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 |
| 1960-1960 | 5 | 1.0 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1998-2010 | 49 | 1.2 | - | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1/6 | 6.00 | 4.50 | 8.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1896-1896 | 3 | 1.4 | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1/4 | 4.00 | 2.66 | 9.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1991-1998 | 3 | 1.4 | - | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1/4 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 10.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1973-1973 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2/12 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 12.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1890-1890 | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 3/18 | 8.00 | 3.20 | 15.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1880-1880 | 1 | 12.3 | 4 | 51 | 23 | 3 | 3/23 | 7.66 | 2.70 | 17.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1966-1966 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1.00 | 0.33 | 18.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2025-2025 | 1 | 3.0 | - | 18 | 34 | 1 | 1/34 | 34.00 | 11.33 | 18.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1928-1935 | 13 | 3.1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1/7 | 7.00 | 2.21 | 19.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1951-1951 | 1 | 13.0 | 6 | 78 | 17 | 4 | 4/9 | 4.25 | 1.30 | 19.50 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1899-1899 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1/10 | 10.00 | 3.00 | 20.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1933-1933 | 1 | 41.1 | 8 | 247 | 96 | 11 | 6/59 | 8.72 | 2.33 | 22.45 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 1910-1910 | 1 | 15.0 | 4 | 90 | 47 | 4 | 4/47 | 11.75 | 3.13 | 22.50 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1877-1877 | 2 | 34.0 | 9 | 136 | 84 | 6 | 2/7 | 14.00 | 3.70 | 22.66 | - | - | - | |
| 1952-1952 | 2 | 7.4 | - | 46 | 52 | 2 | 2/52 | 26.00 | 6.78 | 23.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2022-2022 | 1 | 27.0 | 16 | 162 | 31 | 7 | 5/18 | 4.42 | 1.14 | 23.14 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1954-1954 | 5 | 4.0 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1/16 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 24.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1979-1983 | 15 | 4.0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1/6 | 7.00 | 1.75 | 24.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2024-2024 | 3 | 88.5 | 13 | 533 | 357 | 22 | 7/45 | 16.22 | 4.01 | 24.22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1889-1889 | 1 | 43.1 | 18 | 173 | 95 | 7 | 7/95 | 13.57 | 3.29 | 24.71 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2011-2011 | 1 | 29.0 | - | 174 | 128 | 7 | 6/94 | 18.28 | 4.41 | 24.85 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1992-1992 | 1 | 34.0 | 4 | 204 | 157 | 8 | 4/74 | 19.62 | 4.61 | 25.50 | 2 | - | - | |
| 1889-1889 | 2 | 32.0 | 8 | 128 | 89 | 5 | 5/43 | 17.80 | 4.17 | 25.60 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2016-2016 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1/1 | 13.00 | 3.00 | 26.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2023-2023 | 2 | 40.0 | 6 | 240 | 143 | 9 | 3/37 | 15.88 | 3.57 | 26.66 | - | - | - | |
| 1957-1957 | 2 | 44.3 | 17 | 267 | 100 | 10 | 6/36 | 10.00 | 2.24 | 26.70 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2019-2019 | 1 | 27.0 | 5 | 162 | 65 | 6 | 5/13 | 10.83 | 2.40 | 27.00 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2024-2024 | 1 | 27.0 | 3 | 162 | 93 | 6 | 5/61 | 15.50 | 3.44 | 27.00 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2018-2022 | 4 | 13.3 | 1 | 81 | 48 | 3 | 3/37 | 16.00 | 3.55 | 27.