Best strike rates
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
JJ Ferris 1887-1890 8 2030 684 48 5/26 9/74 14.25 2.02 42.2 4 0
FR Spofforth 1877-1887 18 4185 1731 94 7/44 14/90 18.41 2.48 44.5 7 4
JV Saunders 1902-1908 14 3565 1796 79 7/34 9/66 22.73 3.02 45.1 6 0
HV Hordern 1911-1912 7 2148 1075 46 7/90 12/175 23.36 3.00 46.6 5 2
JL Pattinson 2011-2016 17 3279 1831 70 5/27 8/105 26.15 3.35 46.8 4 0
DE Bollinger 2009-2010 12 2401 1296 50 5/28 8/141 25.92 3.23 48.0 2 0
PJ Cummins 2011-2018 14 3221 1572 66 6/79 9/141 23.81 2.92 48.8 2 0
GJ Gilmour 1973-1977 15 2661 1406 54 6/85 9/157 26.03 3.17 49.2 3 0
MA Starc 2011-2018 43 8986 5128 182 6/50 11/94 28.17 3.42 49.3 9 1
RJ Harris 2010-2015 27 5736 2658 113 7/117 9/106 23.52 2.78 50.7 5 0
MG Johnson 2007-2015 73 16001 8891 313 8/61 12/127 28.40 3.33 51.1 12 3
CTB Turner 1887-1895 17 5179 1670 101 7/43 12/87 16.53 1.93 51.2 11 2
WJ Whitty 1909-1912 14 3357 1373 65 6/17 9/98 21.12 2.45 51.6 3 0
GD McGrath 1993-2007 124 29248 12186 563 8/24 10/27 21.64 2.49 51.9 29 3
DK Lillee 1971-1984 70 18467 8493 355 7/83 11/123 23.92 2.75 52.0 23 7
A Cotter 1904-1912 21 4633 2549 89 7/148 9/221 28.64 3.30 52.0 7 0
JR Thomson 1972-1985 51 10535 5601 200 6/46 9/105 28.00 3.18 52.6 8 0
LS Pascoe 1977-1982 14 3403 1668 64 5/59 6/96 26.06 2.94 53.1 1 0
B Lee 1999-2008 76 16531 9554 310 5/30 9/171 30.81 3.46 53.3 10 0
SCG MacGill 1998-2008 44 11237 6038 208 8/108 12/107 29.02 3.22 54.0 12 2
SR Clark 2006-2009 24 5146 2243 94 5/32 9/89 23.86 2.61 54.7 2 0
JN Gillespie 1996-2006 71 14234 6770 259 7/37 9/80 26.13 2.85 54.9 8 0
DW Fleming 1994-2001 20 4129 1942 75 5/30 9/91 25.89 2.82 55.0 3 0
BA Reid 1985-1992 27 6244 2784 113 7/51 13/148 24.63 2.67 55.2 5 2
CJ McDermott 1984-1996 71 16586 8332 291 8/97 11/157 28.63 3.01 56.9 14 2
JR Hazlewood 2014-2018 40 8662 4054 151 6/67 9/136 26.84 2.80 57.3 6 0
H Trumble 1890-1904 32 8099 3072 141 8/65 12/89 21.78 2.27 57.4 9 3
SK Warne 1992-2007 145 40705 17995 708 8/71 12/128 25.41 2.65 57.4 37 10
AJ Bichel 1997-2003 19 3337 1870 58 5/60 6/125 32.24 3.36 57.5 1 0
GE Palmer 1880-1886 17 4517 1678 78 7/65 11/165 21.51 2.22 57.9 6 2
MG Hughes 1985-1994 53 12285 6017 212 8/87 13/217 28.38 2.93 57.9 7 1
EL McCormick 1935-1938 12 2107 1079 36 4/101 7/173 29.97 3.07 58.5 0 0
E Jones 1894-1902 19 3754 1857 64 7/88 10/164 29.01 2.96 58.6 3 1
MA Noble 1898-1909 42 7159 3025 121 7/17 13/77 25.00 2.53 59.1 9 2
CR Miller 1998-2001 18 4091 1805 69 5/32 10/113 26.15 2.64 59.2 3 1
RR Lindwall 1946-1960 61 13650 5251 228 7/38 9/70 23.03 2.30 59.8 12 0
TM Alderman 1981-1991 41 10181 4616 170 6/47 10/151 27.15 2.72 59.8 14 1
PM Siddle 2008-2016 62 12941 6314 211 6/54 9/104 29.92 2.92 61.3 8 0
BW Hilfenhaus 2009-2012 27 6078 2822 99 5/75 8/97 28.50 2.78 61.3 2 0
KR Miller 1946-1956 55 10461 3906 170 7/60 10/152 22.97 2.24 61.5 7 1
PR Reiffel 1992-1998 35 6403 2804 104 6/71 8/152 26.96 2.62 61.5 5 0
GF Lawson 1980-1989 46 11118 5501 180 8/112 11/134 30.56 2.96 61.7 11 2
AA Mailey 1920-1926 21 6119 3358 99 9/121 13/236 33.91 3.29 61.8 6 2
G Giffen 1881-1896 31 6391 2791 103 7/117 10/160 27.09 2.62 62.0 7 1
RM Hogg 1978-1984 38 7633 3503 123 6/74 10/66 28.47 2.75 62.0 6 2
AK Davidson 1953-1963 44 11587 3819 186 7/93 12/124 20.53 1.97 62.2 14 2
NM Lyon 2011-2018 78 19194 9859 306 8/50 13/154 32.21 3.08 62.7 12 2
MS Kasprowicz 1996-2006 38 7140 3716 113 7/36 8/92 32.88 3.12 63.1 4 0
H Ironmonger 1928-1933 14 4695 1330 74 7/23 11/24 17.97 1.69 63.4 4 2
WM Clark 1977-1979 10 2793 1265 44 4/46 8/147 28.75 2.71 63.4 0 0
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war

Minimum of 2000 balls

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 4th Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2018 [Test # 2302]
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 3rd Test, Mar 22-25, 2018 [Test # 2300]
South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, 2nd Test, Mar 9-12, 2018 [Test # 2298]
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