Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for Australia 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
SM Boland	4.0	1	7	6	4.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
TM Head	2.5	-	10	4	4.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
R Benaud	3.5	1	15	4	5.75	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
H Trumble	6.5	-	28	7	5.85	Australia	v England	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	Test # 82
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	6.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
JR Hazlewood	5.0	3	8	5	6.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
MJ Clarke	6.2	-	9	6	6.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
MA Noble	7.4	2	17	7	6.57	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Test # 66
TBA May	6.5	3	9	5	8.20	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993	Test # 1210
Shoaib Akhtar	8.2	4	11	6	8.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
H Ironmonger	7.2	5	6	5	8.80	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
Yasir Shah	12.3	1	41	8	9.37	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
SR Watson	7.5	1	40	5	9.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	9.42	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
CG Rackemann	8.0	-	32	5	9.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	2	21	5	9.60	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
JL Pattinson	8.0	2	27	5	9.60	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2193
Abdur Rehman	10.1	4	25	6	10.16	Pakistan	v England	Abu Dhabi	25 Jan 2012	Test # 2032
SK Warne	6.5	2	13	4	10.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
Abdul Razzaq	6.5	1	20	4	10.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
MR Whitney	12.1	3	27	7	10.42	Australia	v India	Perth	01 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
AA Mallett	5.2x8	-	22	4	10.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
Waqar Younis	7.1	1	19	4	10.75	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
DK Lillee	9.0	3	18	5	10.80	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Wasim Akram	9.0	-	28	5	10.80	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	06 Dec 1990	Test # 1158
MP Kuhnemann	9.0	2	16	5	10.80	Australia	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
SR Watson	11.0	3	33	6	11.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Leeds	21 Jul 2010	Test # 1965
RJ Harris	11.0	1	47	6	11.00	Australia	v England	Perth	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1984
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
Mohammad Hafeez	7.2	1	16	4	11.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
Sajid Khan	15.0	4	42	8	11.25	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	04 Dec 2021	Test # 2439
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
IWG Johnson	5.7x8	-	35	4	11.75	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
Abdul Razzaq	7.5	1	25	4	11.75	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
PM Siddle	9.5	-	21	5	11.80	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
GD McGrath	16.0	8	24	8	12.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
CTB Turner	18.0x4	11	15	6	12.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
GD McGrath	10.0	3	28	5	12.00	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
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
NM Lyon	8.1	1	43	4	12.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
KR Miller	7.6x8	1	26	5	12.40	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
SH Cook	10.2	3	39	5	12.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
MA Starc	12.3	1	50	6	12.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
Naseem Shah	8.2	2	26	4	12.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	07 Feb 2020	Test # 2384
MA Starc	10.4	3	34	5	12.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
C Green	10.4	3	27	5	12.80	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022	Test # 2485
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	13.00	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
Danish Kaneria	13.0	3	42	6	13.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
H Trumble	10.5	2	34	5	13.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1904	Test # 79
Mushtaq Mohammad	10.5	3	28	5	13.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
SNJ O'Keefe	13.1	2	35	6	13.16	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
JL Pattinson	11.0	5	27	5	13.20	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	01 Dec 2011	Test # 2020
Waqar Younis	8.5	-	36	4	13.25	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	16 Jan 2002	Test # 1586
Wahab Riaz	9.0	-	41	4	13.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
JR Hazlewood	9.0	2	16	4	13.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2521
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
JN Gillespie	9.1	4	18	4	13.75	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
SCG MacGill	9.1	-	39	4	13.75	Australia	v ICC World XI	Sydney	14 Oct 2005	Test # 1768
SK Warne	16.1	9	23	7	13.85	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	09 Nov 1995	Test # 1311
Waqar Younis	14.0	4	34	6	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
Wasim Akram	9.2	2	30	4	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	04 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
WJ O'Reilly	12.0	5	14	5	14.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	1	43	5	14.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Umar Gul	12.0	2	31	5	14.40	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
Mohammad Asif	12.0	6	27	5	14.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
NM Hauritz	12.0	1	53	5	14.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1945
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	14.71	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
MG Bevan	9.5	2	31	4	14.75	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
Shoaib Malik	9.5	3	33	4	14.75	Pakistan	v England	Sharjah	01 Nov 2015	Test # 2184
Hasan Ali	12.2	2	36	5	14.80	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2420
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
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
CJ McDermott	15.0	4	38	6	15.00	Australia	v England	Perth	03 Feb 1995	Test # 1287
Danish Kaneria	15.0	3	52	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
SNJ O'Keefe	15.0	4	35	6	15.00	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
PJ Cummins	15.0	8	23	6	15.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	15.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
Waqar Younis	10.0	2	44	4	15.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	07 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	15.12	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
MS Kasprowicz	17.4	3	39	7	15.14	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Mohammad Abbas	12.4	4	33	5	15.20	Pakistan	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018	Test # 2322
PJ Cummins	12.4	3	42	5	15.20	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
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
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
Naseem Shah	12.5	4	31	5	15.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	15.50	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
TM Alderman	10.2	2	36	4	15.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
SK Warne	10.2	3	15	4	15.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
PJ Cummins	10.2	4	21	4	15.50	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
DE Bollinger	13.0	4	28	5	15.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
Hasan Ali	13.0	4	27	5	15.60	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2024 [Test # 2524]