Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Players IN South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SJE Loxton	2.0x8	-	7	2	8.00	Australians	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
G Noblet	6.0x8	1	11	4	12.00	Australians	v Border	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
WA Johnston	9.4x8	3	20	6	12.66	Australians	v Border	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
IWG Johnson	8.4x8	1	24	5	13.60	Australians	v Rhodesia	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
AMB Rowan	15.4x8	7	19	9	13.77	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
CL McCool	7.0x8	2	30	4	14.00	Australians	v Rhodesia	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
RR Lindwall	7.0x8	2	6	4	14.00	Australians	v African XI	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
IWG Johnson	7.5x8	1	33	4	15.25	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
CL McCool	8.0x8	2	19	4	16.00	Australians	v Border	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
WA Johnston	6.0x8	1	10	3	16.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
RR Lindwall	6.0x8	2	12	3	16.00	Australians	v African XI	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
SJE Loxton	4.0x8	2	3	2	16.00	Australians	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
KR Miller	4.0x8	-	11	2	16.00	Australians	v African XI	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
KR Miller	13.0x8	1	35	6	17.33	Australians	v Natal	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
WA Johnston	11.0x8	5	18	5	17.60	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
IWG Johnson	13.3x8	5	22	6	17.83	Australians	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
KR Miller	9.0x8	2	27	4	18.00	Australians	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
KR Miller	9.0x8	1	20	4	18.00	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
WA Johnston	9.0x8	3	14	4	18.00	Australians	v African XI	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
CL McCool	11.4x8	1	41	5	18.40	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
IWG Johnson	7.0x8	1	21	3	18.66	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
IWG Johnson	9.5x8	2	44	4	19.25	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
AK Walker	4.7x8	1	19	2	19.50	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
RR Lindwall	12.3x8	4	25	5	19.80	Australians	v E. Province	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
PNF Mansell	14.7x8	-	89	6	19.83	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
WA Johnston	10.0x8	2	16	4	20.00	Australians	v E. Province	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
CL McCool	5.0x8	1	29	2	20.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
IWG Johnson	8.0x8	-	16	3	21.33	Australians	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
DW Begbie	8.0x8	-	33	3	21.33	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
LE McNamara	11.0x8	-	73	4	22.00	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
KR Miller	15.0x8	3	40	5	24.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
AK Walker	12.0x8	3	22	4	24.00	Australians	v African XI	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
CL McCool	12.0x8	1	32	4	24.00	Australians	v Border	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
G Noblet	9.0x8	1	23	3	24.00	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
RR Lindwall	9.0x8	3	16	3	24.00	Australians	v African XI	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
LA Markham	6.0x8	-	30	2	24.00	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
AK Walker	6.0x8	1	8	2	24.00	Australians	v Border	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
IWG Johnson	6.0x8	-	40	2	24.00	Australians	v W Province	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
RR Lindwall	15.4x8	2	32	5	24.80	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
HJ Tayfield	16.2x8	3	65	5	26.00	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
A Tayfield	13.0x8	2	68	4	26.00	African XI	v Australians	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
G Noblet	9.7x8	3	16	3	26.33	Australians	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
NBF Mann	10.0x8	1	31	3	26.66	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
WA Johnston	20.1x8	5	44	6	26.83	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
IWG Johnson	17.0x8	2	34	5	27.20	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
IWG Johnson	13.7x8	3	49	4	27.75	Australians	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
G Noblet	13.7x8	2	31	4	27.75	Australians	v E. Province	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
AMB Rowan	21.0x8	6	49	6	28.00	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
KR Miller	14.0x8	3	42	4	28.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
RR Lindwall	14.0x8	4	25	4	28.00	Australians	v African XI	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
MA Hanley	7.0x8	-	46	2	28.00	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
