Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Cricket in Test matches

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Hon.A Lyttelton (ENG)	1880-1884	4	12.0	5	48	19	4	4/19	4.75	2.37	12.00	1	-	-
P Roy (IND)	1956-1960	8	2.0	-	12	6	1	1/6	6.00	3.00	12.00	-	-	-
ED Weekes (WI)	1951-1955	10	-	-	14	8	1	1/8	8.00	3.42	14.00	-	-	-
AJ Redmond (NZ)	2008-2008	2	6.0	-	36	47	2	2/47	23.50	7.83	18.00	-	-	-
Azhar Khan (PAK)	1980-1980	1	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/1	2.00	0.66	18.00	-	-	-
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-2012	20	3.0	1	18	2	1	1/2	2.00	0.66	18.00	-	-	-
SG Borthwick (ENG)	2014-2014	1	13.0	-	78	82	4	3/33	20.50	6.30	19.50	-	-	-
S Joseph (WI)	2024-2024	2	44.3	3	267	225	13	7/68	17.30	5.05	20.53	-	2	-
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1946	1	21.0	8	126	40	6	6/40	6.66	1.90	21.00	-	1	-
F Martin (ENG)	1890-1890	1	57.2	21	287	102	12	6/50	8.50	2.13	23.91	-	2	1
CFH Leslie (ENG)	1882-1883	4	24.0	10	96	44	4	3/31	11.00	2.75	24.00	-	-	-
Umar Amin (PAK)	2010-2010	2	8.0	1	48	19	2	1/7	9.50	2.37	24.00	-	-	-
JKC Holt (WI)	1955-1955	5	4.0	1	24	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	-	-	-
G Thornton (SA)	1902-1902	1	4.0	-	24	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	-	-	-
AFA Lilley (ENG)	1896-1909	32	-	1	25	23	1	1/23	23.00	5.52	25.00	-	-	-
WD Parnell (SA)	2014-2014	1	8.3	2	51	31	2	2/31	15.50	3.64	25.50	-	-	-
NGRP Jayasuriya (SL)	2022-2022	1	52.0	5	312	177	12	6/59	14.75	3.40	26.00	-	2	1
AM Fernando (SL)	2022-2022	1	8.5	1	53	37	2	2/37	18.50	4.18	26.50	-	-	-
RM Ellison (ENG)	1985-1985	2	75.5	20	455	185	17	6/77	10.88	2.43	26.76	1	2	1
MJF Shrimpton (NZ)	1973-1974	2	7.0	-	56	39	2	2/39	19.50	4.17	28.00	-	-	-
AN Hornby (ENG)	1879-1884	3	7.0	7	28	-	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	28.00	-	-	-
Aamer Jamal (PAK)	2023-2024	3	89.5	6	539	368	18	6/69	20.44	4.09	29.94	-	2	-
DJ Terbrugge (SA)	2002-2002	1	20.0	3	120	82	4	2/21	20.50	4.10	30.00	-	-	-
JDF Vandersay (SL)	2022-2022	1	10.0	-	60	68	2	2/68	34.00	6.80	30.00	-	-	-
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1988-1990	6	5.0	1	30	14	1	1/2	14.00	2.80	30.00	-	-	-
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	3	5.0	-	30	28	1	1/28	28.00	5.60	30.00	-	-	-
Arif Butt (PAK)	1964-1964	1	27.0	1	216	118	7	6/89	16.85	3.27	30.85	-	1	-
GD Phillips (NZ)	2020-2024	3	33.0	6	198	86	6	5/45	14.33	2.60	33.00	-	1	-
C Burke (NZ)	1946-1946	1	11.0	2	66	30	2	2/30	15.00	2.72	33.00	-	-	-
GR Viswanath (IND)	1969-1981	18	-	-	33	19	1	1/11	19.00	3.45	33.00	-	-	-
KN Amalean (SL)	1988-1988	1	22.2	1	134	97	4	4/97	24.25	4.34	33.50	1	-	-
SS Schultz (ENG)	1879-1879	1	8.2	3	34	26	1	1/16	26.00	4.58	34.00	-	-	-
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	5	109.0	17	654	410	19	6/53	21.57	3.76	34.42	-	2	-
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2004-2010	3	11.4	-	70	43	2	2/16	21.50	3.68	35.00	-	-	-
