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Test matches
Best career strike rate
| Player |
Span |
Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
5 |
10 |
| GA Lohmann (Eng) |
1886-1896 |
18 |
3830 |
1205 |
112 |
9/28 |
15/45 |
10.75 |
1.88 |
34.1 |
9 |
5 |
| DW Steyn (SA) |
2004-2008 |
25 |
4790 |
2882 |
128 |
6/49 |
10/91 |
22.51 |
3.61 |
37.4 |
8 |
2 |
| JJ Ferris (Aus/Eng) |
1887-1892 |
9 |
2302 |
775 |
61 |
7/37 |
13/91 |
12.70 |
2.01 |
37.7 |
6 |
1 |
| SE Bond (NZ) |
2001-2007 |
17 |
3079 |
1769 |
79 |
6/51 |
10/99 |
22.39 |
3.44 |
38.9 |
4 |
1 |
| SF Barnes (Eng) |
1901-1914 |
27 |
7873 |
3106 |
189 |
9/103 |
17/159 |
16.43 |
2.36 |
41.6 |
24 |
7 |
| AEE Vogler (SA) |
1906-1911 |
15 |
2764 |
1455 |
64 |
7/94 |
12/181 |
22.73 |
3.15 |
43.1 |
5 |
1 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak) |
1989-2003 |
87 |
16224 |
8788 |
373 |
7/76 |
13/135 |
23.56 |
3.25 |
43.4 |
22 |
5 |
| FR Spofforth (Aus) |
1877-1887 |
18 |
4185 |
1731 |
94 |
7/44 |
14/90 |
18.41 |
2.48 |
44.5 |
7 |
4 |
| W Barnes (Eng) |
1880-1890 |
21 |
2289 |
793 |
51 |
6/28 |
9/81 |
15.54 |
2.07 |
44.8 |
3 |
0 |
| J Cowie (NZ) |
1937-1949 |
9 |
2028 |
969 |
45 |
6/40 |
10/140 |
21.53 |
2.86 |
45.0 |
4 |
1 |
| JV Saunders (Aus) |
1902-1908 |
14 |
3565 |
1796 |
79 |
7/34 |
9/66 |
22.73 |
3.02 |
45.1 |
6 |
0 |
| J Briggs (Eng) |
1884-1899 |
33 |
5332 |
2095 |
118 |
8/11 |
15/28 |
17.75 |
2.35 |
45.1 |
9 |
4 |
| FH Tyson (Eng) |
1954-1959 |
17 |
3452 |
1411 |
76 |
7/27 |
10/130 |
18.56 |
2.45 |
45.4 |
4 |
1 |
| C Blythe (Eng) |
1901-1910 |
19 |
4546 |
1863 |
100 |
8/59 |
15/99 |
18.63 |
2.45 |
45.4 |
9 |
4 |
| Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) |
1997-2007 |
46 |
8143 |
4574 |
178 |
6/11 |
11/78 |
25.69 |
3.37 |
45.7 |
12 |
2 |
| Mohammad Asif (Pak) |
2005-2007 |
11 |
2334 |
1180 |
51 |
6/44 |
11/71 |
23.13 |
3.03 |
45.7 |
4 |
1 |
| JJC Lawson (WI) |
2002-2005 |
13 |
2364 |
1512 |
51 |
7/78 |
8/102 |
29.64 |
3.83 |
46.3 |
2 |
0 |
| HV Hordern (Aus) |
1911-1912 |
7 |
2148 |
1075 |
46 |
7/90 |
12/175 |
23.36 |
3.00 |
46.6 |
5 |
2 |
| MD Marshall (WI) |
1978-1991 |
81 |
17584 |
7876 |
376 |
7/22 |
11/89 |
20.94 |
2.68 |
