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
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	15.12	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
ALF de Mel	14.0	-	68	5	16.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	17.33	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
JR Thomson	14.5	2	50	5	17.80	Australia	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
GF Lawson	18.3	4	47	6	18.50	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
N Kapil Dev	13.0	-	73	4	19.50	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	1	33	4	20.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
Abdul Qadir	15.0	3	67	4	22.50	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
BL Cairns	15.0	6	49	4	22.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
MD Marshall	19.1	6	37	5	23.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
N Kapil Dev	30.5	7	85	8	23.12	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983	Test # 947
Tahir Naqqash	16.0	3	61	4	24.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
AME Roberts	16.0	4	48	4	24.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
Imran Khan	25.0	3	98	6	25.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
Sir RJ Hadlee	17.0	5	34	4	25.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
NG Cowans	26.0	6	77	6	26.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
GF Lawson	18.0	4	56	4	27.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
GF Lawson	24.0	6	66	5	28.80	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
AME Roberts	19.2	3	31	4	29.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
N Kapil Dev	24.3	3	110	5	29.40	India	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
AME Roberts	24.3	9	39	5	29.40	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
B Yardley	25.0	7	88	5	30.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
Imran Khan	20.0	6	35	4	30.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
BL Cairns	20.0	7	47	4	30.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	4 Mar 1983	Test # 950
VB John	25.2	9	60	5	30.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
TG Hogan	25.2	6	66	5	30.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
Abdul Qadir	26.0	7	76	5	31.20	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
GF Lawson	21.4	6	66	4	32.50	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
AME Roberts	22.0	4	61	4	33.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
N Kapil Dev	38.4	3	220	7	33.14	India	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
N Kapil Dev	28.5	3	102	5	34.60	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
RM Hogg	23.3	6	69	4	35.25	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
RGD Willis	29.4	3	66	5	35.60	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
DR Doshi	30.0	8	85	5	36.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
RJ Shastri	24.0	8	43	4	36.00	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
RJ Ratnayake	24.0	5	81	4	36.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
Imran Khan	24.2	10	45	4	36.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Imran Khan	30.5	12	82	5	37.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
JR Thomson	31.0	6	73	5	37.20	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
N Kapil Dev	25.3	6	45	4	38.25	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
GF Lawson	32.0	5	108	5	38.40	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
DR Doshi	32.5	6	90	5	39.40	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
EJ Chatfield	26.5	7	66	4	40.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
B Yardley	27.0	9	89	4	40.50	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
MD Marshall	27.5	5	87	4	41.75	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
GF Lawson	35.3	11	87	5	42.60	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Abdul Qadir	50.5	12	142	7	43.57	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
IT Botham	30.0	8	75	4	45.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Sarfraz Nawaz	30.0	4	85	4	45.00	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
Sarfraz Nawaz	31.5	11	63	4	47.75	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
GF Lawson	33.0	6	97	4	49.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
G Miller	33.0	11	70	4	49.50	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
Sarfraz Nawaz	33.0	11	79	4	49.50	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	3 Jan 1983	Test # 945
B Yardley	42.4	15	107	5	51.20	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
IT Botham	36.5	5	112	4	55.25	England	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
B Yardley	37.0	6	139	4	55.50	Australia	v England	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Abdul Qadir	42.0	14	76	4	63.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936

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Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]