Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings for New Zealand in Tests

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JH Kallis	4.3	1	21	5	5.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	5.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	8.16	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	8.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	8.40	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
CS Martin	8.3	3	26	6	8.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Napier	26 Jan 2012	Test # 2033
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
BR Taylor	7.3	2	26	5	9.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3x8	-	23	7	9.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	10.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
JH Sinclair	12.0x5	4	26	6	10.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	10.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
RS Cunis	7.0	-	21	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dhaka	8 Nov 1969	Test # 665
Sir RJ Hadlee	7.0	4	8	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
DW Steyn	7.0	-	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	10.66	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
TA Boult	10.4	3	32	6	10.66	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
K Rabada	9.0	1	37	5	10.80	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2024	Test # 2559
ZG Foulkes	9.0	2	37	5	10.80	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	7 Aug 2025	Test # 2599
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	11.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	11.00	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
B Mitchell	7.3	-	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
SL Boock	9.3	4	28	5	11.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
RO Schwarz	11.4	-	47	6	11.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	3 Mar 1911	Test # 115
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	11.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
JR Reid	8.0	2	38	4	12.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
D Elgar	8.0	1	22	4	12.00	South Africa	v India	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
VD Philander	10.1	5	21	5	12.20	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	12.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
N Wagner	14.4	2	39	7	12.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	1 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
MJ Henry	15.0	7	23	7	12.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
SM Pollock	11.0	1	37	5	13.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
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
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	13.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
DR Tuffey	9.0	6	12	4	13.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
PWA Mulder	9.0	2	32	4	13.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
C Pringle	16.0	4	52	7	13.71	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	13.80	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	14.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
M Jansen	14.0	3	52	6	14.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
AY Patel	14.1	1	57	6	14.16	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	1 Nov 2024	Test # 2560
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	14.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
A Rose-Innes	18.0x4	5	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
C Bosch	12.0	2	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	14.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
M Morkel	9.4	1	45	4	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
JEC Franklin	9.5	3	26	4	14.75	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
M Jansen	12.2	2	35	5	14.80	South Africa	v England	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	15.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
TA Boult	15.0	5	40	6	15.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
TA Boult	15.0	8	30	6	15.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
K Rabada	15.0	3	50	6	15.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
PR Adams	12.3	3	37	5	15.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
AW Nourse	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
CS Martin	10.0	3	52	4	15.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
TA Boult	10.0	4	23	4	15.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
TG Southee	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
N Burger	10.0	3	33	4	15.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
P Subrayen	10.0	1	42	4	15.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	6 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	15.20	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
MJ Henry	15.3	3	39	6	15.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	30 Jul 2025	Test # 2597
AA Donald	13.0	4	49	5	15.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
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
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	15.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	15.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
Imran Tahir	13.0	3	32	5	15.60	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
D Olivier	13.0	2	51	5	15.60	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
KA Jamieson	13.0	4	34	5	15.60	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	15.66	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
CL Cairns	18.2	2	53	7	15.71	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
WD Parnell	10.3	1	51	4	15.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	15.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
DW Steyn	13.1	1	82	5	15.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
VD Philander	15.5	3	44	6	15.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
C de Grandhomme	15.5	5	41	6	15.83	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2234
CN McCarthy	12.0x8	2	43	6	16.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
TA Boult	13.2	3	43	5	16.00	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	9 Jan 2022	Test # 2447
MJ Henry	13.2	3	15	5	16.00	New Zealand	v India	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024	Test # 2555
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	16.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
KA Maharaj	10.4	1	25	4	16.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	16.12	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
EP Nupen	16.1	1	46	6	16.16	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	16.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
SM Pollock	13.3	2	43	5	16.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433

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Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]

South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, South Africa in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Jul 6-8, 2025 [Test # 2593]