46.7 |
22 |
4 |
| AA Donald (SA) |
1992-2002 |
72 |
15519 |
7344 |
330 |
8/71 |
12/139 |
22.25 |
2.83 |
47.0 |
20 |
3 |
| JEC Franklin (NZ) |
2001-2006 |
21 |
3577 |
2143 |
76 |
6/119 |
7/117 |
28.19 |
3.59 |
47.0 |
3 |
0 |
| W Bates (Eng) |
1881-1887 |
15 |
2364 |
821 |
50 |
7/28 |
14/102 |
16.42 |
2.08 |
47.2 |
4 |
1 |
| CB Llewellyn (SA) |
1896-1912 |
15 |
2292 |
1421 |
48 |
6/92 |
10/116 |
29.60 |
3.71 |
47.7 |
4 |
1 |
| SP Jones (Eng) |
2002-2005 |
18 |
2821 |
1666 |
59 |
6/53 |
7/110 |
28.23 |
3.54 |
47.8 |
3 |
0 |
| RO Schwarz (SA) |
1906-1912 |
20 |
2639 |
1417 |
55 |
6/47 |
7/89 |
25.76 |
3.22 |
47.9 |
2 |
0 |
| GJ Gilmour (Aus) |
1973-1977 |
15 |
2661 |
1406 |
54 |
6/85 |
9/157 |
26.03 |
3.17 |
49.2 |
3 |
0 |
| CEH Croft (WI) |
1977-1982 |
27 |
6165 |
2913 |
125 |
8/29 |
9/95 |
23.30 |
2.83 |
49.3 |
3 |
0 |
| FS Trueman (Eng) |
1952-1965 |
67 |
15178 |
6625 |
307 |
8/31 |
12/119 |
21.57 |
2.61 |
49.4 |
17 |
3 |
| SR Clark (Aus) |
2006-2008 |
18 |
4054 |
1739 |
81 |
5/32 |
9/89 |
21.46 |
2.57 |
50.0 |
2 |
0 |
| DW Headley (Eng) |
1997-1999 |
15 |
3026 |
1671 |
60 |
6/60 |
8/102 |
27.85 |
3.31 |
50.4 |
1 |
0 |
| Shabbir Ahmed (Pak) |
2003-2005 |
10 |
2576 |
1175 |
51 |
5/48 |
8/109 |
23.03 |
2.73 |
50.5 |
2 |
0 |
| J Garner (WI) |
1977-1987 |
58 |
13169 |
5433 |
259 |
6/56 |
9/108 |
20.97 |
2.47 |
50.8 |
7 |
0 |
| Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) |
1973-1990 |
86 |
21918 |
9611 |
431 |
9/52 |
15/123 |
22.29 |
2.63 |
50.8 |
36 |
9 |
| MA Holding (WI) |
1975-1987 |
60 |
12680 |
5898 |
249 |
8/92 |
14/149 |
23.68 |
2.79 |
50.9 |
13 |
2 |
| B Lee (Aus) |
1999-2008 |
68 |
14764 |
8550 |
289 |
5/30 |
8/110 |
29.58 |
3.47 |
51.0 |
9 |
0 |
| T Richardson (Eng) |
1893-1898 |
14 |
4498 |
2220 |
88 |
8/94 |
13/244 |
25.22 |
2.96 |
51.1 |
11 |
4 |
| CTB Turner (Aus) |
1887-1895 |
17 |
5179 |
1670 |
101 |
7/43 |
12/87 |
16.53 |
1.93 |
51.2 |
11 |
2 |
| GA Faulkner (SA) |
1906-1924 |
25 |
4227 |
2180 |
82 |
7/84 |
9/75 |
26.58 |
3.09 |
51.5 |
4 |
0 |
| D Gough (Eng) |
1994-2003 |
58 |
11821 |
6503 |
229 |
6/42 |
9/92 |
28.39 |
3.30 |
51.6 |
9 |
0 |
| R Peel (Eng) |
1884-1896 |
20 |
5216 |
1715 |
101 |
7/31 |
11/68 |
