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
BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	10.60	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
WW Daniel	11.5	0	39	5	14.20	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	15.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	15.12	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
ALF de Mel	14.0	0	68	5	16.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	17.33	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	17.66	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
BP Patterson	16.0	1	68	5	19.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
GR Dilley	13.0	1	47	4	19.50	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	19.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
MD Marshall	17.0	7	34	5	20.40	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	20.83	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
CA Walsh	14.0	2	40	4	21.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
CA Walsh	17.4	2	54	5	21.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
IT Botham	26.0	7	48	7	22.28	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Abdul Qadir	15.0	3	67	4	22.50	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
MD Marshall	15.0	7	19	4	22.50	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
IT Botham	22.5	7	58	6	22.83	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Azeem Hafeez	23.0	7	46	6	23.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	17 Oct 1984	Test # 995
NA Foster	23.0	2	104	6	23.00	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
MD Marshall	19.1	6	37	5	23.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
BL Cairns	19.4	8	33	5	23.60	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
IT Botham	19.4	3	46	5	23.60	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
AME Roberts	16.0	4	48	4	24.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
CA Walsh	16.0	5	55	4	24.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	3	39	4	24.00	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
Imran Khan	25.0	3	98	6	25.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
IR Bishop	25.0	5	87	6	25.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
MD Marshall	17.0	7	47	4	25.50	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
MA Holding	17.0	5	30	4	25.50	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
CA Walsh	17.0	7	39	4	25.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
IR Bishop	17.0	3	61	4	25.50	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
IT Botham	22.3	3	61	5	27.00	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
JD Higgs	18.0	8	45	4	27.00	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
CA Walsh	18.0	5	37	4	27.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
WW Davis	18.1	0	76	4	27.25	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
MC Snedden	18.3	3	69	4	27.75	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1111
RGD Willis	28.0	3	101	6	28.00	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
RJ Ratnayake	23.2	6	49	5	28.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
LS Pascoe	19.0	6	61	4	28.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
Waqar Younis	19.0	1	80	4	28.50	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
Imran Khan	23.5	3	63	5	28.60	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
FS Ahangama	24.0	7	52	5	28.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
CA Walsh	29.0	8	62	6	29.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
AME Roberts	19.2	3	31	4	29.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983	Test # 954
AME Roberts	24.3	9	39	5	29.40	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
RJ Bright	25.0	3	94	5	30.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
DK Lillee	20.2	3	86	4	30.50	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
MD Marshall	26.0	8	72	5	31.20	West Indies	v India	Chennai	24 Dec 1983	Test # 972
MD Marshall	26.0	5	60	5	31.20	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
Tauseef Ahmed	27.0	7	54	5	32.40	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Wasim Akram	21.5	2	60	4	32.75	Pakistan	v India	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	33.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
AME Roberts	22.0	4	61	4	33.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
NA Foster	28.0	8	59	5	33.60	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
ALF de Mel	28.0	8	64	5	33.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
Sir RJ Hadlee	22.3	7	65	4	33.75	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
DR Pringle	22.3	6	73	4	33.75	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
GRJ Matthews	28.2	3	103	5	34.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Wasim Akram	28.2	6	101	5	34.00	Pakistan	v India	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
JK Lever	23.0	5	64	4	34.50	England	v India	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
CA Walsh	29.3	9	54	5	35.40	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
Iqbal Qasim	30.0	15	48	5	36.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Sir RJ Hadlee	30.0	10	65	5	36.00	New Zealand	v India	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988	Test # 1107
Imran Khan	30.5	12	82	5	37.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
Wasim Akram	31.0	6	96	5	37.20	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Feb 1987	Test # 1067
DK Lillee	25.0	6	65	4	37.50	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
RJ Ratnayake	25.1	5	76	4	37.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
RM Ellison	26.0	6	66	4	39.00	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	39.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
Imran Khan	26.1	7	45	4	39.25	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1989	Test # 1128
Wasim Akram	26.2	4	83	4	39.50	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
Sir RJ Hadlee	33.0	12	47	5	39.60	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	06 Mar 1981	Test # 898
Azeem Hafeez	27.0	10	58	4	40.50	Pakistan	v India	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
RJ Ratnayake	41.0	10	85	6	41.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
MD Marshall	27.5	5	87	4	41.75	West Indies	v India	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
Tahir Naqqash	34.5	11	76	5	41.80	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	14 Sep 1983	Test # 961
IT Botham	28.0	6	72	4	42.00	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
PH Edmonds	28.0	11	31	4	42.00	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
MA Holding	28.1	1	107	4	42.25	West Indies	v India	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
JK Lever	36.0	9	100	5	43.20	England	v India	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Wasim Raja	28.5	5	50	4	43.25	Pakistan	v India	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
CA Walsh	29.0	3	136	4	43.50	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1088
Sarfraz Nawaz	30.0	4	85	4	45.00	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
Imran Khan	38.2	6	114	5	46.00	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Sarfraz Nawaz	31.5	11	63	4	47.75	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
GRJ Matthews	39.5	7	146	5	47.80	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
DK Lillee	32.1	5	104	4	48.25	Australia	v India	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
MA Holding	40.5	10	102	5	49.00	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1983	Test # 968
JG Bracewell	41.0	19	75	5	49.20	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
Imran Khan	33.0	5	67	4	49.50	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
Sarfraz Nawaz	33.0	11	79	4	49.50	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983	Test # 945
DK Lillee	34.0	10	80	4	51.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
GR Dilley	34.0	7	146	4	51.00	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
Ehteshamuddin	35.0	7	87	4	52.50	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
Iqbal Qasim	37.0	11	73	4	55.50	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
JR Ratnayeke	37.1	2	132	4	55.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
Abdul Qadir	38.0	8	104	4	57.00	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984	Test # 996
BA Reid	38.2	11	100	4	57.50	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
PI Pocock	38.4	9	93	4	58.00	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004

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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]