Test matches

1870s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	FR Spofforth	25.0x4	9	48	6	16.66	Australia	v England	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879	Test # 3
🥈 2	TK Kendall	33.1x4	12	55	7	19.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
🥉 3	FR Spofforth	35.0x4	16	62	7	20.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879	Test # 3
4	A Hill	27.0x4	12	27	4	27.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
5	A Shaw	34.0x4	16	38	5	27.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
6	J Southerton	28.3x4	13	46	4	28.75	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
7	T Emmett	59.0x4	31	68	7	33.71	England	v Australia	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879	Test # 3
8	James Lillywhite	41.0x4	15	70	4	41.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2
9	WE Midwinter	54.0x4	23	78	5	43.20	Australia	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877	Test # 1
10	TK Kendall	52.2x4	21	82	4	52.50	Australia	v England	Melbourne	31 Mar 1877	Test # 2

Additional Information

Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures