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
ERH Toshack	2.3x8	1	2	5	3.80	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
JR Hazlewood	5.0	3	8	5	6.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
MJ Clarke	6.2	-	9	6	6.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	6.50	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
CJ Jordan	4.2	-	18	4	6.50	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014	Test # 2137
JE Root	6.2	3	8	5	7.60	England	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
BR Taylor	7.3	2	26	5	9.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3x8	-	23	7	9.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	9.60	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
DAJ Holford	8.1	1	23	5	9.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
MR Whitney	12.1	3	27	7	10.42	Australia	v India	Perth	01 Feb 1992	Test # 1186
DW Steyn	7.0	-	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	10.60	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
WW Hall	9.0	3	20	5	10.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	Test # 528
MP Kuhnemann	9.0	2	16	5	10.80	Australia	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
DJ Nash	11.0	3	27	6	11.00	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
ML Cummins	11.0	1	48	6	11.00	West Indies	v India	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
PJ Cummins	11.0	3	27	6	11.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2337
DW Fleming	9.1	2	30	5	11.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999	Test # 1476
IWG Johnson	5.7x8	-	35	4	11.75	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
GG Arnold	8.0	1	19	4	12.00	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
D Elgar	8.0	1	22	4	12.00	South Africa	v India	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	13.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
SNJ O'Keefe	13.1	2	35	6	13.16	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
FS Trueman	9.0	1	27	4	13.50	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
DR Tuffey	9.0	6	12	4	13.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SCJ Broad	13.4	6	25	6	13.66	England	v India	Manchester	07 Aug 2014	Test # 2134
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	13.80	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
SD Udal	9.2	3	14	4	14.00	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
WW Daniel	11.5	-	39	5	14.20	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
GAR Lock	9.3	2	36	4	14.25	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	14.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
Umar Gul	12.0	2	31	5	14.40	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
TT Bresnan	12.0	2	48	5	14.40	England	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011	Test # 2001
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	15.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
SNJ O'Keefe	15.0	4	35	6	15.00	Australia	v India	Pune	23 Feb 2017	Test # 2250
PEW Jones	10.0	3	30	4	15.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
N Burger	10.0	3	33	4	15.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	15.12	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
HDPK Dharmasena	12.4	-	57	5	15.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	15.20	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
PJ Cummins	10.2	4	21	4	15.50	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	15.66	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
Sikander Bakht	21.0	3	69	8	15.75	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
JM Anderson	13.2	5	20	5	16.00	England	v India	Lord's	09 Aug 2018	Test # 2315
L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	16.12	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
DB Close	11.0	-	35	4	16.50	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
M Dillon	11.0	1	41	4	16.50	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
N Wagner	11.0	-	64	4	16.50	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	06 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
NM Lyon	22.2	4	50	8	16.75	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017	Test # 2251
AA Donald	11.1	4	14	4	16.75	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
ALF de Mel	14.0	-	68	5	16.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
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
RGD Willis	17.0	2	53	6	17.00	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
GOB Allen	20.0	3	80	7	17.14	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	17.33	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
NM Lyon	23.3	1	64	8	17.62	Australia	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023	Test # 2496
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	17.66	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
IR Bishop	11.5	4	22	4	17.75	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
PJ Wiseman	11.5	-	64	4	17.75	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
BA Stokes	11.5	-	33	4	17.75	England	v India	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
AV Bedser	14.5	4	41	5	17.80	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	17.85	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	48	7	18.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
AV Bedser	15.0	6	27	5	18.00	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
PM Siddle	15.0	2	49	5	18.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012	Test # 2031
JN Gillespie	12.0	2	29	4	18.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
JM Anderson	12.0	5	23	4	18.00	England	v India	Lord's	09 Aug 2018	Test # 2315
SM Pollock	12.2	6	24	4	18.50	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
RR Lindwall	16.5x8	4	38	7	19.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	19.00	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
PR Adams	19.1	6	55	6	19.16	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
FS Trueman	16.0	4	48	5	19.20	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
T Greenhough	16.0	4	35	5	19.20	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
BP Patterson	16.0	1	68	5	19.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
DK Morrison	16.0	2	75	5	19.20	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
AA Donald	16.0	5	40	5	19.20	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
SM Pollock	16.0	3	40	5	19.20	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
MM Ali	16.0	1	63	5	19.20	England	v India	Southampton	30 Aug 2018	Test # 2317
JDP Oram	12.5	2	41	4	19.25	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
RO Jenkins	13.0	2	50	4	19.50	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
PI Pocock	13.0	3	28	4	19.50	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
GR Dilley	13.0	1	47	4	19.50	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
MM Ali	13.0	3	39	4	19.50	England	v India	Manchester	07 Aug 2014	Test # 2134
RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	19.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
JK Lever	23.0	6	46	7	19.71	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
SE Bond	13.1	5	33	4	19.75	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	19.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
NM Lyon	23.2	4	94	7	20.00	Australia	v India	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
WA Johnston	10.0x8	1	44	4	20.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	20.16	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
M Jansen	13.3	4	55	4	20.25	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
GOB Allen	17.0	7	35	5	20.40	England	v India	Lord's	27 Jun 1936	Test # 252
MD Marshall	17.0	7	34	5	20.40	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
KCG Benjamin	17.0	3	65	5	20.40	West Indies	v India	Mohali	10 Dec 1994	Test # 1278
GD McGrath	17.0	1	55	5	20.40	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
M Muralidaran	17.0	1	63	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964

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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]