Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Best strike rates for England in Tests

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	18	-	364	3830	1205	112	9/28	10.75	1.88	34.19	2	9	5
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2025	16	449.4	84	2698	1671	69	7/45	24.21	3.71	39.10	2	4	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	27	1312.1	356	7873	3106	189	9/103	16.43	2.36	41.65	2	24	7
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	-	271	2289	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	1	3	-
J Briggs (ENG)	1884-1899	33	-	386	5332	2095	118	8/11	17.75	2.35	45.18	4	9	4
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	-	97	3452	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1901-1910	19	757.4	231	4546	1863	100	8/59	18.63	2.45	45.46	2	9	4
JNT Seales (WI)	2021-2025	26	721.3	135	4329	2458	95	6/61	25.87	3.40	45.56	4	3	-
JJC Lawson (WI)	2002-2005	13	394.0	55	2364	1512	51	7/78	29.64	3.83	46.35	3	2	-
BA Carse (ENG)	2024-2026	14	449.5	58	2699	1751	58	6/42	30.18	3.89	46.53	4	1	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	2930.4	614	17584	7876	376	7/22	20.94	2.68	46.76	19	22	4
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	2364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4	1
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	18	470.1	78	2821	1666	59	6/53	28.23	3.54	47.81	2	3	-
CEH Croft (WI)	1977-1982	27	1027.3	211	6165	2913	125	8/29	23.30	2.83	49.32	7	3	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	67	-	522	15178	6625	307	8/31	21.57	2.61	49.43	19	17	3
OE Robinson (ENG)	2021-2024	20	632.4	159	3796	1742	76	5/49	22.92	2.75	49.94	4	3	-
DW Headley (ENG)	1997-1999	15	504.2	82	3026	1671	60	6/60	27.85	3.31	50.43	7	1	-
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	2194.5	576	13169	5433	259	6/56	20.97	2.47	50.84	18	7	-
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1987	60	-	459	12680	5898	249	8/92	23.68	2.79	50.92	11	13	2
T Richardson (ENG)	1893-1898	14	-	191	4498	2220	88	8/94	25.22	2.96	51.11	1	11	4
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	36	1068.4	190	6412	3800	125	6/79	30.40	3.55	51.29	6	5	-
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	58	1970.1	369	11821	6503	229	6/42	28.39	3.30	51.62	14	9	-
R Peel (ENG)	1884-1896	20	-	444	5216	1715	101	7/31	16.98	1.97	51.64	8	5	1
RWV Robins (ENG)	1929-1937	19	-	77	3318	1758	64	6/32	27.46	3.17	51.84	2	1	-
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1992	28	804.5	109	4829	2874	93	5/24	30.90	3.57	51.92	4	5	-
IR Bishop (WI)	1989-1998	43	1401.1	288	8407	3909	161	6/40	24.27	2.78	52.21	6	6	-
KAJ Roach (WI)	2009-2025	88	2567.4	561	15406	7968	294	6/48	27.10	3.10	52.40	14	12	1
G Ulyett (ENG)	1877-1890	25	-	299	2627	1020	50	7/36	20.40	2.32	52.54	2	1	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1971-1984	90	-	554	17357	8190	325	8/43	25.20	2.83	53.40	12	16	-
WE Bowes (ENG)	1932-1946	15	-	131	3655	1519	68	6/33	22.33	2.49	53.75	2	6	-
GOB Allen (ENG)	1930-1948	25	-	116	4386	2379	81	7/80	29.37	3.25	54.14	3	5	1
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1969	48	-	312	10421	5066	192	7/69	26.38	2.91	54.27	11	9	1
AS Joseph (WI)	2016-2025	40	1123.4	173	6742	4150	124	5/27	33.46	3.69	54.37	3	2	-
