Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

England vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Best Strike Rate in Career

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
RM Poore (SA)	1896-1896	3	1.4	-	9	4	1	1/4	4.00	2.66	9.00	-	-	-
CB Lambert (WI)	1991-1998	3	1.4	-	10	5	1	1/4	5.00	3.00	10.00	-	-	-
AG Prince (SA)	2006-2010	13	2.0	-	12	2	1	1/2	2.00	1.00	12.00	-	-	-
PC Charlton (AUS)	1890-1890	2	9.0	1	45	24	3	3/18	8.00	3.20	15.00	-	-	-
WH Moule (AUS)	1880-1880	1	12.3	4	51	23	3	3/23	7.66	2.70	17.00	-	-	-
RT Simpson (ENG)	1949-1955	6	6.0	2	36	13	2	2/4	6.50	2.16	18.00	-	-	-
PD Lashley (WI)	1966-1966	2	3.0	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.00	-	-	-
DW Lawrence (ENG)	2021-2021	2	3.0	-	18	16	1	1/16	16.00	5.33	18.00	-	-	-
W Madhevere (ZIM)	2025-2025	1	3.0	-	18	34	1	1/34	34.00	11.33	18.00	-	-	-
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1935	13	3.1	1	19	7	1	1/7	7.00	2.21	19.00	-	-	-
MG Melle (SA)	1951-1951	1	13.0	6	78	17	4	4/9	4.25	1.30	19.50	1	-	-
AW Powell (SA)	1899-1899	1	4.0	1	20	10	1	1/10	10.00	3.00	20.00	-	-	-
WE Bowes (ENG)	1933-1933	1	21.0	5	126	38	6	6/34	6.33	1.80	21.00	-	1	-
GH Vihari (IND)	2018-2022	4	10.3	1	63	38	3	3/37	12.66	3.61	21.00	-	-	-
Mohammad Zahid (PAK)	1996-1996	1	41.0	8	246	130	11	7/66	11.81	3.17	22.36	1	1	1
NO Norton (SA)	1910-1910	1	15.0	4	90	47	4	4/47	11.75	3.13	22.50	1	-	-
JR Hodges (AUS)	1877-1877	2	34.0	9	136	84	6	2/7	14.00	3.70	22.66	-	-	-
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	1	27.0	16	162	31	7	5/18	4.42	1.14	23.14	-	1	-
R Appleyard (ENG)	1955-1955	2	36.0	12	216	80	9	4/7	8.88	2.22	24.00	1	-	-
AK Markram (SA)	2019-2022	5	8.0	-	48	27	2	2/27	13.50	3.37	24.00	-	-	-
CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1954	5	4.0	2	24	16	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	24.00	-	-	-
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1947	1	4.0	-	24	12	1	1/12	12.00	3.00	24.00	-	-	-
WH Ashley (SA)	1889-1889	1	43.1	18	173	95	7	7/95	13.57	3.29	24.71	-	1	-
A Rose-Innes (SA)	1889-1889	2	32.0	8	128	89	5	5/43	17.80	4.17	25.60	-	1	-
Iftikhar Ahmed (PAK)	2016-2016	1	4.2	1	26	13	1	1/1	13.00	3.00	26.00	-	-	-
TJ Murtagh (IRE)	2019-2019	1	27.0	5	162	65	6	5/13	10.83	2.40	27.00	-	1	-
JP Faulkner (AUS)	2013-2013	1	27.4	4	166	98	6	4/51	16.33	3.54	27.66	1	-	-
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2022	15	4.4	2	28	20	1	1/4	20.00	4.28	28.00	-	-	-
Sajid Khan (PAK)	2024-2024	2	90.4	7	544	401	19	7/111	21.10	4.42	28.63	1	2	1
N Brand (SA)	2024-2024	2	39.0	2	234	171	8	6/119	21.37	4.38	29.25	-	1	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2013-2013	2	49.0	13	294	151	10	6/90	15.10	3.08	29.40	1	1	1
BA Carse (ENG)	2024-2024	3	89.1	11	535	317	18	6/42	17.61	3.55	29.72	2	1	1
WB Rankin (IRE)	2019-2019	1	20.0	2	120	91	4	2/5	22.75	4.55	30.00	-	-	-
KAR Hodge (WI)	2024-2024	3	10.0	-	60	44	2	2/44	22.00	4.40	30.00	-	-	-
F Kuys (SA)	1899-1899	1	12.0	4	60	31	2	2/31	15.50	3.10	30.00	-	-	-
