024-2024	1	33.0	5	198	161	5	4/90	32.20	4.87	39.60	1	0	0
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2008-2008	6	271.0	72	1626	758	41	7/47	18.48	2.79	39.65	2	4	1
DW Steyn (SA)	2006-2016	27	914.2	183	5486	3014	138	6/49	21.84	3.29	39.75	9	8	3
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2019	2	59.5	9	359	190	9	5/99	21.11	3.17	39.88	1	1	0
Mohammad Sharif (BAN)	2001-2001	1	20.1	2	121	114	3	3/114	38.00	5.65	40.33	0	0	0
FJ Durston (ENG)	1921-1921	1	33.4	2	202	136	5	4/102	27.20	4.03	40.40	1	0	0
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	6	155.0	30	930	556	23	6/53	24.17	3.58	40.43	0	2	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1980-1980	3	75.1	17	451	227	11	4/25	20.63	3.01	41.00	2	0	0
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	20.3	5	123	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.00	0	0	0
S Elworthy (SA)	1999-1999	1	55.0	15	330	159	8	4/66	19.87	2.89	41.25	2	0	0
Q McMillan (SA)	1931-1932	6	159.1	13	955	652	23	5/66	28.34	4.09	41.52	2	2	0
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1987-1987	1	48.3	14	291	106	7	6/58	15.14	2.18	41.57	0	1	0
Jalal-ud-Din (PAK)	1982-1982	1	35.0	12	210	92	5	3/77	18.40	2.62	42.00	0	0	0
JH Parks (ENG)	1937-1937	1	21.0	9	126	36	3	2/26	12.00	1.71	42.00	0	0	0
SK Sharma (IND)	1988-1988	1	21.0	4	126	50	3	3/37	16.66	2.38	42.00	0	0	0
M Theekshana (SL)	2022-2022	1	21.0	2	126	76	3	2/28	25.33	3.61	42.00	0	0	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1951-1955	9	-	3	84	24	2	2/12	12.00	1.71	42.00	0	0	0
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2010-2016	9	7.0	0	42	35	1	1/18	35.00	5.00	42.00	0	0	0
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2013-2023	10	49.1	1	295	183	7	3/4	26.14	3.72	42.14	0	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1998-2005	12	338.4	54	2032	1194	48	6/11	24.87	3.52	42.33	1	6	1
James Lillywhite (ENG)	1877-1877	2	85.0	37	340	126	8	4/70	15.75	2.22	42.50	1	0	0
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	15	-	326	3310	1002	77	8/35	13.01	1.81	42.98	2	5	3
Tanvir Ahmed (PAK)	2011-2011	2	57.5	8	347	212	8	4/63	26.50	3.66	43.37	1	0	0
JJC Lawson (WI)	2003-2005	4	108.4	8	652	490	15	7/78	32.66	4.50	43.46	0	1	0
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1902-1912	10	304.4	34	1828	1138	42	6/92	27.09	3.73	43.52	2	4	1
VB John (SL)	1983-1984	5	174.2	41	1046	516	24	5/60	21.50	2.95	43.58	0	2	0
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2023	17	524.0	107	3144	1777	72	6/54	24.68	3.39	43.66	5	4	1
KJ Abbott (SA)	2014-2016	3	116.5	32	701	322	16	6/77	20.12	2.75	43.81	0	1	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	4	58.4	11	352	191	8	3/60	23.87	3.25	44.00	0	0	0
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2022	6	14.4	1	88	38	2	2/27	19.00	2.59	44.00	0	0	0
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1938	7	264.1	46	1585	779	36	6/34	21.63	2.94	44.02	1	4	0
SF Burke (SA)	1962-1962	1	81.0	29	486	196	11	6/128	17.81	2.41	44.18	0	2	1
A Ward (ENG)	1969-1969	3	73.5	15	443	210	10	4/61	21.00	2.84	44.30	1	0	0
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	-	271	2289	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	1	3	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]