Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Players

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	15.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
BP Patterson	11.0	4	30	4	16.50	West Indies	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	17.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	17.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
MD Marshall	14.0	1	42	4	21.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	22.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
JG Bracewell	22.0	8	32	6	22.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
Imran Khan	18.3	5	40	5	22.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
MD Marshall	15.0	3	38	4	22.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
JG Thomas	16.1	2	70	4	24.25	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
Abdul Qadir	20.5	5	44	5	25.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
J Garner	17.0	2	69	4	25.50	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
J Garner	18.0	3	43	4	27.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
Tauseef Ahmed	23.2	8	54	5	28.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	7 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
N Kapil Dev	38.0	6	106	8	28.50	India	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
Imran Khan	19.0	3	55	4	28.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
Sir RJ Hadlee	24.0	2	65	5	28.80	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.5	9	71	6	28.83	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
IT Botham	24.1	3	71	5	29.00	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
Sir RJ Hadlee	26.5	6	65	5	32.20	New Zealand	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
JE Emburey	27.0	5	78	5	32.40	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
J Garner	21.4	2	67	4	32.50	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
SR Waugh	23.0	6	56	4	34.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
Sir RJ Hadlee	44.4	8	116	7	38.28	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
Sir RJ Hadlee	39.0	11	90	6	39.00	New Zealand	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
RM Ellison	33.0	12	78	5	39.60	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
CA Walsh	27.0	4	74	4	40.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
Wasim Akram	27.3	9	55	4	41.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
JR Ratnayeke	30.0	4	116	4	45.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
RG Holland	47.0	19	106	6	47.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Imran Khan	32.0	11	69	4	48.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
MD Marshall	32.2	9	94	4	48.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	7 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
JG Bracewell	33.0	12	77	4	49.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
GRJ Matthews	34.0	15	61	4	51.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
BA Reid	34.3	8	90	4	51.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
RJ Shastri	37.0	13	87	4	55.50	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
BA Reid	38.2	11	100	4	57.50	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
RG Holland	41.0	16	68	4	61.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
JG Bracewell	43.3	19	74	4	65.25	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
GF Lawson	47.0	12	79	4	70.50	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
RJ Shastri	47.0	13	92	4	70.50	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
NS Yadav	62.3	21	99	5	75.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
BA Reid	53.0	22	113	4	79.50	Australia	v India	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
RJ Shastri	57.0	21	101	4	85.50	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1986	Test # 1034

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]