Best strike rates in an innings in 1980s in FC
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 2.0 | 2 | - | 3 | 4.00 | Derbyshire | v Notts | Derby | 7 Sep 1983 | First-class | |
| 1.2 | - | 6 | 2 | 4.00 | Northants | v Middlesex | Northampton | 10 Aug 1983 | First-class | |
| 4.3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4.50 | Sussex | v Warwickshire | Birmingham | 24 Aug 1983 | First-class | |
| 1.3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4.50 | North Zone | v England XI | Jammu | 16 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 3.3 | - | 14 | 4 | 5.25 | Surrey | v Middlesex | Lord's | 24 Aug 1983 | First-class | |
| 1.5 | - | 25 | 2 | 5.50 | Sri Lanka | v India | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 | Test # 1063 | |
| 1.5 | - | 5 | 2 | 5.50 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 11 Mar 1989 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | - | 9 | 3 | 6.00 | India | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1981 | Test # 897 | |
| 2.0 | - | 2 | 2 | 6.00 | TVL (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Benoni | 22 Jan 1983 | First-class | |
| 2.0 | - | 8 | 2 | 6.00 | Surrey | v Yorkshire | Scarborough | 7 Sep 1983 | First-class | |
| 2.0 | - | 4 | 2 | 6.00 | Natal (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 31 Dec 1986 | First-class | |
| 2.0 | - | 8 | 2 | 6.00 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Georgetown | 2 Apr 1988 | Test # 1095 | |
| 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | Australians | v Gloucs | Bristol | 22 Jul 1989 | First-class | |
| 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6.20 | Warwickshire | v Essex | Nuneaton | 9 Jul 1983 | First-class | |
| 8.4 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 6.50 | TVL (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1986 | First-class | |
| 2.1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6.50 | EPR (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 19 Feb 1982 | First-class | |
| 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.50 | West Indians | v Essex | Chelmsford | 30 Jul 1988 | First-class | |
| 2.2 | - | 34 | 2 | 7.00 | India | v West Indies | Kingston | 23 Feb 1983 | Test # 949 | |
| 2.2 | - | 4 | 2 | 7.00 | Worcs | v Indians | Worcester | 6 May 1986 | First-class | |
| 4.5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7.25 | West Indians | v Gloucs | Bristol | 25 May 1988 | First-class | |
| 7.3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7.50 | Essex | v Surrey | Chelmsford | 28 May 1983 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7.50 | TVL (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Vereeniging | 23 Jan 1982 | First-class | |
| 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7.50 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Cape Town | 15 Mar 1986 | First-class | |
| 2.3 | - | 19 | 2 | 7.50 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 25 Mar 1989 | First-class | |
| 4.6x8 | - | 20 | 5 | 7.60 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Johannesburg | 21 Feb 1981 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8.00 | WPR (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Cape Town | 15 Mar 1980 | First-class | |
| 6.4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8.00 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 3 Dec 1982 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | - | 33 | 3 | 8.00 | Tasmania | v West Aust | Hobart | 24 Jan 1986 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | - | 6 | 3 | 8.00 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 20 Feb 1987 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | - | 8 | 3 | 8.00 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1988 | First-class | |
| 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8.00 | Australians | v | Lahore | 5 Sep 1988 | First-class | |
| 2.0x8 | - | 10 | 2 | 8.00 | TVL (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Durban | 15 Mar 1980 | First-class | |
| 5.3 | - | 43 | 4 | 8.25 | Natal (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Cape Town | 22 Feb 1986 | First-class | |
| 9.5 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 8.42 | Essex | v Middlesex | Chelmsford | 6 Aug 1983 | First-class | |
| 5.4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8.50 | Pakistanis | v East Zone | Guwahati | 10 Jan 1980 | First-class | |
| 5.4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8.50 | TVL (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Johannesburg | 20 Nov 1982 | First-class | |
| 2.5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8.50 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 22 Feb 1986 | First-class | |
| 2.5 | - | 5 | 2 | 8.50 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 17 Dec 1988 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 8.57 | - | v | Cape Town | 14 Nov 1987 | First-class | |
| 4.2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8.66 | N. Transvaal | v West Ind XI | Pretoria | 19 Nov 1983 | First-class | |
| 4.2 | - | 8 | 3 | 8.66 | West Indians | v | Hamilton | 15 Feb 1987 | First-class | |
| 4.2 | - | 14 | 3 | 8.66 | Tamil Nadu | v Rest of Ind | Chennai | 1 Oct 1988 | First-class | |
| 5.5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 8.75 | Glamorgan | v Worcs | Worcester | 27 Jul 1983 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 9.00 | Pakistanis | v East Zone | Guwahati | 10 Jan 1980 | First-class | |
| 4.3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 9.00 | Hampshire | v Gloucs | Portsmouth | 30 Jul 1983 | First-class | |
| 4.3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9.00 | South Aust | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 6 Jan 1984 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9.00 | Northants | v West Indians | Milton Keynes | 17 May 1980 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9.00 | Natal (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Durban | 21 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 5 Mar 1982 | Test # 923 | |
