First-Class Best Career Strike-Rates
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SRate | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | 5wI | 10wM | |
ET Drake | 22.82 | 3515 | 153 | 2007 | 197 | 8-61 | 19 | 8 |
CE Goodman | 26.63 | 3303 | 196 | 1327 | 126 | 8-40 | 15 | 6 |
TM Adams | 26.98 | 1862 | 68 | 571 | 152 | 7-? | 5 | 1 |
R Neill | 27.34 | 3774 | 115 | 1832 | 138 | 9-75 | 16 | 7 |
HW Fellows | 27.75 | 2304 | 115 | 461 | 169 | 8-? | 16 | 7 |
FP Fenner | 27.78 | 1306 | 0 | 19 | 176 | 9-? | 14 | 4 |
T Nixon | 28.17 | 3860 | 325 | 1338 | 264 | 9-? | 23 | 7 |
FW Lillywhite | 28.21 | 15265 | 283 | 2435 | 1576 | 10-? | 155 | 55 |
W Clarke | 29.80 | 14334 | 1123 | 4480 | 797 | 9-29 | 83 | 26 |
C Arnold | 29.89 | 1106 | 74 | 258 | 133 | 8-? | 13 | 5 |
EW Blore | 30.00 | 240 | 3 | 41 | 104 | 8-? | 7 | 2 |
J Bayley | 30.81 | 2681 | 0 | 259 | 350 | 7-? | 31 | 9 |
RC Tinley | 30.85 | 9132 | 561 | 4281 | 309 | 8-12 | 22 | 5 |
A Mynn | 30.92 | 16730 | 281 | 3306 | 1038 | 9-? | 93 | 34 |
J Woods | 31.02 | 3320 | 182 | 1238 | 107 | 7-38 | 10 | 2 |
R Iddison | 31.16 | 6545 | 320 | 3495 | 212 | 7-30 | 11 | 2 |
WR Hillyer | 31.26 | 22229 | 623 | 4508 | 1482 | 8-26 | 149 | 54 |
H Royston | 31.50 | 1796 | 128 | 673 | 110 | 8-44 | 6 | 1 |
AB Cumberbatch | 31.54 | 4133 | 207 | 1925 | 131 | 8-27 | 12 | 4 |
HV Hordern | 31.64 | 7215 | 176 | 3732 | 228 | 8-31 | 25 | 9 |
PR le Couteur | 31.64 | 4367 | 92 | 2633 | 138 | 8-99 | 10 | 4 |
T Armitage | 31.77 | 3845 | 334 | 1723 | 121 | 7-26 | 12 | 3 |
J Crossland | 31.83 | 10250 | 1022 | 4019 | 322 | 8-57 | 25 | 6 |
J Jackson | 32.04 | 20828 | 2018 | 7491 | 655 | 9-27 | 59 | 20 |
DW Carr | 32.05 | 10706 | 318 | 5585 | 334 | 8-36 | 31 | 8 |
F Hollands | 32.23 | 3610 | 291 | 1342 | 124 | 6-15 | 11 | - |
J Wisden | 32.40 | 24205 | 2219 | 7390 | 1109 | 10-58 | 111 | 39 |
TW Wills | 32.44 | 3731 | 363 | 1221 | 130 | 7-44 | 15 | 3 |
SB Dodanwela | 32.68 | 3367 | 139 | 1734 | 103 | 6-44 | 5 | 1 |
VE Walker | 32.81 | 10009 | 613 | 4858 | 334 | 10-74 | 27 | 8 |
J Lillywhite | 32.91 | 7010 | 574 | 2463 | 223 | 8-54 | 12 | 2 |
JC Boucher | 33.00 | 5544 | 237 | 2359 | 168 | 7-13 | 18 | 5 |
GF Tarrant | 33.01 | 13570 | 1366 | 4887 | 421 | 10-40 | 41 | 16 |
WA Humphreys | 33.02 | 23712 | 808 | 15456 | 718 | 8-83 | 51 | 8 |
JB King | 33.08 | 13729 | 626 | 6497 | 415 | 10-53 | 38 | 11 |
WF Maitland | 33.22 | 3522 | 237 | 1667 | 123 | 8-48 | 9 | 3 |
