Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	15.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
SK Warne	12.0	3	44	4	18.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
SK Warne	13.0	4	33	4	19.50	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
B Lee	10.0	1	40	3	20.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
MJ Nicholson	20.3	5	68	5	24.60	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	7 Dec 2001	First-class
B Lee	17.2	1	82	4	26.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
SK Warne	9.0	-	26	2	27.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
GD McGrath	14.0	8	13	3	28.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
GD McGrath	14.0	6	28	3	28.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	30.00	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
JN Gillespie	15.0	4	52	3	30.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
JN Gillespie	11.0	4	23	2	33.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
GD McGrath	17.0	6	35	3	34.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
ME Waugh	11.5	1	43	2	35.50	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
B Lee	12.0	3	29	2	36.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
SK Warne	19.0	5	47	3	38.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
SJ Karppinen	26.0	6	110	4	39.00	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	7 Dec 2001	First-class
J Srinath	33.0	6	140	5	39.60	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
AJ Bichel	19.5	6	44	3	39.66	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
GD McGrath	20.0	4	42	3	40.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
SCG MacGill	20.2	6	51	3	40.66	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
JN Gillespie	15.0	5	58	2	45.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
JM Heath	23.0	8	72	3	46.00	NSW	v Sth Africans	Sydney	20 Dec 2001	First-class
SK Warne	39.4	9	113	5	47.60	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
SCG MacGill	40.0	7	132	5	48.00	NSW	v Sth Africans	Sydney	20 Dec 2001	First-class
SK Warne	24.0	3	68	3	48.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
B Lee	16.0	1	65	2	48.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
SCG MacGill	33.0	8	89	4	49.50	NSW	v Sth Africans	Sydney	20 Dec 2001	First-class
GB Hogg	24.5	4	119	3	49.66	West Aust	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	7 Dec 2001	First-class
J Srinath	17.0	9	28	2	51.00	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
B Lee	18.0	5	52	2	54.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
B Lee	19.0	5	62	2	57.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
SK Warne	29.0	7	57	3	58.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Harbhajan Singh	20.0	2	79	2	60.00	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
TJ Friend	30.2	9	87	3	60.66	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
B Lee	31.0	10	77	3	62.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
GD McGrath	21.0	6	43	2	63.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
GD McGrath	33.0	10	94	3	66.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
A Nehra	22.0	3	121	2	66.00	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
SCG MacGill	45.0	13	123	4	67.50	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
SK Warne	70.0	15	161	6	70.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
GD McGrath	26.0	8	70	2	78.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
TJ Friend	27.0	2	147	2	81.00	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
J Srinath	27.0	3	94	2	81.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	23 Nov 2001	First-class
SK Warne	28.0	10	70	2	84.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
SK Warne	42.5	8	132	3	85.66	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
A Nehra	30.0	5	123	2	90.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	23 Nov 2001	First-class
SK Warne	30.0	6	108	2	90.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
RW Price	79.0	19	181	5	94.80	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
A Kumble	50.0	12	132	3	100.00	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564

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