Best strike rates in an innings
| Rank | Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | R Benaud | 3.5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5.75 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 26 Apr 1955 | Test # 405 |
🥈 2 | FS Trueman | 8.4 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 6.50 | England | v India | Manchester | 17 Jul 1952 | Test # 353 |
🥉 3 | SP Gupte | 6.0 | - | 18 | 5 | 7.20 | India | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 01 Jan 1955 | Test # 394 |
4 | JH Wardle | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7.50 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 09 Jul 1953 | Test # 374 |
5 | R Appleyard | 6.0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9.00 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 25 Mar 1955 | Test # 402 |
6 | HJ Tayfield | 8.4x8 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9.71 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 |
7 | JC Laker | 16.4 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 11.11 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 26 Jul 1956 | Test # 428 |
8 | JR Reid | 8.0 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 12.00 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Lahore | 26 Oct 1955 | Test # 414 |
9 | KR Miller | 7.6x8 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 12.40 | Australia | v West Indies | Sydney | 25 Jan 1952 | Test # 347 |
10 | FS Trueman | 9.0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 13.50 | England | v India | Leeds | 05 Jun 1952 | Test # 351 |
11 | TE Bailey | 16.0 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 13.71 | England | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Mar 1954 | Test # 386 |
12 | GAR Lock | 11.3 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 13.80 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 19 Jun 1958 | Test # 455 |
13 | TE Bailey | 7.0x8 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 14.00 | England | v Australia | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 | Test # 327 |
14 | FH Tyson | 12.3x8 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 14.14 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 |
15 | GAR Lock | 9.3 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 14.25 | England | v India | Manchester | 17 Jul 1952 | Test # 353 |
16 | MH Mankad | 9.4 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 14.50 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 02 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 |
17 | AV Bedser | 17.2 | 7 | 44 | 7 | 14.85 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 | Test # 372 |
18 | MG Melle | 10.0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 15.00 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 |
18 | S Ramadhin | 10.0 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 15.00 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Lahore | 26 Mar 1959 | Test # 473 |
20 | WA Johnston | 12.0x8 | - | 62 | 6 | 16.00 | Australia | v West Indies | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1951 | Test # 343 |
20 | GAR Lock | 16.0 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 16.00 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 | Test # 443 |
22 | Khan Mohammad | 16.2 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 16.33 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dhaka | 07 Nov 1955 | Test # 415 |
23 | DB Close | 11.0 | - | 35 | 4 | 16.50 | England | v India | Leeds | 02 Jul 1959 | Test # 476 |
24 | FMM Worrell | 12.7x8 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 17.16 | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 22 Dec 1951 | Test # 343 |
25 | Ghulam Ahmed | 20.3 | 6 | 49 | 7 | 17.57 | India | v Australia | Eden Gardens | 02 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 |
26 | WA Johnston | 11.0x8 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 17.60 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 | Test # 327 |
27 | AV Bedser | 14.5 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 17.80 | England | v India | The Oval | 14 Aug 1952 | Test # 354 |
28 | TE Bailey | 21.0 | 8 | 44 | 7 | 18.00 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 20 Jun 1957 | Test # 440 |
28 | AV Bedser | 15.0 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 18.00 | England | v India | Manchester | 17 Jul 1952 | Test # 353 |
28 | Khan Mohammad | 15.0 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 18.00 | Pakistan | v England | Lord's | 10 Jun 1954 | Test # 387 |
28 | FH Tyson | 12.0 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 18.00 | England | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 11 Mar 1955 | Test # 401 |
28 | JC Laker | 12.0 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 18.00 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 19 Jun 1958 | Test # 455 |
33 | Fazal Mahmood | 18.3 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 18.50 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Dhaka | 06 Mar 1959 | Test # 471 |
34 | HJ Tayfield | 14.0x8 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 18.66 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 |
35 | GAR Lock | 12.3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 18.75 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 19 Jun 1958 | Test # 455 |
36 | PS Heine | 14.2x8 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 19.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 |
37 | IWG Johnson | 22.2 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 19.14 | Australia | v West Indies | Georgetown | 26 Apr 1955 | Test # 405 |
38 | J Trim | 12.0x8 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 19.20 | West Indies | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 | Test # 345 |
38 | FS Trueman | 16.0 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 19.20 | England | v India | The Oval | 14 Aug 1952 | Test # 354 |
38 | T Greenhough | 16.0 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 19.20 | England | v India | Lord's | 18 Jun 1959 | Test # 475 |
41 | RO Jenkins | 13.0 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 19.50 | England | v India | Leeds | 05 Jun 1952 | Test # 351 |
41 | JB Statham | 13.0 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 19.50 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 10 Jun 1954 | Test # 387 |
41 | WW Hall | 13.0 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 19.50 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 06 Mar 1959 | Test # 471 |
44 | RR Lindwall | 22.5 | 9 | 43 | 7 | 19.57 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 |
45 | HB Cave | 13.1 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 19.75 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Auckland | 09 Mar 1956 | Test # 424 |
46 | I Meckiff | 15.2x8 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 20.33 | Australia | v England | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 462 |
47 | R Appleyard | 17.0 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 20.40 | England | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 01 Jul 1954 | Test # 388 |
48 | PJ Loader | 20.3 | 9 | 36 | 6 | 20.50 | England | v West Indies | Leeds | 25 Jul 1957 | Test # 442 |
48 | FH Tyson | 13.4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 20.50 | England | v Pakistan | The Oval | 12 Aug 1954 | Test # 390 |