FL Ashbolt | 33.28 | 3495 | 123 | 1682 | 105 | 8-58 | 11 | 3 |
AEE Vogler | 33.34 | 13103 | 411 | 7182 | 393 | 10-26 | 31 | 7 |
W Martingell | 33.56 | 12082 | 924 | 3892 | 529 | 8-37 | 37 | 4 |
G Nash | 33.59 | 7793 | 848 | 2868 | 232 | 8-14 | 17 | 5 |
CJ Harenc | 33.66 | 606 | 0 | 155 | 130 | 8-? | 7 | 2 |
NCK Liyanage | 33.69 | 4717 | 119 | 3047 | 140 | 7-36 | 10 | 1 |
F Wilding | 33.86 | 3488 | 302 | 1318 | 103 | 7-31 | 6 | 1 |
RO Schwarz | 34.05 | 13553 | 354 | 7000 | 398 | 8-55 | 25 | 3 |
GE Yonge | 34.09 | 1432 | 44 | 212 | 146 | 8-? | 13 | 3 |
S Cosstick | 34.18 | 3624 | 458 | 998 | 106 | 9-61 | 11 | 5 |
GC White | 34.34 | 5323 | 121 | 3109 | 155 | 7-33 | 8 | 2 |
S Redgate | 34.54 | 4629 | 148 | 855 | 426 | 8-? | 31 | 11 |
JH Bruce-Lockhart | 34.56 | 4182 | 101 | 2418 | 121 | 8-45 | 10 | 3 |
FH Hervey-Bathurst | 34.65 | 4817 | 119 | 1042 | 349 | 7-? | 32 | 8 |
Zahir Khan | 34.68 | 4335 | 68 | 3123 | 125 | 6-52 | 7 | 1 |
SE Butler | 34.90 | 3525 | 372 | 1487 | 106 | 10-38 | 10 | 3 |
T Barker | 34.93 | 2585 | 88 | 422 | 211 | 7-? | 15 | 4 |
J Cobbett | 34.95 | 1573 | 13 | 131 | 534 | 8-? | 41 | 14 |
W Brearley | 34.95 | 29500 | 814 | 16305 | 844 | 9-47 | 93 | 27 |
KG Priyantha | 34.99 | 3534 | 73 | 2131 | 101 | 6-52 | 7 | 1 |
BCN Amarasinghe | 35.06 | 3892 | 76 | 2346 | 111 | 8-46 | 8 | 2 |
CG Taylor | 35.38 | 3468 | 42 | 992 | 287 | 8-? | 22 | 6 |
MB Halangoda | 35.43 | 5350 | 215 | 2476 | 151 | 8-64 | 9 | 3 |
G Freeman | 35.47 | 10075 | 1274 | 2797 | 288 | 8-11 | 32 | 10 |
WS Kumara | 35.50 | 5113 | 120 | 2760 | 144 | 7-59 | 11 | 4 |
W Mortlock | 35.54 | 5225 | 277 | 2650 | 147 | 7-42 | 7 | 2 |
VA Barnes | 35.54 | 11481 | 513 | 3862 | 323 | 9-46 | 24 | 6 |
NA Knox | 35.58 | 14624 | 359 | 8860 | 411 | 8-48 | 38 | 9 |
JS Warden | 35.60 | 6516 | 265 | 2813 | 183 | 8-91 | 17 | 4 |
K Nanayakkara | 35.64 | 4313 | 138 | 2246 | 121 | 8-75 | 14 | 3 |
FR Spofforth | 35.79 | 30534 | 2907 | 12759 | 853 | 9-18 | 84 | 32 |
JJ Kotze | 35.86 | 12480 | 413 | 6217 | 348 | 8-18 | 30 | 9 |
AH Evans | 35.89 | 7215 | 653 | 3234 | 204 | 9-59 | 20 | 6 |
PH Morton | 35.89 | 4990 | 507 | 2019 | 139 | 7-45 | 14 | 2 |
G Bennett | 35.91 | 21799 | 1649 | 10254 | 612 | 9-113 | 41 | 12 |
BP Baloo | 35.99 | 6443 | 234 | 2724 | 179 | 8-103 | 17 | 4 |
W Caffyn | 36.04 | 21051 | 2057 | 7872 | 602 | 9-29 | 49 | 11 |
S Kundu | 36.10 | 4585 | 162 | 2135 | 127 | 8-104 | 13 | 3 |
KMA Paul | 36.11 | 4081 | 143 | 2178 | 113 | 6-28 | 4 | 1 |
