Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
AMB Rowan	15.4x8	7	19	9	13.77	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
PNF Mansell	14.7x8	-	89	6	19.83	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 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
LA Markham	6.0x8	-	30	2	24.00	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
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
NBF Mann	10.0x8	1	31	3	26.66	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
AMB Rowan	21.0x8	6	49	6	28.00	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
MA Hanley	7.0x8	-	46	2	28.00	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	02 Dec 1949	First-class
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
NBF Mann	8.0x8	1	23	2	32.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
JD Alderson	16.4	5	46	3	33.33	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	03 Mar 1950	First-class
MG Melle	16.6x8	1	82	4	33.50	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
AR MacGibbon	24.0	2	65	4	36.00	Canterbury	v Australians	Christchurch	03 Mar 1950	First-class
HB Birrell	13.5x8	1	71	3	36.33	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	07 Jan 1950	First-class
GF Cresswell	48.3	18	100	8	36.37	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
FJD Stokes-Waller	14.0x8	-	100	3	37.33	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Benoni	05 Nov 1949	First-class
LJ Heaney	19.0x8	5	46	4	38.00	Transvaal	v Australians	Johannesburg	10 Dec 1949	First-class
AE Cresswell	19.0	3	35	3	38.00	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	01 Apr 1950	First-class
SA Thwaits	19.1x8	6	45	4	38.25	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	02 Dec 1949	First-class
C Burke	19.1	1	79	3	38.33	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
FE Hemmingson	14.0	4	33	2	42.00	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
HB Cave	22.0	2	82	3	44.00	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	01 Apr 1950	First-class
BAL Wiles	24.0x8	-	109	4	48.00	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Pretoria	04 Feb 1950	First-class
AP Singleton	12.0x8	-	63	2	48.00	Rhodesia	v Australians	Bulawayo	11 Nov 1949	First-class
CLW Randall	16.5	1	42	2	50.50	Wellington	v Australians	Wellington	01 Apr 1950	First-class
SD du Toit	13.0x8	-	82	2	52.00	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	07 Jan 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	02 Dec 1949	First-class
JR Liddle	20.0x8	-	97	3	53.33	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	07 Jan 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	28.0x8	3	105	4	56.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
HJ Tayfield	21.0x8	3	96	3	56.00	Natal	v Australians	Pietermaritzburg	24 Feb 1950	First-class
MA Hanley	21.0x8	-	90	3	56.00	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
SA Thwaits	22.0x8	4	84	3	58.66	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	02 Dec 1949	First-class
CN McCarthy	14.7x8	1	85	2	59.50	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
LW Payn	30.7x8	5	100	4	61.75	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	16.0x8	2	58	2	64.00	Natal	v Australians	Durban	28 Oct 1949	First-class
EH Hawkins	16.0x8	-	97	2	64.00	OFS	v Australians	Bloemfontein	26 Nov 1949	First-class
AW Burnett	16.0x8	-	89	2	64.00	NE Transvaal	v Australians	Pretoria	04 Feb 1950	First-class
DC Cleverley	22.0	3	100	2	66.00	Auckland	v Australians	Auckland	17 Feb 1950	First-class
MA Hanley	27.0x8	6	100	3	72.00	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	02 Dec 1949	First-class
HJ Tayfield	28.0x8	3	93	3	74.66	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
LD Smith	25.0	2	108	2	75.00	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
GM Henderson	19.0x8	2	81	2	76.00	African XI	v Australians	Durban	16 Dec 1949	First-class
JC Watkins	19.0x8	3	56	2	76.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
JE Waddington	29.0x8	11	104	3	77.33	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
JE Waddington	29.0x8	2	128	3	77.33	Griq West	v Australians	Kimberley	17 Feb 1950	First-class
JR Reid	28.0	8	39	2	84.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	17 Mar 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	32.0x8	5	112	3	85.33	African XI	v Australians	Harare	19 Nov 1949	First-class
MG Melle	23.0x8	2	132	2	92.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
EA Watson	32.0	8	80	2	96.00	Otago	v Australians	Dunedin	10 Mar 1950	First-class
CN McCarthy	25.0x8	2	90	2	100.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
R Beesly	25.0x8	-	122	2	100.00	Border	v Australians	East London	14 Jan 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	25.0x8	1	103	2	100.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
NBF Mann	26.0x8	2	105	2	104.00	E. Province	v Australians	Gqeberha	07 Jan 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	28.4x8	4	92	2	114.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
CN McCarthy	31.0x8	4	113	2	124.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
GRM Bolus	32.0x8	11	89	2	128.00	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
NBF Mann	51.6x8	13	101	3	138.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
NBF Mann	36.0x8	4	154	2	144.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
HJ Tayfield	37.0x8	4	141	2	148.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
SA Thwaits	37.0x8	7	106	2	148.00	W Province	v Australians	Cape Town	10 Mar 1950	First-class
HJ Tayfield	49.0x8	5	144	2	196.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320

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