50 | GE Gomez | 18.0x8 | 3 | 55 | 7 | 20.57 | West Indies | v Australia | Sydney | 25 Jan 1952 | Test # 347 |
50 | GAR Lock | 24.0 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 20.57 | England | v New Zealand | Manchester | 24 Jul 1958 | Test # 457 |
52 | R Tattersall | 21.0 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 21.00 | England | v New Zealand | Wellington | 24 Mar 1951 | Test # 333 |
52 | R Tattersall | 21.0 | 3 | 48 | 6 | 21.00 | England | v India | Kanpur | 12 Jan 1952 | Test # 346 |
52 | R Gilchrist | 21.0 | 7 | 55 | 6 | 21.00 | West Indies | v India | Eden Gardens | 31 Dec 1958 | Test # 463 |
55 | DT Ring | 16.0x8 | 2 | 80 | 6 | 21.33 | Australia | v West Indies | Brisbane | 09 Nov 1951 | Test # 340 |
55 | S Ramadhin | 21.2 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 21.33 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 03 Feb 1956 | Test # 421 |
57 | FH Tyson | 21.3 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 21.50 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 |
58 | JH Wardle | 19.0x8 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 21.71 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 |
59 | R Gilchrist | 15.0 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 22.50 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 | Test # 446 |
60 | AV Bedser | 22.4 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 22.66 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 |
61 | NAT Adcock | 11.3x8 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 22.75 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 |
62 | DVP Wright | 19.0 | 3 | 48 | 5 | 22.80 | England | v New Zealand | Wellington | 24 Mar 1951 | Test # 333 |
63 | SP Gupte | 34.3 | 11 | 102 | 9 | 23.00 | India | v West Indies | Kanpur | 12 Dec 1958 | Test # 461 |
64 | PR Umrigar | 15.3 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 23.25 | India | v Australia | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 | Test # 482 |
65 | AK Davidson | 17.4x8 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 23.33 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 |
66 | Fazal Mahmood | 27.3 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 23.57 | Pakistan | v India | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 | Test # 356 |
67 | JC Alabaster | 15.5 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 23.75 | New Zealand | v England | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1958 | Test # 454 |
68 | DT Dewdney | 19.5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 23.80 | West Indies | v New Zealand | Auckland | 09 Mar 1956 | Test # 424 |
69 | JM Patel | 35.5 | 16 | 69 | 9 | 23.88 | India | v Australia | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 |
70 | R Tattersall | 28.0 | 10 | 52 | 7 | 24.00 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 |
70 | NAT Adcock | 18.0x8 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 24.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 |
70 | FR Brown | 12.0x8 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 24.00 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 22 Dec 1950 | Test # 328 |
70 | Fazal Mahmood | 16.0 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 24.00 | Pakistan | v England | Lord's | 10 Jun 1954 | Test # 387 |
70 | Nasim-ul-Ghani | 16.0 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 24.00 | Pakistan | v West Indies | Karachi | 20 Feb 1959 | Test # 469 |
75 | AK Davidson | 20.1 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 24.20 | Australia | v India | Kanpur | 19 Dec 1959 | Test # 483 |
76 | FH Tyson | 18.4x8 | 1 | 85 | 6 | 24.66 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 17 Dec 1954 | Test # 392 |
77 | RR Lindwall | 20.4 | 2 | 57 | 5 | 24.80 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 11 Jun 1953 | Test # 372 |
77 | TE Bailey | 15.4x8 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 24.80 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 |
79 | RR Lindwall | 24.5 | 3 | 95 | 6 | 24.83 | Australia | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 11 Apr 1955 | Test # 404 |
80 | JB Statham | 29.0 | 12 | 39 | 7 | 24.85 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 |
81 | GAR Lock | 21.0 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 25.20 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 15 Aug 1953 | Test # 376 |
81 | ES Atkinson | 21.0 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 25.20 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Kingston | 26 Feb 1958 | Test # 450 |
81 | FS Trueman | 21.0 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 25.20 | England | v New Zealand | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1958 | Test # 454 |
81 | JB Statham | 21.0 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 25.20 | England | v India | Nottingham | 04 Jun 1959 | Test # 474 |
85 | JC Laker | 16.5 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 25.25 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 15 Aug 1953 | Test # 376 |
85 | WW Hall | 16.5 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 25.25 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 06 Mar 1959 | Test # 471 |
87 | R Benaud | 29.3 | 10 | 72 | 7 | 25.28 | Australia | v India | Chennai | 19 Oct 1956 | Test # 431 |
88 | KR Miller | 25.2 | 3 | 107 | 6 | 25.33 | Australia | v West Indies | Kingston | 11 Jun 1955 | Test # 408 |
89 | JB Statham | 17.0 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 25.50 | England | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 11 Mar 1955 | Test # 401 |
89 | JW Burke | 17.0 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 25.50 | Australia | v India | Eden Gardens | 02 Nov 1956 | Test # 433 |
89 | FS Trueman | 17.0 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 25.50 | England | v India | The Oval | 20 Aug 1959 | Test # 478 |
92 | JB Iverson | 19.4x8 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 26.00 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 05 Jan 1951 | Test # 329 |
92 | GAR Lock | 21.4 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 26.00 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 22 Aug 1957 | Test # 443 |
92 | JB Iverson | 13.0x8 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 26.00 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1950 | Test # 327 |
92 | FH Tyson | 13.0x8 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 26.00 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 17 Dec 1954 | Test # 392 |
96 | JB Statham | 16.3x8 | - | 60 | 5 | 26.20 | England | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1954 | Test # 393 |
97 | JC Laker | 22.0 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 26.40 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 03 Jul 1958 | Test # 456 |
98 | AL Valentine | 26.3 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 26.50 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 | Test # 326 |
98 | GWA Chubb | 26.3 | 7 | 51 | 6 | 26.50 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 |
98 | JDC Goddard | 17.4 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 26.50 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 | Test # 326 |
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Minimum of 4 wicketsPerformances 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