JH van Dyk | 36.17 | 4522 | 158 | 2455 | 125 | 7-26 | 8 | 2 |
W McIntyre | 36.42 | 18575 | 2092 | 6436 | 510 | 8-31 | 53 | 14 |
MPA Cooray | 36.68 | 4182 | 95 | 2443 | 114 | 6-22 | 5 | - |
HR Bromley-Davenport | 36.70 | 6863 | 416 | 3352 | 187 | 7-17 | 12 | 1 |
EL Kidd | 36.72 | 6830 | 127 | 4581 | 186 | 8-49 | 8 | 1 |
W Mycroft | 36.87 | 31823 | 4030 | 10441 | 863 | 9-25 | 87 | 28 |
Ali Shafiq | 36.93 | 3730 | 129 | 1909 | 101 | 8-70 | 6 | 1 |
GA Faulkner | 37.02 | 16624 | 532 | 7826 | 449 | 7-26 | 33 | 8 |
A Rylott | 37.13 | 16932 | 2094 | 5333 | 456 | 9-30 | 39 | 14 |
SN Draai | 37.13 | 7873 | 345 | 2506 | 212 | 6-21 | 14 | 3 |
A Payne | 37.14 | 3120 | 252 | 1024 | 111 | 7-42 | 8 | 1 |
AW Mold | 37.22 | 62278 | 4083 | 26010 | 1673 | 9-29 | 152 | 56 |
CJ Kortright | 37.26 | 18225 | 717 | 10294 | 489 | 8-57 | 39 | 8 |
MD Bulsara | 37.27 | 4436 | 185 | 1885 | 119 | 8-31 | 7 | 2 |
PN Ranjith | 37.34 | 11950 | 361 | 6608 | 320 | 8-48 | 19 | 1 |
J Dean | 37.49 | 23772 | 1282 | 7084 | 1144 | 9-34 | 86 | 18 |
T Richardson | 37.52 | 78959 | 3913 | 38793 | 2104 | 10-45 | 200 | 72 |
G Wootton | 37.56 | 36104 | 4092 | 12500 | 983 | 10-54 | 87 | 34 |
A Phillip | 37.65 | 4858 | 137 | 3028 | 129 | 6-19 | 7 | 1 |
CDB Marsham | 37.66 | 6440 | 603 | 2095 | 180 | 9-64 | 14 | 4 |
AACE Athukorala | 37.68 | 3768 | 105 | 2108 | 100 | 7-21 | 4 | 2 |
WH Lockwood | 37.87 | 52120 | 2626 | 25246 | 1376 | 9-59 | 121 | 29 |
DKRC Jayatissa | 37.92 | 12362 | 259 | 6890 | 326 | 8-28 | 21 | 4 |
J Bickley | 37.95 | 5313 | 597 | 1638 | 141 | 8-7 | 9 | 4 |
FCL Matthews | 38.02 | 9924 | 297 | 5331 | 261 | 9-50 | 14 | 2 |
Hasnain Kazim | 38.02 | 6198 | 183 | 3572 | 163 | 7-54 | 10 | 2 |
PM Pushpakumara | 38.02 | 35588 | 996 | 18544 | 936 | 10-37 | 80 | 26 |
D Day | 38.13 | 4309 | 237 | 1080 | 252 | 8-? | 22 | 8 |
TP Gamage | 38.16 | 9960 | 233 | 6301 | 261 | 8-32 | 9 | - |
T Emmett | 38.25 | 60135 | 7155 | 21314 | 1572 | 9-23 | 122 | 29 |
HH Stephenson | 38.26 | 11594 | 984 | 4961 | 303 | 8-28 | 17 | 4 |
HD Read | 38.28 | 8384 | 211 | 5023 | 219 | 7-35 | 13 | 2 |
RMGK Sirisoma | 38.30 | 30072 | 965 | 15194 | 785 | 9-38 | 71 | 25 |
S Khan | 38.32 | 4331 | 164 | 2141 | 113 | 7-46 | 4 | - |
HL Simms | 38.36 | 8440 | 276 | 4284 | 220 | 7-84 | 12 | - |
Samiullah Khan | 38.46 | 20272 | 746 | 9873 | 527 | 8-62 | 26 | 5 |
MMDPV Perera | 38.47 | 4155 | 112 | 2402 | 108 | 6-25 | 4 | 1 |
KM Mistry | 38.49 | 4003 | 251 | 1370 | 104 | 8-70 | 6 | 2 |
