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1938 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Best strike rates in an innings

Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	K Farnes	12.1	1	63	4	18.25	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
🥈 2	WE Bowes	19.0	3	49	5	22.80	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
🥉 3	LO Fleetwood-Smith	16.0	4	34	4	24.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
4	WJ O'Reilly	21.5	8	56	5	26.20	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
5	K Farnes	26.0	3	77	4	39.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
6	EL McCormick	27.0	1	101	4	40.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
7	WJ O'Reilly	34.1	17	66	5	41.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1938	Test # 265
8	H Verity	35.4	9	103	4	53.50	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
9	N Gordon	33.4x8	3	103	5	53.60	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267
10	K Farnes	37.0	11	106	4	55.50	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
10	WJ O'Reilly	37.0	6	93	4	55.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
12	DVP Wright	39.0	6	153	4	58.50	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
13	H Verity	36.6x8	13	70	5	58.80	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
14	N Gordon	40.0x8	3	157	5	64.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
15	LO Fleetwood-Smith	49.0	9	153	4	73.50	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
16	H Verity	44.1x8	16	61	4	88.25	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938	Test # 267

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