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
G Pullar (ENG)	1960-1960	5	1.0	0	6	1	1	1/1	1.00	1.00	6.00	0	0	0
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2010	49	1.2	0	8	6	1	1/6	6.00	4.50	8.00	0	0	0
RM Poore (SA)	1896-1896	3	1.4	0	9	4	1	1/4	4.00	2.66	9.00	0	0	0
CB Lambert (WI)	1991-1998	3	1.4	0	10	5	1	1/4	5.00	3.00	10.00	0	0	0
J Benaud (AUS)	1973-1973	1	4.0	1	24	12	2	2/12	6.00	3.00	12.00	0	0	0
PC Charlton (AUS)	1890-1890	2	9.0	1	45	24	3	3/18	8.00	3.20	15.00	0	0	0
WH Moule (AUS)	1880-1880	1	12.3	4	51	23	3	3/23	7.66	2.70	17.00	0	0	0
PD Lashley (WI)	1966-1966	2	3.0	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.00	0	0	0
W Madhevere (ZIM)	2025-2025	1	3.0	0	18	34	1	1/34	34.00	11.33	18.00	0	0	0
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1935	13	3.1	1	19	7	1	1/7	7.00	2.21	19.00	0	0	0
MG Melle (SA)	1951-1951	1	13.0	6	78	17	4	4/9	4.25	1.30	19.50	1	0	0
AW Powell (SA)	1899-1899	1	4.0	1	20	10	1	1/10	10.00	3.00	20.00	0	0	0
CS Marriott (ENG)	1933-1933	1	41.1	8	247	96	11	6/59	8.72	2.33	22.45	0	2	1
NO Norton (SA)	1910-1910	1	15.0	4	90	47	4	4/47	11.75	3.13	22.50	1	0	0
JR Hodges (AUS)	1877-1877	2	34.0	9	136	84	6	2/7	14.00	3.70	22.66	0	0	0
RWG Emery (NZ)	1952-1952	2	7.4	0	46	52	2	2/52	26.00	6.78	23.00	0	0	0
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	1	27.0	16	162	31	7	5/18	4.42	1.14	23.14	0	1	0
CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1954	5	4.0	2	24	16	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	24.00	0	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1983	15	4.0	2	24	7	1	1/6	7.00	1.75	24.00	0	0	0
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2024	3	88.5	13	533	357	22	7/45	16.22	4.01	24.22	1	2	1
WH Ashley (SA)	1889-1889	1	43.1	18	173	95	7	7/95	13.57	3.29	24.71	0	1	0
Elias Sunny (BAN)	2011-2011	1	29.0	0	174	128	7	6/94	18.28	4.41	24.85	0	1	0
RP Snell (SA)	1992-1992	1	34.0	4	204	157	8	4/74	19.62	4.61	25.50	2	0	0
A Rose-Innes (SA)	1889-1889	2	32.0	8	128	89	5	5/43	17.80	4.17	25.60	0	1	0
Iftikhar Ahmed (PAK)	2016-2016	1	4.2	1	26	13	1	1/1	13.00	3.00	26.00	0	0	0
G Coetzee (SA)	2023-2023	2	40.0	6	240	143	9	3/37	15.88	3.57	26.66	0	0	0
PJ Loader (ENG)	1957-1957	2	44.3	17	267	100	10	6/36	10.00	2.24	26.70	0	1	0
TJ Murtagh (IRE)	2019-2019	1	27.0	5	162	65	6	5/13	10.83	2.40	27.00	0	1	0
Nahid Rana (BAN)	2024-2024	1	27.0	3	162	93	6	5/61	15.50	3.44	27.00	0	1	0
GH Vihari (IND)	2018-2022	4	13.3	1	81	48	3	3/37	16.00	3.55	27.00	0	0	0
Sajid Khan (PAK)	2024-2025	4	155.5	15	935	656	34	7/111	19.29	4.20	27.50	3	3	1
JP Faulkner (AUS)	2013-2013	1	27.4	4	166	98	6	4/51	16.33	3.54	27.66	1	0	0
M Jansen (SA)	2022-2023	3	55.3	8	333	215	12	5/35	17.91	3.87	27.75	0	1	0
J Blackwood (WI)	2015-2022	12	4.4	2	28	20	1	1/4	20.00	4.28	28.00	0	0	0
James Langridge (ENG)	1933-1933	2	33.0	6	198	102	7	7/56	14.57	3.09	28.28	0	1	0
