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
A Snyman	3.0x8	2	7	4	6.00	EPR (SACBOC)	v NTL (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
J Govender	3.5x8	1	5	3	9.66	NTL (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Durban	22 Jan 1972	First-class
RP Tandon	10.0	3	34	6	10.00	Central Zone	v North Zone	Nagpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
S Chothia	8.7x8	4	29	7	10.14	TVL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
C Langson	6.4x8	-	20	5	10.40	EPR (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	8 Jan 1972	First-class
JD Higgs	4.0x8	-	16	3	10.66	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	3 Mar 1972	First-class
KG Cunningham	3.0x8	1	10	2	12.00	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	28 Jan 1972	First-class
TJ Jenner	3.3x8	1	5	2	13.50	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
M Wilson	5.1x8	-	18	3	13.66	EPR (SACBOC)	v NTL (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
RK Rowan	12.2x8	2	36	7	14.00	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	3 Mar 1972	First-class
AV Mankad	7.0	2	21	3	14.00	West Zone	v East Zone	Jamshedpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
C Langson	7.2x8	1	35	4	14.50	EPR (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
DK Lillee	11.0x8	4	24	6	14.66	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Dec 1971	First-class
KR Stackpole	6.0x8	2	15	3	16.00	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	26 Dec 1971	First-class
TMD MacGill	6.0x8	2	10	3	16.00	West Aust	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
Y Omar	6.0x8	2	13	3	16.00	NTL (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Cape Town	1 Jan 1972	First-class
AL Mann	4.0x8	2	8	2	16.00	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1971	First-class
SA Durani	11.0	4	20	4	16.50	Central Zone	v North Zone	Nagpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
JB Gannon	8.5x8	1	35	4	17.25	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
G Dymock	8.5x8	-	34	4	17.25	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
BR Taylor	20.3	6	74	7	17.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
M Govender	11.0x8	3	31	5	17.60	NTL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
PLA Bedford	4.4x8	1	19	2	18.00	Victoria	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1971	First-class
L Varis	4.4x8	2	8	2	18.00	West Aust	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
SA Durani	6.0	3	12	2	18.00	Central Zone	v North Zone	Nagpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
PH Carlson	14.0x8	3	32	6	18.66	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
KJ O'Keeffe	7.0x8	4	10	3	18.66	NSW	v Victoria	Sydney	29 Oct 1971	First-class
RAL Massie	7.0x8	5	6	3	18.66	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	First-class
PH Sharma	12.5	2	38	4	19.25	Central Zone	v West Zone	Bangalore	11 Mar 1972	First-class
RAL Massie	10.0x8	4	18	4	20.00	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
MHN Walker	10.0x8	2	24	4	20.00	Victoria	v West Aust	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
DK Lillee	10.0x8	-	46	4	20.00	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Dec 1971	First-class
KE Dudgeon	5.0x8	-	16	2	20.00	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	12 Nov 1971	First-class
G Manicum	10.2x8	6	10	4	20.50	NTL (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Durban	22 Jan 1972	First-class
MHN Walker	12.7x8	5	17	5	20.60	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	12 Nov 1971	First-class
JRF Duncan	13.0x8	7	21	5	20.80	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	12 Nov 1971	First-class
AR Jones	8.0x8	-	45	3	21.33	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
S Venkataraghavan	11.0	1	55	3	22.00	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
AM Jagdale	11.0	4	31	3	22.00	Central Zone	v South Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
ED Solkar	22.3	7	59	6	22.50	West Zone	v Central Zone	Bangalore	11 Mar 1972	First-class
GD McKenzie	5.5x8	-	21	2	22.50	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Dec 1971	First-class
JRF Duncan	14.6x8	8	16	5	23.60	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	26 Dec 1971	First-class
AM Ismail	15.5	5	26	4	23.75	Bombay	v Rest of Ind	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
BS Chandrasekhar	16.0	4	63	4	24.00	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Brabourne	22 Oct 1971	First-class
DJ Colley	12.0x8	3	44	4	24.00	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
KJ McCarthy	12.0x8	1	36	4	24.00	South Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	3 Mar 1972	First-class
BR Taylor	12.0	2	26	3	24.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1972	Test # 694
RAL Massie	6.0x8	-	34	2	24.00	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Dec 1971	First-class
MHN Walker	6.0x8	2	15	2	24.00	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	26 Dec 1971	First-class
H Ayob	6.0x8	-	20	2	24.00	TVL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
A Snyman	6.0x8	1	18	2	24.00	EPR (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	8 Jan 1972	First-class
S Magiet	6.0x8	1	26	2	24.00	WPR (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	8 Jan 1972	First-class
DJ Colley	9.1x8	-	69	3	24.33	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