| 3.0 | - | 19 | 2 | 9.00 | Victoria | v Queensland | Brisbane | 19 Nov 1982 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 25 Feb 1983 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9.00 | Northants | v Leics | Leicester | 27 Aug 1983 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9.00 | West Indians | v East Zone | Cuttack | 3 Dec 1983 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | - | 7 | 2 | 9.00 | West Indians | v Essex | Chelmsford | 23 Jun 1984 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | - | 22 | 2 | 9.00 | Tasmania | v Victoria | Devonport | 22 Feb 1985 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | - | 4 | 2 | 9.00 | North Zone | v South Zone | Kanpur | 15 Oct 1987 | First-class | |
| 3.0 | - | 6 | 2 | 9.00 | WPR (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Cape Town | 27 Dec 1988 | First-class | |
| 6.1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 9.25 | Victoria | v Tasmania | Melbourne | 15 Feb 1980 | First-class | |
| 6.1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 9.25 | West Ind XI | v E. Province | Gqeberha | 12 Dec 1983 | First-class | |
| 9.2 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 9.33 | West Indies | v Australia | W.A.C.A | 9 Nov 1984 | Test # 997 | |
| 11.0 | - | 33 | 7 | 9.42 | Notts | v Worcs | Worcester | 9 Jul 1983 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 1 | 54 | 7 | 9.42 | Queensland | v NSW | Newcastle | 27 Nov 1987 | First-class | |
| 9.3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9.50 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1986 | Test # 1055 | |
| 6.2 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 9.50 | West Indians | v Sussex | Hove | 14 Jun 1980 | First-class | |
| 3.1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9.50 | TVL (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Cape Town | 15 Mar 1986 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9.60 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1983 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | - | 32 | 5 | 9.60 | Australia | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 11 Nov 1983 | Test # 966 | |
| 8.0 | - | 27 | 5 | 9.60 | WPR (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Cape Town | 17 Mar 1984 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | - | 39 | 5 | 9.60 | West Indians | v Gloucs | Bristol | 25 May 1988 | First-class | |
| 4.5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9.66 | Australians | v Northants | Northampton | 17 Jun 1989 | First-class | |
| 6.3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9.75 | Essex | v Notts | Nottingham | 2 Jul 1983 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 10.00 | EPR (SACB) | v WPR (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 23 Jan 1982 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 10.00 | WPR (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Cape Town | 20 Feb 1988 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | - | 51 | 6 | 10.00 | NSW | v Queensland | Sydney | 10 Mar 1989 | First-class | |
| 5.0x8 | - | 24 | 4 | 10.00 | TVL (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Johannesburg | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 10.00 | Yorkshire | v Surrey | Scarborough | 7 Sep 1983 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | - | 29 | 3 | 10.00 | North Zone | v East Zone | Cuttack | 12 Jan 1984 | First-class | |
| 2.4x8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10.00 | EPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1980 | First-class | |
| 3.2 | - | 17 | 2 | 10.00 | Glamorgan | v Gloucs | Swansea | 28 May 1983 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 10.28 | WPR (SACB) | v EPR (SACB) | Cape Town | 19 Feb 1983 | First-class | |
| 5.1 | - | 16 | 3 | 10.33 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 12 Mar 1987 | Test # 1072 | |
| 13.5 | 2 | 46 | 8 | 10.37 | Lancashire | v Notts | Nottingham | 25 Jun 1983 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10.50 | South Aust | v Indians | Adelaide | 29 Nov 1980 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | - | 34 | 4 | 10.50 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 17 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | - | 9 | 4 | 10.50 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Cape Town | 20 Feb 1982 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10.50 | Pakistanis | v Middlesex | Lord's | 23 Jun 1982 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 10.50 | Pakistanis | v Glamorgan | Swansea | 3 Jul 1982 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10.50 | Essex | v Surrey | Chelmsford | 28 May 1983 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10.50 | Leics | v Notts | Nottingham | 4 Jun 1983 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10.50 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 9 Mar 1984 | Test # 980 | |
| 7.0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 10.50 | WPR (SACB) | v TVL (SACB) | Cape Town | 26 Dec 1984 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10.50 | TVL (SACB) | v Natal (SACB) | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1988 | First-class | |
| 3.3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10.50 | Pakistan | v England | Karachi | 2 Mar 1984 | Test # 978 | |
| 8.5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10.60 | Yorkshire | v Hampshire | Southampton | 18 Jun 1983 | First-class | |
| 8.5 | - | 40 | 5 | 10.60 | West Aust | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 10 Jan 1986 | First-class | |
| 8.5 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 10.60 | West Indies | v India | Delhi | 25 Nov 1987 | Test # 1080 | |
| 5.2 | - | 38 | 3 | 10.66 | Northants | v Leics | Leicester | 27 Aug 1983 | First-class | |
| 5.2 | - | 49 | 3 | 10.66 | Australians | v Leics | Leicester | 5 Aug 1989 | First-class | |
| 12.3 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 10.71 | NSW | v South Aust | Sydney | 23 Feb 1980 | First-class | |
| 7.1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 10.75 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Harare | 12 Nov 1982 | First-class |
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Minimum of 2 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:
Central Zone vs North Zone at Visakhapatnam, Duleep Trophy Semi-Final, Dec 30, 1989 - Jan 2, 1990 [First-class]
South Zone vs West Zone at Bengaluru, Duleep Trophy Semi-Final, Dec 30, 1989 - Jan 2, 1990 [First-class]
New South Wales vs Queensland at Brisbane, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1989 - Jan 1, 1990 [First-class]