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2024-2025 | 4 | 155.5 | 15 | 935 | 656 | 34 | 7/111 | 19.29 | 4.20 | 27.50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2013-2013 | 1 | 27.4 | 4 | 166 | 98 | 6 | 4/51 | 16.33 | 3.54 | 27.66 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2022-2023 | 3 | 55.3 | 8 | 333 | 215 | 12 | 5/35 | 17.91 | 3.87 | 27.75 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2015-2022 | 12 | 4.4 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 1/4 | 20.00 | 4.28 | 28.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1933-1933 | 2 | 33.0 | 6 | 198 | 102 | 7 | 7/56 | 14.57 | 3.09 | 28.28 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2021-2025 | 6 | 206.0 | 24 | 1236 | 696 | 43 | 8/46 | 16.18 | 3.37 | 28.74 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2017-2017 | 2 | 34.4 | 11 | 208 | 112 | 7 | 2/18 | 16.00 | 3.23 | 29.71 | - | - | - | |
| 2019-2019 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 120 | 91 | 4 | 2/5 | 22.75 | 4.55 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2024-2024 | 3 | 10.0 | - | 60 | 44 | 2 | 2/44 | 22.00 | 4.40 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1993-1993 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 60 | 27 | 2 | 2/27 | 13.50 | 2.70 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2025-2025 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 60 | 39 | 2 | 1/16 | 19.50 | 3.90 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1899-1899 | 1 | 12.0 | 4 | 60 | 31 | 2 | 2/31 | 15.50 | 3.10 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1896-1896 | 1 | 12.0 | 2 | 60 | 37 | 2 | 2/37 | 18.50 | 3.70 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1988-1989 | 2 | 5.0 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1/7 | 12.00 | 2.40 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1933-1933 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1/10 | 10.00 | 2.00 | 30.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2023-2025 | 2 | 41.0 | 3 | 246 | 159 | 8 | 4/32 | 19.87 | 3.87 | 30.75 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2019-2019 | 1 | 30.5 | 5 | 185 | 79 | 6 | 5/74 | 13.16 | 2.56 | 30.83 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1892-1896 | 4 | 12.2 | - | 62 | 40 | 2 | 2/40 | 20.00 | 3.87 | 31.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2002-2002 | 1 | 31.4 | 5 | 190 | 105 | 6 | 3/44 | 17.50 | 3.31 | 31.66 | - | - | - | |
| 1896-1902 | 2 | - | 14 | 223 | 112 | 7 | 3/30 | 16.00 | 3.01 | 31.85 | - | - | - | |
| 1984-1992 | 13 | 16.0 | 3 | 96 | 38 | 3 | 2/8 | 12.66 | 2.37 | 32.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2009-2012 | 3 | 75.0 | 16 | 450 | 288 | 14 | 5/38 | 20.57 | 3.84 | 32.14 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 2018-2018 | 1 | 16.1 | 5 | 97 | 39 | 3 | 3/39 | 13.00 | 2.41 | 32.33 | - | - | - | |
| 2018-2018 | 1 | 38.0 | 1 | 228 | 171 | 7 | 5/95 | 24.42 | 4.50 | 32.57 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2018-2018 | 2 | 60.0 | 11 | 360 | 160 | 11 | 3/20 | 14.54 | 2.66 | 32.72 | - | - | - | |
| 2021-2024 | 5 | 174.4 | 31 | 1048 | 492 | 32 | 6/38 | 15.37 | 2.81 | 32.75 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1997-1997 | 2 | 54.4 | 5 | 328 | 222 | 10 | 5/41 | 22.20 | 4.06 | 32.80 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2023-2023 | 2 | 38.2 | - | 230 | 181 | 7 | 4/110 | 25.85 | 4.72 | 32.85 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1991-1993 | 2 | 11.0 | 4 | 66 | 19 | 2 | 2/7 | 9.50 | 1.72 | 33.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2002-2007 | 15 | 11.0 | 3 | 66 | 18 | 2 | 2/18 | 9.00 | 1.63 | 33.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2010-2010 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 66 | 35 | 2 | 2/17 | 17.50 | 3.18 | 33.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2015-2016 | 3 | 55.2 | 6 | 332 | 196 | 10 | 3/25 | 19.60 | 3.54 | 33.20 | - | - | - | |
| 2019-2019 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 101 | 74 | 3 | 3/44 | 24.66 | 4.39 | 33.66 | - | - | - | |
