Best strike rates in an innings in 1950s in Tests - Australia
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 3.5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5.75 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 26 Apr 1955 | Test # 405 | |
| 7.6x8 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 12.40 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 25 Jan 1952 | Test # 347 | |
| 12.0x8 | - | 62 | 6 | 16.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1951 | Test # 343 | |
| 11.0x8 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 17.60 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1950 | Test # 327 | |
| 22.2 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 19.14 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 26 Apr 1955 | Test # 405 | |
| 22.5 | 9 | 43 | 7 | 19.57 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 15.2x8 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 20.33 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 462 | |
| 16.0x8 | 2 | 80 | 6 | 21.33 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 9 Nov 1951 | Test # 340 | |
| 17.4x8 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 23.33 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
| 20.1 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 24.20 | Australia | v India | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 20.4 | 2 | 57 | 5 | 24.80 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 | Test # 372 | |
| 24.5 | 3 | 95 | 6 | 24.83 | Australia | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 11 Apr 1955 | Test # 404 | |
| 29.3 | 10 | 72 | 7 | 25.28 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 | |
| 25.2 | 3 | 107 | 6 | 25.33 | Australia | v West Indies | Kingston | 11 Jun 1955 | Test # 408 | |
| 17.0 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 25.50 | Australia | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 19.4x8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 26.00 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 5 Jan 1951 | Test # 329 | |
| 13.0x8 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 26.00 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 1 Dec 1950 | Test # 327 | |
| 17.0x8 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 27.20 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 13.6x8 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 27.50 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 | |
| 13.6x8 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 27.50 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
| 23.0 | 4 | 66 | 5 | 27.60 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 25 Jun 1953 | Test # 373 | |
| 13.7x8 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 27.75 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 22 Dec 1950 | Test # 328 | |
| 21.0x8 | 2 | 72 | 6 | 28.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Brisbane | 5 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
| 14.0x8 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 28.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 3 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
| 14.2x8 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 28.50 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 9 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
| 19.0 | 2 | 48 | 4 | 28.50 | Australia | v Pakistan | Lahore | 21 Nov 1959 | Test # 480 | |
| 29.0 | 10 | 52 | 6 | 29.00 | Australia | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 24.2 | 6 | 53 | 5 | 29.20 | Australia | v India | Eden Gardens | 2 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 | |
| 20.3 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 30.75 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 11 Oct 1956 | Test # 430 | |
| 19.3x8 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 31.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 | Test # 345 | |
| 15.7x8 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 31.75 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 5 Jan 1951 | Test # 329 | |
| 21.0x8 | 4 | 52 | 5 | 33.60 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 25 Jan 1952 | Test # 347 | |
| 21.0x8 | 6 | 49 | 5 | 33.60 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
| 28.2 | 7 | 53 | 5 | 34.00 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 23 Aug 1956 | Test # 429 | |
| 17.0x8 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 34.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1959 | Test # 468 | |
| 25.5x8 | 7 | 64 | 6 | 34.16 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 462 | |
| 23.5 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 35.75 | Australia | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 13 Nov 1959 | Test # 479 | |
| 18.0x8 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 36.00 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 22 Dec 1950 | Test # 328 | |
| 24.0 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 36.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Kingston | 26 Mar 1955 | Test # 403 | |
| 24.0 | 12 | 42 | 4 | 36.00 | Australia | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 | |
| 18.2x8 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 36.50 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 25.0 | 8 | 63 | 4 | 37.50 | Australia | v India | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 44.0 | 21 | 75 | 7 | 37.71 | Australia | v Pakistan | Lahore | 21 Nov 1959 | Test # 480 | |
| 24.5x8 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 39.40 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 | |
| 20.0x8 | 4 | 62 | 4 | 40.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 9 Nov 1951 | Test # 340 | |
| 20.0x8 | 3 | 72 | 4 | 40.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 9 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
| 20.0x8 | 6 | 44 | 4 | 40.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
| 20.2x8 | - | 70 | 4 | 40.50 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 7 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
| 34.1 | 9 | 72 | 5 | 41.00 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
| 26.1x8 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 41.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
| 35.0 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 42.00 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 | Test # 375 | |
| 21.0x8 | 3 | 62 | 4 | 42.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 | Test # 361 | |
| 36.0 | 12 | 80 | 5 | 43.20 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
| 27.0x8 | 6 | 91 | 5 | 43.20 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1959 | Test # 466 | |
| 21.7x8 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 43.75 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 23 Feb 1951 | Test # 331 | |
| 45.0 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 45.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 13 Nov 1959 | Test # 479 | |
| 31.2 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 47.00 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | Test # 426 | |
| 30.0x8 | 8 | 60 | 5 | 48.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Brisbane | 5 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
| 32.0 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 48.00 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 15 Aug 1953 | Test # 376 | |
| 57.3 | 23 | 93 | 7 | 49.28 | Australia | v India | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 | |
| 33.0 | 5 | 69 | 4 | 49.50 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1956 | Test # 425 | |
| 31.0x8 | 3 | 125 | 5 | 49.60 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
| 26.0x8 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 52.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 30 Nov 1951 | Test # 341 | |
| 33.0x8 | 14 | 82 | 5 | 52.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
| 33.4x8 | 10 | 83 | 5 | 53.60 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 9 Jan 1959 | Test # 464 | |
| 27.0x8 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 54.00 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 2 Feb 1951 | Test # 330 | |
| 46.0 | 18 | 76 | 5 | 55.20 | Australia | v India | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 | |
| 38.0 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 57.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 13 Nov 1959 | Test # 479 | |
| 29.0x8 | 10 | 82 | 4 | 58.00 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1959 | Test # 466 | |
| 39.3 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 59.25 | Australia | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 13 Nov 1959 | Test # 479 | |
| 49.5 | 17 | 93 | 5 | 59.80 | Australia | v Pakistan | Karachi | 4 Dec 1959 | Test # 481 | |
| 40.0 | 7 | 91 | 4 | 60.00 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 23 Aug 1956 | Test # 429 | |
| 46.0x8 | 8 | 152 | 6 | 61.33 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 6 Feb 1953 | Test # 365 | |
| 31.2x8 | 5 | 75 | 4 | 62.50 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 41.0x8 | 8 | 84 | 5 | 65.60 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 7 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
| 33.0x8 | 7 | 94 | 4 | 66.00 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 9 Jan 1959 | Test # 464 | |
| 35.0x8 | 6 | 95 | 4 | 70.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
| 47.0 | 19 | 63 | 4 | 70.50 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 23 Jul 1953 | Test # 375 | |
| 47.0 | 10 | 151 | 4 | 70.50 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 | Test # 428 | |
| 36.6x8 | 6 | 120 | 4 | 73.50 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1955 | Test # 396 | |
| 39.2x8 | 10 | 66 | 4 | 78.50 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 5 Dec 1958 | Test # 460 | |
| 49.3x8 | 17 | 110 | 5 | 79.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 | Test # 364 | |
| 50.7x8 | 13 | 114 | 5 | 81.40 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
| 44.0x8 | 9 | 118 | 4 | 88.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 | Test # 364 |
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Minimum of 4 wicketsPerformances 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 vs Australia at Kanpur, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]
India vs Australia at Delhi, Australia tour of India 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]
Pakistan vs Australia at Karachi, Australia tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]