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
MJ Clarke	6.2	-	9	6	6.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
IK Pathan	9.0	2	32	5	10.80	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
GD McGrath	16.0	8	24	8	12.00	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
Harbhajan Singh	10.5	2	29	5	13.00	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	14.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
A Kumble	17.3	4	48	7	15.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
IK Pathan	15.0	5	51	6	15.00	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
SK Warne	10.2	3	15	4	15.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	15.85	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
SK Warne	14.0	3	39	5	16.80	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
GD McGrath	11.2	1	35	4	17.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
JN Gillespie	12.0	2	29	4	18.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
IK Pathan	16.0	5	45	5	19.20	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
CK Langeveldt	16.0	4	46	5	19.20	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
E Chigumbura	16.1	3	54	5	19.40	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
JH Kallis	13.0	4	33	4	19.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
SP Jones	13.1	3	39	4	19.75	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
MS Kasprowicz	16.3	6	30	5	19.80	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
CS Martin	20.0	7	54	6	20.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
JEC Franklin	17.0	7	28	5	20.40	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
DL Vettori	22.0	13	28	6	22.00	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
DT Hondo	22.0	7	59	6	22.00	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
Enamul Haque jnr	22.2	5	45	6	22.33	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
SM Pollock	15.1	7	32	4	22.75	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
Shoaib Akhtar	19.0	3	60	5	22.80	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
A Kumble	19.0	-	90	5	22.80	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
M Kartik	15.3	1	44	4	23.25	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
SP Jones	15.3	3	47	4	23.25	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
JN Gillespie	16.0	7	24	4	24.00	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
GD McGrath	16.2	5	40	4	24.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
L Balaji	20.4	5	76	5	24.80	India	v Pakistan	Mohali	8 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
GD McGrath	16.4	5	50	4	25.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	25.71	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
JEC Franklin	26.1	3	119	6	26.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
Shoaib Akhtar	22.0	1	99	5	26.40	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2004	Test # 1726
SCG MacGill	22.0	4	87	5	26.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
JN Gillespie	22.5	8	56	5	27.40	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
Abdul Razzaq	23.1	9	35	5	27.80	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
DL Vettori	28.2	9	100	6	28.33	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
M Ntini	19.0	6	50	4	28.50	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
A Flintoff	19.0	6	44	4	28.50	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
A Nel	29.0	7	81	6	29.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
SL Malinga	24.4	4	80	5	29.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	4 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
CRD Fernando	20.0	4	77	4	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Harbhajan Singh	30.1	5	78	6	30.16	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
GD McGrath	20.1	3	66	4	30.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
Enamul Haque jnr	36.0	9	95	7	30.85	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
DL Vettori	32.2	12	70	6	32.33	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
Shoaib Akhtar	27.0	4	109	5	32.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
Mohammad Sami	21.4	5	71	4	32.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
A Kumble	38.0	16	63	7	32.57	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
SK Warne	23.0	5	77	4	34.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
JEC Franklin	23.5	4	71	4	35.75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
GD McGrath	25.0	8	55	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
A Kumble	26.0	9	55	4	39.00	India	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
SK Warne	26.0	2	111	4	39.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
Z Khan	26.2	6	95	4	39.50	India	v Australia	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
N Boje	26.2	5	106	4	39.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
WPUJC Vaas	40.0	12	108	6	40.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
MJ Hoggard	34.0	2	144	5	40.80	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
GD McGrath	42.0	9	115	6	42.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
MS Kasprowicz	28.0	5	90	4	42.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
JEC Franklin	28.0	4	128	4	42.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	18 Mar 2005	Test # 1742
Danish Kaneria	49.3	7	188	7	42.42	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
SK Warne	42.3	5	125	6	42.50	Australia	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
CB Mpofu	29.0	3	109	4	43.50	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
SK Warne	29.3	3	97	4	44.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
Enamul Haque jnr	37.0	8	105	5	44.40	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
L Balaji	30.0	5	95	4	45.00	India	v Pakistan	Mohali	8 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
SM Pollock	31.0	11	65	4	46.50	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
A Flintoff	31.1	7	79	4	46.75	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
Danish Kaneria	39.0	7	127	5	46.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
A Kumble	47.0	8	133	6	47.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
Danish Kaneria	39.3	5	125	5	47.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1729
CS Martin	39.5	7	152	5	47.80	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
JEC Franklin	32.1	8	126	4	48.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	4 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
DL Vettori	40.2	13	106	5	48.40	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
HMRKB Herath	32.2	10	64	4	48.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Harbhajan Singh	41.0	7	146	5	49.20	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	6 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
Mohammad Rafique	41.4	19	65	5	50.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
N Boje	34.0	13	71	4	51.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
M Ntini	34.0	8	111	4	51.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
SL Malinga	34.0	5	130	4	51.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	4 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
Danish Kaneria	60.0	20	118	7	51.42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
Harbhajan Singh	51.5	9	152	6	51.83	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
Danish Kaneria	53.4	12	150	6	53.66	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	8 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
A Kumble	54.0	13	131	6	54.00	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
CS Martin	37.0	9	132	4	55.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	4 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
Danish Kaneria	38.2	4	117	4	57.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Mohammad Rafique	59.1	18	122	6	59.16	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Dhaka	19 Oct 2004	Test # 1715
M Ntini	44.0	9	112	4	66.00	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
DL Vettori	55.2	10	152	5	66.40	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
DL Vettori	50.0	9	154	4	75.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
Mohammad Rafique	50.0	2	156	4	75.00	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
A Kumble	54.0	16	160	4	81.00	India	v Pakistan	Mohali	8 Mar 2005	Test # 1738

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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 26-27, 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]