Test Cricket - Best Career Strike Rate

Bowlers with Best Career Strike Rate (Min 2000 balls bowled)

	Player	Country	Career	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	E/R	S/R	5w	10w
1	G A Lohmann	England	1886-1896	18	3821	1205	112	9/28	15/45	10.76	1.89	34.12	9	5
2	A A P Atkinson*	England	2024-	13	2260	1387	63	7/45	12/106	22.02	3.68	35.87	4	1
3	S M Boland*	Australia	2021-	14	2232	1025	62	6/7	10/76	16.53	2.76	36.00	2	1
4	Kuldeep Yadav*	India	2017-	13	2093	1241	56	5/40	8/113	22.16	3.56	37.38	4	0
5	J J Ferris	England	1887-1892	9	2302	775	61	7/37	13/91	12.70	2.02	37.74	6	1
6	M Jansen*	South Africa	2021-	18	2929	1696	77	7/13	11/86	22.03	3.47	38.04	3	1
7	S E Bond	New Zealand	2001-2009	18	3372	1922	87	6/51	10/99	22.09	3.42	38.76	5	1
8	D Olivier*	South Africa	2017-	16	2292	1432	59	6/37	11/96	24.27	3.75	38.85	3	1
9	K Rabada*	South Africa	2015-	71	13100	7306	336	7/112	13/144	21.74	3.35	38.99	17	4
10	J N T Seales*	West Indies	2021-	21	3464	1965	88	6/61	9/106	22.33	3.40	39.36	3	0
11	S F Barnes	England	1901-1914	27	7873	3106	189	9/103	17/159	16.43	2.37	41.66	24	7
12	D W Steyn	South Africa	2004-2019	93	18608	10077	439	7/51	11/60	22.95	3.25	42.39	26	5
13	J J Bumrah*	India	2018-	48	9348	4341	219	6/27	9/86	19.82	2.79	42.68	15	0
14	A E E Vogler	South Africa	1906-1911	15	2764	1455	64	7/94	12/181	22.73	3.16	43.19	5	1
15	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1989-2003	87	16224	8788	373	7/76	13/135	23.56	3.25	43.50	22	5
16	A Nortje*	South Africa	2019-	19	3058	1870	70	6/56	8/120	26.71	3.67	43.69	4	0
17	L Ngidi*	South Africa	2018-	20	2578	1356	58	6/39	8/102	23.38	3.16	44.45	3	0
18	K A Jamieson*	New Zealand	2020-	19	3558	1579	80	6/48	11/117	19.74	2.66	44.47	5	1
19	F R Spofforth	Australia	1877-1887	18	4185	1731	94	7/44	14/90	18.41	2.48	44.52	7	4
20	W Barnes	England	1880-1890	21	2289	793	51	6/28	9/81	15.55	2.08	44.88	3	0
21	J Cowie	New Zealand	1937-1949	9	2028	969	45	6/40	10/140	21.53	2.87	45.07	4	1
22	J V Saunders	Australia	1902-1908	14	3565	1796	79	7/34	9/66	22.73	3.02	45.13	6	0
23	J Briggs	England	1884-1899	33	5332	2094	118	8/11	15/28	17.75	2.36	45.19	9	4
24	F H Tyson	England	1954-1959	17	3452	1411	76	7/27	10/130	18.57	2.45	45.42	4	1
25	C Blythe	England	1901-1910	19	4546	1863	100	8/59	15/99	18.63	2.46	45.46	9	4
26	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	1997-2007	46	8143	4574	178	6/11	11/78	25.70	3.37	45.75	12	2
27	P J Cummins*	Australia	2011-	71	14187	6829	309	6/23	10/62	22.10	2.89	45.91	14	2
28	A R Patel*	India	2021-	14	2540	1064	55	6/38	11/70	19.35	2.51	46.18	5	1
29	J J C Lawson	West Indies	2002-2005	13	2364	1512	51	7/78	8/102	29.65	3.84	46.35	2	0
30	A M Fernando*	Sri Lanka	2021-	24	3721	2187	80	6/51	10/144	27.34	3.53	46.51	2	1
31	H V Hordern	Australia	1911-1912	7	2148	1075	46	7/90	12/175	23.37	3.00	46.70	5	2
32	M D Marshall	West Indies	1978-1991	81	17584	7876	376	7/22	11/89	20.95	2.69	46.77	22	4
33	A A Donald	South Africa	1992-2002	72	15519	7344	330	8/71	12/139	22.25	2.84	47.03	20	3
34	W Bates	England	1881-1887	15	2364	821	50	7/28	14/102	16.42	2.08	47.28	4	1
35	M A Starc*	Australia	2011-	100	19094	10863	402	6/9	11/94	27.02	3.41	47.50	16	2
36	C B Llewellyn	South Africa	1896-1912	15	2292	1421	48	6/92	10/116	29.60	3.72	47.75	4	1
37	S P Jones	England	2002-2005	18	2821	1666	59	6/53	7/110	28.24	3.54	47.81	3	0
38	Sajid Khan*	Pakistan	2021-	12	2823	1610	59	8/42	12/128	27.29	3.42	47.85	4	2
39	R O Schwarz	South Africa	1906-1912	20	2639	1417	55	6/47	7/89	25.76	3.22	47.98	2	0
40	D E Bollinger	Australia	2009-2010	12	2401	1296	50	5/28	8/141	25.92	3.24	48.02	2	0

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