Best strike rates in an innings
| Rank | Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs conceded | Wickets taken | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | SR Watson | 5.0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 6.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 |
🥇 1 | A Dananjaya | 5.0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6.00 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 08 Feb 2018 | Test # 2296 |
🥇 1 | KAJ Roach | 5.0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6.00 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | North Sound | 04 Jul 2018 | Test # 2310 |
4 | CJ Jordan | 4.2 | - | 18 | 4 | 6.50 | England | v India | The Oval | 15 Aug 2014 | Test # 2137 |
5 | SCJ Broad | 9.3 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 7.12 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 06 Aug 2015 | Test # 2175 |
6 | VD Philander | 6.0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7.20 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2013 | Test # 2069 |
6 | HH Pandya | 6.0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 7.20 | India | v England | Nottingham | 18 Aug 2018 | Test # 2316 |
8 | CR Woakes | 7.4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7.66 | England | v Ireland | Lord's | 24 Jul 2019 | Test # 2352 |
9 | AG Cremer | 5.2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8.00 | Zimbabwe | v Bangladesh | Harare | 17 Apr 2013 | Test # 2086 |
10 | DW Steyn | 8.1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8.16 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 |
11 | DW Steyn | 8.2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 8.33 | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2150 |
12 | VD Philander | 7.0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 8.40 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 |
13 | CS Martin | 8.3 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 8.50 | New Zealand | v Zimbabwe | Napier | 26 Jan 2012 | Test # 2033 |
14 | Yasir Shah | 12.3 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 9.37 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Dubai (DICS) | 24 Nov 2018 | Test # 2330 |
15 | SR Watson | 7.5 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 9.40 | Australia | v Pakistan | Lord's | 13 Jul 2010 | Test # 1963 |
16 | SCJ Broad | 11.0 | - | 44 | 7 | 9.42 | England | v New Zealand | Lord's | 16 May 2013 | Test # 2088 |
17 | JL Pattinson | 8.0 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 9.60 | Australia | v West Indies | Hobart | 10 Dec 2015 | Test # 2193 |
17 | JJ Bumrah | 8.0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9.60 | India | v West Indies | North Sound | 22 Aug 2019 | Test # 2358 |
19 | KJ Abbott | 11.4 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 10.00 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2075 |
19 | MA Wood | 8.2 | 2 | 41 | 5 | 10.00 | England | v West Indies | Gros Islet | 09 Feb 2019 | Test # 2346 |
19 | MN Samuels | 6.4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10.00 | West Indies | v Zimbabwe | Bridgetown | 12 Mar 2013 | Test # 2079 |
22 | Abdur Rehman | 10.1 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 10.16 | Pakistan | v England | Abu Dhabi | 25 Jan 2012 | Test # 2032 |
23 | D Bishoo | 13.5 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 10.37 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Dubai (DICS) | 13 Oct 2016 | Test # 2224 |
24 | GP Swann | 7.0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 10.50 | England | v Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 26 May 2011 | Test # 1994 |
25 | K Rabada | 10.4 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 10.66 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 |
25 | TA Boult | 10.4 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 10.66 | New Zealand | v England | Auckland | 22 Mar 2018 | Test # 2299 |
27 | TJ Murtagh | 9.0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 10.80 | Ireland | v England | Lord's | 24 Jul 2019 | Test # 2352 |
28 | SR Watson | 11.0 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 11.00 | Australia | v Pakistan | Leeds | 21 Jul 2010 | Test # 1965 |
28 | RJ Harris | 11.0 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 11.00 | Australia | v England | W.A.C.A | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1984 |
28 | ML Cummins | 11.0 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 11.00 | West Indies | v India | Gros Islet | 09 Aug 2016 | Test # 2215 |
28 | PJ Cummins | 11.0 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 11.00 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2337 |
28 | Harbhajan Singh | 7.2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11.00 | India | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2010 | Test # 1987 |
28 | Mohammad Hafeez | 7.2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 11.00 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 |
34 | Taijul Islam | 11.2 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 11.33 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Chattogram | 22 Nov 2018 | Test # 2328 |
