Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JD Higgs	8.0	2	25	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	15.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
RGD Willis	14.0	5	35	5	16.80	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
Saleem Jaffar	17.0	4	40	5	20.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
WW Davis	13.5	5	19	4	20.75	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	04 May 1985	Test # 1016
MD Marshall	25.3	6	80	7	21.85	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
MD Marshall	15.0	3	40	4	22.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
N Kapil Dev	16.0	4	34	4	24.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
IT Botham	16.0	2	62	4	24.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
JD Higgs	16.1	3	59	4	24.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
GR Dilley	24.5	9	38	6	24.83	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	8	42	5	25.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
MD Marshall	17.0	3	43	4	25.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
RJ Shastri	18.0	1	45	4	27.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
AIC Dodemaide	28.3	10	58	6	28.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
J Garner	19.0	2	79	4	28.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
DK Lillee	23.5	5	63	5	28.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
Iqbal Qasim	24.1	7	78	5	29.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
ND Hirwani	30.0	10	59	6	30.00	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
RGD Willis	20.0	8	43	4	30.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
MG Hughes	20.0	7	51	4	30.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	24 Nov 1989	Test # 1129
VB John	25.2	9	60	5	30.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
IT Botham	20.4	6	50	4	31.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	11 Aug 1983	Test # 959
NGB Cook	26.0	11	35	5	31.20	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	11 Aug 1983	Test # 959
Wasim Akram	26.0	7	56	5	31.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
JR Thomson	21.0	5	51	4	31.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
J Garner	27.0	5	51	5	32.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
IT Botham	27.4	8	59	5	33.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
RGD Willis	22.1	5	51	4	33.25	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
CJ McDermott	22.2	6	43	4	33.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
GR Dilley	28.0	9	60	5	33.60	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
Iqbal Qasim	22.4	10	41	4	34.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
J Garner	23.0	6	36	4	34.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
SR Waugh	23.0	6	56	4	34.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
VB John	29.1	7	86	5	35.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RGD Willis	23.3	6	57	4	35.25	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
RJ Ratnayake	24.0	5	81	4	36.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
J Garner	36.2	15	56	6	36.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
CA Walsh	30.2	6	73	5	36.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
CEH Croft	25.0	3	64	4	37.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
BA Reid	25.0	6	53	4	37.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
NGB Cook	32.0	14	63	5	38.40	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
MD Marshall	26.0	4	65	4	39.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
RM Hogg	26.2	9	60	4	39.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
Wasim Akram	33.0	10	72	5	39.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	09 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
Arshad Ayub	33.0	11	50	5	39.60	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
B Yardley	27.0	7	80	4	40.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
CJ McDermott	35.0	8	97	5	42.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
GR Dilley	28.2	4	92	4	42.50	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
MD Marshall	28.4	8	66	4	43.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	04 May 1985	Test # 1016
MA Holding	29.0	8	79	4	43.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	10	65	4	45.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
Arshad Ayub	30.0	9	55	4	45.00	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
RG Holland	47.0	19	106	6	47.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
Abdul Qadir	40.3	11	108	5	48.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
MD Marshall	33.0	3	110	4	49.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Georgetown	06 Apr 1985	Test # 1014
MR Whitney	33.3	6	92	4	50.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
GRJ Matthews	34.0	15	61	4	51.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040
BA Reid	34.3	8	90	4	51.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	28 Feb 1986	Test # 1038
GR Dilley	35.1	9	82	4	52.75	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
Arshad Ayub	35.4	12	53	4	53.50	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
ND Hirwani	38.0	7	93	4	57.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
Azeem Hafeez	48.0	12	127	5	57.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Jan 1985	Test # 1009
Abdul Qadir	58.1	18	160	6	58.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Feb 1989	Test # 1116
RG Holland	41.0	16	68	4	61.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
PH Edmonds	42.0	10	97	4	63.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
RJ Shastri	56.0	13	125	5	67.20	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
CJ McDermott	45.5	10	135	4	68.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
Azeem Hafeez	46.4	9	132	4	70.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	10 Dec 1984	Test # 1003
GF Lawson	47.0	12	79	4	70.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
Arshad Ayub	48.0	21	51	4	72.00	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
NGB Cook	50.0	22	87	4	75.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
B Yardley	56.0	22	142	4	84.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Iqbal Qasim	57.0	13	133	4	85.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	10 Dec 1984	Test # 1003

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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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]