Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

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

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
OG Smith	1.5	1	1	2	5.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
R Benaud	3.5	1	15	4	5.75	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	6.50	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
SP Gupte	6.0	-	18	5	7.20	India	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
R Benaud	3.4	3	-	3	7.33	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
JH Wardle	5.0	2	7	4	7.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
JC Alabaster	2.3	-	8	2	7.50	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
FMM Worrell	2.0x8	-	7	2	8.00	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
R Appleyard	6.0	3	7	4	9.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
R Tattersall	5.0	-	22	3	10.00	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	11.11	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
JR Reid	8.0	2	38	4	12.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
RT Simpson	4.0	1	4	2	12.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	17 Mar 1951	Test # 332
AV Bedser	4.0	1	14	2	12.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
DG Phadkar	4.0	1	11	2	12.00	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
KR Miller	7.6x8	1	26	5	12.40	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
FS Trueman	9.0	1	27	4	13.50	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
TE Bailey	16.0	7	34	7	13.71	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
GAR Lock	11.3	7	17	5	13.80	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
TE Bailey	7.0x8	2	22	4	14.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	Test # 327
Nasim-ul-Ghani	7.0	5	4	3	14.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
FH Tyson	12.3x8	1	27	7	14.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
GAR Lock	9.3	2	36	4	14.25	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
MH Mankad	9.4	1	49	4	14.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
G Noblet	3.5x8	-	7	2	14.50	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
AV Bedser	17.2	7	44	7	14.85	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
S Ramadhin	10.0	4	25	4	15.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
Maqsood Ahmed	5.0	1	12	2	15.00	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
JC Alabaster	5.0	4	4	2	15.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
FS Trueman	5.0	3	7	2	15.00	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
WA Johnston	12.0x8	-	62	6	16.00	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
GAR Lock	16.0	7	20	6	16.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
WA Johnston	6.0x8	1	10	3	16.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
AV Bedser	8.0	5	9	3	16.00	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 1954	Test # 389
RG Archer	8.0	1	37	3	16.00	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
Khan Mohammad	16.2	6	21	6	16.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
DB Close	11.0	-	35	4	16.50	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
GAR Lock	8.3	3	25	3	17.00	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
FMM Worrell	12.7x8	3	38	6	17.16	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
FMM Worrell	5.5	1	10	2	17.50	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	17.57	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
WA Johnston	11.0x8	2	35	5	17.60	Australia	v England	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	Test # 327
AV Bedser	6.5x8	2	9	3	17.66	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	Test # 327
AV Bedser	14.5	4	41	5	17.80	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
TE Bailey	21.0	8	44	7	18.00	England	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
AV Bedser	15.0	6	27	5	18.00	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
Khan Mohammad	15.0	3	61	5	18.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
FH Tyson	12.0	6	16	4	18.00	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
JC Laker	12.0	6	13	4	18.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
Ghulam Ahmed	9.0	3	43	3	18.00	India	v England	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
JB Statham	9.0	3	9	3	18.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
JB Stollmeyer	6.0	1	14	2	18.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
Fazal Mahmood	18.3	9	34	6	18.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
HJ Tayfield	14.0x8	7	13	6	18.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
IWG Johnson	7.0x8	1	21	3	18.66	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
GE Gomez	9.2	3	16	3	18.66	West Indies	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
GAR Lock	12.3	8	12	4	18.75	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
PS Heine	14.2x8	3	58	6	19.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
IWG Johnson	22.2	10	44	7	19.14	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
J Trim	12.0x8	2	34	5	19.20	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
FS Trueman	16.0	4	48	5	19.20	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
T Greenhough	16.0	4	35	5	19.20	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
RO Jenkins	13.0	2	50	4	19.50	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
JB Statham	13.0	6	18	4	19.50	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
WW Hall	13.0	5	28	4	19.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	19.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
LR Gibbs	9.5	3	14	3	19.66	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
HB Cave	13.1	9	21	4	19.75	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
CL McCool	5.0x8	1	29	2	20.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
R Benaud	5.0x8	1	21	2	20.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
I Meckiff	15.2x8	3	38	6	20.33	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
R Appleyard	17.0	5	51	5	20.40	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
PJ Loader	20.3	9	36	6	20.50	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
FH Tyson	13.4	3	35	4	20.50	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
GE Gomez	18.0x8	3	55	7	20.57	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
GAR Lock	24.0	11	35	7	20.57	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
R Tattersall	21.0	6	44	6	21.00	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
R Tattersall	21.0	3	48	6	21.00	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
R Gilchrist	21.0	7	55	6	21.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
JDB Robertson	7.0	1	17	2	21.00	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
Amir Elahi	7.0	1	20	2	21.00	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
R Appleyard	7.0	2	19	2	21.00	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
FH Tyson	7.0	2	10	2	21.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
GS Sobers	7.0	-	28	2	21.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
DT Ring	16.0x8	2	80	6	21.33	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951	Test # 340
S Ramadhin	21.2	13	23	6	21.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	03 Feb 1956	Test # 421
JDC Goddard	8.0x8	1	36	3	21.33	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
FH Tyson	21.3	7	28	6	21.50	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
R Benaud	8.1x8	1	43	3	21.66	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
JH Wardle	19.0x8	3	36	7	21.71	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
R Gilchrist	15.0	4	32	4	22.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
Gul Mohammad	7.3	2	21	2	22.50	India	v Pakistan	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
AV Bedser	22.4	8	37	6	22.66	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
NAT Adcock	11.3x8	4	20	4	22.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
DVP Wright	19.0	3	48	5	22.80	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
SP Gupte	34.3	11	102	9	23.00	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
JR Reid	11.3	2	47	3	23.00	New Zealand	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
RWG Emery	7.4	-	52	2	23.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	15 Feb 1952	Test # 350

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