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
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	9.33	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
CG Rackemann	8.0	0	32	5	9.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
Sir RJ Hadlee	7.0	4	8	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	10.60	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
DK Lillee	9.0	3	18	5	10.80	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
RGD Willis	15.1	3	43	8	11.37	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
SL Boock	9.3	4	28	5	11.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	11.50	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
JD Higgs	8.0	2	25	4	12.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	12.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
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
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	13.87	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
WW Daniel	11.5	0	39	5	14.20	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	14.40	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
MD Marshall	9.4	0	25	4	14.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
DK Lillee	15.0	1	53	6	15.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	15.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
Imran Khan	20.1	4	60	8	15.12	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
Maninder Singh	17.4	4	51	7	15.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
TM Alderman	10.2	2	36	4	15.50	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
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
Maninder Singh	18.2	8	27	7	15.71	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987	Test # 1073
Sir RJ Hadlee	23.4	4	52	9	15.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
C Sharma	13.1	2	55	5	15.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
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
RJ Shastri	11.0	4	11	4	16.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
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
ALF de Mel	14.0	0	68	5	16.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
RGD Willis	14.0	5	35	5	16.80	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
NGB Cook	14.0	8	18	5	16.80	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	02 Mar 1984	Test # 978
NG Cowans	14.0	2	42	5	16.80	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
Imran Khan	17.2	3	35	6	17.33	Pakistan	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	17.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
JG Bracewell	17.4	3	51	6	17.66	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
AH Gray	11.5	3	39	4	17.75	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
JR Thomson	14.5	2	50	5	17.80	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	17.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
MD Marshall	18.0	5	32	6	18.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	18.20	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
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
Maninder Singh	12.3	4	31	4	18.75	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
Mudassar Nazar	19.0	7	32	6	19.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	12 Aug 1982	Test # 932
MD Marshall	15.5	1	42	5	19.00	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
MD Marshall	15.5	4	38	5	19.00	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	7	29	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
IT Botham	16.0	4	41	5	19.20	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
BP Patterson	16.0	1	68	5	19.20	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
NA Foster	16.0	2	64	5	19.20	England	v West Indies	The Oval	04 Aug 1988	Test # 1102
Imran Khan	22.4	2	80	7	19.42	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
MA Holding	13.0	2	40	4	19.50	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
GR Dilley	13.0	1	47	4	19.50	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
N Kapil Dev	13.0	0	73	4	19.50	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
Imran Khan	13.0	5	30	4	19.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
RJ Ratnayake	19.4	2	66	6	19.66	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
MD Marshall	19.5	2	55	6	19.83	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
N Kapil Dev	16.4	4	28	5	20.00	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
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
Sir RJ Hadlee	13.3	1	33	4	20.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983	Test # 950
N Kapil Dev	23.4	7	56	7	20.28	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
N Kapil Dev	30.3	6	83	9	20.33	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
MA Holding	17.0	3	45	5	20.40	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
RM Ellison	17.0	3	46	5	20.40	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
Saleem Jaffar	17.0	4	40	5	20.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
MD Marshall	17.0	7	34	5	20.40	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
GF Lawson	17.1	1	49	5	20.60	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	20.75	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
CEH Croft	13.5	2	39	4	20.75	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
WW Davis	13.5	5	19	4	20.75	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	04 May 1985	Test # 1016
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.5	8	49	6	20.83	New Zealand	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1988	Test # 1109
RGD Willis	14.0	0	63	4	21.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
MD Marshall	14.0	1	42	4	21.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
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
MD Marshall	17.5	5	35	5	21.40	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
MA Holding	21.3	5	62	6	21.50	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
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
MA Holding	18.0	3	56	5	21.60	West Indies	v England	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	21.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
DS de Silva	18.0	2	59	5	21.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
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
MD Marshall	18.0	5	33	5	21.60	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
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	25.3	6	80	7	21.85	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
RG Holland	22.0	7	54	6	22.00	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
EJ Chatfield	22.0	4	73	6	22.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	22.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
JG Bracewell	22.0	8	32	6	22.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	13 Mar 1986	Test # 1040

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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]