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
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	17.66	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	18.20	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	19.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Saleem Jaffar	17.0	4	40	5	20.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
MD Marshall	17.0	7	34	5	20.40	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	20.83	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
AR Border	26.0	10	46	7	22.28	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	3	39	4	24.00	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
IR Bishop	25.0	5	87	6	25.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
CA Walsh	17.0	7	39	4	25.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
IR Bishop	17.0	3	61	4	25.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
MR Whitney	30.0	6	89	7	25.71	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	3 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
RJ Shastri	18.0	1	45	4	27.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CA Walsh	18.0	5	37	4	27.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
MG Hughes	37.0	9	87	8	27.75	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
CA Walsh	18.3	3	62	4	27.75	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
MC Snedden	18.3	3	69	4	27.75	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
AR Border	18.4	3	50	4	28.00	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
CEL Ambrose	23.3	3	72	5	28.20	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
SR Waugh	24.0	5	92	5	28.80	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
CA Walsh	29.0	8	62	6	29.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
ND Hirwani	30.0	10	59	6	30.00	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
N Kapil Dev	25.0	5	58	5	30.00	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
BP Patterson	20.0	2	49	4	30.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
MD Marshall	26.0	5	60	5	31.20	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
N Kapil Dev	33.0	7	84	6	33.00	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
Sir RJ Hadlee	30.0	10	65	5	36.00	New Zealand	v India	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
MD Marshall	31.0	16	29	5	37.20	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Arshad Ayub	31.0	4	104	5	37.20	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	25 Mar 1989	Test # 1117
Iqbal Qasim	25.0	14	49	4	37.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
MD Marshall	26.0	2	92	4	39.00	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
Arshad Ayub	33.0	11	50	5	39.60	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CEL Ambrose	27.0	7	60	4	40.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
PL Taylor	28.0	9	78	4	42.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
RJ Shastri	28.0	7	78	4	42.00	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	7 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
MG Hughes	36.1	7	130	5	43.40	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
BA Reid	30.0	6	100	4	45.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
Arshad Ayub	30.0	9	55	4	45.00	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	2 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
Iqbal Qasim	39.0	24	35	5	46.80	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
TM Alderman	32.1	9	68	4	48.25	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
AIC Dodemaide	34.0	6	87	4	51.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
Arshad Ayub	35.4	12	53	4	53.50	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
ND Hirwani	38.0	7	93	4	57.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
Abdul Qadir	58.1	18	160	6	58.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
TBA May	40.5	10	97	4	61.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
BA Reid	41.0	10	109	4	61.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Sep 1988	Test # 1104
Arshad Ayub	52.0	11	117	5	62.40	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Arshad Ayub	48.0	21	51	4	72.00	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
Sir RJ Hadlee	54.0	14	101	4	81.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115

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