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
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
WPUJC Vaas	9.5	2	28	4	14.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
Shahadat Hossain	15.3	8	27	6	15.50	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
M Morkel	13.0	2	50	5	15.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
RJ Peterson	13.0	2	33	5	15.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
SM Pollock	11.0	2	35	4	16.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
A Kumble	14.0	2	60	5	16.80	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
JH Kallis	14.0	4	30	5	16.80	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	4	49	6	17.00	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	17.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
DW Steyn	15.0	3	56	5	18.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	6	47	7	18.57	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
CS Martin	16.0	3	65	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2008	Test # 1861
CS Martin	13.0	1	64	4	19.50	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	04 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	19.50	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
DJ Bravo	13.1	3	24	4	19.75	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
DW Steyn	17.0	1	59	5	20.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
M Ntini	13.4	3	35	4	20.50	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
DW Steyn	14.0	5	42	4	21.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
MJ Hoggard	14.0	3	29	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
RP Singh	14.0	2	68	4	21.00	India	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
DW Steyn	21.5	6	72	6	21.83	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
SR Clark	15.0	4	28	4	22.50	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
JE Taylor	15.1	1	52	4	22.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
PL Harris	15.4	5	35	4	23.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
JM Anderson	20.0	4	73	5	24.00	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
SE Bond	17.0	1	73	4	25.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
B Lee	17.5	9	26	4	26.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
WPUJC Vaas	22.2	7	61	5	26.80	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
DW Steyn	18.0	2	48	4	27.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
FH Edwards	18.0	4	84	4	27.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
Shoaib Akhtar	18.1	4	58	4	27.25	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
TG Southee	23.1	8	55	5	27.80	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
SR Clark	19.0	4	61	4	28.50	Australia	v India	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
B Lee	19.5	6	46	4	29.75	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
DW Steyn	19.5	7	44	4	29.75	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
A Kumble	25.0	4	84	5	30.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
DW Steyn	20.0	5	60	4	30.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
MR Gillespie	20.0	2	79	4	30.00	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
A Kumble	21.2	6	38	4	32.00	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
Danish Kaneria	21.4	3	59	4	32.50	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
DW Steyn	22.0	7	66	4	33.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
Mashrafe Mortaza	23.0	3	74	4	34.50	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	7	44	4	34.50	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
M Muralidaran	35.0	14	55	6	35.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
B Lee	23.2	4	82	4	35.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
M Muralidaran	29.2	4	79	5	35.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
Z Khan	23.4	1	94	4	35.50	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
MR Gillespie	30.0	7	136	5	36.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
DL Vettori	24.0	6	70	4	36.00	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	04 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
RJ Sidebottom	31.0	10	105	5	37.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
A Kumble	25.3	-	106	4	38.25	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
B Lee	32.2	5	119	5	38.80	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
RP Singh	26.0	3	124	4	39.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
B Lee	26.3	3	87	4	39.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
I Sharma	33.1	10	118	5	39.80	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
B Lee	27.0	7	86	4	40.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
MG Johnson	28.2	7	86	4	42.50	Australia	v India	W.A.C.A	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
PL Harris	36.0	13	73	5	43.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
MS Panesar	46.0	17	126	6	46.00	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
Abdur Rehman	31.0	3	105	4	46.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
Yasir Arafat	39.0	5	161	5	46.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
DW Steyn	32.0	3	103	4	48.00	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
JE Taylor	33.0	8	110	4	49.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
RJ Sidebottom	34.3	8	90	4	51.75	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	53.80	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
Harbhajan Singh	45.5	9	122	5	55.00	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Nov 2007	Test # 1850
DJ Bravo	37.0	9	82	4	55.50	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
MG Johnson	37.5	6	126	4	56.75	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008	Test # 1863
M Muralidaran	47.2	9	116	5	56.80	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	09 Dec 2007	Test # 1853
Abdur Rehman	38.0	6	105	4	57.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
A Kumble	40.0	3	148	4	60.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
Harbhajan Singh	40.0	5	135	4	60.00	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
Danish Kaneria	43.1	5	114	4	64.75	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	08 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
DL Vettori	45.0	6	158	4	67.50	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868

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