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
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
Shoaib Akhtar	8.2	4	11	6	8.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
R Appleyard	6.0	3	7	4	9.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
Yasir Shah	12.3	1	41	8	9.37	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
SCJ Broad	11.0	-	44	7	9.42	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
AA Mallett	5.2x8	-	22	4	10.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
JC Adams	9.0	4	17	5	10.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
R Ashwin	13.5	2	59	7	11.85	India	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
JD Higgs	8.0	2	25	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
MG Johnson	8.0	3	30	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
R Ashwin	8.0	2	8	4	12.00	India	v New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021	Test # 2438
NM Lyon	8.1	1	43	4	12.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 2024	Test # 2533
SH Cook	10.2	3	39	5	12.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
JL Pattinson	11.0	5	27	5	13.20	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	01 Dec 2011	Test # 2020
K Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
GP Swann	9.0	1	42	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
GAR Lock	11.3	7	17	5	13.80	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
RGD Willis	7.0x8	2	14	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
MJ Potts	9.2	4	13	4	14.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	02 Jun 2022	Test # 2464
WJ O'Reilly	12.0	5	14	5	14.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
TWJ Goddard	14.4	5	29	6	14.66	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1937	Test # 261
DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	15.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	15.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
SK Warne	10.2	3	15	4	15.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004	Test # 1721
GOB Allen	13.0	7	14	5	15.60	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	29 Jul 1931	Test # 210
DE Bollinger	13.0	4	28	5	15.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	19 Mar 2010	Test # 1955
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	15.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
PVD Chameera	13.0	3	47	5	15.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
DL Underwood	11.6x8	7	12	6	15.66	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1971	Test # 681
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
Z Khan	13.2	4	29	5	16.00	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
JR Hazlewood	13.2	4	31	5	16.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 2024	Test # 2535
AW Greig	10.4	-	33	4	16.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973	Test # 722
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
Khan Mohammad	16.2	6	21	6	16.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
R Ashwin	16.3	5	31	6	16.50	India	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012	Test # 2054
JL Pattinson	13.5	3	51	5	16.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	09 Dec 2011	Test # 2021
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	16.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
GD McGrath	11.1	2	33	4	16.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 2000	Test # 1488
RGD Willis	14.0	5	35	5	16.80	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
AR Caddick	14.0	3	32	5	16.80	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	01 Jul 1999	Test # 1455
SK Warne	14.0	3	39	5	16.80	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005	Test # 1739
M Ntini	14.0	3	51	5	16.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
RJ Sidebottom	17.0	4	49	6	17.00	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
MS Panesar	17.0	5	37	6	17.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
I Sharma	17.0	3	51	6	17.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Test # 2120
Mohammad Zahid	20.0	3	66	7	17.14	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
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
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	17.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
CA Walsh	20.4	7	37	7	17.71	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
Shoaib Akhtar	18.0	3	30	6	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1677
HMRKB Herath	18.0	3	43	6	18.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
Mohammad Sami	15.0	4	36	5	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
B Kumar	15.0	2	48	5	18.00	India	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	30 Sep 2016	Test # 2222
FH Tyson	12.0	6	16	4	18.00	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	11 Mar 1955	Test # 401
JC Laker	12.0	6	13	4	18.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
Pervez Sajjad	12.0	8	5	4	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
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
JM Anderson	21.3	8	43	7	18.42	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
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
HJ Tayfield	14.0x8	7	13	6	18.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
GAR Lock	12.3	8	12	4	18.75	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	19 Jun 1958	Test # 455
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
Shakib Al Hasan	12.4	1	50	4	19.00	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Jan 2017	Test # 2248
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
M Ntini	16.0	7	35	5	19.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
Mohammad Asif	12.5	2	40	4	19.25	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	19.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
FE Rumsey	13.0	4	25	4	19.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	17 Jun 1965	Test # 592
DW Steyn	16.2	4	33	5	19.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
SK Warne	19.5	9	31	6	19.83	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993	Test # 1236
BS Bedi	16.4	4	48	5	20.00	India	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976	Test # 787
MG Johnson	20.1	6	73	6	20.16	Australia	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
NM Lyon	16.5	4	50	5	20.20	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2378
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
GD McGrath	17.0	6	32	5	20.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
DW Steyn	17.0	4	47	5	20.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
DW Steyn	17.0	1	59	5	20.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
PJ Cummins	17.0	5	28	5	20.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	20.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
GAR Lock	24.0	11	35	7	20.57	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
SCJ Broad	17.1	-	109	5	20.60	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
JM Bird	17.1	5	59	5	20.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016	Test # 2202
WW Davis	13.5	5	19	4	20.75	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	04 May 1985	Test # 1016
R Tattersall	21.0	6	44	6	21.00	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
IT Botham	21.0	9	34	6	21.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
Ebadot Hossain	21.0	6	46	6	21.00	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	01 Jan 2022	Test # 2444
MG Johnson	17.3	6	39	5	21.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	20 Nov 2008	Test # 1894
KPJ Warnaweera	14.0	3	25	4	21.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
DW Steyn	14.0	5	42	4	21.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
JR Hazlewood	14.0	2	42	4	21.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Feb 2016	Test # 2201

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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]