CL McCool	7.0x8	-	29	2	28.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
AW Keightley-Smith	23.3x8	6	66	6	31.16	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
A Tayfield	23.4x8	5	105	6	31.33	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
CL McCool	12.0x8	3	21	3	32.00	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
IWG Johnson	12.0x8	2	47	3	32.00	Australians	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
CL McCool	12.0x8	2	29	3	32.00	Australians	v Griq West	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
RR Lindwall	8.0x8	2	21	2	32.00	Australians	v OFS	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
NBF Mann	8.0x8	1	23	2	32.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
MG Melle	16.6x8	1	82	4	33.50	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
RR Lindwall	17.0x8	1	52	4	34.00	Australians	v W Province	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
IWG Johnson	13.0x8	3	25	3	34.66	Australians	v W Province	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
IWG Johnson	17.5x8	2	58	4	35.25	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
SJE Loxton	18.0x8	7	32	4	36.00	Australians	v African XI	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
AK Walker	9.0x8	4	14	2	36.00	Australians	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
RR Lindwall	13.5x8	1	41	3	36.33	Australians	v W Province	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
HB Birrell	13.5x8	1	71	3	36.33	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
WA Johnston	18.2x8	6	39	4	36.50	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
FJD Stokes-Waller	14.0x8	-	100	3	37.33	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
IWG Johnson	14.0x8	-	54	3	37.33	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
LJ Heaney	19.0x8	5	46	4	38.00	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
SA Thwaits	19.1x8	6	45	4	38.25	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
RN Harvey	10.0x8	1	46	2	40.00	Australians	v Natal	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
RR Lindwall	10.0x8	1	24	2	40.00	Australians	v Rhodesia	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
WA Johnston	21.0x8	10	35	4	42.00	Australians	v Griq West	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
G Noblet	21.6x8	6	29	4	43.50	Australians	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
WA Johnston	11.0x8	5	20	2	44.00	Australians	v Griq West	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
KR Miller	11.0x8	3	25	2	44.00	Australians	v W Province	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
KR Miller	17.0x8	3	54	3	45.33	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
G Noblet	17.1x8	7	21	3	45.66	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
BAL Wiles	24.0x8	-	109	4	48.00	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Pretoria	4 Feb 1950	First-class
G Noblet	18.0x8	4	41	3	48.00	Australians	v Transvaal	Johannesburg	27 Jan 1950	First-class
CL McCool	12.0x8	4	34	2	48.00	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
AK Walker	12.0x8	1	30	2	48.00	Australians	v NE Transvaal	Benoni	5 Nov 1949	First-class
AP Singleton	12.0x8	-	63	2	48.00	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
G Noblet	12.0x8	2	33	2	48.00	Australians	v African XI	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
WA Johnston	12.0x8	4	21	2	48.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
IWG Johnson	18.2x8	5	42	3	48.66	Australians	v Natal	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
IWG Johnson	18.2x8	6	37	3	48.66	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
RR Lindwall	19.0x8	3	47	3	50.66	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
AK Walker	12.6x8	1	41	2	51.00	Australians	v Griq West	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
IWG Johnson	13.0x8	3	34	2	52.00	Australians	v African XI	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
SD du Toit	13.0x8	-	82	2	52.00	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
AK Walker	13.0x8	4	38	2	52.00	Australians	v E. Province	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
KR Miller	13.0x8	3	26	2	52.00	Australians	v African XI	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class
MG Melle	33.0x8	3	113	5	52.80	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
GRM Bolus	20.0x8	7	48	3	53.33	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	2 Dec 1949	First-class
JR Liddle	20.0x8	-	97	3	53.33	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	7 Jan 1950	First-class
WA Johnston	20.0x8	5	23	3	53.33	Australians	v African XI	Johannesburg	17 Mar 1950	First-class

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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>> 326/8 (83.0 ov, MA Starc 33*, NM Lyon 0*, BA Stokes 0/53) - Stumps

Wellington vs Northern Districts at Whangarei, Plunket Shield 10th Match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class]