Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Players

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
WW Hall	12.0x8	2	51	4	24.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
CG Borde	16.2	7	21	4	24.50	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
FM Misson	14.0x8	3	58	4	28.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
WW Hall	17.7x8	3	63	5	28.60	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
AK Davidson	22.0x8	4	53	6	29.33	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
Fazal Mahmood	25.3	12	26	5	30.60	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
AK Davidson	24.6x8	4	87	6	33.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
AK Davidson	21.6x8	4	80	5	34.80	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
AK Davidson	24.7x8	4	84	5	39.80	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
RB Desai	27.0	3	88	4	40.50	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
LR Gibbs	26.0x8	5	66	5	41.60	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
RB Desai	28.0	5	102	4	42.00	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
R Benaud	27.0x8	5	96	5	43.20	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RB Desai	28.5	4	66	4	43.25	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
VV Kumar	37.5	21	64	5	45.40	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
R Benaud	23.0x8	3	86	4	46.00	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
SP Gupte	31.0	15	43	4	46.50	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
AK Davidson	30.0x8	2	135	5	48.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
AL Valentine	24.2x8	6	67	4	48.50	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
AL Valentine	25.2x8	7	86	4	50.50	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
LR Gibbs	35.6x8	4	97	5	57.20	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
WW Hall	29.3x8	1	140	4	58.75	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
Mahmood Hussain	51.4	10	129	5	62.00	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
Haseeb Ahsan	56.0	15	121	5	67.20	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
Mohammad Farooq	46.0	7	139	4	69.00	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
Surendranath	46.0	19	93	4	69.00	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
GS Sobers	44.0x8	7	120	5	70.40	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
LR Gibbs	38.4x8	18	74	4	77.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
RG Nadkarni	52.4	38	43	4	79.00	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
PR Umrigar	55.0	23	71	4	82.50	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
Haseeb Ahsan	84.0	19	202	6	84.00	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
R Benaud	44.0x8	14	113	4	88.00	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502

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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]

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]