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
Abdul Razzaq	6.5	1	20	4	10.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	13.71	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
AF Giles	9.1	4	11	4	13.75	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Mohammad Asif	12.0	6	27	5	14.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
MS Kasprowicz	17.4	3	39	7	15.14	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
DBL Powell	13.1	4	25	5	15.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
DW Steyn	13.1	1	82	5	15.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
M Ntini	11.0	5	39	4	16.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
SK Warne	15.0	5	43	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
GD McGrath	15.0	4	37	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
JJC Lawson	12.0	1	43	4	18.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
Wasim Akram	15.3	1	45	5	18.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
FH Edwards	15.4	1	36	5	18.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
Harbhajan Singh	22.2	3	62	7	19.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
CS Martin	20.0	7	54	6	20.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
D Gough	14.0	1	73	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
MJ Hoggard	14.0	4	27	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
MJ Hoggard	14.0	3	29	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Harbhajan Singh	14.0	1	51	4	21.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
JH Kallis	14.2	5	39	4	21.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
JJC Lawson	14.3	3	59	4	21.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
JE Taylor	15.1	1	52	4	22.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
Shoaib Akhtar	19.0	3	60	5	22.80	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
Mohammad Asif	23.0	7	44	6	23.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
D Ramnarine	16.0	2	66	4	24.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
Mohammad Asif	16.0	5	41	4	24.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006	Test # 1794
SK Warne	20.1	3	65	5	24.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
SCG MacGill	16.2	2	74	4	24.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Danish Kaneria	20.3	3	62	5	24.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
BKV Prasad	21.0	7	72	5	25.20	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
Z Khan	21.0	5	72	5	25.20	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
SK Warne	21.1	2	90	5	25.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
Shahadat Hossain	21.3	2	86	5	25.80	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Bogra	08 Mar 2006	Test # 1786
N Boje	22.0	0	88	5	26.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
S Sreesanth	22.0	4	75	5	26.40	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
B Lee	17.5	9	26	4	26.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
FH Edwards	18.0	4	84	4	27.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
Umar Gul	18.0	1	43	4	27.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
MJ Hoggard	23.0	2	92	5	27.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
Abdul Razzaq	23.1	9	35	5	27.80	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
A Kumble	28.0	6	72	6	28.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Waqar Younis	19.1	7	40	4	28.75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
SE Bond	19.1	5	63	4	28.75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
Shoaib Akhtar	24.3	3	75	5	29.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Peshawar	05 Mar 2000	Test # 1487
J Srinath	24.5	5	114	5	29.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
AR Caddick	20.0	3	55	4	30.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
JN Gillespie	20.0	1	76	4	30.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
Shahadat Hossain	20.0	3	108	4	30.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
JS Patel	20.0	3	78	4	30.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
M Ntini	21.0	3	84	4	31.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
Syed Rasel	21.3	2	129	4	32.25	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
Mohammad Sami	21.4	5	71	4	32.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
D Gough	22.0	6	50	4	33.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
M Ntini	22.0	5	52	4	33.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
Shahadat Hossain	22.0	3	83	4	33.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
Shakib Al Hasan	28.4	4	70	5	34.40	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
Z Khan	23.0	4	76	4	34.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
SM Pollock	23.0	5	48	4	34.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
CS Martin	23.0	5	77	4	34.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
CD Collymore	29.0	5	66	5	34.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
Danish Kaneria	23.2	6	53	4	35.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
B Lee	23.2	4	82	4	35.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
JEC Franklin	23.5	4	71	4	35.75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
MS Kasprowicz	24.0	5	83	4	36.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
DL Vettori	42.3	6	130	7	36.42	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
AF Giles	24.2	4	62	4	36.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
Umar Gul	37.0	2	135	6	37.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	01 Mar 2009	Test # 1912
AJ Tudor	25.0	8	65	4	37.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
Abdul Razzaq	26.0	6	56	4	39.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
B Lee	26.3	3	87	4	39.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
Harbhajan Singh	40.3	8	102	6	40.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
PT Collins	27.0	7	78	4	40.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	21 Nov 2001	Test # 1570
B Lee	27.0	7	86	4	40.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
N Boje	34.0	8	62	5	40.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
A Kumble	34.3	9	89	5	41.40	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
M Ntini	29.0	6	86	4	43.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
Mohammad Rafique	37.0	9	114	5	44.40	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
MS Panesar	37.1	13	78	5	44.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
Waqar Younis	30.0	3	103	4	45.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000	Test # 1485
SM Pollock	30.0	8	81	4	45.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
Shakib Al Hasan	30.0	6	109	4	45.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
AF Giles	37.4	7	116	5	45.20	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
Arshad Khan	31.0	8	62	4	46.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
Saeed Ajmal	31.0	5	87	4	46.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
RDB Croft	32.0	9	56	4	48.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Harbhajan Singh	32.0	3	112	4	48.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
JEC Franklin	32.1	8	126	4	48.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
PJ Wiseman	32.3	4	104	4	48.75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
AF Giles	32.5	9	69	4	49.25	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
SK Warne	33.0	11	92	4	49.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
JE Taylor	33.0	8	110	4	49.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
SK Warne	42.4	9	116	5	51.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Danish Kaneria	60.0	20	118	7	51.42	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
DA Marillier	34.4	5	101	4	52.00	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
A Kumble	36.0	7	85	4	54.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
Mohammad Sami	36.5	4	120	4	55.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
SK Warne	37.0	14	70	4	55.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
CS Martin	37.0	9	132	4	55.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746

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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]