Players
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 1.1x8 | - | 5 | 2 | 4.50 | West Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 4 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 1.3 | - | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | Holkar | v Assam | Jorhat | 6 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 2.0x8 | - | 7 | 2 | 8.00 | Australians | v OFS | Bloemfontein | 26 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 2.4 | - | 9 | 2 | 8.00 | UP | v Bihar | Jamshedpur | 4 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 2.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8.00 | Baroda | v Madras | Chennai | 24 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 2.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8.50 | Assam | v Holkar | Jorhat | 6 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 7.3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9.00 | Sthn Punjab | v Services | Patiala | 11 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9.00 | C'wealth XI | v Western Ind | Ahmedabad | 15 Oct 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9.60 | Holkar | v Assam | Jorhat | 6 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.4x8 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9.71 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
| 7.0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10.50 | Bihar | v Orissa | Jamshedpur | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 14.5 | - | 54 | 8 | 11.12 | Services | v Sthn Punjab | Patiala | 11 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 3.5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11.50 | Bihar | v Orissa | Jamshedpur | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 12.00 | Holkar | v Assam | Jorhat | 6 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 12.00 | Australians | v Border | East London | 14 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 12.00 | Holkar | v Bengal | Indore | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 12.00 | Australians | v Auckland | Auckland | 17 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 9.2x8 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 12.33 | Victoria | v NSW | Sydney | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 9.4x8 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 12.66 | Australians | v Border | East London | 14 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 4.2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 13.00 | Australians | v Wellington | Wellington | 1 Apr 1950 | First-class | |
| 8.4x8 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 13.60 | Australians | v Rhodesia | Bulawayo | 11 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 15.4x8 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 13.77 | Transvaal | v Australians | Johannesburg | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 14.00 | Australians | v Rhodesia | Bulawayo | 11 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14.00 | Australians | v African XI | Harare | 19 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14.00 | C'wealth XI | v Western Ind | Ahmedabad | 15 Oct 1949 | First-class | |
| 4.4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14.00 | Australians | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 3 Mar 1950 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 15.00 | Australians | v Wellington | Wellington | 1 Apr 1950 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15.00 | Services | v C'wealth XI | Delhi | 5 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | - | 14 | 2 | 15.00 | Delhi | v Sthn Punjab | Delhi | 9 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 15.00 | Bihar | v Holkar | Indore | 26 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 7.5x8 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 15.25 | Australians | v NE Transvaal | Pretoria | 4 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 23.0 | 10 | 50 | 9 | 15.33 | C'wealth XI | v | Eden Gardens | 24 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 16.00 | Australians | v Border | East London | 14 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 3 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
| 6.0x8 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 16.00 | Australians | v African XI | Johannesburg | 17 Mar 1950 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | - | 22 | 3 | 16.00 | Australians | v Wellington | Wellington | 1 Apr 1950 | First-class | |
| 4.0x8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16.00 | Australians | v OFS | Bloemfontein | 26 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 4.0x8 | - | 11 | 2 | 16.00 | Australians | v African XI | Johannesburg | 17 Mar 1950 | First-class | |
| 16.4 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 16.66 | C'wealth XI | v Holkar | Indore | 21 Oct 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 16.66 | Delhi | v Rajputana | Delhi | 2 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 22.4 | 8 | 50 | 8 | 17.00 | Orissa | v Bihar | Jamshedpur | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 5.4 | - | 31 | 2 | 17.00 | Australians | v Wellington | Wellington | 1 Apr 1950 | First-class | |
| 20.1 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 17.28 | C'wealth XI | v East Zone | Jamshedpur | 7 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 13.0x8 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 17.33 | Australians | v Natal | Pietermaritzburg | 24 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 11.0x8 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 17.60 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 11.0x8 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 17.60 | Australians | v NE Transvaal | Pretoria | 4 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 13.3x8 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 17.83 | Australians | v Transvaal | Johannesburg | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 9.0x8 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 18.00 | Australians | v Transvaal | Johannesburg | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 9.0x8 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 18.00 | Australians | v NE Transvaal | Pretoria | 4 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 9.0x8 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 18.00 | Australians | v African XI | Johannesburg | 17 Mar 1950 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 18.00 | Holkar | v Assam | Jorhat | 6 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 18.00 | Sthn Punjab | v Services | Patiala | 11 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 11.4x8 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 18.40 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