FR Foster (ENG)	1911-1912	11	407.5	108	2447	926	45	6/91	20.57	2.27	54.37	2	4	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	3683.5	1001	22103	8501	405	8/45	20.99	2.30	54.57	21	22	3
CT Tremlett (ENG)	2007-2013	12	483.4	114	2902	1431	53	6/48	27.00	2.95	54.75	2	2	-
AME Roberts (WI)	1974-1983	47	-	382	11135	5174	202	7/54	25.61	2.78	55.12	8	11	2
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2025	38	1101.4	197	6610	3665	119	6/37	30.79	3.32	55.54	3	5	-
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1992-1998	26	855.2	158	5132	2785	92	6/66	30.27	3.25	55.78	4	4	1
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	5616.2	1304	33698	16719	604	8/15	27.68	2.97	55.79	28	20	3
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2008	67	2318.1	493	13909	7564	248	7/61	30.50	3.26	56.08	13	7	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2026	120	2294.3	391	13767	7655	245	6/22	31.24	3.33	56.19	9	6	-
JN Crawford (ENG)	1906-1908	12	367.1	61	2203	1150	39	5/48	29.48	3.13	56.48	-	3	-
ST Gabriel (WI)	2012-2023	59	1563.1	269	9379	5348	166	8/62	32.21	3.42	56.50	5	6	1
AP Freeman (ENG)	1924-1929	12	-	142	3732	1707	66	7/71	25.86	2.74	56.54	3	5	3
R Gilchrist (WI)	1957-1959	13	537.5	124	3227	1521	57	6/55	26.68	2.82	56.61	5	1	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	188	6672.5	1730	40037	18627	704	7/42	26.45	2.79	56.87	32	32	3
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	102	-	788	21815	10878	383	8/34	28.40	2.99	56.95	17	27	4
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	5003.1	1144	30019	12688	519	7/37	24.44	2.53	57.84	32	22	3
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	15	-	194	4112	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	6	2	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2003	62	2259.4	501	13558	6999	234	7/46	29.91	3.09	57.94	9	13	1
FH Edwards (WI)	2003-2012	55	1600.2	183	9602	6249	165	7/87	37.87	3.90	58.19	3	12	-
JA Warrican (WI)	2015-2025	23	757.4	115	4546	2302	78	7/32	29.51	3.03	58.28	6	2	1
KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1976	21	-	99	3501	1801	60	6/77	30.01	3.08	58.35	3	2	1
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	62	1869.5	417	11219	5686	192	6/17	29.61	3.04	58.43	5	5	1
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2002	37	1279.4	264	7678	3906	131	7/43	29.81	3.05	58.61	9	5	-
JDF Larter (ENG)	1962-1965	10	362.0	87	2172	941	37	5/57	25.43	2.59	58.70	3	2	-
FA Rose (WI)	1997-2000	19	520.4	101	3124	1637	53	7/84	30.88	3.14	58.94	2	2	-
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1982	11	412.5	81	2477	1170	42	5/126	27.85	2.83	58.97	3	1	-
GR Dilley (ENG)	1979-1989	41	1365.2	279	8192	4107	138	6/38	29.76	3.00	59.36	11	6	-
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	62	2198.4	426	13192	7091	222	7/12	31.94	3.22	59.42	11	8	1
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	49	-	415	12021	5387	202	7/40	26.66	2.68	59.50	12	8	1
JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2016	46	1292.5	258	7757	4480	130	6/47	34.46	3.46	59.66	5	4	-
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1969	28	-	177	5631	2683	94	6/36	28.54	2.85	59.90	2	5	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2013	60	2558.1	493	15349	7642	255	6/65	29.96	2.98	60.19	14	17	3
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2025	18	603.2	122	3620	1806	60	6/45	30.10	2.99	60.33	-	4	-