Noman Ali (PAK)	2021-2025	6	206.0	24	1236	696	43	8/46	16.18	3.37	28.74	2	4	2
TS Roland-Jones (ENG)	2017-2017	2	34.4	11	208	112	7	2/18	16.00	3.23	29.71	0	0	0
WB Rankin (IRE)	2019-2019	1	20.0	2	120	91	4	2/5	22.75	4.55	30.00	0	0	0
KAR Hodge (WI)	2024-2024	3	10.0	0	60	44	2	2/44	22.00	4.40	30.00	0	0	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1993-1993	1	10.0	2	60	27	2	2/27	13.50	2.70	30.00	0	0	0
Kashif Ali (PAK)	2025-2025	1	10.0	2	60	39	2	1/16	19.50	3.90	30.00	0	0	0
F Kuys (SA)	1899-1899	1	12.0	4	60	31	2	2/31	15.50	3.10	30.00	0	0	0
AW Seccull (SA)	1896-1896	1	12.0	2	60	37	2	2/37	18.50	3.70	30.00	0	0	0
WV Raman (IND)	1988-1989	2	5.0	1	30	12	1	1/7	12.00	2.40	30.00	0	0	0
BJ Sealey (WI)	1933-1933	1	5.0	1	30	10	1	1/10	10.00	2.00	30.00	0	0	0
BM Tickner (NZ)	2023-2025	2	41.0	3	246	159	8	4/32	19.87	3.87	30.75	1	0	0
Amir Hamza (AFG)	2019-2019	1	30.5	5	185	79	6	5/74	13.16	2.56	30.83	0	1	0
F Hearne (SA)	1892-1896	4	12.2	0	62	40	2	2/40	20.00	3.87	31.00	0	0	0
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	1	31.4	5	190	105	6	3/44	17.50	3.31	31.66	0	0	0
CJ Eady (AUS)	1896-1902	2	-	14	223	112	7	3/30	16.00	3.01	31.85	0	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1992	13	16.0	3	96	38	3	2/8	12.66	2.37	32.00	0	0	0
G Onions (ENG)	2009-2012	3	75.0	16	450	288	14	5/38	20.57	3.84	32.14	1	1	0
TD Astle (NZ)	2018-2018	1	16.1	5	97	39	3	3/39	13.00	2.41	32.33	0	0	0
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2018-2018	1	38.0	1	228	171	7	5/95	24.42	4.50	32.57	0	1	0
CAK Rajitha (SL)	2018-2018	2	60.0	11	360	160	11	3/20	14.54	2.66	32.72	0	0	0
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	5	174.4	31	1048	492	32	6/38	15.37	2.81	32.75	1	4	1
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1997-1997	2	54.4	5	328	222	10	5/41	22.20	4.06	32.80	0	1	0
T Murphy (AUS)	2023-2023	2	38.2	0	230	181	7	4/110	25.85	4.72	32.85	1	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1991-1993	2	11.0	4	66	19	2	2/7	9.50	1.72	33.00	0	0	0
W Jaffer (IND)	2002-2007	15	11.0	3	66	18	2	2/18	9.00	1.63	33.00	0	0	0
WD Parnell (SA)	2010-2010	1	11.0	1	66	35	2	2/17	17.50	3.18	33.00	0	0	0
TAM Siriwardana (SL)	2015-2016	3	55.2	6	332	196	10	3/25	19.60	3.54	33.20	0	0	0
SR Thompson (IRE)	2019-2019	1	16.5	1	101	74	3	3/44	24.66	4.39	33.66	0	0	0
TP Horan (AUS)	1877-1885	15	93.1	45	373	143	11	6/40	13.00	2.30	33.90	0	1	0
J Botha (SA)	2010-2010	1	39.5	7	239	102	7	4/56	14.57	2.56	34.14	1	0	0
S Nazir Ali (IND)	1932-1934	2	23.0	1	138	83	4	4/83	20.75	3.60	34.50	1	0	0
RWV Robins (ENG)	1933-1933	2	63.4	5	382	220	11	6/32	20.00	3.45	34.72	0	1	0
WH Copson (ENG)	1939-1939	2	52.4	7	420	185	12	5/85	15.41	2.64	35.00	1	1	0
Taskin Ahmed (BAN)	2024-2024	2	64.1	11	385	205	11	6/64	18.63	3.19	35.00	0	1	0
LF Townsend (ENG)	1930-1930	1	23.3	8	141	73	4	2/25	18.25	3.10	35.25	0	0	0
