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Best strike rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts SR Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
MD Marshall 4.2 0 24 4 6.5 West Indies v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1157
SP Gupte 6.0 0 18 5 7.2 India v Pakistan Dhaka 1 Jan 1955 Test # 394
Shoaib Akhtar 8.2 4 11 6 8.3 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 1 May 2002 Test # 1600
Abdul Qadir 9.3 1 16 6 9.5 Pakistan v West Indies Faisalabad 24 Oct 1986 Test # 1055
RS Cunis 7.0 0 21 4 10.5 New Zealand v Pakistan Dhaka 8 Nov 1969 Test # 665
Waqar Younis 7.1 1 19 4 10.7 Pakistan v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001 Test # 1560
Wasim Akram 9.0 0 28 5 10.8 Pakistan v West Indies Lahore 6 Dec 1990 Test # 1158
JR Reid 8.0 2 38 4 12.0 New Zealand v Pakistan Lahore 26 Oct 1955 Test # 414
A Kumble 8.0 2 47 4 12.0 India v Pakistan Rawalpindi 13 Apr 2004 Test # 1697
Danish Kaneria 13.0 3 42 6 13.0 Pakistan v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001 Test # 1560
SM Pollock 11.0 1 37 5 13.2 South Africa v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997 Test # 1382
C Pringle 16.0 4 52 7 13.7 New Zealand v Pakistan Faisalabad 26 Oct 1990 Test # 1153
Wasim Akram 9.2 2 30 4 14.0 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Lahore 4 Mar 1999 Test # 1447
Umar Gul 12.0 2 31 5 14.4 Pakistan v India Lahore 5 Apr 2004 Test # 1695
MD Marshall 9.4 0 25 4 14.5 West Indies v Pakistan Faisalabad 8 Dec 1980 Test # 888
Danish Kaneria 15.0 3 52 6 15.0 Pakistan v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001 Test # 1560
S Ramadhin 10.0 4 25 4 15.0 West Indies v Pakistan Lahore 26 Mar 1959 Test # 473
Imran Khan 20.1 4 60 8 15.1 Pakistan v India Karachi 23 Dec 1982 Test # 942
Khan Mohammad 16.2 6 21 6 16.3 Pakistan v New Zealand Dhaka 7 Nov 1955 Test # 415
HK Olonga 11.0 1 42 4 16.5 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Peshawar 27 Nov 1998 Test # 1430
Saqlain Mushtaq 13.5 3 32 5 16.6 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Lahore 10 Dec 1998 Test # 1432
NGB Cook 14.0 8 18 5 16.8 England v Pakistan Karachi 2 Mar 1984 Test # 978
NG Cowans 14.0 2 42 5 16.8 England v Pakistan Lahore 19 Mar 1984 Test # 984
Mohammad Zahid 20.0 3 66 7 17.1 Pakistan v New Zealand Rawalpindi 28 Nov 1996 Test # 1342
Imran Khan 17.2 3 35 6 17.3 Pakistan v India Hyderabad (Sind) 14 Jan 1983 Test # 946
JR Ratnayeke 23.2 5 83 8 17.5 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Sialkot 27 Oct 1985 Test # 1027
AH Gray 11.5 3 39 4 17.7 West Indies v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 1986 Test # 1055
DH Brain 15.0 3 42 5 18.0 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Lahore 16 Dec 1993 Test # 1241
DW Steyn 15.0 3 56 5 18.0 South Africa v Pakistan Karachi 1 Oct 2007 Test # 1843
Pervez Sajjad 12.0 8 5 4 18.0 Pakistan v New Zealand Rawalpindi 27 Mar 1965 Test # 585
Shoaib Akhtar 12.0 2 30 4 18.0 Pakistan v Bangladesh Peshawar 27 Aug 2003 Test # 1657
Umar Gul 15.1 2 65 5 18.2 Pakistan v West Indies Lahore 11 Nov 2006 Test # 1815
Fazal Mahmood 18.3 9 34 6 18.5 Pakistan v West Indies Dhaka 6 Mar 1959 Test # 471
Waqar Younis 16.0 3 46 5 19.2 Pakistan v West Indies Faisalabad 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1157
SB Doull 16.0 3 46 5 19.2 New Zealand v Pakistan Lahore 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
JTC Vaughan 12.5 2 27 4 19.2 New Zealand v Pakistan Lahore 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
WW Hall 13.0 5 28 4 19.5 West Indies v Pakistan Dhaka 6 Mar 1959 Test # 471
Imran Khan 13.0 5 30 4 19.5 Pakistan v West Indies Faisalabad 24 Oct 1986 Test # 1055
Khaled Mahmud 13.0 1 37 4 19.5 Bangladesh v Pakistan Multan 3 Sep 2003 Test # 1658
Wasim Akram 20.0 8 48 6 20.0 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Faisalabad 24 Oct 1996 Test # 1337
Waqar Younis 17.0 3 65 5 20.4 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Faisalabad 2 Jan 1992 Test # 1182
IK Pathan 17.1 4 61 5 20.6 India v Pakistan Karachi 29 Jan 2006 Test # 1783
Wasim Akram 14.0 5 42 4 21.0 Pakistan v West Indies Rawalpindi 29 Nov 1997 Test # 1389
Mohammad Rafique 17.4 7 36 5 21.2 Bangladesh v Pakistan Multan 3 Sep 2003 Test # 1658
DS de Silva 18.0 2 59 5 21.6 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Faisalabad 14 Mar 1982 Test # 925
MD Marshall 18.0 5 33 5 21.6 West Indies v Pakistan Lahore 7 Nov 1986 Test # 1056
Shoaib Akhtar 14.3 2 36 4 21.7 Pakistan v South Africa Lahore 17 Oct 2003 Test # 1664
Shabbir Ahmed 18.1 2 48 5 21.8 Pakistan v Bangladesh Karachi 20 Aug 2003 Test # 1655
Waqar Younis 21.5 7 44 6 21.8 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Karachi 1 Dec 1993 Test # 1237
ALF de Mel 22.0 1 109 6 22.0 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Karachi 7 Nov 1985 Test # 1028

Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, 2nd Test, Mar 1-5, 2009 [Test # 1912]
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, 1st Test, Feb 21-25, 2009 [Test # 1909]
Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, 2nd Test, Oct 8-12, 2007 [Test # 1844]
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