Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Players

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JR Reid	8.0	2	38	4	12.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
Khan Mohammad	16.2	6	21	6	16.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	7 Nov 1955	Test # 415
HB Cave	13.1	9	21	4	19.75	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
S Ramadhin	21.2	13	23	6	21.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
DT Dewdney	19.5	11	21	5	23.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
OG Smith	18.0	4	75	4	27.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
AL Valentine	22.4	11	32	5	27.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
S Ramadhin	26.0	10	46	5	31.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
AR MacGibbon	21.0	5	44	4	31.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
SP Gupte	33.5	7	90	6	33.83	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
RW Blair	22.5	5	90	4	34.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
DS Atkinson	40.0	21	53	7	34.28	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
DS Atkinson	31.0	12	66	5	37.20	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
SP Gupte	32.4	19	45	5	39.20	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
HB Cave	27.3	17	22	4	41.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
Zulfiqar Ahmed	37.2	19	37	5	44.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
Zulfiqar Ahmed	46.3	21	42	6	46.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
Khan Mohammad	34.0	10	78	4	51.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
SP Gupte	36.3	14	73	4	54.75	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
AR MacGibbon	37.1	8	98	4	55.75	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	13 Oct 1955	Test # 413
AM Moir	39.0	13	114	4	58.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
SP Gupte	49.0	26	72	5	58.80	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
MH Mankad	40.0	14	65	4	60.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
Zulfiqar Ahmed	43.2	10	114	4	65.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
SP Gupte	76.4	35	128	7	65.71	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616 - Live]
>> 211/3 (45.0 ov, JE Root 72*, HC Brook 78*, MG Neser 1/36) - Stumps

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]