Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
TM Head	2.5	-	10	4	4.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
Abdul Razzaq	6.5	1	20	4	10.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Sir RJ Hadlee	7.0	4	8	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
GP Swann	7.0	1	16	4	10.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
SL Boock	9.3	4	28	5	11.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
KC Brathwaite	11.3	4	29	6	11.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
JJ Bumrah	10.0	4	24	5	12.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	12.20	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
MA Starc	12.3	1	50	6	12.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
RL Chase	8.2	1	15	4	12.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	06 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	13.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
Wahab Riaz	9.0	-	41	4	13.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Dubai (DICS)	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
R Ashwin	13.4	2	46	6	13.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	13.71	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
AF Giles	9.1	4	11	4	13.75	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Waqar Younis	14.0	4	34	6	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
JM Anderson	11.4	6	16	5	14.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
Wasim Akram	9.2	2	30	4	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	04 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Mohammad Asif	12.0	6	27	5	14.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 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
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
TA Boult	15.0	8	30	6	15.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
PJ Cummins	15.0	8	23	6	15.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
CT Tremlett	10.0	2	40	4	15.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
SCJ Broad	10.0	1	21	4	15.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	15.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
MS Kasprowicz	17.4	3	39	7	15.14	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Naseem Shah	12.5	4	31	5	15.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
ST Gabriel	20.4	6	62	8	15.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	15.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
V Permaul	13.0	3	35	5	15.60	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
RA Jadeja	13.0	4	41	5	15.60	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	04 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
WD Parnell	10.3	1	51	4	15.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
CEL Ambrose	13.1	3	37	5	15.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
DBL Powell	13.1	4	25	5	15.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
DW Steyn	13.1	1	82	5	15.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	16.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	16.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
JM Anderson	13.3	5	29	5	16.20	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	19 May 2016	Test # 2203
MA Starc	13.3	2	54	5	16.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
CL Hooper	13.4	5	26	5	16.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
M Ntini	11.0	5	39	4	16.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
B Kumar	11.0	8	8	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2017	Test # 2281
NM Lyon	11.0	1	31	4	16.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
AU Rashid	13.5	2	49	5	16.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
K Rabada	17.0	3	55	6	17.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
Junaid Khan	14.1	3	38	5	17.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011	Test # 2009
JO Holder	14.2	4	41	5	17.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	23 Jun 2018	Test # 2309
CT Mumba	11.5	2	50	4	17.75	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	29 Oct 2016	Test # 2228
SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	17.83	India	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1156
SK Warne	15.0	5	43	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
GD McGrath	15.0	4	37	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
NM Lyon	15.0	3	34	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
I Sharma	15.0	2	54	5	18.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
JJC Lawson	12.0	1	43	4	18.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
VD Philander	12.0	4	27	4	18.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
K Rabada	12.0	2	37	4	18.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
Wasim Akram	15.3	1	45	5	18.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
Maninder Singh	12.3	4	31	4	18.75	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
TG Southee	12.3	2	26	4	18.75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
FH Edwards	15.4	1	36	5	18.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
LE Plunkett	15.5	2	64	5	19.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Leeds	20 Jun 2014	Test # 2126
K Rabada	12.4	3	38	4	19.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	19.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	7	29	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
SK Warne	16.0	4	52	5	19.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
R Ashwin	16.0	6	42	5	19.20	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
ST Gabriel	16.0	4	59	5	19.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
MA Starc	16.1	7	44	5	19.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
SCJ Broad	13.0	2	40	4	19.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
Kuldeep Yadav	13.0	2	40	4	19.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
Noman Ali	23.0	8	70	7	19.71	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
M de Lange	23.2	3	81	7	20.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
CS Martin	20.0	7	54	6	20.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
CT Tremlett	20.0	5	48	6	20.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Southampton	16 Jun 2011	Test # 1996
R Ashwin	16.4	3	69	5	20.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	1	33	4	20.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
M Morkel	13.3	6	29	4	20.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
Waqar Younis	17.0	3	65	5	20.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
D Gough	14.0	1	73	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
MJ Hoggard	14.0	4	27	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
MJ Hoggard	14.0	3	29	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Harbhajan Singh	14.0	1	51	4	21.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
MG Johnson	14.0	2	63	4	21.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012	Test # 2068
K Rabada	14.0	1	50	4	21.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
MJ Leach	14.0	1	59	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
CL Cairns	17.4	1	62	5	21.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
JO Holder	17.4	6	27	5	21.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	North Sound	21 Mar 2021	Test # 2416
Shaheen Shah Afridi	14.1	3	58	4	21.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
Wasim Akram	14.2	4	32	4	21.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
JH Kallis	14.2	5	39	4	21.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	21.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Wasim Akram	18.0	4	43	5	21.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
Waqar Younis	18.0	1	85	5	21.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
MA Starc	18.0	2	46	5	21.60	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
JJC Lawson	14.3	3	59	4	21.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755

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Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]