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Best strike rates
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
SF Barnes (Eng) 1913-1914 4 1356 536 49 9/103 17/159 10.93 2.37 27.6 7 3
VD Philander (SA) 2011-2013 8 1543 717 52 5/7 10/102 13.78 2.78 29.6 6 1
MJ Procter (SA) 1967-1970 7 1514 616 41 6/73 9/103 15.02 2.44 36.9 1 0
CB Llewellyn (SA) 1896-1902 5 1146 643 30 6/92 10/116 21.43 3.36 38.2 4 1
DW Steyn (SA) 2004-2013 35 7372 3949 192 6/8 11/60 20.56 3.21 38.3 13 3
AEE Vogler (SA) 1906-1910 10 1907 984 45 7/94 12/181 21.86 3.09 42.3 4 1
JH Wardle (Eng) 1956-1957 4 1118 359 26 7/36 12/89 13.80 1.92 43.0 3 1
SJ Snooke (SA) 1906-1923 13 1470 618 34 8/70 12/127 18.17 2.52 43.2 1 1
J Middleton (SA) 1896-1902 6 1064 442 24 5/51 9/130 18.41 2.49 44.3 2 0
AA Donald (SA) 1992-2002 38 7968 3831 177 7/84 12/139 21.64 2.88 45.0 12 2
M Ntini (SA) 1998-2009 53 11266 5986 249 6/59 10/145 24.04 3.18 45.2 12 2
M Hayward (SA) 1999-2003 9 1641 926 36 5/56 7/119 25.72 3.38 45.5 1 0
GA Faulkner (SA) 1906-1910 10 1973 907 43 6/87 8/138 21.09 2.75 45.8 2 0
MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2004-2005 5 1203 663 26 7/61 12/205 25.50 3.30 46.2 2 1
B Lee (Aus) 2002-2006 6 1268 748 27 5/69 6/114 27.70 3.53 46.9 1 0
CV Grimmett (Aus) 1935-1936 5 2077 642 44 7/40 13/173 14.59 1.85 47.2 5 3
S Sreesanth (India) 2006-2011 6 1284 771 27 5/40 8/99 28.55 3.60 47.5 2 0
GB Lawrence (SA) 1961-1962 5 1334 512 28 8/53 9/98 18.28 2.30 47.6 2 0
WS Lees (Eng) 1906-1906 5 1256 467 26 6/78 9/163 17.96 2.23 48.3 2 0
CP Carter (SA) 1914-1921 5 1169 517 24 6/50 7/77 21.54 2.65 48.7 2 0
PS de Villiers (SA) 1994-1998 9 2501 1068 51 6/23 10/108 20.94 2.56 49.0 4 1
JH Sinclair (SA) 1896-1910 17 2506 1372 51 6/26 9/89 26.90 3.28 49.1 1 0
J Srinath (India) 1992-2001 8 2232 1087 43 6/76 8/104 25.27 2.92 51.9 3 0
M Morkel (SA) 2006-2013 21 4057 2186 78 5/20 7/98 28.02 3.23 52.0 2 0
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2008 59 12353 4955 235 6/30 10/147 21.08 2.40 52.5 9 1
JN Gillespie (Aus) 1997-2002 6 1174 574 22 5/54 8/103 26.09 2.93 53.3 1 0
AS Kennedy (Eng) 1922-1923 5 1683 599 31 5/76 8/169 19.32 2.13 54.2 2 0
CS Martin (NZ) 2000-2013 9 1588 845 29 5/37 6/101 29.13 3.19 54.7 1 0
WJ O'Reilly (Aus) 1935-1936 5 1502 460 27 5/20 8/104 17.03 1.83 55.6 2 0
WA Johnston (Aus) 1949-1950 5 1285 392 23 6/44 8/65 17.04 1.83 55.8 1 0
CP Buckenham (Eng) 1910-1910 4 1182 593 21 5/115 7/187 28.23 3.01 56.2 1 0
C Blythe (Eng) 1906-1910 7 1858 716 33 7/46 11/118 21.69 2.31 56.3 3 2
JM Blanckenberg (SA) 1913-1923 13 3180 1406 56 6/76 9/135 25.10 2.65 56.7 4 0
CL Vincent (SA) 1927-1931 10 2350 891 41 6/51 7/115 21.73 2.27 57.3 2 0
A Flintoff (Eng) 1999-2005 9 1609 764 28 4/44 6/90 27.28 2.84 57.4 0 0
RC Motz (NZ) 1961-1962 5 1094 505 19 4/68 6/138 26.57 2.76 57.5 0 0
GJ Thompson (Eng) 1910-1910 5 1343 619 23 4/50 7/112 26.91 2.76 58.3 0 0
Z Khan (India) 2001-2011 6 1352 748 23 4/62 6/93 32.52 3.31 58.7 0 0
AE Hall (SA) 1923-1931 7 2361 886 40 7/63 11/112 22.15 2.25 59.0 3 1
NAT Adcock (SA) 1953-1962 17 4039 1356 68 6/43 8/87 19.94 2.01 59.3 3 0
A Nel (SA) 2002-2008 20 4179 2172 70 6/81 6/105 31.02 3.11 59.7 2 0
DG Cork (Eng) 1995-1996 5 1136 485 19 5/84 9/162 25.52 2.56 59.7 1 0
TE Bailey (Eng) 1956-1957 5 1139 232 19 5/20 8/53 12.21 1.22 59.9 1 0
GP Swann (Eng) 2009-2010 4 1262 659 21 5/54 9/164 31.38 3.13 60.0 2 0
SK Warne (Aus) 1994-2006 12 3681 1483 61 6/86 8/166 24.31 2.41 60.3 2 0
FJ Cameron (NZ) 1961-1962 5 1208 493 20 5/48 6/90 24.65 2.44 60.4 2 0
M Muralitharan (SL) 1998-2002 6 2119 911 35 6/39 11/161 26.02 2.57 60.5 3 1
IWG Johnson (Aus) 1949-1950 5 1098 436 18 5/34 6/72 24.22 2.38 61.0 1 0
JC Alabaster (NZ) 1961-1962 5 1347 617 22 4/59 8/180 28.04 2.74 61.2 0 0
PM Pollock (SA) 1961-1970 17 3480 1472 56 6/38 9/99 26.28 2.53 62.1 3 0

Minimum of 1000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v Pakistan at Centurion, 3rd Test, Feb 22-24, 2013 [Test # 2075]
South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Feb 14-17, 2013 [Test # 2073]
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Feb 1-4, 2013 [Test # 2072]
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