Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1960s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BR Taylor	7.3	2	26	5	9.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
RS Cunis	7.0	0	21	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Dhaka	08 Nov 1969	Test # 665
WW Hall	9.0	3	20	5	10.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	Test # 528
FS Trueman	14.3	2	44	7	12.42	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	04 Jul 1963	Test # 545
K Higgs	9.0	7	5	4	13.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1966	Test # 602
ER Dexter	9.1	3	10	4	13.75	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	05 Jul 1962	Test # 532
JA Snow	15.2	0	60	6	15.33	England	v West Indies	Georgetown	28 Mar 1968	Test # 636
AE Moss	10.3	0	35	4	15.75	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
FS Trueman	15.5	5	30	6	15.83	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
BF Butcher	13.4	2	34	5	16.40	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1968	Test # 635
DJ Brown	14.0	5	42	5	16.80	England	v Australia	Lord's	20 Jun 1968	Test # 638
GA Bartlett	16.5	5	38	6	16.83	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
AK Davidson	10.6x8	2	25	5	17.20	Australia	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
FS Trueman	14.3	6	27	5	17.40	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jul 1960	Test # 494
RB Simpson	11.4	4	23	4	17.50	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
FS Trueman	17.4	6	31	6	17.66	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	21 Jun 1962	Test # 531
JA Snow	21.0	7	49	7	18.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	08 Feb 1968	Test # 629
Pervez Sajjad	12.0	8	5	4	18.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
LR Gibbs	19.0	6	39	6	19.00	West Indies	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	19.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
FE Rumsey	13.0	4	25	4	19.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	17 Jun 1965	Test # 592
DJ Brown	13.0	1	39	4	19.50	England	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Jun 1969	Test # 653
JB Statham	20.0	5	63	6	20.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
CC Griffith	20.0	6	46	6	20.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	14 May 1965	Test # 590
CC Griffith	13.3	3	34	4	20.25	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
GD McKenzie	17.0	7	33	5	20.40	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 May 1965	Test # 590
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	20.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
EW Freeman	10.3x8	0	52	4	20.75	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
WW Hall	20.5	5	49	6	20.83	West Indies	v India	Kingston	07 Mar 1962	Test # 526
CC Griffith	21.0	5	36	6	21.00	West Indies	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1963	Test # 546
RC Motz	21.0	6	63	6	21.00	New Zealand	v India	Christchurch	22 Feb 1968	Test # 631
CC Griffith	14.0	2	61	4	21.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1967	Test # 614
JDF Larter	14.1	3	26	4	21.25	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963	Test # 540
RG Nadkarni	18.0	6	31	5	21.60	India	v Australia	Chennai	02 Oct 1964	Test # 566
EAS Prasanna	18.2	6	32	5	22.00	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968	Test # 632
LR Gibbs	22.2	9	29	6	22.33	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
R Illingworth	22.3	12	29	6	22.50	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1967	Test # 619
GS Sobers	15.0	7	22	4	22.50	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	16 Feb 1962	Test # 525
S Abid Ali	15.0	6	26	4	22.50	India	v New Zealand	Dunedin	15 Feb 1968	Test # 630
JA Snow	15.0	2	54	4	22.50	England	v West Indies	Manchester	12 Jun 1969	Test # 653
S Abid Ali	17.0x8	2	55	6	22.66	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
LA King	19.0	4	46	5	22.80	West Indies	v India	Kingston	13 Apr 1962	Test # 529
DA Renneberg	14.2x8	2	39	5	22.80	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	22.87	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
GS Sobers	19.3	4	41	5	23.40	West Indies	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
DA Allen	19.5	5	41	5	23.80	England	v South Africa	Durban	04 Dec 1964	Test # 571
RC Motz	18.0x8	2	69	6	24.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	07 Mar 1969	Test # 651
RB Simpson	15.0x8	3	57	5	24.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963	Test # 537
K Higgs	20.0	7	58	5	24.00	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	24 Aug 1967	Test # 623
WW Hall	12.0x8	2	51	4	24.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
WW Hall	16.0	3	39	4	24.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1963	Test # 547
Pervez Sajjad	16.0	5	42	4	24.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	27 Mar 1965	Test # 585
PI Philpott	16.0	3	49	4	24.00	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
