Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Australia vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Best Strike Rate in an Innings

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
SCJ Broad	9.3	5	15	8	7.12	England	v Australia	Nottingham	6 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
BA Stokes	6.0	1	23	5	7.20	England	v Australia	Perth	21 Nov 2025	Test # 2608
JH Wardle	5.0	2	7	4	7.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
CA Walsh	5.1	1	14	4	7.75	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	8.40	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
FE Woolley	7.4	1	20	5	9.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	9.33	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	9 Nov 1984	Test # 997
W Rhodes	11.0	3	17	7	9.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
GOB Allen	6.0x8	0	36	5	9.60	England	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1936	Test # 255
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	2	21	5	9.60	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
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
JC White	6.3	2	7	4	9.75	England	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
R Peel	12.0x5	5	23	6	10.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
S Joseph	11.5	0	68	7	10.14	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2524
RA Jadeja	12.1	1	42	7	10.42	India	v Australia	Delhi	17 Feb 2023	Test # 2493
R Peel	10.2x4	3	14	4	10.50	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
JC Laker	16.4	4	37	9	11.11	England	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
W Rhodes	15.0	0	68	8	11.25	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
B Mitchell	7.3	0	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	11.37	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
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
RO Schwarz	11.4	0	47	6	11.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	3 Mar 1911	Test # 115
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
VD Philander	10.1	5	21	5	12.20	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
R Ashwin	12.4	4	41	6	12.66	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	4 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
W Voce	6.3x8	0	16	4	12.75	England	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Dec 1936	Test # 255
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	12.80	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	13.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
Harbhajan Singh	10.5	2	29	5	13.00	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
W Rhodes	15.2	3	56	7	13.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1904	Test # 79
IT Botham	11.0	3	21	5	13.20	England	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
H Dean	9.0	2	19	4	13.50	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
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
SJ Harmison	11.2	0	43	5	13.60	England	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
JC Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	13.60	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2025	Test # 2615
GA Lohmann	27.1x4	12	35	8	13.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	Test # 26
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	13.75	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
WE Bowes	11.3	3	55	5	13.80	England	v Australia	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
MA Wood	11.4	4	34	5	14.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 2023	Test # 2509
GA Lohmann	14.0x4	4	33	4	14.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
TE Bailey	7.0x8	2	22	4	14.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1950	Test # 327
FH Tyson	12.3x8	1	27	7	14.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
AR Caddick	11.5	1	50	5	14.20	England	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
AR Caddick	12.0	2	42	5	14.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
SCJ Broad	12.0	1	37	5	14.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931
R Ashwin	12.0	3	37	5	14.40	India	v Australia	Nagpur	9 Feb 2023	Test # 2490
AS Joseph	12.0	2	27	5	14.40	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	12 Jul 2025	Test # 2595
MH Mankad	9.4	1	49	4	14.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
J Briggs	14.3x5	5	34	5	14.60	England	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1893	Test # 40
H Larwood	14.4	4	32	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
P Lever	11.0x8	2	38	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
JM Anderson	14.4	2	47	6	14.66	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015	Test # 2173
AV Bedser	17.2	7	44	7	14.85	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	15.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
BJT Bosanquet	15.0	1	51	6	15.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1904	Test # 81
R Peel	18.3x4	9	18	5	15.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
SCJ Broad	10.0	2	43	4	15.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 2013	Test # 2094
W Bates	26.2x4	14	28	7	15.14	England	v Australia	Melbourne	19 Jan 1883	Test # 11
R Peel	26.2x4	17	31	7	15.14	England	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
GA Lohmann	19.0x4	13	17	5	15.20	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27
Mohammad Abbas	12.4	4	33	5	15.20	Pakistan	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018	Test # 2322
CEL Ambrose	10.1	1	20	4	15.25	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1995	Test # 1296
CEL Ambrose	18.0	9	25	7	15.42	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Jan 1993	Test # 1212
HMRKB Herath	18.1	3	64	7	15.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	15.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
FS Trueman	15.5	5	30	6	15.83	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
JJ Bumrah	15.5	4	33	6	15.83	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
AME Roberts	14.0x8	3	54	7	16.00	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
IR Bishop	16.0	4	40	6	16.00	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Jan 1993	Test # 1212
NGRP Jayasuriya	16.0	2	59	6	16.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	8 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
W Bates	20.0x4	10	24	5	16.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	20 Feb 1885	Test # 19
R Peel	16.0x4	4	37	4	16.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	30 Aug 1888	Test # 30
W Voce	8.0x8	1	10	4	16.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1936	Test # 256
SF Barnes	16.1	5	42	6	16.16	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902	Test # 66
JT Hearne	13.0x5	8	19	4	16.25	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
JK Lever	8.1x8	2	28	4	16.25	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
AB Agarkar	16.2	2	41	6	16.33	India	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
JJC Lawson	19.1	3	78	7	16.42	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
MA Wood	16.3	2	37	6	16.50	England	v Australia	Hobart	14 Jan 2022	Test # 2449
W Rhodes	11.0	3	33	4	16.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	26 Feb 1904	Test # 81
N Deonarine	11.0	1	53	4	16.50	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	7 Apr 2012	Test # 2040
HMRKB Herath	11.0	2	35	4	16.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
BA Carse	11.0	3	34	4	16.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2025	Test # 2615
DAJ Bracewell	16.4	4	40	6	16.66	New Zealand	v Australia	Hobart	9 Dec 2011	Test # 2021
GR Dilley	11.1	4	24	4	16.75	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
DJ Brown	14.0	5	42	5	16.80	England	v Australia	Lord's	20 Jun 1968	Test # 638
IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	16.80	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
H Verity	22.3	8	43	8	16.87	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1934	Test # 234
DW Headley	17.0	5	60	6	17.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1436
SP Jones	14.1	4	44	5	17.00	England	v Australia	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
FMM Worrell	12.7x8	3	38	6	17.16	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
JC Archer	17.1	3	45	6	17.16	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2357
GA Lohmann	30.2x4	17	36	7	17.42	England	v Australia	The Oval	12 Aug 1886	Test # 24
Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	17.57	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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]