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
DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	11.00	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
DW Fleming	9.1	2	30	5	11.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	13.71	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	15.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
GD McGrath	11.1	2	33	4	16.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
DW Fleming	14.1	2	59	5	17.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	5 Nov 1999	Test # 1467
MS Kasprowicz	12.0	2	53	4	18.00	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1472
PR Adams	12.1	5	31	4	18.25	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SM Pollock	12.2	6	24	4	18.50	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
SB O'Connor	15.5	5	51	5	19.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
ST Jayasuriya	12.4	3	40	4	19.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
FA Rose	13.0	4	19	4	19.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	19.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
GD McGrath	17.0	1	55	5	20.40	Australia	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
HH Streak	17.0	8	27	5	20.40	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
GP Wickramasinghe	21.2	6	60	6	21.33	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
B Lee	18.0	2	47	5	21.60	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
CR Miller	18.0	5	55	5	21.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
J Srinath	22.0	9	45	6	22.00	India	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
SM Pollock	14.4	6	16	4	22.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
SK Warne	14.5	1	68	4	22.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
GD McGrath	18.5	7	48	5	22.60	Australia	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
CL Cairns	19.0	5	44	5	22.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
Saqlain Mushtaq	24.0	8	46	6	24.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Hobart	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1469
DJ Nash	16.0	4	38	4	24.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
SM Pollock	21.0	6	39	5	25.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SM Pollock	17.0	7	32	4	25.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
A Kumble	26.5	5	67	6	26.83	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
M Muralidaran	27.1	4	71	6	27.16	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
AA Donald	23.0	7	74	5	27.60	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
RD King	23.0	8	51	5	27.60	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
B Lee	23.0	8	77	5	27.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
Shoaib Akhtar	24.3	3	75	5	29.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
DL Vettori	35.0	11	87	7	30.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
KR Pushpakumara	25.0	5	56	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
DL Vettori	25.0	8	62	5	30.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
GP Wickramasinghe	20.0	5	37	4	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
AA Donald	26.0	13	47	5	31.20	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
M Muralidaran	20.5	7	45	4	31.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
KR Pushpakumara	20.5	3	66	4	31.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
JH Kallis	21.0	3	68	4	31.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
GD McGrath	21.0	5	49	4	31.50	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1472
B Lee	21.0	9	39	4	31.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
GD McGrath	21.5	8	58	4	32.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
Mohammad Akram	27.5	1	138	5	33.40	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1472
D Gough	30.0	8	70	5	36.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
HH Streak	24.0	9	45	4	36.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
SM Pollock	24.4	11	64	4	37.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
CEL Ambrose	25.0	13	42	4	37.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
CEW Silverwood	32.0	6	91	5	38.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
Abdul Razzaq	26.0	6	56	4	39.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
RD King	26.2	2	81	4	39.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
HH Streak	34.0	8	93	5	40.80	Zimbabwe	v Australia	Harare	14 Oct 1999	Test # 1463
A Kumble	28.0	12	56	4	42.00	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
M Hayward	28.1	7	75	4	42.25	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
WPUJC Vaas	29.4	10	56	4	44.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	4 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
Waqar Younis	30.0	3	103	4	45.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
N Boje	38.0	14	83	5	45.60	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
DW Fleming	31.0	5	65	4	46.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	5 Nov 1999	Test # 1467
Shoaib Akhtar	32.0	2	153	4	48.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Nov 1999	Test # 1467
HK Olonga	32.0	6	103	4	48.00	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
M Muralidaran	32.0	10	89	4	48.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
A Kumble	32.5	12	67	4	49.25	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
HK Olonga	33.1	7	93	4	49.75	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
J Srinath	33.1	7	130	4	49.75	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1479
DL Vettori	34.1	9	83	4	51.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
RD King	36.0	11	96	4	54.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1478
SK Warne	45.5	11	110	5	55.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Hobart	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1469
DL Vettori	55.1	11	127	6	55.16	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
NC Johnson	37.0	15	77	4	55.50	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
A Kumble	48.0	21	82	5	57.60	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465
M Muralidaran	39.0	10	77	4	58.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Peshawar	5 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
M Muralidaran	40.0	5	107	4	60.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
PCR Tufnell	42.0	9	124	4	63.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
SK Warne	42.0	12	92	4	63.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
A Kumble	68.4	15	143	6	68.66	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
M Muralidaran	54.1	14	127	4	81.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
DL Vettori	57.0	5	200	4	85.50	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465

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