AN Connolly	16.1	3	31	4	24.25	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1969	Test # 668
CG Borde	16.2	7	21	4	24.50	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
GD McKenzie	21.4x8	2	66	7	24.57	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967	Test # 625
RB Desai	25.0	9	56	6	25.00	India	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
AN Connolly	12.4x8	1	54	4	25.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967	Test # 624
FS Trueman	21.0	11	35	5	25.20	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960	Test # 488
JB Statham	21.0	6	34	5	25.20	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
JB Statham	21.0	3	53	5	25.20	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
RC Motz	17.0	2	68	4	25.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
BR Knight	17.0	1	38	4	25.50	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	26 Jul 1962	Test # 533
TL Goddard	17.0	9	18	4	25.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
DR Hadlee	17.0	5	30	4	25.50	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Oct 1969	Test # 661
NJN Hawke	25.4	8	47	6	25.66	Australia	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1964	Test # 565
Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	25.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969	Test # 662
FS Trueman	30.2	9	75	7	26.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 1963	Test # 542
DL Underwood	26.0	12	41	6	26.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1969	Test # 658
LC Mayne	17.2	2	43	4	26.00	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	Test # 580
GD McKenzie	21.5	6	46	5	26.20	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
FS Trueman	22.0	5	58	5	26.40	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
NCL O'Neill	17.4	3	41	4	26.50	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965	Test # 584
DL Underwood	31.0	18	32	7	26.57	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1969	Test # 656
JC Alabaster	17.5	2	59	4	26.75	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
WW Hall	31.2	8	69	7	26.85	West Indies	v England	Kingston	17 Feb 1960	Test # 489
DL Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	27.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	22 Aug 1968	Test # 641
CC Griffith	27.0	4	71	6	27.00	West Indies	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1963	Test # 547
FS Trueman	18.0	4	54	4	27.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	17 Feb 1960	Test # 489
R Illingworth	18.0	7	34	4	27.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	23 Feb 1963	Test # 540
R Dumbrill	18.0	8	30	4	27.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 1965	Test # 594
MJ Procter	18.0	7	32	4	27.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	03 Feb 1967	Test # 616
DJ Brown	17.0x8	1	63	5	27.20	England	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1966	Test # 599
JSE Price	23.0	4	73	5	27.60	England	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
FJ Cameron	23.0	11	34	5	27.60	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	29 Jan 1965	Test # 576
HJ Howarth	23.0	11	34	5	27.60	New Zealand	v India	Nagpur	03 Oct 1969	Test # 660
BS Bedi	23.0	11	37	5	27.60	India	v Australia	Delhi	28 Nov 1969	Test # 667
DA Allen	23.1	11	30	5	27.80	England	v Pakistan	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962	Test # 521
GD McKenzie	28.0x8	5	71	8	28.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968	Test # 643
SA Durani	28.0	11	73	6	28.00	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	17 Oct 1964	Test # 568
SA Durani	23.2	8	47	5	28.00	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
FM Misson	14.0x8	3	58	4	28.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
Arif Butt	21.3x8	1	89	6	28.50	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964	Test # 570
BR Knight	19.0	4	66	4	28.50	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Feb 1962	Test # 522
Mohammad Farooq	19.0	4	70	4	28.50	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1962	Test # 531
FJ Titmus	19.0	2	44	4	28.50	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 Jul 1963	Test # 546
WW Hall	19.0	5	45	4	28.50	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	03 Mar 1965	Test # 580
K Higgs	19.0	12	35	4	28.50	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	10 Aug 1967	Test # 622
WW Hall	17.7x8	3	63	5	28.60	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Dec 1960	Test # 498
BR Taylor	23.5	2	86	5	28.60	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	05 Mar 1965	Test # 581

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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 Chennai, 5th Test, Dec 24-28, 1969 [Test # 669]

India v Australia at Eden Gardens, 4th Test, Dec 12-16, 1969 [Test # 668]

India v Australia at Delhi, 3rd Test, Nov 28-Dec 2, 1969 [Test # 667]