Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Best strike rates in 1970s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GN Edwards (NZ)	1976-1978	9	-	-	6	5	1	1/5	5.00	5.00	6.00	-	-	-
S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1978	13	-	-	11	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.00	-	-	-
J Benaud (AUS)	1972-1973	3	-	1	24	12	2	2/12	6.00	3.00	12.00	-	-	-
DW Randall (ENG)	1976-1979	49	-	-	18	5	1	1/2	5.00	1.66	18.00	-	-	-
LW Stott (NZ)	1979-1979	1	12.0	1	72	48	3	3/48	16.00	4.00	24.00	-	-	-
JM Parker (NZ)	1973-1979	42	-	2	56	34	2	1/10	17.00	3.64	28.00	-	-	-
Hasan Jamil (PAK)	1977-1978	6	-	3	232	154	8	3/18	19.25	3.98	29.00	-	-	-
MJ Procter (SA)	1970-1970	4	143.0	50	858	353	26	6/73	13.57	2.46	33.00	1	1	-
Naseer Malik (PAK)	1975-1975	3	30.0	5	180	98	5	2/37	19.60	3.26	36.00	-	-	-
Mehmood Quaraishy (EAf)	1975-1975	3	18.0	-	108	94	3	2/55	31.33	5.22	36.00	-	-	-
GD Porter (AUS)	1979-1979	2	18.0	5	108	33	3	2/13	11.00	1.83	36.00	-	-	-
D Lloyd (ENG)	1973-1978	16	-	1	36	20	1	1/3	20.00	3.33	36.00	-	-	-
JN Valentine (CAN)	1979-1979	3	19.0	5	114	66	3	1/18	22.00	3.47	38.00	-	-	-
RD Jackman (ENG)	1974-1976	3	32.0	2	192	135	5	3/41	27.00	4.21	38.40	-	-	-
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1980	17	443.3	79	2661	1418	69	8/29	20.55	3.19	38.56	4	1	-
KH Eastwood (AUS)	1971-1971	1	5.0	-	40	21	1	1/21	21.00	3.15	40.00	-	-	-
Pervez Mir (PAK)	1975-1977	3	-	2	122	77	3	1/17	25.66	3.78	40.66	-	-	-
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	20	-	60	2981	1571	70	6/14	22.44	3.16	42.58	2	5	-
J Garner (WI)	1977-1980	20	494.2	94	2966	1500	69	5/38	21.73	3.03	42.98	6	1	-
BJ McKechnie (NZ)	1975-1979	10	-	9	611	344	14	3/24	24.57	3.37	43.64	-	-	-
DS de Silva (SL)	1975-1979	5	52.0	6	312	225	7	3/29	32.14	4.32	44.57	-	-	-
CC Henry (CAN)	1979-1979	2	15.0	-	90	53	2	2/27	26.50	3.53	45.00	-	-	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1979	45	-	216	6538	2985	145	8/34	20.58	2.73	45.08	4	12	2
PM Pollock (SA)	1970-1970	4	115.0	39	690	258	15	5/39	17.20	2.24	46.00	1	1	-
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1976	9	15.4	5	94	48	2	1/1	24.00	3.06	47.00	-	-	-
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1977-1979	8	188.3	40	1131	546	24	4/29	22.75	2.89	47.12	3	-	-
RMH Binny (IND)	1979-1979	4	72.5	13	437	269	9	3/53	29.88	3.69	48.55	-	-	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1979	67	-	4	244	119	5	2/14	23.80	2.92	48.80	-	-	-
MJF Shrimpton (NZ)	1971-1974	4	30.5	-	245	157	5	3/35	31.40	3.84	49.00	-	-	-
MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1979	46	-	5	98	59	2	1/10	29.50	3.61	49.00	-	-	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1980	50	-	311	10419	4998	211	6/26	23.68	2.87	49.37	12	13	4
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1980	49	-	262	8464	4149	171	7/54	24.26	2.94	49.49	6	9	2
JR Thomson (AUS)	1972-1979	47	-	224	8216	4383	165	6/46	26.56	3.20	49.79	15	6	-
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1980	27	-	134	4093	1981	81	8/92	24.45	2.90	50.53	4	4	1
GA Chevalier (SA)	1970-1970	1	42.1	11	253	100	5	3/68	20.00	2.37	50.60	-	-	-
ARM Opatha (SL)	1975-1979	5	42.1	1	253	180	5	3/31	36.00	4.26	50.60	-	-	-
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1978	23	-	14	410	206	8	2/14	25.75	3.01	51.25	-	-	-
