Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	11.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	11.83	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	13.71	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	1	43	5	14.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
CEL Ambrose	19.0	4	51	6	19.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
SK Warne	21.0	9	34	6	21.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
SB Doull	15.0	5	33	4	22.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
MG Bevan	15.0	3	32	4	22.50	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
BKV Prasad	19.0	6	60	5	22.80	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
Waqar Younis	23.0	6	78	6	23.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
D Gough	23.0	6	42	6	23.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
SK Warne	27.0	8	56	7	23.14	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
FA Rose	28.0	6	84	7	24.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
Wasim Akram	16.0	6	42	4	24.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
CEL Ambrose	24.4	7	34	6	24.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
CA Walsh	24.5	6	80	6	24.83	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
JE Benjamin	17.0	2	42	4	25.50	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
Waqar Younis	17.4	4	55	4	26.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
SR Waugh	22.3	9	28	5	27.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
SR Waugh	18.0	7	26	4	27.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
JN Gillespie	23.0	10	54	5	27.60	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
CJ McDermott	19.0	8	33	4	28.50	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
D Gough	19.3	5	46	4	29.25	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
BKV Prasad	25.0	4	93	5	30.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
ARC Fraser	25.0	9	42	5	30.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
DG Cork	20.0	4	60	4	30.00	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
J Srinath	25.1	5	104	5	30.20	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
DG Cork	31.1	5	119	6	31.16	England	v South Africa	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
ARC Fraser	26.0	7	60	5	31.20	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
JC Adams	21.5	5	43	4	32.75	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
CA Walsh	22.0	10	31	4	33.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
DE Malcolm	22.0	5	62	4	33.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
Mushtaq Ahmed	22.0	6	57	4	33.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
ARC Fraser	28.3	6	62	5	34.20	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
BKV Prasad	35.0	6	104	6	35.00	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
CA Walsh	23.4	0	87	4	35.50	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
SB Doull	29.5	9	73	5	35.80	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
M Muralidaran	30.0	8	63	5	36.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
D Gough	30.0	8	70	5	36.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
SB Joshi	24.0	4	43	4	36.00	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
Mushtaq Ahmed	37.0	13	78	6	37.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
DK Morrison	25.0	4	70	4	37.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
CA Walsh	25.0	5	66	4	37.50	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
BC Strang	32.0	4	101	5	38.40	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
DG Cork	32.0	7	84	5	38.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
SK Warne	32.1	8	75	5	38.60	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
DG Cork	32.3	7	93	5	39.00	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	04 Jun 1998	Test # 1417
GD McGrath	26.0	8	77	4	39.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
MN Hart	32.4	7	77	5	39.20	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
PAJ DeFreitas	26.2	5	93	4	39.50	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
J Srinath	27.0	10	33	4	40.50	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
DJ Nash	27.0	13	72	4	40.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
PJ Martin	27.0	9	60	4	40.50	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
A Kumble	27.0	2	71	4	40.50	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
GD McGrath	40.4	15	86	6	40.66	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
CJ McDermott	28.0	9	62	4	42.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
D Gough	28.0	6	76	4	42.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
SK Warne	28.0	15	43	4	42.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
M Prabhakar	29.0	3	90	4	43.50	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
PAJ DeFreitas	29.1	6	89	4	43.75	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	44.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
D Gough	30.2	4	116	4	45.50	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
SK Warne	30.5	15	31	4	46.25	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
M Muralidaran	39.0	8	104	5	46.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
DG Cork	31.3	6	78	4	47.25	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	49.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
HK Olonga	33.1	7	93	4	49.75	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SK Warne	42.0	17	72	5	50.40	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
ARC Fraser	34.0	6	103	4	51.00	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	04 Jun 1998	Test # 1417
M Muralidaran	35.1	8	64	4	52.75	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
Mushtaq Ahmed	38.0	12	122	4	57.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
M Muralidaran	41.0	10	108	4	61.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
PCR Tufnell	42.0	9	124	4	63.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	64.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
DG Cork	43.2	12	113	4	65.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
SK Warne	44.5	14	86	4	67.25	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
M Muralidaran	45.0	8	135	4	67.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Saqlain Mushtaq	62.0	13	129	5	74.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
DL Vettori	54.0	16	153	4	81.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
SK Warne	55.0	20	92	4	82.50	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256

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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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]