Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - vs New Zealand

Players - vs New Zealand

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HJ Tayfield	14.0x8	7	13	6	18.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
NAT Adcock	19.0x8	4	43	5	30.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
DEJ Ironside	19.0x8	4	51	5	30.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
JC Watkins	16.0x8	6	34	4	32.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
NAT Adcock	14.0x8	4	38	3	37.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
NAT Adcock	14.0x8	2	44	3	37.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
NAT Adcock	19.0x8	1	86	4	38.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
CB van Ryneveld	20.6x8	1	67	4	41.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
NAT Adcock	26.0x8	8	45	5	41.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
HJ Tayfield	36.0x8	17	62	6	48.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
JC Watkins	12.0x8	4	13	2	48.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
DEJ Ironside	20.5x8	10	37	3	55.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
JC Watkins	14.0x8	7	16	2	56.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
DEJ Ironside	14.0x8	5	20	2	56.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
HJ Tayfield	26.1x8	12	35	3	69.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
NAT Adcock	19.0x8	1	45	2	76.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
CB van Ryneveld	28.6x8	6	69	3	76.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
CB van Ryneveld	23.0x8	1	93	2	92.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
DEJ Ironside	46.3x8	16	117	4	92.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
HJ Tayfield	29.0x8	12	48	2	116.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Nondescripts Cricket Club vs Moors Sports Club at Colombo (CCC), Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 274/7 (72.0 ov, WMK Bandara 67*, RTM Mendis 3/100) - Stumps

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Hambantota, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 190/6 (52.0 ov, S Jayathilake 41*, SMLD Samarakoon 0*, M Shiraz 1/45) - Stumps

Badureliya Sports Club vs Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 23/2 (11.0 ov, DM Sarathchandra 3*, TD Polgampola 10*, NC Komasaru 0/2) - Stumps