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Best strike rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts SR Team Opposition Match Date Scorecard
AER Gilligan 6.3 4 7 6 6.5 England v South Africa 14 Jun 1924 Test # 153
MW Tate 6.0 1 12 4 9.0 England v South Africa 14 Jun 1924 Test # 153
W Rhodes 11.0 3 17 7 9.4 England v Australia 29 May 1902 Test # 70
FS Trueman 14.3 2 44 7 12.4 England v West Indies 4 Jul 1963 Test # 545
RM Ellison 9.0 3 27 4 13.5 England v Australia 15 Aug 1985 Test # 1021
MA Butcher 9.0 3 42 4 13.5 England v Australia 5 Jul 2001 Test # 1550
AR Caddick 11.5 1 50 5 14.2 England v Australia 5 Jun 1997 Test # 1368
IT Botham 14.0 9 11 5 16.8 England v Australia 30 Jul 1981 Test # 906
AR Caddick 14.0 3 32 5 16.8 England v New Zealand 1 Jul 1999 Test # 1455
DK Lillee 15.0 8 15 5 18.0 Australia v England 10 Jul 1975 Test # 760
CA Walsh 15.0 2 45 5 18.0 West Indies v England 6 Jul 1995 Test # 1300
CH Gayle 15.1 4 34 5 18.2 West Indies v England 29 Jul 2004 Test # 1708
M Muralitharan 12.2 3 29 4 18.5 Sri Lanka v England 25 May 2006 Test # 1803
WW Armstrong 15.3 7 27 5 18.6 Australia v England 27 May 1909 Test # 101
MD Marshall 12.4 1 33 4 19.0 West Indies v England 25 Jul 1991 Test # 1174
CM Old 22.4 6 50 7 19.4 England v Pakistan 1 Jun 1978 Test # 825
IR Bishop 13.0 3 29 4 19.5 West Indies v England 6 Jul 1995 Test # 1300
MHN Walker 17.3 5 48 5 21.0 Australia v England 10 Jul 1975 Test # 760
M Hendrick 14.2 1 28 4 21.5 England v India 4 Jul 1974 Test # 741
IA Greig 14.2 3 53 4 21.5 England v Pakistan 29 Jul 1982 Test # 931
JR Thomson 18.0 8 38 5 21.6 Australia v England 10 Jul 1975 Test # 760
Tahir Naqqash 18.0 7 40 5 21.6 Pakistan v England 29 Jul 1982 Test # 931
J Garner 14.3 2 53 4 21.7 West Indies v England 14 Jun 1984 Test # 989
JM Anderson 14.3 6 20 4 21.7 England v Pakistan 6 Aug 2010 Test # 1969
Imran Khan 25.3 11 52 7 21.8 Pakistan v England 29 Jul 1982 Test # 931
SK Warne 19.0 4 71 5 22.8 Australia v England 5 Jul 2001 Test # 1550
PR Reiffel 22.5 3 71 6 22.8 Australia v England 5 Aug 1993 Test # 1230
C Blythe 23.0 6 44 6 23.0 England v Australia 27 May 1909 Test # 101
SK Warne 23.1 7 46 6 23.1 Australia v England 4 Aug 2005 Test # 1758
JC Alabaster 15.5 4 46 4 23.7 New Zealand v England 5 Jun 1958 Test # 454
C Sharma 24.0 4 58 6 24.0 India v England 3 Jul 1986 Test # 1048
JG Bracewell 16.0 5 38 4 24.0 New Zealand v England 5 Jul 1990 Test # 1147
M Muralitharan 25.0 2 86 6 25.0 Sri Lanka v England 25 May 2006 Test # 1803
G Onions 16.4 2 58 4 25.0 England v Australia 30 Jul 2009 Test # 1928
FS Trueman 21.0 8 31 5 25.2 England v New Zealand 5 Jun 1958 Test # 454
Sir RJ Hadlee 21.0 3 53 5 25.2 New Zealand v England 5 Jul 1990 Test # 1147
CA Walsh 21.0 9 36 5 25.2 West Indies v England 15 Jun 2000 Test # 1500
AF Giles 21.0 9 57 5 25.2 England v West Indies 29 Jul 2004 Test # 1708
SCJ Broad 17.0 7 38 4 25.5 England v Pakistan 6 Aug 2010 Test # 1969
SCJ Broad 17.0 6 53 4 25.5 England v India 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
S Ramadhin 31.0 16 49 7 26.5 West Indies v England 30 May 1957 Test # 439
B Lee 18.0 1 82 4 27.0 Australia v England 4 Aug 2005 Test # 1758
JM Anderson 18.0 3 85 4 27.0 England v India 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
CC Lewis 22.4 6 72 5 27.2 England v India 6 Jun 1996 Test # 1327
EE Hemmings 27.3 10 58 6 27.5 England v New Zealand 5 Jul 1990 Test # 1147
MJ Hoggard 23.0 2 92 5 27.6 England v Sri Lanka 30 May 2002 Test # 1605
TM Alderman 23.1 8 42 5 27.8 Australia v England 30 Jul 1981 Test # 906
GH Hirst 23.5 4 58 5 28.6 England v Australia 27 May 1909 Test # 101
J Garner 23.5 7 55 5 28.6 West Indies v England 14 Jun 1984 Test # 989

Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v West Indies at Birmingham, 3rd Test, Jun 7-11, 2012 [Test # 2045]
England v India at Birmingham, 3rd Test, Aug 10-13, 2011 [Test # 2003]
England v Pakistan at Birmingham, 2nd Test, Aug 6-9, 2010 [Test # 1969]
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