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
E Amod	5.0	2	4	5	6.00	TVL (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
V Malgas	2.1	-	12	2	6.50	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 1978	First-class
TM Alderman	2.0x8	-	12	2	8.00	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	10 Feb 1978	First-class
A Jabaar	9.2	4	9	6	9.33	WPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1977	First-class
G van Oordt	3.2	2	2	2	10.00	WPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
RJ Inverarity	4.0x8	-	19	3	10.66	West Aust	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	05 Feb 1978	List A
MR Magiet	8.0	2	14	4	12.00	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Nov 1977	First-class
Wasim Raja	4.6x8	-	23	3	12.66	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	12.80	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
JR Thomson	13.0	1	77	6	13.00	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	13.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
S Magiet	9.0	4	19	4	13.50	WPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
JR Thomson	3.3x8	1	12	2	13.50	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	13.75	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
T Kadi	14.0	6	32	6	14.00	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
RGD Willis	7.0x8	2	14	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
W Fischer	7.0	-	27	3	14.00	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
IW Callen	7.0	-	24	3	14.00	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
J Govender	4.4	1	4	2	14.00	Natal (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1977	First-class
IJ Brayshaw	9.0x8	4	26	5	14.40	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	24 Feb 1978	First-class
WM Clark	7.2x8	1	20	4	14.50	West Aust	v NSW	W.A.C.A	21 Jan 1978	List A
JR Thomson	10.0	-	67	4	15.00	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
D Jacobs	7.3	1	32	3	15.00	TVL (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
A Chetty	5.0	2	6	2	15.00	Natal (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Newcastle	21 Jan 1978	First-class
PA Hibbert	8.0x8	1	28	4	16.00	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	09 Dec 1977	First-class
TM Alderman	8.0x8	-	40	4	16.00	West Aust	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	05 Feb 1978	List A
AL Mann	6.0x8	-	12	3	16.00	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
MR Magiet	8.0	3	9	3	16.00	WPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
JK Lever	6.0x8	1	18	3	16.00	England	v Pakistan	Sialkot	30 Dec 1977	ODI # 46
J Garner	8.0	-	29	3	16.00	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
MR Magiet	13.3	6	23	5	16.20	WPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	11 Feb 1978	First-class
RS Hans	11.0	3	18	4	16.50	Rest of Ind	v Bombay	Wankhede	27 Jan 1978	First-class
M Wicks	11.0	5	21	4	16.50	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1978	First-class
DJ Colley	6.2x8	-	23	3	16.66	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
T Pono	11.3	2	29	4	17.25	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1978	First-class
M Amarnath	17.5	6	34	6	17.83	North Zone	v South Zone	Bengaluru	30 Sep 1977	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3x8	4	26	6	17.83	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
L Esterhuizen	15.0	5	40	5	18.00	Natal (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1977	First-class
E Amod	15.0	2	31	5	18.00	TVL (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1978	First-class
E Amod	9.0	3	36	3	18.00	TVL (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
D Jacobs	9.0	2	50	3	18.00	TVL (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
A Chetty	9.0	2	22	3	18.00	Natal (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Newcastle	21 Jan 1978	First-class
TJ Laughlin	9.0	2	54	3	18.00	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
M Kara	6.0	1	17	2	18.00	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
V Malgas	6.0	1	19	2	18.00	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
AG Hurst	7.0x8	-	33	3	18.66	Victoria	v Queensland	Brisbane	04 Nov 1977	First-class
IT Botham	7.0x8	-	39	3	18.66	England	v Pakistan	Sahiwal	23 Dec 1977	ODI # 45
IT Botham	7.0x8	1	38	3	18.66	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
BS Chandrasekhar	14.1x8	2	52	6	18.83	India	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
RS Hans	15.5	6	20	5	19.00	Central Zone	v East Zone	Jaipur	23 Sep 1977	First-class
G Okkers	13.0	6	33	4	19.50	TVL (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	01 Jan 1978	First-class
AT Sincock	9.6x8	-	43	4	19.50	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	10 Feb 1978	First-class
MM Khan	6.3	1	17	2	19.50	Natal (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1977	First-class
