Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Best strike rates for England in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
W Barber	1935-1935	2	0.2	0	2	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	2.00	0	0	0
AJL Hill	1896-1896	3	8.0	4	40	8	4	4/8	2.00	1.20	10.00	1	0	0
Hon.A Lyttelton	1880-1884	4	12.0	5	48	19	4	4/19	4.75	2.37	12.00	1	0	0
RJ Gleeson	2022-2022	6	21.0	1	126	187	9	3/15	20.77	8.90	14.00	0	0	0
GLS Scrimshaw	2023-2023	1	8.4	0	52	66	3	3/66	22.00	7.61	17.33	0	0	0
AN Cook	2006-2018	257	3.0	0	18	7	1	1/6	7.00	2.33	18.00	0	0	0
DW Randall	1976-1985	96	-	0	18	5	1	1/2	5.00	1.66	18.00	0	0	0
L Wood	2022-2025	17	61.0	0	366	496	18	3/24	27.55	8.13	20.33	0	0	0
JJ Ferris	1892-1892	1	54.2	27	272	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.92	0	2	1
TS Mills	2016-2023	15	50.4	0	304	461	14	3/27	32.92	9.09	21.71	0	0	0
CA Smith	1889-1889	1	38.2	16	154	61	7	5/19	8.71	2.37	22.00	0	1	0
CS Marriott	1933-1933	1	41.1	8	247	96	11	6/59	8.72	2.33	22.45	0	2	1
RT Simpson	1948-1955	27	-	2	45	22	2	2/4	11.00	2.93	22.50	0	0	0
DR Briggs	2012-2014	8	28.0	0	168	238	7	2/25	34.00	8.50	24.00	0	0	0
CFH Leslie	1882-1883	4	24.0	10	96	44	4	3/31	11.00	2.75	24.00	0	0	0
GHS Garton	2022-2022	1	4.0	0	24	57	1	1/57	57.00	14.25	24.00	0	0	0
AFA Lilley	1896-1909	35	-	1	25	23	1	1/23	23.00	5.52	25.00	0	0	0
PR Brown	2019-2019	4	13.0	0	78	128	3	1/29	42.66	9.84	26.00	0	0	0
RJW Topley	2015-2024	65	349.4	17	2098	2235	80	6/24	27.93	6.39	26.22	2	1	0
LS Livingstone	2017-2025	100	257.2	3	1544	1820	58	3/16	31.37	7.07	26.62	0	0	0
DJ Willey	2015-2023	116	682.3	35	4095	4155	151	5/30	27.51	6.08	27.11	5	1	0
VJ Wells	1999-1999	9	36.4	3	220	189	8	3/30	23.62	5.15	27.50	0	0	0
CL Smith	1983-1986	12	23.0	4	138	67	5	2/8	13.40	2.91	27.60	0	0	0
JW Dernbach	2011-2014	58	322.4	7	1936	2328	70	4/22	33.25	7.21	27.65	2	0	0
AE Trott	1899-1899	2	94.4	37	474	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	0
IR Bell	2004-2015	287	32.4	3	196	164	7	3/9	23.42	5.02	28.00	0	0	0
AN Hornby	1879-1884	3	7.0	7	28	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	28.00	0	0	0
F Martin	1890-1892	2	82.0	30	410	141	14	6/50	10.07	2.06	29.28	0	2	1
CJ Jordan	2013-2024	138	857.1	81	5143	5259	175	5/29	30.05	6.13	29.38	5	1	0
SD Parry	2014-2015	7	35.0	2	210	230	7	3/32	32.85	6.57	30.00	0	0	0
AP Grayson	2000-2001	2	15.0	0	90	60	3	3/40	20.00	4.00	30.00	0	0	0
S Mahmood	2019-2025	38	264.1	26	1585	1451	52	4/34	27.90	5.49	30.48	2	0	0
MV Fleming	1997-1998	11	87.1	3	523	434	17	4/45	25.52	4.97	30.76	1	0	0
SG Borthwick	2011-2014	4	26.0	0	156	169	5	3/33	33.80	6.50	31.20	0	0	0