16.98 |
1.97 |
51.6 |
5 |
1 |
| WJ Whitty (Aus) |
1909-1912 |
14 |
3357 |
1373 |
65 |
6/17 |
9/98 |
21.12 |
2.45 |
51.6 |
3 |
0 |
| RWV Robins (Eng) |
1929-1937 |
19 |
3318 |
1758 |
64 |
6/32 |
7/68 |
27.46 |
3.17 |
51.8 |
1 |
0 |
| BP Patterson (WI) |
1986-1992 |
28 |
4829 |
2874 |
93 |
5/24 |
9/88 |
30.90 |
3.57 |
51.9 |
5 |
0 |
| GD McGrath (Aus) |
1993-2007 |
124 |
29248 |
12186 |
563 |
8/24 |
10/27 |
21.64 |
2.49 |
51.9 |
29 |
3 |
| Shahadat Hossain (Ban) |
2005-2008 |
15 |
2184 |
1541 |
42 |
6/27 |
9/97 |
36.69 |
4.23 |
52.0 |
2 |
0 |
| DK Lillee (Aus) |
1971-1984 |
70 |
18467 |
8493 |
355 |
7/83 |
11/123 |
23.92 |
2.75 |
52.0 |
23 |
7 |
| A Cotter (Aus) |
1904-1912 |
21 |
4633 |
2549 |
89 |
7/148 |
9/221 |
28.64 |
3.30 |
52.0 |
7 |
0 |
| IR Bishop (WI) |
1989-1998 |
43 |
8407 |
3909 |
161 |
6/40 |
8/57 |
24.27 |
2.78 |
52.2 |
6 |
0 |
| M Hayward (SA) |
1999-2004 |
16 |
2821 |
1609 |
54 |
5/56 |
7/119 |
29.79 |
3.42 |
52.2 |
1 |
0 |
| M Ntini (SA) |
1998-2008 |
91 |
18703 |
10104 |
358 |
7/37 |
13/132 |
28.22 |
3.24 |
52.2 |
18 |
4 |
| SL Malinga (SL) |
2004-2007 |
28 |
4777 |
3076 |
91 |
5/68 |
9/210 |
33.80 |
3.86 |
52.4 |
2 |
0 |
| G Ulyett (Eng) |
1877-1890 |
25 |
2627 |
1020 |
50 |
7/36 |
7/57 |
20.40 |
2.32 |
52.5 |
1 |
0 |
| JR Thomson (Aus) |
1972-1985 |
51 |
10535 |
5601 |
200 |
6/46 |
9/105 |
28.00 |
3.18 |
52.6 |
8 |
0 |
| LS Pascoe (Aus) |
1977-1982 |
14 |
3403 |
1668 |
64 |
5/59 |
6/96 |
26.06 |
2.94 |
53.1 |
1 |
0 |
| RGD Willis (Eng) |
1971-1984 |
90 |
17357 |
8190 |
325 |
8/43 |
9/92 |
25.20 |
2.83 |
53.4 |
16 |
0 |
| CL Cairns (NZ) |
1989-2004 |
62 |
11698 |
6410 |
218 |
7/27 |
10/100 |
29.40 |
3.28 |
53.6 |
13 |
1 |
| WE Bowes (Eng) |
1932-1946 |
15 |
3655 |
1519 |
68 |
6/33 |
9/219 |
22.33 |
2.49 |
53.7 |
6 |
0 |
| Imran Khan (Pak) |
1971-1992 |
88 |
19458 |
8258 |
362 |
8/58 |
14/116 |
22.81 |
2.54 |
53.7 |
23 |
6 |
| Umar Gul (Pak) |
2003-2007 |
16 |
3612 |
2114 |
67 |
5/31 |
9/164 |
31.55 |
3.51 |
53.9 |
3 |
0 |
| SCG MacGill (Aus) |
1998-2008 |
44 |
11237 |
6038 |
208 |
8/108 |
12/107 |
29.02 |
3.22 |
54.0 |
12 |
2 |
| GOB Allen (Eng) |
1930-1948 |
25 |
4386 |
2379 |
81 |
7/80 |
10/78 |
29.37 |
3.25 |
