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
AL Adams	6.0x8	3	7	6	8.00	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
D George	2.0x8	-	10	2	8.00	TVL (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	15 Mar 1980	First-class
Sikander Bakht	5.4	1	12	4	8.50	Pakistanis	v East Zone	Guwahati	10 Jan 1980	First-class
Majid Khan	6.0	2	17	4	9.00	Pakistanis	v East Zone	Guwahati	10 Jan 1980	First-class
Wasim Raja	3.0	1	4	2	9.00	Pakistanis	v Central Zone	Jaipur	11 Nov 1979	First-class
JD Higgs	6.1	2	18	4	9.25	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	15 Feb 1980	First-class
GR Attenborough	7.0	2	27	4	10.50	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	30 Nov 1979	First-class
LS Pascoe	12.3	6	18	7	10.71	NSW	v South Aust	Sydney	23 Feb 1980	First-class
D Jacobs	5.6x8	-	30	4	11.50	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
I Hendricks	3.0x8	1	6	2	12.00	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	1 Mar 1980	First-class
AA Mallett	4.3	-	24	2	13.50	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	7 Mar 1980	First-class
S Magiet	7.0x8	1	18	4	14.00	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
PR Sleep	9.4	2	26	4	14.50	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	28 Dec 1979	First-class
AL Adams	7.2x8	5	8	4	14.50	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
PH Carlson	9.5	3	23	4	14.75	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	15 Feb 1980	First-class
RM Hogg	5.0	2	11	2	15.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
AD Gaekwad	5.0	2	12	2	15.00	West Zone	v South Zone	Bengaluru	21 Dec 1979	First-class
JR Thomson	15.1	4	51	6	15.16	Queensland	v West Aust	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
S Draai	11.4x8	2	22	6	15.33	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	15.75	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
AME Roberts	10.3	2	25	4	15.75	West Indians	v South Aust	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
S Draai	10.0x8	1	40	5	16.00	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 1979	First-class
S Draai	8.0x8	3	13	4	16.00	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
MM Khan	8.0x8	-	39	4	16.00	Natal (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Durban	31 Dec 1979	First-class
S Valson	8.0	1	27	3	16.00	North Zone	v Pakistanis	Amritsar	29 Nov 1979	First-class
NS Yadav	8.0	4	11	3	16.00	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
RJ Inverarity	5.2	1	14	2	16.00	South Aust	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	19 Jan 1980	First-class
CG Rackemann	14.0	7	25	5	16.80	Queensland	v England XI	Brisbane	12 Nov 1979	First-class
G Dymock	17.2	4	34	6	17.33	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
TV Hohns	8.4	2	28	3	17.33	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	26 Oct 1979	First-class
GR Attenborough	18.0	6	57	6	18.00	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	29 Feb 1980	First-class
NS Yadav	12.0	-	35	4	18.00	India	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
AS Zarapkar	12.0	2	33	4	18.00	West Zone	v South Zone	Bengaluru	21 Dec 1979	First-class
Iqbal Qasim	9.0	4	12	3	18.00	Pakistanis	v East Zone	Guwahati	10 Jan 1980	First-class
MHN Walker	9.0	3	29	3	18.00	Victoria	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	26 Jan 1980	First-class
CG Rackemann	9.0	1	33	3	18.00	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	15 Feb 1980	First-class
JR Hammond	9.0	3	12	3	18.00	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	23 Feb 1980	First-class
CL King	6.0	3	9	2	18.00	West Indians	v	Devonport	23 Nov 1979	First-class
CA Michael	6.0	-	20	2	18.00	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	30 Nov 1979	First-class
JR Thomson	6.0	2	21	2	18.00	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	15 Feb 1980	First-class
K Majola	7.0x8	-	29	3	18.66	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 1979	First-class
S Draai	9.4x8	5	19	4	19.00	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 1979	First-class
Iqbal Qasim	9.4	1	25	3	19.33	Pakistanis	v East Zone	Guwahati	10 Jan 1980	First-class
S Valson	13.0	5	27	4	19.50	North Zone	v Central Zone	Indore	21 Dec 1979	First-class
S Madan Lal	13.0	2	61	4	19.50	North Zone	v West Zone	Wankhede	20 Jan 1980	First-class
MA Holding	13.0	2	40	4	19.50	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
AL Adams	7.3x8	4	13	3	19.66	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 1979	First-class
PR Sleep	9.5	4	46	3	19.66	-	v West Indians	Devonport	23 Nov 1979	First-class
M Amarnath	9.5	4	16	3	19.66	North Zone	v West Zone	Wankhede	20 Jan 1980	First-class
A Sathar	15.0x8	2	70	6	20.00	Natal (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Feb 1980	First-class
