Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Oxford University vs other countries FC+LA+T20s 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
JM Lee (CambU)	1846-1848	3	-	-	-	-	20	6/?	-	-	-	2	1	1
GP Ottey (CambU)	1844-1847	4	0.0+	0	0+	0	20	6/?	-	-	0.00	1	1	1
ST Clissold (CambU/MCC)	1844-1848	4	0.0+	0	0+	0	11	6/?	-	-	0.00	0	1	0
CF Walters (WOR)	1933-1933	1	0.2	0	2	4	1	1/4	4.00	12.00	2.00	0	0	0
MA Buss (SUS)	1975-1975	1	1.0	1	6	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	6.00	0	0	0
GL Wilson (MCC)	1893-1893	1	2.4	1	14	4	2	2/4	2.00	1.71	7.00	0	0	0
R Illingworth (LEI/YOR)	1956-1973	2	3.0	2	18	1	2	2/1	0.50	0.33	9.00	0	0	0
RHJ Brooke ()	1933-1933	1	4.5	0	29	11	3	3/11	3.66	2.27	9.66	0	0	0
F Morley (MCC)	1877-1877	1	33.1	27	133	14	13	7/6	1.07	0.63	10.23	0	2	1
RO Clayton (MCC)	1877-1877	1	11.0	5	44	26	4	4/26	6.50	3.54	11.00	1	0	0
RG Twose (WAR)	1993-1993	1	6.0	0	36	34	3	3/34	11.33	5.66	12.00	0	0	0
A Melville (SUS)	1935-1935	1	2.0	0	12	10	1	1/10	10.00	5.00	12.00	0	0	0
LF Outschoorn (WOR)	1956-1956	1	2.0	0	12	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.50	12.00	0	0	0
VA Holder (WOR)	1973-1973	1	6.2	3	38	8	3	3/8	2.66	1.26	12.66	0	0	0
NM McVicker (WAR)	1973-1973	1	11.0	0	66	32	5	5/32	6.40	2.90	13.20	0	1	0
JH Wardle (YOR)	1956-1956	1	20.3	6	123	41	9	5/18	4.55	2.00	13.66	1	1	0
N Gifford (WOR)	1973-1973	1	7.0	2	42	17	3	3/17	5.66	2.42	14.00	0	0	0
EM Reynolds (CambU)	1853-1854	2	7.0+	2	28+	10	3	2/10	5.00*	2.14*	14.00	0	0	0
HT Barling (SUR)	1933-1935	2	7.2	0	44	46	3	3/46	15.33	6.27	14.66	0	0	0
HR Bromley-Davenport (CambU)	1893-1893	1	15.0	9	75	11	5	3/2	2.20	0.88	15.00	0	0	0
HN Kent ()	1922-1922	1	5.0	1	30	26	2	2/14	13.00	5.20	15.00	0	0	0
AEE Vogler (SA)	1907-1907	1	5.0	2	30	10	2	2/10	5.00	2.00	15.00	0	0	0
RO Schwarz (SA)	1904-1907	2	31.1	8	187	73	12	7/41	6.08	2.34	15.58	0	2	0
WR Hillyer (MCC)	1840-1849	9	88.0+	-	352+	-	73	8/?	-	-	16.00	5	7	3
CT Spencer (LEI)	1973-1973	1	11.0	4	66	20	4	4/20	5.00	1.81	16.50	1	0	0
EC Streatfeild (CambU)	1893-1893	1	13.2	5	67	19	4	2/9	4.75	1.70	16.75	0	0	0
FW Lillywhite (MCC)	1832-1850	10	89.3+	-	359+	-	76	7/?	-	-	17.09	2	10	4
JD Tyldesley (LAN)	1922-1922	1	11.4	1	70	51	4	2/12	12.75	4.37	17.50	0	0	0
RB Lagden (CambU)	1912-1912	1	3.0	2	18	1	1	1/1	1.00	0.33	18.00	0	0	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1948-1953	2	3.0	2	18	6	1	1/6	6.00	2.00	18.00	0	0	0
GE Tyldesley (LAN)	1922-1935	3	3.0	1	18	3	1	1/3	3.00	1.00	18.00	0	0	0
WPC Weston (WOR)	1993-1993	1	3.0	0	18	13	1	1/13	13.00	4.33	18.00	0	0	0
T Nixon (MCC)	1851-1855	6	70.0+	11	280+	132	37	6/48	8.80*	2.82*	18.66	2	3	1
KR Miller (AUS)	1953-1953	1	15.4	5	94	27	5	3/19	5.40	1.72	18.80	0	0	0
JH Sinclair (SA)	1904-1907	2	31.5	7	191	111	10	8/69	11.10	3.48	19.10	0	1	1
EE Ward (CambU)	1870-1870	1	48.0	24	192	62	9	6/29	6.88	1.93	21.33	0	1	0