54.1 |
5 |
1 |
| M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) |
1992-2008 |
123 |
41000 |
16604 |
756 |
9/51 |
16/220 |
21.96 |
2.42 |
54.2 |
65 |
21 |
| WW Hall (WI) |
1958-1969 |
48 |
10421 |
5066 |
192 |
7/69 |
11/126 |
26.38 |
2.91 |
54.2 |
9 |
1 |
| FR Foster (Eng) |
1911-1912 |
11 |
2447 |
926 |
45 |
6/91 |
8/70 |
20.57 |
2.27 |
54.3 |
4 |
0 |
| CEL Ambrose (WI) |
1988-2000 |
98 |
22103 |
8501 |
405 |
8/45 |
11/84 |
20.99 |
2.30 |
54.5 |
22 |
3 |
| Wasim Akram (Pak) |
1985-2002 |
104 |
22627 |
9779 |
414 |
7/119 |
11/110 |
23.62 |
2.59 |
54.6 |
25 |
5 |
| JN Gillespie (Aus) |
1996-2006 |
71 |
14234 |
6770 |
259 |
7/37 |
9/80 |
26.13 |
2.85 |
54.9 |
8 |
0 |
| DW Fleming (Aus) |
1994-2001 |
20 |
4129 |
1942 |
75 |
5/30 |
9/91 |
25.89 |
2.82 |
55.0 |
3 |
0 |
| AME Roberts (WI) |
1974-1983 |
47 |
11135 |
5174 |
202 |
7/54 |
12/121 |
25.61 |
2.78 |
55.1 |
11 |
2 |
| BA Reid (Aus) |
1985-1992 |
27 |
6244 |
2784 |
113 |
7/51 |
13/148 |
24.63 |
2.67 |
55.2 |
5 |
2 |
| KCG Benjamin (WI) |
1992-1998 |
26 |
5132 |
2785 |
92 |
6/66 |
10/174 |
30.27 |
3.25 |
55.7 |
4 |
1 |
| CRD Fernando (SL) |
2000-2007 |
30 |
4700 |
2848 |
84 |
5/42 |
7/95 |
33.90 |
3.63 |
55.9 |
3 |
0 |
| MJ Hoggard (Eng) |
2000-2008 |
67 |
13909 |
7564 |
248 |
7/61 |
12/205 |
30.50 |
3.26 |
56.0 |
7 |
1 |
| Q McMillan (SA) |
1929-1932 |
13 |
2021 |
1243 |
36 |
5/66 |
9/127 |
34.52 |
3.69 |
56.1 |
2 |
0 |
| RJ Sidebottom (Eng) |
2001-2008 |
18 |
4272 |
1952 |
76 |
7/47 |
10/139 |
25.68 |
2.74 |
56.2 |
5 |
1 |
| PM Pollock (SA) |
1961-1970 |
28 |
6522 |
2806 |
116 |
6/38 |
10/87 |
24.18 |
2.58 |
56.2 |
9 |
1 |
| JN Crawford (Eng) |
1906-1908 |
12 |
2203 |
1150 |
39 |
5/48 |
8/120 |
29.48 |
3.13 |
56.4 |
3 |
0 |
| PS de Villiers (SA) |
1993-1998 |
18 |
4805 |
2063 |
85 |
6/23 |
10/108 |
24.27 |
2.57 |
56.5 |
5 |
2 |
| AP Freeman (Eng) |
1924-1929 |
12 |
3732 |
1707 |
66 |
7/71 |
12/171 |
25.86 |
2.74 |
56.5 |
5 |
3 |
| R Gilchrist (WI) |
1957-1959 |
13 |
3227 |
1521 |
57 |
6/55 |
9/73 |
26.68 |
2.82 |
56.6 |
1 |
0 |
| KD Mills (NZ) |
2004-2008 |
14 |
2210 |
1078 |
39 |
4/16 |
6/77 |
27.64 |
2.92 |
56.6 |
0 |
0 |
| JM Anderson (Eng) |
2003-2008 |
29 |
5906 |
