Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Best strike rates in 1950s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
RT Simpson (ENG)	1950-1955	24	-	1	33	13	2	2/4	6.50	2.36	16.50	-	-	-
RWG Emery (NZ)	1952-1952	2	7.4	-	46	52	2	2/52	26.00	6.78	23.00	-	-	-
CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1955	6	4.0	2	24	16	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	24.00	-	-	-
C Washbrook (ENG)	1950-1956	11	-	-	24	25	1	1/25	25.00	6.25	24.00	-	-	-
DB Close (ENG)	1950-1959	5	-	3	164	89	6	4/35	14.83	3.25	27.33	1	-	-
Gul Mohammad (IND/PAK)	1952-1956	3	9.3	4	57	21	2	2/21	10.50	2.21	28.50	-	-	-
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1959	17	5.0	2	30	20	1	1/20	20.00	4.00	30.00	-	-	-
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1955	30	-	-	63	26	2	1/5	13.00	2.47	31.50	-	-	-
J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	22.0	5	176	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.20	-	1	-
Anwar Hussain (PAK)	1952-1952	4	6.0	1	36	29	1	1/25	29.00	4.83	36.00	-	-	-
JW Rutherford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	6.0	2	36	15	1	1/11	15.00	2.50	36.00	-	-	-
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1959	8	322.3	83	1935	817	46	6/50	17.76	2.53	42.06	3	3	1
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	-	97	3452	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4	1
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1955	7	8.0	2	48	11	1	1/11	11.00	1.37	48.00	-	-	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1959	31	-	232	6200	2685	128	8/31	20.97	2.59	48.43	9	5	-
HJ Rhodes (ENG)	1959-1959	2	74.5	10	449	244	9	4/50	27.11	3.26	49.88	1	-	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1959	1	25.0	5	150	62	3	2/49	20.66	2.48	50.00	-	-	-
R Appleyard (ENG)	1954-1956	9	-	70	1596	554	31	5/51	17.87	2.08	51.48	1	1	-
ESM Kentish (WI)	1954-1954	1	43.0	16	258	72	5	5/49	14.40	1.67	51.60	-	1	-
HR Adhikari (IND)	1951-1959	11	26.0	2	156	68	3	3/68	22.66	2.61	52.00	-	-	-
CL McCool (AUS)	1950-1950	3	39.2	6	314	141	6	2/29	23.50	2.69	52.33	-	-	-
JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	138.4	29	1108	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.76	2	1	-
Israr Ali (PAK)	1952-1959	4	53.0	12	318	165	6	2/29	27.50	3.11	53.00	-	-	-
JE McConnon (ENG)	1954-1954	2	36.0	12	216	74	4	3/19	18.50	2.05	54.00	-	-	-
JM Patel (IND)	1955-1959	5	217.3	79	1305	434	24	9/69	18.08	1.99	54.37	-	2	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1959	7	47.0	7	282	135	5	3/36	27.00	2.87	56.40	-	-	-
R Gilchrist (WI)	1957-1959	13	537.5	124	3227	1521	57	6/55	26.68	2.82	56.61	5	1	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1955	28	-	343	8370	2917	147	7/44	19.84	2.09	56.93	3	13	3
Amir Elahi (PAK)	1952-1952	5	66.4	5	400	248	7	4/134	35.42	3.72	57.14	1	-	-
GF Cresswell (NZ)	1951-1951	2	67.0	24	402	124	7	3/18	17.71	1.85	57.42	-	-	-
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1958	13	526.1	153	3157	1292	54	6/21	23.92	2.45	58.46	4	4	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1959	10	335.4	91	2014	878	34	6/67	25.82	2.61	59.23	1	2	-
T Greenhough (ENG)	1959-1959	3	139.1	47	835	255	14	5/35	18.21	1.83	59.64	-	1	-
HT Dani (IND)	1952-1952	1	10.0	5	60	19	1	1/9	19.00	1.90	60.00	-	-	-