JH Cornford (SUS)	1933-1933	1	28.3	11	171	35	8	5/13	4.37	1.22	21.37	0	1	0
AS Kennedy (HAM)	1922-1922	1	46.2	13	278	106	13	7/73	8.15	2.28	21.38	0	2	1
H Royston (MCC)	1844-1857	4	54.2+	15	218+	104	19	5/?	10.40*	2.86*	21.80	2	1	0
BC Hall (WOR)	1956-1956	1	11.0	2	66	18	3	2/11	6.00	1.63	22.00	0	0	0
A Sandham (SUR)	1919-1935	3	11.0	3	66	27	3	3/27	9.00	2.45	22.00	0	0	0
HP Miles ()	1935-1935	1	7.2	2	44	26	2	2/26	13.00	3.54	22.00	0	0	0
EW Blore (CambU)	1848-1851	4	46.0+	-	184+	-	31	5/?	-	-	23.00	6	1	0
FC Cobden (CambU)	1870-1870	1	46.0	16	184	76	8	4/35	9.50	2.47	23.00	2	0	0
LO Fleetwood-Smith (AUS)	1938-1938	1	34.5	14	209	59	9	5/28	6.55	1.69	23.22	1	1	0
ER Remnant (HAM)	1922-1922	1	15.3	3	93	41	4	3/16	10.25	2.64	23.25	0	0	0
AD Baxter (/MCC)	1935-1935	3	78.3	18	471	172	20	7/33	8.60	2.19	23.55	1	2	1
WE Astill (LEI)	1922-1935	2	39.2	10	236	107	10	5/16	10.70	2.72	23.60	0	1	0
J Ellis (LAN)	1893-1893	1	23.4	8	119	41	5	4/13	8.20	2.06	23.80	1	0	0
DJ Foster (GLA)	1992-1992	1	20.0	2	120	83	5	4/73	16.60	4.15	24.00	1	0	0
RA Shaddick ()	1952-1952	1	20.0	3	120	58	5	5/34	11.60	2.90	24.00	0	1	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1963-1963	1	16.0	3	96	37	4	4/34	9.25	2.31	24.00	1	0	0
CB Williams (WI)	1950-1950	1	12.0	0	72	45	3	3/45	15.00	3.75	24.00	0	0	0
HRW Butterworth ()	1935-1935	1	8.0	1	48	43	2	2/43	21.50	5.37	24.00	0	0	0
CP Phillipson (SUS)	1976-1976	1	8.0	2	48	22	2	1/1	11.00	2.75	24.00	0	0	0
JED Sealy (WI)	1939-1939	1	6.0	0	48	28	2	2/28	14.00	3.50	24.00	0	0	0
MB Abington (CambU)	1992-1992	1	4.0	1	24	9	1	1/2	9.00	2.25	24.00	0	0	0
LRV Prentice ()	1922-1922	1	4.0	0	24	12	1	1/3	12.00	3.00	24.00	0	0	0
MJL Willard (CambU)	1959-1959	1	4.0	2	24	3	1	1/3	3.00	0.75	24.00	0	0	0
A Payne (MCC)	1857-1857	1	31.0	4	124	69	5	5/69	13.80	3.33	24.80	0	1	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1953-1953	1	25.1	9	151	57	6	3/20	9.50	2.26	25.16	0	0	0
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1964-1964	1	21.0	11	126	31	5	3/25	6.20	1.47	25.20	0	0	0
JA Snow (SUS)	1975-1975	1	21.1	8	127	48	5	4/10	9.60	2.26	25.40	1	0	0
DM Ritchie ()	1922-1922	1	17.0	1	102	91	4	3/44	22.75	5.35	25.50	0	0	0
FS Trueman (YOR)	1956-1956	1	17.0	4	102	48	4	3/43	12.00	2.82	25.50	0	0	0
AJ Richardson (AUS)	1926-1926	1	47.2	23	284	64	11	6/28	5.81	1.35	25.81	0	2	1
J Makinson (CambU)	1856-1857	2	117.3	57	471	143	18	7/38	7.94	1.82	26.16	0	2	1
JC Vitali (CambU)	2019-2020	2	52.5	11	317	150	12	6/34	12.50	2.83	26.41	1	1	1
J Dean (MCC)	1838-1857	14	86.0+	29	344+	128	96	8/?	12.80*	2.23*	26.46	6	9	3
EJ Tyler (SOM)	1893-1893	1	59.0	23	295	119	11	6/57	10.81	2.42	26.81	0	2	1
MG Melle (SA)	1951-1951	1	22.4	8	136	53	5	5/37	10.60	2.33	27.20	0	1	0
J Spencer (SUS)	1975-1976	2	68.3	22	411	134	15	5/49	8.93	1.95	27.40	1	1	0
