Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	13.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	14.40	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
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
N Kapil Dev	13.2	0	70	5	16.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Imran Khan	19.1	5	40	7	16.42	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
BP Patterson	11.0	4	30	4	16.50	West Indies	v England	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
JR Thomson	14.5	2	50	5	17.80	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
MD Marshall	18.0	5	32	6	18.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
GF Lawson	18.3	4	47	6	18.50	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
C Sharma	12.3	0	38	4	18.75	India	v England	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
Mudassar Nazar	19.0	7	32	6	19.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
DK Lillee	16.4	2	46	5	20.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
DK Lillee	13.3	4	40	4	20.25	Australia	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
CEH Croft	13.5	2	39	4	20.75	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
MD Marshall	14.0	1	42	4	21.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
MD Marshall	17.5	5	35	5	21.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
LS Pascoe	18.0	5	59	5	21.60	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
MA Holding	18.0	3	56	5	21.60	West Indies	v England	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
Tahir Naqqash	18.0	7	40	5	21.60	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
Sir RJ Hadlee	18.0	6	28	5	21.60	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
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
MD Marshall	15.0	3	38	4	22.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
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
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
KD Ghavri	20.1	5	52	5	24.20	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Abdul Qadir	37.0	13	56	9	24.66	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1081
Maninder Singh	16.3	6	26	4	24.75	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
CEH Croft	25.0	5	74	6	25.00	West Indies	v England	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
DK Morrison	21.1	3	69	5	25.40	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
G Dymock	17.0	6	42	4	25.50	Australia	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
ALF de Mel	17.0	2	70	4	25.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
J Garner	17.0	2	69	4	25.50	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
SR Waugh	21.3	4	69	5	25.80	Australia	v England	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
PL Taylor	26.0	7	78	6	26.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
CEH Croft	22.0	6	40	5	26.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
CJ McDermott	36.0	3	141	8	27.00	Australia	v England	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
GF Lawson	18.0	4	56	4	27.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
J Garner	18.0	3	43	4	27.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	03 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
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
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
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
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
GF Lawson	24.0	6	66	5	28.80	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
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
Imran Khan	25.2	7	49	5	30.40	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
N Kapil Dev	31.0	6	91	6	31.00	India	v England	Eden Gardens	01 Jan 1982	Test # 916
L Sivaramakrishnan	31.2	10	64	6	31.33	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
Sir RJ Hadlee	32.0	7	80	6	32.00	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	07 Aug 1986	Test # 1050
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	21.4	6	66	4	32.50	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
J Garner	21.4	2	67	4	32.50	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
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
DK Lillee	33.1	9	60	6	33.16	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
J Garner	22.2	7	51	4	33.50	West Indies	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
Sarfraz Nawaz	22.5	5	49	4	34.25	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
MC Snedden	23.0	8	45	4	34.50	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
MG Hughes	23.0	6	71	4	34.50	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
EJ Chatfield	29.0	5	95	5	34.80	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
DR Doshi	29.1	12	39	5	35.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
RM Hogg	23.3	6	69	4	35.25	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
TM Alderman	35.3	6	135	6	35.50	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
Abdul Qadir	30.0	7	84	5	36.00	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
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
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
JR Thomson	31.0	6	73	5	37.20	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Abdul Qadir	31.0	12	74	5	37.20	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
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
S Madan Lal	32.0	4	85	5	38.40	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
GF Lawson	32.0	5	108	5	38.40	Australia	v England	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
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
BL Cairns	45.0	10	143	7	38.57	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
Sarfraz Nawaz	25.5	8	42	4	38.75	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
CEL Ambrose	26.0	10	53	4	39.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 1988	Test # 1098

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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]