MG Neser (AUS)	2021-2026	5	129.4	20	778	416	22	5/42	18.90	3.20	35.36	2	1	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-2001	6	77.0	23	462	159	13	4/18	12.23	2.06	35.53	1	0	0
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2018-2024	5	166.5	21	1001	610	28	4/21	21.78	3.65	35.75	4	0	0
A Ward (ENG)	1976-1976	1	24.0	2	144	128	4	2/25	32.00	5.33	36.00	0	0	0
Tanvir Ahmed (PAK)	2011-2011	1	12.0	1	72	32	2	1/10	16.00	2.66	36.00	0	0	0
Alimuddin (PAK)	1954-1962	14	6.0	0	36	51	1	1/17	51.00	8.50	36.00	0	0	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	1992-2006	22	6.0	2	36	23	1	1/0	23.00	3.83	36.00	0	0	0
Zahid Mahmood (PAK)	2022-2024	4	78.3	4	471	505	13	4/235	38.84	6.43	36.23	1	0	0
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	10	255.0	36	1530	977	42	5/36	23.26	3.83	36.42	1	2	0
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2024	18	596.3	119	3579	2111	97	7/112	21.76	3.53	36.89	3	6	1
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2017	2	43.2	8	260	193	7	3/38	27.57	4.45	37.14	0	0	0
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2005-2005	3	111.3	21	669	334	18	4/54	18.55	2.99	37.16	3	0	0
VWC Jupp (ENG)	1928-1928	2	56.0	18	336	142	9	4/37	15.77	2.53	37.33	1	0	0
GTS Stevens (ENG)	1930-1930	2	68.4	9	412	241	11	5/90	21.90	3.50	37.45	0	2	1
Khaled Ahmed (BAN)	2022-2022	2	62.3	7	375	196	10	5/106	19.60	3.13	37.50	0	1	0
MJ Nicholson (AUS)	1998-1998	1	25.0	4	150	115	4	3/56	28.75	4.60	37.50	0	0	0
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2018-2025	10	271.4	32	1630	951	43	5/57	22.11	3.50	37.90	1	3	0
AP Freeman (ENG)	1928-1928	3	140.0	50	840	302	22	5/39	13.72	2.15	38.18	2	2	1
BJ Webster (AUS)	2025-2026	4	51.0	9	306	165	8	3/64	20.62	3.23	38.25	0	0	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2002-2006	4	127.4	28	766	429	20	5/69	21.45	3.36	38.30	0	3	0
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2000	9	294.1	61	1765	906	46	7/43	19.69	3.07	38.36	5	1	0
HH Pandya (IND)	2018-2018	4	64.1	7	385	247	10	5/28	24.70	3.84	38.50	0	1	0
BE Hendricks (SA)	2020-2020	1	38.3	5	231	175	6	5/64	29.16	4.54	38.50	0	1	0
AM Fernando (SL)	2021-2024	5	123.0	8	738	494	19	5/102	26.00	4.01	38.84	1	1	0
NW Bracken (AUS)	2005-2005	1	26.0	7	156	71	4	4/48	17.75	2.73	39.00	1	0	0
Zahir Khan (AFG)	2019-2019	1	13.0	2	78	53	2	2/53	26.50	4.07	39.00	0	0	0
LJ Nash (AUS)	1937-1937	1	24.5	2	197	104	5	4/70	20.80	3.16	39.40	1	0	0
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1899	4	181.3	57	908	371	23	5/51	16.13	2.45	39.47	2	2	0
WH Milton (SA)	1889-1892	3	-	5	79	48	2	1/5	24.00	3.64	39.50	0	0	0
GF Bissett (SA)	1927-1928	4	164.5	28	989	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	0

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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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]