Best strike rates
Player Span Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
AD Gaekwad (IND) 1984-1984 1 6 4 1 1/4 1/4 4.00 4.00 6.0 0 0
DL Haynes (WI) 1980-1990 3 6 2 1 1/2 1/2 2.00 2.00 6.0 0 0
CL Smith (ENG) 1984-1984 1 12 2 1 1/2 1/2 2.00 1.00 12.0 0 0
Azhar Khan (PAK) 1980-1980 1 18 2 1 1/1 1/2 2.00 0.66 18.0 0 0
AG Huckle (ZIM) 1998-1998 1 42 40 2 2/40 2/40 20.00 5.71 21.0 0 0
SB Doull (NZ) 1996-1996 1 192 85 8 5/46 8/85 10.62 2.65 24.0 1 0
NJ Astle (NZ) 1996-1996 1 24 10 1 1/10 1/10 10.00 2.50 24.0 0 0
MG Bevan (AUS) 1994-1994 1 24 21 1 1/21 1/21 21.00 5.25 24.0 0 0
GP Howarth (NZ) 1976-1976 1 24 13 1 1/13 1/13 13.00 3.25 24.0 0 0
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) 2006-2006 1 24 11 1 1/11 1/11 11.00 2.75 24.0 0 0
DH Brain (ZIM) 1993-1993 1 174 70 6 5/42 6/70 11.66 2.41 29.0 1 0
PJ Cummins (AUS) 2022-2022 1 235 79 8 5/56 8/79 9.87 2.01 29.3 1 0
CH Gayle (WI) 2006-2006 1 60 24 2 2/24 2/24 12.00 2.40 30.0 0 0
BW Sinclair (NZ) 1965-1965 1 60 32 2 2/32 2/32 16.00 3.20 30.0 0 0
Taslim Arif (PAK) 1980-1980 2 30 28 1 1/28 1/28 28.00 5.60 30.0 0 0
JTC Vaughan (NZ) 1996-1996 1 161 75 5 4/27 5/75 15.00 2.79 32.2 0 0
B Sutcliffe (NZ) 1965-1965 1 66 38 2 2/38 2/38 19.00 3.45 33.0 0 0
IVA Richards (WI) 1975-1986 3 138 60 4 2/20 3/51 15.00 2.60 34.5 0 0
DJ Brown (ENG) 1969-1969 1 174 90 5 3/43 5/90 18.00 3.10 34.8 0 0
RMH Cottam (ENG) 1969-1969 1 212 85 6 4/50 6/85 14.16 2.40 35.3 0 0
AW Greig (ENG) 1973-1973 1 212 114 6 4/86 6/114 19.00 3.22 35.3 0 0
DR Hadlee (NZ) 1969-1969 1 144 37 4 3/27 4/37 9.25 1.54 36.0 0 0
Israr Ali (PAK) 1959-1959 1 108 49 3 2/29 3/49 16.33 2.72 36.0 0 0
CD McMillan (NZ) 2002-2002 1 108 48 3 3/48 3/48 16.00 2.66 36.0 0 0
Saleem Malik (PAK) 1982-1998 13 36 8 1 1/6 1/6 8.00 1.33 36.0 0 0
Umar Gul (PAK) 2004-2009 4 907 546 25 6/135 9/164 21.84 3.61 36.2 3 0
IR Bishop (WI) 1990-1990 1 254 100 7 5/41 7/100 14.28 2.36 36.2 1 0
PJ Petherick (NZ) 1976-1976 1 183 129 5 3/103 5/129 25.80 4.22 36.6 0 0
C White (ENG) 2000-2000 1 147 54 4 4/54 4/54 13.50 2.20 36.7 0 0
NG Cowans (ENG) 1984-1984 1 258 131 7 5/42 7/131 18.71 3.04 36.8 1 0
W Watson (NZ) 1990-1990 1 228 90 6 6/78 6/90 15.00 2.36 38.0 1 0
MG Burgess (NZ) 1969-1976 2 38 31 1 1/20 1/20 31.00 4.89 38.0 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL) 1999-1999 1 229 130 6 6/103 6/130 21.66 3.40 38.1 1 0
RJ Hadlee (NZ) 1976-1976 1 192 157 5 5/121 5/157 31.40 4.90 38.4 1 0
EJ Gray (NZ) 1984-1984 1 156 64 4 2/19 4/64 16.00 2.46 39.0 0 0
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 2002-2002 1 239 147 6 4/85 6/147 24.50 3.69 39.8 0 0
CA Walsh (WI) 1986-1990 2 363 152 9 4/21 7/77 16.88 2.51 40.3 0 0
CEL Ambrose (WI) 1990-1990 1 244 78 6 5/35 6/78 13.00 1.91 40.6 1 0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) 1998-2006 7 1065 596 26 6/11 6/11 22.92 3.35 40.9 2 0
PR Adams (SA) 2003-2003 1 336 185 8 7/128 8/185 23.12 3.30 42.0 1 0
LF Kline (AUS) 1959-1959 1 336 90 8 7/75 8/90 11.25 1.60 42.0 1 0
MD Crowe (NZ) 1984-1990 2 42 21 1 1/21 1/21 21.00 3.00 42.0 0 0
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) 2022-2022 1 213 124 5 4/79 5/124 24.80 3.49 42.6 0 0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK) 1959-1969 4 299 137 7 4/64 6/108 19.57 2.74 42.7 0 0
Waqar Younis (PAK) 1990-2002 7 1257 605 29 7/86 10/106 20.86 2.88 43.3 2 1
AME Roberts (WI) 1975-1975 1 392 187 9 5/66 9/187 20.77 2.86 43.5 1 0
Imran Khan (PAK) 1976-1990 11 2443 987 56 8/58 14/116 17.62 2.42 43.6 3 1
BGK Walker (NZ) 2002-2002 1 89 97 2 2/97 2/97 48.50 6.53 44.5 0 0
AH Gray (WI) 1986-1986 1 180 48 4 3/20 4/48 12.00 1.60 45.0 0 0
MA Starc (AUS) 2022-2022 1 226 86 5 4/33 5/86 17.20 2.28 45.2 0 0
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Pakistan v Australia at Lahore, 3rd Test, Mar 21-25, 2022 [Test # 2458]
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, 2nd Test, Mar 1-5, 2009 [Test # 1912]
Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, 2nd Test, Oct 8-12, 2007 [Test # 1844]