RK Rowan	15.2x8	5	28	5	24.40	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	26 Dec 1971	First-class
PH Carlson	9.3x8	-	44	3	25.00	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	15 Oct 1971	First-class
KJ McCarthy	12.5x8	-	44	4	25.25	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
PA Nicholls	16.0x8	2	68	5	25.60	West Aust	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
JW Gleeson	13.0x8	2	47	4	26.00	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	15 Oct 1971	First-class
GJ Gilmour	13.0x8	2	69	4	26.00	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
AM Jagdale	13.0	2	47	3	26.00	Central Zone	v North Zone	Nagpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
GS Chappell	9.7x8	2	19	3	26.33	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
AA Mallett	20.0x8	5	64	6	26.66	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
GD McKenzie	10.0x8	3	34	3	26.66	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1971	First-class
GD Watson	10.0x8	3	18	3	26.66	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1971	First-class
AM Ismail	22.2	8	48	5	26.80	West Zone	v East Zone	Jamshedpur	11 Feb 1972	First-class
BS Chandrasekhar	18.0	4	41	4	27.00	South Zone	v Central Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
I Ebrahim	6.6x8	1	17	2	27.00	NTL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
SA Durani	27.4	6	65	6	27.66	Central Zone	v South Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
GD McKenzie	10.3x8	3	46	3	27.66	West Aust	v South Aust	W.A.C.A	26 Feb 1972	First-class
GD McKenzie	14.0x8	4	38	4	28.00	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1971	First-class
TJ Jenner	14.0x8	4	44	4	28.00	South Aust	v Queensland	Adelaide	5 Nov 1971	First-class
SR Bernard	7.0x8	-	35	2	28.00	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	15 Oct 1971	First-class
DK Lillee	7.0x8	2	39	2	28.00	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	First-class
BR Taylor	24.0	8	41	5	28.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
DK Lillee	11.0x8	2	36	3	29.33	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	30 Oct 1971	First-class
KJ McCarthy	11.0x8	2	42	3	29.33	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	28 Jan 1972	First-class
JW Gleeson	25.6x8	12	52	7	29.42	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
JD Higgs	22.4x8	4	96	6	30.00	Victoria	v West Aust	Melbourne	10 Dec 1971	First-class
D Govindjee	15.0x8	2	39	4	30.00	EPR (SACBOC)	v TVL (SACBOC)	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1972	First-class
KD Walters	15.0x8	4	43	4	30.00	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1972	First-class
BR Taylor	20.1	9	41	4	30.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1972	Test # 694
DJ Colley	15.2x8	3	63	4	30.50	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	First-class
I Ebrahim	23.1x8	2	70	6	30.83	NTL (SACBOC)	v EPR (SACBOC)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1971	First-class
G Dymock	15.6x8	2	31	4	31.50	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
KR Gattani	21.0	2	49	4	31.50	Central Zone	v South Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
Inshan Ali	26.4	8	59	5	32.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
WD Albury	16.0x8	3	50	4	32.00	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	5 Nov 1971	First-class
MHN Walker	16.0x8	2	58	4	32.00	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	26 Nov 1971	First-class
JR Hammond	16.0x8	4	39	4	32.00	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1971	First-class
JW Gleeson	12.0x8	4	34	3	32.00	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	31 Dec 1971	First-class
AA Mallett	12.0x8	4	32	3	32.00	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class
KR Gattani	16.0	4	51	3	32.00	Central Zone	v South Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	25 Feb 1972	First-class
TJ Jenner	8.0x8	1	37	2	32.00	South Aust	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	26 Feb 1972	First-class
JR Watkins	16.1x8	3	72	4	32.25	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	18 Feb 1972	First-class
AJ Sieler	16.4x8	3	48	4	33.00	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	3 Mar 1972	First-class
BE Congdon	11.0	2	45	2	33.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
GS Sobers	11.0	5	17	2	33.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	20 Apr 1972	Test # 697
KJ O'Keeffe	21.0x8	3	75	5	33.60	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	17 Dec 1971	First-class
G Manicum	21.0x8	6	32	5	33.60	NTL (SACBOC)	v WPR (SACBOC)	Cape Town	1 Jan 1972	First-class
FM Francke	21.1x8	4	62	5	33.80	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	21 Jan 1972	First-class

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Minimum of 2 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Western Districts vs Northern Cape at Kimberley, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 14th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 181/3 (58.4 ov, N Yikha 62*, R Herrmann 87*, L Alder 0/38) - Stumps

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Police Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 9-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 130/6 (37.0 ov, A Wanninayake 21*, DS Thilakaratne 2/48) - Stumps

Border vs Mpumalanga at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 13th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps