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
RM Poore (SA)	1896-1896	3	1.4	0	9	4	1	1/4	4.00	2.66	9.00	0	0	0
CB Lambert (WI)	1991-1998	3	1.4	0	10	5	1	1/4	5.00	3.00	10.00	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
PC Charlton (AUS)	1890-1890	2	9.0	1	45	24	3	3/18	8.00	3.20	15.00	0	0	0
WH Moule (AUS)	1880-1880	1	12.3	4	51	23	3	3/23	7.66	2.70	17.00	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
PD Lashley (WI)	1960-1966	4	-	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.00	0	0	0
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1936	18	3.1	1	19	7	1	1/7	7.00	2.21	19.00	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
AW Powell (SA)	1899-1899	1	4.0	1	20	10	1	1/10	10.00	3.00	20.00	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
NO Norton (SA)	1910-1910	1	15.0	4	90	47	4	4/47	11.75	3.13	22.50	1	0	0
JR Hodges (AUS)	1877-1877	2	34.0	9	136	84	6	2/7	14.00	3.70	22.66	0	0	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
AJ Redmond (NZ)	2008-2008	5	8.0	1	48	51	2	2/47	25.50	6.37	24.00	0	0	0
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1955	10	4.0	1	24	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	0	0	0
CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1955	6	4.0	2	24	16	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	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
WH Ashley (SA)	1889-1889	1	43.1	18	173	95	7	7/95	13.57	3.29	24.71	0	1	0
AFA Lilley (ENG)	1896-1909	32	-	1	25	23	1	1/23	23.00	5.52	25.00	0	0	0
A Rose-Innes (SA)	1889-1889	2	32.0	8	128	89	5	5/43	17.80	4.17	25.60	0	1	0
NGRP Jayasuriya (SL)	2022-2022	1	52.0	5	312	177	12	6/59	14.75	3.40	26.00	0	2	1
RM Ellison (ENG)	1985-1985	2	75.5	20	455	185	17	6/77	10.88	2.43	26.76	1	2	1
TJ Murtagh (IRE)	2019-2019	1	27.0	5	162	65	6	5/13	10.83	2.40	27.00	0	1	0
JP Faulkner (AUS)	2013-2013	1	27.4	4	166	98	6	4/51	16.33	3.54	27.66	1	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
WD Parnell (SA)	2010-2014	2	19.3	3	117	66	4	2/17	16.50	3.38	29.25	0	0	0
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
F Kuys (SA)	1899-1899	1	12.0	4	60	31	2	2/31	15.50	3.10	30.00	0	0	0
AW Seccull (SA)	1896-1896	1	12.0	2	60	37	2	2/37	18.50	3.70	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
BJ Sealey (WI)	1933-1933	1	5.0	1	30	10	1	1/10	10.00	2.00	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
TAM Siriwardana (SL)	2016-2016	1	15.2	0	92	72	3	2/35	24.00	4.69	30.66	0	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
F Hearne (SA)	1892-1896	4	12.2	0	62	40	2	2/40	20.00	3.87	31.00	0	0	0
Zahid Mahmood (PAK)	2022-2022	2	62.3	3	375	434	12	4/235	36.16	6.94	31.25	1	0	0
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	2	42.0	18	252	70	8	5/18	8.75	1.66	31.50	0	1	0
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	1	31.4	5	190	105	6	3/44	17.50	3.31	31.66	0	0	0
CJ Eady (AUS)	1896-1902	2	-	14	223	112	7	3/30	16.00	3.01	31.85	0	0	0
T Murphy (AUS)	2023-2023	2	38.2	0	230	181	7	4/110	25.85	4.72	32.85	1	0	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
KN Amalean (SL)	1988-1988	1	22.2	1	134	97	4	4/97	24.25	4.34	33.50	1	0	0
SR Thompson (IRE)	2019-2019	1	16.5	1	101	74	3	3/44	24.66	4.39	33.66	0	0	0
TP Horan (AUS)	1877-1885	15	93.1	45	373	143	11	6/40	13.00	2.30	33.90	0	1	0
SS Schultz (ENG)	1879-1879	1	8.2	3	34	26	1	1/16	26.00	4.58	34.00	0	0	0
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	5	109.0	17	654	410	19	6/53	21.57	3.76	34.42	0	2	0
Abrar Ahmed (PAK)	2022-2022	2	97.4	9	586	462	17	7/114	27.17	4.73	34.47	2	1	1
S Nazir Ali (IND)	1932-1934	2	23.0	1	138	83	4	4/83	20.75	3.60	34.50	1	0	0
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2008-2008	1	35.0	3	210	142	6	4/79	23.66	4.05	35.00	1	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
