Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3x8	-	23	7	9.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	9.60	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
DAJ Holford	8.1	1	23	5	9.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
GG Arnold	8.0	1	19	4	12.00	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	15.75	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	17.00	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	17.85	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
PI Pocock	13.0	3	28	4	19.50	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	19.71	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	20.16	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
DL Underwood	14.0	7	28	4	21.00	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
M Hendrick	14.2	1	28	4	21.50	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
RO Collinge	16.6x8	-	63	6	22.33	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	05 Feb 1976	Test # 771
IT Botham	19.0	9	35	5	22.80	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
AME Roberts	19.3	6	50	5	23.40	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Dec 1974	Test # 750
GG Arnold	23.4	7	45	6	23.66	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
AW Greig	19.5	9	24	5	23.80	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
JK Lever	19.5	2	59	5	23.80	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
RGD Willis	20.0	3	27	5	24.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1977	Test # 791
CM Old	16.0	7	20	4	24.00	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
Sarfraz Nawaz	16.0	4	46	4	24.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
G Dymock	28.4	5	67	7	24.57	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
AME Roberts	21.4	6	57	5	26.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
Sikander Bakht	22.1	5	55	5	26.60	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
MA Holding	26.4	3	65	6	26.66	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	07 Apr 1976	Test # 775
Sir RJ Hadlee	14.0x8	1	35	4	28.00	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
Imran Khan	18.5	2	54	4	28.25	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
N Gifford	19.0	4	43	4	28.50	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
Sarfraz Nawaz	24.0	5	70	5	28.80	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
Sikander Bakht	24.0	9	56	5	28.80	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
Iqbal Qasim	28.5	14	40	6	28.83	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
M Hendrick	20.4	8	45	4	31.00	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
P Lever	26.0	4	70	5	31.20	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
CM Old	21.0	6	43	4	31.50	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
CM Old	21.0	6	67	4	31.50	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Ehteshamuddin	26.4	11	47	5	32.00	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
N Phillip	22.0	6	64	4	33.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
N Phillip	22.0	8	48	4	33.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
JM Noreiga	49.4	16	95	9	33.11	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
UG Dowe	23.0	7	69	4	34.50	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	01 Apr 1971	Test # 685
IT Botham	29.0	8	70	5	34.80	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	35.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
CM Old	24.0	5	69	4	36.00	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
RGD Willis	24.0	3	64	4	36.00	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
WM Clark	18.0x8	5	46	4	36.00	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
JB Gannon	18.0x8	2	77	4	36.00	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
G Dymock	25.0	7	63	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
WM Clark	19.2x8	2	73	4	38.50	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
RM Hogg	26.0	3	66	4	39.00	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
DL Underwood	33.0	10	84	5	39.60	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
JR Thomson	19.7x8	1	76	4	39.75	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
BL Cairns	33.1	11	55	5	39.80	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
Mushtaq Mohammad	27.0	10	55	4	40.50	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1978	Test # 831
VA Holder	27.0	3	94	4	40.50	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
LR Gibbs	40.5	17	76	6	40.83	West Indies	v India	Delhi	11 Dec 1974	Test # 747
ST Clarke	34.2	3	126	5	41.20	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
R Illingworth	34.3	12	70	5	41.40	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
VA Holder	27.4	9	60	4	41.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
WM Clark	20.7x8	6	62	4	41.75	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
G Dymock	35.0	7	99	5	42.00	Australia	v India	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979	Test # 857
MA Holding	28.0	7	82	4	42.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	21 Apr 1976	Test # 776
IT Botham	28.0	7	65	4	42.00	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
BE Congdon	26.7x8	3	65	5	43.00	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	24 Jan 1976	Test # 769
Imran Khan	28.4	12	53	4	43.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
Sir RJ Hadlee	29.0	5	95	4	43.50	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	10 Nov 1976	Test # 785
ST Clarke	29.1	3	75	4	43.75	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
DL Underwood	30.0	13	56	4	45.00	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
DL Underwood	31.0	8	76	4	46.50	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
Sarfraz Nawaz	31.2	4	89	4	47.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
JR Thomson	24.0x8	1	101	4	48.00	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
LR Gibbs	59.0	20	98	7	50.57	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
WM Clark	26.0x8	1	101	4	52.00	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
JR Thomson	27.0x8	8	83	4	54.00	Australia	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
DL Underwood	38.0	13	89	4	57.00	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
WM Clark	29.0x8	3	96	4	58.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
ST Clarke	42.0	9	98	4	63.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
B Yardley	42.0	11	91	4	63.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
G Dymock	42.2	8	135	4	63.50	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
JM Noreiga	53.4	8	129	5	64.40	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
DL Underwood	44.0	15	78	4	66.00	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
B Yardley	44.0	16	107	4	66.00	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
Iqbal Qasim	44.0	15	135	4	66.00	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
N Gifford	45.3	14	84	4	68.25	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
PI Pocock	46.0	15	114	4	69.00	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
B Yardley	43.0x8	6	134	4	86.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]