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
Naseem Shah	8.2	2	26	4	12.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	7 Feb 2020	Test # 2384
Mohammed Shami	10.5	2	35	5	13.00	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
I Sharma	12.0	4	22	5	14.40	India	v Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	22 Nov 2019	Test # 2369
Naseem Shah	12.5	4	31	5	15.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
KA Jamieson	14.0	3	45	5	16.80	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020	Test # 2387
UT Yadav	14.1	1	53	5	17.00	India	v Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	22 Nov 2019	Test # 2369
MA Wood	14.3	2	46	5	17.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BE Hendricks	15.3	2	64	5	18.60	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
I Sharma	13.0	2	56	4	19.50	India	v Bangladesh	Eden Gardens	22 Nov 2019	Test # 2369
NM Lyon	16.5	4	50	5	20.20	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2378
PJ Cummins	17.0	5	28	5	20.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
JC Archer	17.0	1	102	5	20.40	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
MA Starc	14.0	5	45	4	21.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
TA Boult	14.0	4	28	4	21.00	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020	Test # 2387
VD Philander	14.2	8	16	4	21.50	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
MA Starc	18.0	2	52	5	21.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
RRS Cornwall	25.3	5	75	7	21.85	West Indies	v Afghanistan	Lucknow	27 Nov 2019	Test # 2370
JM Anderson	19.0	6	40	5	22.80	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
N Wagner	19.2	6	44	5	23.20	New Zealand	v England	Mount Maunganui	21 Nov 2019	Test # 2367
Mohammed Shami	16.0	7	31	4	24.00	India	v Bangladesh	Indore	14 Nov 2019	Test # 2366
KA Jamieson	16.0	3	39	4	24.00	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
MA Wood	16.1	3	54	4	24.25	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
MA Starc	25.0	6	66	6	25.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019	Test # 2372
TG Southee	21.0	6	61	5	25.20	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
TG Southee	21.1	6	69	5	25.40	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
Yasir Shah	17.2	3	58	4	26.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	7 Feb 2020	Test # 2384
I Sharma	22.2	6	68	5	26.80	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
CBRLS Kumara	18.0	5	49	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
MA Starc	18.2	5	52	4	27.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019	Test # 2368
SCJ Broad	18.3	4	58	4	27.75	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
A Nortje	24.0	1	110	5	28.80	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
Nayeem Hasan	24.0	6	82	5	28.80	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	22 Feb 2020	Test # 2386
NM Lyon	25.0	7	69	5	30.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	29 Nov 2019	Test # 2372
SM Curran	20.0	5	58	4	30.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
RAS Lakmal	20.0	8	27	4	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
TG Southee	20.1	5	49	4	30.25	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
L Embuldeniya	20.3	3	71	4	30.75	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
JR Hazlewood	21.0	3	63	4	31.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019	Test # 2368
Shaheen Shah Afridi	26.5	5	77	5	32.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
Shaheen Shah Afridi	21.5	3	53	4	32.75	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	7 Feb 2020	Test # 2384
TA Boult	22.0	8	39	4	33.00	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
NM Lyon	22.3	3	63	4	33.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
Amir Hamza	28.3	4	74	5	34.20	Afghanistan	v West Indies	Lucknow	27 Nov 2019	Test # 2370
NM Lyon	23.0	4	81	4	34.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
Mohammed Shami	23.1	3	81	4	34.75	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020	Test # 2387
K Rabada	24.0	3	103	4	36.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
Abu Jayed	24.0	6	71	4	36.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	22 Feb 2020	Test # 2386
Taijul Islam	24.3	7	78	4	36.75	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	22 Feb 2020	Test # 2386
NM Lyon	30.4	10	68	5	36.80	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2378
Sikandar Raza	43.0	8	113	7	36.85	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
DM Bess	31.0	12	51	5	37.20	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
RA Jadeja	25.0	6	87	4	37.50	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
Abu Jayed	25.0	3	108	4	37.50	Bangladesh	v India	Indore	14 Nov 2019	Test # 2366
R Ashwin	46.2	11	145	7	39.71	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
Mohammad Abbas	27.0	9	55	4	40.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
SCJ Broad	28.0	7	73	4	42.00	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019	Test # 2371
N Wagner	35.5	3	124	5	43.00	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	29 Nov 2019	Test # 2371
R Ashwin	28.4	9	69	4	43.00	India	v South Africa	Pune	10 Oct 2019	Test # 2364
JE Root	29.0	13	87	4	43.50	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
TG Southee	30.2	7	93	4	45.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
GF Linde	31.0	2	133	4	46.50	South Africa	v India	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
TG Southee	32.0	7	88	4	48.00	New Zealand	v England	Mount Maunganui	21 Nov 2019	Test # 2367
L Embuldeniya	42.0	12	114	5	50.40	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
N Wagner	37.0	7	92	4	55.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 2019	Test # 2374
N Wagner	38.0	11	83	4	57.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
Nayeem Hasan	38.0	9	70	4	57.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	22 Feb 2020	Test # 2386
L Embuldeniya	42.3	8	182	4	63.75	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
KA Maharaj	58.0	15	180	5	69.60	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
Yasir Shah	48.4	1	205	4	73.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	21 Nov 2019	Test # 2368

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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:

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]