Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Players

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Waqar Younis	6.0	1	16	5	7.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Sialkot	6 Nov 1990	ODI # 638
Waqar Younis	6.4	2	11	5	8.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Peshawar	4 Nov 1990	ODI # 637
Saleem Malik	7.0	2	35	5	8.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	2 Nov 1990	ODI # 636
AH Gray	9.0	0	50	6	9.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	9 Mar 1991	ODI # 672
Waqar Younis	8.0	0	52	5	9.60	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	9 Nov 1990	ODI # 639
RJ Ratnayake	9.0	1	32	5	10.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	20 Dec 1990	ODI # 655
C Pringle	8.4	0	35	4	13.00	New Zealand	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1990	ODI # 651
N Kapil Dev	9.0	0	31	4	13.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	4 Jan 1991	ODI # 661
CJ McDermott	9.0	0	34	4	13.50	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	26 Feb 1991	ODI # 671
CC Lewis	9.1	0	35	4	13.75	England	v New Zealand	Sydney	13 Dec 1990	ODI # 651
SP O'Donnell	10.0	0	45	4	15.00	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	9 Dec 1990	ODI # 649
ME Waugh	10.0	0	37	4	15.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	10 Jan 1991	ODI # 662
CL Cairns	10.0	0	55	4	15.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	16 Feb 1991	ODI # 670

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]