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1975	3	11.4	5	70	21	2	1/1	10.50	1.80	35.00	-	-	-
J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	22.0	5	176	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.20	-	1	-
ST Banerjee (IND)	1992-1992	1	18.0	4	108	47	3	3/47	15.66	2.61	36.00	-	-	-
Babar Azam (PAK)	2016-2024	13	6.0	-	36	14	1	1/7	14.00	2.33	36.00	-	-	-
GC White (SA)	1912-1912	3	6.0	1	36	29	1	1/29	29.00	4.83	36.00	-	-	-
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	252.2	80	1514	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2018-2019	3	104.4	29	628	280	17	5/33	16.47	2.67	36.94	1	2	1
BN Schultz (SA)	1997-1997	1	37.0	8	222	91	6	4/52	15.16	2.45	37.00	1	-	-
RL Sanghvi (IND)	2001-2001	1	12.2	3	74	78	2	2/67	39.00	6.32	37.00	-	-	-
J Southerton (ENG)	1877-1877	2	65.3	30	263	107	7	4/46	15.28	2.44	37.57	1	-	-
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1989-1996	8	44.3	7	267	157	7	2/18	22.42	3.52	38.14	-	-	-
CP Carter (SA)	1921-1921	3	96.5	13	581	329	15	6/91	21.93	3.39	38.73	-	1	-
BJT Bosanquet (ENG)	1903-1905	7	161.4	10	970	604	25	8/107	24.16	3.73	38.80	1	2	-
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2011	4	13.0	2	78	48	2	2/7	24.00	3.69	39.00	-	-	-
A Warren (ENG)	1905-1905	1	39.2	9	236	113	6	5/57	18.83	2.87	39.33	-	1	-
W Brearley (ENG)	1905-1909	3	111.3	23	669	355	17	5/110	20.88	3.18	39.35	2	1	-
BV Sears (NZ)	2024-2024	1	33.0	5	198	161	5	4/90	32.20	4.87	39.60	1	-	-
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2017-2019	2	59.5	9	359	190	9	5/99	21.11	3.17	39.88	1	1	-
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2023	10	326.3	66	1959	1131	49	6/54	23.08	3.46	39.97	4	3	1
FJ Durston (ENG)	1921-1921	1	33.4	2	202	136	5	4/102	27.20	4.03	40.40	1	-	-
ER Wilson (ENG)	1921-1921	1	20.3	5	123	36	3	2/28	12.00	1.75	41.00	-	-	-
RJ Peterson (SA)	2012-2014	2	62.1	3	373	307	9	3/44	34.11	4.93	41.44	-	-	-
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)	2017-2017	2	34.5	6	209	121	5	4/84	24.20	3.47	41.80	1	-	-
Jalal-ud-Din (PAK)	1982-1982	1	35.0	12	210	92	5	3/77	18.40	2.62	42.00	-	-	-
M Theekshana (SL)	2022-2022	1	21.0	2	126	76	3	2/28	25.33	3.61	42.00	-	-	-
Aftab Ahmed (BAN)	2006-2006	2	7.0	1	42	28	1	1/28	28.00	4.00	42.00	-	-	-
NJ Contractor (IND)	1956-1960	6	7.0	2	42	14	1	1/9	14.00	2.00	42.00	-	-	-
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2010-2016	9	7.0	-	42	35	1	1/18	35.00	5.00	42.00	-	-	-
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2013	12	7.0	-	42	28	1	1/12	28.00	4.00	42.00	-	-	-
James Lillywhite (ENG)	1877-1877	2	85.0	37	340	126	8	4/70	15.75	2.22	42.50	1	-	-
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2019	4	156.0	34	936	446	22	6/45	20.27	2.85	42.54	-	2	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1956-1959	3	171.2	60	1028	327	24	7/80	13.62	1.90	42.83	-	4	1
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1886-1896	15	-	326	3310	1002	77	8/35	13.01	1.81	42.98	2	5	3
