Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for Pakistan (Host) in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MD Marshall	4.2	-	24	4	6.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1157
SP Gupte	6.0	-	18	5	7.20	India	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
Shoaib Akhtar	8.2	4	11	6	8.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	01 May 2002	Test # 1600
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
RS Cunis	7.0	-	21	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969	Test # 665
Waqar Younis	7.1	1	19	4	10.75	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
Wasim Akram	9.0	-	28	5	10.80	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	06 Dec 1990	Test # 1158
JR Reid	8.0	2	38	4	12.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
A Kumble	8.0	2	47	4	12.00	India	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
Naseem Shah	8.2	2	26	4	12.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	07 Feb 2020	Test # 2384
Danish Kaneria	13.0	3	42	6	13.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
SM Pollock	11.0	1	37	5	13.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
C Pringle	16.0	4	52	7	13.71	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
Wasim Akram	9.2	2	30	4	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	04 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
Umar Gul	12.0	2	31	5	14.40	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
MD Marshall	9.4	-	25	4	14.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
Danish Kaneria	15.0	3	52	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
S Ramadhin	10.0	4	25	4	15.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	15.12	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
Naseem Shah	12.5	4	31	5	15.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
Khan Mohammad	16.2	6	21	6	16.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dhaka	07 Nov 1955	Test # 415
HK Olonga	11.0	1	42	4	16.50	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Peshawar	27 Nov 1998	Test # 1430
Saqlain Mushtaq	13.5	3	32	5	16.60	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Lahore	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1432
NGB Cook	14.0	8	18	5	16.80	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
NG Cowans	14.0	2	42	5	16.80	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
Mohammad Zahid	20.0	3	66	7	17.14	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	17.33	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	17.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
AH Gray	11.5	3	39	4	17.75	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Rehan Ahmed	14.5	1	48	5	17.80	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2483
DH Brain	15.0	3	42	5	18.00	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Dec 1993	Test # 1241
DW Steyn	15.0	3	56	5	18.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
Pervez Sajjad	12.0	8	5	4	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	2	30	4	18.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
Umar Gul	15.1	2	65	5	18.20	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	11 Nov 2006	Test # 1815
Fazal Mahmood	18.3	9	34	6	18.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
Hasan Ali	15.4	2	54	5	18.80	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
Abrar Ahmed	22.0	1	114	7	18.85	Pakistan	v England	Multan	09 Dec 2022	Test # 2480
Waqar Younis	16.0	3	46	5	19.20	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1157
SB Doull	16.0	3	46	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
Hasan Ali	16.0	2	60	5	19.20	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
JTC Vaughan	12.5	2	27	4	19.25	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
WW Hall	13.0	5	28	4	19.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
Imran Khan	13.0	5	30	4	19.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Khaled Mahmud	13.0	1	37	4	19.50	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Multan	03 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
Wasim Akram	20.0	8	48	6	20.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
Waqar Younis	17.0	3	65	5	20.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
IK Pathan	17.1	4	61	5	20.60	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
Wasim Akram	14.0	5	42	4	21.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
Mohammad Rafique	17.4	7	36	5	21.20	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Multan	03 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
DS de Silva	18.0	2	59	5	21.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
MD Marshall	18.0	5	33	5	21.60	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
Shoaib Akhtar	14.3	2	36	4	21.75	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
Shabbir Ahmed	18.1	2	48	5	21.80	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003	Test # 1655
Waqar Younis	21.5	7	44	6	21.83	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Karachi	01 Dec 1993	Test # 1237
ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	22.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
Imran Khan	29.3	8	58	8	22.12	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
J Birkenshaw	18.3	5	57	5	22.20	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	24 Mar 1973	Test # 719
Imran Khan	18.3	5	40	5	22.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
Mushtaq Ahmed	18.3	7	35	5	22.20	Pakistan	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
CA Walsh	14.5	5	21	4	22.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
Imran Khan	22.3	2	46	6	22.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
ST Clarke	15.0	7	27	4	22.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
Abdul Qadir	15.0	3	67	4	22.50	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	2	45	4	22.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995	Test # 1305
Waqar Younis	15.0	3	54	4	22.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
Waqar Younis	15.0	3	48	4	22.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
Umar Gul	15.0	2	58	4	22.50	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	03 Sep 2003	Test # 1658
Iqbal Qasim	15.1	8	27	4	22.75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
DN Patel	15.1	6	36	4	22.75	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
Waqar Younis	19.0	3	88	5	22.80	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993	Test # 1240
Shoaib Akhtar	19.0	3	60	5	22.80	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Shoaib Akhtar	19.0	3	71	5	22.80	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
Imran Khan	22.5	3	58	6	22.83	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Shoaib Akhtar	22.5	4	50	6	22.83	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
Azeem Hafeez	23.0	7	46	6	23.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
N Kapil Dev	30.5	7	85	8	23.12	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983	Test # 947
IR Bishop	19.2	7	41	5	23.20	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Dec 1990	Test # 1158
CEL Ambrose	20.0	5	35	5	24.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Dec 1990	Test # 1158
Wasim Akram	20.0	3	55	5	24.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	08 Sep 1995	Test # 1304
Nasim-ul-Ghani	16.0	5	35	4	24.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Feb 1959	Test # 469
Pervez Sajjad	16.0	5	42	4	24.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
Sarfraz Nawaz	16.0	4	46	4	24.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	27 Oct 1978	Test # 832
Tahir Naqqash	16.0	3	61	4	24.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
Wasim Akram	16.0	6	42	4	24.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
HH Streak	20.3	3	56	5	24.60	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	09 Dec 1993	Test # 1240
Abdul Qadir	37.0	13	56	9	24.66	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
Imran Khan	25.0	3	98	6	25.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
Wasim Akram	25.0	3	91	6	25.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Abdul Qadir	20.5	5	44	5	25.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
Wasim Akram	16.4	7	42	4	25.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	06 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
WW Hall	16.5	2	49	4	25.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dhaka	06 Mar 1959	Test # 471
Waqar Younis	17.0	3	44	4	25.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	15 Nov 1990	Test # 1154
Shoaib Malik	17.0	4	42	4	25.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	25.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969	Test # 662
Waqar Younis	30.2	13	76	7	26.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
J Garner	17.2	4	38	4	26.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	30 Dec 1980	Test # 892
IR Bishop	17.2	6	47	4	26.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1157
KIW Wijegunawardene	17.2	2	51	4	26.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
Yasir Shah	17.2	3	58	4	26.00	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Rawalpindi	07 Feb 2020	Test # 2384

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 2-6, 2023 [Test # 2487]

Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2022 [Test # 2486]

Pakistan v England at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Dec 17-20, 2022 [Test # 2483]