EJ Barlow (SA)	1970-1970	4	94.0	27	564	257	11	3/24	23.36	2.73	51.27	-	-	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1979	29	-	101	3600	1610	70	7/46	23.00	2.68	51.42	2	2	1
IW Callen (AUS)	1978-1978	3	-	6	524	257	10	3/24	25.70	2.94	52.40	-	-	-
Zulfiqar Ali (EAf)	1975-1975	3	35.0	3	210	166	4	3/63	41.50	4.74	52.50	-	-	-
WW Daniel (WI)	1976-1978	6	140.2	36	842	416	16	4/53	26.00	2.96	52.62	1	-	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1979	73	-	318	11181	5125	212	7/78	24.17	2.75	52.74	8	11	-
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1979-1979	2	70.4	22	424	139	8	5/47	17.37	1.96	53.00	-	1	-
BR Taylor (NZ)	1972-1973	12	-	87	2832	1351	53	7/74	25.49	2.86	53.43	4	2	-
JSE Price (ENG)	1971-1972	5	125.5	31	755	351	14	3/29	25.07	2.78	53.92	-	-	-
B Warnapura (SL)	1975-1979	5	36.0	-	216	159	4	3/42	39.75	4.41	54.00	-	-	-
RG Callender (CAN)	1979-1979	2	9.0	1	54	26	1	1/14	26.00	2.88	54.00	-	-	-
JA Jameson (ENG)	1971-1975	7	9.0	3	54	20	1	1/17	20.00	2.22	54.00	-	-	-
J Nagenda (EAf)	1975-1975	1	9.0	1	54	50	1	1/50	50.00	5.55	54.00	-	-	-
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1979	68	-	287	9228	4443	170	7/50	26.13	2.88	54.28	9	4	-
KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1976	29	-	103	3971	2114	73	6/77	28.95	3.19	54.39	4	2	1
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1976-1979	25	-	113	3874	1884	71	8/69	26.53	2.91	54.56	2	3	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	29	847.5	176	5087	2657	93	6/63	28.56	3.13	54.69	4	5	-
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	74	-	1	55	34	1	1/11	34.00	3.70	55.00	-	-	-
PHJ Trimborn (SA)	1970-1970	1	37.2	5	224	91	4	2/44	22.75	2.43	56.00	-	-	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1970-1976	33	-	211	6582	2895	117	7/40	24.74	2.63	56.25	9	4	-
RAL Massie (AUS)	1972-1973	9	-	79	1922	776	34	8/53	22.82	2.42	56.52	2	2	1
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1980	24	-	128	4136	1789	73	6/74	24.50	2.59	56.65	5	5	2
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1975	24	-	2	57	32	1	1/9	32.00	3.36	57.00	-	-	-
GD Watson (AUS)	1972-1972	4	48.0	15	288	120	5	2/28	24.00	2.50	57.60	-	-	-
M Hendrick (ENG)	1973-1979	42	-	226	5996	2278	103	4/15	22.11	2.27	58.21	6	-	-
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1979	9	-	19	824	486	14	5/101	34.71	3.53	58.85	-	1	-
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1979	62	-	57	2479	1197	42	5/66	28.50	2.89	59.02	2	1	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1979	6	79.0	9	474	234	8	2/30	29.25	2.96	59.25	-	-	-
MF Malone (AUS)	1977-1977	3	79.0	27	474	141	8	5/63	17.62	1.78	59.25	-	1	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	43	-	152	7364	3776	123	7/23	30.69	3.07	59.86	9	6	2
DLS de Silva (SL)	1979-1979	2	20.0	2	120	54	2	2/36	27.00	2.70	60.00	-	-	-
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1979	44	-	58	2022	931	33	4/68	28.21	2.76	61.27	1	-	-
WM Clark (AUS)	1977-1979	12	-	66	2893	1326	47	4/46	28.21	2.75	61.55	7	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	43	-	362	11268	5293	183	8/79	28.92	2.81	61.57	7	14	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1979-1979	9	329.1	77	1975	870	32	4/35	27.18	2.64	61.71	3	-	-
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1979	7	289.5	48	1739	867	28	5/126	30.96	2.99	62.10	2	1	-
