Best strike rates in an innings in 1981 in FC IN Australia
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 7.0 | - | 34 | 4 | 10.50 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 17 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 10.80 | Australia | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 8.0 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 12.00 | South Aust | v West Aust | Adelaide | 8 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 4.4 | - | 26 | 2 | 14.00 | Victoria | v Queensland | Brisbane | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 14.2 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 14.33 | NSW | v Tasmania | Sydney | 6 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 14.57 | West Aust | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 15.00 | Tasmania | v Victoria | Melbourne | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 12.3 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 15.00 | South Aust | v NSW | Sydney | 10 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 10.2 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 15.50 | Australia | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 18.4 | 4 | 59 | 7 | 16.00 | West Aust | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 11.4 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 17.50 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 7 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 6.0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 18.00 | South Aust | v Victoria | Geelong | 7 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 6.2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 19.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 8 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 16.4 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 20.00 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 23.4 | 4 | 62 | 7 | 20.28 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 20.40 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 24.2 | 5 | 49 | 7 | 20.85 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 21.00 | Victoria | v West Aust | Melbourne | 27 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
| 7.0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 21.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 8 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 21.3 | 5 | 62 | 6 | 21.50 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 18.0 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 21.60 | West Indians | v Queensland | Brisbane | 11 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 6 | 70 | 6 | 22.00 | NSW | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 22.00 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 23 Jan 1981 | Test # 894 | |
| 26.3 | 3 | 83 | 7 | 22.71 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 19.3 | 4 | 59 | 5 | 23.40 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 19.4 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 23.60 | Queensland | v Tasmania | Brisbane | 9 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 81 | 5 | 24.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 12.0 | - | 50 | 3 | 24.00 | West Aust | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 27 Feb 1981 | First-class | |
| 8.0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 24.00 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 8.0 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 24.00 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 8.2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 25.00 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 25.5 | 5 | 84 | 6 | 25.83 | Australia | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 13 Nov 1981 | Test # 909 | |
| 18.0 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 27.00 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 18.0 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 27.00 | Tasmania | v Victoria | Melbourne | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 27.00 | Victoria | v Pakistanis | Melbourne | 6 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
| 9.0 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 27.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 22.5 | 4 | 88 | 5 | 27.40 | West Indians | v Queensland | Brisbane | 11 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 28.50 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 19.0 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 28.50 | Australia | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 19.1 | 5 | 63 | 4 | 28.75 | Queensland | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 7 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 24.0 | 5 | 67 | 5 | 28.80 | NSW | v Queensland | Newcastle | 22 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 19.3 | 4 | 66 | 4 | 29.25 | Queensland | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 7 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 4 | 54 | 4 | 30.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 77 | 4 | 30.00 | Queensland | v Pakistanis | Brisbane | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 15.0 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 30.00 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 30.00 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 10.0 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 30.00 | West Aust | v Pakistanis | W.A.C.A | 23 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 20.2 | 3 | 86 | 4 | 30.50 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 20.2 | 2 | 62 | 4 | 30.50 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 15.2 | 3 | 68 | 3 | 30.66 | Queensland | v Victoria | Brisbane | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 20.5 | 7 | 45 | 4 | 31.25 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 8 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 2 | 52 | 4 | 31.50 | Tasmania | v NSW | Sydney | 6 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 31.50 | NSW | v Tasmania | Sydney | 6 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 31.50 | Australia | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 32.0 | 13 | 64 | 6 | 32.00 | NSW | v South Aust | Sydney | 10 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 32.00 | Queensland | v Tasmania | Brisbane | 9 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 32.00 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 7 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 16.0 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 32.00 | Victoria | v Queensland | Brisbane | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 5 | 62 | 4 | 33.00 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 22.0 | 1 | 82 | 4 | 33.00 | Tasmania | v Victoria | Melbourne | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 16.3 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 33.00 | Tasmania | v NSW | Sydney | 6 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 33.00 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 11.0 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 33.00 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 11.0 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 33.00 | West Aust | v NSW | W.A.C.A | 27 Feb 1981 | First-class | |
| 28.0 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 33.60 | Pakistanis | v Victoria | Melbourne | 6 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
| 17.0 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 34.00 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 19 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 23.0 | 12 | 36 | 4 | 34.50 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 17.2 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 34.66 | Victoria | v Queensland | Geelong | 26 Feb 1981 | First-class | |
| 30.0 | 7 | 107 | 5 | 36.00 | India | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 24.0 | 4 | 77 | 4 | 36.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | Test # 910 | |
| 24.0 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 36.00 | Pakistan | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Dec 1981 | Test # 913 | |
| 24.0 | 3 | 89 | 4 | 36.00 | South Aust | v Pakistanis | Adelaide | 26 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 2 | 79 | 3 | 36.00 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | Test # 893 | |
| 18.0 | 3 | 79 | 3 | 36.00 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 36.00 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 7 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 36.00 | West Indians | v Queensland | Brisbane | 11 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 36.00 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1981 | Test # 915 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 36.00 | Tasmania | v NSW | Sydney | 6 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 36.00 | West Indians | v Queensland | Brisbane | 11 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 12.0 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 36.00 | Queensland | v South Aust | Brisbane | 17 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 18.3 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 37.00 | Victoria | v Tasmania | Melbourne | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 25.0 | 6 | 65 | 4 | 37.50 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 25.0 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 37.50 | South Aust | v West Aust | W.A.C.A | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 12.3 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 37.50 | India | v Australia | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 38.00 | Queensland | v South Aust | Adelaide | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 38.00 | NSW | v Tasmania | Sydney | 6 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 38.00 | West Aust | v Queensland | W.A.C.A | 7 Mar 1981 | First-class | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 38.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | W.A.C.A | 16 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 26.0 | 6 | 68 | 4 | 39.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 8 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 39.00 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1981 | Test # 895 | |
| 13.0 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 39.00 | NSW | v Queensland | Newcastle | 22 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 39.00 | NSW | v South Aust | Sydney | 10 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 13.0 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 39.00 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 19 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 13.1 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 39.50 | Tasmania | v Victoria | Melbourne | 30 Oct 1981 | First-class | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 40.00 | Victoria | v Queensland | Geelong | 26 Feb 1981 | First-class | |
| 20.1 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 40.33 | South Aust | v Queensland | Brisbane | 17 Dec 1981 | First-class | |
| 27.3 | 3 | 97 | 4 | 41.25 | Queensland | v West Aust | Brisbane | 20 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 42.00 | West Aust | v Tasmania | Devonport | 17 Jan 1981 | First-class | |
| 21.0 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 42.00 | Pakistanis | v Victoria | Melbourne | 6 Nov 1981 | First-class | |
| 14.0 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 42.00 | West Aust | v South Aust | Adelaide | 8 Jan 1981 | First-class |
Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years
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:
Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1981 [Test # 915]
Pakistan vs South Australia at Adelaide, Pakistan tour of Australia Tour Match, Dec 26-29, 1981 [First-class]
Western Province (SACB/SACBOC) vs Transvaal (SACB/SACBOC) at Johannesburg, Howa Bowl , Dec 26-28, 1981 [First-class]