| 1877-1885 | 15 | 93.1 | 45 | 373 | 143 | 11 | 6/40 | 13.00 | 2.30 | 33.90 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2010-2010 | 1 | 39.5 | 7 | 239 | 102 | 7 | 4/56 | 14.57 | 2.56 | 34.14 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1932-1934 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 138 | 83 | 4 | 4/83 | 20.75 | 3.60 | 34.50 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1933-1933 | 2 | 63.4 | 5 | 382 | 220 | 11 | 6/32 | 20.00 | 3.45 | 34.72 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1939-1939 | 2 | 52.4 | 7 | 420 | 185 | 12 | 5/85 | 15.41 | 2.64 | 35.00 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 2024-2024 | 2 | 64.1 | 11 | 385 | 205 | 11 | 6/64 | 18.63 | 3.19 | 35.00 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1930-1930 | 1 | 23.3 | 8 | 141 | 73 | 4 | 2/25 | 18.25 | 3.10 | 35.25 | - | - | - | |
| 2021-2026 | 5 | 129.4 | 20 | 778 | 416 | 22 | 5/42 | 18.90 | 3.20 | 35.36 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 1996-2001 | 6 | 77.0 | 23 | 462 | 159 | 13 | 4/18 | 12.23 | 2.06 | 35.53 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2018-2024 | 5 | 166.5 | 21 | 1001 | 610 | 28 | 4/21 | 21.78 | 3.65 | 35.75 | 4 | - | - | |
| 1976-1976 | 1 | 24.0 | 2 | 144 | 128 | 4 | 2/25 | 32.00 | 5.33 | 36.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2011-2011 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 72 | 32 | 2 | 1/10 | 16.00 | 2.66 | 36.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1954-1962 | 14 | 6.0 | - | 36 | 51 | 1 | 1/17 | 51.00 | 8.50 | 36.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1992-2006 | 22 | 6.0 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 1/0 | 23.00 | 3.83 | 36.00 | - | - | - | |
| 2022-2024 | 4 | 78.3 | 4 | 471 | 505 | 13 | 4/235 | 38.84 | 6.43 | 36.23 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2019-2023 | 10 | 255.0 | 36 | 1530 | 977 | 42 | 5/36 | 23.26 | 3.83 | 36.42 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 2016-2024 | 18 | 596.3 | 119 | 3579 | 2111 | 97 | 7/112 | 21.76 | 3.53 | 36.89 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2017-2017 | 2 | 43.2 | 8 | 260 | 193 | 7 | 3/38 | 27.57 | 4.45 | 37.14 | - | - | - | |
| 2005-2005 | 3 | 111.3 | 21 | 669 | 334 | 18 | 4/54 | 18.55 | 2.99 | 37.16 | 3 | - | - | |
| 1928-1928 | 2 | 56.0 | 18 | 336 | 142 | 9 | 4/37 | 15.77 | 2.53 | 37.33 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1930-1930 | 2 | 68.4 | 9 | 412 | 241 | 11 | 5/90 | 21.90 | 3.50 | 37.45 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022-2022 | 2 | 62.3 | 7 | 375 | 196 | 10 | 5/106 | 19.60 | 3.13 | 37.50 | - | 1 | - | |
| 1998-1998 | 1 | 25.0 | 4 | 150 | 115 | 4 | 3/56 | 28.75 | 4.60 | 37.50 | - | - | - | |
| 2018-2025 | 10 | 271.4 | 32 | 1630 | 951 | 43 | 5/57 | 22.11 | 3.50 | 37.90 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| 1928-1928 | 3 | 140.0 | 50 | 840 | 302 | 22 | 5/39 | 13.72 | 2.15 | 38.18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2025-2026 | 4 | 51.0 | 9 | 306 | 165 | 8 | 3/64 | 20.62 | 3.23 | 38.25 | - | - | - | |
| 2002-2006 | 4 | 127.4 | 28 | 766 | 429 | 20 | 5/69 | 21.45 | 3.36 | 38.30 | - | 3 | - | |
| 1995-2000 | 9 | 294.1 | 61 | 1765 | 906 | 46 | 7/43 | 19.69 | 3.07 | 38.36 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| 2018-2018 | 4 | 64.1 | 7 | 385 | 247 | 10 | 5/28 | 24.70 | 3.84 | 38.50 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2020-2020 | 1 | 38.3 | 5 | 231 | 175 | 6 | 5/64 | 29.16 | 4.54 | 38.50 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2021-2024 | 5 | 123.0 | 8 | 738 | 494 | 19 | 5/102 | 26.00 | 4.01 | 38.84 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 2005-2005 | 1 | 26.0 | 7 | 156 | 71 | 4 | 4/48 | 17.75 | 2.73 | 39.00 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2019-2019 | 1 | 13.0 | 2 | 78 | 53 | 2 | 2/53 | 26.50 | 4.07 | 39.00 | - | - | - | |
| 1937-1937 | 1 | 24.5 | 2 | 197 | 104 | 5 | 4/70 | 20.80 | 3.16 | 39.40 | 1 | - | - | |
| 1896-1899 | 4 | 181.3 | 57 | 908 | 371 | 23 | 5/51 | 16.13 | 2.45 | 39.47 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| 1889-1892 | 3 | - | 5 | 79 | 48 | 2 | 1/5 | 24.00 | 3.64 | 39.50 | - | - | - | |
| 1927-1928 | 4 | 164.5 | 28 | 989 | 469 | 25 | 7/29 | 18.76 | 2.84 | 39.56 | 2 | 2 | - |
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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 figuresPerformances 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]