RO Collinge (NZ)	1971-1978	37	-	145	6028	2728	97	6/63	28.12	2.71	62.14	3	4	-
GG Arnold (ENG)	1972-1975	45	-	276	7848	3416	126	6/45	27.11	2.61	62.28	4	5	-
AG Hurst (AUS)	1974-1979	20	-	85	3456	1403	55	5/21	25.50	2.43	62.83	3	3	-
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	49	-	54	1844	918	29	4/56	31.65	2.98	63.58	1	-	-
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1979	48	-	288	9421	4103	148	9/86	27.72	2.61	63.65	11	4	1
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	10	310.2	46	1862	1063	29	4/48	36.65	3.42	64.20	3	-	-
AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1978	16	-	-	65	80	1	1/47	80.00	7.38	65.00	-	-	-
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1978	29	-	67	4207	2240	64	4/34	35.00	3.19	65.73	4	-	-
JB Gannon (AUS)	1977-1978	3	90.6	13	726	361	11	4/77	32.81	2.98	66.00	1	-	-
HSM Pieris (SL)	1975-1975	3	22.0	-	132	135	2	2/68	67.50	6.13	66.00	-	-	-
GK Bose (IND)	1974-1974	1	11.0	2	66	39	1	1/39	39.00	3.54	66.00	-	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	45	-	136	4327	1916	65	5/28	29.47	2.65	66.56	5	3	-
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1972-1977	21	-	19	867	559	13	3/33	43.00	3.86	66.69	-	-	-
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	37	-	236	7488	3496	112	6/63	31.21	2.80	66.85	5	5	1
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	80	-	348	10718	5160	160	8/86	32.25	2.88	66.98	7	6	2
JR Hammond (AUS)	1972-1973	6	180.5	48	1085	529	16	4/38	33.06	2.92	67.81	2	-	-
G Dymock (AUS)	1974-1980	27	-	143	5020	1949	74	7/67	26.33	2.32	67.83	3	4	1
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1977	25	-	191	5468	2407	80	7/52	30.08	2.64	68.35	6	3	1
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1978-1979	5	-	15	754	426	11	3/110	38.72	3.38	68.54	-	-	-
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1979	27	-	39	1308	589	19	5/18	31.00	2.70	68.84	-	1	-
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	39	-	199	6132	3206	89	5/33	36.02	3.13	68.89	5	2	-
RMH Cottam (ENG)	1972-1973	2	58.0	12	348	147	5	3/45	29.40	2.53	69.60	-	-	-
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1979	46	-	398	10836	4198	155	8/143	27.08	2.32	69.90	10	6	-
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1979	10	469.5	139	2819	960	40	6/103	24.00	2.04	70.47	1	2	-
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1979	41	-	32	1576	742	22	3/74	33.72	2.82	71.63	-	-	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1976	37	-	253	7336	3050	102	8/59	29.90	2.49	71.92	5	3	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1980	49	-	27	1008	513	14	3/52	36.64	3.05	72.00	-	-	-

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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:

India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Beckenham, India Under-19s in England 1st Youth test, Jul 12-15, 2025 [Youth Test # 304]

South Africa Under-19s vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Cape Town, England Under-19s in South Africa 2nd unofficial Test, Feb 3-6, 2025 [Youth Test # 303]

England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs South Africa Under-19s at Stellenbosch, England Under-19s in South Africa 1st unofficial Test, Jan 26-29, 2025 [Youth Test # 302]