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
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	15.75	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	17.33	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
NS Yadav	12.0	-	35	4	18.00	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
MA Holding	13.0	2	40	4	19.50	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
DK Lillee	13.3	4	40	4	20.25	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	20.28	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
MA Holding	14.0	3	40	4	21.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
N Kapil Dev	14.1	5	39	4	21.25	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	22.28	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	22.83	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
DR Doshi	19.5	4	43	5	23.80	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.0	9	34	5	24.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
KD Ghavri	20.1	5	52	5	24.20	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
N Kapil Dev	16.2	5	30	4	24.50	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	24.57	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
G Dymock	17.0	6	42	4	25.50	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
IT Botham	17.0	7	29	4	25.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Sikander Bakht	22.1	5	55	5	26.60	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
KD Ghavri	18.0	4	63	4	27.00	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
N Kapil Dev	28.0	5	63	6	28.00	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
N Kapil Dev	19.0	5	90	4	28.50	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
N Kapil Dev	23.5	8	58	5	28.60	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Imran Khan	23.5	3	63	5	28.60	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
Sikander Bakht	24.0	9	56	5	28.80	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
DK Lillee	24.0	3	78	5	28.80	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	40	6	28.83	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
GB Troup	29.1	5	95	6	29.16	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
NS Yadav	21.0	7	40	4	31.50	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
BL Cairns	32.0	8	85	6	32.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
Ehteshamuddin	26.4	11	47	5	32.00	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
J Garner	22.0	5	55	4	33.00	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
CEH Croft	22.0	4	57	4	33.00	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
DK Lillee	33.1	9	60	6	33.16	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
NS Yadav	22.5	6	49	4	34.25	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
N Kapil Dev	22.5	6	63	4	34.25	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
J Garner	23.0	6	36	4	34.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
IT Botham	35.0	9	78	6	35.00	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	35.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
Iqbal Qasim	42.0	22	49	7	36.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.0	13	68	6	36.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
J Garner	36.2	15	56	6	36.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
G Dymock	25.0	7	63	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
CEH Croft	25.0	3	64	4	37.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
N Kapil Dev	32.0	7	82	5	38.40	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
N Kapil Dev	32.0	9	74	5	38.40	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
RM Hogg	26.0	3	66	4	39.00	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
DK Lillee	33.0	6	78	5	39.60	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
RJ Bright	46.5	17	87	7	40.14	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
G Dymock	33.5	7	104	5	40.60	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
G Dymock	35.0	7	99	5	42.00	Australia	v India	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
DK Lillee	28.0	11	73	4	42.00	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
DR Doshi	43.0	10	103	6	43.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
Imran Khan	28.4	12	53	4	43.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
DK Lillee	29.1	8	104	4	43.75	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
LS Pascoe	29.5	3	80	4	44.75	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	12	69	4	45.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Tauseef Ahmed	30.2	9	64	4	45.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Imran Khan	38.2	6	114	5	46.00	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
G Dymock	31.0	2	106	4	46.50	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	8	75	4	46.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
GB Troup	31.2	11	71	4	47.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
Imran Khan	33.0	5	67	4	49.50	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
Ehteshamuddin	35.0	7	87	4	52.50	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
IT Botham	45.5	14	98	5	55.00	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	10	90	4	58.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
B Yardley	42.0	11	91	4	63.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
G Dymock	42.2	8	135	4	63.50	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
DR Doshi	43.0	10	92	4	64.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
B Yardley	44.0	16	107	4	66.00	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
Iqbal Qasim	44.0	15	135	4	66.00	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
RJ Bright	56.0	14	172	5	67.20	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
JK Lever	53.0	15	111	4	79.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872

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