Best strike rates in an innings in 1971 in FC
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 1.2 | 1 | - | 2 | 4.00 | South Zone | v West Zone | Brabourne | 2 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 1.3 | - | 8 | 2 | 4.50 | Indians | v Hampshire | Bournemouth | 17 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 3.0x8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6.00 | EPR (SACBOC) | v NTL (SACBOC) | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 2.0 | - | 6 | 2 | 6.00 | Robins' XI | v Indians | Eastbourne | 30 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 3.3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7.00 | England | v Pakistan | Leeds | 8 Jul 1971 | Test # 689 | |
| 11.4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10.00 | Leics | v Glamorgan | Leicester | 18 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 2 | 41 | 5 | 11.20 | South Aust | v NSW | Adelaide | 26 Feb 1971 | First-class | |
| 3.0x8 | - | 14 | 2 | 12.00 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 16 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 3.0x8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12.00 | South Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 22 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 10.2 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 12.40 | Leics | v Glamorgan | Leicester | 18 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 12.85 | Pakistanis | v Glamorgan | Swansea | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 5.1x8 | - | 18 | 3 | 13.66 | EPR (SACBOC) | v NTL (SACBOC) | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.0x8 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 14.66 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 15.00 | Cambridge U | v Pakistanis | Cambridge | 15 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 7.3 | - | 28 | 3 | 15.00 | Pakistanis | v Gloucs | Bristol | 29 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 5.0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 15.00 | India | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 | Test # 686 | |
| 10.1 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 15.25 | Kent | v Indians | Canterbury | 3 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.6x8 | - | 76 | 6 | 15.66 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 16 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.6x8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 15.66 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1971 | Test # 681 | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 16.00 | Essex | v Indians | Colchester | 26 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 16.00 | Victoria | v NSW | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 16.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 4.0x8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16.00 | West Aust | v Victoria | W.A.C.A | 20 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 8.5x8 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 17.25 | West Aust | v Victoria | Melbourne | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 8.4 | - | 43 | 3 | 17.33 | West Indies | v India | Port of Spain | 6 Mar 1971 | Test # 683 | |
| 11.0x8 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 17.60 | NTL (SACBOC) | v EPR (SACBOC) | Port Elizabeth | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 18.00 | Indians | v Essex | Colchester | 26 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 18.00 | Cambridge U | v Pakistanis | Cambridge | 15 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 4.4x8 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 18.00 | Victoria | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 20 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 4.4x8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 18.1 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 18.16 | India | v England | The Oval | 19 Aug 1971 | Test # 692 | |
| 18.5x8 | 2 | 64 | 8 | 18.62 | South Aust | v NSW | Adelaide | 26 Feb 1971 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | - | 23 | 3 | 18.66 | South Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 16 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 18.66 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 29 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 7.0x8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18.66 | West Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 17 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 6 | 57 | 7 | 18.85 | Pakistanis | v Surrey | The Oval | 14 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 19.00 | Pakistanis | v Scotland | Selkirk | 30 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.4 | 3 | 45 | 4 | 19.00 | Pakistanis | v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 3 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.5 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 19.25 | Pakistanis | v Scotland | Selkirk | 30 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 19.50 | West Zone | v South Zone | Brabourne | 2 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 49 | 4 | 19.50 | Glamorgan | v Indians | Cardiff | 14 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 9.7x8 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 19.75 | South Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 22 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 20.00 | Indians | v Notts | Nottingham | 14 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 10.0x8 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 20.00 | Victoria | v West Aust | Melbourne | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 10.0x8 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 20.00 | West Aust | v Victoria | Melbourne | 10 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 10.0x8 | - | 46 | 4 | 20.00 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 20.00 | Hampshire | v Indians | Bournemouth | 17 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 5.0x8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 20.00 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 12 Feb 1971 | Test # 679 | |
| 5.0x8 | - | 16 | 2 | 20.00 | Queensland | v Victoria | Melbourne | 12 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 17.5x8 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 20.14 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 9 Jan 1971 | Test # 676 | |
