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Best strike rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts SR Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
ERH Toshack 2.3x8 1 2 5 3.8 Australia v India Brisbane 28 Nov 1947 Test # 290
JH Kallis 4.3 1 21 5 5.4 South Africa v Bangladesh Potchefstroom 25 Oct 2002 Test # 1621
Harbhajan Singh 4.3 0 13 5 5.4 India v West Indies Kingston 30 Jun 2006 Test # 1808
R Benaud 3.5 1 15 4 5.7 Australia v West Indies Georgetown 26 Apr 1955 Test # 405
H Trumble 6.5 0 28 7 5.8 Australia v England Melbourne 5 Mar 1904 Test # 82
SR Watson 5.0 2 17 5 6.0 Australia v South Africa Cape Town 9 Nov 2011 Test # 2016
GA Lohmann 9.4x5 5 7 8 6.1 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896 Test # 47
MJ Clarke 6.2 0 9 6 6.3 Australia v India Mumbai 3 Nov 2004 Test # 1720
FS Trueman 8.4 2 31 8 6.5 England v India Manchester 17 Jul 1952 Test # 353
AER Gilligan 6.3 4 7 6 6.5 England v South Africa Birmingham 14 Jun 1924 Test # 153
MD Marshall 4.2 0 24 4 6.5 West Indies v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1157
TM Dilshan 4.2 1 10 4 6.5 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Chittagong 3 Jan 2009 Test # 1905
MA Noble 7.4 2 17 7 6.5 Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1902 Test # 66
JJC Lawson 6.5 4 3 6 6.8 West Indies v Bangladesh Dhaka 8 Dec 2002 Test # 1630
SP Gupte 6.0 0 18 5 7.2 India v Pakistan Dhaka 1 Jan 1955 Test # 394
VD Philander 6.0 3 7 5 7.2 South Africa v New Zealand Cape Town 2 Jan 2013 Test # 2069
J Briggs 14.2x4 5 11 8 7.2 England v South Africa Cape Town 25 Mar 1889 Test # 32
JH Wardle 5.0 2 7 4 7.5 England v Australia Manchester 9 Jul 1953 Test # 374
CA Walsh 5.1 1 14 4 7.7 West Indies v Australia Bridgetown 19 Apr 1991 Test # 1169
GA Lohmann 14.2x5 6 28 9 8.0 England v South Africa Johannesburg 2 Mar 1896 Test # 48
M Muralitharan 5.2 1 14 4 8.0 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (PSS) 3 Jul 2007 Test # 1838
AG Cremer 5.2 1 4 4 8.0 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Harare 17 Apr 2013 Test # 2086
DW Steyn 8.1 6 8 6 8.1 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 1 Feb 2013 Test # 2072
TBA May 6.5 3 9 5 8.2 Australia v West Indies Adelaide 23 Jan 1993 Test # 1210
Shoaib Akhtar 8.2 4 11 6 8.3 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 1 May 2002 Test # 1600
ESH Giddins 7.0 2 15 5 8.4 England v Zimbabwe Lord's 18 May 2000 Test # 1495
VD Philander 7.0 3 15 5 8.4 South Africa v Australia Cape Town 9 Nov 2011 Test # 2016
CS Martin 8.3 3 26 6 8.5 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Napier 26 Jan 2012 Test # 2033
JWHT Douglas 5.4 2 14 4 8.5 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 27 Feb 1914 Test # 134
H Ironmonger 7.2 5 6 5 8.8 Australia v South Africa Melbourne 12 Feb 1932 Test # 216
BR Taylor 7.3 2 26 5 9.0 New Zealand v India Mumbai (BS) 12 Mar 1965 Test # 582
M Muralitharan 7.3 3 15 5 9.0 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC) 25 Jun 2007 Test # 1837