AW Seccull (SA)	1896-1896	1	12.0	2	60	37	2	2/37	18.50	3.70	30.00	-	-	-
BJ Sealey (WI)	1933-1933	1	5.0	1	30	10	1	1/10	10.00	2.00	30.00	-	-	-
Shafqat Rana (PAK)	1969-1969	4	5.0	1	30	8	1	1/2	8.00	1.60	30.00	-	-	-
JG Bethell (ENG)	2024-2024	3	15.2	-	92	77	3	3/72	25.66	5.02	30.66	-	-	-
F Hearne (SA)	1892-1896	4	12.2	-	62	40	2	2/40	20.00	3.87	31.00	-	-	-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2001-2005	6	184.3	34	1107	571	35	6/11	16.31	3.09	31.62	-	4	1
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	1	31.4	5	190	105	6	3/44	17.50	3.31	31.66	-	-	-
CJ Eady (AUS)	1896-1902	2	-	14	223	112	7	3/30	16.00	3.01	31.85	-	-	-
SH Cook (AUS)	1997-1997	2	37.2	10	224	142	7	5/39	20.28	3.80	32.00	-	1	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1958-1959	7	250.5	133	1505	367	47	7/35	7.80	1.46	32.02	2	5	2
TD Astle (NZ)	2018-2018	1	16.1	5	97	39	3	3/39	13.00	2.41	32.33	-	-	-
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2018-2018	1	38.0	1	228	171	7	5/95	24.42	4.50	32.57	-	1	-
T Murphy (AUS)	2023-2023	2	38.2	-	230	181	7	4/110	25.85	4.72	32.85	1	-	-
PIC Thompson (WI)	1996-1996	1	22.0	1	132	135	4	2/58	33.75	6.13	33.00	-	-	-
WD Parnell (SA)	2010-2010	1	11.0	1	66	35	2	2/17	17.50	3.18	33.00	-	-	-
SR Thompson (IRE)	2019-2019	1	16.5	1	101	74	3	3/44	24.66	4.39	33.66	-	-	-
TP Horan (AUS)	1877-1885	15	93.1	45	373	143	11	6/40	13.00	2.30	33.90	-	1	-
Nasir Hossain (BAN)	2013-2013	2	17.0	6	102	46	3	1/7	15.33	2.70	34.00	-	-	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1955-1959	4	97.0	36	582	186	17	4/16	10.94	1.91	34.23	1	-	-
KN Peiris (SL)	2024-2024	1	51.3	7	309	203	9	6/170	22.55	3.94	34.33	-	1	-
S Nazir Ali (IND)	1932-1934	2	23.0	1	138	83	4	4/83	20.75	3.60	34.50	1	-	-
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2008-2008	1	35.0	3	210	142	6	4/79	23.66	4.05	35.00	1	-	-
M Jansen (SA)	2022-2022	4	106.2	14	638	375	18	5/35	20.83	3.52	35.44	1	1	-
Fawad Alam (PAK)	2009-2021	5	12.0	-	72	46	2	2/46	23.00	3.83	36.00	-	-	-
C Washbrook (ENG)	1937-1951	5	6.0	-	36	33	1	1/25	33.00	5.50	36.00	-	-	-
Zahid Mahmood (PAK)	2022-2024	4	78.3	4	471	505	13	4/235	38.84	6.43	36.23	1	-	-
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	7	248.5	54	1493	633	41	6/38	15.43	2.54	36.41	1	5	1
AH Gray (WI)	1987-1987	2	49.0	10	294	150	8	3/45	18.75	3.06	36.75	-	-	-
MJ Nicholson (AUS)	1998-1998	1	25.0	4	150	115	4	3/56	28.75	4.60	37.50	-	-	-
AY Patel (NZ)	2021-2022	2	25.0	8	150	81	4	2/25	20.25	3.24	37.50	-	-	-
BM Tickner (NZ)	2023-2023	1	25.0	-	150	127	4	3/55	31.75	5.08	37.50	-	-	-
KS Williamson (NZ)	2013-2024	19	95.2	20	572	276	15	4/44	18.40	2.89	38.13	1	-	-
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2022	7	178.0	20	1068	736	28	5/110	26.28	4.13	38.14	-	1	-
SM Boland (AUS)	2021-2023	5	128.1	34	769	403	20	6/7	20.15	3.14	38.45	1	1	-
HH Pandya (IND)	2018-2018	4	64.1	7	385	247	10	5/28	24.70	3.84	38.50	-	1	-
BE Hendricks (SA)	2020-2020	1	38.3	5	231	175	6	5/64	29.16	4.54	38.50	-	1	-