J Overton	2022-2026	32	182.1	8	1093	1036	35	3/20	29.60	5.68	31.22	0	0	0
C Heseltine	1896-1896	2	31.2	3	157	84	5	5/38	16.80	3.21	31.40	0	1	0
A Shahzad	2010-2011	15	126.0	9	756	650	24	3/41	27.08	5.15	31.50	0	0	0
OA Shah	2001-2009	94	37.1	1	223	215	7	3/15	30.71	5.78	31.85	0	0	0
L Gregory	2019-2021	12	32.0	1	192	214	6	3/44	35.66	6.68	32.00	0	0	0
TS Roland-Jones	2017-2017	5	96.2	25	578	368	18	5/57	20.44	3.82	32.11	0	1	0
MC Bird	1910-1914	10	43.1	11	259	120	8	3/11	15.00	2.77	32.37	0	0	0
MW Parkinson	2019-2022	12	70.1	0	421	448	13	4/47	34.46	6.38	32.38	1	0	0
AG Wharf	2004-2005	13	97.2	10	584	428	18	4/24	23.77	4.39	32.44	1	0	0
AU Rashid	2009-2026	316	2453.5	71	14723	13475	451	5/27	29.87	5.49	32.64	19	4	0
DR Mousley	2024-2024	7	11.0	0	66	99	2	2/29	49.50	9.00	33.00	0	0	0
J Hull	2024-2024	1	17.0	0	102	91	3	3/53	30.33	5.35	34.00	0	0	0
DL Maddy	1998-2007	15	17.0	1	102	66	3	2/6	22.00	3.88	34.00	0	0	0
JA Turner	2024-2024	4	17.0	0	102	132	3	2/42	44.00	7.76	34.00	0	0	0
SS Schultz	1879-1879	1	8.2	3	34	26	1	1/16	26.00	4.58	34.00	0	0	0
GA Lohmann	1886-1896	18	-	364	3830	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
Rehan Ahmed	2022-2026	26	274.0	21	1644	1371	47	5/48	29.17	5.00	34.97	2	1	0
AD Pougher	1892-1892	1	21.0	8	105	26	3	3/26	8.66	1.48	35.00	0	0	0
RL Johnson	2003-2003	13	158.1	32	949	514	27	6/33	19.03	3.24	35.14	1	2	0
TK Curran	2017-2021	60	382.0	23	2292	2397	65	5/35	36.87	6.27	35.26	3	1	0
Kabir Ali	2003-2006	15	148.1	9	889	818	25	4/45	32.72	5.52	35.56	1	0	0
HF Gurney	2014-2014	12	83.5	4	503	487	14	4/55	34.78	5.80	35.92	1	0	0
AJ Lamb	1982-1992	201	6.0	2	36	26	1	1/6	26.00	4.33	36.00	0	0	0
D Lloyd	1973-1980	17	-	1	36	20	1	1/3	20.00	3.33	36.00	0	0	0
C Washbrook	1937-1956	37	-	0	36	33	1	1/25	33.00	5.50	36.00	0	0	0
LE Plunkett	2005-2019	124	1212.0	86	7272	6173	201	5/52	30.71	5.09	36.17	7	2	0
EJ Tyler	1896-1896	1	29.0	6	145	65	4	3/49	16.25	2.68	36.25	0	0	0
MW Alleyne	1999-2000	10	61.0	1	366	280	10	3/27	28.00	4.59	36.60	0	0	0
AAP Atkinson	2023-2025	31	539.1	84	3235	2320	88	7/45	26.36	4.30	36.76	3	4	1
ESH Giddins	1999-2000	4	74.0	21	444	240	12	5/15	20.00	3.24	37.00	0	1	0
JC Archer	2019-2026	91	1054.5	152	6329	4482	171	6/40	26.21	4.24	37.01	3	5	0
J Southerton	1877-1877	2	65.3	30	263	107	7	4/46	15.28	2.44	37.57	1	0	0
JG Bethell	2024-2026	49	100.2	3	602	644	16	3/72	40.25	6.41	37.62	0	0	0
BA Carse	2021-2026	58	711.2	61	4268	3538	112	6/42	31.58	4.97	38.10	4	2	1
HR Bromley-Davenport	1896-1899	4	31.0	6	155	98	4	2/46	24.50	3.79	38.75	0	0	0