| 11.5x8 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 18.60 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 14.0x8 | 3 | 54 | 6 | 18.66 | NSW | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 18.66 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 3 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 19.00 | Bihar | v Orissa | Jamshedpur | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 9.5x8 | 2 | 44 | 4 | 19.25 | Australians | v NE Transvaal | Benoni | 5 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 4.7x8 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 19.50 | Australians | v NE Transvaal | Pretoria | 4 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 12.3x8 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 19.80 | Australians | v E. Province | Gqeberha | 7 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 14.7x8 | - | 89 | 6 | 19.83 | Rhodesia | v Australians | Bulawayo | 11 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 47 | 6 | 20.00 | Australians | v Otago | Dunedin | 10 Mar 1950 | First-class | |
| 10.0x8 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 20.00 | Australians | v E. Province | Gqeberha | 7 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 20.00 | CP & Berar | v Hyderabad | Secunderabad | 9 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 20.00 | Orissa | v Bihar | Jamshedpur | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 5.0x8 | - | 30 | 2 | 20.00 | South Aust | v NSW | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 5.0x8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 20.00 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 3 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 5.0x8 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 20.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 3 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
| 17.0 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 20.40 | Australians | v Canterbury | Christchurch | 3 Mar 1950 | First-class | |
| 24.3 | 2 | 92 | 7 | 21.00 | East Zone | v C'wealth XI | Jamshedpur | 7 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 17.3 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 21.00 | India | v C'wealth XI | Eden Gardens | 30 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 21.00 | Baroda | v Madras | Chennai | 24 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | - | 20 | 2 | 21.00 | Gujarat | v Maharashtra | Ahmedabad | 3 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 10.5x8 | - | 32 | 4 | 21.25 | NSW | v South Aust | Adelaide | 16 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | - | 26 | 3 | 21.33 | NSW | v West Aust | Sydney | 4 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 21.33 | South Aust | v Victoria | Adelaide | 2 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | - | 16 | 3 | 21.33 | Australians | v Transvaal | Johannesburg | 10 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | - | 33 | 3 | 21.33 | Transvaal | v Australians | Johannesburg | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 21.60 | Baroda | v Kathiawar | Vadodara | 2 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 14.3 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 21.75 | C'wealth XI | v Western Ind | Ahmedabad | 15 Oct 1949 | First-class | |
| 11.0x8 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 22.00 | NSW | v South Aust | Sydney | 13 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 11.0x8 | - | 73 | 4 | 22.00 | Griq West | v Australians | Kimberley | 17 Feb 1950 | First-class | |
| 8.2x8 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 22.00 | Victoria | v NSW | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 22.00 | C'wealth XI | v CC India | Brabourne | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 5.4x8 | - | 25 | 2 | 22.00 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 8.3x8 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 22.33 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 27 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 7.4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 23.00 | Holkar | v Baroda | Vadodara | 17 Mar 1950 | First-class | |
| 15.3 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 23.25 | Delhi | v Rajputana | Delhi | 2 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 20.5x8 | 7 | 43 | 7 | 23.57 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 28 Oct 1949 | First-class | |
| 19.5 | - | 66 | 5 | 23.80 | Sthn Punjab | v Services | Patiala | 11 Dec 1949 | First-class | |
| 18.0x8 | 2 | 68 | 6 | 24.00 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 11 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 24.0 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 24.00 | Madras | v Hyderabad | Chennai | 26 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 15.0x8 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 24.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 | |
| 12.0x8 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 24.00 | Australians | v African XI | Harare | 19 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 12.0x8 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 24.00 | Australians | v Border | East London | 14 Jan 1950 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 24.00 | C'wealth XI | v Western Ind | Ahmedabad | 15 Oct 1949 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 24.00 | C'wealth XI | v Services | Delhi | 5 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 9.0x8 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 24.00 | Australians | v NE Transvaal | Benoni | 5 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 9.0x8 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 24.00 | Australians | v African XI | Harare | 19 Nov 1949 | First-class | |
| 9.0x8 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 24.00 | Victoria | v NSW | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1949 | First-class |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers at Sydney, Big Bash League 4th Match, Dec 17, 2025 [Twenty20 - Live] >> 27/1 (2.3 ov, MW Short 14*, J Edwards 1/1)
Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613 - Live] >> 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]