AL Adams	15.0x8	6	24	6	20.00	WPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Feb 1980	First-class
MR Magiet	15.0x8	9	23	6	20.00	WPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Cape Town	16 Feb 1980	First-class
RJ Bright	20.0	8	29	6	20.00	Australians	v BCCP Pres XI	Rawalpindi	22 Feb 1980	First-class
RF Jeffery	13.2	5	37	4	20.00	Tasmania	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	21 Dec 1979	First-class
NS Yadav	6.4	-	36	2	20.00	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
E Amod	5.0x8	-	24	2	20.00	TVL (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	31 Dec 1979	First-class
D Jacobs	5.0x8	3	5	2	20.00	TVL (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Johannesburg	4 Jan 1980	First-class
AI Kallicharran	6.4	1	16	2	20.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
JD Higgs	20.1	7	57	6	20.16	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	7 Mar 1980	First-class
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
GR Attenborough	17.0	3	40	5	20.40	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	28 Dec 1979	First-class
JK Ghiya	6.5	2	31	2	20.50	South Zone	v West Zone	Bengaluru	21 Dec 1979	First-class
D Jacobs	13.0x8	3	27	5	20.80	EPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Port Elizabeth	1 Mar 1980	First-class
JR Thomson	21.0	4	45	6	21.00	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	29 Feb 1980	First-class
MA Holding	14.0	5	27	4	21.00	West Indians	v South Aust	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
J Garner	14.0	1	59	4	21.00	West Indians	v	Devonport	23 Nov 1979	First-class
MA Holding	14.0	3	40	4	21.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
Imran Khan	7.0	3	12	2	21.00	Pakistanis	v East Zone	Guwahati	10 Jan 1980	First-class
GF Lawson	7.0	-	22	2	21.00	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	19 Jan 1980	First-class
N Kapil Dev	14.1	5	39	4	21.25	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
MF Malone	14.1	3	30	4	21.25	West Aust	v Tasmania	W.A.C.A	21 Dec 1979	First-class
JH Frans	16.0x8	1	48	6	21.33	EPR (SACB)	v Natal (SACB)	Durban	26 Dec 1979	First-class
F Kimmie	16.0x8	5	47	6	21.33	TVL (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	19 Jan 1980	First-class
S Draai	8.0x8	1	21	3	21.33	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
JR Thomson	25.0	10	58	7	21.42	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	26 Oct 1979	First-class
MF Malone	14.2	4	48	4	21.50	West Aust	v West Indians	W.A.C.A	5 Jan 1980	First-class
TM Alderman	18.0	7	47	5	21.60	West Aust	v West Indians	W.A.C.A	5 Jan 1980	First-class
WR Broad	11.0	1	20	3	22.00	Queensland	v NSW	Lismore	15 Dec 1979	First-class
Ehteshamuddin	11.0	3	47	3	22.00	Pakistanis	v South Zone	Hyderabad (Deccan)	24 Jan 1980	First-class
RJ Bright	11.0	5	24	3	22.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
Azhar Khan	7.2	2	22	2	22.00	-	v Australians	Multan	13 Mar 1980	First-class
VA Barnes	16.5x8	4	32	6	22.16	WPR (SACB)	v TVL (SACB)	Cape Town	19 Jan 1980	First-class
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	22.28	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
S Magiet	14.0x8	6	25	5	22.40	WPR (SACB)	v EPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
DK Lillee	22.3	4	94	6	22.50	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	22.83	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
I Hendricks	8.5x8	3	14	3	23.00	EPR (SACB)	v WPR (SACB)	Cape Town	15 Mar 1980	First-class
CEH Croft	19.3	6	49	5	23.40	West Indians	v	Devonport	23 Nov 1979	First-class
DR Doshi	19.5	4	43	5	23.80	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
PH Carlson	27.5	9	42	7	23.85	Queensland	v West Aust	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
TM Alderman	24.0	4	80	6	24.00	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	23 Feb 1980	First-class
GR Beard	20.0	10	33	5	24.00	NSW	v Queensland	Lismore	15 Dec 1979	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.0	9	34	5	24.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
GS Chappell	16.0	4	42	4	24.00	Queensland	v West Aust	Brisbane	2 Nov 1979	First-class
MHN Walker	16.0	5	36	4	24.00	Victoria	v Tasmania	Melbourne	15 Feb 1980	First-class
J Garner	12.0	1	45	3	24.00	West Indians	v South Aust	Adelaide	16 Nov 1979	First-class
Sikander Bakht	12.0	4	46	3	24.00	Pakistanis	v North Zone	Amritsar	29 Nov 1979	First-class
RMH Binny	12.0	1	53	3	24.00	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
RR Jadeja	12.0	1	45	3	24.00	West Zone	v South Zone	Bengaluru	21 Dec 1979	First-class

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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