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
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	10.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
ST Jayasuriya	8.3	-	24	4	12.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
AF Giles	9.1	4	11	4	13.75	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
JEC Franklin	9.5	3	26	4	14.75	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
CS Martin	10.0	3	52	4	15.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
AJ Bichel	13.3	2	60	5	16.20	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
DR Tuffey	10.5	2	39	4	16.25	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
M Ntini	11.0	5	39	4	16.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
JN Gillespie	17.0	5	40	6	17.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
CL Cairns	14.5	5	31	5	17.80	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
B Lee	15.0	2	61	5	18.00	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
Mohammad Sami	15.0	4	36	5	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
GD McGrath	13.0	9	10	4	19.50	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
GD McGrath	20.0	12	17	6	20.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
CR Miller	17.0	6	32	5	20.40	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
D Gough	14.0	1	73	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
GD McGrath	14.0	8	18	4	21.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
M Dillon	15.1	5	32	4	22.75	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
JH Kallis	16.0	6	40	4	24.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
N Boje	16.4	10	17	4	25.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	4	39	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
WPUJC Vaas	27.5	6	73	6	27.83	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
AM Blignaut	23.3	5	73	5	28.20	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1543
J Srinath	24.1	6	60	5	29.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
AR Caddick	20.0	3	55	4	30.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
Saqlain Mushtaq	20.0	3	48	4	30.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
Harbhajan Singh	30.3	8	73	6	30.50	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Harbhajan Singh	41.5	20	84	8	31.37	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
M Dillon	21.0	2	76	4	31.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
M Ntini	31.4	12	66	6	31.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
SCG MacGill	37.0	11	104	7	31.71	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
SM Pollock	26.5	17	28	5	32.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
Harbhajan Singh	37.5	7	123	7	32.42	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Harbhajan Singh	38.2	6	133	7	32.85	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
SM Pollock	22.0	10	37	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
DNT Zoysa	22.0	8	76	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
SK Warne	22.0	7	47	4	33.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
D Gough	22.0	6	50	4	33.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
CS Martin	22.0	1	106	4	33.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
BT Watambwa	22.0	5	64	4	33.00	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
Manjural Islam	35.0	12	81	6	35.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1543
JH Kallis	36.0	17	67	6	36.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
CA Walsh	36.4	13	61	6	36.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
C White	24.3	5	54	4	36.75	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
AA Donald	25.0	5	54	4	37.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
D Ramnarine	31.5	10	78	5	38.20	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
JN Gillespie	32.0	9	89	5	38.40	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.4	12	24	4	38.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
PA Strang	51.5	12	109	8	38.87	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
CS Martin	32.5	11	71	5	39.40	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
AA Donald	26.3	2	69	4	39.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
ST Jayasuriya	27.0	7	50	4	40.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
CRD Fernando	34.0	4	98	5	40.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
AF Giles	35.0	13	75	5	42.00	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
MI Black	28.0	5	83	4	42.00	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
Harbhajan Singh	28.0	3	121	4	42.00	India	v Australia	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
CR Miller	35.5	13	81	5	43.00	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
CS Martin	29.0	8	104	4	43.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
Naimur Rahman	44.3	9	132	6	44.50	Bangladesh	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
AA Donald	30.0	6	91	4	45.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
RW Price	30.0	9	71	4	45.00	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
HH Streak	30.0	12	38	4	45.00	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
SM Pollock	32.0	15	64	4	48.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
ST Jayasuriya	32.0	13	44	4	48.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
RDB Croft	32.0	9	56	4	48.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
CR Miller	32.5	3	102	4	49.25	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
DR Tuffey	34.0	13	96	4	51.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
M Dillon	34.0	1	147	4	51.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
SM Pollock	34.0	8	66	4	51.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
J Srinath	35.0	9	81	4	52.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
AF Giles	35.0	7	94	4	52.50	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
PJ Wiseman	45.0	16	90	5	54.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
Waqar Younis	36.0	5	88	4	54.00	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
SB Joshi	45.3	8	142	5	54.60	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
Saqlain Mushtaq	74.0	20	164	8	55.50	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
CA Walsh	38.0	13	56	4	57.00	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
M Muralidaran	42.3	14	66	4	63.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
NC McGarrell	43.0	19	72	4	64.50	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
SB O'Connor	45.0	17	73	4	67.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
N Boje	45.0	9	118	4	67.50	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	6 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
M Muralidaran	58.3	16	122	5	70.20	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
Sarandeep Singh	49.0	10	136	4	73.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
AF Giles	59.0	20	113	4	88.50	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
M Muralidaran	63.0	21	127	4	94.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]