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
Ameer Akbar	3.0	-	7	4	4.50	National Bnk	v House BFC	Rawalpindi	15 Sep 1985	List A
Manzoor Elahi	1.5	-	8	2	5.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 1986	ODI # 384
Abdul Qadir	5.2	-	17	4	8.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	29 Nov 1985	ODI # 343
Tahir Shah	3.0	-	8	2	9.00	National Bnk	v House BFC	Rawalpindi	15 Sep 1985	List A
DJ Hickey	8.0	2	26	5	9.60	Victoria	v West Aust	Melbourne	10 Mar 1986	List A
GS le Roux	8.1	2	13	5	9.80	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Gqeberha	28 Jan 1986	List A
IP Butchart	5.0	-	20	3	10.00	Zimbabwe	v Young Aus	Harare	5 Oct 1985	List A
Sir RJ Hadlee	5.0	1	14	3	10.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1986	ODI # 358
AR Border	5.0	-	23	3	10.00	Australia	v India	Sydney	5 Feb 1986	ODI # 362
Abdul Qadir	5.0	-	23	3	10.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	2 Mar 1986	ODI # 365
RJ Tucker	5.0	-	26	3	10.00	NSW	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 Apr 1986	List A
JG Bracewell	3.3	1	3	2	10.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1986	ODI # 358
IP Butchart	9.0	-	56	5	10.80	Zimbabwe	v Young Aus	Bulawayo	28 Sep 1985	List A
MA Holding	7.3	-	17	4	11.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Peshawar	2 Dec 1985	ODI # 344
GL Smith	3.5	-	13	2	11.50	NSW	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2 Apr 1986	List A
MA Hill	10.0	1	29	5	12.00	Tasmania	v Queensland	Brisbane	13 Oct 1985	List A
DR Gilbert	10.0	-	46	5	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	14 Jan 1986	ODI # 350
BA Reid	10.0	-	53	5	12.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	26 Jan 1986	ODI # 357
RP Done	10.0	2	21	5	12.00	NSW	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2 Apr 1986	List A
Mohsin Kamal	8.0	-	47	4	12.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	7 Apr 1986	ODI # 380
JR Ratnayeke	6.0	-	34	3	12.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	3 Nov 1985	ODI # 338
CPH Ramanayake	6.0	-	25	3	12.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Moratuwa	8 Mar 1986	ODI # 367
MD Marshall	6.0	2	14	3	12.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	19 Mar 1986	ODI # 370
Zakir Khan	6.0	-	34	3	12.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	30 Mar 1986	ODI # 374
Barkatullah Khan	4.0	1	11	2	12.00	National Bnk	v House BFC	Rawalpindi	15 Sep 1985	List A
Iqbal Qasim	4.0	-	14	2	12.00	National Bnk	v House BFC	Rawalpindi	15 Sep 1985	List A
Mohsin Kamal	4.0	-	26	2	12.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Hyderabad (Sind)	3 Nov 1985	ODI # 338
N Kapil Dev	9.0	-	30	4	13.50	India	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Jan 1986	ODI # 360
Wasim Akram	9.0	1	28	4	13.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	11 Mar 1986	ODI # 368
Sir RJ Hadlee	9.0	5	15	4	13.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Dunedin	19 Mar 1986	ODI # 369
Wasim Akram	9.0	2	19	4	13.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1986	ODI # 375
MD Marshall	9.0	-	37	4	13.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	31 Mar 1986	ODI # 376
KN Amalean	9.0	1	46	4	13.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	6 Apr 1986	ODI # 379
SC Wundke	9.1	-	36	4	13.75	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	13 Oct 1985	List A
Imran Khan	7.0	-	39	3	14.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	2 Dec 1985	ODI # 344
CEB Rice	7.0	-	25	3	14.00	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Gqeberha	28 Jan 1986	List A
Wasim Akram	7.0	3	10	3	14.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 1986	ODI # 384
JN Maguire	9.3	-	41	4	14.25	Aust XI	v Natal	Durban	23 Dec 1985	List A
ME Waugh	9.4	1	52	4	14.50	NSW	v Zimbabwe	Harare	23 Mar 1986	List A
AIC Dodemaide	10.0	2	28	4	15.00	Young Aus	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Sep 1985	List A
KM Curran	10.0	2	38	4	15.00	Zimbabwe	v Young Aus	Harare	6 Oct 1985	List A
BA Reid	10.0	-	40	4	15.00	West Aust	v South Aust	Adelaide	13 Oct 1985	List A
RM Hogg	10.0	2	36	4	15.00	Aust XI	v W Province	Cape Town	21 Dec 1985	List A
EJ Chatfield	10.0	2	28	4	15.00	New Zealand	v India	Melbourne	23 Jan 1986	ODI # 355
SR Gillespie	10.0	3	30	4	15.00	New Zealand	v India	Adelaide	25 Jan 1986	ODI # 356
CEB Rice	10.0	-	45	4	15.00	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Cape Town	30 Jan 1986	List A
MD Marshall	10.0	1	23	4	15.00	West Indies	v England	Kingston	18 Feb 1986	ODI # 364
Abdul Qadir	10.0	4	9	4	15.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sharjah	15 Apr 1986	ODI # 384
Abdul Qadir	7.3	1	15	3	15.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1986	ODI # 375