AME Roberts	16.2	3	56	5	19.60	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
G van Oordt	9.5	3	11	3	19.66	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Nov 1977	First-class
IJ Brayshaw	15.0x8	6	29	6	20.00	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	14 Jan 1978	First-class
TM Alderman	10.0x8	1	48	4	20.00	West Aust	v NSW	W.A.C.A	05 Nov 1977	First-class
GJ Cowmeadow	10.0x8	2	35	4	20.00	Tasmania	v NSW	Devonport	04 Mar 1978	First-class
B Burman	10.0	3	24	3	20.00	East Zone	v Central Zone	Jaipur	23 Sep 1977	First-class
V Malgas	10.0	5	14	3	20.00	EPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1977	First-class
M Kara	10.0	1	30	3	20.00	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 1978	First-class
CEH Croft	10.0	1	44	3	20.00	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	22 Feb 1978	ODI # 48
PA Hibbert	5.0x8	2	11	2	20.00	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	18 Nov 1977	First-class
Sarfraz Nawaz	5.0x8	2	7	2	20.00	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
Hasan Jamil	5.0x8	-	20	2	20.00	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	13 Jan 1978	ODI # 47
RK Blewett	5.0x8	1	9	2	20.00	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	25 Feb 1978	First-class
WM Clark	6.4	-	39	2	20.00	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
ML Clews	15.2x8	3	41	6	20.33	NSW	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	05 Nov 1977	First-class
JN Maguire	15.2x8	2	62	6	20.33	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	17 Feb 1978	First-class
D Jacobs	17.0	5	47	5	20.40	TVL (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1977	First-class
A Jabaar	17.0	5	36	5	20.40	WPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	31 Dec 1977	First-class
TM Alderman	10.3x8	3	28	4	20.75	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	18 Feb 1978	First-class
IJ Brayshaw	13.0x8	2	59	5	20.80	West Aust	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Dec 1977	First-class
A Jabaar	17.2	1	33	5	20.80	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	21 Jan 1978	First-class
J Govender	17.3	7	27	5	21.00	Natal (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Newcastle	21 Jan 1978	First-class
S Magiet	14.0	-	53	4	21.00	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Nov 1977	First-class
S Magiet	14.0	8	13	4	21.00	WPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
E Damon	14.0	4	21	4	21.00	WPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1977	First-class
K Majola	7.0	-	34	2	21.00	EPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1977	First-class
S Gabriels	7.0	1	20	2	21.00	TVL (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	11 Feb 1978	First-class
RB Simpson	7.0	-	30	2	21.00	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
VA Holder	7.0	-	28	2	21.00	West Indies	v Australia	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
B Yardley	7.0	3	14	2	21.00	Australia	v West Indies	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
DR Parry	7.0	1	27	2	21.00	West Indies	v Australia	Castries	12 Apr 1978	ODI # 49
KD Ghavri	10.5x8	2	45	4	21.25	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
DW Hourn	8.0x8	-	45	3	21.33	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	30 Oct 1977	List A
GK Whyte	8.0x8	2	31	3	21.33	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	04 Nov 1977	First-class
DJ Baker	8.0x8	1	27	3	21.33	Tasmania	v South Aust	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
AT Sincock	8.0x8	4	23	3	21.33	South Aust	v Tasmania	Hobart	15 Jan 1978	List A
IW Callen	8.0x8	-	41	3	21.33	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
J Simmons	8.0x8	1	29	3	21.33	Tasmania	v Victoria	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
JR Douglas	8.0x8	1	48	3	21.33	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	22 Jan 1978	List A
RM Hogg	16.2x8	-	80	6	21.66	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	03 Mar 1978	First-class
W Fischer	11.0	5	14	3	22.00	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	26 Nov 1977	First-class
M Wicks	11.0	1	32	3	22.00	EPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	11 Feb 1978	First-class
V Malgas	11.0	2	46	3	22.00	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1978	First-class
BS Bedi	13.7x8	3	55	5	22.20	India	v Australia	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
IW Callen	13.7x8	1	59	5	22.20	Victoria	v NSW	Melbourne	23 Dec 1977	First-class
AG Hurst	14.0x8	1	77	5	22.40	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	09 Dec 1977	First-class
J Garner	15.0	3	56	4	22.50	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies vs England at The Oval, West Indies in England 3rd ODI, Jun 3, 2025 [ODI # 4883]

West Indies vs England at Cardiff, West Indies in England 2nd ODI, Jun 1, 2025 [ODI # 4881]

England vs West Indies at Birmingham, West Indies in England 1st ODI, May 29, 2025 [ODI # 4880]