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
JC Adams	9.0	4	17	5	10.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
SH Cook	10.2	3	39	5	12.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	15.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
Wasim Akram	16.1	4	43	6	16.16	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
Waqar Younis	13.3	4	22	5	16.20	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
AR Caddick	14.0	3	32	5	16.80	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	01 Jul 1999	Test # 1455
Mohammad Zahid	20.0	3	66	7	17.14	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
CA Walsh	20.4	7	37	7	17.71	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
Waqar Younis	19.0	1	78	6	19.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994	Test # 1251
D Gough	16.0	6	40	5	19.20	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
SK Warne	19.5	9	31	6	19.83	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993	Test # 1236
GD McGrath	17.0	6	32	5	20.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
KPJ Warnaweera	14.0	3	25	4	21.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
J Srinath	22.0	9	45	6	22.00	India	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
M Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	22.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
SK Warne	15.0	12	8	4	22.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
Waqar Younis	15.0	2	46	4	22.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
Waqar Younis	15.0	3	48	4	22.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
WPUJC Vaas	18.5	3	47	5	22.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
CR Matthews	19.0	9	42	5	22.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
HDPK Dharmasena	24.1	4	72	6	24.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
D Gough	16.3	2	47	4	24.75	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	30 Jun 1994	Test # 1262
AS Wassan	16.4	1	108	4	25.00	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990	Test # 1139
CC Lewis	21.0	5	31	5	25.20	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	Test # 1185
MRCN Bandaratilleke	17.0	3	52	4	25.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
SM Pollock	17.0	5	34	4	25.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
Waqar Younis	30.2	13	76	7	26.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
PAJ DeFreitas	22.0	6	53	5	26.40	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1990	Test # 1145
Wasim Akram	22.0	4	45	5	26.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
A Kumble	26.5	5	67	6	26.83	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
PAJ DeFreitas	22.3	4	71	5	27.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
PS de Villiers	18.0	6	42	4	27.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
A Kumble	18.0	5	39	4	27.00	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
PA Strang	18.1	0	54	4	27.25	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402
EE Hemmings	27.3	10	58	6	27.50	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jul 1990	Test # 1147
RJ Ratnayake	18.2	6	45	4	27.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
AR Caddick	18.3	5	45	4	27.75	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
GF Labrooy	19.0	6	42	4	28.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1165
IR Bishop	19.0	1	67	4	28.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
Waqar Younis	23.5	9	54	5	28.60	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
PS de Villiers	24.0	7	64	5	28.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	28.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
DE Malcolm	24.4	8	46	5	29.60	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jul 1990	Test # 1147
Mushtaq Ahmed	34.4	13	56	7	29.71	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
Wasim Akram	24.5	4	53	5	29.80	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
Mushtaq Ahmed	30.0	3	87	6	30.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
ND Hirwani	31.0	10	59	6	31.00	India	v New Zealand	Cuttack	08 Nov 1995	Test # 1310
Mohammad Zahid	21.0	5	64	4	31.50	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
Wasim Akram	37.0	7	119	7	31.71	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
Mushtaq Ahmed	32.0	8	84	6	32.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
WPUJC Vaas	26.4	10	43	5	32.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
Waqar Younis	37.5	11	86	7	32.42	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	18 Oct 1990	Test # 1152
A Kumble	27.2	4	81	5	32.80	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
Waqar Younis	22.0	7	40	4	33.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	10 Oct 1990	Test # 1151
CA Walsh	22.0	3	72	4	33.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
Mushtaq Ahmed	22.1	4	59	4	33.25	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
SK Warne	28.0	6	88	5	33.60	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
PR Adams	22.3	6	63	4	33.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
PS de Villiers	28.1	9	61	5	33.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
SK Warne	22.4	3	83	4	34.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
SM Pollock	28.3	14	33	5	34.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
GF Labrooy	23.0	5	68	4	34.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
CJ McDermott	23.0	11	39	4	34.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993	Test # 1238
PAJ DeFreitas	23.0	4	94	4	34.50	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
PS de Villiers	23.0	9	52	4	34.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
D Gough	23.0	9	52	4	34.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
Wasim Akram	24.0	5	60	4	36.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	10 Oct 1990	Test # 1151
Wasim Akram	24.0	10	60	4	36.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
RJ Ratnayake	30.4	10	77	5	36.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991	Test # 1164
MG Hughes	24.5	6	62	4	37.25	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1993	Test # 1215
HH Streak	25.0	7	52	4	37.50	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Jan 1996	Test # 1322
TBA May	31.3	10	65	5	37.80	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993	Test # 1236
CEL Ambrose	32.0	12	68	5	38.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	St John's	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
AG Huckle	32.0	2	146	5	38.40	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
J Srinath	32.2	10	95	5	38.80	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1438
SK Warne	26.0	7	63	4	39.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1993	Test # 1215
BM McMillan	26.0	5	65	4	39.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
RD King	26.2	2	81	4	39.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
PCR Tufnell	46.1	25	47	7	39.57	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
WPUJC Vaas	40.0	9	87	6	40.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
DK Liyanage	26.5	6	82	4	40.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
PAJ DeFreitas	27.0	11	62	4	40.50	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	Test # 1185
SD Jack	27.0	7	69	4	40.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
S Elworthy	27.0	10	66	4	40.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
AG Huckle	40.4	10	109	6	40.66	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
Waqar Younis	28.0	11	59	4	42.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1207
S Elworthy	28.0	5	93	4	42.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
SK Warne	28.3	12	66	4	42.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993	Test # 1238
M Muralidaran	36.0	15	64	5	43.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
TM Alderman	29.0	9	46	4	43.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
Wasim Akram	29.5	12	44	4	44.75	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	10 Oct 1990	Test # 1151
HH Streak	30.0	7	110	4	45.00	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Jan 1996	Test # 1323
M Muralidaran	38.2	9	90	5	46.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
J Srinath	31.0	8	60	4	46.50	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	Test # 1255
RDB Croft	39.1	5	95	5	47.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
D Gough	32.0	5	91	4	48.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
AA Donald	32.4	11	88	4	49.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
A Kumble	32.5	12	67	4	49.25	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
DE Malcolm	43.0	14	94	5	51.60	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	21 Jun 1990	Test # 1146
SK Warne	35.0	11	59	4	52.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993	Test # 1238

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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]