Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Waqar Younis	6.1	2	15	3	12.33	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1314
Mushtaq Ahmed	30.0	5	115	5	36.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Hobart	17 Nov 1995	Test # 1313
Wasim Akram	24.0	4	50	4	36.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1314
Wasim Akram	18.3	7	42	3	37.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Hobart	17 Nov 1995	Test # 1313
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	6	44	3	42.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324
Mushtaq Ahmed	36.2	7	95	5	43.60	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1314
Mushtaq Ahmed	30.0	6	91	4	45.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1314
Wasim Akram	16.0	5	25	2	48.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1314
Aamer Sohail	16.5	2	43	2	50.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Nov 1995	Test # 1311
KR Pushpakumara	17.0	2	63	2	51.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324
Wasim Akram	26.1	7	72	3	52.33	Pakistan	v Australia	Hobart	17 Nov 1995	Test # 1313
Mushtaq Ahmed	38.0	8	83	4	57.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Hobart	17 Nov 1995	Test # 1313
Waqar Younis	29.5	7	101	3	59.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Nov 1995	Test # 1311
GP Wickramasinghe	39.3	7	120	3	79.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324
WPUJC Vaas	42.0	11	106	3	84.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324
GP Wickramasinghe	30.2	9	77	2	91.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
WPUJC Vaas	31.0	5	103	2	93.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	8 Dec 1995	Test # 1317
KR Pushpakumara	34.0	4	126	2	102.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996	Test # 1324
Wasim Akram	38.0	9	84	2	114.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Nov 1995	Test # 1311
Saqlain Mushtaq	44.0	12	130	2	132.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Nov 1995	Test # 1311
M Muralidaran	54.0	3	224	2	162.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	8 Dec 1995	Test # 1317

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Western Districts vs Northern Cape at Kimberley, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 14th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 4/2 (2.0 ov, TJ van Rensburg 4*, L Alder 0/1) - Stumps

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Police Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 9-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 121/2 (31.0 ov, PARP Perera 24*, A Tharindu 78*, JDF Vandersay 0/35) - Stumps

Border vs Mpumalanga at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 13th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps