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1966 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 Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
🥈 2	LR Gibbs	19.0	6	39	6	19.00	West Indies	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
🥉 3	CC Griffith	13.3	3	34	4	20.25	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
4	GS Sobers	19.3	4	41	5	23.40	West Indies	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
5	GD McKenzie	21.5	6	46	5	26.20	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
6	DJ Brown	17.0x8	1	63	5	27.20	England	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
7	GD McKenzie	21.7x8	4	48	6	29.16	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
8	GS Sobers	20.0	2	56	4	30.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
9	TL Goddard	32.5	14	53	6	32.83	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
10	K Higgs	33.0	9	91	6	33.00	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
11	NJN Hawke	21.0x8	6	54	5	33.60	Australia	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
12	LR Gibbs	28.1	13	37	5	33.80	West Indies	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
13	FJ Titmus	17.3x8	4	40	4	34.75	England	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
14	LR Gibbs	24.5	3	67	4	37.25	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
15	JA Snow	25.0	7	82	4	37.50	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
16	KD Walters	19.0x8	3	53	4	38.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1966	Test # 601
17	K Higgs	25.4	3	71	4	38.50	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
18	IJ Jones	29.0x8	3	118	6	38.66	England	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966	Test # 600
19	NJN Hawke	33.7x8	6	105	7	38.71	Australia	v England	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
20	GD McKenzie	33.0	10	65	5	39.60	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
21	DA Allen	20.0x8	8	47	4	40.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
22	EJ Barlow	33.3	9	85	5	40.20	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
23	FJ Titmus	35.0	10	83	5	42.00	England	v West Indies	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
24	IJ Jones	28.4	9	71	4	43.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
25	LR Gibbs	37.0	17	51	5	44.40	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1966	Test # 612
26	BS Chandrasekhar	31.0	7	78	4	46.50	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
27	LR Gibbs	41.0	16	69	5	49.20	West Indies	v England	Manchester	02 Jun 1966	Test # 605
28	DA Allen	33.0	17	46	4	49.50	England	v New Zealand	Dunedin	04 Mar 1966	Test # 603
29	WW Hall	34.3	8	105	4	51.75	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
30	BS Chandrasekhar	61.5	17	157	7	53.00	India	v West Indies	Brabourne	13 Dec 1966	Test # 610
31	WW Hall	36.0	2	106	4	54.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1966	Test # 606
32	DA Allen	47.5	12	123	5	57.40	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
33	K Higgs	43.0	11	94	4	64.50	England	v West Indies	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
34	GS Sobers	49.0	12	90	4	73.50	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607

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