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
JH Kallis	4.3	1	21	5	5.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
JJC Lawson	6.5	4	3	6	6.83	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	2	21	5	9.60	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
SK Warne	6.5	2	13	4	10.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
DR Tuffey	9.0	6	12	4	13.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
Z Khan	13.2	4	29	5	16.00	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SK Warne	11.0	4	11	4	16.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
M Ntini	15.0	9	19	5	18.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
DJ Terbrugge	15.0	1	46	5	18.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
GD McGrath	12.0	3	36	4	18.00	Australia	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
CRD Fernando	12.0	-	49	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
AR Caddick	22.0	5	94	7	18.85	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
JDP Oram	12.5	2	41	4	19.25	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SE Bond	13.1	5	33	4	19.75	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
PT Collins	17.1	7	26	5	20.60	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
SK Warne	24.3	7	94	7	21.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
HK Olonga	17.5	1	93	5	21.40	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	9 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
JH Kallis	14.2	5	39	4	21.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
SE Bond	14.2	7	39	4	21.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.5	2	66	7	22.14	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
M Ntini	15.1	2	33	4	22.75	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
Saqlain Mushtaq	15.5	-	46	4	23.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
Z Khan	16.0	4	41	4	24.00	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	9 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
GD McGrath	16.0	4	41	4	24.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Sharjah	19 Oct 2002	Test # 1620
DR Tuffey	16.0	3	41	4	24.00	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
Harbhajan Singh	28.3	12	48	7	24.42	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	9 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
JN Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	24.75	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
AM Blignaut	21.0	4	79	5	25.20	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	9 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
GD McGrath	17.2	6	41	4	26.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
Waqar Younis	17.3	5	55	4	26.25	Pakistan	v Australia	Sharjah	19 Oct 2002	Test # 1620
VC Drakes	18.0	2	61	4	27.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
Shoaib Akhtar	18.3	4	75	4	27.75	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
C White	23.1	3	127	5	27.80	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
A Kumble	23.3	10	30	5	28.20	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
Mohammad Sami	19.0	3	53	4	28.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	9 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
Z Khan	25.0	8	53	5	30.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
M Ntini	20.4	7	62	4	31.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
Waqar Younis	21.2	4	78	4	32.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
Tapash Baisya	21.3	2	72	4	32.25	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	16 Dec 2002	Test # 1632
MJ Hoggard	21.3	4	92	4	32.25	England	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
M Ntini	22.0	5	52	4	33.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
SM Pollock	23.0	6	45	4	34.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
SK Warne	30.1	10	74	5	36.20	Australia	v Pakistan	Sharjah	19 Oct 2002	Test # 1620
A Kumble	24.5	5	51	4	37.25	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	9 Oct 2002	Test # 1616
JN Gillespie	26.5	8	78	4	40.25	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
C White	28.0	2	106	4	42.00	England	v Australia	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
M Ntini	29.0	6	86	4	43.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
AF Giles	29.2	3	101	4	44.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	6	79	4	45.00	India	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002	Test # 1618
GD McGrath	30.0	9	87	4	45.00	Australia	v England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
SK Warne	30.3	3	94	4	45.75	Australia	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
Saqlain Mushtaq	34.0	2	83	4	51.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Sharjah	11 Oct 2002	Test # 1617
SK Warne	34.0	10	93	4	51.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
Saqlain Mushtaq	37.0	4	119	4	55.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
SCG MacGill	48.0	10	152	5	57.60	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
Saqlain Mushtaq	40.5	6	136	4	61.25	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	3 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
Harbhajan Singh	57.3	15	115	5	69.00	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	30 Oct 2002	Test # 1622
RW Price	51.3	14	116	4	77.25	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 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]