HC Griffith (WI)	1928-1933	13	443.5	89	2663	1243	44	6/103	28.25	2.80	60.52	2	2	-
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1987-1995	21	615.4	136	3694	1648	61	4/46	27.01	2.67	60.55	2	-	-
JK Lever (ENG)	1976-1986	21	-	140	4433	1951	73	7/46	26.72	2.64	60.72	3	3	1
JT Hearne (ENG)	1892-1899	12	-	211	2976	1082	49	6/41	22.08	2.18	60.73	4	4	1
MJ Potts (ENG)	2022-2026	11	365.1	79	2191	1201	36	4/13	33.36	3.28	60.86	2	-	-
RJ Sidebottom (ENG)	2001-2010	22	802.0	188	4812	2231	79	7/47	28.24	2.78	60.91	5	5	1
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	46	1812.4	439	10876	4836	177	8/53	27.32	2.66	61.44	5	13	2
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	15	462.1	53	2773	1472	45	4/19	32.71	3.18	61.62	2	-	-
Shoaib Bashir (ENG)	2024-2025	19	699.5	53	4199	2652	68	6/81	39.00	3.78	61.75	2	4	-
LN Constantine (WI)	1928-1939	18	-	125	3583	1746	58	5/75	30.10	2.92	61.77	4	2	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	68	2101.4	293	12610	7612	204	6/53	37.31	3.62	61.81	13	5	1
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1981	46	-	311	8858	4020	143	7/50	28.11	2.72	61.94	7	4	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1959	46	-	674	12027	4101	193	10/53	21.24	2.04	62.31	13	9	3
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1911-1925	23	-	66	2812	1486	45	5/46	33.02	3.17	62.48	2	1	-
MS Nichols (ENG)	1930-1939	14	-	97	2565	1152	41	6/35	28.09	2.69	62.56	1	2	-
AU Rashid (ENG)	2015-2019	19	636.0	50	3816	2390	60	5/49	39.83	3.75	63.60	5	2	-
H Larwood (ENG)	1926-1933	21	828.1	167	4969	2212	78	6/32	28.35	2.67	63.70	3	4	1
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	70	-	595	16056	6261	252	7/39	24.84	2.33	63.71	9	9	1
IAR Peebles (ENG)	1927-1931	13	480.2	78	2882	1391	45	6/63	30.91	2.89	64.04	4	3	-
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1969	26	-	182	5098	2237	79	5/42	28.31	2.63	64.53	1	2	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1948-1957	28	-	403	6597	2080	102	7/36	20.39	1.89	64.67	7	5	1
RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1986	11	377.2	90	2264	1048	35	6/77	29.94	2.77	64.68	2	3	1
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1930	58	-	365	8225	3425	127	8/68	26.96	2.49	64.76	6	6	1
LE Plunkett (ENG)	2005-2014	13	443.1	71	2659	1536	41	5/64	37.46	3.46	64.85	1	1	-
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1947	27	-	211	6360	2733	98	7/70	27.88	2.57	64.89	7	3	2
TT Bresnan (ENG)	2009-2013	23	779.0	185	4674	2357	72	5/48	32.73	3.02	64.91	4	1	-
RD King (WI)	1999-2005	19	573.4	119	3442	1733	53	5/51	32.69	3.02	64.94	5	1	-
TL Best (WI)	2003-2013	25	619.2	80	3716	2291	57	6/40	40.19	3.69	65.19	2	2	-
CH Parkin (ENG)	1920-1924	10	349.1	55	2095	1128	32	5/38	35.25	3.23	65.46	1	2	-
K Farnes (ENG)	1934-1939	15	-	103	3932	1719	60	6/96	28.65	2.62	65.53	6	3	1
PT Collins (WI)	1999-2006	32	1160.4	221	6964	3671	106	6/53	34.63	3.16	65.69	7	3	-
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	24	515.1	96	3091	1669	47	4/58	35.51	3.23	65.76	2	-	-
RO Jenkins (ENG)	1948-1952	9	-	51	2118	1098	32	5/116	34.31	3.11	66.18	3	1	-
MJ Leach (ENG)	2018-2024	39	1567.0	308	9402	4838	142	5/66	34.07	3.08	66.21	11	5	1

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Minimum of 2000 balls

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]