Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ERH Toshack	2.3x8	1	2	5	3.80	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
JR Hazlewood	5.0	3	8	5	6.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
MJ Clarke	6.2	-	9	6	6.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	6.50	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
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
JH Wardle	5.0	2	7	4	7.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
JE Root	6.2	3	8	5	7.60	England	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
CA Walsh	5.1	1	14	4	7.75	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	8.40	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
BR Taylor	7.3	2	26	5	9.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
FE Woolley	7.4	1	20	5	9.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	9.33	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
W Rhodes	11.0	3	17	7	9.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3x8	-	23	7	9.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
GOB Allen	6.0x8	-	36	5	9.60	England	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936	Test # 255
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	9.60	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	2	21	5	9.60	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
T Richardson	11.3x5	3	39	6	9.66	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
JC White	6.3	2	7	4	9.75	England	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
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
S Joseph	11.5	-	68	7	10.14	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2524
MR Whitney	12.1	3	27	7	10.42	Australia	v India	Perth	01 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
RA Jadeja	12.1	1	42	7	10.42	India	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023	Test # 2493
R Peel	10.2x4	3	14	4	10.50	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
DW Steyn	7.0	-	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	10.60	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
WW Hall	9.0	3	20	5	10.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	Test # 528
MP Kuhnemann	9.0	2	16	5	10.80	Australia	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	11.00	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
ML Cummins	11.0	1	48	6	11.00	West Indies	v India	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
PJ Cummins	11.0	3	27	6	11.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
DW Fleming	9.1	2	30	5	11.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	11.11	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
W Rhodes	15.0	-	68	8	11.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
B Mitchell	7.3	-	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	11.37	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
FE Woolley	9.4	3	29	5	11.60	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
RO Schwarz	11.4	-	47	6	11.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911	Test # 115
IWG Johnson	5.7x8	-	35	4	11.75	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
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
D Elgar	8.0	1	22	4	12.00	South Africa	v India	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
VD Philander	10.1	5	21	5	12.20	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
R Ashwin	12.4	4	41	6	12.66	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
W Voce	6.3x8	-	16	4	12.75	England	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936	Test # 255
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	12.80	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	13.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	13.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
Harbhajan Singh	10.5	2	29	5	13.00	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
W Rhodes	15.2	3	56	7	13.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
SNJ O'Keefe	13.1	2	35	6	13.16	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
IT Botham	11.0	3	21	5	13.20	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
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
DR Tuffey	9.0	6	12	4	13.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SJ Harmison	11.2	-	43	5	13.60	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
GA Lohmann	27.1x4	12	35	8	13.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	Test # 26
SCJ Broad	13.4	6	25	6	13.66	England	v India	Manchester	07 Aug 2014	Test # 2134
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	13.75	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
WE Bowes	11.3	3	55	5	13.80	England	v Australia	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	13.80	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
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
TE Bailey	7.0x8	2	22	4	14.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	Test # 327
SD Udal	9.2	3	14	4	14.00	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
FH Tyson	12.3x8	1	27	7	14.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
WW Daniel	11.5	-	39	5	14.20	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
AR Caddick	11.5	1	50	5	14.20	England	v Australia	Birmingham	05 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
GAR Lock	9.3	2	36	4	14.25	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	14.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
AR Caddick	12.0	2	42	5	14.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
Umar Gul	12.0	2	31	5	14.40	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
SCJ Broad	12.0	1	37	5	14.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931
TT Bresnan	12.0	2	48	5	14.40	England	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011	Test # 2001
R Ashwin	12.0	3	37	5	14.40	India	v Australia	Nagpur	09 Feb 2023	Test # 2490
MH Mankad	9.4	1	49	4	14.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
J Briggs	14.3x5	5	34	5	14.60	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1893	Test # 40
H Larwood	14.4	4	32	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
P Lever	11.0x8	2	38	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
JM Anderson	14.4	2	47	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015	Test # 2173
AV Bedser	17.2	7	44	7	14.85	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	15.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
BJT Bosanquet	15.0	1	51	6	15.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1904	Test # 81
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	15.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
SNJ O'Keefe	15.0	4	35	6	15.00	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
R Peel	18.3x4	9	18	5	15.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
PEW Jones	10.0	3	30	4	15.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
SCJ Broad	10.0	2	43	4	15.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 2013	Test # 2094
N Burger	10.0	3	33	4	15.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520

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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]