Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Imran Khan	19.7x8	3	63	6	26.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
DL Underwood	11.6x8	2	16	3	31.33	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
CM Old	12.0x8	4	39	3	32.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
RGD Willis	8.0x8	-	33	2	32.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
Imran Khan	26.0x8	6	102	6	34.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
Mushtaq Mohammad	19.4x8	2	58	4	39.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
Sarfraz Nawaz	15.0x8	3	77	3	40.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
Imran Khan	25.5x8	2	122	5	41.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
Iqbal Qasim	21.0x8	5	111	4	42.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
Asif Iqbal	16.0x8	3	52	3	42.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
Sarfraz Nawaz	16.0x8	4	42	3	42.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
JK Lever	12.0x8	1	36	2	48.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
EJ Chatfield	27.1x8	3	100	4	54.25	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
CM Old	27.6x8	2	104	4	55.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
AW Greig	14.0x8	3	66	2	56.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
Iqbal Qasim	30.0x8	6	84	4	60.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
Javed Miandad	25.0x8	3	85	3	66.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
Iqbal Qasim	25.0x8	2	119	3	66.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
BL Cairns	28.0x8	9	69	3	74.66	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798
Sir RJ Hadlee	29.0x8	1	155	3	77.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
EJ Chatfield	31.0x8	4	125	3	82.66	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
JK Lever	21.0x8	1	95	2	84.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
DR Hadlee	24.5x8	1	130	2	98.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.0x8	2	147	2	112.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	25 Feb 1977	Test # 798

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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]
>> 4/2 (2.0 ov, TJ van Rensburg 4*, L Alder 0/1) - 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]
>> 121/2 (31.0 ov, PARP Perera 24*, A Tharindu 78*, JDF Vandersay 0/35) - 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