3590 |
104 |
7/43 |
9/98 |
34.51 |
3.64 |
56.7 |
5 |
0 |
| C Sharma (India) |
1984-1989 |
23 |
3470 |
2163 |
61 |
6/58 |
10/188 |
35.45 |
3.74 |
56.8 |
4 |
1 |
| IT Botham (Eng) |
1977-1992 |
102 |
21815 |
10878 |
383 |
8/34 |
13/106 |
28.40 |
2.99 |
56.9 |
27 |
4 |
| CJ McDermott (Aus) |
1984-1996 |
71 |
16586 |
8332 |
291 |
8/97 |
11/157 |
28.63 |
3.01 |
56.9 |
14 |
2 |
| BR Taylor (NZ) |
1965-1973 |
30 |
6334 |
2953 |
111 |
7/74 |
9/182 |
26.60 |
2.79 |
57.0 |
4 |
0 |
| JH Sinclair (SA) |
1896-1911 |
25 |
3598 |
1996 |
63 |
6/26 |
9/89 |
31.68 |
3.32 |
57.1 |
1 |
0 |
| H Trumble (Aus) |
1890-1904 |
32 |
8099 |
3072 |
141 |
8/65 |
12/89 |
21.78 |
2.27 |
57.4 |
9 |
3 |
| S Sreesanth (India) |
2006-2008 |
14 |
2873 |
1573 |
50 |
5/40 |
8/99 |
31.46 |
3.28 |
57.4 |
1 |
0 |
| SK Warne (Aus) |
1992-2007 |
145 |
40705 |
17995 |
708 |
8/71 |
12/128 |
25.41 |
2.65 |
57.4 |
37 |
10 |
| AJ Bichel (Aus) |
1997-2003 |
19 |
3336 |
1870 |
58 |
5/60 |
6/125 |
32.24 |
3.36 |
57.5 |
1 |
0 |
| JE Taylor (WI) |
2003-2008 |
20 |
3643 |
2186 |
63 |
5/50 |
9/95 |
34.69 |
3.60 |
57.8 |
2 |
0 |
| CA Walsh (WI) |
1984-2001 |
132 |
30019 |
12688 |
519 |
7/37 |
13/55 |
24.44 |
2.53 |
57.8 |
22 |
3 |
| SM Pollock (SA) |
1995-2008 |
108 |
24353 |
9733 |
421 |
7/87 |
10/147 |
23.11 |
2.39 |
57.8 |
16 |
1 |
| GE Palmer (Aus) |
1880-1886 |
17 |
4517 |
1678 |
78 |
7/65 |
11/165 |
21.51 |
2.22 |
57.9 |
6 |
2 |
| K Higgs (Eng) |
1965-1968 |
15 |
4112 |
1473 |
71 |
6/91 |
8/119 |
20.74 |
2.14 |
57.9 |
2 |
0 |
| AR Caddick (Eng) |
1993-2003 |
62 |
13558 |
6999 |
234 |
7/46 |
10/215 |
29.91 |
3.09 |
57.9 |
13 |
1 |
| MG Hughes (Aus) |
1985-1994 |
53 |
12285 |
6017 |
212 |
8/87 |
13/217 |
28.38 |
2.93 |
57.9 |
7 |
1 |
| RP Singh (India) |
2006-2008 |
13 |
2330 |
1564 |
40 |
5/59 |
7/117 |
39.10 |
4.02 |
58.2 |
1 |
0 |
| KD Boyce (WI) |
1971-1976 |
21 |
3501 |
1801 |
60 |
6/77 |
11/147 |
30.01 |
3.08 |
58.3 |
2 |
1 |
| Khan Mohammad (Pak) |
1952-1958 |
13 |
3157 |
1292 |
54 |
6/21 |
8/41 |
23.92 |
2.45 |
58.4 |
4 |
0 |
| EL McCormick (Aus) |
1935-1938 |
12 |
2107 |
1079 |
36 |
4/101 |
7/173 |
29.97 |
3.07 |
58.5 |
0 |
0 |
| DG Cork (Eng) |
1995-2002 |
37 |
7678 |
3906 |
