Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Best strike rates Held in England for Tests

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
R Peel (ENG)	1888-1896	6	-	108	1047	357	38	7/31	9.39	2.04	27.55	4	2	1
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	12	-	211	2047	727	71	9/28	10.23	2.13	28.83	1	6	3
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2025	8	234.2	41	1406	921	45	7/45	20.46	3.93	31.24	1	4	1
J Briggs (ENG)	1886-1899	12	-	245	2306	796	72	8/11	11.05	2.07	32.02	2	7	3
SF Barnes (ENG)	1902-1914	14	603.3	185	3621	1379	112	9/103	12.31	2.28	32.33	1	16	6
WH Lockwood (ENG)	1893-1902	7	-	69	1230	544	38	7/71	14.31	2.65	32.36	2	5	1
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1902	6	180.4	31	1084	649	33	7/34	19.66	3.59	32.84	3	2	-
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	13	351.2	69	2108	1239	64	7/13	19.35	3.52	32.93	4	3	1
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	14	327.0	60	1962	1194	56	6/37	21.32	3.65	35.03	1	3	1
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2025	44	1400.5	271	8405	4868	237	7/112	20.54	3.47	35.46	10	12	4
JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG)	1888-1892	6	-	136	1315	429	37	7/37	11.59	1.95	35.54	1	4	1
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1896	4	243.0	78	1215	595	34	7/168	17.50	2.93	35.73	-	6	3
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	10	272.4	32	1636	1075	45	6/56	23.88	3.94	36.35	-	3	-
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	252.2	80	1514	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2025	12	274.3	68	1647	846	44	6/39	19.22	3.08	37.43	1	2	-
C Blythe (ENG)	1905-1910	13	533.4	162	3202	1305	81	8/59	16.11	2.44	39.53	-	9	4
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2017-2024	7	205.3	16	1233	929	31	6/122	29.96	4.52	39.77	3	1	-
SR Harmer (SA)	2015-2023	5	178.3	43	1071	531	26	4/82	20.42	2.97	41.19	2	-	-
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	57	1961.5	423	11771	6371	284	6/8	22.43	3.24	41.44	21	17	3
MVT Fernando (SL)	2019-2024	8	243.5	26	1463	896	35	5/101	25.60	3.67	41.80	2	1	-
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	13	422.4	91	2536	1279	60	7/94	21.31	3.02	42.26	3	5	1
AM Fernando (SL)	2021-2024	6	192.2	20	1154	752	27	5/102	27.85	3.90	42.74	1	1	-
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	21	250.0	60	1500	626	35	8/70	17.88	2.50	42.85	1	1	1
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	12	594.2	144	3566	1605	83	6/128	19.33	2.70	42.96	2	10	1
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1957	6	-	43	1230	449	28	6/28	16.03	2.19	43.92	1	2	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2025	17	637.3	118	3825	2062	87	6/28	23.70	3.23	43.96	5	4	-
JC Tongue (ENG)	2023-2025	6	228.0	28	1368	930	31	5/66	30.00	4.07	44.12	1	2	-
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1912	10	-	49	1506	862	34	6/92	25.35	3.43	44.29	-	4	1
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2023	10	369.1	97	2215	1013	50	5/49	20.26	2.74	44.30	2	3	-
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1902	6	-	61	1064	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2	2	-
FR Spofforth (AUS)	1882-1886	7	425.3	185	1703	651	38	7/44	17.13	2.29	44.81	4	2	1
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	46	1660.5	415	9965	4894	222	7/84	22.04	2.94	44.88	5	17	2
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	47	1715.5	367	10295	4590	229	8/31	20.04	2.67	44.95	13	14	3
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	42	1268.5	351	7613	3305	168	6/21	19.67	2.60	45.31	5	10	1
M Hayward (SA)	1999-2003	9	273.3	63	1641	926	36	5/56	25.72	3.38	45.58	1	1	-
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	18	715.3	177	4293	1758	94	7/22	18.70	2.45	45.67	2	6	1
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2005	22	883.3	240	5301	2368	116	8/38	20.41	2.68	45.69	4	10	-
CL Cairns (NZ)	1999-2004	7	236.3	50	1419	783	31	6/77	25.25	3.31	45.77	1	3	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	41	1353.3	295	8121	4137	176	8/43	23.50	3.05	46.14	8	10	-
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2025	18	593.1	87	3559	2323	77	6/111	30.16	3.91	46.22	3	4	-
VWC Jupp (ENG)	1921-1928	8	216.5	55	1301	616	28	4/37	22.00	2.84	46.46	2	-	-
J Garner (WI)	1980-1984	10	430.3	133	2583	911	55	5/55	16.56	2.11	46.96	5	1	-
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	13	369.1	70	2215	1260	47	6/53	26.80	3.41	47.12	2	2	-
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	64	2295.0	526	13770	7531	292	6/59	25.79	3.28	47.15	15	15	3
RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1986	5	189.5	47	1139	465	24	6/77	19.37	2.44	47.45	1	2	1
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	25	714.0	134	4284	2520	90	6/79	28.00	3.52	47.60	6	3	-
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2006-2010	10	373.0	87	2238	1143	47	5/76	24.31	3.06	47.61	1	3	-
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	222.2	62	1334	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2	-
AP Freeman (ENG)	1927-1929	10	460.4	126	2764	1248	58	7/71	21.51	2.70	47.65	3	5	3
