Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1960s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
K Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
Pervez Sajjad	12.0	8	5	4	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	19.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
FE Rumsey	13.0	4	25	4	19.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	17 Jun 1965	Test # 592
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	20.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
JDF Larter	14.1	3	26	4	21.25	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963	Test # 540
EAS Prasanna	18.2	6	32	5	22.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
S Abid Ali	15.0	6	26	4	22.50	India	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	22.87	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
Pervez Sajjad	16.0	5	42	4	24.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
RB Desai	25.0	9	56	6	25.00	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
TL Goddard	17.0	9	18	4	25.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	25.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969	Test # 662
FS Trueman	30.2	9	75	7	26.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
DL Underwood	26.0	12	41	6	26.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
DL Underwood	31.0	18	32	7	26.57	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
R Illingworth	18.0	7	34	4	27.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963	Test # 540
Pervez Sajjad	24.0	12	33	5	28.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969	Test # 662
RG Nadkarni	30.0	12	43	6	30.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
Asif Iqbal	25.0	11	48	5	30.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	22 Jan 1965	Test # 574
Pervez Sajjad	25.0	7	42	5	30.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	Test # 576
FS Trueman	20.0	5	46	4	30.00	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1963	Test # 541
S Venkataraghavan	30.1	8	74	6	30.16	India	v New Zealand	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969	Test # 660
BS Bedi	30.5	16	42	6	30.83	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	25 Sep 1969	Test # 659
FJ Titmus	26.0	17	19	5	31.20	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
FJ Titmus	21.0	8	46	4	31.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
PM Pollock	31.5	9	47	6	31.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
Asif Iqbal	27.0	6	52	5	32.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	Test # 576
SF Burke	27.1	10	68	5	32.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
R Illingworth	22.0	8	37	4	33.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
GB Lawrence	22.2	10	57	4	33.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
Pervez Sajjad	40.0	15	74	7	34.28	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	30 Oct 1969	Test # 663
A Ward	23.0	3	61	4	34.50	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Aug 1969	Test # 657
EAS Prasanna	29.0	13	51	5	34.80	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
DB Pithey	35.0	11	58	6	35.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
KA Walter	25.3	6	63	4	38.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
S Venkataraghavan	51.1	26	72	8	38.37	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
DL Underwood	38.3	15	60	6	38.50	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
Asif Iqbal	25.5	9	46	4	38.75	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1965	Test # 577
FJ Titmus	26.0	17	18	4	39.00	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
RM Edwards	24.7x8	5	84	5	39.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	07 Mar 1969	Test # 651
JT Partridge	40.0	10	86	6	40.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
EAS Prasanna	40.0	11	94	6	40.00	India	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
Intikhab Alam	26.4	10	39	4	40.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	09 Apr 1965	Test # 587
DAJ Holford	20.0x8	5	66	4	40.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
EAS Prasanna	27.0	15	40	4	40.50	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968	Test # 634
GB Lawrence	28.0	5	85	4	42.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
R Illingworth	28.0	14	42	4	42.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
JDF Larter	28.1	6	66	4	42.25	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
EAS Prasanna	28.1	11	44	4	42.25	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968	Test # 634
IJ Jones	28.4	9	71	4	43.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
DL Underwood	29.3	16	38	4	44.25	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
FJ Titmus	31.0	15	50	4	46.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	01 Mar 1963	Test # 541
BS Bedi	47.3	11	127	6	47.50	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
Intikhab Alam	39.4	13	91	5	47.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969	Test # 665
RB Desai	33.0	6	128	4	49.50	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	05 Mar 1965	Test # 581
DA Allen	33.0	17	46	4	49.50	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
EAS Prasanna	33.0	13	74	4	49.50	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	25 Sep 1969	Test # 659
JT Partridge	34.0	15	51	4	51.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
Pervez Sajjad	34.0	11	60	4	51.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969	Test # 665
SF Burke	53.5	19	128	6	53.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
DA Allen	47.5	12	123	5	57.40	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
Intikhab Alam	56.0	26	91	5	67.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969	Test # 665
RW Barber	45.0	15	132	4	67.50	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	27 May 1965	Test # 591
BS Bedi	45.0	18	98	4	67.50	India	v New Zealand	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969	Test # 660
EAS Prasanna	46.3	16	97	4	69.75	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	25 Sep 1969	Test # 659
S Venkataraghavan	61.2	30	80	4	92.00	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583

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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:

India v Australia at Chennai, 5th Test, Dec 24-28, 1969 [Test # 669]

India v Australia at Eden Gardens, 4th Test, Dec 12-16, 1969 [Test # 668]

India v Australia at Delhi, 3rd Test, Nov 28-Dec 2, 1969 [Test # 667]