SH Emery | 38.57 | 7060 | 153 | 4355 | 183 | 7-28 | 11 | 3 |
W Hickton | 38.58 | 10958 | 1105 | 4020 | 284 | 10-46 | 24 | 7 |
PKNMK Rathnayake | 38.60 | 3938 | 115 | 2281 | 102 | 6-64 | 6 | 1 |
A Aman | 38.61 | 6603 | 307 | 2606 | 171 | 8-51 | 15 | 6 |
RJ Gleeson | 38.64 | 5526 | 196 | 3053 | 143 | 6-43 | 10 | 1 |
E Rutter | 38.65 | 7073 | 600 | 3260 | 183 | 7-47 | 15 | 5 |
Aizaz Cheema | 38.65 | 22108 | 809 | 11443 | 572 | 7-24 | 38 | 11 |
WRS de Silva | 38.91 | 13153 | 329 | 8124 | 338 | 7-49 | 11 | - |
Fazl-e-Akbar | 38.92 | 23356 | 768 | 12791 | 600 | 9-116 | 37 | 7 |
GA Lohmann | 39.06 | 71927 | 6827 | 25295 | 1841 | 9-28 | 176 | 57 |
E O'Reilly | 39.06 | 4258 | 157 | 2366 | 109 | 5-3 | 5 | - |
T Lockyer | 39.16 | 4073 | 292 | 2052 | 119 | 6-33 | 10 | 1 |
S Haigh | 39.16 | 78810 | 3751 | 32091 | 2012 | 9-25 | 135 | 30 |
Ali Imran | 39.16 | 8420 | 251 | 4923 | 215 | 7-20 | 9 | 3 |
T Hayward | 39.40 | 9655 | 856 | 3937 | 267 | 9-30 | 19 | 2 |
CH Parkin | 39.40 | 41293 | 1749 | 18434 | 1048 | 9-32 | 93 | 27 |
Kabir Khan | 39.42 | 17230 | 520 | 9256 | 437 | 8-52 | 26 | 3 |
AW Ridley | 39.43 | 8834 | 789 | 3375 | 224 | 7-21 | 19 | 5 |
AG Steel | 39.46 | 31137 | 3168 | 11665 | 789 | 9-63 | 64 | 20 |
Ahmed Bashir | 39.51 | 7033 | 267 | 3628 | 178 | 7-27 | 8 | 1 |
SMJ Woods | 39.61 | 41195 | 2311 | 21655 | 1040 | 10-69 | 77 | 21 |
D Reese | 39.62 | 7766 | 250 | 3893 | 196 | 7-53 | 11 | 1 |
Rashid Latif | 39.70 | 5162 | 246 | 2274 | 130 | 9-42 | 9 | 2 |
RJ Crisp | 39.73 | 10968 | 283 | 5487 | 276 | 9-64 | 21 | 4 |
Shahabuddin | 39.73 | 3894 | 123 | 2023 | 105 | 7-30 | 5 | 1 |
JH Sinclair | 39.74 | 19553 | 737 | 10530 | 492 | 8-32 | 33 | 10 |
AD Downes | 39.74 | 12360 | 682 | 4563 | 311 | 8-35 | 33 | 13 |
GL Ackermann | 39.75 | 5406 | 160 | 2822 | 136 | 7-69 | 6 | 1 |
S Prasanna | 39.75 | 22381 | 549 | 12735 | 563 | 8-59 | 42 | 9 |
DM Dhapola | 39.75 | 5288 | 199 | 2469 | 133 | 8-35 | 13 | 3 |
E Hinkly | 39.76 | 4175 | 333 | 1348 | 189 | 10-? | 18 | 7 |
TR McKibbin | 39.76 | 12726 | 521 | 6297 | 320 | 9-68 | 28 | 11 |
J Middleton | 39.79 | 5571 | 254 | 2523 | 140 | 7-64 | 10 | 4 |
L Ramji | 39.85 | 4783 | 184 | 2172 | 125 | 8-14 | 5 | 3 |
JG Whitehead | 39.86 | 4704 | 164 | 2228 | 118 | 7-58 | 7 | 2 |
B Swanepoel | 39.88 | 5982 | 241 | 3113 | 150 | 7-50 | 7 | 2 |
WR Palleguruge | 39.99 | 8799 | 230 | 4489 | 220 | 8-92 | 10 | 2 |
The list shows 150 occurrences of strike rates of 40.00 or less