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
W Barber (ENG)	1935-1935	2	0.2	0	2	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	2.00	0	0	0
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	3	8.0	4	40	8	4	4/8	2.00	1.20	10.00	1	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
P Roy (IND)	1956-1960	8	2.0	0	12	6	1	1/6	6.00	3.00	12.00	0	0	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1951-1955	10	-	0	14	8	1	1/8	8.00	3.42	14.00	0	0	0
C Green (AUS)	2022-2022	2	13.4	3	82	47	5	5/27	9.40	3.43	16.40	0	1	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2008-2009	6	14.2	2	86	54	5	3/45	10.80	3.76	17.20	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
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.00	0	0	0
Mukesh Kumar (IND)	2024-2024	1	12.2	4	74	56	4	2/0	14.00	4.54	18.50	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
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1902	2	49.3	8	297	176	15	7/34	11.73	3.55	19.80	1	1	0
S Joseph (WI)	2024-2024	2	44.3	3	267	225	13	7/68	17.30	5.05	20.53	0	2	0
JJ Ferris (ENG)	1892-1892	1	54.2	27	272	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.92	0	2	1
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1946	1	21.0	8	126	40	6	6/40	6.66	1.90	21.00	0	1	0
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	38.2	16	154	61	7	5/19	8.71	2.37	22.00	0	1	0
LJ Nash (AUS)	1932-1932	1	19.0	10	114	22	5	4/18	4.40	1.15	22.80	1	0	0
CFH Leslie (ENG)	1882-1883	4	24.0	10	96	44	4	3/31	11.00	2.75	24.00	0	0	0
Shan Masood (PAK)	2013-2024	10	8.0	2	48	25	2	1/6	12.50	3.12	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
VS Ransford (AUS)	1910-1911	5	4.0	2	24	9	1	1/9	9.00	2.25	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	35	-	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
NGRP Jayasuriya (SL)	2022-2022	1	52.0	5	312	177	12	6/59	14.75	3.40	26.00	0	2	1
S Nadeem (IND)	2019-2019	1	17.2	5	104	40	4	2/18	10.00	2.30	26.00	0	0	0
Fazl-e-Akbar (PAK)	1998-1998	1	13.0	4	78	32	3	2/16	10.66	2.46	26.00	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
WP Howell (AUS)	1902-1902	2	64.0	16	384	174	14	5/81	12.42	2.71	27.42	1	1	0
A Dananjaya (SL)	2018-2018	1	32.0	4	192	119	7	5/52	17.00	3.71	27.42	0	1	0
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	94.4	37	474	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	0
MJF Shrimpton (NZ)	1964-1974	3	-	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
AJY Hopkins (AUS)	1902-1902	3	24.0	2	144	115	5	3/59	23.00	4.79	28.80	0	0	0
F Martin (ENG)	1890-1892	2	82.0	30	410	141	14	6/50	10.07	2.06	29.28	0	2	1
Aamer Jamal (PAK)	2023-2024	3	89.5	6	539	368	18	6/69	20.44	4.09	29.94	0	2	0
DJ Terbrugge (SA)	2002-2002	1	20.0	3	120	82	4	2/21	20.50	4.10	30.00	0	0	0
JDF Vandersay (SL)	2022-2022	1	10.0	0	60	68	2	2/68	34.00	6.80	30.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1988-1990	6	5.0	1	30	14	1	1/2	14.00	2.80	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
TJ Matthews (AUS)	1912-1912	3	66.5	18	401	142	13	4/29	10.92	2.12	30.84	1	0	0
Arif Butt (PAK)	1964-1964	1	27.0	1	216	118	7	6/89	16.85	3.27	30.85	0	1	0
C Heseltine (ENG)	1896-1896	2	31.2	3	157	84	5	5/38	16.80	3.21	31.40	0	1	0
FA Rose (WI)	1998-1998	1	37.0	6	222	115	7	7/84	16.42	3.10	31.71	0	1	0
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2015-2022	7	16.0	1	96	71	3	3/27	23.66	4.43	32.00	0	0	0
Shadab Khan (PAK)	2019-2019	1	21.3	2	129	80	4	3/41	20.00	3.72	32.25	0	0	0
Jubair Hossain (BAN)	2015-2015	2	16.1	2	97	58	3	3/53	19.33	3.58	32.33	0	0	0
MC Bird (ENG)	1910-1914	10	43.1	11	259	120	8	3/11	15.00	2.77	32.37	0	0	0
TS Roland-Jones (ENG)	2017-2017	2	54.4	12	328	222	10	5/57	22.20	4.06	32.80	0	1	0
VT Trumper (AUS)	1902-1911	8	33.0	2	198	175	6	3/60	29.16	5.30	33.00	0	0	0