ST Banerjee (IND)	1992-1992	1	18.0	4	108	47	3	3/47	15.66	2.61	36.00	0	0	0
Fawad Alam (PAK)	2020-2022	5	12.0	0	72	46	2	2/46	23.00	3.83	36.00	0	0	0
Babar Azam (PAK)	2016-2024	20	6.0	0	36	14	1	1/7	14.00	2.33	36.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2001-2006	17	6.0	2	36	23	1	1/0	23.00	3.83	36.00	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1992	13	6.0	2	36	14	1	1/2	14.00	2.33	36.00	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
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1989-1996	10	55.3	11	333	176	9	2/7	19.55	3.17	37.00	0	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
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2017	2	43.2	8	260	193	7	3/38	27.57	4.45	37.14	0	0	0
MJ Nicholson (AUS)	1998-1998	1	25.0	4	150	115	4	3/56	28.75	4.60	37.50	0	0	0
AY Patel (NZ)	2021-2022	2	25.0	8	150	81	4	2/25	20.25	3.24	37.50	0	0	0
BM Tickner (NZ)	2023-2023	1	25.0	0	150	127	4	3/55	31.75	5.08	37.50	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
Akash Deep (IND)	2024-2024	1	19.0	0	114	83	3	3/83	27.66	4.36	38.00	0	0	0
P Roy (IND)	1951-1960	22	6.2	3	38	11	1	1/6	11.00	1.73	38.00	0	0	0
SM Boland (AUS)	2021-2023	5	128.1	34	769	403	20	6/7	20.15	3.14	38.45	1	1	0
HH Pandya (IND)	2018-2018	4	64.1	7	385	247	10	5/28	24.70	3.84	38.50	0	1	0
BE Hendricks (SA)	2020-2020	1	38.3	5	231	175	6	5/64	29.16	4.54	38.50	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
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2011	4	13.0	2	78	48	2	2/7	24.00	3.69	39.00	0	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2024	8	195.2	24	1172	658	30	5/72	21.93	3.36	39.06	2	2	0
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2005-2005	1	32.4	7	196	79	5	4/54	15.80	2.41	39.20	1	0	0
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2023	22	752.0	136	4512	2800	115	7/112	24.34	3.72	39.23	7	7	2
J Trim (WI)	1948-1952	2	-	13	314	103	8	5/34	12.87	1.96	39.25	0	1	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
LJ Nash (AUS)	1937-1937	1	24.5	2	197	104	5	4/70	20.80	3.16	39.40	1	0	0
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	3	-	5	79	48	2	1/5	24.00	3.64	39.50	0	0	0
GF Bissett (SA)	1927-1928	4	164.5	28	989	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	0
BV Sears (NZ)	2024-2024	1	33.0	5	198	161	5	4/90	32.20	4.87	39.60	1	0	0
MD Shanaka (SL)	2016-2021	2	20.0	4	120	68	3	3/46	22.66	3.40	40.00	0	0	0
KH Eastwood (AUS)	1971-1971	1	5.0	0	40	21	1	1/21	21.00	3.15	40.00	0	0	0
TK Kendall (AUS)	1877-1877	2	140.3	56	563	215	14	7/55	15.35	2.29	40.21	1	1	0
FJ Durston (ENG)	1921-1921	1	33.4	2	202	136	5	4/102	27.20	4.03	40.40	1	0	0
DJ Meintjes (SA)	1923-1923	2	41.0	7	246	115	6	3/38	19.16	2.80	41.00	0	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
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2016-2018	4	109.4	13	658	378	16	5/95	23.62	3.44	41.12	1	1	0
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	10	241.5	28	1451	953	35	5/110	27.22	3.94	41.45	0	1	0
Abdur Rehman (PAK)	2012-2012	3	131.4	34	790	318	19	6/25	16.73	2.41	41.57	0	2	0
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)	2017-2017	2	34.5	6	209	121	5	4/84	24.20	3.47	41.80	1	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-2000	5	97.4	26	586	231	14	4/18	16.50	2.36	41.85	1	0	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
GA Kempis (SA)	1889-1889	1	42.0	17	168	76	4	3/53	19.00	2.71	42.00	0	0	0
Sarandeep Singh (IND)	2001-2001	1	21.0	5	126	54	3	3/54	18.00	2.57	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
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2013	12	7.0	0	42	28	1	1/12	28.00	4.00	42.00	0	0	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]