MW Tate 6.0 1 12 4 9.0 England v South Africa Birmingham 14 Jun 1924 Test # 153
R Appleyard 6.0 3 7 4 9.0 England v New Zealand Auckland 25 Mar 1955 Test # 402
FE Woolley 7.4 1 20 5 9.2 England v Australia The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
MA Holding 9.2 3 21 6 9.3 West Indies v Australia Perth 9 Nov 1984 Test # 997
SR Watson 7.5 1 40 5 9.4 Australia v Pakistan Lord's 13 Jul 2010 Test # 1963
W Rhodes 11.0 3 17 7 9.4 England v Australia Birmingham 29 May 1902 Test # 70
JV Saunders 11.0 2 34 7 9.4 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902 Test # 76
SCJ Broad 11.0 0 44 7 9.4 England v New Zealand Lord's 16 May 2013 Test # 2088
Abdul Qadir 9.3 1 16 6 9.5 Pakistan v West Indies Faisalabad 24 Oct 1986 Test # 1055
RJ Hadlee 8.3x8 0 23 7 9.5 New Zealand v India Wellington 13 Feb 1976 Test # 772
CIJ Smith 8.0 4 16 5 9.6 England v West Indies Bridgetown 8 Jan 1935 Test # 238
GOB Allen 6.0x8 0 36 5 9.6 England v Australia Brisbane 4 Dec 1936 Test # 255
CM Old 8.0 3 21 5 9.6 England v India Lord's 20 Jun 1974 Test # 740
CG Rackemann 8.0 0 32 5 9.6 Australia v Pakistan Perth 11 Nov 1983 Test # 966
Shoaib Akhtar 8.0 2 21 5 9.6 Pakistan v Australia Colombo (PSS) 3 Oct 2002 Test # 1615
DW Steyn 8.0 2 23 5 9.6 South Africa v India Ahmedabad 3 Apr 2008 Test # 1871
T Richardson 11.3x5 3 39 6 9.6 England v Australia Lord's 22 Jun 1896 Test # 50
HJ Tayfield 8.4x8 1 23 7 9.7 South Africa v Australia Durban 20 Jan 1950 Test # 320
JC White 6.3 2 7 4 9.7 England v Australia Brisbane 30 Nov 1928 Test # 176
DAJ Holford 8.1 1 23 5 9.8 West Indies v India Bridgetown 10 Mar 1976 Test # 773
S Haigh 11.4x5 6 11 6 9.8 England v South Africa Cape Town 1 Apr 1899 Test # 59
KJ Abbott 11.4 4 29 7 10.0 South Africa v Pakistan Centurion 22 Feb 2013 Test # 2075
R Peel 12.0x5 5 23 6 10.0 England v Australia The Oval 10 Aug 1896 Test # 52
JH Sinclair 12.0x5 4 26 6 10.0 South Africa v England Cape Town 1 Apr 1899 Test # 59
CEL Ambrose 10.0 1 24 6 10.0 West Indies v England Port of Spain 25 Mar 1994 Test # 1257
M Muralitharan 10.0 1 39 6 10.0 Sri Lanka v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2000 Test # 1526
AJL Hill 8.0x5 4 8 4 10.0 England v South Africa Cape Town 21 Mar 1896 Test # 49
MN Samuels 6.4 1 13 4 10.0 West Indies v Zimbabwe Bridgetown 12 Mar 2013 Test # 2079
Abdur Rehman 10.1 4 25 6 10.1 Pakistan v England Abu Dhabi 25 Jan 2012 Test # 2032
EA Martindale 8.3 1 22 5 10.2 West Indies v England Bridgetown 8 Jan 1935 Test # 238
SK Warne 6.5 2 13 4 10.2 Australia v Pakistan Sharjah 11 Oct 2002 Test # 1617
Abdul Razzaq 6.5 1 20 4 10.2 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Kandy 3 Apr 2006 Test # 1796
BKV Prasad 10.2 5 33 6 10.3 India v Pakistan Chennai 28 Jan 1999 Test # 1442
MR Whitney 12.1 3 27 7 10.4 Australia v India Perth 1 Feb 1992 Test # 1186
DW Steyn 10.3 1 49 6 10.5 South Africa v New Zealand Centurion 16 Nov 2007 Test # 1848
