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
Abdul Qadir	9.3	1	16	6	9.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
ND Hirwani	15.2	3	75	8	11.50	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
Sir RJ Hadlee	12.3	2	50	6	12.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
ND Hirwani	18.3	3	61	8	13.87	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
C Sharma	13.1	2	55	5	15.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
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
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
N Kapil Dev	30.3	6	83	9	20.33	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
IT Botham	27.4	6	103	8	20.75	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
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
Imran Khan	14.4	0	41	4	22.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Apr 1988	Test # 1095
MC Snedden	18.3	2	68	5	22.20	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
AR Border	26.0	10	46	7	22.28	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
Imran Khan	22.3	2	46	6	22.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
DK Lillee	26.3	3	83	7	22.71	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Sir RJ Hadlee	20.0	9	34	5	24.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
JG Thomas	16.1	2	70	4	24.25	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
Imran Khan	16.3	2	38	4	24.75	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
Wasim Akram	25.0	3	91	6	25.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
JN Maguire	16.4	2	57	4	25.00	Australia	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
MR Whitney	30.0	6	89	7	25.71	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
Mohammad Nazir	22.0	7	44	5	26.40	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
Imran Khan	22.0	6	62	5	26.40	Pakistan	v West Indies	Multan	30 Dec 1980	Test # 892
PJW Allott	26.5	7	61	6	26.83	England	v West Indies	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
EJ Chatfield	18.0	8	30	4	27.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
B Yardley	31.4	6	98	7	27.14	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
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
MG Hughes	37.0	9	87	8	27.75	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
AR Border	18.4	3	50	4	28.00	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	26 Jan 1989	Test # 1113
GC Small	18.5	5	64	4	28.25	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
Abdul Qadir	19.0	2	83	4	28.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
DK Lillee	24.0	3	78	5	28.80	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
SR Waugh	24.0	5	92	5	28.80	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
IT Botham	24.1	3	71	5	29.00	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
GB Troup	29.1	5	95	6	29.16	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
GF Lawson	40.0	7	112	8	30.00	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
N Kapil Dev	25.0	5	58	5	30.00	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1989	Test # 1119
RGD Willis	20.1	5	82	4	30.25	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
N Kapil Dev	31.0	2	77	6	31.00	India	v West Indies	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
RGD Willis	26.0	4	65	5	31.20	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
B Yardley	21.0	7	38	4	31.50	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
BL Cairns	32.0	8	85	6	32.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
Iqbal Qasim	32.2	5	89	6	32.33	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
JE Emburey	27.0	5	78	5	32.40	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
DR Pringle	27.0	7	95	5	32.40	England	v West Indies	Leeds	21 Jul 1988	Test # 1101
RM Hogg	32.4	4	77	6	32.66	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
N Kapil Dev	33.0	7	84	6	33.00	India	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Apr 1989	Test # 1120
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
Sir RJ Hadlee	36.0	13	68	6	36.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
RJ Shastri	24.0	8	43	4	36.00	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
N Kapil Dev	24.2	3	99	4	36.50	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
Sir RJ Hadlee	24.3	6	82	4	36.75	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
GF Lawson	30.4	8	116	5	36.80	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
Imran Khan	30.5	4	59	5	37.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
DR Pringle	31.0	5	108	5	37.20	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
Arshad Ayub	31.0	4	104	5	37.20	India	v West Indies	Georgetown	25 Mar 1989	Test # 1117
TG Hogan	25.0	9	56	4	37.50	Australia	v West Indies	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984	Test # 979
Arshad Ayub	25.0	4	72	4	37.50	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
IT Botham	25.1	5	77	4	37.75	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
N Kapil Dev	25.3	6	45	4	38.25	India	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
TM Alderman	39.0	12	128	6	39.00	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
PW Jarvis	26.0	3	107	4	39.00	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
RM Ellison	33.0	12	78	5	39.60	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
GR Dilley	27.0	6	73	4	40.50	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
G Dymock	33.5	7	104	5	40.60	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Sir RJ Hadlee	41.4	7	105	6	41.66	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
EJ Chatfield	28.0	11	51	4	42.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Port of Spain	29 Mar 1985	Test # 1013
RJ Shastri	28.0	7	78	4	42.00	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
GR Dilley	28.1	4	99	4	42.25	England	v West Indies	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
RJ Shastri	28.3	9	71	4	42.75	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
GR Dilley	28.4	6	116	4	43.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
Sir RJ Hadlee	28.4	11	53	4	43.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	04 May 1985	Test # 1016
MG Hughes	36.1	7	130	5	43.40	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
Imran Khan	29.0	5	66	4	43.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
JR Thomson	29.0	1	112	4	43.50	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Sir RJ Hadlee	31.0	8	75	4	46.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
Wasim Akram	31.0	7	73	4	46.50	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
GB Troup	31.2	11	71	4	47.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
Abdul Qadir	31.5	3	107	4	47.75	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
RM Hogg	32.0	6	101	4	48.00	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
Abdul Qadir	32.0	5	96	4	48.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	07 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
TM Alderman	32.1	9	68	4	48.25	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
B Yardley	40.5	10	132	5	49.00	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
RG Holland	33.0	8	90	4	49.50	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	30 Dec 1984	Test # 1006
Maninder Singh	34.0	6	85	4	51.00	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
CG Rackemann	42.4	7	161	5	51.20	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
Iqbal Qasim	34.1	11	48	4	51.25	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	22 Dec 1980	Test # 890
N Kapil Dev	35.0	5	91	4	52.50	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
NS Yadav	44.1	8	131	5	53.00	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	24 Nov 1983	Test # 968
Imran Khan	45.0	9	115	5	54.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
IT Botham	37.0	6	127	4	55.50	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
DK Lillee	39.0	6	119	4	58.50	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
EJ Chatfield	39.0	14	102	4	58.50	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	20 Feb 1987	Test # 1068
Abdul Qadir	40.4	4	131	4	61.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Lahore	24 Nov 1980	Test # 886
JE Emburey	52.0	16	124	5	62.40	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896

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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]