Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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
JH Wardle	5.0	2	7	4	7.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
FMM Worrell	12.7x8	3	38	6	17.16	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
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	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
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
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
HB Cave	13.1	9	21	4	19.75	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
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
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
FH Tyson	21.3	7	28	6	21.50	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	09 Jun 1955	Test # 407
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
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
PR Umrigar	15.3	1	49	4	23.25	India	v Australia	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
AK Davidson	17.4x8	4	34	6	23.33	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
Fazal Mahmood	27.3	11	42	7	23.57	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
JC Alabaster	15.5	4	46	4	23.75	New Zealand	v England	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
DT Dewdney	19.5	11	21	5	23.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
JM Patel	35.5	16	69	9	23.88	India	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
R Tattersall	28.0	10	52	7	24.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
NAT Adcock	18.0x8	2	43	6	24.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
FR Brown	12.0x8	2	26	4	24.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
Fazal Mahmood	16.0	2	54	4	24.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1954	Test # 387
Nasim-ul-Ghani	16.0	5	35	4	24.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
AK Davidson	20.1	7	31	5	24.20	Australia	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
FH Tyson	18.4x8	1	85	6	24.66	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
RR Lindwall	20.4	2	57	5	24.80	Australia	v England	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
TE Bailey	15.4x8	6	20	5	24.80	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
RR Lindwall	24.5	3	95	6	24.83	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
JB Statham	29.0	12	39	7	24.85	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
GAR Lock	21.0	9	45	5	25.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
ES Atkinson	21.0	7	42	5	25.20	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
FS Trueman	21.0	8	31	5	25.20	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jun 1958	Test # 454
JB Statham	21.0	10	31	5	25.20	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
JC Laker	16.5	2	75	4	25.25	England	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
WW Hall	16.5	2	49	4	25.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
R Benaud	29.3	10	72	7	25.28	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
KR Miller	25.2	3	107	6	25.33	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
JB Statham	17.0	9	24	4	25.50	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
JW Burke	17.0	4	37	4	25.50	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
FS Trueman	17.0	6	24	4	25.50	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
JB Iverson	19.4x8	8	27	6	26.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	05 Jan 1951	Test # 329
GAR Lock	21.4	12	28	5	26.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
JB Iverson	13.0x8	3	43	4	26.00	Australia	v England	Brisbane	01 Dec 1950	Test # 327
FH Tyson	13.0x8	2	45	4	26.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
JB Statham	16.3x8	-	60	5	26.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
JC Laker	22.0	11	17	5	26.40	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958	Test # 456
AL Valentine	26.3	10	39	6	26.50	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
GWA Chubb	26.3	7	51	6	26.50	South Africa	v England	Manchester	05 Jul 1951	Test # 336
JDC Goddard	17.4	6	25	4	26.50	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]