Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ESH Giddins	7.0	2	15	5	8.40	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
CS Martin	8.3	3	26	6	8.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Napier	26 Jan 2012	Test # 2033
MN Samuels	6.4	1	13	4	10.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
DNT Zoysa	9.5	2	20	5	11.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
RL Johnson	12.0	4	33	6	12.00	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	05 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
Taijul Islam	16.5	7	39	8	12.62	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	25 Oct 2014	Test # 2141
G Motie	14.5	4	37	7	12.71	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Feb 2023	Test # 2491
IK Pathan	15.2	4	59	7	13.14	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	13.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	14.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
Hasan Ali	12.2	2	36	5	14.80	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2420
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	15.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
Hasan Ali	13.0	4	27	5	15.60	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
S Shillingford	16.0	4	49	6	16.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
Saqlain Mushtaq	13.5	3	32	5	16.60	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Lahore	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1432
SE Bond	17.0	4	51	6	17.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
HMRKB Herath	23.0	6	63	8	17.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 Nov 2016	Test # 2231
Aizaz Cheema	11.3	5	24	4	17.25	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011	Test # 2006
DN Patel	17.3	5	50	6	17.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Nov 1992	Test # 1199
G Motie	17.3	1	62	6	17.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Feb 2023	Test # 2491
CL Cairns	14.5	5	31	5	17.80	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
S Shillingford	15.0	4	34	5	18.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Roseau	20 Mar 2013	Test # 2083
TCB Fernando	12.0	2	27	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
IK Pathan	12.0	4	53	4	18.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
PR Adams	12.1	5	31	4	18.25	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
Robiul Islam	19.0	1	71	6	19.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	17 Apr 2013	Test # 2086
ST Jayasuriya	12.4	3	40	4	19.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
JM Anderson	16.0	4	73	5	19.20	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
MA Butcher	12.5	-	60	4	19.25	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
FA Rose	13.0	4	19	4	19.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
JH Kallis	13.0	4	33	4	19.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
Abdur Rehman	13.0	5	36	4	19.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	03 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
Wasim Akram	20.0	8	48	6	20.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
DL Vettori	13.5	4	28	4	20.75	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
N Wagner	20.5	8	41	6	20.83	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016	Test # 2210
KA Maharaj	17.3	5	59	5	21.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
SE Bond	14.0	1	48	4	21.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
GP Wickramasinghe	21.2	6	60	6	21.33	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
Shakib Al Hasan	18.0	5	44	5	21.60	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Khulna	03 Nov 2014	Test # 2143
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	18.1	5	38	5	21.80	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	11 Nov 2018	Test # 2325
Waqar Younis	21.5	7	44	6	21.83	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	01 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.5	2	66	7	22.14	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
Enamul Haque jnr	22.2	5	45	6	22.33	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
Waqar Younis	15.0	3	54	4	22.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
D Gough	15.0	3	57	4	22.50	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
Mohammad Hafeez	15.0	4	31	4	22.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	01 Sep 2011	Test # 2006
Hasan Ali	15.0	2	53	4	22.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2420
IK Pathan	18.5	3	58	5	22.60	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
Shaheen Shah Afridi	15.1	5	43	4	22.75	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2420
Waqar Younis	19.0	3	88	5	22.80	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993	Test # 1240
Aamer Nazir	19.0	3	46	5	22.80	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Feb 1995	Test # 1290
IK Pathan	19.0	3	67	5	22.80	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
Harbhajan Singh	15.5	1	59	4	23.75	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
Jubair Hossain	20.0	1	96	5	24.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	12 Nov 2014	Test # 2145
Shaheen Shah Afridi	20.0	5	52	5	24.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
A Nel	16.0	6	53	4	24.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	24.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	24.2	10	45	6	24.33	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
AR Caddick	16.2	5	38	4	24.50	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	24.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
AA Donald	33.0	12	71	8	24.75	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
Shakib Al Hasan	24.5	5	59	6	24.83	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	25 Oct 2014	Test # 2141
Amir Hamza	25.0	3	75	6	25.00	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Abu Dhabi	02 Mar 2021	Test # 2413
Saeed Ajmal	16.4	5	23	4	25.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	03 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
SM Pollock	21.0	6	39	5	25.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
Noman Ali	21.0	3	86	5	25.20	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
SM Pollock	17.0	7	32	4	25.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
RD King	17.0	4	51	4	25.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
NC McGarrell	17.0	7	23	4	25.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
TA Boult	17.0	3	52	4	25.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016	Test # 2210
SM Katich	25.5	3	65	6	25.83	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
S Shillingford	21.5	4	59	5	26.20	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Roseau	20 Mar 2013	Test # 2083
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	26.66	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
Wasim Akram	22.3	7	43	5	27.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Feb 1995	Test # 1288
Waqar Younis	18.0	3	54	4	27.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Lahore	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1432
ST Jayasuriya	18.0	5	31	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Shahid Nazir	22.4	3	53	5	27.20	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
DW Steyn	22.4	11	46	5	27.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
Wasim Akram	23.0	5	52	5	27.60	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Peshawar	27 Nov 1998	Test # 1430
RD King	23.0	8	51	5	27.60	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
SB O'Connor	18.3	7	52	4	27.75	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
Shoaib Akhtar	18.3	4	75	4	27.75	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
Saeed Ajmal	32.3	4	95	7	27.85	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	03 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
Wasim Akram	23.2	3	65	5	28.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993	Test # 1240
Wasim Akram	18.4	4	58	4	28.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
KJ Silva	19.0	12	25	4	28.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
Mohammad Sami	19.0	3	53	4	28.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
Z Khan	19.0	4	58	4	28.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
Sohag Gazi	19.0	1	59	4	28.50	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	25 Apr 2013	Test # 2087
D Bishoo	24.0	4	79	5	28.80	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
Nayeem Hasan	24.0	6	82	5	28.80	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Mirpur	22 Feb 2020	Test # 2386
J Srinath	24.1	6	60	5	29.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
Waqar Younis	34.1	8	91	7	29.28	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	01 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
SB Doull	19.4	5	50	4	29.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402
Rahat Ali	24.5	5	52	5	29.80	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	10 Sep 2013	Test # 2096
KR Pushpakumara	25.0	5	56	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
DAJ Bracewell	25.0	2	85	5	30.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011	Test # 2013
M Muralidaran	20.0	5	40	4	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
SB Doull	20.0	6	35	4	30.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402

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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]