RJ Harris (AUS)	2011-2014	8	302.5	81	1817	888	38	7/117	23.36	2.93	47.81	2	2	-
RWV Robins (ENG)	1929-1937	15	478.2	74	2870	1538	60	6/32	25.63	3.21	47.83	2	1	-
DJ Nash (NZ)	1994-1999	8	296.1	88	1777	824	37	6/76	22.27	2.78	48.02	2	2	1
CC Griffith (WI)	1963-1966	10	368.2	81	2210	957	46	6/36	20.80	2.59	48.04	1	3	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1992-2003	15	520.4	91	3124	1803	65	6/78	27.73	3.46	48.06	4	4	1
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	209.2	69	1256	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	20	580.3	111	3483	1666	72	7/84	23.13	2.86	48.37	4	4	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1984	13	512.4	134	3076	1331	63	8/92	21.12	2.59	48.82	2	5	1
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	42	1251.2	278	7508	3815	153	6/17	24.93	3.04	49.07	4	5	1
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	20	-	94	2713	1457	55	6/26	26.49	3.22	49.32	4	1	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2021-2025	15	478.2	73	2870	1818	58	6/15	31.34	3.80	49.48	5	3	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1997	6	264.3	54	1587	800	32	5/60	25.00	3.02	49.59	1	3	1
B Kumar (IND)	2014-2018	7	239.5	67	1439	709	29	6/82	24.44	2.95	49.62	1	2	-
A Cotter (AUS)	1905-1909	8	249.4	23	1498	792	30	7/148	26.40	3.17	49.93	1	3	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	20	742.1	155	4453	2125	89	6/61	23.87	2.86	50.03	2	7	-
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1981	16	802.3	245	4815	1974	96	7/89	20.56	2.45	50.15	7	6	2
G Onions (ENG)	2009-2012	9	267.4	50	1606	957	32	5/38	29.90	3.57	50.18	2	1	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1976-1980	8	327.0	93	1962	799	39	6/37	20.48	2.44	50.30	-	4	1
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1912-1924	12	176.2	23	1058	607	21	4/14	28.90	3.44	50.38	1	-	-
JDF Larter (ENG)	1962-1965	4	185.2	45	1112	472	22	5/57	21.45	2.54	50.54	2	2	-
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1922-1924	6	219.3	59	1317	527	26	6/7	20.26	2.40	50.65	-	2	1
AS Joseph (WI)	2017-2024	8	211.1	22	1267	965	25	5/81	38.60	4.56	50.68	1	1	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	110	3742.1	849	22453	11398	443	8/15	25.72	3.04	50.68	20	15	3
PS de Villiers (SA)	1994-1998	12	540.2	139	3242	1456	63	6/23	23.11	2.69	51.46	4	4	1
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1936	10	311.0	65	1866	989	36	7/80	27.47	3.18	51.83	1	4	1
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2015	20	683.2	115	4100	2429	79	7/68	30.74	3.55	51.89	4	3	1
SR Watson (AUS)	2009-2015	14	173.1	53	1039	506	20	6/33	25.30	2.92	51.95	-	3	-
RAL Massie (AUS)	1972-1972	4	199.1	58	1195	409	23	8/53	17.78	2.05	51.95	1	2	1
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	52	1732.3	370	10395	5443	200	5/20	27.21	3.14	51.97	13	4	-
SN Thakur (IND)	2021-2025	10	216.5	25	1301	845	25	7/61	33.80	3.89	52.04	-	1	-
J Cowie (NZ)	1937-1949	7	287.0	53	1722	846	33	6/67	25.63	2.94	52.18	3	2	1
Mohammad Amir (PAK)	2010-2019	15	532.1	115	3193	1535	61	6/84	25.16	2.88	52.34	5	2	-
E Jones (AUS)	1896-1902	11	-	112	2048	1072	39	7/88	27.48	3.14	52.51	1	2	1
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2015-2025	17	578.2	103	3470	1912	66	5/30	28.96	3.30	52.57	2	2	-
CP Carter (SA)	1912-1924	10	245.5	47	1475	694	28	6/50	24.78	2.82	52.67	-	2	-
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2024	21	633.4	121	3802	2118	72	5/34	29.41	3.34	52.80	1	3	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-2005	18	528.2	133	3170	1858	60	7/37	30.96	3.51	52.83	-	3	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2025	61	1277.5	216	7667	4234	145	6/22	29.20	3.31	52.87	5	3	-
TA Boult (NZ)	2013-2022	13	503.0	101	3018	1543	57	5/57	27.07	3.06	52.94	3	3	-
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1997	8	282.5	66	1697	766	32	6/71	23.93	2.70	53.03	-	3	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2007	38	1316.0	267	7896	4413	148	7/61	29.81	3.35	53.35	7	4	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	1998-2006	12	739.2	185	4436	1833	83	9/65	22.08	2.47	53.44	3	8	4
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	116	4206.1	1093	25237	11869	472	7/42	25.14	2.82	53.46	18	26	3
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1997-2006	8	222.5	31	1337	852	25	7/36	34.08	3.82	53.48	1	1	-
IR Bishop (WI)	1995-1995	6	242.3	49	1455	649	27	5/32	24.03	2.67	53.88	1	1	-
S Haigh (ENG)	1899-1912	11	-	61	1294	622	24	6/11	25.91	2.88	53.91	1	1	-
CTB Turner (AUS)	1888-1893	8	-	184	2051	735	38	6/67	19.34	2.15	53.97	-	5	1
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2025	11	406.1	75	2437	1231	45	6/45	27.35	3.03	54.15	-	3	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	59	2040.3	475	12243	6226	226	8/34	27.54	3.05	54.17	9	17	2
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	280.3	91	1683	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	21	706.3	148	4239	2097	78	6/154	26.88	2.96	54.34	8	3	-

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Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]