Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Essex vs other countries FC Bowling Records - Best Strike Rate in an Innings

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Hamidullah Qadri	2.0	-	19	2	6.00	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jul 2023	First-class
N Gifford	5.1	3	2	5	6.20	Warwickshire	v Essex	Nuneaton	9 Jul 1983	First-class
SP Jones	4.2	2	14	4	6.50	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	30 May 2008	First-class
KLT Arthurton	2.1	1	1	2	6.50	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	30 Jul 1988	First-class
WB Rankin	5.4	1	16	5	6.80	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	25 Aug 2010	First-class
IDK Salisbury	2.2	1	3	2	7.00	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 May 2003	First-class
H Verity	7.0	3	8	5	8.40	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	15 Jun 1932	First-class
HG Gaekwad	7.0	-	44	5	8.40	Indians	v Essex	Ilford	24 May 1952	First-class
GP Balderson	7.0	3	14	5	8.40	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 Sep 2022	First-class
G Chapple	7.2	4	9	5	8.80	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	12 Jun 2013	First-class
PM Hornibrook	9.0	4	11	6	9.00	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	7 May 1930	First-class
WW Hall	9.0	3	22	6	9.00	West Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	29 Jun 1963	First-class
JM Gregory	3.0	2	3	2	9.00	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	5 May 1926	First-class
J Garner	3.0	-	7	2	9.00	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 Jun 1984	First-class
MG Hogan	3.0	-	15	2	9.00	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Jun 2014	First-class
RDB Croft	8.1	4	6	5	9.80	Glamorgan	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	30 Jul 2008	First-class
BJ Trott	9.5	4	13	6	9.83	Kent	v Essex	Tunbridge Wells	30 May 2001	First-class
KW Hogg	7.0	3	11	4	10.50	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	12 Jun 2013	First-class
OP Rayner	3.3	-	7	2	10.50	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	18 Aug 2019	First-class
TJ Murtagh	5.2	2	9	3	10.66	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	24 May 2011	First-class
MJ Waite	10.5	7	19	6	10.83	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	16 May 2025	First-class
H Verity	12.4	2	40	7	10.85	Yorkshire	v Essex	Sheffield	18 May 1938	First-class
KJ Abbott	11.0	7	20	6	11.00	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	19 Sep 2017	First-class
RO Schwarz	9.1	1	28	5	11.00	Sth Africans	v Essex	Leyton	23 May 1907	First-class
Z de Bruyn	7.2	1	23	4	11.00	Somerset	v Essex	Colchester	18 Aug 2010	First-class
Saeed Ajmal	13.5	6	19	7	11.85	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	18 May 2014	First-class
HFT Buse	8.0	3	21	4	12.00	Somerset	v Essex	Bath	22 Jun 1938	First-class
JR Hazlewood	8.0	3	42	4	12.00	Australians	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Jul 2015	First-class
IAA Thomas	8.0	1	32	4	12.00	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Aug 2020	First-class
KL Aldridge	8.0	3	36	4	12.00	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Jun 2023	First-class
AR Danson	6.0	-	20	3	12.00	Cambridge U	v Essex	Cambridge	26 Apr 2000	First-class
SI Mahmood	6.0	-	21	3	12.00	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	9 Sep 2005	First-class
CN Miles	6.0	2	26	3	12.00	Gloucs	v Essex	Cheltenham	13 Jul 2016	First-class
SJ Reingold	6.0	1	15	3	12.00	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	30 Aug 2021	First-class
RP Nelson	4.0	-	13	2	12.00	Northants	v Essex	Rushden	23 Jul 1938	First-class
Saleem Malik	4.0	-	15	2	12.00	Pakistanis	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Aug 1992	First-class
MA Hardinges	4.0	-	12	2	12.00	Gloucs	v Essex	Bristol	25 Jul 2007	First-class
PD Trego	4.0	-	22	2	12.00	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 Sep 2007	First-class
SH Choudhry	4.0	1	7	2	12.00	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	3 Sep 2013	First-class
BW Harmison	4.0	-	26	2	12.00	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	7 Jun 2014	First-class
WSA Williams	8.2	-	24	4	12.50	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 Sep 2022	First-class
GHS Garton	10.3	5	26	5	12.60	Sussex	v Essex	Hove	15 Aug 2020	First-class
GJF Ferris	12.5	3	43	6	12.83	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	10 Aug 1983	First-class
C Overton	13.0	3	30	6	13.00	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	14 Apr 2022	First-class
ERH Toshack	10.5	2	31	5	13.00	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	15 May 1948	First-class
Imran Tahir	8.4	3	20	4	13.00	Warwickshire	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	4 Aug 2010	First-class
JO Grove	4.2	-	46	2	13.00	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	4 Jul 2001	First-class
J Needham	4.2	-	10	2	13.00	Derbyshire	v Essex	Derby	30 Aug 2007	First-class
GK Berg	4.2	-	15	2	13.00	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	14 Apr 2011	First-class
DL Lloyd	4.2	-	14	2	13.00	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	18 May 2015	First-class
K Carver	4.2	1	10	2	13.00	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 Sep 2017	First-class
CJ White	11.0	2	57	5	13.20	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	26 Sep 2023	First-class
CC Griffith	8.5	1	34	4	13.25	West Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	29 Jun 1963	First-class