C Burke (NZ)	1946-1946	1	11.0	2	66	30	2	2/30	15.00	2.72	33.00	0	0	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1981	18	-	0	33	19	1	1/11	19.00	3.45	33.00	0	0	0
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2007-2012	3	88.4	16	532	387	16	6/113	24.18	4.36	33.25	0	3	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
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	-	364	3830	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
HV Hordern (AUS)	1911-1911	2	80.3	7	483	295	14	5/66	21.07	3.66	34.50	1	1	0
AD Pougher (ENG)	1892-1892	1	21.0	8	105	26	3	3/26	8.66	1.48	35.00	0	0	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
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2006	3	118.0	32	708	317	20	5/55	15.85	2.68	35.40	2	1	0
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2023	5	83.0	19	498	220	14	3/24	15.71	2.65	35.57	0	0	0
ACI Lock (ZIM)	1995-1995	1	30.0	5	180	105	5	3/68	21.00	3.50	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
KM Jarvis (ZIM)	2017-2017	1	18.0	2	108	57	3	3/57	19.00	3.16	36.00	0	0	0
Babar Azam (PAK)	2016-2024	18	6.0	0	36	14	1	1/7	14.00	2.33	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
AE Moss (ENG)	1956-1960	3	54.1	10	325	139	9	4/35	15.44	2.56	36.11	1	0	0
EJ Tyler (ENG)	1896-1896	1	29.0	6	145	65	4	3/49	16.25	2.68	36.25	0	0	0
Ehsan Adil (PAK)	2013-2013	1	12.1	2	73	54	2	2/54	27.00	4.43	36.50	0	0	0
W O'Rourke (NZ)	2024-2024	2	67.0	22	402	191	11	5/34	17.36	2.85	36.54	1	1	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
J Southerton (ENG)	1877-1877	2	65.3	30	263	107	7	4/46	15.28	2.44	37.57	1	0	0
GD Phillips (NZ)	2020-2024	5	57.0	10	342	166	9	5/45	18.44	2.91	38.00	0	1	0
CP Carter (SA)	1921-1921	3	96.5	13	581	329	15	6/91	21.93	3.39	38.73	0	1	0
HR Bromley-Davenport (ENG)	1896-1899	4	31.0	6	155	98	4	2/46	24.50	3.79	38.75	0	0	0
BJT Bosanquet (ENG)	1903-1905	7	161.4	10	970	604	25	8/107	24.16	3.73	38.80	1	2	0
SMJ Woods (ENG)	1896-1896	3	39.0	8	195	129	5	3/28	25.80	3.96	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
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	149.4	18	898	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	0
A Warren (ENG)	1905-1905	1	39.2	9	236	113	6	5/57	18.83	2.87	39.33	0	1	0
MVT Fernando (SL)	2016-2021	6	164.2	13	986	665	25	5/101	26.60	4.04	39.44	2	1	0
BV Sears (NZ)	2024-2024	1	33.0	5	198	161	5	4/90	32.20	4.87	39.60	1	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2019	2	59.5	9	359	190	9	5/99	21.11	3.17	39.88	1	1	0
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2023	10	326.3	66	1959	1131	49	6/54	23.08	3.46	39.97	4	3	1
AR Morris (AUS)	1949-1953	10	5.0	0	40	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.65	40.00	0	0	0
AJ Fothergill (ENG)	1889-1889	2	80.1	42	321	90	8	4/19	11.25	1.68	40.12	1	0	0
AG Cremer (ZIM)	2005-2017	3	53.5	4	323	258	8	3/86	32.25	4.79	40.37	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
HG Vivian (NZ)	1932-1932	1	27.0	7	162	73	4	4/58	18.25	2.70	40.50	1	0	0
H Dean (ENG)	1912-1912	3	74.3	23	447	153	11	4/19	13.90	2.05	40.63	1	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1989-1996	9	47.3	7	285	160	7	2/18	22.85	3.36	40.71	0	0	0
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	9	232.1	38	1393	810	34	6/53	23.82	3.48	40.97	2	2	0
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	20.3	5	123	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.00	0	0	0
WJ Whitty (AUS)	1910-1912	8	342.3	89	2055	875	50	6/17	17.50	2.55	41.10	5	3	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2014	4	54.5	15	329	160	8	5/17	20.00	2.91	41.12	0	1	0
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2019	5	192.0	39	1152	613	28	6/45	21.89	3.19	41.14	0	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]