BJT Bosanquet	1903-1905	7	161.4	10	970	604	25	8/107	24.16	3.73	38.80	1	2	0
WB Rankin	2013-2014	10	78.0	3	468	346	12	4/46	28.83	4.43	39.00	1	0	0
SMJ Woods	1896-1896	3	39.0	8	195	129	5	3/28	25.80	3.96	39.00	0	0	0
GHT Simpson-Hayward	1910-1910	5	149.4	18	898	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	0
A Warren	1905-1905	1	39.2	9	236	113	6	5/57	18.83	2.87	39.33	0	1	0
OP Stone	2018-2024	16	171.2	19	1028	835	26	4/85	32.11	4.87	39.53	1	0	0
AJ Hollioake	1996-1999	39	225.2	5	1352	1086	34	4/23	31.94	4.81	39.76	2	0	0
JC Tongue	2023-2026	9	325.2	33	1952	1292	49	5/45	26.36	3.97	39.83	2	3	0
SM Curran	2018-2026	131	958.1	109	5749	4874	144	5/10	33.84	5.08	39.92	3	2	0
PE Richardson	1956-1963	34	-	9	120	48	3	2/10	16.00	2.40	40.00	0	0	0
TF Smailes	1946-1946	1	20.0	3	120	62	3	3/44	20.66	3.10	40.00	0	0	0
AJ Fothergill	1889-1889	2	80.1	42	321	90	8	4/19	11.25	1.68	40.12	1	0	0
J Lewis	2005-2007	16	167.2	22	1004	677	25	4/24	27.08	4.04	40.16	2	0	0
SC Meaker	2011-2012	4	26.5	1	161	180	4	1/28	45.00	6.70	40.25	0	0	0
FJ Durston	1921-1921	1	33.4	2	202	136	5	4/102	27.20	4.03	40.40	1	0	0
H Dean	1912-1912	3	74.3	23	447	153	11	4/19	13.90	2.05	40.63	1	0	0
ER Wilson	1921-1921	1	20.3	5	123	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.00	0	0	0
DI Gower	1978-1992	231	-	0	41	34	1	1/1	34.00	4.97	41.00	0	0	0
ST Finn	2010-2017	126	1740.2	228	10442	7379	254	6/79	29.05	4.23	41.11	10	7	0
JC Tredwell	2010-2015	64	534.3	57	3207	2403	78	4/41	30.80	4.49	41.11	5	0	0
JN Snape	2001-2007	11	89.1	2	535	415	13	3/43	31.92	4.65	41.15	0	0	0
A McGrath	2003-2004	18	55.0	3	330	231	8	3/16	28.87	4.20	41.25	0	0	0
LJ Wright	2007-2014	101	228.0	2	1368	1349	33	2/24	40.87	5.91	41.45	0	0	0
W Brearley	1905-1912	4	117.3	25	705	359	17	5/110	21.11	3.05	41.47	2	1	0
SF Barnes	1901-1914	27	1312.1	356	7873	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	2	24	7
SL Watkin	1991-1994	7	125.5	19	755	498	18	4/49	27.66	3.95	41.94	2	0	0
GB Stevenson	1980-1981	6	84.0	10	504	308	12	4/33	25.66	3.66	42.00	1	0	0
NA Knox	1907-1907	2	21.0	2	126	105	3	2/39	35.00	5.00	42.00	0	0	0
JH Parks	1937-1937	1	21.0	9	126	36	3	2/26	12.00	1.71	42.00	0	0	0
James Lillywhite	1877-1877	2	85.0	37	340	126	8	4/70	15.75	2.22	42.50	1	0	0
R Clarke	2003-2006	22	107.1	14	643	475	15	2/7	31.66	4.43	42.86	0	0	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka vs England at Pallekele, England in Sri Lanka 2nd T20I, Feb 1, 2026 [T20I # 3682]

Sri Lanka vs England at Pallekele, England in Sri Lanka 1st T20I, Jan 30, 2026 [T20I # 3676]

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]