RH Joseph	13.2	-	55	6	13.33	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	29 Apr 2009	First-class
A Jepson	6.4	1	15	3	13.33	Notts	v Essex	Worksop	20 Jul 1938	First-class
MJ Saggers	11.1	4	24	5	13.40	Kent	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	18 Jul 2001	First-class
TE Bailey	11.1	2	36	5	13.40	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 Sep 2022	First-class
JH Sinclair	9.0	2	23	4	13.50	Sth Africans	v Essex	Leyton	23 May 1907	First-class
JA Brooks	9.0	3	22	4	13.50	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	26 Apr 2012	First-class
R Clarke	9.0	1	28	4	13.50	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	4 Sep 2018	First-class
DJ Bicknell	6.5	-	33	3	13.66	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	16 Sep 2004	First-class
ML Lewis	9.1	-	39	4	13.75	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 Sep 2004	First-class
TB Mitchell	16.2	3	51	7	14.00	Derbyshire	v Essex	Clacton-on-Sea	24 Aug 1938	First-class
J Louw	14.0	4	51	6	14.00	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	11 May 2005	First-class
LO Fleetwood-Smith	11.4	5	28	5	14.00	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	4 Jun 1938	First-class
CEW Silverwood	7.0	1	18	3	14.00	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 Jun 2004	First-class
PJ Franks	7.0	-	42	3	14.00	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	23 May 2007	First-class
TT Bresnan	7.0	1	26	3	14.00	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4 May 2018	First-class
G Onions	7.0	-	29	3	14.00	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	9 Jun 2018	First-class
ME Claydon	7.0	1	21	3	14.00	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	18 Aug 2019	First-class
BW Sanderson	7.0	1	14	3	14.00	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	26 Sep 2023	First-class
CB Simmons	7.0	2	12	3	14.00	Warwickshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 May 2024	First-class
R Clarke	9.3	2	27	4	14.25	Warwickshire	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	4 Aug 2010	First-class
LV van Beek	9.3	1	26	4	14.25	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	29 Aug 2024	First-class
SL Watkin	14.2	6	26	6	14.33	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	15 Jun 2000	First-class
W Voce	12.0	5	19	5	14.40	Notts	v Essex	Worksop	20 Jul 1938	First-class
TD Groenewald	12.0	3	44	5	14.40	Derbyshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	13 Apr 2014	First-class
AA Mailey	4.5	-	10	2	14.50	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	18 May 1921	First-class
SR Patel	4.5	3	1	2	14.50	Notts	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 Jun 2018	First-class
D Evans	14.4	6	35	6	14.66	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	7 May 2008	First-class
GR Breese	7.2	1	22	3	14.66	Durham	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3 Aug 2005	First-class
CL White	9.5	2	28	4	14.75	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	20 Jul 2007	First-class
CN Miles	9.5	-	58	4	14.75	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	17 Sep 2024	First-class
GG Wagg	12.3	2	54	5	15.00	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	18 May 2015	First-class
Saleem Altaf	10.0	5	15	4	15.00	Pakistanis	v Essex	Colchester	28 Jun 1967	First-class
TJ Murtagh	10.0	2	48	4	15.00	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	14 Apr 2011	First-class
GK Berg	10.0	1	31	4	15.00	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	14 Apr 2011	First-class
BA Carse	7.3	1	37	3	15.00	Durham	v Essex	Chelmsford	15 Apr 2021	First-class
BH Valentine	5.0	1	26	2	15.00	Kent	v Essex	Gravesend	7 May 1938	First-class
PR Umrigar	5.0	1	18	2	15.00	Indians	v Essex	Ilford	20 May 1959	First-class
PJ Sampson	5.0	-	16	2	15.00	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	17 Sep 2003	First-class
DT Rowe	5.0	1	27	2	15.00	Leics	v Essex	Leicester	16 May 2007	First-class
LW James	5.0	3	3	2	15.00	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	6 May 2021	First-class
SD Robson	5.0	-	36	2	15.00	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	4 Sep 2023	First-class
DA Renneberg	20.4	3	72	8	15.50	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	26 Jun 1968	First-class
A Shahzad	5.1	3	7	2	15.50	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leeds	19 Apr 2012	First-class
GA Cope	18.1	8	36	7	15.57	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	25 Jul 1970	First-class
DJ Balcombe	15.4	3	51	6	15.66	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	31 Aug 2011	First-class
JD Shantry	18.2	6	69	7	15.71	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	28 May 2013	First-class
AJ Hall	13.1	4	29	5	15.80	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	6 May 2009	First-class

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Minimum of 2 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:

Colombo Cricket Club vs Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 163/4 (58.0 ov, D Lakshan 30*, AD Mathews 24*, KN Peiris 2/49)

Badureliya Sports Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Kurunegala, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 112/4 (64.0 ov, P Maduwantha 34*, Y Rodrigo 19*, AAS Silva 0/21)

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club at Colombo (CCC), Major League Tournament Group A, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 105/3 (21.1 ov, M Premaratne 46*, J Liyanage 8*, Abdul Hakam 0/19)