Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
FS Trueman	8.4	2	31	8	6.50	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
FS Trueman	9.0	1	27	4	13.50	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
GAR Lock	9.3	2	36	4	14.25	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
DB Close	11.0	0	35	4	16.50	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
AV Bedser	14.5	4	41	5	17.80	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
AV Bedser	15.0	6	27	5	18.00	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
FS Trueman	16.0	4	48	5	19.20	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
T Greenhough	16.0	4	35	5	19.20	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
RO Jenkins	13.0	2	50	4	19.50	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
RR Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	19.57	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
R Tattersall	21.0	3	48	6	21.00	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
R Gilchrist	21.0	7	55	6	21.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
Fazal Mahmood	27.3	11	42	7	23.57	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
AK Davidson	20.1	7	31	5	24.20	Australia	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
JB Statham	21.0	10	31	5	25.20	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
R Benaud	29.3	10	72	7	25.28	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
JW Burke	17.0	4	37	4	25.50	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
FS Trueman	17.0	6	24	4	25.50	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
Mahmood Hussain	27.0	6	67	6	27.00	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
GS Sobers	18.1	8	26	4	27.25	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
HJ Rhodes	18.5	3	50	4	28.25	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
WW Hall	28.4	4	50	6	28.66	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
R Benaud	29.0	10	52	6	29.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
Fazal Mahmood	24.1	8	52	5	29.00	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
R Benaud	24.2	6	53	5	29.20	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
S Ramadhin	24.5	11	26	5	29.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953	Test # 366
AL Valentine	27.5	9	64	5	33.40	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
Khan Mohammad	28.0	5	73	5	33.60	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
JC Laker	22.3	9	39	4	33.75	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
Fazal Mahmood	28.3	7	48	5	34.20	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
MJ Hilton	22.5	10	32	4	34.25	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
R Gilchrist	23.2	8	39	4	35.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
FS Trueman	24.0	9	45	4	36.00	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
LF Kline	24.0	12	42	4	36.00	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
FM King	31.0	9	74	5	37.20	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
FS Trueman	25.0	3	72	4	37.50	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
R Benaud	25.0	8	63	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
MJ Hilton	32.0	11	61	5	38.40	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
WW Hall	32.0	12	76	5	38.40	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
WW Hall	26.0	4	66	4	39.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
Mahmood Hussain	26.1	6	70	4	39.25	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	29 Jan 1955	Test # 397
Khan Mohammad	33.0	7	74	5	39.60	Pakistan	v India	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955	Test # 395
Khan Mohammad	26.5	12	42	4	40.25	Pakistan	v India	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955	Test # 394
FS Trueman	27.0	4	110	4	40.50	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
JB Statham	29.0	5	96	4	43.50	England	v India	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
AK Davidson	57.3	23	93	7	49.28	Australia	v India	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
OG Smith	42.0	19	90	5	50.40	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
Khan Mohammad	36.0	14	79	4	54.00	Pakistan	v India	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
R Benaud	46.0	18	76	5	55.20	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
F Ridgway	38.1	10	83	4	57.25	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
JC Laker	39.0	15	102	4	58.50	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
Amir Elahi	39.4	4	134	4	59.50	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
AL Valentine	41.0	21	58	4	61.50	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953	Test # 366
AL Valentine	53.5	20	127	5	64.60	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
GE Gomez	47.0	25	72	4	70.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
R Tattersall	48.0	13	104	4	72.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
Fazal Mahmood	52.5	23	86	4	79.25	Pakistan	v India	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955	Test # 395
Fazal Mahmood	64.0	19	141	4	96.00	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952	Test # 360
AL Valentine	67.0	22	149	4	100.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371

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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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]