Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Shoaib Akhtar	8.2	4	11	6	8.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
MG Johnson	8.0	3	30	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
SK Warne	10.2	3	15	4	15.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
Z Khan	13.2	4	29	5	16.00	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
GD McGrath	11.1	2	33	4	16.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
SK Warne	14.0	3	39	5	16.80	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
M Ntini	14.0	3	51	5	16.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	4	49	6	17.00	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
MS Panesar	17.0	5	37	6	17.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	17.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	3	30	6	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
Mohammad Sami	15.0	4	36	5	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
M Muralidaran	12.1	3	31	4	18.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
MJ Hoggard	21.2	7	63	7	18.28	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
JM Anderson	21.3	8	43	7	18.42	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	6	47	7	18.57	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
FH Edwards	15.3	2	65	5	18.60	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Mar 2006	Test # 1790
Mohammad Sami	16.0	4	44	5	19.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test # 1676
M Ntini	16.0	7	35	5	19.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
Mohammad Asif	12.5	2	40	4	19.25	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
DW Steyn	17.0	4	47	5	20.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
DW Steyn	17.0	1	59	5	20.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
MG Johnson	17.3	6	39	5	21.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
DW Steyn	14.0	5	42	4	21.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
CR Miller	18.0	5	55	5	21.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
SL Malinga	18.0	4	68	5	21.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
Z Khan	18.0	2	65	5	21.60	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
Shakib Al Hasan	25.5	7	36	7	22.14	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
SK Warne	14.5	1	68	4	22.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1491
MJ Hoggard	15.0	4	75	4	22.50	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jun 2004	Test # 1702
M Ntini	19.0	2	94	5	22.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
RJ Sidebottom	24.0	7	67	6	24.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
JM Anderson	20.0	4	73	5	24.00	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
B Lee	16.0	3	56	4	24.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
GD McGrath	16.2	5	40	4	24.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
Shoaib Akhtar	20.3	5	48	5	24.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
AR Caddick	25.0	8	122	6	25.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
FH Edwards	29.4	6	87	7	25.42	West Indies	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
SR Clark	17.0	5	43	4	25.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
B Lee	23.0	8	77	5	27.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
B Lee	23.0	6	67	5	27.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001	Test # 1565
Harbhajan Singh	28.0	2	63	6	28.00	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009	Test # 1915
AR Caddick	28.3	8	63	6	28.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
Mohammad Asif	23.5	9	67	5	28.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
MJ Hoggard	19.1	3	68	4	28.75	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
I Sharma	19.2	4	73	4	29.00	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009	Test # 1915
SL Malinga	24.4	4	80	5	29.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
Z Khan	25.0	8	53	5	30.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
B Lee	25.0	5	105	5	30.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
Saqlain Mushtaq	20.0	3	48	4	30.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
N Boje	20.0	2	65	4	30.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
Mohammad Asif	20.0	6	43	4	30.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
GD McGrath	20.1	3	66	4	30.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	26 Nov 2004	Test # 1723
PT Collins	30.4	8	76	6	30.66	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	21 Jun 2002	Test # 1607
JM Anderson	20.3	-	118	4	30.75	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
M Ntini	31.4	12	66	6	31.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
GD McGrath	21.5	8	58	4	32.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
SM Pollock	22.0	10	37	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
HH Streak	22.0	6	73	4	33.00	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
DW Steyn	22.0	3	91	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	6	34.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
Z Khan	23.0	3	68	4	34.50	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
SK Warne	23.0	5	77	4	34.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
Mashrafe Mortaza	23.0	3	74	4	34.50	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
T Thushara	23.0	2	81	4	34.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
AF Giles	24.0	6	46	4	36.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004	Test # 1704
DBL Powell	24.0	7	83	4	36.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Mar 2006	Test # 1790
RJ Sidebottom	31.0	10	105	5	37.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
AR Caddick	25.0	5	70	4	37.50	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
B Lee	25.3	8	66	4	38.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	28 Nov 2008	Test # 1896
Danish Kaneria	32.0	3	110	5	38.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.4	12	24	4	38.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
PA Strang	51.5	12	109	8	38.87	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
AA Donald	26.3	2	69	4	39.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
WPUJC Vaas	40.0	12	108	6	40.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
GD McGrath	42.0	9	115	6	42.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
MS Kasprowicz	28.0	5	90	4	42.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
RJ Sidebottom	28.2	12	55	4	42.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	15 May 2008	Test # 1874
SJ Harmison	29.0	8	76	4	43.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	20 May 2004	Test # 1700
SK Warne	29.3	3	97	4	44.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
PT Collins	30.0	9	68	4	45.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	St George's	28 Jun 2002	Test # 1608
CH Gayle	30.1	5	71	4	45.25	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1787
Danish Kaneria	53.0	10	168	7	45.42	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Dec 2009	Test # 1940
MS Panesar	46.0	17	126	6	46.00	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
SM Pollock	30.4	4	98	4	46.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
SJ Harmison	31.0	7	126	4	46.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	20 May 2004	Test # 1700
M Muralidaran	39.0	18	49	5	46.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
SM Pollock	32.0	15	64	4	48.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
B Lee	32.5	5	125	4	49.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
SM Pollock	32.5	6	113	4	49.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Harbhajan Singh	33.0	8	59	4	49.50	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
N Boje	33.2	7	69	4	50.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
SL Malinga	34.0	5	130	4	51.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
M Muralidaran	34.0	7	65	4	51.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
Mohammad Asif	34.0	6	108	4	51.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
RJ Sidebottom	34.3	8	90	4	51.75	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
Shabbir Ahmed	43.2	9	117	5	52.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test # 1676
SJ Harmison	36.2	8	74	4	54.50	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jun 2004	Test # 1702
AF Giles	37.0	3	103	4	55.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596

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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 England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]