R Peel 10.2x4 3 14 4 10.5 England v Australia Lord's 16 Jul 1888 Test # 28
K Cranston 7.0 3 12 4 10.5 England v South Africa Leeds 26 Jul 1947 Test # 288
RS Cunis 7.0 0 21 4 10.5 New Zealand v Pakistan Dhaka 8 Nov 1969 Test # 665
AA Mallett 5.2x8 0 22 4 10.5 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 1974 Test # 736
RJ Hadlee 7.0 4 8 4 10.5 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Kandy 9 Mar 1984 Test # 980
DW Steyn 7.0 0 30 4 10.5 South Africa v India Cape Town 2 Jan 2007 Test # 1827
GP Swann 7.0 1 16 4 10.5 England v Sri Lanka Cardiff 26 May 2011 Test # 1994
BP Patterson 8.5 1 24 5 10.6 West Indies v India Delhi 25 Nov 1987 Test # 1080
M Muralitharan 10.4 4 18 6 10.6 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (RPS) 12 Sep 2005 Test # 1764
SJ Harmison 12.3 8 12 7 10.7 England v West Indies Kingston 11 Mar 2004 Test # 1687
Waqar Younis 7.1 1 19 4 10.7 Pakistan v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001 Test # 1560
CA Smith 13.2x4 6 19 5 10.8 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 12 Mar 1889 Test # 31
WW Hall 9.0 3 20 5 10.8 West Indies v India Port of Spain 4 Apr 1962 Test # 528
DK Lillee 9.0 3 18 5 10.8 Australia v Pakistan Perth 13 Nov 1981 Test # 909
Wasim Akram 9.0 0 28 5 10.8 Pakistan v West Indies Lahore 6 Dec 1990 Test # 1158
JC Adams 9.0 4 17 5 10.8 West Indies v New Zealand Bridgetown 19 Apr 1996 Test # 1325
IK Pathan 9.0 2 32 5 10.8 India v Bangladesh Chittagong 17 Dec 2004 Test # 1727
JE Taylor 9.0 4 11 5 10.8 West Indies v England Kingston 4 Feb 2009 Test # 1906
DE Malcolm 16.3 2 57 9 11.0 England v South Africa The Oval 18 Aug 1994 Test # 1266
J Briggs 19.1x4 11 17 7 11.0 England v South Africa Cape Town 25 Mar 1889 Test # 32
GA Faulkner 11.0 4 17 6 11.0 South Africa v England Leeds 29 Jul 1907 Test # 94
DJ Nash 11.0 3 27 6 11.0 New Zealand v India Mohali 10 Oct 1999 Test # 1462
SR Watson 11.0 3 33 6 11.0 Australia v Pakistan Leeds 21 Jul 2010 Test # 1965
RJ Harris 11.0 1 47 6 11.0 Australia v England Perth 16 Dec 2010 Test # 1984
DW Fleming 9.1 2 30 5 11.0 Australia v India Adelaide 10 Dec 1999 Test # 1476
JH Kallis 7.2 3 13 4 11.0 South Africa v Zimbabwe Cape Town 4 Mar 2005 Test # 1737
Harbhajan Singh 7.2 2 10 4 11.0 India v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2010 Test # 1987
Mohammad Hafeez 7.2 1 16 4 11.0 Pakistan v South Africa Johannesburg 1 Feb 2013 Test # 2072
JC Laker 16.4 4 37 9 11.1 England v Australia Manchester 26 Jul 1956 Test # 428
W Rhodes 15.0 0 68 8 11.2 England v Australia Melbourne 1 Jan 1904 Test # 79
B Mitchell 7.3 0 26 4 11.2 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 24 Dec 1935 Test # 248
GA Lohmann 15.4x5 6 38 7 11.2 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896 Test # 47
RGD Willis 15.1 3 43 8 11.3 England v Australia Leeds 16 Jul 1981 Test # 905
SL Boock 9.3 4 28 5 11.4 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Kandy 9 Mar 1984 Test # 980
G Onions 9.3 1 38 5 11.4 England v West Indies Lord's 6 May 2009 Test # 1919