L Hutton (ENG)	1950-1955	38	-	-	60	52	1	1/2	52.00	5.20	60.00	-	-	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1950-1959	38	-	578	9783	2992	162	10/53	18.46	1.83	60.38	11	8	3
LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1959	10	-	89	1773	519	29	7/75	17.89	1.75	61.13	2	1	-
Munir Malik (PAK)	1959-1959	1	31.0	6	186	100	3	2/76	33.33	3.22	62.00	-	-	-
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1950-1959	42	-	286	9470	3687	152	7/43	24.25	2.33	62.30	6	7	-
KR Miller (AUS)	1950-1956	37	-	256	7609	2878	122	6/107	23.59	2.26	62.36	7	5	1
Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1959-1959	2	52.0	10	312	190	5	2/38	38.00	3.65	62.40	-	-	-
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	4	72.5	27	437	107	7	3/28	15.28	1.46	62.42	-	-	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1959	26	1302.3	452	7815	2765	125	7/42	22.12	2.12	62.52	6	12	4
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1958	19	-	111	4321	1460	69	6/43	21.15	2.02	62.62	4	3	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1959	47	-	379	9995	3737	159	7/39	23.50	2.24	62.86	7	5	-
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1959	7	-	18	378	120	6	3/23	20.00	1.90	63.00	-	-	-
Khalid Hasan (PAK)	1954-1954	1	21.0	1	126	116	2	2/116	58.00	5.52	63.00	-	-	-
GM Guard (IND)	1958-1958	1	32.0	9	192	88	3	2/69	29.33	2.75	64.00	-	-	-
MG Melle (SA)	1950-1953	7	-	20	1667	851	26	6/71	32.73	3.06	64.11	1	2	-
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1956	9	214.1	78	1285	366	20	6/42	18.30	1.70	64.25	1	2	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	27	-	403	6579	2071	102	7/36	20.30	1.88	64.50	7	5	1
DVP Wright (ENG)	1950-1951	8	-	29	1490	820	23	5/48	35.65	3.30	64.78	1	2	-
ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1959	8	272.2	77	1634	589	25	5/42	23.56	2.16	65.36	1	1	-
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1958	13	-	99	3674	1332	56	6/58	23.78	2.17	65.60	2	4	-
DEJ Ironside (SA)	1953-1954	3	123.2	41	986	275	15	5/51	18.33	1.67	65.73	1	1	-
RO Jenkins (ENG)	1950-1952	4	175.5	30	1055	603	16	5/116	37.68	3.42	65.93	2	1	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1959	31	-	524	8117	2554	123	7/35	20.76	1.88	65.99	7	8	3
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1953	14	-	69	2140	901	32	5/49	28.15	2.52	66.87	3	1	-
JO Taylor (WI)	1958-1959	3	112.0	33	672	273	10	5/109	27.30	2.43	67.20	-	1	-
GWA Chubb (SA)	1951-1951	5	237.3	63	1425	577	21	6/51	27.47	2.42	67.85	1	2	-
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1959	42	-	476	11201	3952	165	7/72	23.95	2.11	67.88	12	11	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	27	-	249	6273	1886	92	7/93	20.50	1.80	68.18	3	5	1
PJ Loader (ENG)	1954-1959	13	-	115	2662	878	39	6/36	22.51	1.97	68.25	2	1	-
SR Patil (IND)	1955-1955	1	23.0	7	138	51	2	1/15	25.50	2.21	69.00	-	-	-
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1951-1952	5	23.0	4	138	58	2	2/17	29.00	2.52	69.00	-	-	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1959	8	291.0	92	1746	633	25	5/80	25.32	2.17	69.84	1	1	-
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	4	-	26	703	203	10	3/23	20.30	1.73	70.30	-	-	-
WE Hollies (ENG)	1950-1950	2	119.0	38	714	268	10	5/63	26.80	2.25	71.40	-	1	-
GO Rabone (NZ)	1952-1955	8	-	26	863	308	12	6/68	25.66	2.14	71.91	-	1	-