RJ Hurst (MID)	1956-1956	1	42.0	12	252	93	9	8/65	10.33	2.21	28.00	0	1	0
WE Bowes (MCC)	1933-1933	1	28.0	7	168	52	6	6/41	8.66	1.85	28.00	0	1	0
GOB Allen (/CambU)	1922-1952	2	42.1	21	253	78	9	5/60	8.66	1.84	28.11	1	1	0
MB Burrows (/Army)	1922-1922	2	61.0	12	366	222	13	4/24	17.07	3.63	28.15	2	0	0
RG Marlar (SUS)	1956-1956	1	38.0	9	228	146	8	7/72	18.25	3.84	28.50	0	1	0
MJ Horton (WOR)	1956-1956	1	38.1	8	229	138	8	4/19	17.25	3.61	28.62	2	0	0
AF Wensley (SUS)	1935-1935	1	33.5	6	203	72	7	5/45	10.28	2.12	29.00	0	1	0
G Hodgson (LAN)	1933-1933	1	19.2	5	116	52	4	4/52	13.00	2.68	29.00	1	0	0
MA Crawley (NOT)	1992-1993	2	39.1	9	235	117	8	3/18	14.62	2.98	29.37	0	0	0
JLS Vidler (/SUS)	1919-1919	2	39.3	10	237	102	8	5/33	12.75	2.58	29.62	0	1	0
Intikhab Alam ()	1963-1963	1	35.0	10	210	90	7	4/43	12.85	2.57	30.00	1	0	0
MJ Cowan (YOR)	1956-1956	1	20.0	6	120	51	4	2/17	12.75	2.55	30.00	0	0	0
KJ Poole (NOT)	1956-1956	1	20.0	6	120	36	4	2/10	9.00	1.80	30.00	0	0	0
Saeed Ahmed (Pak)	1971-1971	1	20.0	6	120	38	4	4/38	9.50	1.90	30.00	1	0	0
AN Connolly (AUS)	1964-1964	1	15.0	2	90	43	3	2/37	14.33	2.86	30.00	0	0	0
WV Rodriguez (WI)	1963-1963	1	15.0	1	90	49	3	2/19	16.33	3.26	30.00	0	0	0
M Leyland (YOR)	1935-1935	1	10.0	1	60	48	2	2/34	24.00	4.80	30.00	0	0	0
AM Hooper (CambU)	1992-1992	1	5.0	2	30	5	1	1/5	5.00	1.00	30.00	0	0	0
TA Munton (WAR)	1993-1993	1	5.0	3	30	6	1	1/6	6.00	1.20	30.00	0	0	0
RPT Marshall (SUS)	1975-1976	2	40.2	9	242	96	8	3/48	12.00	2.38	30.25	0	0	0
LJ Coldwell (WOR)	1956-1956	1	20.1	8	121	57	4	3/33	14.25	2.82	30.25	0	0	0
J Grundy (MCC)	1852-1857	7	174.0+	52	696+	246	50	7/?	10.69*	2.12*	30.26	2	5	1
G Giffen (AUS)	1882-1896	3	-	45	697	344	23	8/98	14.95	2.96	30.30	0	2	1
EA Bedser (SUR)	1956-1956	1	45.4	9	274	115	9	5/55	12.77	2.51	30.44	1	1	0
WW Hall (WI)	1963-1963	1	31.0	9	186	63	6	4/27	10.50	2.03	31.00	1	0	0
P Willey (NOR)	1973-1973	1	10.2	2	62	43	2	2/43	21.50	4.16	31.00	0	0	0
MR Davis (SOM)	1984-1984	1	36.2	7	218	137	7	6/82	19.57	3.77	31.14	0	1	0
JH Cameron (CambU/WI)	1935-1939	2	-	8	443	176	14	7/73	12.57	2.38	31.64	0	1	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:

Lions vs Warriors at Gqeberha, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 23rd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 297/8 (94.0 ov, BC Fortuin 107*, L Sipamla 22*, K Mungroo 1/45) - Stumps

KwaZulu-Natal Inland vs Titans at Pietermaritzburg, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 24th Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 240/5 (82.0 ov, SM Gilson 48*, MG Urquhart 22*, Tsepo Ndwandwa 1/50) - Stumps

Western Province vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 22nd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 401/5 (98.0 ov, K Verreynne 136*, KI Simmonds 85*, A Mnyaka 0/43) - Stumps