Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for New Zealand (Host) in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CS Martin	8.3	3	26	6	8.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Napier	26 Jan 2012	Test # 2033
R Appleyard	6.0	3	7	4	9.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3x8	-	23	7	9.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
AA Mallett	5.2x8	-	22	4	10.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
TA Boult	10.4	3	32	6	10.66	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
NM Lyon	8.1	1	43	4	12.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	12.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
N Wagner	14.4	2	39	7	12.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	01 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
MJ Henry	15.0	7	23	7	12.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
K Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
DR Tuffey	9.0	6	12	4	13.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
RGD Willis	7.0x8	2	14	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
WJ O'Reilly	12.0	5	14	5	14.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
JEC Franklin	9.5	3	26	4	14.75	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
TA Boult	15.0	5	40	6	15.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
TA Boult	15.0	8	30	6	15.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
CS Martin	10.0	3	52	4	15.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
TA Boult	10.0	4	23	4	15.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	19 Dec 2013	Test # 2109
TG Southee	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	15.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
DE Bollinger	13.0	4	28	5	15.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
PVD Chameera	13.0	3	47	5	15.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
KA Jamieson	13.0	4	34	5	15.60	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
DL Underwood	11.6x8	7	12	6	15.66	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
CL Cairns	18.2	2	53	7	15.71	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
JM Anderson	10.3	3	18	4	15.75	England	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	16 Feb 2023	Test # 2492
VD Philander	15.5	3	44	6	15.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
C de Grandhomme	15.5	5	41	6	15.83	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	17 Nov 2016	Test # 2234
Z Khan	13.2	4	29	5	16.00	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
TA Boult	13.2	3	43	5	16.00	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	09 Jan 2022	Test # 2447
JR Hazlewood	13.2	4	31	5	16.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
Wasim Akram	16.1	4	43	6	16.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
Waqar Younis	13.3	4	22	5	16.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
DR Tuffey	10.5	2	39	4	16.25	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
N Wagner	11.0	2	42	4	16.50	New Zealand	v England	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013	Test # 2077
N Wagner	11.0	-	64	4	16.50	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	06 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
W O'Rourke	13.5	4	34	5	16.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	16.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
CL Cairns	11.1	2	51	4	16.75	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
GD McGrath	11.1	2	33	4	16.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
SK Warne	14.0	3	39	5	16.80	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
N Wagner	14.0	4	45	5	16.80	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	08 Mar 2019	Test # 2350
KA Jamieson	14.0	3	45	5	16.80	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	29 Feb 2020	Test # 2387
GA Bartlett	16.5	5	38	6	16.83	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	4	49	6	17.00	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
I Sharma	17.0	3	51	6	17.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Test # 2120
JP Duminy	11.3	2	47	4	17.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
SCJ Broad	17.2	2	51	6	17.33	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2080
CA Walsh	20.4	7	37	7	17.71	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3x8	4	26	6	17.83	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	3	30	6	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
DK Morrison	15.0	2	41	5	18.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
SB Doull	15.0	2	66	5	18.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
Mohammad Sami	15.0	4	36	5	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
MR Gillespie	15.0	2	59	5	18.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
FH Tyson	12.0	6	16	4	18.00	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
M Muralidaran	12.1	3	31	4	18.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
MJ Hoggard	21.2	7	63	7	18.28	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
RJ Sidebottom	21.4	6	47	7	18.57	England	v New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
FH Edwards	15.3	2	65	5	18.60	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Mar 2006	Test # 1790
DK Morrison	18.4	5	37	6	18.66	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
TG Southee	12.3	2	26	4	18.75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
WE Bowes	19.0	5	34	6	19.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	31 Mar 1933	Test # 226
Waqar Younis	19.0	1	78	6	19.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994	Test # 1251
DR Tuffey	19.0	6	54	6	19.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
SB O'Connor	15.5	5	51	5	19.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Hamilton	31 Mar 2000	Test # 1493
Shakib Al Hasan	12.4	1	50	4	19.00	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Jan 2017	Test # 2248
DK Morrison	16.0	2	75	5	19.20	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
D Gough	16.0	6	40	5	19.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
Mohammad Sami	16.0	4	44	5	19.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2003	Test # 1676
CS Martin	16.0	3	65	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	12 Jan 2008	Test # 1861
GD Phillips	16.0	4	45	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
JDP Oram	12.5	2	41	4	19.25	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
Mohammad Asif	12.5	2	40	4	19.25	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
TA Boult	12.5	2	40	4	19.25	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
CS Martin	13.0	1	64	4	19.50	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Dunedin	04 Jan 2008	Test # 1859
KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	19.50	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
N Wagner	13.0	4	28	4	19.50	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Wellington	08 Mar 2019	Test # 2350
CL Cairns	22.5	10	27	7	19.57	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.2	5	39	5	19.60	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
N Wagner	16.2	4	47	5	19.60	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019	Test # 2349
MJ Henry	23.0	4	67	7	19.71	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	08 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
HB Cave	13.1	9	21	4	19.75	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
SE Bond	13.1	2	47	4	19.75	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	18 Dec 2001	Test # 1577
SE Bond	13.1	5	33	4	19.75	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
IG Butler	20.0	6	46	6	20.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
CS Martin	20.0	7	54	6	20.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
KA Jamieson	20.0	6	48	6	20.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
MG Johnson	20.1	6	73	6	20.16	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	1	33	4	20.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
KA Maharaj	20.2	7	40	6	20.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
Saleem Jaffar	17.0	4	40	5	20.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
BE Congdon	10.2x8	-	46	4	20.50	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
SB Doull	24.0	7	65	7	20.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
JM Bird	17.1	5	59	5	20.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016	Test # 2202
N Wagner	13.5	-	66	4	20.75	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	03 Dec 2020	Test # 2394
J Cowie	21.0	8	40	6	21.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
R Tattersall	21.0	6	44	6	21.00	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
RC Motz	21.0	6	63	6	21.00	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
CL Cairns	21.0	4	52	6	21.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	Test # 1185

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]