R Berry (ENG)	1950-1950	2	108.5	47	653	228	9	5/63	25.33	2.09	72.55	1	1	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1954	16	-	212	4228	1513	58	7/52	26.08	2.14	72.89	1	4	1
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1959	31	1637.0	523	9822	3903	134	9/102	29.12	2.38	73.29	7	11	1
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	-	160	3576	1318	48	5/53	27.45	2.21	74.50	2	1	-
WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	29	-	243	7935	2826	106	6/62	26.66	2.13	74.85	4	5	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	57	-	357	8764	3257	116	7/34	28.07	2.22	75.55	5	3	1
JC Hill (AUS)	1953-1955	3	101.0	29	606	273	8	3/35	34.12	2.70	75.75	-	-	-
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	77.0	23	462	175	6	3/79	29.16	2.27	77.00	-	-	-
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	30	-	526	11875	3686	153	9/113	24.09	1.86	77.61	4	14	2
DT Dewdney (WI)	1955-1958	9	273.3	65	1641	807	21	5/21	38.42	2.95	78.14	1	1	-
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1959	18	626.3	127	3759	1737	48	6/67	36.18	2.77	78.31	4	1	-
I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1959	12	-	75	2608	912	33	6/38	27.63	2.09	79.03	-	2	-
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1950-1956	30	-	202	5394	1945	68	7/44	28.60	2.16	79.32	2	2	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1951-1951	5	241.3	48	1449	619	18	5/68	34.38	2.56	80.50	-	2	-
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	26	-	228	5659	2160	70	5/64	30.85	2.29	80.84	6	1	-
GWF Overton (NZ)	1953-1954	3	91.1	23	729	258	9	3/65	28.66	2.12	81.00	-	-	-
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1950-1955	23	-	20	648	327	8	2/12	40.87	3.02	81.00	-	-	-
A D'Souza (PAK)	1959-1959	1	27.0	5	162	78	2	2/50	39.00	2.88	81.00	-	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1959	19	812.2	239	4874	1691	60	7/49	28.18	2.08	81.23	2	4	1
TB Burtt (NZ)	1951-1953	5	222.4	68	1336	547	16	5/69	34.18	2.45	83.50	-	1	-
Alimuddin (PAK)	1954-1959	19	14.0	-	84	75	1	1/17	75.00	5.35	84.00	-	-	-
ERH Fuller (SA)	1953-1958	7	-	61	1898	668	22	5/66	30.36	2.11	86.27	-	1	-
MB Poore (NZ)	1953-1956	14	-	24	788	367	9	2/28	40.77	2.79	87.55	-	-	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1959	37	-	726	12152	3950	138	7/49	28.62	1.95	88.05	5	10	1
MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	31	1803.2	664	10820	3570	122	8/52	29.26	1.97	88.68	9	7	2
GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	-	193	3637	1105	41	7/55	26.95	1.82	88.70	1	1	1
MJ Hilton (ENG)	1950-1952	4	207.2	65	1244	477	14	5/61	34.07	2.30	88.85	1	1	-
JA Hayes (NZ)	1951-1958	15	445.5	86	2675	1217	30	4/36	40.56	2.72	89.16	1	-	-
DD Beard (NZ)	1952-1956	4	134.2	37	806	302	9	3/22	33.55	2.24	89.55	-	-	-
DT Ring (AUS)	1951-1953	11	-	47	2528	1141	28	6/72	40.75	2.70	90.28	-	2	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1958	29	-	708	11157	3568	123	8/104	29.00	1.91	90.70	5	8	2

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Lancashire vs Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, Vitality Blast Men North Group, Jul 18, 2025 [Twenty20]

Warwickshire vs Derbyshire at Derby, Vitality Blast Men North Group, Jul 18, 2025 [Twenty20]

Somerset vs Gloucestershire at Taunton, Vitality Blast Men South Group, Jul 18, 2025 [Twenty20]