Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - vs Australia

Best strike rates in an innings in Tests at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground - vs Australia

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
W Rhodes	15.0	0	68	8	11.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
W Rhodes	15.2	3	56	7	13.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
JC Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	13.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2025	Test # 2615
FH Tyson	12.3x8	1	27	7	14.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
P Lever	11.0x8	2	38	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
W Bates	26.2x4	14	28	7	15.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
JJ Bumrah	15.5	4	33	6	15.83	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
SF Barnes	16.1	5	42	6	16.16	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
BA Carse	11.0	3	34	4	16.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2025	Test # 2615
DW Headley	17.0	5	60	6	17.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
CT Tremlett	11.5	5	26	4	17.75	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1986
CEL Ambrose	12.0	4	17	4	18.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	18.20	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
BS Chandrasekhar	14.1x8	2	52	6	18.83	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
W Bates	33.0x4	14	74	7	18.85	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
J Trim	12.0x8	2	34	5	19.20	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
IT Botham	16.0	4	41	5	19.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
N Kapil Dev	16.4	4	28	5	20.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
GH Hirst	16.5	4	48	5	20.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
MA Holding	17.0	3	45	5	20.40	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
MA Holding	14.0	3	40	4	21.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
JWHT Douglas	17.5	6	46	5	21.40	England	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
MA Holding	21.3	5	62	6	21.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
LC Braund	29.1	6	81	8	21.87	England	v Australia	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
G Ulyett	23.0x4	7	52	4	23.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Mar 1885	Test # 21
C Blythe	16.0	2	64	4	24.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
TW Hayward	16.0	9	22	4	24.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
CB Llewellyn	16.0	0	81	4	24.00	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
FR Brown	12.0x8	2	26	4	24.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
WW Hall	12.0x8	2	51	4	24.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
JM Anderson	16.0	4	44	4	24.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1986
JJ Bumrah	16.0	4	56	4	24.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2398
DW Steyn	20.2	3	67	5	24.40	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
JR Gunn	17.0	6	38	4	25.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
W Barnes	38.3x4	26	31	6	25.83	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885	Test # 18
NG Cowans	26.0	6	77	6	26.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
JB Statham	16.3x8	0	60	5	26.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
BS Chandrasekhar	20.0x8	3	52	6	26.66	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
AA Donald	27.0	8	59	6	27.00	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
A Hill	27.0x4	12	27	4	27.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
A Shaw	34.0x4	16	38	5	27.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
GC Small	22.4	7	48	5	27.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
Mir Hamza	18.1	6	32	4	27.25	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2519
Sir RJ Hadlee	27.2	7	57	6	27.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
T Richardson	23.0	6	57	5	27.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894	Test # 43
SF Barnes	23.0	9	44	5	27.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
Arif Butt	21.3x8	1	89	6	28.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	4 Dec 1964	Test # 570
JN Crawford	23.5	3	48	5	28.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1908	Test # 99
J Southerton	28.3x4	13	46	4	28.75	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
FR Brown	18.0x8	4	49	5	28.80	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
Mohammad Amir	24.0	6	79	5	28.80	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
JJ Bumrah	24.4	7	57	5	29.60	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2571
CEL Ambrose	24.5	7	55	5	29.80	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
Wasim Akram	30.0	9	62	6	30.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test # 1134
A Kumble	25.0	4	84	5	30.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
FJ Titmus	15.0x8	2	43	4	30.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
BP Patterson	20.0	2	49	4	30.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
UT Yadav	20.0	4	70	4	30.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2025
JM Anderson	20.2	4	67	4	30.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2110
LC Braund	26.1	4	95	5	31.40	England	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Feb 1902	Test # 69
AJ Bell	26.1	9	69	5	31.40	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
M Dillon	21.0	2	76	4	31.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Sarfraz Nawaz	35.4x8	7	86	9	31.55	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
JB Statham	28.0x8	6	57	7	32.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
FS Trueman	20.0x8	1	62	5	32.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1962	Test # 536
BS Bedi	16.1x8	5	58	4	32.25	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
SI Mahmood	21.3	1	100	4	32.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
Shoaib Akhtar	27.0	4	109	5	32.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
TT Bresnan	21.4	8	50	4	32.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1986
AV Bedser	20.3x8	4	59	5	32.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
A Fielder	22.0	3	54	4	33.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1908	Test # 99
RO Schwarz	22.0	2	76	4	33.00	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
FR Foster	22.0	2	77	4	33.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
SF Barnes	27.4	4	72	5	33.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908	Test # 97
D Gough	28.0	7	96	5	33.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
T Emmett	59.0x4	31	68	7	33.71	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2 Jan 1879	Test # 3
TE Bailey	17.1x8	5	40	4	34.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
JM Anderson	23.0	10	33	4	34.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
JN Crawford	29.0	1	79	5	34.80	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908	Test # 97
DW Steyn	29.0	6	87	5	34.80	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
SF Barnes	29.1	4	74	5	35.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Feb 1912	Test # 119
RGD Willis	21.7x8	4	61	5	35.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
AV Bedser	22.0x8	5	46	5	35.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
Z Khan	23.4	1	94	4	35.50	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
JT Hearne	35.4	13	98	6	35.66	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Jan 1898	Test # 56
AW Greig	18.0x8	2	56	4	36.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
Imran Khan	18.0x8	8	26	4	36.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
Iqbal Qasim	24.0	11	44	4	36.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	9	67	5	37.20	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
FR Foster	38.0	9	91	6	38.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
AV Bedser	19.0x8	3	37	4	38.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
K Farnes	28.5x8	5	96	6	38.16	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Feb 1937	Test # 259
MD Marshall	31.5	6	86	5	38.20	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
PGH Fender	32.0	3	122	5	38.40	England	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
ARC Fraser	39.0	10	82	6	39.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1990	Test # 1159
D Gough	26.0	9	60	4	39.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1994	Test # 1279
HJ Tayfield	29.4x8	9	84	6	39.33	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
DR Hadlee	20.0x8	2	102	4	40.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
CEL Ambrose	27.0	7	60	4	40.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27.0	4	76	4	40.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2519

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Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs India at Melbourne, Australia vs India 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2024 [Test # 2571]

Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan in Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2023 [Test # 2519]