35 | KC Brathwaite | 11.3 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 11.50 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 22 Oct 2015 | Test # 2182 |
36 | RJ Harris | 9.4 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 11.60 | Australia | v England | Sydney | 03 Jan 2014 | Test # 2113 |
36 | M Morkel | 9.4 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 11.60 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Mar 2018 | Test # 2300 |
38 | R Ashwin | 13.5 | 2 | 59 | 7 | 11.85 | India | v New Zealand | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 | Test # 2223 |
39 | ST Finn | 10.0 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 12.00 | England | v Bangladesh | Manchester | 04 Jun 2010 | Test # 1959 |
39 | GP Swann | 8.0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 12.00 | England | v Pakistan | Lord's | 26 Aug 2010 | Test # 1971 |
39 | D Elgar | 8.0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 12.00 | South Africa | v India | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 |
39 | R Ashwin | 8.0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 12.00 | India | v Afghanistan | Bengaluru | 14 Jun 2018 | Test # 2307 |
39 | SCJ Broad | 8.0 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 12.00 | England | v Ireland | Lord's | 24 Jul 2019 | Test # 2352 |
44 | TL Best | 12.1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 12.16 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Khulna | 21 Nov 2012 | Test # 2060 |
44 | SCJ Broad | 12.1 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 12.16 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2016 | Test # 2199 |
44 | JJ Bumrah | 12.1 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 12.16 | India | v West Indies | Kingston | 30 Aug 2019 | Test # 2359 |
47 | VD Philander | 10.1 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 12.20 | South Africa | v Australia | Hobart | 12 Nov 2016 | Test # 2233 |
47 | JO Holder | 10.1 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 12.20 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingston | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2312 |
49 | L Ngidi | 12.2 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 12.33 | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 13 Jan 2018 | Test # 2293 |
50 | MA Starc | 12.3 | 1 | 50 | 6 | 12.50 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 04 Aug 2016 | Test # 2213 |
50 | RL Chase | 8.2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12.50 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Port of Spain | 06 Jun 2018 | Test # 2306 |
52 | N Wagner | 14.4 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 12.57 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Wellington | 01 Dec 2017 | Test # 2284 |
53 | Taijul Islam | 16.5 | 7 | 39 | 8 | 12.62 | Bangladesh | v Zimbabwe | Mirpur | 25 Oct 2014 | Test # 2141 |
54 | JM Anderson | 12.4 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 12.66 | England | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 01 May 2015 | Test # 2160 |
54 | R Ashwin | 12.4 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 12.66 | India | v Australia | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 | Test # 2251 |
56 | MA Starc | 10.4 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 12.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 01 Mar 2018 | Test # 2297 |
57 | VD Philander | 13.0 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 13.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 |
57 | JO Holder | 13.0 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 13.00 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Kingston | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2312 |
57 | PHT Kaushal | 10.5 | - | 42 | 5 | 13.00 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Jun 2015 | Test # 2168 |
57 | Mohammed Shami | 10.5 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 13.00 | India | v South Africa | Visakhapatnam | 02 Oct 2019 | Test # 2363 |
61 | SNJ O'Keefe | 13.1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 13.16 | Australia | v India | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 | Test # 2250 |
62 | JL Pattinson | 11.0 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 13.20 | Australia | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 01 Dec 2011 | Test # 2020 |
62 | ST Gabriel | 11.0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 13.20 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Bridgetown | 30 Apr 2017 | Test # 2260 |
62 | K Rabada | 11.0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 13.20 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 06 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 |
62 | M Morkel | 11.0 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 13.20 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2017 | Test # 2290 |
62 | KAJ Roach | 11.0 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 13.20 | West Indies | v England | Bridgetown | 23 Jan 2019 | Test # 2342 |
