Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3x8	-	23	7	9.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	9.60	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
DAJ Holford	8.1	1	23	5	9.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
AA Mallett	5.2x8	-	22	4	10.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
GG Arnold	8.0	1	19	4	12.00	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
PH Edmonds	8.0	6	6	4	12.00	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	12.80	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	13.00	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	13.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
Mushtaq Mohammad	10.5	3	28	5	13.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Apr 1977	Test # 802
IT Botham	11.0	3	21	5	13.20	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	13.75	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
RGD Willis	7.0x8	2	14	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
CEH Croft	18.5	7	29	8	14.12	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799
P Lever	11.0x8	2	38	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975	Test # 755
EAS Prasanna	10.0	5	16	4	15.00	India	v England	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
RGD Willis	13.0	1	47	5	15.60	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
IT Botham	20.5	8	34	8	15.62	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
DL Underwood	11.6x8	7	12	6	15.66	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	15.75	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
AME Roberts	14.0x8	3	54	7	16.00	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
GJ Gilmour	10.0x8	3	34	5	16.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
AW Greig	10.4	-	33	4	16.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
KD Walters	10.5	3	34	4	16.25	Australia	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1975	Test # 763
JK Lever	8.1x8	2	28	4	16.25	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
JA Snow	11.0	2	53	4	16.50	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
DL Underwood	14.0	8	20	5	16.80	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	08 Aug 1974	Test # 743
RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	17.00	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
AG Hurst	10.6x8	2	28	5	17.20	Australia	v England	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	17.33	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
BR Taylor	20.3	6	74	7	17.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
JR Thomson	11.0x8	1	62	5	17.60	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975	Test # 766
MA Holding	14.5	7	17	5	17.80	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
DK Lillee	13.3x8	2	26	6	17.83	Australia	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3x8	4	26	6	17.83	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	17.85	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
Imran Khan	18.0	2	90	6	18.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Apr 1977	Test # 803
DK Lillee	15.0	8	15	5	18.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	Test # 760
KD Ghavri	15.0	6	33	5	18.00	India	v England	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
PM Pollock	12.0	4	20	4	18.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
NS Yadav	12.0	-	35	4	18.00	India	v Australia	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
BS Chandrasekhar	18.1	3	38	6	18.16	India	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
DK Lillee	11.3x8	-	63	5	18.20	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
RGD Willis	15.3	6	42	5	18.60	England	v West Indies	Leeds	22 Jul 1976	Test # 780
BS Chandrasekhar	14.1x8	2	52	6	18.83	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
Sir RJ Hadlee	9.4x8	2	33	4	19.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	05 Jan 1974	Test # 729
CM Old	22.4	6	50	7	19.42	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
PI Pocock	13.0	3	28	4	19.50	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
AME Roberts	16.2	3	56	5	19.60	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	19.71	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
IT Botham	9.7x8	1	57	4	19.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
JR Thomson	15.0x8	4	50	6	20.00	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	03 Jan 1976	Test # 767
BS Bedi	16.4	4	48	5	20.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
JA Snow	17.5x8	5	40	7	20.14	England	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1971	Test # 676
VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	20.16	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
CEH Croft	13.3	1	49	4	20.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	15 Apr 1977	Test # 803
RAL Massie	27.2	9	53	8	20.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
BE Congdon	10.2x8	-	46	4	20.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
MA Holding	20.4	6	57	6	20.66	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
AME Roberts	20.5	8	37	6	20.83	West Indies	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
DL Underwood	21.0	6	45	6	21.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
IT Botham	21.0	9	34	6	21.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
MHN Walker	17.3	5	48	5	21.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	Test # 760
DL Underwood	14.0	7	28	4	21.00	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
N Kapil Dev	14.0	-	38	4	21.00	India	v West Indies	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
RM Hogg	10.4x8	1	26	4	21.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
MA Holding	14.0	3	40	4	21.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
KD Boyce	21.1	4	77	6	21.16	West Indies	v England	The Oval	26 Jul 1973	Test # 725
DK Lillee	15.7x8	2	72	6	21.16	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
KD Ghavri	10.5x8	2	45	4	21.25	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
N Kapil Dev	14.1	5	39	4	21.25	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
MHN Walker	16.0x8	8	15	6	21.33	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	06 Jan 1973	Test # 707
BS Bedi	21.3	4	71	6	21.50	India	v England	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
M Hendrick	14.2	1	28	4	21.50	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
JR Thomson	18.0	8	38	5	21.60	Australia	v England	Birmingham	10 Jul 1975	Test # 760
Saleem Altaf	14.3	9	11	4	21.75	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	08 Jul 1971	Test # 689
IT Botham	18.1	4	39	5	21.80	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
KD Walters	18.2	1	66	5	22.00	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1973	Test # 720
KD Walters	11.0x8	-	39	4	22.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	05 Jan 1974	Test # 729
JR Thomson	11.0x8	-	68	4	22.00	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
J Birkenshaw	18.3	5	57	5	22.20	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719
BS Bedi	13.7x8	3	55	5	22.20	India	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
RO Collinge	16.6x8	-	63	6	22.33	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
DL Underwood	18.4	7	39	5	22.40	England	v West Indies	Lord's	17 Jun 1976	Test # 778
VA Holder	15.0	3	56	4	22.50	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1973	Test # 727
CEH Croft	15.0	3	47	4	22.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	18 Feb 1977	Test # 797
J Garner	15.0	3	56	4	22.50	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
IT Botham	19.0	9	35	5	22.80	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
EAS Prasanna	23.0x8	5	76	8	23.00	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
IT Botham	11.4x8	-	42	4	23.00	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
M Hendrick	15.3	2	41	4	23.25	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
AME Roberts	19.3	6	50	5	23.40	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
JR Thomson	17.5x8	3	46	6	23.50	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
GG Arnold	23.4	7	45	6	23.66	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
AA Mallett	23.6x8	6	59	8	23.75	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
AW Greig	19.5	9	24	5	23.80	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
JK Lever	19.5	2	59	5	23.80	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
DR Doshi	19.5	4	43	5	23.80	India	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
Intikhab Alam	21.0x8	3	52	7	24.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Feb 1973	Test # 712
MJ Procter	24.0	11	73	6	24.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]