Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings IN England

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches IN England

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	11.37	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	13.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
RM Ellison	9.0	3	27	4	13.50	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
MA Holding	13.0	2	43	5	15.60	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
RMH Binny	13.0	1	40	5	15.60	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	16.42	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
GR Dilley	11.1	4	24	4	16.75	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
IT Botham	14.0	9	11	5	16.80	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
RGD Willis	14.0	5	35	5	16.80	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
MD Marshall	18.0	5	32	6	18.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
Mudassar Nazar	19.0	7	32	6	19.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
NA Foster	16.0	2	64	5	19.20	England	v West Indies	The Oval	04 Aug 1988	Test # 1102
DK Lillee	16.4	2	46	5	20.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
RM Ellison	17.0	3	46	5	20.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	20.75	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
RGD Willis	14.0	0	63	4	21.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
MD Marshall	17.5	5	35	5	21.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
IA Greig	14.2	3	53	4	21.50	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
LS Pascoe	18.0	5	59	5	21.60	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
Tahir Naqqash	18.0	7	40	5	21.60	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
J Garner	14.3	2	53	4	21.75	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
Imran Khan	25.3	11	52	7	21.85	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
MD Marshall	26.0	9	53	7	22.28	West Indies	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
DK Lillee	15.0	4	43	4	22.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
PH Edmonds	15.1	4	40	4	22.75	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
TM Alderman	19.0	3	62	5	22.80	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
TM Alderman	19.0	2	69	5	22.80	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
IT Botham	19.4	3	46	5	23.60	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	6	53	6	23.66	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
C Sharma	24.0	4	58	6	24.00	India	v England	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
TM Alderman	20.0	7	44	5	24.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
IT Botham	16.0	2	62	4	24.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
Maninder Singh	16.3	6	26	4	24.75	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
PJW Allott	26.5	7	61	6	26.83	England	v West Indies	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
CJ McDermott	36.0	3	141	8	27.00	Australia	v England	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
IT Botham	27.0	6	90	6	27.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
DK Lillee	31.4	4	89	7	27.14	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
CA Walsh	18.2	4	46	4	27.50	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
IT Botham	23.0	8	72	5	27.60	England	v West Indies	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
GR Dilley	23.0	6	55	5	27.60	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
TM Alderman	23.1	8	42	5	27.80	Australia	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
MA Holding	28.0	11	67	6	28.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
RGD Willis	28.0	3	101	6	28.00	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
J Garner	18.4	3	51	4	28.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
DK Lillee	18.5	7	49	4	28.25	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
GC Small	18.5	5	64	4	28.25	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
BL Cairns	33.2	14	74	7	28.57	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
J Garner	23.5	7	55	5	28.60	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
RA Harper	28.4	12	57	6	28.66	West Indies	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
IT Botham	24.0	2	109	5	28.80	England	v Australia	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
CJ McDermott	29.2	5	70	6	29.33	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
MD Marshall	30.0	4	69	6	30.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 1988	Test # 1098
AME Roberts	25.0	7	72	5	30.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
RGD Willis	20.0	8	43	4	30.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
RGD Willis	20.1	5	82	4	30.25	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
Imran Khan	25.2	7	49	5	30.40	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
IT Botham	20.4	6	50	4	31.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	11 Aug 1983	Test # 959
RGD Willis	26.0	4	65	5	31.20	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
NGB Cook	26.0	11	35	5	31.20	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	11 Aug 1983	Test # 959
IT Botham	21.0	7	70	4	31.50	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
RM Ellison	31.5	9	77	6	31.83	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
Sir RJ Hadlee	32.0	7	80	6	32.00	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986	Test # 1050
DR Pringle	27.0	7	95	5	32.40	England	v West Indies	Leeds	21 Jul 1988	Test # 1101
TM Alderman	27.0	7	66	5	32.40	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
TM Alderman	27.0	7	66	5	32.40	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
GF Lawson	33.0	11	72	6	33.00	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
Mudassar Nazar	22.0	7	55	4	33.00	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
N Kapil Dev	22.0	7	52	4	33.00	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
WKM Benjamin	22.0	4	52	4	33.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	04 Aug 1988	Test # 1102
J Garner	22.2	7	51	4	33.50	West Indies	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
DR Pringle	22.3	6	73	4	33.75	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
GR Dilley	23.0	6	57	4	34.50	England	v West Indies	The Oval	24 Jul 1980	Test # 883
GR Dilley	23.0	6	79	4	34.50	England	v West Indies	Leeds	07 Aug 1980	Test # 884
IT Botham	23.0	4	79	4	34.50	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
JK Lever	23.0	5	64	4	34.50	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
MG Hughes	23.0	6	71	4	34.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
NA Foster	46.2	15	107	8	34.75	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
EJ Chatfield	29.0	5	95	5	34.80	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
RGD Willis	23.3	6	57	4	35.25	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
TM Alderman	35.3	6	135	6	35.50	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
IT Botham	30.0	8	74	5	36.00	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
TM Alderman	24.0	7	68	4	36.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Abdul Qadir	24.0	9	39	4	36.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
DK Lillee	24.1	8	55	4	36.25	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
J Garner	24.3	8	36	4	36.75	West Indies	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
DR Pringle	24.3	6	70	4	36.75	England	v Australia	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
MD Marshall	36.5	10	85	6	36.83	West Indies	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
GF Lawson	43.1	14	81	7	37.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
DR Pringle	31.0	5	108	5	37.20	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
IT Botham	24.5	9	70	4	37.25	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
MD Marshall	25.0	5	60	4	37.50	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
CEL Ambrose	25.1	8	58	4	37.75	West Indies	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1988	Test # 1101
Sir RJ Hadlee	37.5	11	80	6	37.83	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
TM Alderman	38.0	6	128	6	38.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
Abdul Qadir	44.4	15	96	7	38.28	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
NGB Cook	32.0	14	63	5	38.40	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
RG Holland	32.0	12	68	5	38.40	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
C Sharma	32.0	10	64	5	38.40	India	v England	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
CEL Ambrose	26.0	10	53	4	39.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 1988	Test # 1098
PW Jarvis	26.0	3	107	4	39.00	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099

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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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]