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
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	12.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	15.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	15.71	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
AH Gray	11.5	3	39	4	17.75	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
IT Botham	16.0	4	41	5	19.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
Imran Khan	13.0	5	30	4	19.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
MD Marshall	18.0	5	33	5	21.60	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
MC Snedden	18.3	2	68	5	22.20	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
CA Walsh	14.5	5	21	4	22.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
Imran Khan	22.3	2	46	6	22.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
NS Yadav	19.1	4	76	5	23.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
Wasim Akram	25.0	3	91	6	25.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
RMH Binny	25.1	8	56	6	25.16	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
MD Marshall	17.0	3	43	4	25.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
Maninder Singh	17.1	6	41	4	25.75	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
SR Waugh	21.3	4	69	5	25.80	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
PL Taylor	26.0	7	78	6	26.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
EJ Chatfield	18.0	8	30	4	27.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
GC Small	22.4	7	48	5	27.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
J Garner	19.0	2	79	4	28.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
RJ Bright	25.0	3	94	5	30.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
GR Dilley	25.4	7	68	5	30.80	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
J Garner	27.0	5	51	5	32.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
Tauseef Ahmed	27.0	7	54	5	32.40	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Wasim Akram	21.5	2	60	4	32.75	Pakistan	v India	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	33.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
GRJ Matthews	28.2	3	103	5	34.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	15	48	5	36.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
RJ Shastri	24.0	3	69	4	36.00	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
CA Walsh	30.2	6	73	5	36.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
Imran Khan	30.5	4	59	5	37.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
GR Dilley	24.4	4	79	4	37.00	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
Wasim Akram	31.0	6	96	5	37.20	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	39.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
N Kapil Dev	26.0	3	69	4	39.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	4 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
JE Emburey	46.0	15	78	7	39.42	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
GC Small	33.0	11	75	5	39.60	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
CJ McDermott	26.5	4	83	4	40.25	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
Sir RJ Hadlee	41.4	7	105	6	41.66	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
PR Sleep	35.0	14	72	5	42.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
BA Reid	28.0	5	78	4	42.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
BA Reid	28.4	8	64	4	43.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
Abdul Qadir	31.5	3	107	4	47.75	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
GRJ Matthews	39.5	7	146	5	47.80	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Abdul Qadir	32.0	5	96	4	48.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
G Sharma	32.5	2	88	4	49.25	India	v Pakistan	Jaipur	21 Feb 1987	Test # 1069
JE Emburey	42.5	14	80	5	51.40	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
Iqbal Qasim	37.0	11	73	4	55.50	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
JR Ratnayeke	37.1	2	132	4	55.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
CG Butts	38.0	15	73	4	57.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
EJ Chatfield	39.0	14	102	4	58.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
BA Reid	40.0	8	115	4	60.00	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
NS Yadav	41.4	8	84	4	62.50	India	v Australia	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054
Tauseef Ahmed	45.5	12	85	4	68.75	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
PR Sleep	47.0	14	132	4	70.50	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
Maninder Singh	59.0	16	135	5	70.80	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	3 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
NS Yadav	48.3	13	109	4	72.75	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
NS Yadav	49.5	9	142	4	74.75	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
GRJ Matthews	52.0	8	158	4	78.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	15 Oct 1986	Test # 1054

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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]