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
ESH Giddins	7.0	2	15	5	8.40	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
DNT Zoysa	9.5	2	20	5	11.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
RL Johnson	12.0	4	33	6	12.00	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	05 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
IK Pathan	15.2	4	59	7	13.14	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	14.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
SE Bond	17.0	4	51	6	17.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
CL Cairns	14.5	5	31	5	17.80	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
TCB Fernando	12.0	2	27	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
IK Pathan	12.0	4	53	4	18.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
JM Anderson	16.0	4	73	5	19.20	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
MA Butcher	12.5	0	60	4	19.25	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
FA Rose	13.0	4	19	4	19.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
JH Kallis	13.0	4	33	4	19.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
DL Vettori	13.5	4	28	4	20.75	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
SE Bond	14.0	1	48	4	21.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
Saqlain Mushtaq	25.5	2	66	7	22.14	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
Enamul Haque jnr	22.2	5	45	6	22.33	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
D Gough	15.0	3	57	4	22.50	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
IK Pathan	18.5	3	58	5	22.60	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
IK Pathan	19.0	3	67	5	22.80	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
Harbhajan Singh	15.5	1	59	4	23.75	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
A Nel	16.0	6	53	4	24.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	24.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
M Muralidaran	24.2	10	45	6	24.33	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
AR Caddick	16.2	5	38	4	24.50	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
RD King	17.0	4	51	4	25.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
NC McGarrell	17.0	7	23	4	25.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
SM Katich	25.5	3	65	6	25.83	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
M Muralidaran	40.0	19	51	9	26.66	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
ST Jayasuriya	18.0	5	31	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
RD King	23.0	8	51	5	27.60	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
Shoaib Akhtar	18.3	4	75	4	27.75	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
Mohammad Sami	19.0	3	53	4	28.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
Z Khan	19.0	4	58	4	28.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
J Srinath	24.1	6	60	5	29.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
VC Drakes	20.0	2	67	4	30.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
Enamul Haque jnr	36.0	9	95	7	30.85	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
Harbhajan Singh	31.0	5	62	6	31.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
Waqar Younis	21.2	4	78	4	32.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
SJ Harmison	21.4	4	55	4	32.50	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	05 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
JM Anderson	23.0	8	55	4	34.50	England	v Zimbabwe	Chester-le-Street	05 Jun 2003	Test # 1647
ST Jayasuriya	29.0	10	43	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Manjural Islam	35.0	12	81	6	35.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1543
A Nehra	24.0	6	72	4	36.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
NC McGarrell	24.0	9	38	4	36.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
CD Collymore	24.0	5	70	4	36.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
AJ Bichel	24.2	7	66	4	36.50	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
CEL Ambrose	25.0	13	42	4	37.50	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Port of Spain	16 Mar 2000	Test # 1490
Harbhajan Singh	26.0	5	71	4	39.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
M Muralidaran	26.0	8	53	4	39.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
CS Martin	32.5	11	71	5	39.40	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
N Boje	26.2	5	106	4	39.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
M Muralidaran	26.4	7	64	4	40.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
FH Edwards	34.3	3	133	5	41.40	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
M Muralidaran	28.1	6	79	4	42.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
AJ Bichel	28.2	15	63	4	42.50	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
A Kumble	29.3	8	58	4	44.25	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
A Kumble	37.0	15	63	5	44.40	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
Enamul Haque jnr	37.0	8	105	5	44.40	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
Harbhajan Singh	31.4	9	46	4	47.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
Mashrafe Mortaza	32.0	8	106	4	48.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	08 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
Mohammad Rafique	41.4	19	65	5	50.00	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
A Kumble	33.5	12	82	4	50.75	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
J Srinath	35.0	9	81	4	52.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
PJ Wiseman	45.0	16	90	5	54.00	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
M Muralidaran	36.0	17	35	4	54.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
SB O'Connor	45.0	17	73	4	67.50	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
M Muralidaran	58.3	26	67	5	70.20	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Sarandeep Singh	49.0	10	136	4	73.50	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
Mohammad Rafique	57.0	11	121	4	85.50	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
CW Henderson	67.0	24	143	4	100.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563

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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]