Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings Held in England for Tests

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JH Kallis	4.3	1	21	5	5.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	5.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	6.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
GA Lohmann	9.4x5	5	7	8	6.12	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	6.50	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
AER Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	6.50	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
CJ Jordan	4.2	-	18	4	6.50	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014	Test # 2137
SCJ Broad	9.3	5	15	8	7.12	England	v Australia	Nottingham	6 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
HH Pandya	6.0	1	28	5	7.20	India	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
J Briggs	14.2x4	5	11	8	7.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
JH Wardle	5.0	2	7	4	7.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
CR Woakes	7.4	2	17	6	7.66	England	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
GA Lohmann	14.2x5	6	28	9	8.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	8.16	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	8.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
ESH Giddins	7.0	2	15	5	8.40	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	8.40	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
JWHT Douglas	5.4	2	14	4	8.50	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Feb 1914	Test # 134
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	9.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
MW Tate	6.0	1	12	4	9.00	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
FE Woolley	7.4	1	20	5	9.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
SR Watson	7.5	1	40	5	9.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
W Rhodes	11.0	3	17	7	9.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	9.42	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
SCJ Broad	11.0	-	44	7	9.42	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	9.60	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
T Richardson	11.3x5	3	39	6	9.66	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
S Haigh	11.4x5	6	11	6	9.83	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	10.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
R Peel	12.0x5	5	23	6	10.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
JH Sinclair	12.0x5	4	26	6	10.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	10.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
AJL Hill	8.0x5	4	8	4	10.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	10.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
AAP Atkinson	12.0	5	45	7	10.28	England	v West Indies	Lord's	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
R Peel	10.2x4	3	14	4	10.50	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
K Cranston	7.0	3	12	4	10.50	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
DW Steyn	7.0	-	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
GP Swann	7.0	1	16	4	10.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
CBRLS Kumara	7.0	1	21	4	10.50	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	10.66	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
CA Smith	13.2x4	6	19	5	10.80	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
TJ Murtagh	9.0	2	13	5	10.80	Ireland	v England	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	11.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
J Briggs	19.1x4	11	17	7	11.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	11.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
SR Watson	11.0	3	33	6	11.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Leeds	21 Jul 2010	Test # 1965
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
Harbhajan Singh	7.2	2	10	4	11.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
Mohammad Hafeez	7.2	1	16	4	11.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	11.11	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
B Mitchell	7.3	-	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
GA Lohmann	15.4x5	6	38	7	11.28	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	11.37	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
G Onions	9.3	1	38	5	11.40	England	v West Indies	Lord's	6 May 2009	Test # 1919
FE Woolley	9.4	3	29	5	11.60	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
JN Gillespie	13.4	1	37	7	11.71	Australia	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
PM Siddle	9.5	-	21	5	11.80	Australia	v England	Leeds	7 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
RWV Robins	11.5	1	32	6	11.83	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1933	Test # 227
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	11.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
C Blythe	15.5	1	59	8	11.87	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
RL Johnson	12.0	4	33	6	12.00	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	5 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	12.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
ST Finn	10.0	2	42	5	12.00	England	v Bangladesh	Manchester	4 Jun 2010	Test # 1959
KAJ Roach	10.0	-	47	5	12.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
Hon.A Lyttelton	12.0x4	5	19	4	12.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	11 Aug 1884	Test # 16
W Rhodes	8.0	2	38	4	12.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	1 Jul 1909	Test # 103
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
SI Mahmood	8.0	2	22	4	12.00	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
GP Swann	8.0	3	12	4	12.00	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	26 Aug 2010	Test # 1971
SCJ Broad	8.0	3	19	4	12.00	England	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	12.16	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
SCJ Broad	8.1	1	36	4	12.25	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
FS Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	12.42	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
SF Barnes	16.4	4	29	8	12.50	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
MA Starc	10.4	3	34	5	12.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
SJ Harmison	13.0	1	46	6	13.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
SJ Harmison	13.0	7	19	6	13.00	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1811
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
IT Botham	11.0	3	21	5	13.20	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
K Rabada	11.0	1	30	5	13.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	13.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
CR Woakes	11.0	-	50	5	13.20	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	13.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
Shoaib Bashir	11.1	2	41	5	13.40	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	18 Jul 2024	Test # 2539
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	13.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
H Dean	9.0	2	19	4	13.50	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
FS Trueman	9.0	1	27	4	13.50	England	v India	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
RM Ellison	9.0	3	27	4	13.50	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
MA Butcher	9.0	3	42	4	13.50	England	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jul 2001	Test # 1550
GP Swann	9.0	1	42	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
MS Kasprowicz	15.5	5	36	7	13.57	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377

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Minimum of 4 wickets

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]