ND Hirwani 15.2 3 75 8 11.5 India v West Indies Chennai 11 Jan 1988 Test # 1089
FE Woolley 9.4 3 29 5 11.6 England v Australia The Oval 19 Aug 1912 Test # 129
M Muralitharan 9.4 4 13 5 11.6 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC) 6 Sep 2001 Test # 1561
RO Schwarz 11.4 0 47 6 11.6 South Africa v Australia Sydney 3 Mar 1911 Test # 115
JN Gillespie 13.4 1 37 7 11.7 Australia v England Leeds 24 Jul 1997 Test # 1373
IWG Johnson 5.7x8 0 35 4 11.7 Australia v India Melbourne 1 Jan 1948 Test # 292
Abdul Razzaq 7.5 1 25 4 11.7 Pakistan v West Indies Sharjah 31 Jan 2002 Test # 1587
DNT Zoysa 9.5 2 20 5 11.8 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Harare 6 May 2004 Test # 1698
PM Siddle 9.5 0 21 5 11.8 Australia v England Leeds 7 Aug 2009 Test # 1929
RWV Robins 11.5 1 32 6 11.8 England v West Indies Lord's 24 Jun 1933 Test # 227
J Srinath 11.5 4 21 6 11.8 India v South Africa Ahmedabad 20 Nov 1996 Test # 1338
PS de Villiers 11.5 5 23 6 11.8 South Africa v Pakistan Port Elizabeth 6 Mar 1998 Test # 1406
C Blythe 15.5 1 59 8 11.8 England v South Africa Leeds 29 Jul 1907 Test # 94
GD McGrath 16.0 8 24 8 12.0 Australia v Pakistan Perth 16 Dec 2004 Test # 1726
CTB Turner 18.0x4 11 15 6 12.0 Australia v England Sydney 28 Jan 1887 Test # 25
RL Johnson 12.0 4 33 6 12.0 England v Zimbabwe Chester-le-Street 5 Jun 2003 Test # 1647
GD McGrath 10.0 3 28 5 12.0 Australia v West Indies Port of Spain 5 Mar 1999 Test # 1448
S Sreesanth 10.0 3 40 5 12.0 India v South Africa Johannesburg 15 Dec 2006 Test # 1823
Z Khan 10.0 1 34 5 12.0 India v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 May 2007 Test # 1833
ST Finn 10.0 2 42 5 12.0 England v Bangladesh Manchester 4 Jun 2010 Test # 1959
Hon.A Lyttelton 12.0x4 5 19 4 12.0 England v Australia The Oval 11 Aug 1884 Test # 16
W Rhodes 8.0 2 38 4 12.0 England v Australia Leeds 1 Jul 1909 Test # 103
JR Reid 8.0 2 38 4 12.0 New Zealand v Pakistan Lahore 26 Oct 1955 Test # 414
GG Arnold 8.0 1 19 4 12.0 England v India Lord's 20 Jun 1974 Test # 740
PH Edmonds 8.0 6 6 4 12.0 England v Pakistan Lord's 15 Jun 1978 Test # 826
JD Higgs 8.0 2 25 4 12.0 Australia v New Zealand Perth 12 Dec 1980 Test # 889
A Kumble 8.0 2 47 4 12.0 India v Pakistan Rawalpindi 13 Apr 2004 Test # 1697
SI Mahmood 8.0 2 22 4 12.0 England v Pakistan Leeds 4 Aug 2006 Test # 1813
MG Johnson 8.0 3 30 4 12.0 Australia v New Zealand Brisbane 20 Nov 2008 Test # 1894
GP Swann 8.0 3 12 4 12.0 England v Pakistan Lord's 26 Aug 2010 Test # 1971

Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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The record for most centuries in a Test is eight. It has happened twice, most recently in the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in March 2013, when five Sri Lankans and three Bangladeshis scored tons. The only other instance was in Antigua between West Indies and South Africa, 2005.

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