DCS Compton (ENG)	1937-1951	8	45.0	2	270	191	7	2/34	27.28	4.24	38.57	-	-	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1951	2	52.0	18	312	108	8	6/44	13.50	2.07	39.00	-	1	-
ESH Giddins (ENG)	1999-1999	1	26.0	7	156	79	4	3/38	19.75	3.03	39.00	-	-	-
RK Kleinveldt (SA)	2013-2013	1	26.0	11	156	97	4	2/44	24.25	3.73	39.00	-	-	-
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2011	21	13.0	1	78	34	2	1/7	17.00	2.61	39.00	-	-	-
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2018-2024	7	157.0	16	942	593	24	5/72	24.70	3.77	39.25	1	1	-
LJ Nash (AUS)	1937-1937	1	24.5	2	197	104	5	4/70	20.80	3.16	39.40	1	-	-
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1899	4	181.3	57	908	371	23	5/51	16.13	2.45	39.47	2	2	-
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	3	-	5	79	48	2	1/5	24.00	3.64	39.50	-	-	-
GF Bissett (SA)	1927-1928	4	164.5	28	989	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	-
CK Langeveldt (SA)	2005-2005	1	33.0	7	198	96	5	5/46	19.20	2.90	39.60	-	1	-
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2008-2008	6	271.0	72	1626	758	41	7/47	18.48	2.79	39.65	2	4	1
MD Shanaka (SL)	2016-2021	2	20.0	4	120	68	3	3/46	22.66	3.40	40.00	-	-	-
KH Eastwood (AUS)	1971-1971	1	5.0	-	40	21	1	1/21	21.00	3.15	40.00	-	-	-
TK Kendall (AUS)	1877-1877	2	140.3	56	563	215	14	7/55	15.35	2.29	40.21	1	1	-
Mohammad Sharif (BAN)	2001-2001	1	20.1	2	121	114	3	3/114	38.00	5.65	40.33	-	-	-
SC Kuggeleijn (NZ)	2023-2023	1	27.0	1	162	161	4	2/80	40.25	5.96	40.50	-	-	-
DJ Meintjes (SA)	1923-1923	2	41.0	7	246	115	6	3/38	19.16	2.80	41.00	-	-	-
C Green (AUS)	2021-2024	10	144.2	28	866	525	21	3/21	25.00	3.63	41.23	-	-	-
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1954	16	-	15	330	131	8	3/32	16.37	2.38	41.25	-	-	-
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2013-2023	11	48.1	2	289	177	7	3/4	25.28	3.67	41.28	-	-	-
MVT Fernando (SL)	2024-2024	2	48.3	3	291	205	7	3/40	29.28	4.22	41.57	-	-	-
J Yadav (IND)	2016-2021	4	97.3	21	585	328	14	4/49	23.42	3.36	41.78	1	-	-
Noman Ali (PAK)	2022-2024	4	188.5	16	1133	626	27	8/46	23.18	3.31	41.96	1	2	1
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2022	19	623.0	111	3738	2315	89	7/112	26.01	3.71	42.00	4	5	1
GA Kempis (SA)	1889-1889	1	42.0	17	168	76	4	3/53	19.00	2.71	42.00	-	-	-
JH Parks (ENG)	1937-1937	1	21.0	9	126	36	3	2/26	12.00	1.71	42.00	-	-	-
Sarandeep Singh (IND)	2001-2001	1	21.0	5	126	54	3	3/54	18.00	2.57	42.00	-	-	-
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	1	21.0	2	126	78	3	3/40	26.00	3.71	42.00	-	-	-

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-24, 2025 [Test # 2603 - Live]
>> 212/4 (74.4 ov, Saud Shakeel 27*, Mohammad Rizwan 0*, M Jansen 0/25)

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe at Harare, Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Only Test, Oct 20-24, 2025 [Test # 2604 - Live]
>> 113/5 (25.4 ov, Ismat Alam 7*, Bahir Shah 12*, B Muzarabani 1/37)

Pakistan vs South Africa at Lahore, South Africa in Pakistan 1st Test, Oct 12-15, 2025 [Test # 2602]