| 17.0 | 6 | 38 | 5 | 20.40 | Pakistanis | v Scotland | Selkirk | 30 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.7x8 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 20.60 | Victoria | v Queensland | Melbourne | 12 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 13.0x8 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 20.80 | Victoria | v Queensland | Melbourne | 12 Nov 1971 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 21.00 | Leics | v Glamorgan | Leicester | 18 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | - | 25 | 2 | 21.00 | India | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 1 Apr 1971 | Test # 685 | |
| 7.0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 21.00 | Pakistanis | v Kent | Gravesend | 26 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 8.0x8 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 21.33 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 25 Feb 1971 | Test # 681 | |
| 8.0x8 | - | 45 | 3 | 21.33 | Queensland | v NSW | Sydney | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 21.60 | Glamorgan | v Leics | Leicester | 18 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 14.3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 21.75 | Pakistan | v England | Leeds | 8 Jul 1971 | Test # 689 | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 22.00 | Oxford Uni | v Pakistanis | Oxford | 12 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 22.00 | Yorkshire | v Indians | Leeds | 11 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 22.00 | Rest of Ind | v Bombay | Brabourne | 22 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 5.5x8 | - | 21 | 2 | 22.50 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 22.80 | Glamorgan | v Pakistanis | Swansea | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 11.4 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 23.33 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 17 Jun 1971 | Test # 688 | |
| 14.6x8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 23.60 | Victoria | v NSW | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 15.5 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 23.75 | Bombay | v Rest of Ind | Brabourne | 22 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 24.00 | Rest of Ind | v Bombay | Brabourne | 22 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.0x8 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 24.00 | NSW | v Queensland | Sydney | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 24.00 | South Zone | v East Zone | Brabourne | 9 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 24.00 | Pakistanis | v Hampshire | Portsmouth | 12 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 24.00 | Yorkshire | v Pakistanis | Bradford | 9 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 24.00 | West Zone | v South Zone | Brabourne | 2 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | - | 18 | 2 | 24.00 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 16 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 24.00 | Warwickshire | v Pakistanis | Birmingham | 5 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 24.00 | Worcs | v Indians | Worcester | 1 Sep 1971 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | - | 34 | 2 | 24.00 | West Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 24 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 6.0x8 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 24.00 | Victoria | v NSW | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 36.3 | 13 | 93 | 9 | 24.33 | Indians | v Hampshire | Bournemouth | 17 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 15.2x8 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 24.40 | Victoria | v NSW | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 16.3 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 24.75 | M.C.C. | v Pakistanis | Lord's | 22 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 9.3x8 | - | 44 | 3 | 25.00 | Queensland | v NSW | Brisbane | 15 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 8.2 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 25.00 | South Zone | v East Zone | Brabourne | 9 Jan 1971 | First-class | |
| 25.2 | 7 | 76 | 6 | 25.33 | Indians | v Glamorgan | Cardiff | 14 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 41 | 4 | 25.50 | Indians | v Middlesex | Lord's | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 21.2 | 4 | 63 | 5 | 25.60 | Indians | v Leics | Leicester | 7 Jul 1971 | First-class | |
| 16.0x8 | 2 | 68 | 5 | 25.60 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 13.0x8 | 2 | 47 | 4 | 26.00 | NSW | v Queensland | Brisbane | 15 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 26.00 | M.C.C. | v Pakistanis | Lord's | 22 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 26.00 | Pakistan | v England | Leeds | 8 Jul 1971 | Test # 689 | |
| 26.2 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 26.33 | Indians | v Middlesex | Lord's | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 20.0x8 | 5 | 64 | 6 | 26.66 | South Aust | v West Aust | Adelaide | 31 Dec 1971 | First-class | |
| 10.0x8 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 26.66 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 30 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 10.0x8 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 26.66 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 30 Oct 1971 | First-class | |
| 17.5 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 26.75 | Middlesex | v Indians | Lord's | 23 Jun 1971 | First-class | |
| 17.5 | 3 | 64 | 4 | 26.75 | Pearce's XI | v Indians | Scarborough | 4 Sep 1971 | First-class | |
| 13.3 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 27.00 | Indians | v Notts | Nottingham | 14 Aug 1971 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 27.00 | Northants | v Pakistanis | Northampton | 8 May 1971 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 27.00 | Middlesex | v Yorkshire | Lord's | 3 Jul 1971 | First-class |
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Minimum of 2 wicketsPerformances 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:
New South Wales vs Queensland at Sydney, Sheffield Shield , Dec 31, 1971 - Jan 4, 1972 [First-class]
South Australia vs Western Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 31, 1971 - Jan 2, 1972 [First-class]
New South Wales vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Dec 26-29, 1971 [First-class]