Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

West Indies vs other countries Tests 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
Harbhajan Singh	4.3	-	13	5	5.40	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
R Benaud	3.5	1	15	4	5.75	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
MA Starc	7.3	4	9	6	7.50	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	12 Jul 2025	Test # 2595
TBA May	6.5	3	9	5	8.20	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993	Test # 1210
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	8.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
CIJ Smith	8.0	4	16	5	9.60	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	8 Jan 1935	Test # 238
JL Pattinson	8.0	2	27	5	9.60	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2193
JJ Bumrah	8.0	4	7	5	9.60	India	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
MA Wood	8.2	2	41	5	10.00	England	v West Indies	Gros Islet	9 Feb 2019	Test # 2346
AAP Atkinson	12.0	5	45	7	10.28	England	v West Indies	Lord's	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
SJ Harmison	12.3	8	12	7	10.71	England	v West Indies	Kingston	11 Mar 2004	Test # 1687
Wasim Akram	9.0	-	28	5	10.80	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	6 Dec 1990	Test # 1158
Taijul Islam	11.2	2	33	6	11.33	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
G Onions	9.3	1	38	5	11.40	England	v West Indies	Lord's	6 May 2009	Test # 1919
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	11.50	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Abdul Razzaq	7.5	1	25	4	11.75	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	31 Jan 2002	Test # 1587
RWV Robins	11.5	1	32	6	11.83	England	v West Indies	Lord's	24 Jun 1933	Test # 227
GD McGrath	10.0	3	28	5	12.00	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
ARC Fraser	16.1	2	53	8	12.12	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
JJ Bumrah	12.1	3	27	6	12.16	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019	Test # 2359
M Muralidaran	16.2	4	46	8	12.25	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
SCJ Broad	8.1	1	36	4	12.25	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
KR Miller	7.6x8	1	26	5	12.40	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
FS Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	12.42	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	4 Jul 1963	Test # 545
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	12.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
N Wagner	14.4	2	39	7	12.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
JM Anderson	12.4	5	42	6	12.66	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1 May 2015	Test # 2160
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	13.00	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
SJ Harmison	13.0	1	46	6	13.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
Mushtaq Mohammad	10.5	3	28	5	13.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Apr 1977	Test # 802
CR Woakes	11.0	-	50	5	13.20	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
Noman Ali	11.0	2	39	5	13.20	Pakistan	v West Indies	Multan	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
Shoaib Bashir	11.1	2	41	5	13.40	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	18 Jul 2024	Test # 2539
PWA Mulder	9.0	2	32	4	13.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
AR Caddick	11.2	5	14	5	13.60	England	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
PP Ojha	11.2	2	40	5	13.60	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	14 Nov 2013	Test # 2102
TE Bailey	16.0	7	34	7	13.71	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	16.0	1	58	7	13.71	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	30 Nov 2018	Test # 2331
JN Gillespie	9.1	4	18	4	13.75	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	13.87	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
SCJ Broad	14.0	4	31	6	14.00	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
Taskin Ahmed	14.1	1	64	6	14.16	Bangladesh	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Nov 2024	Test # 2562
CS Marriott	11.5	2	37	5	14.20	England	v West Indies	The Oval	12 Aug 1933	Test # 229
C White	11.5	1	32	5	14.20	England	v West Indies	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
JR Hazlewood	12.0	3	43	5	14.40	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	25 Jun 2025	Test # 2589
PCR Tufnell	14.3	3	25	6	14.50	England	v West Indies	The Oval	8 Aug 1991	Test # 1175
BA Stokes	14.3	6	22	6	14.50	England	v West Indies	Lord's	7 Sep 2017	Test # 2274
James Langridge	17.0	4	56	7	14.57	England	v West Indies	Manchester	22 Jul 1933	Test # 228
MG Bevan	9.5	2	31	4	14.75	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	15.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
TA Boult	15.0	5	40	6	15.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
K Rabada	15.0	3	50	6	15.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
RAP Nissanka	12.3	-	64	5	15.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
D Gough	10.0	3	30	4	15.00	England	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
Waqar Younis	10.0	2	44	4	15.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Sharjah	7 Feb 2002	Test # 1588
TA Boult	10.0	4	23	4	15.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
Noman Ali	15.1	3	41	6	15.16	Pakistan	v West Indies	Multan	25 Jan 2025	Test # 2578
KR Pushpakumara	12.4	1	41	5	15.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
JA Snow	15.2	-	60	6	15.33	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968	Test # 636
AA Donald	13.0	4	49	5	15.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
AR Caddick	13.0	8	16	5	15.60	England	v West Indies	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
KA Jamieson	13.0	4	34	5	15.60	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
C Sharma	13.1	2	55	5	15.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
Mohammed Shami	13.1	-	47	5	15.80	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	6 Nov 2013	Test # 2101
WA Johnston	12.0x8	-	62	6	16.00	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
GAR Lock	16.0	7	20	6	16.00	England	v West Indies	The Oval	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
GJ Gilmour	10.0x8	3	34	5	16.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
SM Pollock	13.3	2	43	5	16.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
AJ Bichel	13.3	2	60	5	16.20	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
A Nel	16.2	3	32	6	16.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
A Hurwood	11.0	2	22	4	16.50	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	1 Jan 1931	Test # 201
JA Snow	11.0	2	53	4	16.50	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	3 Jun 1976	Test # 777
Waqar Younis	11.0	1	23	4	16.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	St John's	1 May 1993	Test # 1222
SM Pollock	11.0	2	35	4	16.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
R Ashwin	11.0	2	37	4	16.50	India	v West Indies	Rajkot	4 Oct 2018	Test # 2319
A Nortje	11.0	3	35	4	16.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
L Ngidi	13.5	7	19	5	16.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
DG Cork	19.3	5	43	7	16.71	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jun 1995	Test # 1299
GD McGrath	14.0	3	50	5	16.80	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Mar 1999	Test # 1448
B Lee	14.0	4	30	5	16.80	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	3 Nov 2005	Test # 1769
DW Steyn	14.0	5	29	5	16.80	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
Kuldeep Yadav	14.0	2	57	5	16.80	India	v West Indies	Rajkot	4 Oct 2018	Test # 2319
Nayeem Hasan	14.0	2	61	5	16.80	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
JR Hazlewood	14.0	6	35	5	16.80	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	17 Jan 2024	Test # 2523
AAP Atkinson	14.0	2	61	5	16.80	England	v West Indies	Lord's	10 Jul 2024	Test # 2538
MA Wood	14.0	1	40	5	16.80	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	26 Jul 2024	Test # 2541
M Ntini	19.5	7	37	7	17.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	8 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
JN Gillespie	17.0	5	40	6	17.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Shakib Al Hasan	17.0	5	33	6	17.00	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
H Ironmonger	20.0	7	23	7	17.14	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	13 Feb 1931	Test # 205
AA Donald	14.2	4	49	5	17.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
Abrar Ahmed	11.3	2	27	4	17.25	Pakistan	v West Indies	Multan	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
JM Anderson	20.1	5	42	7	17.28	England	v West Indies	Lord's	7 Sep 2017	Test # 2274
CV Grimmett	14.3	4	49	5	17.40	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	16 Jan 1931	Test # 203
Shaheen Shah Afridi	17.3	7	51	6	17.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Aug 2021	Test # 2431
BR Taylor	20.3	6	74	7	17.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
JR Thomson	11.0x8	1	62	5	17.60	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975	Test # 766
C White	14.4	4	57	5	17.60	England	v West Indies	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
MG Johnson	11.5	3	41	4	17.75	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879

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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:

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]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]