Best strike rate in an innings

Records for 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
SM Boland	4.0	1	7	6	4.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2442
TM Head	2.5	-	10	4	4.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
JH Kallis	4.3	1	21	5	5.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
Harbhajan Singh	4.3	-	13	5	5.40	India	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
R Benaud	3.5	1	15	4	5.75	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
H Trumble	6.5	-	28	7	5.85	Australia	v England	Melbourne	05 Mar 1904	Test # 82
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	6.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
A Dananjaya	5.0	1	24	5	6.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	08 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
KAJ Roach	5.0	1	8	5	6.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	North Sound	04 Jul 2018	Test # 2310
JR Hazlewood	5.0	3	8	5	6.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020	Test # 2396
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
GA Lohmann	9.4x5	5	7	8	6.12	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
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
AER Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	6.50	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
MD Marshall	4.2	-	24	4	6.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1157
TM Dilshan	4.2	1	10	4	6.50	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
CJ Jordan	4.2	-	18	4	6.50	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014	Test # 2137
MA Noble	7.4	2	17	7	6.57	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902	Test # 66
JJC Lawson	6.5	4	3	6	6.83	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
SCJ Broad	9.3	5	15	8	7.12	England	v Australia	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
SP Gupte	6.0	-	18	5	7.20	India	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
HH Pandya	6.0	1	28	5	7.20	India	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
J Briggs	14.2x4	5	11	8	7.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
JH Wardle	5.0	2	7	4	7.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	09 Jul 1953	Test # 374
JE Root	6.2	3	8	5	7.60	England	v India	Ahmedabad	24 Feb 2021	Test # 2412
CR Woakes	7.4	2	17	6	7.66	England	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
CA Walsh	5.1	1	14	4	7.75	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
GA Lohmann	14.2x5	6	28	9	8.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
M Muralidaran	5.2	1	14	4	8.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
AG Cremer	5.2	1	4	4	8.00	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	17 Apr 2013	Test # 2086
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	8.16	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
TBA May	6.5	3	9	5	8.20	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993	Test # 1210
Shoaib Akhtar	8.2	4	11	6	8.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	8.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
ESH Giddins	7.0	2	15	5	8.40	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	8.40	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
CS Martin	8.3	3	26	6	8.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Napier	26 Jan 2012	Test # 2033
JWHT Douglas	5.4	2	14	4	8.50	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Feb 1914	Test # 134
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
H Ironmonger	7.2	5	6	5	8.80	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	9.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
BR Taylor	7.3	2	26	5	9.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
M Muralidaran	7.3	3	15	5	9.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
MW Tate	6.0	1	12	4	9.00	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
R Appleyard	6.0	3	7	4	9.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
FE Woolley	7.4	1	20	5	9.20	England	v Australia	The Oval	19 Aug 1912	Test # 129
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	9.33	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
Yasir Shah	12.3	1	41	8	9.37	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dubai (DICS)	24 Nov 2018	Test # 2330
SR Watson	7.5	1	40	5	9.40	Australia	v Pakistan	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
W Rhodes	11.0	3	17	7	9.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	29 May 1902	Test # 70
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	9.42	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
SCJ Broad	11.0	-	44	7	9.42	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	16 May 2013	Test # 2088
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Sir RJ Hadlee	8.3x8	-	23	7	9.57	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	13 Feb 1976	Test # 772
CIJ Smith	8.0	4	16	5	9.60	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	08 Jan 1935	Test # 238
GOB Allen	6.0x8	-	36	5	9.60	England	v Australia	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936	Test # 255
CM Old	8.0	3	21	5	9.60	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
CG Rackemann	8.0	-	32	5	9.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	2	21	5	9.60	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
JL Pattinson	8.0	2	27	5	9.60	Australia	v West Indies	Hobart	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2193
JJ Bumrah	8.0	4	7	5	9.60	India	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2358
T Richardson	11.3x5	3	39	6	9.66	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1896	Test # 50
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
JC White	6.3	2	7	4	9.75	England	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
DAJ Holford	8.1	1	23	5	9.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
S Haigh	11.4x5	6	11	6	9.83	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	10.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
R Peel	12.0x5	5	23	6	10.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1896	Test # 52
JH Sinclair	12.0x5	4	26	6	10.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	24	6	10.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	10.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
MA Wood	8.2	2	41	5	10.00	England	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Feb 2019	Test # 2346
AJL Hill	8.0x5	4	8	4	10.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
MN Samuels	6.4	1	13	4	10.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079

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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]