RGCE Wijesuriya	5.0	-	25	2	15.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	3 Nov 1985	ODI # 338
Wasim Akram	5.0	-	24	2	15.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	29 Nov 1985	ODI # 343
Mudassar Nazar	5.0	-	26	2	15.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	29 Nov 1985	ODI # 343
DR Gilbert	5.0	-	33	2	15.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	9 Jan 1986	ODI # 347
SR Gillespie	5.0	-	21	2	15.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1986	ODI # 358
EA Brandes	5.0	1	21	2	15.00	Zimbabwe	v NSW	Bulawayo	2 Apr 1986	List A
SP Davis	7.4	3	10	3	15.33	Australia	v India	Sydney	5 Feb 1986	ODI # 362
Abdul Qadir	7.5	1	24	3	15.66	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	30 Mar 1986	ODI # 374
RJ Ratnayake	8.0	-	51	3	16.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Gujranwala	23 Oct 1985	ODI # 336
Tahir Naqqash	8.0	-	59	3	16.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	25 Oct 1985	ODI # 337
MD Marshall	8.0	1	36	3	16.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Peshawar	2 Dec 1985	ODI # 344
C Sharma	8.0	-	26	3	16.00	India	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	18 Jan 1986	ODI # 352
MC Snedden	8.0	2	23	3	16.00	New Zealand	v India	W.A.C.A	18 Jan 1986	ODI # 352
CJ McDermott	8.0	1	20	3	16.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	26 Jan 1986	ODI # 357
GD Porter	8.0	-	28	3	16.00	West Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	10 Mar 1986	List A
Tauseef Ahmed	9.0	2	30	3	18.00	Pakistan	v India	Sharjah	17 Nov 1985	ODI # 340
C Sharma	9.0	-	61	3	18.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	21 Jan 1986	ODI # 354
BA Reid	9.0	2	29	3	18.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	29 Jan 1986	ODI # 359
N Kapil Dev	9.0	1	26	3	18.00	India	v New Zealand	Launceston	2 Feb 1986	ODI # 361
RMH Binny	9.0	1	26	3	18.00	India	v New Zealand	Launceston	2 Feb 1986	ODI # 361
SR Gillespie	9.0	-	54	3	18.00	New Zealand	v India	Launceston	2 Feb 1986	ODI # 361
GRJ Matthews	9.0	-	27	3	18.00	Australia	v India	Sydney	5 Feb 1986	ODI # 362
KH MacLeay	9.0	2	29	3	18.00	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	16 Feb 1986	List A
J Garner	9.0	1	62	3	18.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	4 Mar 1986	ODI # 366
NA Foster	9.0	-	39	3	18.00	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	19 Mar 1986	ODI # 370
GRJ Matthews	9.0	1	33	3	18.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Mar 1986	ODI # 373
Manzoor Elahi	9.0	1	22	3	18.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	30 Mar 1986	ODI # 374
JR Ratnayeke	9.0	1	32	3	18.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	30 Mar 1986	ODI # 374
J Garner	9.0	1	22	3	18.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	31 Mar 1986	ODI # 376
W Watson	9.0	2	15	3	18.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	5 Apr 1986	ODI # 378
MC Snedden	9.0	1	26	3	18.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	5 Apr 1986	ODI # 378
Abdul Qadir	9.0	-	32	3	18.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Apr 1986	ODI # 379
IP Butchart	9.0	-	55	3	18.00	Zimbabwe	v NSW	Harare	6 Apr 1986	List A
EJ Chatfield	9.0	5	14	3	18.00	New Zealand	v India	Sharjah	10 Apr 1986	ODI # 381
Maninder Singh	9.0	-	23	3	18.00	India	v New Zealand	Sharjah	10 Apr 1986	ODI # 381
C Sharma	9.0	1	35	3	18.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	13 Apr 1986	ODI # 383
C Sharma	9.0	-	51	3	18.00	India	v Pakistan	Sharjah	18 Apr 1986	ODI # 385
Mudassar Nazar	6.0	-	41	2	18.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	25 Oct 1985	ODI # 337
Wasim Akram	6.0	-	41	2	18.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	4 Dec 1985	ODI # 345
SP Davis	6.0	1	30	2	18.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	9 Jan 1986	ODI # 347
C Sharma	6.0	-	28	2	18.00	India	v Australia	Brisbane	12 Jan 1986	ODI # 349
GA Hick	6.0	-	39	2	18.00	Zimbabwe	v NSW	Harare	30 Mar 1986	List A
A Ranatunga	6.0	-	17	2	18.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	5 Apr 1986	ODI # 378
AM Ferreira	9.2	-	36	3	18.66	N. Transvaal	v Aust XI	Pretoria	27 Nov 1985	List A
JR Thomson	9.4	-	42	3	19.33	Queensland	v Victoria	Melbourne	11 Dec 1985	List A
SP Davis	9.4	2	25	3	19.33	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	29 Jan 1986	ODI # 359
RJ Ratnayake	6.3	-	50	2	19.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	25 Oct 1985	ODI # 337
TG Hogan	9.5	-	25	3	19.66	Aust XI	v SAf XI	Johannesburg	24 Jan 1986	List A
KM Curran	10.0	1	30	3	20.00	Zimbabwe	v Young Aus	Bulawayo	29 Sep 1985	List A
AIC Dodemaide	10.0	1	60	3	20.00	Young Aus	v Zimbabwe	Harare	5 Oct 1985	List A
RL Brown	10.0	1	52	3	20.00	Young Aus	v Zimbabwe	Harare	6 Oct 1985	List A

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