Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MJ Clarke	6.2	0	9	6	6.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
DW Steyn	7.0	0	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	13.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
DR Tuffey	9.0	6	12	4	13.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SD Udal	9.2	3	14	4	14.00	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
Umar Gul	12.0	2	31	5	14.40	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	05 Apr 2004	Test # 1695
M Dillon	11.0	1	41	4	16.50	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
PJ Wiseman	11.5	0	64	4	17.75	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
JN Gillespie	12.0	2	29	4	18.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
SM Pollock	12.2	6	24	4	18.50	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
SM Pollock	16.0	3	40	5	19.20	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
JDP Oram	12.5	2	41	4	19.25	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SE Bond	13.1	5	33	4	19.75	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	12 Dec 2002	Test # 1631
GD McGrath	17.0	1	55	5	20.40	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
GD McGrath	14.0	8	18	4	21.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
SE Bond	14.2	7	39	4	21.50	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	21.66	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
JE Taylor	18.4	4	50	5	22.40	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
JE Taylor	15.0	4	45	4	22.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
SR Clark	15.0	4	28	4	22.50	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
GD McGrath	18.5	7	48	5	22.60	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
M Ntini	19.0	6	48	5	22.80	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
SR Watson	15.4	2	42	4	23.50	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
DR Tuffey	16.0	3	41	4	24.00	New Zealand	v India	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
JN Gillespie	16.0	7	24	4	24.00	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
M Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	8	25.62	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
SM Pollock	17.5	7	39	4	26.75	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
BAW Mendis	18.0	3	60	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
Shoaib Akhtar	18.1	4	58	4	27.25	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
JN Gillespie	22.5	8	56	5	27.40	Australia	v India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
BAW Mendis	28.0	1	117	6	28.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Abdul Razzaq	18.4	0	88	4	28.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
SR Clark	19.0	4	61	4	28.50	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
Mohammad Asif	19.1	1	78	4	28.75	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
JM Anderson	19.1	8	40	4	28.75	England	v India	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
M Dillon	24.0	4	71	5	28.80	West Indies	v India	Kingston	18 May 2002	Test # 1604
CD Collymore	24.1	9	48	5	29.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	30 Jun 2006	Test # 1808
JM Anderson	24.2	8	42	5	29.20	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
B Lee	19.5	6	46	4	29.75	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1855
CRD Fernando	25.0	9	42	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
MJ Hoggard	30.5	13	57	6	30.83	England	v India	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
B Lee	21.0	9	39	4	31.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1481
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	3	65	4	31.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	14	20	4	31.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
M Dillon	21.1	7	42	4	31.75	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002	Test # 1599
HH Streak	32.0	10	73	6	32.00	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
M Muralidaran	26.5	10	49	5	32.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
Danish Kaneria	21.4	3	59	4	32.50	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	22 Nov 2007	Test # 1849
JJ Krejza	43.5	1	215	8	32.87	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
SK Warne	22.0	7	47	4	33.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
BA Williams	22.0	5	53	4	33.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1678
A Flintoff	22.0	3	96	4	33.00	England	v India	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
DJ Bravo	22.0	9	40	4	33.00	West Indies	v India	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
RJ Sidebottom	22.0	5	65	4	33.00	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
UWMBCA Welegedara	22.0	4	87	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
M Muralidaran	38.4	8	100	7	33.14	Sri Lanka	v India	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
BAW Mendis	28.0	4	56	5	33.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
M Muralidaran	29.0	4	84	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
MJ Hoggard	24.0	7	87	4	36.00	England	v India	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
MJ Hoggard	24.3	7	80	4	36.75	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
Mashrafe Mortaza	24.5	5	97	4	37.25	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	18 May 2007	Test # 1832
GD McGrath	25.0	8	55	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004	Test # 1713
CS Martin	25.1	3	98	4	37.75	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
AM Blignaut	31.5	14	74	5	38.20	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
NB Mahwire	25.3	4	92	4	38.25	Zimbabwe	v India	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
B Lee	32.2	5	119	5	38.80	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1857
SCG MacGill	26.1	4	86	4	39.25	Australia	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003	Test # 1671
HMRKB Herath	33.0	2	121	5	39.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
HH Streak	27.0	12	46	4	40.50	Zimbabwe	v India	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
SM Pollock	27.0	8	91	4	40.50	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
MG Johnson	27.0	4	70	4	40.50	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2008	Test # 1887
BAW Mendis	27.2	4	92	4	41.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
BAW Mendis	27.5	5	72	4	41.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
A Flintoff	28.0	9	50	4	42.00	England	v India	Bengaluru	19 Dec 2001	Test # 1578
AJ Bichel	28.0	3	118	4	42.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
PT Collins	28.0	5	116	4	42.00	West Indies	v India	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2006	Test # 1806
SK Warne	42.3	5	125	6	42.50	Australia	v India	Chennai	14 Oct 2004	Test # 1714
MG Johnson	28.2	7	86	4	42.50	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
DR Tuffey	29.0	5	80	4	43.50	New Zealand	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003	Test # 1662
SM Pollock	29.1	9	75	4	43.75	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
Naimur Rahman	44.3	9	132	6	44.50	Bangladesh	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
N Boje	38.0	14	83	5	45.60	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
JN Gillespie	31.0	12	65	4	46.50	Australia	v India	Brisbane	04 Dec 2003	Test # 1671
JJ Krejza	31.0	3	143	4	46.50	Australia	v India	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008	Test # 1892
Danish Kaneria	39.0	7	127	5	46.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
Yasir Arafat	39.0	5	161	5	46.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
M Dillon	31.2	8	82	4	47.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	02 May 2002	Test # 1601
DW Steyn	32.0	3	103	4	48.00	South Africa	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
MS Panesar	33.5	8	101	4	50.75	England	v India	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
AF Giles	43.3	16	67	5	52.20	England	v India	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
MJ Hoggard	35.1	10	105	4	52.75	England	v India	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
Danish Kaneria	53.4	12	150	6	53.66	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	08 Mar 2005	Test # 1738
PL Harris	37.0	3	129	4	55.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
HH Streak	37.2	11	92	4	56.00	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
MG Johnson	37.5	6	126	4	56.75	Australia	v India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008	Test # 1863
B Lee	39.3	5	201	4	59.25	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
JM Anderson	40.0	5	182	4	60.00	England	v India	The Oval	09 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
RKJ Dawson	43.0	6	134	4	64.50	England	v India	Mohali	03 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
AR Caddick	43.0	11	114	4	64.50	England	v India	The Oval	05 Sep 2002	Test # 1614

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]