Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Players

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
A Dananjaya	5.0	1	24	5	6.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
TA Boult	10.4	3	32	6	10.66	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
N Wagner	14.4	2	39	7	12.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
MA Starc	10.4	3	34	5	12.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
K Rabada	11.0	1	30	5	13.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	13.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
Wahab Riaz	9.0	0	41	4	13.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	15.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
TG Southee	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	15.66	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
KA Maharaj	10.4	1	25	4	16.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
B Kumar	11.0	8	8	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
K Rabada	13.5	4	33	5	16.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
HMRKB Herath	11.3	1	49	4	17.25	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
KA Maharaj	17.3	5	59	5	21.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
JR Hazlewood	18.0	6	48	5	21.60	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017	Test # 2288
HMRKB Herath	21.4	4	43	6	21.66	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
K Rabada	22.0	9	54	6	22.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
SCJ Broad	22.3	5	54	6	22.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
JJ Bumrah	18.5	2	54	5	22.60	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
MA Starc	19.2	3	88	5	23.20	Australia	v England	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
CR Woakes	16.0	3	36	4	24.00	England	v Australia	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
Mohammed Shami	16.0	3	49	4	24.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Abdur Razzak	16.0	2	63	4	24.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
K Rabada	21.0	2	96	5	25.20	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
PJ Cummins	17.0	4	39	4	25.50	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
TG Southee	26.0	7	62	6	26.00	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
R Ashwin	17.3	4	63	4	26.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017	Test # 2283
JM Anderson	22.0	7	43	5	26.40	England	v Australia	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
MA Starc	18.0	2	75	4	27.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
PJ Cummins	18.0	5	58	4	27.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
RAS Lakmal	19.0	12	26	4	28.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
B Kumar	19.0	4	87	4	28.50	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
D Bishoo	24.0	4	79	5	28.80	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
Taijul Islam	19.5	2	76	4	29.75	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
MDK Perera	26.0	1	98	5	31.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
TA Boult	20.5	5	73	4	31.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
K Rabada	20.5	1	91	4	31.25	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
M Morkel	21.0	7	87	4	31.50	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
Yasir Shah	27.0	5	51	5	32.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
M Morkel	22.1	5	60	4	33.25	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
PJ Cummins	28.5	5	83	5	34.60	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
AG Cremer	23.5	3	64	4	35.75	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
JM Anderson	24.0	5	76	4	36.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
NM Lyon	24.1	5	60	4	36.25	Australia	v England	Adelaide	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2285
PJ Cummins	24.3	5	80	4	36.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	4 Jan 2018	Test # 2291
ST Gabriel	25.0	4	119	4	37.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	9 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
MA Starc	25.1	5	91	4	37.75	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017	Test # 2288
Taijul Islam	25.3	2	83	4	38.25	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	8 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
PJ Cummins	26.0	6	78	4	39.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
C de Grandhomme	26.0	2	94	4	39.00	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
Mohammed Shami	26.3	5	100	4	39.75	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
KA Maharaj	33.4	5	123	5	40.40	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
B Kumar	27.0	5	88	4	40.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
SCJ Broad	28.0	10	51	4	42.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
R Ashwin	28.1	7	67	4	42.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017	Test # 2283
TA Boult	28.5	5	87	4	43.25	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2301
PJ Cummins	29.1	1	117	4	43.75	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
KA Maharaj	29.4	4	102	4	44.50	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
HMRKB Herath	40.0	12	93	5	48.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
D Bishoo	32.0	8	105	4	48.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
PADLR Sandakan	33.5	1	167	4	50.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2286
AG Cremer	34.0	5	114	4	51.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
Yasir Shah	55.5	9	184	6	55.83	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
JM Anderson	37.3	9	116	4	56.25	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 2017	Test # 2288
Sikandar Raza	48.0	12	99	5	57.60	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	29 Oct 2017	Test # 2280
R Ashwin	38.5	10	113	4	58.25	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Taijul Islam	67.3	13	219	4	101.25	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018	Test # 2295

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Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]