Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ERH Toshack	2.3x8	1	2	5	3.80	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
IWG Johnson	5.7x8	-	35	4	11.75	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
PEW Jones	10.0	3	30	4	15.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
RR Lindwall	16.5x8	4	38	7	19.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
WA Johnston	10.0x8	1	44	4	20.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
AV Bedser	25.0	4	52	7	21.42	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
ERH Toshack	17.0x8	6	29	6	22.66	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
AV Bedser	29.1	11	49	7	25.00	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
IWG Johnson	14.0x8	1	59	4	28.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
WJ Edrich	19.2	4	68	4	29.00	England	v India	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
R Pollard	27.0	16	24	5	32.40	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
AV Bedser	26.0	9	41	4	39.00	England	v India	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
J Trim	27.0	7	48	4	40.50	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
IWG Johnson	23.1x8	5	64	4	46.25	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
AV Bedser	32.1	3	96	4	48.25	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
PEW Jones	41.0	8	85	5	49.20	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	04 Feb 1949	Test # 311
W Ferguson	57.0	8	126	4	85.50	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948	Test # 305

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]