Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2021 in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Boland	4.0	1	7	6	4.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
JE Root	6.2	3	8	5	7.60	England	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Sajid Khan	15.0	4	42	8	11.25	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	04 Dec 2021	Test # 2439
R Ashwin	8.0	2	8	4	12.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	12.20	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
Hasan Ali	12.2	2	36	5	14.80	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2420
Hasan Ali	13.0	4	27	5	15.60	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
V Permaul	13.0	3	35	5	15.60	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
PJ Cummins	13.1	3	38	5	15.80	Australia	v England	Brisbane	08 Dec 2021	Test # 2440
Mohammed Siraj	10.5	3	32	4	16.25	India	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
A Nortje	11.0	3	35	4	16.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
L Ngidi	13.5	7	19	5	16.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
R Ashwin	17.3	2	61	6	17.50	India	v England	Chennai	05 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
Shaheen Shah Afridi	17.3	7	51	6	17.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Aug 2021	Test # 2431
AR Patel	15.0	-	32	5	18.00	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Shaheen Shah Afridi	15.0	8	32	5	18.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021	Test # 2436
B Muzarabani	12.0	3	48	4	18.00	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	02 Mar 2021	Test # 2413
Hasan Ali	15.4	2	54	5	18.80	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
JNT Seales	15.4	3	55	5	18.80	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2430
Hasan Ali	16.0	2	60	5	19.20	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
Mohammed Shami	16.0	5	44	5	19.20	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
KAJ Roach	13.0	1	52	4	19.50	West Indies	v South Africa	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
KA Jamieson	20.0	6	48	6	20.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
M Jansen	13.3	4	55	4	20.25	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
Ebadot Hossain	21.0	6	46	6	21.00	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
KA Maharaj	17.3	7	36	5	21.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
MJ Leach	14.0	1	59	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
J Yadav	14.0	4	49	4	21.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
JO Holder	17.4	6	27	5	21.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
AR Patel	21.4	6	38	6	21.66	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
L Ngidi	15.0	5	44	4	22.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
R Ashwin	15.0	3	48	4	22.50	India	v England	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Hasan Ali	15.0	2	53	4	22.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2420
CR Woakes	15.0	6	55	4	22.50	England	v India	The Oval	02 Sep 2021	Test # 2433
Shaheen Shah Afridi	15.1	5	43	4	22.75	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2420
JJ Bumrah	19.0	2	64	5	22.80	India	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
JA Richardson	19.1	9	42	5	23.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
Taijul Islam	19.2	2	72	5	23.20	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
Mohammed Siraj	19.5	5	73	5	23.80	India	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	24.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
Shaheen Shah Afridi	20.0	5	52	5	24.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
K Rabada	20.0	9	34	5	24.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
DM Bess	16.0	1	49	4	24.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
L Embuldeniya	20.1	6	35	5	24.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
MA Starc	16.1	6	37	4	24.25	Australia	v England	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
Hasan Ali	20.4	5	51	5	24.80	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021	Test # 2436
Amir Hamza	25.0	3	75	6	25.00	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	02 Mar 2021	Test # 2413
TG Southee	25.1	8	43	6	25.16	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
KA Jamieson	21.0	8	69	5	25.20	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
AR Patel	21.0	5	60	5	25.20	India	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
Noman Ali	21.0	3	86	5	25.20	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
Shaheen Shah Afridi	17.0	4	50	4	25.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2430
K Rabada	17.0	4	42	4	25.50	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
Shaheen Shah Afridi	17.2	5	43	4	26.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Aug 2021	Test # 2431
KA Jamieson	22.0	12	31	5	26.40	New Zealand	v India	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
RA Jadeja	18.0	3	62	4	27.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 2021	Test # 2402
R Ashwin	22.5	4	47	5	27.40	India	v England	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021	Test # 2414
JA Warrican	18.3	5	50	4	27.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
MVT Fernando	23.4	-	101	5	28.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
SN Thakur	19.0	2	61	4	28.50	India	v Australia	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
TG Southee	19.0	4	48	4	28.50	New Zealand	v India	Southampton	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2425
R Ashwin	23.5	4	43	5	28.60	India	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021	Test # 2411
AY Patel	47.5	12	119	10	28.70	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
AR Patel	24.0	6	48	5	28.80	India	v England	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021	Test # 2414
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	29.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
A Nortje	24.3	8	56	5	29.40	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
JR Hazlewood	24.4	6	57	5	29.60	Australia	v India	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
P Jayawickrama	19.5	6	40	4	29.75	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
RAS Lakmal	25.0	9	47	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
RTM Mendis	25.0	6	66	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
MJ Leach	20.0	2	54	4	30.00	England	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
Noman Ali	25.3	8	35	5	30.60	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
JJ Bumrah	20.4	4	46	4	31.00	India	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
GF Linde	26.0	9	64	5	31.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
OE Robinson	26.0	6	65	5	31.20	England	v India	Leeds	25 Aug 2021	Test # 2432
JO Holder	20.5	4	75	4	31.25	West Indies	v South Africa	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2424
Shaheen Shah Afridi	21.0	6	51	4	31.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
Taijul Islam	21.0	4	36	4	31.50	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
P Jayawickrama	32.0	7	92	6	32.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
OE Robinson	26.5	6	85	5	32.20	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
PJ Cummins	21.4	10	29	4	32.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 2021	Test # 2402
Shaheen Shah Afridi	21.4	6	59	4	32.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2430
TG Southee	27.4	6	69	5	33.20	New Zealand	v India	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021	Test # 2435
R Ashwin	22.3	9	34	4	33.75	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
RTM Mendis	34.2	8	70	6	34.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
JM Anderson	23.0	8	54	4	34.50	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
JM Anderson	23.0	10	33	4	34.50	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
RL Chase	28.5	3	83	5	34.60	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
SCJ Broad	23.1	8	48	4	34.75	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	10 Jun 2021	Test # 2423
JM Anderson	29.0	7	62	5	34.80	England	v India	Lord's	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2429
L Embuldeniya	29.0	12	46	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
L Embuldeniya	42.0	6	137	7	36.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
PJ Cummins	24.0	10	55	4	36.00	Australia	v India	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021	Test # 2404
Taskin Ahmed	24.0	4	82	4	36.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Jul 2021	Test # 2427
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	31.0	5	82	5	37.20	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Jul 2021	Test # 2427
Taijul Islam	44.4	9	116	7	38.28	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Chattogram	26 Nov 2021	Test # 2436
RRS Cornwall	32.0	8	74	5	38.40	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	11 Feb 2021	Test # 2410
P Jayawickrama	32.0	10	86	5	38.40	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	26.0	9	58	4	39.00	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	03 Feb 2021	Test # 2407

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Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances 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:

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2021 [Test # 2443]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 26-28, 2021 [Test # 2442]

Australia v England at Adelaide, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 2021 [Test # 2441]