67 | VD Philander | 11.1 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 13.40 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 |
68 | GP Swann | 9.0 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 13.50 | England | v New Zealand | Leeds | 24 May 2013 | Test # 2089 |
68 | Wahab Riaz | 9.0 | - | 41 | 4 | 13.50 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Dubai (DICS) | 06 Oct 2017 | Test # 2278 |
68 | RA Jadeja | 9.0 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 13.50 | India | v Afghanistan | Bengaluru | 14 Jun 2018 | Test # 2307 |
68 | D Bishoo | 9.0 | - | 26 | 4 | 13.50 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 22 Nov 2018 | Test # 2328 |
72 | PP Ojha | 11.2 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 13.60 | India | v West Indies | Wankhede | 14 Nov 2013 | Test # 2102 |
73 | SCJ Broad | 13.4 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 13.66 | England | v India | Manchester | 07 Aug 2014 | Test # 2134 |
73 | R Ashwin | 13.4 | 2 | 46 | 6 | 13.66 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 | Test # 2176 |
75 | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | 16.0 | 1 | 58 | 7 | 13.71 | Bangladesh | v West Indies | Mirpur | 30 Nov 2018 | Test # 2331 |
76 | Imran Tahir | 11.3 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 13.80 | South Africa | v India | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | Test # 2189 |
77 | MDK Perera | 14.0 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 14.00 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2311 |
77 | D Olivier | 14.0 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 14.00 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2338 |
77 | JM Anderson | 11.4 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 14.00 | England | v Sri Lanka | Leeds | 19 May 2016 | Test # 2203 |
80 | RA Jadeja | 11.5 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 14.20 | India | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 |
81 | S Randiv | 9.3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 14.25 | Sri Lanka | v Pakistan | Galle | 22 Jun 2012 | Test # 2046 |
82 | DW Steyn | 16.4 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 14.28 | South Africa | v India | Nagpur | 06 Feb 2010 | Test # 1951 |
83 | NM Hauritz | 12.0 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 14.40 | Australia | v Pakistan | Sydney | 03 Jan 2010 | Test # 1945 |
83 | TT Bresnan | 12.0 | 2 | 48 | 5 | 14.40 | England | v India | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2011 | Test # 2001 |
83 | RA Jadeja | 12.0 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 14.40 | India | v South Africa | Delhi | 03 Dec 2015 | Test # 2191 |
83 | ST Gabriel | 12.0 | 3 | 77 | 5 | 14.40 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | North Sound | 04 Jul 2018 | Test # 2310 |
83 | I Sharma | 12.0 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 14.40 | India | v Bangladesh | Eden Gardens | 22 Nov 2019 | Test # 2369 |
88 | BA Stokes | 14.3 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 14.50 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 07 Sep 2017 | Test # 2274 |
88 | M Morkel | 9.4 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 14.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 2014 | Test # 2131 |
90 | JM Anderson | 14.4 | 2 | 47 | 6 | 14.66 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 29 Jul 2015 | Test # 2173 |
91 | MG Johnson | 17.1 | 1 | 68 | 7 | 14.71 | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 |
92 | Shoaib Malik | 9.5 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 14.75 | Pakistan | v England | Sharjah | 01 Nov 2015 | Test # 2184 |
93 | MG Johnson | 17.2 | 8 | 40 | 7 | 14.85 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 05 Dec 2013 | Test # 2105 |
94 | JM Anderson | 15.0 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 15.00 | England | v Pakistan | Nottingham | 29 Jul 2010 | Test # 1967 |
94 | TA Boult | 15.0 | 5 | 40 | 6 | 15.00 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Wellington | 11 Dec 2013 | Test # 2106 |
94 | SNJ O'Keefe | 15.0 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 15.00 | Australia | v India | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 | Test # 2250 |
94 | MM Ali | 15.0 | 4 | 53 | 6 | 15.00 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 06 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 |
94 | TA Boult | 15.0 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 15.00 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2336 |
94 | PJ Cummins | 15.0 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 15.00 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 24 Jan 2019 | Test # 2343 |
94 | TL Best | 12.3 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 15.00 | West Indies | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 13 Nov 2012 | Test # 2057 |
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Additional Information
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