131 |
7/43 |
9/162 |
29.81 |
3.05 |
58.6 |
5 |
0 |
| CS Martin (NZ) |
2000-2008 |
43 |
8206 |
4678 |
140 |
6/54 |
11/180 |
33.41 |
3.42 |
58.6 |
8 |
1 |
| SJ Harmison (Eng/ICC) |
2002-2008 |
58 |
12663 |
6788 |
216 |
7/12 |
11/76 |
31.42 |
3.21 |
58.6 |
8 |
1 |
| E Jones (Aus) |
1894-1902 |
19 |
3754 |
1857 |
64 |
7/88 |
10/164 |
29.01 |
2.96 |
58.6 |
3 |
1 |
| JDF Larter (Eng) |
1962-1965 |
10 |
2172 |
941 |
37 |
5/57 |
9/145 |
25.43 |
2.59 |
58.7 |
2 |
0 |
| IK Pathan (India) |
2003-2008 |
29 |
5884 |
3226 |
100 |
7/59 |
12/126 |
32.26 |
3.28 |
58.8 |
7 |
2 |
| FA Rose (WI) |
1997-2000 |
19 |
3124 |
1637 |
53 |
7/84 |
7/96 |
30.88 |
3.14 |
58.9 |
2 |
0 |
| ST Clarke (WI) |
1978-1982 |
11 |
2477 |
1170 |
42 |
5/126 |
6/41 |
27.85 |
2.83 |
58.9 |
1 |
0 |
| AE Hall (SA) |
1923-1931 |
7 |
2361 |
886 |
40 |
7/63 |
11/112 |
22.15 |
2.25 |
59.0 |
3 |
1 |
| MA Noble (Aus) |
1898-1909 |
42 |
7159 |
3025 |
121 |
7/17 |
13/77 |
25.00 |
2.53 |
59.1 |
9 |
2 |
| CR Miller (Aus) |
1998-2001 |
18 |
4091 |
1805 |
69 |
5/32 |
10/113 |
26.15 |
2.64 |
59.2 |
3 |
1 |
| GR Dilley (Eng) |
1979-1989 |
41 |
8192 |
4107 |
138 |
6/38 |
9/128 |
29.76 |
3.00 |
59.3 |
6 |
0 |
| JA Snow (Eng) |
1965-1976 |
49 |
12021 |
5387 |
202 |
7/40 |
10/142 |
26.66 |
2.68 |
59.5 |
8 |
1 |
| ALF de Mel (SL) |
1982-1986 |
17 |
3518 |
2180 |
59 |
6/109 |
7/201 |
36.94 |
3.71 |
59.6 |
3 |
0 |
| AM Blignaut (Zim) |
2001-2005 |
19 |
3173 |
1964 |
53 |
5/73 |
8/110 |
37.05 |
3.71 |
59.8 |
3 |
0 |
| RR Lindwall (Aus) |
1946-1960 |
61 |
13650 |
5251 |
228 |
7/38 |
9/70 |
23.03 |
2.30 |
59.8 |
12 |
0 |
| TM Alderman (Aus) |
1981-1991 |
41 |
10181 |
4616 |
170 |
6/47 |
10/151 |
27.15 |
2.72 |
59.8 |
14 |
1 |
| CC Griffith (WI) |
1960-1969 |
28 |
5631 |
2683 |
94 |
6/36 |
9/81 |
28.54 |
2.85 |
59.9 |
5 |
0 |
Minimum of 2000 balls
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), 3rd Test, Aug 8-11, 2008
[Test # 1886]
England v South Africa at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 7-11, 2008
[Test # 1885]
Sri Lanka v India at Galle, 2nd Test, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008
[Test # 1884]
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