Best strike rates in an innings
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts SR Team Opposition Match Date Scorecard
Shoaib Akhtar 8.2 4 11 6 8.3 Pakistan v New Zealand 1 May 2002 Test # 1600
Wasim Akram 9.0 0 28 5 10.8 Pakistan v West Indies 6 Dec 1990 Test # 1158
Wasim Akram 9.2 2 30 4 14.0 Pakistan v Sri Lanka 4 Mar 1999 Test # 1447
Umar Gul 12.0 2 31 5 14.4 Pakistan v India 5 Apr 2004 Test # 1695
Saqlain Mushtaq 13.5 3 32 5 16.6 Pakistan v Zimbabwe 10 Dec 1998 Test # 1432
NG Cowans 14.0 2 42 5 16.8 England v Pakistan 19 Mar 1984 Test # 984
DH Brain 15.0 3 42 5 18.0 Zimbabwe v Pakistan 16 Dec 1993 Test # 1241
Umar Gul 15.1 2 65 5 18.2 Pakistan v West Indies 11 Nov 2006 Test # 1815
SB Doull 16.0 3 46 5 19.2 New Zealand v Pakistan 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
JTC Vaughan 12.5 2 27 4 19.2 New Zealand v Pakistan 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
MD Marshall 18.0 5 33 5 21.6 West Indies v Pakistan 7 Nov 1986 Test # 1056
Shoaib Akhtar 14.3 2 36 4 21.7 Pakistan v South Africa 17 Oct 2003 Test # 1664
Imran Khan 29.3 8 58 8 22.1 Pakistan v Sri Lanka 22 Mar 1982 Test # 927
CA Walsh 14.5 5 21 4 22.2 West Indies v Pakistan 7 Nov 1986 Test # 1056
Waqar Younis 15.0 3 48 4 22.5 Pakistan v New Zealand 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
DN Patel 15.1 6 36 4 22.7 New Zealand v Pakistan 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
Shoaib Akhtar 19.0 3 71 5 22.8 Pakistan v England 29 Nov 2005 Test # 1774
Imran Khan 22.5 3 58 6 22.8 Pakistan v Sri Lanka 22 Mar 1982 Test # 927
Azeem Hafeez 23.0 7 46 6 23.0 Pakistan v India 17 Oct 1984 Test # 995
N Kapil Dev 30.5 7 85 8 23.1 India v Pakistan 23 Jan 1983 Test # 947
IR Bishop 19.2 7 41 5 23.2 West Indies v Pakistan 6 Dec 1990 Test # 1158
CEL Ambrose 20.0 5 35 5 24.0 West Indies v Pakistan 6 Dec 1990 Test # 1158
Sarfraz Nawaz 16.0 4 46 4 24.0 Pakistan v India 27 Oct 1978 Test # 832
Abdul Qadir 37.0 13 56 9 24.6 Pakistan v England 25 Nov 1987 Test # 1081
Shoaib Malik 17.0 4 42 4 25.5 Pakistan v South Africa 17 Oct 2003 Test # 1664
Waqar Younis 18.0 3 54 4 27.0 Pakistan v Zimbabwe 10 Dec 1998 Test # 1432
Imran Khan 18.5 2 54 4 28.2 Pakistan v India 27 Oct 1978 Test # 832
AK Davidson 19.0 2 48 4 28.5 Australia v Pakistan 21 Nov 1959 Test # 480
PJ Cummins 24.0 8 56 5 28.8 Australia v Pakistan 21 Mar 2022 Test # 2458
GP Wickramasinghe 29.1 7 103 6 29.1 Sri Lanka v Pakistan 4 Mar 1999 Test # 1447
Saeed Ahmed 20.0 5 64 4 30.0 Pakistan v England 21 Feb 1969 Test # 647
Imran Khan 20.0 6 35 4 30.0 Pakistan v Australia 14 Oct 1982 Test # 937
RJ Hadlee 19.0x8 0 121 5 30.4 New Zealand v Pakistan 9 Oct 1976 Test # 782
MA Starc 20.4 6 33 4 31.0 Australia v Pakistan 21 Mar 2022 Test # 2458
Mushtaq Ahmed 32.0 8 84 6 32.0 Pakistan v New Zealand 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
Waqar Younis 37.5 11 86 7 32.4 Pakistan v New Zealand 18 Oct 1990 Test # 1152
Intikhab Alam 16.4x8 6 35 4 33.0 Pakistan v New Zealand 9 Oct 1976 Test # 782
Mushtaq Ahmed 22.1 4 59 4 33.2 Pakistan v New Zealand 21 Nov 1996 Test # 1339
Danish Kaneria 22.1 8 52 4 33.2 Pakistan v England 29 Nov 2005 Test # 1774
RMH Cottam 22.2 5 50 4 33.5 England v Pakistan 21 Feb 1969 Test # 647
Iqbal Qasim 22.4 10 41 4 34.0 Pakistan v New Zealand 16 Nov 1984 Test # 998
Danish Kaneria 28.3 8 46 5 34.2 Pakistan v South Africa 17 Oct 2003 Test # 1664
Sarfraz Nawaz 22.5 5 49 4 34.2 Pakistan v England 19 Mar 1984 Test # 984
WPUJC Vaas 22.5 3 85 4 34.2 Sri Lanka v Pakistan 6 Mar 2002 Test # 1592
Pervez Sajjad 40.0 15 74 7 34.2 Pakistan v New Zealand 30 Oct 1969 Test # 663
Sarfraz Nawaz 27.0x8 1 89 6 36.0 Pakistan v West Indies 15 Feb 1975 Test # 756
W Watson 36.0 10 78 6 36.0 New Zealand v Pakistan 18 Oct 1990 Test # 1152
Abdul Qadir 30.0 7 84 5 36.0 Pakistan v England 19 Mar 1984 Test # 984
Wasim Akram 24.0 4 61 4 36.0 Pakistan v West Indies 6 Dec 1990 Test # 1158
Imran Khan 24.2 10 45 4 36.5 Pakistan v Australia 14 Oct 1982 Test # 937
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Minimum of 4 wickets

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]