Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JE Taylor	9.0	4	11	5	10.80	West Indies	v England	Kingston	04 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
PM Siddle	9.5	0	21	5	11.80	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
ST Jayasuriya	8.3	0	24	4	12.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
WPUJC Vaas	9.5	2	28	4	14.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
JH Kallis	17.0	4	54	6	17.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
SM Pollock	17.4	4	39	6	17.66	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
SK Warne	18.0	5	33	6	18.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
GD McGrath	12.0	3	36	4	18.00	Australia	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
CH Gayle	15.1	4	34	5	18.20	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
DJG Sammy	21.3	2	66	7	18.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
M Muralidaran	12.2	3	29	4	18.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
GD McGrath	15.3	6	43	5	18.60	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
DR Tuffey	19.0	6	54	6	19.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
JN Gillespie	16.0	4	53	5	19.20	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1552
CK Langeveldt	16.0	4	46	5	19.20	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
MM Patel	13.0	4	25	4	19.50	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
KD Mills	13.0	4	16	4	19.50	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
RP Singh	16.3	3	59	5	19.80	India	v England	Lord's	19 Jul 2007	Test # 1840
M Ntini	17.0	3	75	5	20.40	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
SK Warne	13.5	2	31	4	20.75	Australia	v England	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
SK Warne	17.2	4	39	5	20.80	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
CEL Ambrose	14.2	6	30	4	21.50	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
SJ Benn	14.2	2	31	4	21.50	West Indies	v England	Kingston	04 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
GD McGrath	18.0	4	49	5	21.60	Australia	v England	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
GD McGrath	18.0	5	53	5	21.60	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
M Muralidaran	30.0	10	70	8	22.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
M Morkel	15.0	4	52	4	22.50	South Africa	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
SM Pollock	15.1	7	32	4	22.75	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
SK Warne	19.0	4	71	5	22.80	Australia	v England	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001	Test # 1550
Shoaib Akhtar	19.0	3	71	5	22.80	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
Umar Gul	15.2	3	46	4	23.00	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006	Test # 1814
SK Warne	23.1	7	46	6	23.16	Australia	v England	Birmingham	04 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
GD McGrath	23.1	8	50	6	23.16	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
Harbhajan Singh	19.3	4	51	5	23.40	India	v England	Mohali	03 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
MG Johnson	19.3	3	69	5	23.40	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
CA Walsh	23.5	5	74	6	23.83	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
JN Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	24.75	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
M Muralidaran	25.0	2	86	6	25.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
GD McGrath	20.5	1	115	5	25.00	Australia	v England	Manchester	11 Aug 2005	Test # 1760
CA Walsh	21.0	9	36	5	25.20	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
CA Walsh	17.0	6	43	4	25.50	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
GD McGrath	17.1	2	29	4	25.75	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
GD McGrath	30.2	9	76	7	26.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
DJ Bravo	26.0	6	55	6	26.00	West Indies	v England	Manchester	12 Aug 2004	Test # 1711
GD McGrath	17.2	6	41	4	26.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
FH Edwards	26.3	4	92	6	26.50	West Indies	v England	Lord's	06 May 2009	Test # 1919
DL Vettori	22.3	4	69	5	27.00	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	15 May 2008	Test # 1874
CEL Ambrose	18.0	3	42	4	27.00	West Indies	v England	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	4	39	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
B Lee	18.0	1	82	4	27.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	04 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	27.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
FH Edwards	23.0	1	112	5	27.60	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
IG Butler	18.3	2	60	4	27.75	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
DW Steyn	18.3	2	76	4	27.75	South Africa	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
TG Southee	23.1	8	55	5	27.80	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
WPUJC Vaas	27.5	6	73	6	27.83	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
CL Cairns	23.3	5	79	5	28.20	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004	Test # 1704
B Lee	18.5	6	47	4	28.25	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
M Ntini	19.0	6	50	4	28.50	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
Mohammad Asif	19.0	6	56	4	28.50	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 2006	Test # 1814
BW Hilfenhaus	19.0	2	60	4	28.50	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
A Kumble	28.4	6	81	6	28.66	India	v England	Mohali	03 Dec 2001	Test # 1574
GD McGrath	24.0	9	54	5	28.80	Australia	v England	Lord's	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1552
M Ntini	24.0	3	94	5	28.80	South Africa	v England	The Oval	07 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
A Nel	29.0	7	81	6	29.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
M Morkel	19.2	1	97	4	29.00	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
FH Edwards	20.0	4	70	4	30.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	01 Apr 2004	Test # 1694
SK Warne	20.0	2	64	4	30.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
Danish Kaneria	20.0	0	62	4	30.00	Pakistan	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
MR Gillespie	20.0	2	79	4	30.00	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
AA Donald	26.0	13	47	5	31.20	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
Harbhajan Singh	20.5	2	68	4	31.25	India	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1901
JJC Lawson	21.0	2	94	4	31.50	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
Z Khan	21.0	5	59	4	31.50	India	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
PM Siddle	21.0	6	75	4	31.50	Australia	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931
Z Khan	27.0	10	75	5	32.40	India	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007	Test # 1841
S Sreesanth	22.0	5	70	4	33.00	India	v England	Wankhede	18 Mar 2006	Test # 1791
Danish Kaneria	22.1	8	52	4	33.25	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
Shabbir Ahmed	22.4	7	54	4	34.00	Pakistan	v England	Multan	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
IE O'Brien	23.0	4	74	4	34.50	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
F de Wet	23.0	8	55	4	34.50	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
Umar Gul	29.0	4	123	5	34.80	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
M Muralidaran	35.0	14	55	6	35.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
A Kumble	29.4	8	76	5	35.60	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
HH Streak	35.5	12	87	6	35.83	Zimbabwe	v England	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
PT Collins	24.0	2	113	4	36.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
DJ Bravo	24.0	6	76	4	36.00	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
SR Clark	24.1	6	72	4	36.25	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
Harbhajan Singh	30.2	6	71	5	36.40	India	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001	Test # 1575
WPUJC Vaas	24.2	4	77	4	36.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	10 Dec 2003	Test # 1672
M Ntini	31.0	5	145	5	37.20	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
DL Vettori	31.0	5	66	5	37.20	New Zealand	v England	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
CA Walsh	24.5	9	51	4	37.25	West Indies	v England	Leeds	17 Aug 2000	Test # 1508
SK Warne	37.3	5	122	6	37.50	Australia	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
D Pretorius	25.0	2	115	4	37.50	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
CL Cairns	25.0	2	108	4	37.50	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 2004	Test # 1704
SK Warne	44.2	7	165	7	38.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
SK Warne	25.2	4	116	4	38.00	Australia	v England	Birmingham	04 Aug 2005	Test # 1758
SK Warne	38.3	3	124	6	38.50	Australia	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005	Test # 1763
Azhar Mahmood	26.0	12	50	4	39.00	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	17 May 2001	Test # 1546

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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, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]