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
SM Boland	4.0	1	7	6	4.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
H Trumble	6.5	0	28	7	5.85	Australia	v England	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	Test # 82
MA Noble	7.4	2	17	7	6.57	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Test # 66
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
HH Pandya	6.0	1	28	5	7.20	India	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
Shoaib Akhtar	8.2	4	11	6	8.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
R Appleyard	6.0	3	7	4	9.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
Yasir Shah	12.3	1	41	8	9.37	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
SCJ Broad	11.0	0	44	7	9.42	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
JH Sinclair	12.0x5	4	26	6	10.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	24	6	10.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
Abdur Rehman	10.1	4	25	6	10.16	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
EA Martindale	8.3	1	22	5	10.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	08 Jan 1935	Test # 238
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
AA Mallett	5.2x8	0	22	4	10.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	10.66	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
TA Boult	10.4	3	32	6	10.66	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
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
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	11.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
RJ Harris	11.0	1	47	6	11.00	Australia	v England	Perth	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1984
RJ Harris	9.4	4	25	5	11.60	Australia	v England	Sydney	03 Jan 2014	Test # 2113
JN Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	11.71	Australia	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
PM Siddle	9.5	0	21	5	11.80	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
R Ashwin	13.5	2	59	7	11.85	India	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
CTB Turner	18.0x4	11	15	6	12.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
JD Higgs	8.0	2	25	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
MG Johnson	8.0	3	30	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
R Ashwin	8.0	2	8	4	12.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
NM Lyon	8.1	1	43	4	12.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
SH Cook	10.2	3	39	5	12.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
ST Jayasuriya	8.3	0	24	4	12.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
H Trumble	10.5	2	34	5	13.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
JL Pattinson	11.0	5	27	5	13.20	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	01 Dec 2011	Test # 2020
KAJ Roach	11.0	7	17	5	13.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	13.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
K Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
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
FJ Laver	18.2	7	31	8	13.75	Australia	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1909	Test # 104
GAR Lock	11.3	7	17	5	13.80	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
RGD Willis	7.0x8	2	14	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
MJ Potts	9.2	4	13	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2022	Test # 2464
A Rose-Innes	18.0x4	5	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
WJ O'Reilly	12.0	5	14	5	14.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	14.40	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
TWJ Goddard	14.4	5	29	6	14.66	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1937	Test # 261
WPUJC Vaas	9.5	2	28	4	14.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
Shoaib Malik	9.5	3	33	4	14.75	Pakistan	v England	Sharjah	01 Nov 2015	Test # 2184
M Jansen	12.2	2	35	5	14.80	South Africa	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
MG Johnson	17.2	8	40	7	14.85	Australia	v England	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013	Test # 2105
DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	15.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
CJ McDermott	15.0	4	38	6	15.00	Australia	v England	Perth	03 Feb 1995	Test # 1287
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	15.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
AW Nourse	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
EAS Prasanna	10.0	5	16	4	15.00	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
TG Southee	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
RA Jadeja	12.4	4	41	5	15.20	India	v England	Rajkot	15 Feb 2024	Test # 2530
RB Minnett	10.1	3	34	4	15.25	Australia	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
A Cotter	15.2	2	40	6	15.33	Australia	v England	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	Test # 82
CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	15.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
GD McGrath	20.3	8	38	8	15.37	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
JR Hazlewood	12.5	2	30	5	15.40	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2357
SK Warne	10.2	3	15	4	15.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
GOB Allen	13.0	7	14	5	15.60	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	29 Jul 1931	Test # 210
MA Holding	13.0	2	43	5	15.60	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
RMH Binny	13.0	1	40	5	15.60	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
DE Bollinger	13.0	4	28	5	15.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	15.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
PVD Chameera	13.0	3	47	5	15.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
I Sharma	13.0	0	51	5	15.60	India	v England	Birmingham	01 Aug 2018	Test # 2314
DL Underwood	11.6x8	7	12	6	15.66	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
JM Anderson	10.3	3	18	4	15.75	England	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	16 Feb 2023	Test # 2492
PJ Cummins	13.1	3	38	5	15.80	Australia	v England	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021	Test # 2440
VD Philander	15.5	3	44	6	15.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
JJ Bumrah	15.5	5	45	6	15.83	India	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2526
FR Spofforth	28.0x4	15	44	7	16.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
CN McCarthy	12.0x8	2	43	6	16.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
PM Siddle	16.0	3	54	6	16.00	Australia	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010	Test # 1981
FR Spofforth	20.0x4	8	30	5	16.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Mar 1885	Test # 20
N Kapil Dev	13.2	0	70	5	16.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Z Khan	13.2	4	29	5	16.00	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
JR Hazlewood	13.2	4	31	5	16.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
AW Greig	10.4	0	33	4	16.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
EP Nupen	16.1	1	46	6	16.16	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
RR Lindwall	16.1	5	20	6	16.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
Wasim Akram	16.1	4	43	6	16.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
Waqar Younis	13.3	4	22	5	16.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
RL Chase	21.4	2	60	8	16.25	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
KD Walters	10.5	3	34	4	16.25	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1975	Test # 763
Mohammed Siraj	10.5	3	32	4	16.25	India	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	16.28	South Africa	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928	Test # 172
Khan Mohammad	16.2	6	21	6	16.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
BF Butcher	13.4	2	34	5	16.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	16.42	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
R Ashwin	16.3	5	31	6	16.50	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012	Test # 2054
ACB Langton	11.0	3	31	4	16.50	South Africa	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
BP Patterson	11.0	4	30	4	16.50	West Indies	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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]