DW Headley (ENG)	1997-1999	6	252.5	40	1517	867	35	6/60	24.77	3.42	43.34	6	1	-
JJC Lawson (WI)	2003-2005	4	108.4	8	652	490	15	7/78	32.66	4.50	43.46	-	1	-
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1981	3	14.3	4	87	33	2	2/28	16.50	2.27	43.50	-	-	-
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1902-1912	10	304.4	34	1828	1138	42	6/92	27.09	3.73	43.52	2	4	1
AJ Tudor (ENG)	1998-2002	5	116.1	17	697	519	16	5/44	32.43	4.46	43.56	1	1	-
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1956-1956	2	87.3	28	525	197	12	7/49	16.41	2.25	43.75	-	1	1
KJ Abbott (SA)	2014-2016	3	116.5	32	701	322	16	6/77	20.12	2.75	43.81	-	1	-
MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	4	58.4	11	352	191	8	3/60	23.87	3.25	44.00	-	-	-
UDU Chandana (SL)	1999-2004	4	110.3	8	663	479	15	5/101	31.93	4.33	44.20	-	2	1
W Barnes (ENG)	1880-1890	21	-	271	2289	793	51	6/28	15.54	2.07	44.88	1	3	-
BC Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	1	15.0	2	90	83	2	1/26	41.50	5.53	45.00	-	-	-
EL Dalton (SA)	1931-1935	3	7.3	-	45	37	1	1/12	37.00	4.93	45.00	-	-	-
RO Schwarz (SA)	1910-1912	7	210.4	20	1264	837	28	6/47	29.89	3.97	45.14	2	2	-
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2015	7	210.5	27	1265	851	28	6/79	30.39	4.03	45.17	-	2	-
CT Tremlett (ENG)	2010-2013	4	158.3	33	951	517	21	5/87	24.61	3.26	45.28	1	1	-
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2017-2017	2	90.5	18	545	270	12	5/68	22.50	2.97	45.41	-	2	1
Khurram Shahzad (PAK)	2023-2023	1	38.0	9	228	128	5	3/45	25.60	3.36	45.60	-	-	-
WH Lockwood (ENG)	1893-1902	12	-	100	1973	883	43	7/71	20.53	2.68	45.88	2	5	1
DW Steyn (SA)	2008-2016	15	540.0	96	3240	1923	70	5/67	27.47	3.56	46.28	7	2	1
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1994-1994	2	54.0	6	324	225	7	4/116	32.14	4.16	46.28	1	-	-
GE Gomez (WI)	1951-1952	5	104.2	24	834	256	18	7/55	14.22	1.84	46.33	-	1	1
HI Young (ENG)	1899-1899	2	111.1	38	556	262	12	4/30	21.83	2.82	46.33	2	-	-
SM Ervine (ZIM)	2003-2003	1	31.0	4	186	146	4	4/146	36.50	4.70	46.50	1	-	-
G Onions (ENG)	2009-2009	3	77.4	11	466	303	10	4/58	30.30	3.90	46.60	1	-	-
CL Townsend (ENG)	1899-1899	2	28.0	5	140	75	3	3/50	25.00	3.21	46.66	-	-	-
AG Steel (ENG)	1880-1888	13	340.0	108	1360	605	29	3/27	20.86	2.66	46.89	-	-	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	23	-	213	6099	2674	130	9/52	20.56	2.63	46.91	2	14	3
VWC Jupp (ENG)	1921-1921	2	39.1	4	235	142	5	2/45	28.40	3.62	47.00	-	-	-
EH Hendren (ENG)	1920-1934	28	-	-	47	31	1	1/27	31.00	3.95	47.00	-	-	-
J Garner (WI)	1978-1985	18	698.2	176	4190	1860	89	6/60	20.89	2.66	47.07	4	4	-
W Bates (ENG)	1881-1887	15	591.0	282	2364	821	50	7/28	16.42	2.08	47.28	2	4	1
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2016	11	522.3	101	3135	1494	66	7/64	22.63	2.85	47.50	5	6	1
JN Crawford (ENG)	1907-1908	5	237.4	36	1426	742	30	5/48	24.73	3.12	47.53	-	3	-

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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]